The Members
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 24* Annual Report and
Audited Account* for the financial year ended 31« March 2011.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS (Rs. in million)
Year ended Year ended
31.03.2011 31.03.2010
Gross Turnover 56,592.40 54,950.50
Profit before Interest, 5,265.55 5,467.77
Depreciation, Extraordinary items & Tax
Less: Interest & Finance 2,181.55 1,636.56
Charges
Less: Depreciation 757.81 542.84
Profit before tax (PBT) 2,326.19 3,288.37
Provision for tax 747.20 1,177.21
Profit after tax (PAT) 1,578.99 2,113.13
Balance brought forward 4,129.96 3,082.03
from previous year/
Adjustment
Profit available 5,708.95 5,195.16
for appropriation
Appropriations : Transfer to
General Reserve 400.00 500.00
Debenture Redemption
Reserve 147.21 315.29
Proposed Dividend 160.21 213.61
Corporate Dividend Tax (Net) 22.62 36.30
Sum total of Appropriations 730.04 1,065.20
Balance carried to 4,978.91 4,129.96
Balance Sheet
Paid-up Capital 534.02 534.02
Reserves and Surplus 19,339.65 17,998.57
2. DIVIDEND
Your Directors have pleasure in recommending a dividend of 30% i.e. Rs.
0.60 paise per share of Rs. 21- each (previous year Rs. 0.80 paise per
share of Rs.2/- each) on 267,009,858 equity shares of Rs. 21- each for
the financial year ended 31« March, 2011.
The dividend pay out for the year under review is in accordance with
the Company''s policy of suitably rewarding the shareholders besides
keeping in view the Company''s need for capital, its growth plans and
the intent to finance such plans through internal accruals to the
maximum.
3. RESERVES
It is proposed to transfer Rs. 400 million to the General Reserves of
the Company, constituting 25.33% of the profits made during the year.
Further, it is proposed to transfer Rs. 147.21 million to Debenture
Redemption Reserve.
4. REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE
The financial year 2010-11 is a year of moderate growth. Your company
achieved a gross turnover of Rs. 56,592.40 million for the year ended
31* March, 2011 as against Rs. 54,950.50 million for the previous
financial year registering an incremental turnover of Rs. 1,641.90
million and recording a growth rate of 3% over the previous year.
The Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, Taxes and Amortisation
(EBIDTA) at Rs. 5,265.55 million are 9.3% of the Gross Turnover for the
year under review as against 9.95% for the previous financial year.
5. ORDER BOOK POSITION:
The Order Book has increased to Rs. 239,790 million (including L1 of Rs.
23,740 million) as on date.
sl Name of the Division Amount
No. (Rs. in million)
1 Water & Environment 111,090
2 Transportation 61,270
3 Power 10,050
4 Buildings & Industrial Structures 55,340
5 Oil & Gas 1,740
6 Mining 300
TOTAL 239,790
6. CHANCE IN THE NAME OF COMPANY
Your Directors are glad to inform that, after securing the approval of
the members of the Company through Postal Ballot and that of the
Central Government, the name of the company has been changed to IVRCL
Limited with effect from 18* March, 2011.
7. FUTURE OUTLOOK
The negative effect* of global recessionary conditions are beimg
attenuated by various countries through huge investments in
infrastructure and India is no exception in this regard. Hence, your
directors are confident that the present environment of investments in
infrastructure by the State and Central Governments assures growth of
operations of your Company
8. SUBSIDIARIES
In accordance with the general circular issued by the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs, Government of India, the Balance Sheet, Profit and
Loss Account and other documents of the subsidiary companies are not
being attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. A statement
containing brief financial details of the Company''s subsidiaries for
the financial year ended March 31, 2011 is included in the Annual
Report. Shareholders who wish to have a copy of the full report and
accounts of the subsidiaries will be provided the same on receipt of a
written request from them. These documents will be put up on the
company''s web site www.ivrcl.com and will also be available for
inspection at the Registered Office of the Company on any working day
during the business hours. HINDUSTAN DORR-OLIVER LIMITED
For the financial year ending 31« March 2011, the company achieved a
turnover of Rs. 9551.90 million, an increase of 9.65% compared to
previous year. The Profit after tax has come down from Rs. 555.1 7
million to Rs. 537.50 million. The EPS is Rs. 7.47 on Rs. 21- share. The
company declared a dividend of Rs. 0.80 ps per share of Rs. 21- each.
IVRCL ASSETS & HOLDINGS LIMITED (IVRCL A&H)
For the financial year ending 31« March 2011, the company has achieved
higher turnover of Rs.6,821 million as compared to Rs. 1,431 million in
the previous year.
9. CONSOLIDATION OF ACCOUNTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated
Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-27 on Financial
Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures, your Directors have pleasure
in attaching the Consolidated Financial Statements presented by your
Company which forms part of the Annual Report and Accounts.
Profit after tax and minority interest as per the consolidated accounts
is Rs. 5,059.74 million.
