Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting here the Fifteenth Annual
Report of your Company together with the Audited Standalone and
Consolidated Financial Accounts and the Auditors'' Report thereon for
the Year ended March 31, 2011. Your Company posted robust performance
during the year and at the same time expanded its footprint enabling
increasingly more people to experience Fortis Care.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The highlights of Consolidated Financial Results of your Company and
its Subsidiaries are as follows:
[Rs. in Million]
Consolidated
Particulars Year ended Year ended
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010
Operating Income 14,829.71 9,380.62
Other Income 4,587.53 491.88
Total Income 19,417.24 9,872.50
Total Expenditure 14,346.73 7,966.27
Operating Profit 5,070.51 1,906.23
Less: Finance Charges, 3,544.84 1172.32
Depreciation & Amortization
Profit before Tax & Prior 1,525.67 733.91
Period Items
Less: Tax Expenses 152.39 33.56
Less: Prior Period Items 10.31 0.30
Net Profit for the year 1,362.97 700.05
Profit attributable to Minority 44.23 20.85
Interest
Share in the (Loss)/Profit of (75.10) 15.61
Associates
Net Profit attributable to the 1,243.64 694.82
shareholders of the Company
The highlights of financial results of your Company as a Standalone
entity are as follows:
[Rs. in Million]
Standalone
Particulars Year ended Year ended
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010
Operating Income 2,582.71 2,098.16
Other Income 1,824.65 411.47
Total Income 4,407.36 2,509.63
Total Expenditure 2,349.27 1,874.89
Operating Profit 2,058.09 634.74
Less: Finance Charges and 640.46 330.61
Depreciation
Profit before Tax & Prior 1,417.63 304.13
Period Items
Less: Prior Period Items (0.47) 2.67
Net Profit/ (Loss) attributable to 1,418.10 301.46
the shareholders of the Company
OPERATING RESULTS AND PROFITS
The sound performance of your Company is manifested in the Operating
Revenues and Net Profit posted for the year under review. During the
year ended March 31, 2011, the Consolidated Revenues from Operations
stood at Rs.14,829.71 Million as against Rs.9,380.62 Million for the
corresponding previous Year registering a growth of 58%. The Profit
before Depreciation, Interest and Tax stood at Rs. 5,070.51 Million as
against Rs.1,906.23 Million for the corresponding previous Year,
registering a growth of 166%. The Net Profit after Tax but before
Profits attributable to Minority Interst and Share in the losses of
Associates stood at Rs.1,362.97 Million, registering a growth of 95%
over the previous year.
Your Company made further strides in implementing its strategic growth
and development initiatives across various facets of the Organization.
Expanding and deepening the footprint of network hospitals has helped
us to touch increasing number of lives during the year and your Company
continues to strive towards improving the value proposition it offers
to the patients and general public.
A detailed discussion on Operational and Financial Performance of the
Company for the year, is given in Operations Reviews and Management
Discussion and Analysis Sections of this Annual Report.
CHANGE OF NAME
Over the last decade, your Company has made substantial progress
towards establishing itself as a leading player in Indian Healthcare
Market. With the current strength of 62 Network Hospitals and allied
businesses in India, your Company is aggressively expanding its
footprint and market share in the Indian Healthcare Industry, which is
expected to grow at 15-16% over the foreseeable future.
Further, as the Fortis Group moves from a single country to a multi-
country model, in order to ensure that there is clarity and alignment
(both internally and externally), the Board of Directors of your
Company had, on January 10, 2011, revisited the Company''s corporate
identity and proposed to change the name of the Company from Fortis
Healthcare Limited to Fortis Healthcare (India) Limited and the same
was approved by the Shareholders by way of Postal Ballot on February
21, 2011. With the approval of the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi
& Haryana, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the name of the Company has
been changed to Fortis Healthcare (India) Limited effective March 07,
2011.
CAPITAL RAISING AND CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Capital Raising
In May 2010, the Company issued 1,000, 5 % Foreign Currency Convertible
Bonds of US$ 1,00,000 each, aggregating US$ 100 Million. These bonds
are listed on Bourse de Luxembourg (Luxembourg Stock Exchange) and
are convertible at the option of the bondholders between May 2013 and
May 2015.
Further, on June 24, 2010 , the Company, in terms of the Letter of
Offer dated September 22, 2009, for the Rights Issue of Equity Shares
with Detachable Warrants, issued 87.71 Million equity shares of Rs.10
each against conversion of Detachable Warrants, at an exercise price of
Rs.153 per warrant, aggregating to Rs.13,420 Million.
In terms of Employee Stock Option Plan 2007, the Company allotted
67,880 equity shares of Rs.10 each, against exercise of vested stock
options by the eligible employees during the year.
