1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Geojit BNP Paribas
Financial Services 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 Companys 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 misstatements. 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (CARO)
issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) of the
Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report as follows:
(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.
5. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on 31st March, 2011 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, 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 Companys
business/activities/result, clauses (ii), (iii) (f) and (g), (iv) with
regard to purchase of inventory and sale of goods, (vi), (viii), (xii),
(xiii), (xvi), (xix) and (xx) 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 the 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) In respect of loans, secured or unsecured, granted by the Company
to companies, firms or other parties covered in the Register under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The Company has granted unsecured loans aggregating Rs460,000,0007-
to one party during the year. At the year-end, the outstanding balance
of such loans aggregated to Rs Nil and the maximum amount involved
during the year was ^335,000,000/-.
(b) The rate of interest and other terms and conditions of such loans
are, in our opinion, prima facie not prejudicial to the interests of
the Company.
(c) The principal amounts of such loans are repayable on demand and
there is no repayment schedule. Interest is payable on demand.
(d) In respect of the said loans, the same are repayable on demand and
therefore the question of overdue amounts does not arise. In respect of
interest, there are no overdue amounts.
The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties listed in the Register maintained
under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(iv) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items
purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are
not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations and that the
Companys service income depends on large volume of transactions
executed daily on behalf of several clients, where there is a
probability that certain transactions may be disputed by clients
resulting in consequential costs to the Company, there is an adequate
internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and
the nature of its business with regard to purchases of fixed assets and
the sale of services. During the course of our audit, we have not
observed any major weakness in such internal control system.
(v) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register
maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to
the best of our knowledge and belief, and according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section
301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said
Section have been so entered.
(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs5 lakhs in respect
of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima
facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time except in respect of certain purchases for which
comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are
unable to comment.
(vi) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by firms 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 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 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:
Period
Amount
Forum where to which
Nature of Involved
Statute Dispute is the
Dues Pending Amount (Rs. in
Relates laKhs)
Income Income Tax Commissioner 2004-05 14.24
Tax Act, of Income Tax
1961 (Appeals)
Income Income Tax Commissioner 2005-06 36.83
Tax Act, of Income Tax
1961 (Appeals)
Income Income Tax Commissioner 2006-07 25.27
Tax Act, of Income Tax
1961 (Appeals)
Income Income Tax Commissioner 2007-08 515.84
Tax Act, of Income Tax
1961 (Appeals)
Finance Service Service Tax 01-07-03 4.48
Act. Tax and Appellate to
1994 Penalty Tribunal 30-06-04
(viii) In our opinion, the Company does not have accumulated losses at
the end of the financial year. Further, the Company has not incurred
cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit and the
immediately preceding financial year.
(ix) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to
banks from which working capital facilities have been availed.
(x) 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, and other investments, and timely entries have been made
therein. The aforesaid securities have been held by the Company in its
own name.
(xi) According to information and explanations given to us, the Company
has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or
financial institutions.
(xii) 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 been used during
the year for long-term investment.
(xiii) According to information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties
and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of
the Act.
(xiv) 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.008072S)
M. Ramachandran
Partner
(Membership No. 16399)
Kochi, 6th June, 2011
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