10. REDEMPTION OF FOREIGN CURRENCY CONVERTIBLE BONDS
Out of the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) of the value of
UJS $ 65.00 million issued by the company, the bonds of the value of
UJS $ 57.40 million were converted into 11,243,024 equity shares.
During the financial year 2010-11, there was no conversion of bonds as
equity shares. The Bonds of the value of UJS $ 7.60 million that
remained outstanding have been redeemed together with interest, on
maturity date i.e., 9th December, 2010.
11. REDEMPTION OF NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
On due dates of redemption, the Company redeemed the Unsecured
Non-Convertible Debentures of Rs. 150 million issued to State Bank of
Indore and State Bank of Mysore on 30.09.2009 and Secured
Non-Convertible Debentures of Rs. 1,050 million issued to Federal Bank
Ltd, Dena Bank, Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank, UJCO Bank, Bank of
Baroda, Bank of India and Central Bank of India on 27.11.2009, in terms
of the Issue of Debentures.
12. EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION SCHEMES
The earlier two ESOP Plans viz., IVRCL ESOP 2000 and IVRCL ESOP 2004
have been fully utilized.
IVRCL ESOP 2007 Scheme:
The members approved granting of 4,200,000 options at the Annual
General Meeting held on 7th September 2007, underlying 4,200,000 shares
of Rs. 21- each. The company is yet to grant these options to the
employees.
The members approved the amendment to the scheme at the Annual General
Meeting held on 9* September 2009, modifying the terms relating to Prim
and Time Limit. The Scheme as modified is valid upto 6th September,
2013.
13. PUBLIC DEPOSITS
There are no outstanding public deposits as on 31 March, 2011.
14. DIRECTORS
Mr. E.Ella Reddy, Mr. P.R.Tripathi and Dr. L.Srinivasa Reddy retire at
the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer
themselves for reappointment. Dr. S.K.Gupta resigned as Director w.e.f
15.11.2010 due to his other engagements. Mr. V.Murahari Reddy has been
appointed Additional Director on the Board effective from 14.05.2011
and he will hold the office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual
General Meeting. The Notice convening the Annual General Meeting
includes the proposals for appointment/re-appointment of Directors.
15. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Directors report that your Company is compliant with the Corporate
Governance requirements as per Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with
the Stock Exchanges. The certificate issued by M/s. Chaturvedi &
Partners, Chartered Accountants is included in the Annual Report along
with the report or* Corporate Governs. The Management Discussion and
Analysis Report it also provided in the Annual Report.
16.DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the requirement under section 21 7 (2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, with respect to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed that:
i) in the preparation of the annual accounts the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with proper explanations relating to
material departures;
ii) 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 31« March, 2011 and of the profit of the Company
for the financial year ended on that date.
iii) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care 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 Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a
''going concern'' basis.
17. AUDITORS
M/s. Chaturvedi & Partners and M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, the joint
Statutory Auditors, retire at the ensuing annual general meeting and
are eligible for re- appointment. The Company received confirmation
that their appointment, if made, would be within the limits prescribed
under Sec.224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
18. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The information required under Section 21 7(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 and the Rules made thereunder is provided in Annexure forming part
of the Report. In terms of Section 219(1 )(b)(iv) of the Act, the
Report and Accounts are being sent to the shareholders excluding the
aforesaid Annexure. Any shareholder interested in obtaining copy of the
same may write to the Company Secretary. None of the employees listed
in the said Annexure, except Mr. E.Sudhir Reddy, Chairman & Managing
Director, is related to any Director of the Company.
19.VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt, of India, issued Voluntary
Guidelines for Corporate Governance and for Corporate Social
Responsibility. The Voluntary Guidelines provide for various measures
and your Company considers the same in due course in a phased manner.
20.CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Conservation of Energy, which is an on going process in the Company''s
activities. The core activity of the company is civil construction
which is not an energy intensive activity.
There is no information to be furnished regarding Technology Absorption
as your Company has not undertaken any research and development
activity in any manufacturing activity nor any specific technology is
obtained from any external sources which needs to be absorbed or
adapted.
Innovation is a culture in the Company to achieve cost efficiency in
the construction activity to be more and more competitive in the
prevailing environment and the effect of the same cannot be quantified.
The particulars of expenditure in Foreign currency is furnished in item
No.B-13 Notes to Accounts in Schedule 19.
21. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company enjoyed cordial relations with the employees during the
year under review and the Management appreciates the employees of all
cadres for their dedicated services to the Company, and expects
continued support, higher level of productivity for achieving the
targets set for the future.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Directors wish to express their appreciation of the support and
co-operation of the Central and the State Governments, bankers,
financial institutions, suppliers, associates and subcontractors, and
expects the same in future as well for sustaining the growth rates
achieved in the past.
For and on behalf of the Board
E. Sudhir Reddy
Chairman & Managing Director
Place: Hyderabad
Date: May 28, 2011
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