The Members,
The Directors are happy to present the 49th Annual Report and Audited
Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2011.
A. FINANCIAL RESULTS (Rs. in Crores)
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
1. Gross Sales 4925.49 4129.17
Less : Excise Duty Recovered 170.44 109.98
Net Sales 4755.05 4019.19
2. Other Income 101.20 113.01
3. Total Revenue 4856.25 4132.20
4. Less : Operating Expenses 3583.18 3569.51
5. Operating Profit 1273.07 562.69
6. Less : Interest 13.78 30.62
7. Gross Profit 1259.29 532.07
8. Less : Depreciation 146.40 140.93
9. Prior Period Adjustment 0.44 2.02
10. Profit before taxes 1112.45 389.12
11. Taxation
Current Tax 308.34 156.46
Deferred Tax (net) 54.62 (21.93)
Wealth Tax 0.12 0.12
12. Profit after taxes 749.37 254.47
13. Balance brought forward from
last year 90.41 47.75
14. Amount available for appropriations 839.78 302.22
15. Out of which, your Directors have
proposed appropriation and transfer
as under :
a) Proposed Dividend on Equity shares 55.79 35.86
b) Tax on Proposed Dividend 9.05 5.96
c) General Reserve 640.00 170.00
16. Leaving a balance in the Profit &
Loss Account 134.94 90.40
B. OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
It is heartening to report that for the F.Y. 2010-11, your Company has
achieved highest ever Profit before Tax (PBT) and Net Profit (Profit
After Tax). PBT has increased from Rs.389 Crores in 2009-10 to Rs.1112
Crores, registering an increase of 186%. Similarly, the Net profit was
Rs.749 Crores which is almost three times the previous year''s net
profit of Rs.254 Crores.
During F.Y. 2010-11, there was constraint in availability of imported
Phosphoric Acid at Sikka Unit, which affected production and
availability of DAP. Inspite of this, the Company witnessed a rise of
18% in net sales. The net sales increased from Rs. 4019 Crores in
2009-10 to Rs.4755 Crores in 2010-11. The Company achieved higher sales
turnover as a result of better price realization in both the business
segments viz. Fertilizer and Industrial Products.
The EBIDTA for 2010-11 was 1273 Crores as compared to Rs.563 Crores in
the previous F.Y. 2009-10, thus showing stride of 126%. Better margins
in Fertilizer and Industrial Product segments have improved the overall
EBIDTA margin from 14% to 26.77%. The interest cost has decreased from
Rs.31 Crores in previous year to Rs.14 Crores in F.Y.2010-11.
C. DIVIDEND
Considering the excellent performance and profits for the year under
review, your Directors are happy to recommend a dividend @70%, i.e.
Rs.7/- per Equity Share (Previous Year - 45%, i.e. Rs. 4.50 per share)
on 7,96,95,506 Equity Shares of Rs.10/- each for the financial year
ended 31st March, 2011. The net outgo on account of Dividend shall be
Rs.6483.69 Lacs including Corporate Dividend Tax. The Dividend shall be
paid to those members, whose name shall appear on the Register of
Members of the Company on the Book Closure Date i.e. on 03/09/2011.
D. CURRENT PERFORMANCE
Your Directors are pleased to report that during the First Quarter (Q1)
of Financial Year (F.Y.) 2011-12 also, your Company has achieved Net
Profit of Rs.142 Crores which is ever highest in the Q1 of any
Financial Year ever since its inception. The EBIDTA margin has
improved from 19% during Q1 of F.Y. 2010-11 to 25% during the Q1 of the
current Financial Year. The above results are after making the
provision for exceptional items aggregating Rs.52.63 Crores.
The operational performance of your Company during Q1 of the current
Financial Year is encouraging when the fertilizer production increased
from 3.58 Lac Tons during Q1 of 2010-11 to 3.77 Lac Tons during the Q1
of 2011-12. Similarly, the production of major Industrial Products viz.
Caprolactam, Nylon-6, Melamine, etc., during the same period, remained
above the capacity levels and when compared, it is higher than the
production of the corresponding period of the previous Financial Year.
