The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 31st Annual Report and
the audited accounts for the year ended on 31 December 2010.
I.FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Rs. in Millions)
Particulars Consolidated Financials Stand-alone Financials
Current Previous Current Previous
Year Year Year Year
Total income 18717.25 14463.05 18676.94 14429.59
Gross profit before
interest, depreciation
and tax 4380.06 3061.51 4346.37 3035.54
Less: Interest 4.62 1.36 4.62 1.36
Depreciation 542.05 473.82 530.66 460.63
Profit before tax 3833.39 2586.33 3811.09 2573.55
Tax expenses 1243.24 836.11 1223.80 822.30
Net Profit 2590.15 1750.22 2587.29 1751.25
Minority Interest 12.69 8.55 - -
Profit attributable
to Group 2577.46 1741.67 - -
Add: Undistributed
profit of earlier years5462.26 5112.61 5315.26 4949.01
Balance available for
Appropriation 8039.72 6854.28 7902.55 6700.26
Less: Appropriations:
Transfer to general
reserve 261.94 176.99 259.00 176.00
Special reserve as
stipulated by RBI 8.43 5.68 0.00 0.00
Preference dividend 10.80 10.80 10.80 10.80
Proposed Equity
dividend 1539.00 1026.00 1539.00 1026.00
Corporate dividend tax 251.88 172.55 251.42 172.20
Surplus retained 5967.67 5462.26 5842.33 5315.26
Earning per Share (Rs.) 20.00 13.48 20.08 13.56
2. DIVIDEND
Your Directors recommend for consideration of the shareholders at the
Annual General Meeting, payment of dividend for 2010 of Rs.4/- and
Special Dividend of Rs. 8/- per equity share of Rs. 2 each and 7.50%
dividend i.e. Rs. 0.75 per Redeemable Cumulative Non-convertible
Preference Share of Rs. 10 each, involving total payout of Rs. 1801.22
Million, including corporate dividend tax of Rs. 251.42 Million.
Your directors have made this recommendation after careful
consideration of the Companys performance and its reserves and an
assessment of the fund requirements of the Company for its capital
programme in line with its growth strategy as well as the projected
earnings from operations.
7.4 Directors Responsibility Statement
Your Directors hereby state:
i. that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
Accounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
ii. that the directors have selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgements and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company as on 31 December 2010 and of the profit of
the Company for the year ended on that date;
iii. that the directors have 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;
iv. that the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going
concern basis.
7.5 Report on Corporate Governance
As stipulated by Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Report on
Corporate Governance is given separately in this Annual Report and
forms part of this Report. The certificate of Price Waterhouse,
Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with the
Corporate Governance Code is enclosed.
8. AUDITORS AND AUDITORSREPORT
Price Waterhouse, Statutory Auditors of the Company, retire at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
The notes to the accounts referred to in the Auditors Report are
self-explanatory and, therefore, do not call for any further comments.
9. DIRECTORS
Mr. Derek Alan Fisher and Mr. Bikash C Bora , the directors retire by
rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Being eligible, they
have offered themselves for re-appointment.
For perusal of the shareholders, a brief resume of the Directors being
appointed or re-appointed, nature of their expertise, their
shareholding in the Company, the names of the companies in which they
hold directorship and the details of membership of the committees of
the Board are given in the Explanatory Statement to the Notice
convening the Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Board of
Directors recommends their appointment / re-appointment.
10. APPRECIATION
Your directors appreciate the continued support received from the
customers and wish to acknowledge the support and assistance received
from the Central and the State Governments, gas suppliers and CNG
franchisees.
Your directors place on record their appreciation for the employees for
their dedicated performance. Your directors appreciate the contribution
made by the contractors and vendors of the Company.
Your directors express their gratitude to its promoter viz. BG Group
for their valuable contribution throughout the year and also thank all
the shareholders for their continuing support to the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
HASMUKH SHAH
CHAIRMAN
Date: 28 February 2011
Place: Ahmedabad
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