Changes in Capital Structure
During the year under review, the issued and paid up Equity Share
Capital of the Company increased from Rs.3173.24 Million divided into
317,323,609 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each to Rs.4,051.03 Million divided
into 405,103,475 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each, by way of issue of Equity
Shares against the conversion of warrants and exercise of vested stock
options, as referred above.
LISTING OF EQUITY SHARES / BONDS
The Equity Shares of the Company continue to be listed on National
Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited
(BSE). Further, the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) issued
during the year are listed on on Bourse de Luxembourg (Luxembourg
Stock Exchange). The requisite annual listing fees have been paid to
these Exchanges.
SHARES UNDER COMPULSORY DEMATERIALIZATION
The Equity Shares of your Company are included in the list of specified
scripts where delivery of shares in dematerialized (demat) form is
compulsory, if the same are traded on a Stock Exchange, which is linked
to a Depository. As of March 31, 2011, 99.74% Equity Shares of the
Company were held in demat form.
STOCK OPTIONS
During the year under review, 1,302,250 Stock Options were granted
under the Employee Stock Option Plan 2007 to the eligible employees
and Directors of the Company / its subsidiaries.
The relevant details of the Stock Options granted during the year and
outstanding as on March 31, 2011 have been set out in Annexure II to
this Directors'' Report.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
During the year under review:
- In order to provide holistic care to diabetes patients, your Company
plans to set up speciality centres under the brand name Fortis C- Doc
and has floated a step down subsidiary under the name and style of
Fortis C - Doc Healthcare Limited - a 60:40 Joint Venture with
Professor Anoop Misra, an internationally acclaimed diabetes expert and
researcher.
- One of the subsidiary companies of your Company viz. Escorts Heart
Institute and Research Centre Limited (EHIRCL), acquired 100% stake in
Fortis Asia Healthcare Pte Ltd. (FAHPL) and thus, FAHPL has become a
step down wholly-owned subsidiary of your Company w.e.f. January 07,
2011.
- By virtue of Share Subscription Agreement dated February 01, 2011,
EHIRCL also acquired 29.39% stake in Fortis HealthStaff Limited (FHSL)
and has also taken control over the composition of Board of Directors
of FHSL, thereby making FHSL, a step down subsidiary of the Company in
terms of Section 4(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 1956.
- On March 31, 2011, Fortis Global Healthcare Infrastructure Pte.
Limited, Singapore (FGHIPL) was incorporated as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Fortis Healthcare International Limited.
Existing Subsidiaries- Changes during the year
In March 2011, your Company has, through one of its wholly-owned
subsidiary viz. International Hospital Limited, further increased its
stake in Fortis Malar Hospitals Limited (FMHL) from 50.02% to 63.20% by
acquiring 2.45 Million Equity Shares from Oscar Investments Limited,
through a block deal as inter-se transfer of shares between Qualifying
Promoters in accordance with Regulation 3(1)(e)(iii) of SEBI
(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
As a part of restructuring, the shareholding of various Companies under
the Fortis Group, Fortis Hospotel Limited (FHTL), one of the wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, sold its entire stake in Fortis Health
Management Limited (FHML) and FHML is currently being held by Kanishka
Healthcare Ltd (49.98%), EHIRCL (0.04%) and FGHIPL (49.98%). Further,
on March 04, 2011, entire stake in Escorts Heart Centre Limited was
sold by EHIRCL to Fortis Healthcare Holdings Ltd., the Holding Company
of the Company.
EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 212(8) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, vide its
Circular No. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011, has provided an exemption
to Companies from complying with the provisions of Section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956, provided such Companies publish the Audited
Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report. Accordingly, in
terms of general exemption, the Board of Directors of the Company, in
its Meeting held on May 27, 2011, resolved that the Financial
Statements and other required documents of the subsidiary companies are
not required to be attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company for
this fiscal.
The Annual Accounts of these subsidiary companies and the related
information are open for inspection by any member including the members
of subsidiary companies at the registered office of the Company and
that of subsidiaries concerned, during the working hours on all working
days. The Company will make available these documents to the members
including members of subsidiary companies upon receipt of request from
them. The members, if they so desire, may write to the Company to
obtain a copy of financials of the subsidiary companies.
