To the Members of JCT Limited
The Directors of your Company present the 63rd Annual Report on the
affairs of the Company together with audited statement of account of
the Company for the year ended on 31st March, 2012. The highlights of
financial Results for the year are given below:
(Rs. in Lakhs)
2011-12 2010-11
Gross Income from operations 82,940 76,845
Other Income 728 501
Profit before Interest,Depreciation, 2,223 3,006
tax and Exceptional Items
Interest and financing charges 4,116 4,702
Depreciation and amortization 4,695 4,056
Expense
Exceptional Items
- Profit on Sale of building - 11762
- Loss on Sale of Shares of a 61 -
Subsidiary Company 61
- Profit/(Loss) from Discontinuing (143) 7
Operations
Provision for Tax
- Current Year - 419
- Earlier Year 14 (6)
Net Profit/(Loss) (6,805) 5,604
Dividend
In view of losses, the Directors are unable to recommend any dividend.
Operations Textile Units
The expansion and modernization project of the company''s
manufacturing facilities which were undertaken in 2006-08 could not be
fully utilized as the completion of the expansion coincided with global
meltdown & recessionary market conditions. Demand for direct export and
from garment manufacturers remained subdued during the period due to
downward trend in the domestic as well as international markets.
High Cotton Prices, during the last procurement season of cotton the
prices which went as high as Rs 62500 per candy from Rs 35000 per candy
due to pre-mature announcement of cotton exports and other factors. The
prices suddenly crashed to a level of Rs 32000 per candy. The
fluctuation of cotton prices led to high cost cotton getting stuck with
the mills and losses on account of rupee devaluation hit by the
company. It affected even the entire industry. Against the huge
increase in the prices of cotton, and other inputs the selling prices
increased marginally during this period, thus leading to strain on the
overall margins.
- The company is having 19.5 MW in house rice-husk based power
plants. The rates of rice husk have been abnormally high this year.
- The company incurred operational cash losses during the financial
year 2008-09 to 2011-12 and continued to service interest and repayment
of debts to the lenders despite losses which resulted in further
erosion of working capital and lower capacity utilization.
In Sriganganagar unit, the operations were discontinued in earlier
years. The sale of Land is pending due to mutation and is under
disposal. The company is taking steps to get the mutation formalities
completed.
Financial problems:
In light of the scenario, as explained above, owing to marketing
difficulties, the profitability of the Textile operations took a sharp
dip during the said period. Cotton prices went up by almost 40%. The
Government of India on realizing the liquidity crunch being faced by
Textile Sector had given two years moratorium on the loans taken by
companies under TUF scheme. However, the interest on these loans had to
be serviced. Consequently in this situation the earnings which had gone
negative on account of low capacity utilization, the company ended up
paying interest to the Banks out of working capital. This situation led
to the erosion of working capital.
Now that the fabric demand has again picked up, most Textile Companies
of the country are running their Plants at full capacity. Inspite of
the order-book being comfortable, full capacity utilization your
Company continues to be elusive on account of working capital
constraints.
Government policies:
In the year 2010-11 the policy of Government of India for allowing and
thereafter banning export of cotton resulted textile industry incurring
huge losses. Steps initiated by the company:
- The company has since expanded its customer base and has gone
deeper with the existing customers to fully secure its production
capacities. The company in these years, focused, especially on
work-wear and sportswear segments.
- The company has been very guarded in covering cotton in the current
season. We are now not only keeping track of cotton future in India but
also in New York Exchange.
- The company has taken several power saving initiatives, which will
cover a part of husk price hike.
Filament Unit
JCT continues to maintain its position as one of the largest Textile
Grade Nylon yarn manufacturer in India with installed capacity of
14,000 TPA. During the year the company sold -11211 MT of filament yarn
& 696 MT of nylon chips as compared to 11,496 MT of filament yarn and
741 MT of nylon chips during the previous year. The continuous upward
trend in prices of Caprolactum has been a major concern for the
company. The Caprolactum prices increased from average of Rs 104.49 kg
in FY 2010 to Rs 139.67 kg in FY 2011 an increase of 34% against it the
average realisation increase of only 23% from Rs 217.29 kg to Rs 268.09
kg. The capacity of the market to absorb prices is limited as weavers
start moving to other type of yarns.
