1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Glenmark
Pharmaceuticals Limited, (the Company) as at 31 March 2011 and also
the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year
ended on that date annexed thereto (collectively referred as the
financial statements). 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 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 significant 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.
3. 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
specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
4. 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 financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement
with the books of account;
d. On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified 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;
e. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the financial statements dealt with by
this report comply with the accounting standards referred to in
sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Act and the Rules framed
thereunder and 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, in the case of:
i) the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31
March 2011;
ii) the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the year ended on
that date; and
iii) the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on
that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report of even date to the members of
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, on the financial statements for the
year ended 31 March 2011.
Based on the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting a
true and fair view on the financial statements of the Company and
taking into consideration the information and explanations given to us
and the books of account and other records examined by us in the normal
course of audit, we report as under:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. No material discrepancies were noticed on
such verification.
(c) In our opinion, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been
disposed off during the year.
(ii) (a) Physical verification of inventory (except stocks lying with
third parties and stocks in transit, confirmations for which have been
obtained) have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the
management.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
(iii) (a) There are four companies covered in the register maintained
under section 301 of the Act to which the Company has granted unsecured
loans. The maximum amount outstanding during the year was Rs 15,248.94
million and the year-end balance was Rs 13,713.96 million.
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) In respect of loans granted, repayment of the principal amounts is
as stipulated and payment of interest has been regular.
(d) There is no amount overdue in respect of loans granted to
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under section 301 of the Act.
(e) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clauses
4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Order are not applicable.
(iv) In our opinion, there is an adequate internal control system
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business for the purchase of inventory and fixed assets and for the
sale of goods and services.
(v) (a) The Company has not entered into contracts or arrangements
referred to in section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of
clause 4(v) of the Order are not applicable.
(b) There are no transactions in pursuance of contracts or arrangements
entered in the registered maintained under section 301 of the Act
during the year aggregating to rupees five lakhs or more in respect of
any party.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the Companies
(Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975. Accordingly, the provisions of
clause 4(vi) of the Order are not applicable.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the Rules made by the Central Government under
section 209 (1)(d) of the Act for the maintenance of cost records in
respect of Companys products and are of the opinion that, prima facie,
the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained.
However, we have not made a detailed examination of the records with a
view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.
(ix) (a) Undisputed statutory 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, as applicable, have generally been
regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities. No undisputed
amounts payable in respect thereof were outstanding at the year end for
a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) The dues outstanding in respect of sales-tax, excise duty, on
account of any dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Nature of Amount Period to which
the Forum where dispute
is pending
statute dues (Rs
million) amount relates
The Central
Excise Duty 10.00 April 2003 to The Central Excise and
Service Tax
Excise Act,
1944 September 2007 Appellate Tribunal
Finance Act, Service Tax 9.71 FY 2004-05 and The Central Excise and
Service Tax
1994 FY 2005-06 Appellate Tribunal
The Gujarat Sales Tax 0.2 F.Y 2004-05 Deputy Commissioner
(CT) Appeals
Sales Tax Act,
1969
The Central
Sales Sales Tax 1.87 FY 2004-05 Deputy Commissioner
(CT) Appeals
Tax Act, 1956
The Central
Sales Sales Tax 5.59 FY 2006-07 Deputy Commissioner
(CT) Appeals
Tax Act, 1956
(x) In our opinion, the Company has no accumulated losses at the end of
the financial year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current
and the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) In our opinion, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues
to a financial institution or a bank during the year.
(xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis
of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xii) of the Order
are not applicable.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/mutual
benefit fund/society. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4
(xiii) of the Order are not applicable.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable.
(xv) In our opinion, the terms and conditions on which the Company has
given guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial
institutions are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(xvi) In our opinion, the Company has applied the term loans for the
purpose for which the loans were obtained.
(xvii) In our opinion, no funds raised on short-term basis have been
used for long-term investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xviii)
of the Order are not applicable.
(xix) The Company has neither issued nor had any outstanding debentures
during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xix) of the
Order are not applicable.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xx) of the Order are not
applicable.
(xxi) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the
period covered by our audit except a case of theft in transit of some
inventories aggregating to Rs 2.27 million. As further informed to us,
the Company has taken adequate follow up action, including recovering
the complete amount by way of insurance claims.
For Walker, Chandiok & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No: 001076N
Per Khushroo B. Panthaky
Partner
Membership No: F - 42423
Place: Mumbai
Date: 10 May 2011
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