Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Sixteenth Annual Report
and the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended March
31,2011.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The highlights of the financial results for the year ended March 31,
2011 are as under:
Year ended Year ended
March 31,2011 March 31, 2010
(Amount in Rs.) (Amount in Rs.)
Profit before Tax and Depreciation 731,434,968 1,151,597,171
Less: Depreciation 179,212,731 212,153,895
Profit before Tax 552,222,237 939,443,276
Less: Provision for Taxation & prior
period tax adjustments 178,494,657 327,268,409
Profit after Tax and prior period
Tax adjustment 373,727,580 612,174,867
Add: balance of profit brought
forward 1,318,093,629 1,594,074,288
Amount available for appropriation 1,691,821,209 2,206,249,155
Appropriations
Interim Dividend on Preference
Shares paid - 1,548,328
Final Dividend on Equity Shares - 459,881,296
Interim Dividend on Equity Shares paid 231,084,236 -
Corporate Dividend Tax on
Preference Dividend paid - 263,139
Corporate Dividend Tax on Final
Dividend on Equity Shares - 76,380,535
Corporate Dividend Tax on Interim
Dividend on Equity Shares 38,380,203 -
Transfer to Capital Redemption Reserve:
-On buy back of Equity Shares - 46,972,682
- On redemption of Preference Shares - 45,946,335
Adjusted against premium paid on buy back - 195,880,224
Transfer to General Reserves 37,400,000 61,300,000
Final Dividend for previous year on
Equity Shares written back on - (14,542)
shares bought back
Corporate Dividend Tax on Final
Dividend For previous year on Equity - (2,471)
Shares written back on shares bought back
Balance of profit carried forward to
Balance Sheet 1,384,956,770 1,318,093,629
OPERATIONS REVIEW
The Company is a corporate member of the capital market, wholesale debt
market and derivative segment of the National Stock Exchange of India
Limited (NSE) and a corporate member of the capital market and
derivative segment of the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE). The
Company is in the business of stock and share broking, commodities
trading, distribution of Mutual Funds and other investments and tax
planning products, it also provides depositary services, equity
research services and IPO distribution to its clients.
The Total Income of the Company during the year stood at Rs. 337.58
crores with a net profit after tax of Rs. 37.37 crores. The
consolidated revenues of the Company for the year ended March 31,2011
stood at Rs. 368.44 crores and the consolidated profit after tax stood
at Rs. 37.88 crores respectively.
FUTURE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
A healthy real GDP growth estimate, positive demography, economic
growth and earnings momentum, augurs well for the Indian Capital
Market. However the dynamic shift of volumes from cash to derivative
poses a challenge of maintaining margins. The tightening interest rate
cycle and inflationary pressures also add to the near term
challenges. The scalability of the Company''s technological platform will
however help consolidate our position further in the market.
DIVIDEND
The interim dividend of Re. 1/- per equity share (50% of the face value
of Rs. II- per equity share) amounting to Rs. 23.11 crores (excluding
corporate dividend tax) was declared by the Board of Directors of the
Company in its meeting held on October 18, 2010 and paid for the
financial year 2010-2011.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS
With a view to reward performance and to retain talented employees of
the Company and its subsidiaries, the Company has established two
employee stock option schemes titled ''Indiabulls Securities Limited
Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2008'' and ''Indiabulls Securities
Limited Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2009'', covering 40 million
stock options, convertible into equal number of Equity Shares of face
value Rs. 21- each.
The disclosures as required under Clause 12.1 of the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee
Stock Purchase Scheme) Guideline, 1999, in respect of the aforesaid
schemes of the Company are set out in the Annexure to this Report.
CHANGE IN SHARE CAPITAL
During the year under review, the Company has aUotted an aggregate of
1,171,863 equity shares of face value Rs. 21- each to certain eligible
employees under the employee stock option scheme of the Company.
Consequent to the said allotment the paid up equity share capital of
the Company stood increased from Rs. 459,881,296/- divided into
229,940,648 equity shares of face value Rs. 21- each to Rs.
