TO THE MEMBERS:
The Board of Directors of your Company presents herewith its 27th
Annual Report and Audited Accounts for the financial year ended 31st
March, 2011. The report also includes the Management discussion and
Analysis Report in accordance with the guidelines of Corporate
Governance.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE :
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FINANCIAL FINANCIAL
YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
31.03.2011 31.03.2010
Net Sales 133372 34872
Other Income 5593 8307
Profit before Depreciation & Taxation 7393 8280
Less : Depreciation 83 121
Provision for Taxation:
-Current Tax 1700 1450
-Deferred Tax -23 24
-Tax Adjustments for earlier years -528 1
Profit after Tax 6161 6684
Add : Balance of Profit brought forward
from previous year 20803 16333
Profit available for appropriation 26964 23018
APPROPRIATIONS
Transfer to General Reserve 616 668
Proposed Dividend 1459 1327
Additional Tax on Proposed Dividend 237 220
Balance of Profit carried forward 24652 20803
26964 23018
2011 IN RETROSPECT:
Your Directors are to report that the Company''s sales turnover during
the year under review has been Rs. 133372 Lacs as against Rs. 34872
Lacs during the previous financial year. The Profit before tax during
the year has decreased to Rs. 7393 Lacs as against Rs. 8280 Lacs in the
previous year. The Profit after Tax has also similarly decreased to Rs.
6161 Lacs as against Rs. 6684 Lacs in the previous year.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS :
The Company''s export during the year under review has increased to Rs.
67104 Lacs as compared to Rs. 23262 Lacs during the previous year.
DIVIDEND RECOMMENDED:
Your Directors recommend a dividend of 220% (Rs. 22/- per equity share
of Rs. 10/- each) subject to approval of shareowners in ensuing Annual
General Meeting, absorbing Rs. 1696 Lacs (Approx) including additional
tax on dividend. The aforesaid Dividend is tax free in the hands of the
shareowners.
SUBSIDIARIES :
The Company has seven subsidiaries namely Sukhdham Constructions &
Developers Ltd., Arti Web-Developers
Pvt. Ltd., MK Web-Tech Pvt. Ltd., KPL Exports Pvt. Ltd.& IMK Hotels
Pvt. Ltd. as its wholly owned subsidiary Companies and Kothari Products
Singapore Pvt. Ltd. and Savitrimata Realtors Private Limited as its
subsidiary Companies. In accordance with the General Circular No.
2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
granting general exemption under section 212 of the Companies Act,
1956, the detailed annual accounts and their attachments are not being
published. However, the prescribed financial details of the aforesaid
subsidiary companies have been disclosed in the consolidated Balance
Sheet. The Company hereby undertakes that the Annual Accounts of the
subsidiary companies and their related detailed information shall be
made available to the shareowners of the holding and subsidiary
companies seeking such information at any point of time. The Annual
Accounts of the subsidiary companies shall also be kept for inspection
by any shareowners at the head office of the holding company an d of
the subsidiary companies concerned. The holding company shall furnish a
hard copy of details of accounts of subsidiaries to any shareowner on
demand.
DIRECTORS:
Dr. Avinash Gupta, a Director of the Company, retires by rotation at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offers himself
for re-appointment.
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING & COMPLIANCE:
The Shares of the Company are presently listed at Bombay Stock Exchange
Ltd., Mumbai, National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., Mumbai & U.P.
Stock Exchange Association Ltd., Kanpur.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT:
The report on the Corporate Governance as required under clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement is included in this Annual Report under a
separate section.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
As required under Sec.217 (2AA) introduced by the Companies (Amendment)
Act, 2000, your Directors confirm:
(i) that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed ;
(ii) that 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 at the end of the financial year and of the
profit of the company for the year;
(iii) that 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;
(iv) that the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going
concern basis.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS'' REPORT :
M/s Mehrotra & Mehrotra, Auditors hold office until the conclusion of
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
The Company has received letter from M/s Mehrotra & Mehrotra, Chartered
Accountants, to the effect that their appointment, if made, would be
within the prescribed limits of Section 224(1B) of the Companies
Act,1956 and that they are not disqualified for such appointment within
the meaning of Section 226 of the Companies Act,1956.
There are no qualifications or adverse remarks in the Auditors'' Report
which need explanation in the Directors Report.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The information required under the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars
in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is as under:-
[A] CONSERVATION OF ENERGY:
Energy Conservation Measures taken:
a) The Company has taken all measures for conservation of energy most
economically.
b) Additional Investments & Proposals, if any, being implemented for
reduction of consumption of energy. No such investment is proposed.
c) Impact of measures at (a) & (b) above for reduction of energy
consumption and consequent impact on the cost of production of goods:
These measures have led to consumption of energy more economically.
Further, since there is no manufacturing activity in the Company, hence
information on consequent impact on Cost of production is not
applicable.
d) Form ''A'' is not applicable to the company.
[B] TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION:
Since there is no manufacturing activity in the Company hence the
Company has not imported any technology. Accordingly, no R & D
department exists in the company.
[C] FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO :
a) Activities relating to exports; initiatives taken to increase
exports; Development of new export markets for Trading Items and Export
Plans
The Company''s trading items are being exported directly or through
Merchant Exporters to China & Thailand. The Company has exported Iron
Ore and is also in the process of exporting of Aluminium Ingots to
Thailand and also planning export of Literite to Bahrain. The Company
is also planning various minerals and metal products for export. New
developments under process are Soya DOC. As India is a growing market
for Metals mainly steel the Company is developing opportunities to
export the same.
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CURRENT YEAR PREVIOUS YEAR
b) Earnings in Foreign Currency 67104 23262
c) Expenditure in Foreign Currency 8 6
d) Imports of goods for trading 106379 21593
e) Purchase of Fixed Assets NIL NIL
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:
Cordial and harmonious industrial relations prevailed throughout the
year.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
The particulars of employees who were in receipt of remuneration as
specified in Sec.217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with The
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as amended, is Nil.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for
the continued co-operation and support extended by various Government
Departments, Bankers, Dealers & suppliers and also acknowledge and
appreciate the contribution made by the employees.
The Board also wishes to place on record its gratitude to the valued
customers, members and investors for their continued support and
confidence in the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Sd/- Sd/-
(DEEPAK KOTHARI) (MITESH KOTHARI)
Chairman & Managing Director Executive Director
PLACE : KANPUR
DATE : 30th May, 2011
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