The Members
Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
The Director present herewith, the Nineteenth Annual Report together
with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending 31 March
2011.
Financial Results
Rs. in lacs
2010-11 2009-10
Sales and Other Income 4421.81 667.93
Profit before interest and
depreciation 1130.22 (669.98)
Interest 317.25 247.56
Depreciation 105.24 139.96
Profit before Tax 707.73 (1057.50)
Provision for Taxation 249.90 –
Profit after Tax 457.83 (699.10)
Add: Balance brought forward
from previous year 1298.30 1997.41
Profit available for appropriation 1756.12 1298.30
Earnings Per Share (Rs.)
- Basic 3.66 (5.59)
- Diluted 3.66 (5.59)
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve – –
Proposed Dividend 125.00 –
Income Tax on proposed
Dividend 20.76 –
Balance carried to the
Balance sheet 1610.37 1298.30
Dividend
Your Directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 10% on the paid
up capital of the company for the financial year 2010-2011. The
dividend if approved at the ensuing Annual General Body Meeting, will
be paid to those share holders, whose names appear on the register of
members of the company as on September 26th, 2011 as per the rules
applicable at that time.
Company''s Project
Company''s Business and Operational Results:
1. Your company has exclusive license for manufacturing, installation
and commissioning of networked system Raksha Kavach for which IP
rights are held by Konkan Railway Corporation.
As regards to introduction of ACD System through out the country
Honourable Railway Minister had announced the following during Railway
Budget speech in Parliament for, 2011-2012.
In my first tenure, I had approved the introduction of Anti-Collision
Device (ACD). After ten years, I find that it has been implemented only
on NF Railway. Our recent trials with an improved version of ACD have
met with success and it will be commissioned on three Zonal Railways,
Southern, South Central and South Western Railway. Considering the
successful trials, I have decided to extend this device to Eastern,
East Coast, East Central and South Eastern Railways. With this, we will
have covered 8 out of 17 Zonal Railways.
2. You will be happy to learn that the State-of-Art facility is ready
at Hardware Technology Park of your company, near Kancha Imarat, 5 Kms
from Airport for manufacture of 10,000 ACDs/year has been completed in
all respects and is ready to undertake designing and manufacturing
operations at short notice.
3. During this period under consideration, some of our R&D Projects of
previous years have been consolidated. This including RFID Readers and
Tags for correct identification of track ID, Inter-connecting all ACDs
except Repeaters through GSM Network and Realtime monitoring of status
of ACDs and use of Blue tooth technology for data accessing on the
running Loco ACDs and development of Lx Semi Auto Gates and
Multi-section Digital Axle Counters.
4. CMC operations in NF Railway covering over 1300 ACDs and over 16
locosheds at a cost of Rs.10.55 crores has been completed for year
2010-2011. Further, it also involves supplementary works costing over
Rs.7.5 crores, additionally.
Indigenization, Cross Approvals and New Developments
You are aware that your company has signed collaboration agreement with
M/s Altpro D.O.O. Zagreb, Croatia for manufacture and supply of
Multi-section Digital Axle Counters. There is over Rs.60 crores market
in Indian Railways and there are only one or two approved suppliers.
We have fulfilled all requirements of RDSO, including site trials of
two units at Hosur and the other one near Lucknow. The approval is
expected shortly.
Your company proudly announces the completion of Development of
Electronic Semi-automatic Level Crossing System (Lx System) of safety
integrity level 3. We have already shipped over 81 units after Factory
Acceptance test to ENR, Egypt. Balance 55 Nos. are expected to be
completed shortly and are likely to be shipped to ENR by end of Oct
2011 after Factory Acceptance test. We expect to receive certification
from accredited agency by 31 March 2012.
International Operations
Your company has an extended quantity order for 55 more Lx Gates from
Egypt in addition to previous 81 units, taking total to 136 Lx Gates,
at an additional cost of Rs.23.5 crores. The date of project completion
has been extended to upto 30 June 2012 without any liquidated damages.
Your company has intensified marketing effort for selling Lx Systems
and MSDAC abroad. We have received enquiries from Australia, England
and Turkey, etc. Further, we have submitted quotations for Auto Gates
to be executed by MNC in Egypt over 30 Nos. costing over Rs.50 crores.
New areas of business in Indian market
Your company has also received enquiries from MNCs to indigenize
components and subsystems required for Train Protection and Warning
System (TPWS) in India and also for Metro and Mono Rail System. We are
considering these enquiries.
Extension of existing projects
Your company may secure orders for additional Gates as part of 174
Gates from Egyptian Railways.
Domestic Market
Coming to Domestic markets, depending upon the progress of trials, new
zones may be sanctioned for deployment of ACD System that includes
South East, East Coast, Eastern and East Central and three zones in the
South during 2011-2013.
Research & Development
You are aware that your Company''s strengths are strong R&D,
professionalism, venturing into technologies which are in demand,
through forward looking plans like technology acquisitions and Joint
Ventures.
The company has since completed development of Version 2.1 ACD System
with software and also Lx Gates, Multi-section Digital Axle Counter
System, ACD Survey software and ACD Reporting System software except a
few additions to be added, if required by clients.
Diversifications
Your Company needs to diversify as it cannot remain a single client,
single type of equipment suppliers. Taking up new opportunities in
Defence and other areas like transportation sectors, etc.
Progress achieved on the IPO and Company Expansion Projects
As part of completion of IPO related company''s expansion projects,
establishment of new manufacturing centre for ACDs, ADDs and Advanced
Signal System, land acquisition for Intelligent Transport Technology
Centre, planned R&D Projects have been completed, International
marketing office and project offices have since been opened to the
extent required and rest will be taken up as and when required.
Overseas 100% Owned Subsidiary
Your Company has one Wholly Owned Subsidiary in USA as on 31st March
2011. The members may refer to the statement under section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for further information on this subsidiary. The
Balance Sheet of the said Company is also attached herewith as required
under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement:
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 it is
hereby stated that:
a) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31, 2011 the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) The directors had 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 or loss
of the company for that period.
c) The directors had 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; and
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Audit Committee of Board:
The Audit Committee of the company comprises three independent
Directors and the Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the
previous Annual General Meeting.
Corporate Governance Report and Management Discussions and Analysis
Report:
Separate reports on Corporate Governance along with Auditors''
Certificate on its compliance as well as Management Discussion and
Analysis Report forming part of this report is annexed.
Fixed Deposits:
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public and
therefore, the provisions of section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not applicable.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, etc.:
The particulars prescribed under 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988, in respect of technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in the annexure forming
part of this report.
Employee Relations:
Relations between the employees and the management continued to be
cordial during the year.
Particulars of Employees:
None of the employees are covered under section 217(2A) read of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of employees)
Rules, 1975.
Directors:
Sri S V Subba Raju, Sri M Gopalakrishan IAS(Retd.), Dr Raju Narasa
Mantena, Directors retire by rotation and being eligible, offer
themselves for reappointment.
Auditors:
M/s. GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Acknowledgements:
The Directors take this opportunity to thank all investors, business
partners, clients, and technology partners, Company''s Bankers, State
Bank of Hyderabad, Punjab National Bank, Central and State Government
Authorities for their continued support during the year. Your Directors
would like to place on record their appreciation of the contribution
made by employees at all levels for their commendable team work,
dedicated and whole hearted efforts made during the year.
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
Place:Hyderabad S.V. Subba Raju
Date :August 13, 2011 Chairman
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