The Directors have pleasure in presenting for your consideration and
approval the Twenty Fifth Annual Report with the Audited Financials of
the Company fortheyearended March 31,2011
FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND DIVIDEND
For the
year ended For the
year ended For the
year ended For the
year ended
March 31,
2011 March 31,
2010 March 31,
2011 March 31,
2010
(Rs.mn) (Rs.mn) (Rs.mn) (Rs.mn)
Standalone Standalone Consolidated Consolidated
Total Income 949.44 957.07 2,012.19 1,813.37
Profit before
Taxation 554.53 588.64 905.19 956.92
Provision for
Taxation 180.47 195.78 212.27 215.38
Net Profit after
Taxation 374.06 392.86 690.20* 738.49*
Profit available
for appropriation 501.71 522.77 1,472.20 1,177.12
Appropriations :
General Reserve 38.00 40.00 38.00 40.00
Dividend (inclusive
of dividend tax) 358.48 355.12 358.48 355.12
•afterMinority Interest
DIVIDEND
During the year, your Company achieved a net profit aftertax of X
374.06 mn. Your Directors recommend a dividend of X 1.50 per share
efface value r2/-each.The total amount ofdividend is 1358.48 mn
(inclusive ofdividend tax oft50.04mn)
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
The year under review has been uncertain, contrary to earlier
expectations. India faced headwinds in the form of concerns on
inflation, interest rates, and oil price. Lower industrial growth since
September 2010 and slowdown in foreign direct investment could
translate into lower than expected GDP growth forFY2011 and FY2012. The
fragile global and local economic scenarios have reflected on the
private equity environment as well. Fund raising continues to be
sluggish and PE fund raising by India-focused funds saw a dip of 19% on
a year on year basis
In this backdrop, the year has been one of consolidation for the
Company. During the year your Company acquired the shares of Saffron
Asset Advisors Private Limited (name changed to IIML Asset Advisors
Private Limited), thus making it a subsidiary of Company. In addition
to the above Saffron Capital Securities Limited and Saffron Capital
Advisors Limited, both Mauritius based real estate focused managers,
amalgamated with IL&FS Investment Advisors LLC, a Mauritius based
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. As a result of the foregoing,
the total Assets Under Management (AUM) of your Company along with
its affiliates stands increased to USD 3.2 bn and your Company
alongwith its affiliates also has undents management Yatra Capital
Limited which is listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange. Your Company
will seek to leverage the listed vehicle for raising fresh listed
private equity funds
Your Company invested X 8.27 bn during FY2011, a 43% increase over the
previous year. More importantly, your Company was also able to provide
significant return of capital to its fund investors, with US$ 221 mn
being realized through divestments from 15 investee companies
Given that the fund raising process is episodic, the increase in
revenues of your Company is more a step function, linked to fresh funds
closed as also to the investment cycle for the current funds under
management. Strategic initiatives including opening of the Dubai office
with a view to expand business presence in the region and the Saffron
merger are expected to fructify over the next two fiscals. Given the
lack of demand and the greaterriskaversion of the investment community,
investmentcycles have elongated, thereby impacting pace of fresh fund
raises. Accordingly, the Company initiated fund raising for three new
funds only in the latter part of 2011. The enhancement in assets under
management of US$ 400 mn came from the amalgamation of the Saffron
platform; however depreciation costs related to the transaction have
resulted in a lower Profit After Tax than planned
On a consolidated basis, the Income from Operations of the Company for
the financial year 2010-2011 was X 1.9 bn. Inclusive of Income from
Investments of X 72.39 mn and Other Income of X 39.45 mn, the Total
Income on a consolidated basis for the Financial Year 2010-2011 was X
2.01 bn. The resultant Profit afterTaxon consolidated
basisforthefinancial year2010-2011 was X690.20 mn
On a standalone basis, the Income from Operations of the Company for
the financial year 2010-2011 was X 852.77 mn. Inclusive of Income from
Investments of ? 61.64 mn and Other Income of ? 35.03 mn, the Total
Income of the Company for the Financial Year 2010-2011 was ? 949.44 mn.
The total Expensesfortheyearweret394.90mn and the resultant
ProfitafterTaxforthe financial year2010-2011 wast 374.06mn
FUTURE OUTLOOK
The emerging weak and uncertain economic data points to a possible
downgrading of the growth forecasts for FY2012. Scaling down of FY2012
growth expectations by 0.5-1.0% is already being sounded out by various
agencies, with the Government reaffirming that it would be willing to
sacrifice growth in the interest of reigning in inflation
However, notwithstanding the challenging macro-economic environment,
India continues to present a compelling investment opportunity. In
order to address this opportunity, your Company has started marketing
of three new funds. Leveraging its parentage, the Company would in this
fiscal launch a variety of funds covering the infrastructure lifecycle.
