Nature of Operation:
Hindustan Motors Limited having its manufacturing facilities at
Uttarpara, Tiruvallur and Pithampur, is primarily engaged in the
manufacture & sale of Motor Vehicles, Spare Parts & accessories thereof
and Components, Steel Products etc. The Company is also engaged in
Trading of Motor vehicles, Spare parts and Components.
Rs. in lacs
March 31,2011 March 31,2010
2. Contingent Liabilities not
provided for in respect of :
(a) Claims & Government demands
against the Company not acknowledged as
debts.
i) Excise Duty 6291.39 5987.69
ii) Sales Tax 802.25 10408.09
iii) Customs Duty 373.50 362.87
iv) Service Tax 958.99 350.46
v) Others 734.60 837.30
The Company does not expect any major
impact to arise out of the above
claims/demands.
Against the above claims / demands,
payments have been made under
protest and / or debts have been
withheld by the respective parties, to
the extent of Rs. 426.19 lacs
(Rs. 2531.80 lacs).
Included in the above are contingent
liabilities to the extent of Rs.
1638.17 lacs (Rs. 1571.17 lacs) relating
to the pre transfer period of
the erstwhile Power Unit Plant and Power
Products Division of the Company, which
were transferred to AVTEC Limited in
June 2005. However, demands to the
extent of Rs. 1171.54 lacs
(Rs. 1171.54 lacs) are covered by
counter guarantees by the customers.
(b) Outstanding Bank Guarantees for
import of materials and other
accounts. 544.92 598.52
(c) Differential Duty on import of Capital goods under Export Promotion
Capital Goods Scheme is Rs. 21.80 lacs (Rs. 18.96 lacs).
(d) Bonus for the years 1963-64 to 1967-68 at Hindmotor unit which is
under adjudication (amount indeterminate). The Company contends that
no liability exists in this regard under the Payment of Bonus Act,
1965.
(e) Demands for incremental Dearness Allowance during the years 2001 to
2007 at Hindmotor Unit which are under adjudication (amount not
ascertained). However, majority of the employees unions have filed
joint petition for withdrawal of the case.
(f) The Company is under Corporate Debt Restructuring Scheme. In view
of recent circular about windfall profit / extra ordinary income
triggering the right of recompense and the Companys sale of property
at Halol, Gujarat, the Lenders of the Company have quantified the claim
of recompense of interest at Rs. 6554 lacs. The Company has requested
the Lenders to take a reasonable view based on Companys financial
position and past track record, which the Lenders have agreed to
consider. Pending final decision in the matter, the Company has paid a
sum of Rs. 1500 lacs to the Lenders in April 2011, which has been
accounted for under Interest expense, in these accounts. In view of the
above, no further provision there against is considered necessary by
the Management.
3. (a) Term Loans Rs. 1758.66 lacs (Rs. 1758.66 lacs) from the
Financial Institutions and Banks together with interest and other
charges thereon, are secured by a mortgage on a part of the Companys
land with other immovable assets thereon, both present and future and
by way of a hypothecation charge over all the movable assets including
book debts of the Company.
(b) Cash Credit facilities from Banks Rs. 302.45 lacs (Rs. 301.05
lacs), and buyers credit Rs. 1387.63 lacs (Rs. Nil) together with
interest and other charges thereon are secured by a mortgage on a part
of the Companys land together with other immovable assets thereon,
both present and future, and by way of a hypothecation charge over all
the movable assets including book debts of the Company.
(c) Short Term Loan Rs. Nil (Rs. 1009.56 lacs) from a Bank together
with interest thereon, is secured by way of a hypothecation charge over
all the movable assets including book debts of the Company.
(d) Short Term Loan Rs. 604.10 lacs (Rs. Nil) from a Bank together with
interest thereon, is secured by way of subservient charge on all the
movable fixed assets and the current assets of the Company.
(e) The Charges referred to in (a), (b) and (c) above rank pari-passu
amongst various Financial Institutions and Banks, and (a) & (b) are yet
to be additionally secured by way of pledge of 4550000 equity shares of
HM Export Ltd., a subsidiary company.
4. The break-up of net deferred tax liability as on 31st March 2011 is
as under :
In terms of accounting policy disclosed vide Note No. 1 (XVI) above,
Deferred tax assets of Rs. 2879.30 lacs (Rs. 3188.82 lacs) arising on
account of carried forward unabsorbed business losses have not been
recognised in he accounts.