The Net Sales of your Company during the Q1 of F.Y. 2011-12 is Rs.1208
Crores which is higher by Rs.141 Crores (up by 13%) as compared to the
Net Sales of Rs.1067 Crores during Q1 of F.Y. 2010-11. The sales price
of major Industrial Products like Caprolactam, Melamine and Nylon-6
were tuned in line with international prices. Similarly, price
realization in Fertilizer segment was also higher. The prices of major
raw materials showed a rising trend, thus affecting the cost of
production.
E. LISTING OF SHARES & DEPOSITORIES
The Equity Shares of your Company are listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE).
As approved by the shareholders, an application for voluntary delisting
of Equity Shares from Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Ltd.,
Kolkatta, was made, however, the approval for delisting is still
awaited.
Your Directors wish to state that the Equity Shares of your Company are
compulsorily traded in dematerialized form w.e.f. 26/06/2000.
Presently, 58.37% of shares is held in electronic/dematerialised form.
F. REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS
Your Company has complied with all the mandatory requirements of
Corporate Governance norms as mandated by Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement with Stock Exchanges. A separate report on Corporate
Governance together with the Certificate of M/s. S. Samdani &
Associates, Company Secretaries, Vadodara forms part of this Annual
Report. The Management Discussion & Analysis report also forms part of
this Annual Report.
G. FIXED DEPOSITS
During the year 2010-11, your Company has not accepted / renewed any
Fixed Deposit. Your Directors wish to report that there are 456 Fixed
Deposits aggregating Rs.60.38 Lacs which have remained unclaimed by
Depositors, as on 31st March, 2011. Letters reminding them to exercise
their option to seek repayment have been sent. Upto and including the
date of this report, 86 deposits amounting to Rs. 13.82 Lacs have been
repaid.
During the year, the Company has transferred a sum of Rs.13.53 Lacs
being the unclaimed deposits and interest amount thereon to the
Investors'' Education and Protection Fund as required in terms of
Section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956.
H. INSURANCE
All the properties and insurable interests of the Company, including
the buildings, plant & machinery and stocks have been adequately
insured. Also, as required under the Public Liability Insurance Act,
1991, your Company has taken all the necessary insurance cover.
I. PROJECTS UNDER CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM)
Your Company has taken up various projects for reducing emission and
energy saving. These projects have also been submitted for validation
and registration under the Clean Development Mechanism. This would help
your Company to earn Carbon Credit.
Your Directors are happy to inform that a Project on fossil fuel
change-over and Wind Mill Power Project of 10 MW have already got
registered under CDM, while the Wind Mill Projects of 12 MW, 18 MW and
33 MW are under registration process for availing carbon credit.
J. EXPANSION & DIVERSIFICATION
Your Company has taken up conversion of Ammonia-I Plant for production
of Methanol based on technology from M/s. Haldor Topsoe, Denmark. M/s
Project & Development India Ltd. have been appointed as consultants for
carrying out detailed engineering work for the project. The project is
under execution and it is slated to be commissioned in the last quarter
of F.Y. 2011-12. Your Company has also taken up modernization of
Cyclohexanone unit at Vadodara.
Your Company has participated in a strategic Joint Venture with
Tunisian Indian Fertilizers (TIFERT) in Tunisia with a view to ensure
consistent supply of Phosphoric Acid for optimized running of its DAP
Plant at Sikka. The Project is slightly delayed due to political
turmoil in Tunisia and it is now expected to be commissioned by the
last quarter of F.Y.2011-12.
Your Company has been conscious of the development of green technology
and with a view to translate this into a reality; it has commissioned
its first 10 MW Wind Mill Power Project at Kutch in March 2008 and
added another 12 MW Wind Mill Power Project in January 2009 in Kutch
District. Your Company has subsequently implemented 18 MW Wind Power
Project in Porbandar Dist. and 33 MW Wind Power Project in Kutch Dist.
These projects are working satisfactorily and are meeting the Company''s
captive power requirements as well as selling surplus power to State
Grid. Encouraged by the performance of these Wind Mill Projects, the
incentives available from the Government and the global need of green
energy, your Company is in the process of implementing additional 50.4
MW Wind Power capacity in Rajkot and Surendranagar Districts of
Gujarat.
Your Directors also wish to inform that capacity addition of Nylon-6
plant by another 15000 MTPA is planned at Baroda and the technology
tie-up for the same is under progress.