GROUP
Persons constituting Group as defined under the Monopolies and
Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, for the purpose of Regulation
3(1)(e)(i) of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and
Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 as amended from time to time, include the
following:
a. Mr. Malvinder Mohan Singh and his spouse;
b. Mr. Shivinder Mohan Singh and his spouse;
c. Escorts Heart and Super Speciality Hospital Limited;
d. Escorts Heart and Super Speciality Institute Limited;
e. Escorts Heart Centre Limited;
f. Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited;
g. Escorts Hospital and Research Centre Limited;
h. Fortis Asia Healthcare Pte Limited;
i. Fortis C - Doc Healthcare Limited;
j. Fortis Emergency Services Limited;
k. Fortis Global Healthcare (Mauritius) Limited;
I. Fortis Global Healthcare Infrastructure Pte Limited;
m. Fortis Health Management (East) Limited;
n. Fortis Health Management (North) Limited;
o. Fortis Health Management (South) Limited;
p. Fortis Health Management (West) Limited;
q. Fortis Health Management Limited;
r. Fortis Healthcare (India) Limited;
s. Fortis Healthcare Global Pte Limited;
t. Fortis Healthcare Holdings Limited;
u. Fortis Healthcare India Holdings Pte Limited;
v. Fortis Healthcare International Limited;
w. Fortis Healthcare International Pte Limited;
x. Fortis Hospital Management Limited;
y. Fortis Hospitals Limited;
z. Fortis Hospotel Limited;
aa. Fortis Malar Hospitals Limited;
bb. International Hospital Limited;
cc. Kanishka Healthcare Limited;
dd. Lalitha Healthcare Private Limited;
ee. Malar Stars Medicare Limited;
ff. Malav Holdings Private Limited;
gg. RHC Holding Private Limited;
hh. RHC Holding Pte Limited;
ii. Shivi Holdings Private Limited;
jj. Super Religare Laboratories Limited;
kk. Hospitalia Eastern Private Limited;
II. Fortis HealthStaff Limited;
mm. Religare Wellness Limited;
nn. Medsource Healthcare Private Limited;
oo. Hiranandani Healthcare Private Limited;
pp. RHC Finance Private Limited;
qq. RHC Financial Services (Mauritius) Limited;
rr. Today Holding Private Limited;
ss. Fortis Global Healthcare Limited;
tt. Fortis Medicare International Limited
REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company continues to place greater emphasis on managing its
affairs with diligence, transparency, responsibility and
accountability.
Your Company is committed to adopting and adhering to the best
Corporate Governance practices recognized globally. Your Company
understands and respects its fiduciary role and responsibility towards
stakeholders and the society at large, and strives hard to serve their
interests, resulting in creation of value and wealth for all
stakeholders at all times.
The report of Board of Directors of the Company on Corporate Governance
is given in the section titled Report on Corporate Governance forming
part of this Annual Report.
Certificate of the Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding
compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements as stipulated in
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges is annexed
with the said Corporate Governance Report.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
During the year under review, your Company has not invited or accepted
any deposits from the Public pursuant to the provisions of Section 58A
of the Companies Act, 1956, and therefore, no amount of principal or
interest was outstanding in respect of deposits from the Public as of
the date of Balance Sheet.
DIVIDEND AND TRANSFER TO RESERVES
Keeping in view the aggressive growth strategy of the Company, the
Board of Directors of your Company have decided to plough back the
profits and thus, not recommended any dividend for the financial year
under review. Also, during the said year, no amount has been
transferred to reserves.
DIRECTORS
Dr. Brian William Tempest has been co-opted as an Additional Director
on the Board of the Company w.e.f. August 02, 2011. Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, (the Act), Dr.
Brian holds the office upto the date of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and is eligible for appointment as a Director of the Company in
terms of Section 257 of the Companies Act, 1956. The Company has
received a notice under Section 257 of the Companies Act, 1956,
proposing the appointment of Dr. Brian William Tempest as the Director,
liable to retire by rotation.
Further, in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956
and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Rajan Kashyap, Lt. Gen
T S Shergill and Dr. P S Joshi are liable to retire by rotation at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Mr. Rajan Kashyap, in view of his pre-occupation, has not offered
himself for re-appointment and accordingly, he will cease to be the
Director of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the ensuing
Annual General Meeting. Since, no proposal has been received for
filling up the vacancy, it is decided not to appoint any Director in
place of Mr. Rajan Kashyap. The Board of Directors extends their
sincere appreciation for valuable contributions made by Mr. Kashyap
during his tenure as a Director of the Company.
Lt. Gen T S Shergill and Dr. P S Joshi, being eligible have offered
themselves for re-appointment.
Your Directors recommend the appointment/ re-appointment of Dr. Brian
William Tempest, Lt. Gen T S Shergill and Dr. P S Joshi, as referred
above, at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
STATUTORY AUDITORS / AUDITORS'' REPORT
M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co., Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of
your Company, will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment
as Statutory Auditors for the financial year 2011-12.
The Company has received a letter dated May 23, 2011 from them to the
effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the limit
prescribed under Section 224(1B) of the Act, and that they are not
disqualified for such re-appointment within the meaning of Section 226
of the Act.
