The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report and
Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2011. The financial highlights
for the year under review are as under:
Results of Operations
(Rs. in Crores)
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
Turnover 2000.36 1568.35
Profit before tax 35.21 22.65
Provision for taxation 7.92 4.28
Profit after tax 27.29 18.37
Profit available for appropriation 163.49 173.29
Final dividend on equity shares (Proposed) 14.17 13.46
Dividend on preference shares - 0.51
Tax on dividend 2.30 2.37
Transfer to general reserve 2.73 1.84
Transfer to Capital Redemption Reserve - 18.91
Surplus carried to balance sheet 144.29 136.20
Performance
During the year under review the turnover of the Company increased from
Rs. 1568 crores to Rs. 2000 crores registering an increase of 28% over
the previous financial year. The Profit before tax increased from Rs.
23 crores to Rs. 35 crores registering an increase of 52% and the
Profit after tax increased from Rs. 18 crores to Rs. 27 crores
registering an increase of 49%. Your Directors are confident of
maintaining the growth in the ensuing year as well.
This was possible on account of the impressive growth in LCD/LED,
Airconditioners and Mobiles. The turnover in the LCD/LED segment grew
by 120% as compared to the previous year. In the airconditioning
segment the turnover grew by 42.45% and the mobiles segment witnessed a
growth of 140% as compared to the previous year. Overall the year under
review has been quite satisfactory in view of the various steps taken
by management.
Dividend
Your Directors are pleased to recommend payment of dividend on equity
shares for the financial year ended 31st March, 2011 at Rs. 1/- per
equity share on the face value of Rs. 1/- per share subject to the
approval of members of the Company in the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
Transfer to reserves
Your Directors have proposed to transfer Rs. 272.93 lacs (previous year
Rs. 183.71 lacs) to the general reserves out of the profits of Company
for the year 2010-11.
Subsidiary Company
Your Company is having a subsidiary company i.e. Akasaka Electronics
Limited. In view of circular no. 2/2011 dated 21st February 2011 issued
by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi, the Board of Directors
of the Company have decided to present the audited consolidated
statement of accounts of the company and its subsidiary in the annual
report for the year under review. Your Company believes that the
consolidated accounts present a true and fair view of the state of
affairs of the Company and its subsidiary. Accordingly the annual
report of your Company does not contain the financial statement of its
subsidiary, but contains the audited consolidated financial statements
of the Company and its subsidiary.
The annual accounts of the subsidiary company along with the related
detailed information, is available for inspection by the shareholders
of the Company and its subsidiary Company during business hours at the
respective registered offices of company and subsidiary Company. Copies
of the audited accounts of the Companys subsidiary can be sought by
any member by making a written request addressed to the Company
Secretary & Head - Corporate Affairs of the Company at the registered
office of the Company.
Consolidated Financial Statements
In accordance with Accounting Standard 21 on Consolidated Financial
Statement and the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock
Exchanges, the audited Consolidated Financial Statement for the
financial year ended 31st March, 2011 are provided in this Annual
Report.
Cash flow statement
In conformity with the provisions of Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement
with the Stock Exchanges, the Cash flow statement for the year ended
31st March, 2011 is annexed hereto.
Directors
In terms of section 255 and 256 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Ranjan Kapur,
Non-executive and Independent Director, retires by rotation and being
eligible offers himself for re-appointment at the ensuing annual
general meeting of the Company. A brief resume of Mr. Ranjan Kapur as
required under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is provided in the
notice convening the Annual General Meeting of the Company.
During the financial year Mr. Gulu L. Mirchandani, Chairman & Managing
Director was re-appointed as Chairman & Managing Director for a further
period of three years with effect from 1st December, 2010.
Directors Responsibility Statement
In terms of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors
confirm that:
a) In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st
March, 2011, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and
no material departures have been made from the same;
b) They have selected such accounting polices and applied them
consistently and made judgements 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 under review;
c) They 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;
d) They have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
Corporate Governance
Your Company believes in adopting effective Corporate Governance
practices. Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement deals with the Corporate
Governance requirements which every listed company is required to
comply with. The Company has accordingly taken effective steps to
comply with the requirements of the Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
with the Stock Exchanges.
A separate section on the Corporate Governance forming part of the
Directors Report and the certificate from the Companys Auditors M/s.
N. M. Raiji & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai confirming compliance
with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated under the
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed to this report for your
perusal.
The Chief Executive Officers declaration regarding compliance of Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics for Board members and senior management
personnel forms part of the Report on Corporate Governance.
Green Initiative in the Corporate Governance
In view of Green Initiative in Corporate Governance introduced by
Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its Circular No. 17/2011 dated
21.04.2011, all members who are holding shares of the company in
physical mode, are requested to register their e-mail ID with the
Company so as to enable the company to send all notices/ reports/
documents/ intimations and other correspondences etc. through e-mails,
in the electronic mode instead of receiving physical copies the same. A
specimen of request form for registering e-mail IDs to be filled and
submitted by the members to the Registrar & Transfer Agent or the
Company is annexed separately alongwith the notice of the AGM.
Members holding shares in demat mode, who have not registered their
e-mail IDs with DPs, are requested to register/ update their e-mail Ids
with their DPs.
Management Discussion and Analysis
A detailed review of operations, performance and future outlook of the
Company and its business, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement, is presented in a separate section forming part of Annual
Report under the head Management Discussion and Analysis.
