Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 20th Directors'' Report
on the business and operations of your Company, on a standalone basis,
for the financial year ended March 31, 2011.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ON STANDALONE BASIS
(Amount in Rs Million)
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
Total Income 6,797.14 6,079.50
Operating Profit (PBIDT) 1,692.81 1,960.04
Interest 3.0 4.71
Depreciation 375.48 407.07
Profit before Tax 1,314.34 1,548.26
Current Tax 250.20 190.30
Earlier Years'' Tax 0.34 45.30
MAT Credit (124.76) (109.90)
Deferred Tax 9.76 154.91
Profit after Tax 1,178.80 1,267.65
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Your Company has emerged as a complete Engineering Services Provider
with Global Collaborative Engineering as its model for growth.
Following are the results of operations for the financial year (FY)
2010-11:
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Revenues
The total income of the Company for the FY 2010-11 comprises operating
revenues of Rs 6,476.67 million as against Rs 5,617.99 million in FY
2009-10 and other income of Rs 320.47 million for the current year as
against Rs 461.5 million in the previous year. Total sales increased
by 15.28% over the last financial year.
Profits
Profit before Tax (PBT) stood at Rs 1,314.34 million as against Rs
1,548.26 million for the previous year. Profit after Tax (PAT) stood at
Rs 1,178.8 million as against Rs 1,267.65 million for the previous
year.
Liquidity
Your Company continues to be debt-free and maintains sufficient
liquidity to meet its strategies including acquisitions. During the
financial year, cash flows have more than adequately covered working
capital requirements as well as for the capital expenditure. As of 31
March 2011, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of Rs 3,272.75
million, as against Rs 3,363.68 million on 31 March 2010. During the
year, the Company invested an amount of Rs 201.32 million towards the
acquisition of Wellsco Inc., in the US through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Infotech Enterprises America Inc.
APPROPRIATIONS
Dividend
Your Directors have recommended a final dividend of Rs 1.25 per share
(25%) on par value of Rs 5/-. The total dividend including dividend
distribution tax amount is Rs 162.20 million as against Rs 129.86
million for the previous year. Dividend (including dividend
distribution tax) as a percentage of profit after tax is 13.76% as
compared to 10.24% in the previous year.
Transfer to Reserves
Your Directors have proposed to transfer Rs 830.67 million to the
General Reserve retaining Rs 411.16 million in the Profit and Loss
Account.
SHARE CAPITAL
Allotment of Shares
During the year under report, Company completed an issue of bonus
shares in the ratio of 1:1, i.e., one equity share for every one
existing equity share of Rs 5/- each held by the members on the record
date. The record date fixed was 12 June 2010. Company allotted
5,55,52,348 bonus shares on 14 June 2010. Further, your Company has
allotted 2,24,397 equity shares of Rs 5/- each to the associates of the
Company and its subsidiaries upon exercise of an equal number of stock
options vested in them pursuant to the extant Stock Option Schemes of
the Company.
In view of the above allotments, the outstanding shares of the Company
increased from 5,54,99,524 equity shares of Rs 5/- on 31 March 2010
each to 11,12,76,269 equity shares of Rs 5/- each on 31 March 2011.
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
- Opened a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Visakhapatnam SEZ
- Renewed contract with Tom Tom for a further period of three years
- The Company''s wholly owned subsidiary in the US, Infotech Enterprises
America Inc., acquired Wellsco Inc., a Telecom Engineering Company
based at Paragould, Arkansas, USA in an all cash deal
- Rebranded Utilities, Telecom & Government (UTG) vertical as Network &
Content Engineering (N&CE) - a step towards emerging as a Global
Engineering Services Company
- Began long term relationships with Seawell and Westinghouse
- Rewarded shareholders by completing a 1:1 bonus issue of shares
VERTICAL WISE PERFORMANCE
Network & Content Engineering
Network & Content Engineering (erstwhile UTG) vertical is the world''s
leading dedicated provider of engineering services and solutions.
Supported by an outstanding team of consultants and engineers, deep
domain knowledge, superior technical expertise, and 20 years of
successful engagements, we are well positioned to provide scalable
network and content solutions that are fully optimized to support
operational efficiency, market response and profitability. Network
Engineering provides design, deployment and management of
next-generation networks, including fibre networks and smart-grid
solutions to some of the major telecom service providers and utilities
globally. The Content Engineering division serves major organizations
and government in delivering, managing and optimizing their critical
content and data needs. Leveraging years of experience and a wide
range of next- generation services and solutions, we optimize content
to facilitate better business decision-making and support the delivery
of tangible business results.