5. Derivative contracts outstanding as at year end are as follows :
(i) In respect of cross currency JPY / USD of JPY 750 lacs (JPY / USD
of JPY 6400 lacs).
(ii) Forward cover of USD / INR of USD 22.25 lacs (USD / INR of USD 66
lacs).
The above derivative / forward contracts have been taken to cover the
exchange risk on import payment liability of the Company.
6. Consumption of Raw materials, stores and spare parts includes
profit / loss on sale thereof.
7. In certain cases, excise duty on items transferred from one
division to another for captive use has been accounted for based on
actual payments at provisional rates. Additional liability, if any, in
this regard will be accounted for on determination of the final rates,
but it will have no impact on the Companys profitability, since the
same will be claimable as Cenvat benefit by the transferee unit.
8. Excise duty on stocks represents differential excise duty on
opening and closing inventories.
9. Shareholders of the Company have approved Capital reduction on
16th November, 2010 through postal ballot which was duly confirmed by
the Honble High Court at Calcutta vide its Order dated 15th December,
2010 and Certificate of Registration of the said Order was issued by
the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal on 11th January, 2011. Pursuant
to this, debit balance in Profit & Loss Account as on 31st March, 2010
has been reduced by Rs. 8375.88 lacs by reducing the paid up value of
the Equity Shares from Rs. 10/- each to Rs. 5/- each with effect from
11th January, 2011 resulting in reduction of Rs. 8058.60 lacs in the
Subscribed and Paid up Equity Share Capital from Rs. 16117.20 lacs
(16,11,71,993 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each) to Rs. 8058.60 lacs
(16,11,71,993 Equity Shares of Rs. 5/- each) and adjusting the
Securities Premium Account to the extent of Rs. 317.28 lacs.
10. The movement in Provisions for Warranties during the year is as
follows:
A Provision is recognized for expected warranty claims on products
based on managements estimate of present obligation in this regard
during the warranty period, computed on the basis of past experience of
the level of repairs.
11. Disclosure under Accounting Standard-15 (Revised) on Employee
Benefits
B. Defined Benefit Plan
The Company has a defined benefit gratuity plan. Every employee who has
completed five years or more of service gets Gratuity on terms not
lower than the amount payable under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
The aforesaid scheme is funded with an Insurance Company. The following
table summarises the components of net benefit expenses recognised in
profit & loss account and the funded status and amount recognised in
the balance sheet for the respective plan.
Note:
a) The estimates of future salary increase considered in actuarial
valuation, takes account of inflation, seniority, promotion and other
relevant factors, such as supply and demand in the employment market
b) The Company expects to contribute Rs. 120.00 lacs (Rs. 120.00 lacs)
to Gratuity fund in 2011-2012.
c) Experience adjustment on plan assets & liabilities has been
considered in the valuation report as certified by the actuary
12. Related Party Disclosures:
(a) Name of the related parties:
Subsidiary Companies HM Export Ltd.
Hindustan Motor Finance Corporation Ltd.
Hindustan Motors Ltd., U.S.A.
Associate Company AVTEC Limited
Key Management Personnel Mr. R. Santhanam,
Managing Director (Upto 18th May 2010)
Mr. Manoj Jha,
Managing Director (From 19th May 2010)
13. As the Companys business activity falls within a single primary
business segment. Viz; Automobiles in India, the disclosure
requirement of Accounting Standard-17 Segment Reporting as notified
by Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006(as amended) is not
applicable.
14. Quantitative Information :
(a) Includes excise duty, sales tax, export incentives, insurance
claims, transportation & delivery charges and after adjusting
incentives / discounts and returns against sales made in earlier years
Rs. 76.74 lacs
(Rs. 77.20 lacs) and including items capitalised Rs. 97.64 lacs (Rs.
298.27 lacs).
(b) The installed capacity of the plants is not balanced in different
manufacturing stages. As a result, in many stages, the capacity is more
whereas in some stages, it is less than that mentioned above.
(c) Includes Alloy Steel and Mild Steel Forgings & Grey Iron Castings.
(d) Including 1423 Tonnes (1746 Tonnes) used for own consumption and
for different end-products.
(e) At estimated sale value.
(f) Sales value of own manufactured spare parts being unascertainable,
the same have been grouped under this head.
(g) Installed Capacities are certified by the Management and accepted
as correct by the Auditors. (h) Licensed Capacity has not been given
above in view of the delicensing of various products.
15. Previous years figures (including those which are in brackets)
have been regrouped / rearranged wherever necessary
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