Group
Pursuant to intimations received from Promoters, the names of the
Promoters and entities comprising group as defined under the
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act, 1969 is
disclosed separately in the Annual Report for the purpose of the SEBI
(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulation 1997, as
amended.
Fixed deposits
The Company has neither invited nor accepted any public deposit within
the meaning of Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 and rules made
thereunder, during the year under review.
Electronic filing
The Company is also periodically uploading Annual Reports, Financial
Results, Shareholding Patterns, Corporate Governance Reports etc. on
its website viz. www.onida.com within the prescribed time limit.
Listing fees
The equity shares of the Company are listed on the The Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited and The National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The
Company has paid the applicable listing fees to the above Stock
Exchanges up to date. The Companys equity shares are also traded in
the dematerialised segment for all investors compulsorily and the
Company has entered into agreements with The Central Depository
Services (India) Limited and The National Securities Depository Limited
for trading in electronic form.
Clause 5A of the Listing Agreement
In view of newly inserted clause 5A to the Listing Agreement vide
circular no. CIR/CFD/DILV10/2010 dated 16th December, 2010 issued by
the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introducing uniform
procedure for dealing with the unclaimed shares, the Company has sent
reminder letters to shareholders whose share certificates are still
lying with the Company as undelivered/ unclaimed. Members who are yet
to claim share certificates in physical mode [other than demat mode]
are requested to claim their share certificates from the R&T Agent of
the company viz. Link Intime India Pvt. Ltd.
We would also like to inform that in case the Company is not able to
receive any response to the said letter the shares lying with the
company as undelivered/ unexchanged shall be transferred to Unclaimed
Suspense Account and thereafter dematerialised to a specific Demat
Account to be opened by the Company for this specific purpose as
stipulated in the above circular of SEBI.
Transfer of Unpaid and Unclaimed Dividend to IEPF
Pursuant to Section 205A(5) of the Companies Act, 1956, the dividend
declared for the financial year 2002-03 which remained unpaid or
unclaimed for a period of 7 years have been transferred by the Company
to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) established by the
Central Government pursuant to section 205C of the said Act.
For the purpose of benefiting our shareholders who have not claimed
dividend for the financial year 2003-04, which is due for transfer to
IEPF on or after 12th September, 2011, we shall be sending separate
letters requesting them once again to claim their unclaimed dividend
amount of the said financial year. Such shareholders are requested to
write to the company for claiming their unpaid/ unclaimed dividend.
Auditors
M/s. N. M. Raiji & Co., Chartered Accountants, the Statutory Auditors
of the company, holds office upto the conclusion of the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting and have given their consent for re-appointment
as statutory auditors of the company. It is proposed to re-appoint them
as auditors for the financial year 2011-12 and fix their remuneration.
The Company has received a written confirmation from M/s. N. M. Raiji &
Co. to the effect that their appointment, if made, would be in
conformity with the limits prescribed in Section 224 (1B) of the
Companies Act, 1956. The report of the auditors on audited accounts for
the financial year 2010-11, is self-explanatory and does not require
any further explanation.
The Auditors have further confirmed that they are being subject to Peer
Review as per SEBI requirement.
Audit Committee
In accordance with Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement read with Section
292A of the Companies Act, 1956, the Company has constituted an Audit
Committee, which consists of three Independent and Non-executive
Directors of the company viz. Mr. Vimal Bhandari, Chairman, Mr. Ranjan
Kapurand Mr. Manoj Maheshwari. The Audit Committee functions in terms
of the role and powers delegated by the Board of Directors keeping in
view the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and Section
292A of the Companies Act, 1956.
Employee relations and particulars of Employees
Relations between employees and the management continued to be cordial
during the year. In terms of provisions of Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars
of Employees) Rules, 1975, the particulars of employees are set out in
Annexure to this Report. However, as per the provisions of Section
219(1)(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Annual Report excluding
the aforesaid information is being sent to all members of the Company
and others entitled thereto. Any member interested in obtaining such
particulars may write to the Company Secretary & Head - Corporate
Affairs at Registered Office of the Company.
Research and Development
Mirc recognises that a vigorously intelligent research initiative
enables not only cost reduction through effective process improvement
but also value-addition through sustained innovative and customised
products in line with customer requirements.
We are proud to have a team of dedicated engineers at the Onida
Research and Development Centres in Mumbai, Delhi and Shenzhen (China),
who facilitate in making state-of-the- art technology products,
satisfying customer expectations.
This team conducts research in the areas of:
- Embedded Software
- Industrial Design
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
Conservation of energy, research and development, technological
absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo
The particulars as prescribed under Section 217(1)(e) read with Rule 2
of the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988, are set out in the Annexure forming part of
this report.
Acknowledgement
Your Directors take this opportunity to thank our customers, vendors,
investors and bankers for their continued support during the year and
we place on record our appreciation to the contribution made by our
employees at all levels and you shareholders.
We also thank the Government of India particularly the Income Tax
Department, the Customs and Excise Departments, Ministry of Commerce,
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Reserve Bank of
India, the State Governments and other government agencies for their
support and look forward for their continued support in the future.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Sd/-
Gulu L. Mirchandani
Chairman and Managing Director
Date : 5th May 2011
Place: Mumbai
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