The Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Twenty-Fourth Annual
Report and the Audited Financial Results on the business and operations
of your Company for the financial year ended on March 31, 2011.
FINANCIAL RESULTS/HIGHLIGHTS
Rs. in crores
2010-11 2009-10
Income from Operations 325.96 246.98
Less :Interest 151.08 126.14
Less :Depreciation 50.44 46.47
Profit before Tax 124.44 74.37
Less : Provision for Taxation 21.79 22.50
Profit after Tax 102.65 51.87
Add : Balance brought forward 5.95 80.39
Amount available for appropriation 108.60 132.26
Less : Appropriations
Transferred to General Reserve 0.00 5.00
Dividend and Dividend Tax for
earlier year 0.00 0.50
Proposed dividend on equity shares 57.73 55.29
Corporate Tax on Dividend 9.37 9.27
Debenture Redemption Reserve 18.75 56.25
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 22.75 5.95
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
The steel industry witnessed recovery during the financial year
2010-11. Consequently, coking coal and met coke being major raw
material for steel industry and market, also witnessed consolidation
with rise in prices. The Company reported higher income from operations
amounting to Rs.325.96 Crores during the financial year ended 31st
March, 2011 as compared to Rs 246.98 Crores during the previous year as
a consequence of better realizations and a continuous focus on cost
management during the year under review. Consequently, the net profit
after tax earned during the financial year ended 31st March, 2011 was
higher at Rs. 102.65 crores as compared to Rs. 51.87 crores during the
previous year.
DIVIDEND
The Directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of Re.1/- per Equity
Share of Rs.10 each and Re.1/- per B Equity Share of Rs.10 each
respectively for the year ended March 31, 2011. While there is no
change in rate of dividend as compared to previous year, the total
payout will amount to Rs.67.10 crores (with dividend tax) as compared
to Rs.64.56 crores (with dividend tax) for the previous year.
TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND
In terms of Sections 205A & 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, the
company had transferred during the year under review, a sum of Rs.
5,99,015.50 (Rupees Five lacs, Ninety nine thousand fifteen and paise
fifty only) and Rs.7,56,351.93 (Rupees Seven lacs, Fifty six thousand,
three hundred fifty one and paise ninety three only) to the Investor
Education & Protection Fund created by the Central Government towards
dividend for the years 2002-03 & 2003-04 (1st interim) respectively,
since these dividend remained unclaimed for a period of 7 years.
ISSUE OF EQUITY
The Company allotted 4,98,19,421 B Equity Shares of Rs.10 each on
10th May, 2010 pursuant to a bonus issue in the ratio of 1 B Equity
Share of Rs. 10 each for every 10 Equity Shares held.
The Company also allotted 1,00,044 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each at a
premium of Rs.34.64 per share and 10,004 B Equity Shares of Rs. 10
each as bonus shares during the year under review, upon conversion of 1
(one) Zero Coupon Unsecured Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)
of USD 100000 each issued in 2006.
The Company also allotted 85,50,000 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each at a
premium of Rs.55.78 per share and 8,55,000 B Equity Shares of Rs. 10
each as bonus shares upon conversion of warrants by promoters/promoter
group companies. The Company further allotted 4,26,795 Equity Shares of
Rs.10 each at a premium of Rs. 13.86 per share and 42,679 B Equity
Shares of Rs. 10 each as bonus shares upon conversion of Options issued
under Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2005 and 1,27,300 Equity Shares of
Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs.8.05 per share and 12,730 B Equity
Shares of Rs. 10 each as bonus shares upon conversion of Options issued
under 2nd tranche of GNCL Employee Stock Options Scheme 2007.
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT
The Company made a Qualified Institutional Placement (hereinafter
referred to as QIP) comprising of 11% Secured Redeemable Non
convertible Debentures (NCDs) amounting Rs. 250 crores along with
2,08,00,000 Warrants at a conversion price of Rs.120 each to Qualified
Institutional Buyers during the year under review to raise funds for
capex and general corporate purposes.
NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
During the year under review, the company redeemed Non- Convertible
Secured Redeemable Debentures (NCDs) for an amount of Rs. 150 crores
issued to Axis Bank Ltd. The NCDs outstanding at the end of the year
under review aggregated to Rs. 400 crores comprising of QIP issue of
NCDs amounting Rs.250 crores and NCD issued to LIC and nationalised
banks in the previous year(s) amounting to Rs. 150 crores.
STATUS OF FCCBs
Your Directors are pleased to inform that 1% Unsecured Foreign Currency
Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) of USD 55 million were fully converted by its
holders before its due date of redemption.
Further, at the year end, bonds worth USD 17.40 million remain
outstanding out of the Unsecured Zero Coupon FCCBs of USD 60 million
issued in 2006 and due for redemption in 2011. However, subsequent to
the close of the year under review, the Company has received notices
and it has since converted all the outstanding bonds worth USD 17.40
million on 8th April, 2011.
LISTING
Both the Equity Shares and B Equity Shares of your Company are listed
at the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited (BSE). The Non- convertible Debentures of the company
including Debentures issued under QIP are listed at Bombay Stock
Exchange. The warrants issued by the Company under QIP are listed at
both NSE and BSE.
BUSINESS PLANS
Coking Coal and Metcoke are commodities which are in high demand
globally. We at Gujarat NRE believe in investing in our capacities and
to take advantage of any upside in the market due to increased demand
and supply mismatch. The Metcoke producing capacity of the company in
India is presently at 1.43 MTPA which is planned for increase to 4 MTPA
in another 4-5 years at an investment of around Rs. 800 crores.
