1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of JM Financial Limited
(the Company) as at March 31, 2011 and also the Profit and Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date
annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) (hereinafter referred to as the Order) issued by the Central
Government in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies
Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), we enclose in the
Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of
the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
i) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
ii) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
iii) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the said books of
account;
iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the applicable
accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
v) On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
March 31, 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section
274 (1)(g) of the Act;
vi) Without qualifying our report, attention is drawn to note 12 of
part II of schedule M, regarding provision/payment for managerial
remuneration in excess of the limits prescribed under the Act by Rs.
6,515,106/- , for which application to the Central Government is being
made;
vii) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts read together with
significant accounting policies and notes thereon give the information
required by the Act, in the manner so
required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India:
a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of the affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2011;
b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
c) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the Company
for the year ended on that date.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date of JM
Financial Limited as at March 31, 2011
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets have been physically verified by the management at
reasonable interval. As informed, no material discrepancies were
noticed on such verification.
(c) The Company has not disposed off substantial part of its fixed
assets during the year.
(ii) The Company does not hold any inventory during the year, hence
clause (ii) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(iii) The Company has neither taken nor granted loan to parties in
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act, hence clause (iii) of
the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given, there is adequate internal control system commensurate with the
size of the Company and the nature of its business, for the purchase of
fixed assets and for rendering services. Further, on the basis of
examination of the books and records of the Company and according to
the information and explanations given, and as per the checking carried
out in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in
India, neither we have observed nor have we been reported for any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the internal control
system relating to the aforesaid. During the year, the Company has
neither purchased any inventory nor sold any goods.
(v) (a) Based on the audit procedures applied and according to the
information and explanations given, the contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act that need to be entered into the
register maintained under that Section have been so entered.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, where
each of such contracts or arrangement is in excess of Rs. 5 Lakh in
respect of any party, the contracts or arrangement have been made at
prices which are prima facie, reasonable having regard to the
prevailing market prices at the relevant time or the prices at which
transactions for similar services have been made with other parties or
as per information available with the Company.
(vi) According to information and explanations given, the Company has
not accepted any deposits from the public, hence clause (vi) of the
Order is not applicable to the Company.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for the products of the Company.
(ix) (a) According to the records of the Company, the Company is
regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory
dues including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
Employees State Insurance, Income tax, Service tax, Cess and other
material statutory dues applicable to it. There were no arrears of such
statutory dues as at March 31, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
We have been informed that statutory dues like Sales tax, Custom duty
and Excise Duty are not applicable to the Company.
(b) According to the information and explanations given, there are no
outstanding dues of Provident Fund, Employees State Insurance, Income
tax, Wealth Tax, Service tax and Cess which have not been deposited on
account of any dispute except as mentioned below:
Name of statute Nature of dues Year to which Amount (Rs.) Forum
it pertains where
dispute
is
pending
Income Tax Act
1961 Income tax FY 2007-08 2,657,415,522/- CIT (A)
(x) The Company has neither any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year nor has incurred any cash loss in the current and
immediate preceding financial year.
(xi) The Company has not borrowed funds from financial institutions,
banks or debenture holders, hence clause 4(xi) of the Order is not
applicable to the Company.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way of
pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/mutual
benefit fund/society, hence clause 4(xiii) of the Order is not
applicable to the Company.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given and in our
opinion, the Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities,
debentures, and other investments, hence clause 4(xiv) of the Order is
not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given, the Company
has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank or
financial institution.
(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not raised any term loans, hence clause 4(xvi) of the Order
is not applicable to the Company.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given and on an
overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the Company, we report that
no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or Companies covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given, the Company
has not issued any debentures, hence clause 4(xix) of the Order is not
applicable to the Company.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during
the year.
(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India, we have neither come across any instances
of fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the course of
our audit nor have we been informed of such case by the management.
For and on behalf of
Khimji Kunverji & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Registration No. 105146W
Shivji K. Vikamsey
Partner
Membership No. 2242
Place: Mumbai
Date : May 25, 2011
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