Your Directors are pleased to inform that your Company has ambitious
plan for setting up larger capacity plants at Dahej replicating its
existing Baroda Unit for which land acquisition and technology search
activities are progressing well.
K. INFORMATION REGARDING CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO AND PARTICULARS OF
EMPLOYEES ETC.
Information as required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act,
1956, read with Rule (2) of the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in
the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is given in Annexure A
forming part of this report. The Company does not have any employee
falling within the purview of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 and hence such Particulars of Employees are not included.
L. DIRECTORS
- Managing Director :
With effect from 13/07/2011 Shri Atanu Chakraborty, IAS has been
appointed as Managing Director of the Company in place of Shri H.V.
Patel, IAS. Accordingly, a resolution relating to his appointment is
placed for your approval. Your Directors place on record their
appreciation for the dynamic and vibrant leadership provided by Shri
H.V. Patel, IAS during his tenure as Managing Director of the Company.
- Change in Directors :
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 255 & 256 of the Companies Act,
1956, Shri D.C. Anjaria and Prof. Vasant P. Gandhi shall be liable to
retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible, have offered themselves for re-appointment.
The appropriate resolutions for appointment/reappointment of Directors
are placed for the approval of shareholders.
Your Directors also take this opportunity to welcome Shri Atanu
Chakraborty, IAS the new Managing Director of the Company.
M. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the
Directors hereby confirm that:
i) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable Accounting
Standards have been followed and that no material departures have been
made from the same;
ii) The appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments & estimates have been made that are
reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2011 and of the profit of
the Company for the period from 1st April, 2010 to 31st March, 2011;
iii) Proper and sufficient care has been taken 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) The Annual Accounts have been prepared on a Going Concern basis.
N. AUDITORS
Your Directors wish to inform that as on the date of writing of this
report, the provisions of Section 619-B of the Companies Act, 1956 does
not apply to your Company and hence the appointment and fixation of
remuneration of Statutory Auditors of the Company for Financial Year
2011-12 shall be done by the Shareholders at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting. The suitable resolution/s to that effect has been included in
the notice convening the said meeting.
Your Directors would further like to mention that the provisions of the
said Section 619-B is not applicable w.e.f. quarter ended 30th
September, 2010 due to the reason that the shareholding of specified
shareholders having gone down below the threshold limits and hence the
CAG has not conducted the supplementary audit of accounts for the year
under review.
Your Directors further state that as on the date of writing of this
report, provisions of Section 619-B do not apply to the Company and
accordingly the resolution for appointment and fixation of remuneration
of the Statutory Auditors is proposed.
However, as a matter of abundant precaution, parallely your Directors
propose a resolution regarding authorization for fixation of
remuneration etc. to the Statutory Auditors, should the provisions of
Section 619-B apply before the date of ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Your Directors also recommend the approval of Resolutions for
appointment and/or fixation of remuneration to the Statutory Auditors/
Branch Auditors for the F.Y. 2011-12 as the case may be.
Pursuant to the directive from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
regarding appointment of Cost Auditor, M/s Diwanji & Associates, Cost
Accountants, Vadodara have been appointed as the Cost Auditor for
Fertilizers, Chemicals & Nylon Products of the Company for the
Financial Year 2011-12. The approval of the Central Government for the
said appointment is received. The Cost Auditor for the F.Y. 2009-10 was
also M/s Diwanji & Associates, Cost Accountants, Vadodara and the Cost
Audit Report was filed on 24.09.2010 (i.e. three days before the
stipulated date of 27.09.2010). W.e.f. F.Y. 2011-12, the Ministry has
directed to carry out the Cost Audit for the Wind Mill Power Projects
also and accordingly M/s. Diwanji & Associates, Cost Accountants,
Vadodara have been appointed as Cost Auditors. The necessary
application in this regard is being made to the Central Government.
Your Company has also appointed M/s Haribhakti & Co., Chartered
Accountants, Mumbai as Internal Auditors for carrying out the Internal
Audit of its Baroda Unit and Sikka Unit. M/s K.N.Mehta & Co., Chartered
Accountants, Vadodara and M/s Parikh Mehta & Associates, Chartered
Accountants, Vadodara have been appointed as Internal Auditors for the
Company''s Polymers and Fibre Units respectively.