The new Funds collectively target to raise US bn overthe next 12-18
months, with some achieving a First Close during this fiscal.
Achallenging global investment environment would dictate the Companys
ability to raise new Funds within the planned timelines. Despite having
a competitive advantage and performance recognition among global
investors, the active divestment of olderfunds coupled with longer lead
times forfund raising are expected to keep assets under management flat
DIRECTORS
Mr Arun Saha and Mr Vibhav Kapoor retire by rotation at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting of the Company and being eligible offer
themselves for re-appointment. Mr Jitender Balakrishnan was appointed
as an Additional Director of the Company at the Board Meeting held on
July 30, 2010 and Mr Ramesh Bawa and Mr Siddharth Mehta were appointed
as Additional Directors of the Company at the Board Meeting held on
February 11, 2011. Since Mr Jitender Balakrishnan, Mr Ramesh Bawa and
Mr Siddharth Mehta were appointed as Additional Directors of the
Company they hold office upto the date of ensuing Annual General
Meeting of the Company and being eligible offers themselves for
appointment. The Company has received a notice under Section 257 of the
Companies Act, 1956 proposing appointment of Mr Jitender Balakrishnan,
Mr Ramesh Bawa and MrSiddharth Mehta as Directors of the Company.
During the yearMrAlokBhargava resigned and ceased to beaDirectorand
consequently ceased to be an Executive Director of the Company with
effect from July 15, 2010. DrArchana Hingorani was appointed as an
Executive Director of the Company for a period of five years with
effect from July 17, 2006. With the tenure of Dr Hingorani as an
Executive Director coming to an end on July 16, 2011, the Board of
Directors of the Company at its meeting held on April 21, 2011 approved
the re-appointment of DrArchana Hingorani as an Executive Director of
the Company for a further period of five years with effect from April
21, 2011, subject to the approval of the members. The resolution for
re-appointment of Dr Hingorani as an Executive Directorof the
Companyforafurtherperiod of fiveyears with effect fromApril21,2011 is
being placed before the members in the ensuing Annual General Meeting
STATUTORYAUDITORS
The Statutory Auditors of the Company M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells,
Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, retire at the conclusion of the ensuing
Annual General Meeting and have expressed their willingness to continue
as Auditors, if re-appointed, at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of
the Company
The Company has also received a certificate from M/s Deloitte Haskins &
Sells under Section 224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1956 confirming
their eligibility for re-appointment. M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells,
Mumbai, have also confirmed to the Company that the firm is subjected
to the Peer Review Process of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India
INCREASE IN SHARE CAPITAL
During the year your Company allotted 2,598,660 Equity Shares of ? 21-
each on the exercise of Options issued under the Employee Stock Option
Plans 2004 & 2006
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges, Report on Corporate Governance along with the Management
Discussion and Analysis and Auditors Certificate on compliance with
the Corporate Governance requirements have been included in this Annual
Report as separate sections
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
Your Company has the following subsidiaries IL&FS Asian Infrastructure
Managers Limited, IL&FS Urban Infrastructure Managers Limited, IIML
AssetAdvisors Private Limited and IL&FS Investment Advisors LLC,
Mauritius
The Company had in the past obtained exemption from the Central
Government under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, from attaching
the Accounts of each of the Subsidiary Companies of the Company to its
Balance Sheet. However the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General
Circular No 2/2011 file no 51/12/2007-CL-lll dated February 8, 2011,
had issued directions under Section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 1956
to grant a general exemption from attaching the financials along with
the Directors Report and the Auditors Report of the subsidiary
companies to the financials of the holding company on fulfillment of
certain conditions. In compliance with the said circular of the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Company has attached a summary of
the financial statements of each of the Subsidiary Companies
As per Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement the consolidated financial
statements of the Company with its Subsidiaries form part of the Annual
Report. The copies of the audited annual accounts of the Companys
Subsidiaries and other related documents, can also be sought by any
member of the Company or its Subsidiaries on making a written request
to the Company Secretary in this regard. The Annual Accounts of the
Subsidiary Companies are also available for inspection by any
memberatthe Companys and/or the concerned Subsidiaries registered
office
Review of Operations of Subsidiary Companies
IL&FS Asian Infrastructure Managers Limited :
IL&FS Asian Infrastructure Managers Limited (IAIML) has been set up to
manage Pan Asia Project Development Fund, India (the Fund). The Fund
has been set up in order to support initiatives for development of
infrastructure projects in the Asian region. The Fund has a corpus of r
1,125 mn. IAIML is playing an active role in managing and monitoring
the investments made by the Fund. The performance of these investments
has been satisfactory
The Income from Operations of IAIML for the financial year2010-2011 was
X 20.04 mn. Inclusive of Income from Investments and Otherlncome of X
3.45 mn, the Total Income for Financial Year 2010-2011 was X 23.49 mn.