Similarly, there are plans to ramp up production of coking coal in
Australia mines to 6 MTPA by 2015 from existing production levels of
around 1.55 MTPA, at an additional investment of around AUD 400
million.
The company is in the process of commissioning its first waste heat
power plant of 15 MW out of the total 60 MW waste heat power generation
facilities being built near its coke plants. This only reiterates the
company''s commitment to the environment, having already invested in
87.5 MW power generating capacity through wind mills.
SUBSIDIARIES
The consolidated financial statements presented by the company include
the financial information of the subsidiaries prepared in accordance
with the applicable accounting standard. The Ministry of Corporate
Affairs vide its circular no 2/2011 dated 8th February 2011 has granted
a general exemption under Section 212(8) of the Companies Act 1956,
from attaching the Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Account and other
documents of the subsidiary companies to the balance sheet of any
company upon compliance of certain conditions. As the company is in
compliance with these conditions, the Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss
Account and other documents of the subsidiaries are not attached to
this Annual Reports & Accounts. However, the annual accounts of the
subsidiary companies and related detailed information shall be made
available to the shareholders of the company and its subsidiaries
seeking such information at any point of time. The annual accounts of
the subsidiary companies are also available at the Registered office of
the Company during the working hours and also at the respective offices
of the Subsidiary companies.
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
The Company has been regular in the payment of interest and/or
repayment of loans to financial institutions and/or banks or in meeting
its other financial obligations during the year under review.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company continues to be committed to Good Corporate Governance
aligned with best-of-breed practices. A Report on ''Corporate
Governance'' as on 31st March, 2011 in accordance with the provisions of
Clause 49 to the Listing Agreement is annexed hereto. The same has been
certified by the Statutory Auditors of the Company. A Report on
Management Discussions & Analysis is also annexed hereto and forms a
part of this Report.
Chairman & Managing Director (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
have certified to the Board with regard to the financial statements and
other matters as required by clause 49 of the listing agreement and the
said certificate is also annexed to this Annual Report.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION SCHEME
With a view to remain a preferred employer, Stock Options were granted
to the Directors/Employees of the Company/its subsidiaries under
Employee Stock Options Scheme 2005 and GNCL Employee Stock Options
Scheme 2007 during the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08
respectively. The Directors further granted 32,14,000 options on
9.7.2010 under 3rd Tranche of GNCL Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2007.
The Options under Employee Stock Option Scheme 2005 got vested on 20th
January, 2010. The eligible employees/Directors exercised 10,58,224
options under this scheme till the end of the year under review.
As required by clause 12 of the SEBI (Employees Stock Option Scheme and
Employees Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999, the disclosures with
regard to Stock Options in respect of both Employee Stock Option
Scheme, 2005 and GNCL Employee Stock Option Scheme 2007 as on 31st
March, 2011 are given in an Annexure to this report.
DIRECTORS
Dr Basudeb Sen and Mr Chinubhai R Shah, Directors of the Company retire
by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment in terms of the Articles
of Association of the Company.
The present tenure of Chairman & Managing Director, Mr Arun Kumar
Jagatramka would expire on 27th March 2012. It is proposed to reappoint
him as Chairman & Managing Director for a period of 5 years w e f 28th
March 2012 and a resolution seeking the approval of shareholders in
this regard is included in the notice of 24th Annual General Meeting.
Mr Rajendra Prasad Jain resigned from the post of Executive Director
with effect from 21st October 2010 due to health reasons.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the requirements under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956 with respect to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, your
Directors confirm having
i) Followed in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material
departures, if any;
ii) 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 year under review and of the profit of the Company for the
year ended on that date;
iii) 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 or other irregularities; and
iv) prepared the annual accounts on a ''going concern basis''.
AUDITORS
M/s. N. C. Banerjee & Co., Chartered Accountants, the Statutory
Auditors hold office upto the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the
Company and are eligible for reappointment to audit the Accounts of the
Company for the financial year 2011-12. As required under the
provisions of Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Company
has received written confirmation from M/s. N C Banerjee & Co., that
their re- appointment as Auditors, if made, would be in conformity
within the limits prescribed in the said section and that they are not
disqualified from being appointed as the Auditors of the Company within
the meaning of Section 226 of the said Act.
AUDITORS'' REPORT
The observations of the Auditors in their Report read with relevant
notes on the accounts, as annexed are self-explanatory and need no
elaboration.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted or renewed any Public Deposits, as defined
under Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956, during the year under
review.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information on Particulars of conservation of energy, technology
absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under
Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the Board of Directors)
Rules, 1988 forms a part of this Report as an Annexure. However, as
permitted by Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the Act, this Annual Report is
being sent to all the members of the Company excluding the said
Annexure.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The information on Particulars of employees as required under Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 forms a part of this Report as
an Annexure. However, as permitted by Section 219(1) (b)(iv) of the
Companies Act, 1956 this Annual Report is being sent to all the members
of the Company excluding the said Annexure.
PERSONNEL / INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company maintained cordial and harmonious relations at all levels
at the offices and plants of the Company and its subsidiaries
throughout the year under review.
APPRECIATION
We wish to acknowledge the understanding, support and services of our
workers, staff and Executives which has largely contributed to
efficient operations and management of the Company during the year
under review. We also take this opportunity to express our deep sense
of gratitude to all our customers, dealers, suppliers, bankers,
government officials and all other business associates for their
continuous guidance and support to the Company and their continued
confidence in its management. We also take this opportunity to express
our sincere thanks to our shareholders and debenture holders for the
confidence and faith in our company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place : Kolkata Arun Kumar Jagatramka
Date : 15th day of July, 2011 Chairman & Managing Director
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