This vertical generated revenues of Rs 2,322 million as against
previous year''s Rs 2,540 million, at a negative growth rate of 8.6%.
This vertical contributed 36% of the total operating revenues.
Associate strength of the vertical stood at 3,338 as at 31 March 2011.
During the year, 3 trademarks, viz., iGEMS, TruShift and TeemNG were
registered by this vertical.
Engineering
This vertical witnessed a series of transformative initiatives to
consolidate efforts and to tap the vast synergies for accelerated
growth. Restructuring of our Global Aerospace Practice and merging the
practice under this vertical made us realize cost efficiencies and
revenue opportunities. The restructuring has helped cross 0 million
in terms of aerospace revenues, thus making the Company the leader of
aerospace engineering services in India. Today, this vertical is
trusted to solve complex product and process engineering challenges
across industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer & Medical,
Energy, Hi-Tech, Heavy Equipment, Marine and Rail.
The Product & Process Engineering vertical of your Company offers a
unique combination of engineering skills, domain experience and
application know-how. The Company''s expert teams in engineering span
the complete product development cycle, from concept development
through aftermarket support in the areas of Mechanical Design,
Electronics Design, Technical publication and Engineering Software
Development.
The vertical generated revenues of Rs 4,155 million as against last
year''s revenues of Rs 3,078 million, resulting in an increase of 35%.
This vertical contributed 64% of the total operating revenues.
Associate strength of the vertical stood at 3,487 as at 31 March 2011.
SUBSIDIARIES
Infotech Enterprises Europe Limited (IEEL), UK
IEEL reported revenues of GBP 14.58 million (Rs 1,031.89 million) as
against previous year''s GBP 16.46 million (Rs 1,246.9 million). The net
profit for the year was GBP 0.25 million (Rs 16.83 million) as against
GBP 0.72 million (Rs 54.60 million) in the previous year.
Infotech Enterprises America, Inc. (IEAI), USA
IEAI reported revenues of USD 108.13 million (Rs 4,922.81 million) as
against previous year''s USD 72.86 million (Rs 3,448.2 million). The net
profit for the year was USD 1.94 million (Rs 89.10 million) as against
USD 3.24 million (Rs 157.9 million) in the previous year. During the
year, IEAI acquired a wholly owned subsidiary i.e., Wellsco Inc.
Infotech Enterprises GmbH (IEG), Germany
IEG reported revenues of Euro 39.65 million (Rs 2,389.95 million) as
against previous year''s Euro 32.91 million (Rs 2,208.13 million),
representing a growth of 20.4%. The net profit for the year was Euro
1.80 million (Rs 107.73 million) as against Euro 2.24 million (Rs 150.7
million) in the previous year.
Infotech Enterprises Japan KK (IEJ), Japan
IEJ reported revenues of Rs 28.94 million as against Rs 9.44 million
and a net loss of Rs 13.31 as against Rs 21.98 million last year; it is
expected to improve its business in the coming years.
Infotech Geospatial (India) Limited (IGIL), India
IGIL reported revenues of Rs 63.51 million as against Rs 61.64 million
last year. It reported a profit of Rs 3.95 million as against a net
loss of Rs 18.38 million last year.
TTM Institute of Information Technology Private Limited (TIIT), India
TIIT reported a net loss of Rs 3.09 million as against Rs 4.47 million
last year. During the financial year, TIIT made an application to the
Hon''ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh seeking sanction of a scheme of
amalgamation with the Company. The Hon''ble High Court has sanctioned
the scheme effective 1 April 2011.
Infotech Enterprises Information Technology Services Private Limited
(IEITSPL), India
IEITPSL reported revenues of Rs 71.05 million and a net loss of Rs
12.88 milllion.
PARTICULARS PURSUANT TO SECTION 212 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956
(Act), documents in respect of the various subsidiaries viz.,
Directors'' Report, Auditor''s Report, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss
Account, are required to be attached to the Balance Sheet of the
holding company. However, in terms of the provisions of Section 212(8)
of the Act, the Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has
vide letter No. 47/15/ 2011-CL-III dated 27 January 2011 granted
exemption from the provisions of Section 212(1) of the Act.
Accordingly, the Annual Report does not contain the financial
statements of the subsidiaries of the Company. However, the Company
will make available the audited annual accounts and related detailed
information of the subsidiaries to the shareholders upon request in
accordance with the applicable law. These documents are also available
for inspection at the Registered Office of the Company during business
hours. The details of accounts of individual subsidiary companies will
also be available on the website of the Company.
A statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 212(1)(e) of the Act
appears elsewhere in the Annual Report.