The company has made a major shift in the product mix where the
dependability on yarn sold in Surat market has been shifted to yarn
being sold in Amritsar and Mau markets. The change is very significant
as LOY base 20 Mono Yarn is less prone to market fluctuation and has a
much higher margin.
Finance
During the year, the company redeemed Zero Rate Debentures (ZRDs) of
Rs. 26.23 lakhs, Optionally Partially Convertible Preference Shares
(OPCPS) of Rs. 22.49 lakhs and repaid term loan installments of
Rs.2471.23 lakhs as per stipulated terms. In certain cases of loans,
debentures and Optionally Partially Convertible Preference Shares
(OPCPS) which became due for repayment/ redemption during the year,
there were delays in servicing the debt obligations due to liquidity
constraints.
Corporate Debt Restructuring
The company had filed its proposal for restructuring its debt through
CDR Mechanism in January 2012, which was admitted by the Corporate Debt
Restructuring Empowered Group (CDR EG) on 24th February 2012. Further,
the company received a Letter of Approval bearing Number BY.CDR/(PMJ)
No 685/2012- 13 dated 21st September 2012 from the CDR EG approving the
Restructuring Package which, inter-alia includes Protection to Lenders
for loss on NPV basis, Reduction in Rate of Interest, Reschedulement of
Repayment of Term Loans, Carving out Working Capital Term Loan from
Working Capital Limits, Sanction of Need Based Additional Working
Capital, Issuance of equity shares to lenders for part of their
sacrifices on NPV basis and provision of fresh funding by the
promoters. The implementation of the scheme is under progress.
Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)
The Company could not redeem the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
(FCCBs) on due date 08.04.2011 for paucity of cash funds. The Company
is taking steps to restructure/ extend the maturity of the FCCBs. The
Company is in disccussions with the majority of Bondholders to
restructure and their response is positive. For restructuring of FCCBs,
shareholders'' approval is also being sought at the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting. In the meantime, the Bank of New York Mellon, the
Trustee of such FCCB holders has filed a winding up petition against
the Company before the Hon''ble High Court of Punjab & Haryana,
Chandigarh, which is pending hearing/disposal. In the light of on going
talks with some of the major Bondholders and the merit of the petition,
the company does not anticipate any adverse outcome.
Net Worth Erosion
The accumulated losses of the company at the end of financial year 31st
March, 2012 have resulted in erosion of more than fifty percent of its
peak net worth during the immediately preceding four financial years.
While the company is taking necessary steps to protect further erosion,
the Company will report to the Board for Industrial and Financial
Reconstruction about such erosion of net worth as envisaged under
Section 23 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provision) Act,
1985 forthwith upon finalization of the duly audited accounts of the
Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2012. Shareholders are
also requested to take note of this erosion and consider the same at
the Annual General Meeting of the members being convened on 30th
November, 2012.
Fixed Deposits (FDs)
Deposits remaining unclaimed at maturity amounted to Rs. 8.08 lakhs as
on 31st March, 2012. Of the above, deposits of Rs. 5.18 lakhs have been
repaid subsequently. Repayments and servicing of interest on fixed
deposits remained prompt and regular.
In view of substantial erosion in net worth, the company has stopped
accepting fresh and renewals of deposits. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
The Company has sold its shareholding in the only subsidiary company
and incurred a loss of Rs 60.70 lakhs.
Statutory Disclosures
Pursuant to the approval granted by the Central Government under
Section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 1956, copy of balance sheet,
profit & loss account, cash flow statement, reports of the board of
directors are annexed hereto and form an integral part of this report.