462,225,022/- divided into 231,112,511 equity shares of face value Rs.
21- each.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of Section 255 and 256 of the
Companies Act, 1956 and Articles of Association of the Company Mr.
Ashok Sharma (DIIM:00010912) and Mr. Aishwarya Katoch (DIN:00557488)
retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company
and being eligible offer themselves for reappointment.
Brief resume of the Directors proposed to be reappointed, nature of
their expertise in specific functional areas and names of companies in
which they hold directorships and memberships/ chairmanships of Board
Committees, as stipulated under Clause 49 of Listing Agreement with the
Stock Exchanges in India, are provided in the Report on Corporate
Governance forming part of the Annual Report.
Mr. Rajiv Rattan and Mr. Saurabh K. Mittal have ceased to be directors
of the Company effective October 16, 2010.
FIXED DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public during the
year under review.
SUBSIDIARIES
The statement pursuant to Section 212(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956
relating to subsidiary companies forms a part of the financial
statements.
In terms of the circular no. 2/2011 No. 5/12/2007-CL-lll dated February
8, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for granting
general permission for not attaching certain prescribed documents
including annual accounts of the Subsidiaries to the Balance Sheet of
the Holding Company, as required to be attached in terms of Section 212
of the Companies Act, 1956, and accordingly as approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company in its meeting held on April 25, 2011, copies
of the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Reports of the Board of
Directors and Auditors of the subsidiaries of the Company as of March
31, 2011 have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company.
These documents will be made available upon request by any Member of
the Company interested in obtaining the same. The annual accounts of
the subsidiary companies are also kept for inspection by any
shareholders in the head office of the holding company and of the
subsidiary companies concerned. However, in terms of the said circular,
information desired to be disclosed in respect of the each of the
subsidiary company, has been disclosed, in the notes to accounts of the
Consolidated Balance Sheet forming part of the Annual Report. Further,
pursuant to Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by The Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements
presented by the Company includes financial information of its
subsidiaries.
LISTING WITH STOCK EXCHANGES
The equity shares of the Company continue to remain listed with the
Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of
India Limited (NSE). The listing fees payable to both the exchanges for
the financial year 2011-2012 have been paid. The Global Depository
Receipts of the Company continue to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review,
as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India, is presented in a separate section forming part of
the Annual Report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges, a detailed report on Corporate Governance is included in the
Annual Report. A Practicing Company Secretary''s Certificate certifying
the Company''s compliance with the requirements of Corporate Governance
in relation to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is attached with the
Corporate Governance Report.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 your
Directors confirm that:
1. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed and that there are no material
departures from the same;
2. the Directors have 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 as at 31st March, 2011 and the profit of the Company for
the year ended on that date;
3. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for maintaining
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
4. the Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts of the Company on a
''going concern'' basis.
AUDITORS & AUDITORS'' REPORT
M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants (Regn. No.
117366W), Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer themselves for
reappointment. The Company has received a certificate from the
Auditors to the effect that their reappointment, if made would be in
accordance with Section 224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1956. The Board
recommends their re-appointment.
The Notes to the Accounts referred to in the Auditors'' Report are self
- explanatory and therefore do not call for any further explanation.
INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 217 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956
The information required to be disclosed 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 with respect to
conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo, is given in the Annexure and forms a part of this
Report.
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of the employees are set out
in the Annexure to the Directors''Report, However, having regard to the
provisions of Section 219(1 )(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual Report
excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to all the Members of
the Company and others entitled thereto. Any member who is interested
in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company Secretary at the
Registered Office of the Company.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors wish to express their gratitude for the continuous
assistance and support received from the investors, clients, bankers,
regulatory and government authorities, during the year. Your Directors
also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the
contributions made and committed services rendered by the employees of
the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Sd/- Sd/-
Divyesh B. Shah Ashok Sharma
Whole-time Director Whole-time Director
Place: New Delhi
Date: September 5, 2011
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