1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Financial
Technologies (India) Limited (the Company) as at 31st March, 2011,
the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company
for the year ended on that date, both annexed thereto. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company''s Management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates
made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (CARO)
issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) of the
Companies Act, 1956, we give in the Annexure a statement on the matters
specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Without qualifying our opinion, we continue to draw attention to
Note 5 on Schedule 15 regarding the Company''s stand that no tax
liability is expected as a consequence to a court approved
reduction-cum arrangement scheme of MCX Stock Exchange Limited based on
independent legal / tax counsel''s opinion as stated in the said Note
and Note 23 on Schedule 15 regarding investments made in certain
subsidiaries and a joint venture which have continuing losses and the
loans and advances / debts due from these entities, where the provision
made for diminution, other than temporary, in the value of investments
is considered to be adequate, for the reasons stated in the said Note.
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
a) we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
b) in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been
kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those
books;
c) the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance
with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C) of the
Companies Act, 1956;
e) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India:
i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March, 2011;
ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
6. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on 31st March, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
31st March, 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section
274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure To The Auditors'' Report
(Referred to in Paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
I) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s
business/activities/result, clauses (v), (vi), (viii), (xi), (xii),
(xiii), (xvi), (xviii) and (xix) of CARO are not applicable.
ii) In respect of its fixed assets:
a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the
Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the
fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do
not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company
and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern
status of the Company.
iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company does not have any inventories as at the balance sheet date
since they are being directly delivered to the customers on procurement
and therefore, the question of reporting on whether: physical
verification has been carried out at reasonable intervals; procedures
of physical verification of inventories were reasonable and adequate;
and discrepancies noticed on physical verification were material, does
not arise. On the basis of our examination of records of inventories,
in our opinion, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories.
iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and having regard to the nature of the Company''s business,
a comparison of prices is not possible, in respect of sale of products
and services and in respect of some of the items purchased are of
special nature and suitable alternative sources are not readily
available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an adequate
internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and
the nature of its business with regard to purchase of inventory and
fixed assets and the sale of products and services. During the course
of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in such internal
control system.
vi) In our opinion, the internal audit function carried out during the
year by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business.
vii) According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service
Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues
applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax,
Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues in arrears as at 31st March, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on
31st March, 2011 on account of disputes are given below:
Forum where
Statute Nature of Dues Dispute is pending
Finance Act, 1994 Service Tax Commissioner of
Service Tax
Finance Act, 1994 Service Tax Commissioner of
Service Tax
Central Excise Act, 1944 Excise duty Central Excise and
Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal
Maharashtra Value Added Value Added
Tax Joint Commissioner
Tax Act, 2002 of Sales Tax (Appeal)
Maharashtra Value Added Value Added
Tax Joint Commissioner
Tax Act, 2002 of Sales Tax (Appeal)
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax
- penalty Commissioner of
Income Tax (Appeals)
Statute Period to which Amount
the amount relates involved (Rs)
Finance Act, 1994 July 9, 2004 to 7,857,994
October 6, 2005
Finance Act, 1994 December, 2004 to 16,592,020
March, 2007
Central Excise Act, 1944
March 1, 2006 to 18,487,671
December 20, 2006
Maharashtra Value Added
Tax Act, 2002 April 1, 2005 to 1,765,293
March 31, 2006
Maharashtra Value Added
Tax Act, 2002 April 1, 2008 to 2,806,504
March 31, 2009
Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment years 20,500,000
2003-04, 2004-05,
2005-06 & 2006-07
viii) The Company does not have any accumulated losses as at the end of
the year. The Company has not incurred cash losses in the financial
year and in the immediately preceding financial year.
ix) Based on our examination of the records and evaluations of the
related internal controls, the Company has maintained proper records of
the transactions and contracts in respect of its dealing in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments and timely entries have
been made therein. The aforesaid securities have been held by the
Company in its own name.
x) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company for loans taken by its subsidiary companies from banks, are not
prima facie prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we
report that funds raised on short term basis have not, prima facie,
been used during the year for long-term investment.
xii) The Management has disclosed in note 15(c) on Schedule 15-II, the
end use of money raised by public issue of Zero Coupon Convertible
Bonds and we have verified the same.
xiii) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud
on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No: 117366W)
Rajesh K Hiranandani
Partner
Mumbai, 27th May, 2011 (Membership No. 36920)
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