The particulars of employees as required under Section 217(2A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees)
Rules, 1975 are given in a separate Annexure to this Report. The
Annexure is not being sent alongwith this Report to the Members of the
Company in line with the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the
said Act. These documents will be made available on request by any
member of the Company. The statement containing the information
relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign
exchange earnings and outgo as required under Section 217(1)(e) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in
the Report of the Board of Directors) Rules 1988 are annexed hereto and
forms an integral part of the report.
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, report on Corporate
Governance and Management Discussions and Analysis is annexed hereto
and forms an integral part of this report.
Directors Responsibility Statement
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 this is
to confirm that:
i) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed alongwith proper explanations relating to
material departures, if any;
ii) such accounting policies have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments/estimates made 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) proper and sufficient care have been taken with best of knowledge
and ability, for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in
accordance with the provisions of the said Act for safeguarding the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
iv) the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Auditors
M/s S.P. Chopra & Company, Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the
Company, retire and being eligible offer for re-appointment. The Audit
Committee and the Board of Directors recommend the re-appointment of
M/s S.P. Chopra & Company as the Auditors of the Company.
Auditors'' Report
The report by the Auditors is self-explanatory. However, in respect of
certain observations made by the Auditors in the Annexure to their main
Report to the Members of the Company, directors have to submit that (a)
delay in deosit of statutory dues in few cases were for very short
period due to non-availability of funds timely;
(b) delay and default in repayment of term loan installments during the
year were due to paucity of funds and the Company had also approached
banks for restructuring of debt under CDR mechanism, the proposal of
the company has been approved by the CDR Cell vide LOA dated 21st
September, 2012 which is under implementation; (c) the company made a
security deposit of Rs.11.50 Cr to an associate company due to
non-fulfilment of a specific obligation stipulated in an agreement in
2008, the said security deposit has since been received back
subsequently in 2012-13; and (d) the redemption of FCCBs was due on 8th
April, 2011 for US$ 25.42 million alongwith redemption premium of US$
5.08 million, the company could not make payment due to paucity of
funds and approached bond holders for restructuring, the majority of
bond holders have agreed and company is in discussion with the
remaining bond holders. In the meantime, the trustees of the
bondholders have filed winding up petition before Hon''ble High Court of
Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, which is pending hearing / disposal. In
the light of ongoing talks with the bondholders and the merit of the
petition, the company does not anticipate any adverse outcome of the
said litigation.
Cost Auditors
Pursuant to provisions of Section 233-B of the Companies Act, 1956,
your Directors have appointed Mr. P.K. Verma AICWA, ACMM, as the Cost
Auditors to conduct the Cost Audit of Textile Units at Phagwara and
Sriganganagar and Filament Unit at Hoshiarpur, for the year ending on
31st March, 2012 and the requisite approval of Central Government have
been received. Directors
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies act, 1956 and
Articles of Association of the Company, Mr Apar Singh Dugal, retire by
rotation and being eligible offer himself for re-election. Dr Ajit
Kumar Doshi has joined the Board as Additional Director w.e.f 26th
October, 2012 and holds office as Additional Director upto the date of
the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company has
received notices from the members of the Company under Section 257 of
the Companies Act, 1956 proposing his candidature for the office of
Director.
Mr Mahesh Sahai and Dr Satya Pal Narang have resigned from the Board of
the Company on 26.09.2011 and 13.10.2012 respectively. Your Directors
wish to place on record appreciation for Mr Sahai and Dr Narang in
respect of their gratitude and appreciation for assistance and guidance
during their tenure as Directors of the Company.
Acknowledgement
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the team
spirit, dedication, and commitment shown by the work force of the
Company during this year. Their unstinted support has been and
continues to be integral to your Company''s operations. Your
Directors acknowledges the valuable support of banks, customers,
suppliers, business associates, shareholders for their continued
co-operation and look forward to their continued support.
For and on behalf of the Board
New Delhi (SAMIRTHAPAR)
Date: 31st October, 2012 Chairman & Managing Director |