We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Firstsource Solutions
Limited (the Company) as at 31 March 2011 and the related Profit and
Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date,
annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with 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
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and signifi cant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
1. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Schedule 30 to
the financial statements that describes the early adoption by the
Company of Accounting Standard (AS) 30, Financial Instruments –
Recognition and Measurements, read with AS 31, Financial Instruments –
Presentation, as applicable, along with prescribed limited revisions to
other accounting standards, issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India, as in managements opinion, it more appropriately
refl ects the nature / substance of the related transactions. The
Company has accounted for assets and liabilities as per requirements of
AS 30 including prescribed limited revisions to other accounting
standards. AS 30 is not yet notifi ed/ prescribed under the Companies
(Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006, and therefore, can be applied only
to the extent that it does not confl ict with other accounting
standards notifi ed/ prescribed under the said rules. Consequent to
adoption of AS 30, the Profit after taxation is lower and reserves and
surplus as at the balance sheet date is higher by Rs. (000) 237,064 and
Rs. (000) 629,249 respectively.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (the
Order), as amended, issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the
Act), we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specifi ed
in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
3. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to 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 appears from our examination of those
books;
c) the balance sheet, 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 comply with the
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act except for the matters stated in paragraph 1 above;
e) on the basis of written representations received from directors of
the Company as at 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualifi ed as on
31 March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g)
of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act; and
f) in our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, read with paragraph 1 above, the said
accounts give the information required by the Act 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 31 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.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS REPORT - 31 MARCH 2011 (Referred to in our
report of even date)
1. (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fi xed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verifi cation of
its fi xed assets by which all fi xed assets are verifi ed annually. In
our opinion, this periodicity of physical verifi cation is reasonable
having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets.
No material discrepancies were noticed on such verifi cation.
(c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial and,
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
2. The Company is a service Company, primarily rendering contact
centre, transaction processing and debt collection services. It does
not hold any physical inventories. Accordingly, paragraph 4(ii) of the
Order is not applicable.
3. (a) The following are the particulars of loans granted by the
Company to parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301
of the Act:
Name of Party Relationship Amount Year end Maximum balance
with Company Rs. (000) balance outstanding
Rs. (000) Rs. (000)
Firstsource
Business Process
Services, LLC Subsidiary - - 416,622
Firstsource
Group USA Inc. Subsidiary - 6,689,250 7,059,750
Pipal Research
Corporation Subsidiary - - 20,000
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
on which the loan has been granted to the party listed in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act are not, prima facie,
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(c) In case of the loan granted to the companies listed in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act, the borrower has been regular
in repayment of interest. The terms of arrangement do not stipulate any
repayment schedule and the loan is repayable on demand. According to
the information and explanations given to us, the parties have repaid
interest and principal as and when demanded during the year.
(d) According to the information and explanations given to us, there is
no overdue amounts of more than one lakh in respect of loans granted to
parties listed in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
(e) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from companies,
fi rms or other parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii)(e) to 4(iii)(g)
of the Order are not applicable.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, 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 fi xed assets and with regard to the sale of services.
The activities of the Company do not involve purchase of inventory and
sale of goods. In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there is no continuing failure to correct
major weaknesses in internal control system.
5. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangement
referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of Rs. 5
lakhs in respect of any party during the year are for the Companys
specialised requirements for which suitable alternate sources are not
available to obtain comparable quotations. However, on the basis of
information and explanations provided, the prices appear reasonable.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
8. The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost
records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Act for any of the services
rendered by the Company.
9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company amounts
deducted / accrued in the books of accounts in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Employees State Insurance,
Income tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Cess and other
material statutory dues have been generally regularly deposited during
the year with the appropriate authorities. As explained to us, the
Company did not have any dues on account of Sales tax, Excise duty and
Investor Education and Protection Fund.
There were no dues on account of Cess under Section 441A of the Act,
since the date from which the aforesaid section comes into force has
not yet been notifi ed by the Central Government.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees
State Insurance, Income tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs duty,
Cess and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31 March
2011 for a period of more than six months from the date they became
payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
following dues of Income tax and Service tax have not been deposited by
the Company on account of disputes:
Name of
the Statute Nature of
the Dues Amount Period to
which Forum where
dispute is pending
Rs. (000) the amount
relates
Income-tax
Act, 1961 Transfer pricing 40,929 2002-03 Commissioner of Income
demand Tax -Appeals
Income-tax
Act, 1961 Assessment under 39,728 2003-04 Commissioner of Income
Section 143 (3) Tax- Appeals
Income-tax
Act, 1961 Assessment under 15,621 2004-05 Deputy Commissioner
of Income
Section 143 (3) Tax
Income-tax
Act, 1961 Assessment under 34,550 2005-06 Commissioner of
Income Tax
Section 143 (3)
Service Tax
Rules, 1994 Demand notice 23,574 2007-08 Commissioner of
Service Tax
10. The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to its
bankers, bondholders or to any financial institutions.
12. The Company has not granted loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund/nidhi/mutual benefit
fund/society
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on which the Company has given
guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial
institutions are, prima facie, not prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
16. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans taken by the Company have been applied for
the purpose for which they were raised.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the Company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
18. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not made preferential allotment of shares
to parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the
Act.
19. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not issued any secured debentures during the year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. According to the information and explanations given to us, no
material fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit.
For B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firms Registration No: 101248W
Bhavesh Dhupelia
Mumbai Partner
27 April 2011 Membership No: 042070
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