O. AUDITORS'' REPORT
With regard to observations of Statutory Auditors contained in their
Report, the Company has provided clarifications in Schedule 22 Notes
on Accounts.
P. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Your Company holds the valid Consolidated Consent & Authorization from
Gujarat Pollution Control Board and has complied with all the relevant
statutory requirements. The renewal application for the same has been
submitted and is under process.
Your Company has implemented a scheme for 100% utilization of treated
sewage water for gardening purpose in February 2011.
Your Directors are pleased to inform that conservation, protection &
promotion of clean and green environment is of vital concern in all
facets of its business. As a part of Environment Management System, our
conscious efforts are on towards waste minimization, recycling and
conservation of natural resources to the maximum possible extent for
the protection of environment. The Fertilizer Group of plants has
maintained zero process effluent discharge system. The revamping of our
Effluent Treatment Plants is in progress for enhancing its treatment
capacity.
Your Company is continuously looking for new ways for conservation of
natural resources (water, energy and raw materials) and wastes
minimization for the protection of environment. The multifarious
eco-friendly initiatives adopted by your Company include:-
- Implementing energy conservation schemes.
- Reducing the use of natural resources like fuel, water etc.
- Promoting the use of alternative fuels and materials.
- Tree plantation campaigns.
- Awareness programs for employees at all levels and for community.
- Complying with statutory requirements as applicable from time to time
in letter and spirit.
The gaseous emission generated through different processes from plants
is maintained well within the permissible limit through sophisticated
Air Pollution Control Devices and the scrubbing liquor emanating from
the plants are used for recovering important resources. Your Company is
also going for installation of GAS Detectors in different plants and
Ambient Air Monitoring Stations in four directions in the premises for
continuous monitoring of gaseous pollutants.
Majority of hazardous solid wastes are sold to recyclers authorized by
the Pollution Control Board and the remaining solid wastes are disposed
off at Pollution Control Board approved facilities.
During the year under review, your Company was conferred with the
prestigious Gujarat State Safety Award 2009 a Certificate of Honor
from Gujarat Safety Council and Director Industrial Safety & Health for
achieving more than 30 Lacs million man-hours without any accident
among Category- 1 Group A Industries.
External statutory audit for Safety & Health was conducted by British
Safety Council for all the four Units during Nov.-Dec.2010.
Your Company has obtained BS EN 16001:2009 Energy Management System
Certification in July, 2010. This system will help your Company to
improve energy performance including energy efficiency. It will also
lead to reduction in energy cost and Green House Gases emission through
systematic management of energy.
Your Company is also conscious about the environment and the ecological
balance and is promoting horticultural activities. It has taken
initiative to make GSFC greener by planting large number of quality
trees such as Banyan, Pipal and Neem, thus also supporting the
initiative of the Govt. of Gujarat in this direction.
Q. HUMAN RESOURCES
Your Directors are happy to acknowledge that with the competent,
motivated and cost conscious personnel, the Company made significant
strides in its operations. The employees have been able to meet the
challenges from time to time to improve upon the performance of its
plants through efficiency, productivity and economy. Your Directors
are happy to place on record their appreciation for the sincere efforts
and contributions made by the employees of the Company.
The pending issue of permanency of contract labours has been
successfully resolved during the year. With a view to sensitizing the
employees towards higher productivity, your Company has introduced a
Production, Productivity & Profitability linked Incentive Scheme from
F.Y. 2009-10 effective for three years and a settlement to this effect
has been signed with the Employees'' Union during the year.
The Company has also continued its endeavor to impart appropriate and
relevant training to its employees at various levels with a view to
prepare them to take up increased challenges that are ahead and to
enhance their performance in the overall interest of the Company.
The industrial relations remained cordial during the year.
R. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the overwhelming
co-operation and assistance received from the Government of Gujarat,
Government of India, Bank of Baroda and other Banks and agencies. Your
Directors also wish to express their gratitude to the investors for
their continued support and faith reposed in the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Sd/-
Place : Fertilizernagar A. K. Joti
Date : 28th July, 2011 Chairman
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