Based on the recommendations of the Audit, Risk & Controls Committee,
the Board of Directors of the Company proposes the re-appointment of
M/s S.R. Batliboi & Co., Chartered Accountants, as the Statutory
Auditors of the Company.
The Statutory Auditors have, in their report to the Board of Directors
on the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, its
subsidiaries and associates, made the following comments:
5. (a) The Delhi Development Authority (''DDA'') had terminated the
leases of certain land allotted by it to a society (later converted
into the company) and then issued eviction notices to Escorts Heart
Institute and Research Centre Limited (a subsidiary of the Company) for
vacation of these lands. The subsidiary company is in appeal against
these actions by DDA which is pending with the court of law and has
accordingly not made any adjustments to the carrying value of these
lands or to the other assets, as the eventual outcome cannot be
estimated presently. Further, in a related case filed against Escorts
Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited (a subsidiary of the
Company) for provision of services from hospitals operated from these
lands, no provisions are made by the subsidiary company as the amounts
are currently unascertainable (also refer Note 8 of Schedule 25).
(b) Certain tax demands aggregating to Rs.9,604.30 lacs (without
considering the demand of Rs.10,101.01 lacs raised twice in respect of
certain years and after adjusting Rs.13,364.86 lacs for which the
subsidiary company has a legal right to claim from erstwhile promoters
as discussed in detail in Note 9 of Schedule 25), raised on Escorts
Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited (a subsidiary of the
Company) by the Income Tax Authorities are pending in appeals and the
eventual outcome of the above matters cannot presently be estimated.
Accordingly, we are unable to express an opinion at this stage in
respect of these matters reported in paragraphs (a) and (b) above and
their consequential effect, if any, on the consolidated financial
statements. The same were also the subject matter of qualification by
us in the previous year as well.
As both the matters are sub-judice and appeals against the demands are
pending at various stages, based on the advice received from the legal
counsels, the Management is of the view that the matters shall get
adjudicated in its favour.
DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 217 (1) & (2) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956
Material Changes/Commitments
In May 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of 74.59% of
Strategic stake in the equity share capital of Super Religare
Laboratories Limited (SRL) for an aggregate amount of Rs.8,036.85
Million, one of India''s largest and leading diagnostic services
companies, offering diagnostic testing (including Pathology and
Radiology), preventive care testing and clinical research testing.
In making SRL an integrated part of its delivery network, it is
believed that Fortis will become an integrated heathcare delivery
player including expertise in pathology and radiology. SRL has proposed
to come out with an Initial Public Offering of its equity shares.
During the current year, it has also made preferential allotment of its
equity shares to Spring Healthcare India Trust, Spring Healthcare (P)
Ltd. and Sabre Capital (Mauritius) Limited. Consequently, the Company''s
stake in SRL stands at 71.49%.
Except as disclosed above or elsewhere in this Annual Report, there
have been no material changes and commitments, between the end of
financial year and the date of this Report, which can affect the
financial position of the Company.
Further, Kanishka Healthcare Limited (formerly Kanishka Housing
Development Company Limited), one of the step down subsidiaries of the
Company vide special resolution passed by its members on March 30,
2011, altered the object clause of its Memorandum of Association and
decided to foray into healthcare business in line with the business
carried on by its Holding Company.
Except as disclosed above or elsewhere in this Annual Report, during
the financial year under review, no material changes have occurred in
the nature of the Company''s business or that of its subsidiaries and
generally in the classes of business in which the Company has an
interest.
ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Particulars required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act,
1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report
of Board of Directors) Rules,1988, regarding Conservation of Energy,
Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings & Outgo, is given
in Annexure I, forming part of this Directors'' Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The Statement containing particulars of the employees as required under
Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, forms part of this
Report. However, in terms of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the Companies
Act,1956, the Report and Accounts are being sent to the members
excluding this Statement. Copies of this statement may be obtained by
the members by writing to the Company Secretary at the registered
office of the Company.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
For the Financial Year 2010-11, the Directors hereby confirm:
i. that in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2011, the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
ii. that the directors had selected such Accounting Policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the
profit or loss of the Company for that period;
iii. that the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities; and
iv. that the Directors had prepared the Annual Accounts on a going
concern basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central
Government, State Governments and all other Government agencies for the
assistance, co-operation and encouragement they have extended to the
Company.
Your Directors also take this opportunity to extend a special thanks to
the medical fraternity and patients for their continued cooperation,
patronage and trust reposed in the Company.
Your Directors also greatly appreciate the commitment and dedication of
all the employees at all levels, that has contributed to the growth and
success of the Company. Your Directors also thank all the strategic
partners, business associates, Banks, financial institutions and our
shareholders for their assistance, co-operation and encouragement to
the Company during the year.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Date: August 12, 2011 Malvinder Mohan Singh
Place: New Delhi Chairman
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