FIXED DEPOSITS
Your Company has not accepted any deposits and as such, no amount of
principal or interest was outstanding as on 31 March 2011.
DIRECTORS
Appointments
Mr. K. Ramachandran, Mr. Jaithirth Rao, Mr. Alain De Taeye, Mr. Abhay
Havaldar and Mr. Allan Brockett were appointed as directors by the
members of the Company on 14 July 2010 under Section 257 of the Act.
Pursuant to Article 56 of the Articles of Association of the Company
read with the provisions of Section 256 of the Act, Mrs. B. Sucharitha,
Mr. M.M. Murugappan and Prof. J. Ramachandran retire by rotation at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) and being eligible, offer
themselves for re-appointment.
None of the Directors of the Company is disqualified under the
provisions of the Act or under the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges.
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, brief
particulars of the retiring directors who are proposed to be
re-appointed are provided as an annexure to the Notice convening the
AGM.
Cessations
Mr. Willam Grabe and Mr. Paul Adams ceased to be directors on the Board
effective 14 July 2010. Mr. Sunish Sharma and Mr. David Carter also
vacated office as alternate directors under the provisions of Section
313 of the Act.
The Board places on record its appreciation and gratitude to the said
directors for their valuable contributions.
AUDITORS
M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells (DHS), Chartered Accountants (ICAI Reg.
No. 008072S), who retire at the ensuing AGM of the Company, are
eligible for re-appointment. DHS has confirmed that the re-appointment,
if made, would be within the permitted limits under the Act.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT
As a measure of good corporate governance and as recommended by the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs'' (MCA) Corporate Governance Voluntary
Guidelines, 2009, the Company has voluntarily got a secretarial audit
done for the FY 2010-11. The audit report is enclosed as Annexure A.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLANS
During the year under report, the Company had various Associate Stock
Option Plans in operation for granting stock options to the Associates
of the Company and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme
and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999.
Disclosures pursuant to Para 12 of the said Guidelines are enclosed as
Annexure B.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The particulars as prescribed pursuant to provisions of Section
217(1)(e) of the Act read with Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in
the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are enclosed as Annexure
C.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Act, read with the
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names
and other particulars of employees are set out in an Annexure to the
Directors'' Report. However, having regard to the provisions of Section
219 (1)(b)(iv) of the Act, the Annual Report excluding the aforesaid
information is being sent to all the members of the Company and others
entitled thereto. Any member interested in obtaining such particulars
may write to the Company Secretary at the registered office of the
Company.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, a
report on the Management Discussion & Analysis is enclosed as Annexure
D.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 217(2AA) of the Act, the
Directors confirm that:
i) in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures;
ii) they 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the
Company for that period;
iii) they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this
Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv) they have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with
the Stock Exchanges, a report on Corporate Governance features as a
part of Annual Report. Further, the Company has substantially complied
with the MCA''s Corporate Governance Voluntary Guidelines, 2009.
As required under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Auditors''
Certificate regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance
is enclosed as Annexure E.
Your Company will continue to implement and adhere in letter and spirit
to the policies of good corporate governance.
CEO''s DECLARATION
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49(I)(D)(ii) of the Listing
Agreement, a declaration by the Chairman and Managing Director of the
Company declaring that all the members of the Board and the Senior
Management Personnel of the Company have affirmed compliance with the
Code of Conduct of the Company, is enclosed as Annexure F.
ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION
Your Company is conscious of its responsibilities as a corporate
citizen, particularly in the realm of pollution control and environment
conservation. Towards this end, the Company is publishing the abridged
standalone financial statements prepared in accordance with the
provisions of Section 219 of the Act. Further, the Company also
welcomes the Green Initiative in Corporate Governance heralded by the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs that enables dispatch of various
documents in electronic mode. Complete details of the same, including
the Company’s proposals to send documents in the electronic form, are
available elsewhere in the Annual Report and also on the website of the
Company.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Company''s
shareholders, customers, vendors, bankers and all other stakeholders
for their continued support to its growth initiatives. Your Directors
also place on record, their appreciation of the contribution made by
associates at all levels, who, through their competence, sincerity,
hard work, solidarity and dedicated support, have enabled your Company
to make rapid strides in its business. Your Directors also thank the
Central and State Governments and their various agencies, particularly,
the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Software
Technology Parks of India, Departments of Customs and Central Excise,
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Governments of the various countries
where it has operations, SEBI, Stock Exchanges, Reserve Bank of India,
APIIC, and other governmental agencies for extending their support
during the year and look forward to their continued support.
For and on behalf of the Board
B.V.R. Mohan Reddy
Chairman and Managing Director
Place : Hyderabad
Date : April 20, 2011
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