The total Expenses of IAIML for the year were X 19.05 mn and the
resultant Profit aftertaxfortheyearwast 3.96mn
IL&FS Urban Infrastructure Managers Limited:
IL&FS Urban Infrastructure Managers Limited (IUIML) functions as the
Asset Managerfor the Pooled Municipal Debt Obligations (PMDO) Facility.
The objective of the PMDO Facility is to provide long tenure term loans
to meet the debt requirements of urban infrastructure projects across
cities in India. The total corpus of the PMDO Facility is X 27,500 mn
As part of the efforts of increasing the total corpus available, a new
lender Indian Overseas Bank has joined the consortium with a commitment
of X 2,500 mn. Further the existing lenders have also increased their
commitment amounts. Accordingly, the total corpus is expected to be
increased to X 47,775 mn. The Memorandum of Agreement for the revised
commitment amount is expected to be signed in the first quarterof
FY2012
lUIMLs role as an Asset Manager is to identify and appraise the
eligible projects and obtain sanctions of the lenders and thereafter
assist the lenders to disburse, monitor and administerthe loan assets
until repayment
By March 31, 2011, projects for a term loan of X 30,783.35 mn have been
sanctioned from the PMDO facility and the assets under management
amounted tor 8,747 mn
Thelncome from Operations of lUIMLfor the financial year 2010-2011 wast
89.21 mn. Inclusive of Income from Investments and Otherlncome of X
1.79 mn, the Total Income for Financial Year2010-2011 wasf91 mn. The
total Expenses of lUIMLfortheyearweref 64.34 mn and the resultant
ProfitafterTaxforthe yearwas X17.76 mn
IIML Asset Advisors Private Limited (formerly known as Saffron Asset
Advisors Private Limited):
IIMLAsset Advisors Private Limited (IAAPL) is in the business of
providing advice on investments, finance, management and consultancy
and acts as the India Advisorto two Mauritius based real estate funds
The Income from Operations of IAAPL for the financial year 2010-2011
was X 305.36 mn. Inclusive of Other Income of X 0.89 mn, the Total
Income for FinancialYear 2010-2011 wast 306.25 mn. The total Expenses
of IAAPL fortheyearweret 255.83mn and the resultant
ProfitafterTaxforthe yearwas X 32.30 mn
IL&FS Investment Advisors LLC:
IL&FS InvestmentAdvisors LLC, Mauritius (HAL) acts as the Investment
Managerto IL&FS India Realty Fund LLC, IL&FS India Realty Fund II LLC.
Tara India Fund III LLC, K2 Property Limited and Saffron India Real
Estate Fund I
The Total Income of HAL for the financial year 2010-2011 was USD 30.90
mn. The total Expenses of HAL for the year were USD 24.94 mn and the
resultant Profit after Taxforthe yearwas USD 5.73 mn
DEPOSITS
YourCompany has notaccepted any deposits from the
publicfortheyearunderconsideration
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The particulars regarding foreign expenditure and earnings appearas
Item Nos. 8(ii) and 8(iii) respectively, of Schedule 13B to the
Accounts
Since the Company does not own any manufacturing facility, the other
particulars in the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report
of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 are not applicable
PERSONNEL
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation of the
services rendered by the employees of the Company at all levels. The
particulars of the employees as required under Section 217(2A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees)
Rules, 1975 forms part of the Directors Report for the year ended
March 31,2011. However, as perthe provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv)of
the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors Report and Accounts are being
sent to all shareholders of the Company, excluding the statement of
particulars of employees under Section 217(2A) of the Act. Any
shareholder interested in obtaining a copy of the said statement may
write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company
DETAILS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLANS
The detailed disclosures as per SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and
Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 of the ESOP Schemes of
the Company are annexed to the Directors Report
DIRECTORSRESPONSIBILITYSTATEMENT
Your Directors wish to state that:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
(b) they had 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 attheend of the financial yearand of the profitof the
Company for thatyear;
(c) they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
CompaniesAct,1956forsafeguardingtheassetsof the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and otherirregularities;
(d) they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Relationship with Members, Investors of the funds under management,
Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, other
Regulatory authorities, investee companies and our bankers remained
excellent during the year under review. Your Directors are grateful for
the support extended by them and lookforward to receiving
theircontinued support and encouragement
For and on behalf of the Board
Place : Mumbai
Date : April 21, 2011 S M DATTA
Chairman
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