1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Kodak India Limited
as at December 31, 2002 and the relative Profit and Loss Account for
the year ended on that date annexed thereto and the Cash Flow Statement
for the year ended on that date, which we have signed under reference
to this report. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Management of the Company. Our responsibility is to express our
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We have 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 the 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 Manufacturing and Other Companies (Auditors
Report) Order, 1988 issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of Section 227(4A) of The Companies Act, 1956, of India (the Act), and
on the basis of such checks as we considered appropriate and according
to the information and explanation given to us, we set out 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 in Paragraph 3
above, we report that:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) The Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account dealt with by this
report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and the
Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report have been prepared in
compliance with the applicable accounting standards referred to in
Section 211 (3C) of the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the Directors
as on December 31, 2002, and taken on record by the Board of Directors
of the Company, none of the Directors is disqualified as on December
31, 2002 from being appointed as a Director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement together with the Notes thereon and
annexed thereto, give in the prescribed manner, subject to Note 6 on
Schedule S of the Accounts, regarding quantitative information not
given, the information required by the Act and also give a true and
fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31, 2002;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and (iii) in the case of the Cash Flow
Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
(i) a) The Company has maintained proper records to show full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of its fixed
assets.
b) The fixed assets of the Company are physically verified by the
Management according to a phased programme designed to cover all items
over a period of three years, which we consider reasonable. Pursuant to
the programme, a physical verification has been carried out during the
year and this revealed no material discrepancies.
(ii) The fixed assets of the Company have not been revalued during the
year.
(iii) The stocks of processing materials, chemicals, camera components,
films, work-in-progress and finished goods other than those lying with
third parties (in respect of which confirmations have been obtained)
have been physically verified by the Management at the year-end.
(iv) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of stocks
of processing materials, chemicals, camera components, films,
work-in-progress and finished goods followed by the Management are
reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the
nature of its business.
(v) The discrepancies between the physical stocks and the book stocks,
which have been properly dealt with, were not material.
(vi) In our opinion, the valuation of stocks of processing materials,
chemicals, camera components, films, work-in-progress and finished
goods has been fair and proper in accordance with the normally accepted
accounting principles followed in India and is on the same basis as in
the preceding year.
(vii) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under Section 301 of The Companies Act, 1956, of India (the Act). In
terms of sub-section (6) of Section 370 of the Act, provisions of the
Section are not applicable to a company after the commencement of The
Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999, of India.
(viii) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. In terms of sub-section (6) of Section
370 of the Act, provisions of the Section are not applicable to a
company on or after the commencement of The Companies (Amendment) Act,
1999, of India.
(ix) The parties (including employees) to whom loans or advances in the
nature of loans have been given by the Company are repaying the
principal amounts as stipulated and are also regular in payment of
interest, where applicable.
(x) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items
purchased are of a special nature, no alternative quotations are
required. The internal control procedures of the Company with regard to
purchase of stores, raw materials including components, plant and
machinery, equipment and other assets and for the sale of goods are
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business.
(xi) The Company has not purchased goods and materials and sold goods,
materials and services in pursuance of contracts or arrangements
entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act and
aggregating during the year Rs. 50,000 or more in value in respect of
each party.
(xii) The Company has a system of determining unserviceable or damaged
processing materials, chemicals, camera components, films and finished
goods on the basis of technical evaluation and on such basis, in our
opinion, adequate amounts have been written off such stocks in the
accounts.
(xiii) In the cases of public deposits received by the Company, the
directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the provisions of
Section 58A of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, where
applicable, have been complied with.
(xiv) In our opinion, reasonable records have been maintained by the
Company for the sale and disposal of realisable scrap. The Company does
not have any by-product.
(xv) In our opinion, the Companys present internal audit system is
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
(xvi) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records by the Company under Section 209 (1) (d) of
the Act for any of its products.
(xvii) The Company has regularly deposited during the year, Provident
Fund and Employees State Insurance dues with the appropriate
authorities in India.
(xviii) At the last day of the financial year, there were no amounts
outstanding in respect of undisputed income tax, wealth tax, sales tax,
customs duty and excise duty which were due for more than six months
from the date they became payable.
(xix) During the course of our examination of the books of account
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing
practices in India, we have not come across any personal expenses which
have been charged to the Profit and Loss Account, other than those
payable under contractual obligations or accepted business practices as
followed in India, nor have we been informed of such a case by the
Management.
(xx) The Company is not a sick industrial company within the meaning of
clause (o) of Section 3 (1) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special
Provisions) Act, 1985, of India.
(xxi) In respect of trading activities, damaged goods have been
determined by the Company on the basis of technical evaluation and on
such basis, in our opinion, adequate amounts have been written off such
stocks in the accounts.
P. N. GHATALIA
Partner
For and on behalf of
PRICE WATERHOUSE
Chartered Accountants.
Mumbai, 19th March 2003.
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