1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of PIDILITE INDUSTRIES
LIMITED (the Company) as at 31st March 2011 and the Profit and Loss
account and also 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 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 Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004,
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956 of India (the Act) and on
the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we
considered appropriate and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we give 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 paragraph 3 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 purpose 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 books of
account;
iv. In our opinion, balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash
flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the
Companies Act, 1956.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on 31st March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
31st March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956, 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 affairs of the
Company as at 31st March 2011;
b) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
c) in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure to Auditors Report
[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors Report of even date to the
members of Pidilite Industries Limited on the financial statements for
the year ended 31st March 2011]
i. (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) All the fixed assets have not been physically verified by the
management during the year, but there is a regular programme of
verification which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. As informed, no
material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
off by the Company during the year.
ii. (a) The management has physically verified the stocks of stores,
spares, raw materials, packing materials and finished goods. In our
opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable. In respect of
inventories lying with third parties, these have been substantially
confirmed by them.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by
the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of
the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification carried
out at the end of the year.
iii. (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured
or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 and
hence clauses 4(iii)(b), 4(iii)(c) and 4(iii)(d) of the Companies
(Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the
Company.
(b) As informed, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or
unsecured from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 and.
hence clauses 4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Companies (Auditors
Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
iv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business with regard to purchase of inventory, fixed assets and with
regard to the sale of goods and services. During the course of our
audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct major
weaknesses in interna! control system of the Company.
v. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that need to be
entered into the register maintained under section 301 have been so
entered.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceeding value of Rupees five lakhs have been entered
into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having
regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
vi. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
viii. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company in respect of production of Synthetic Resins where, pursuant to
the Rules made by the Central Government of India, the maintenance of
cost records has been prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of
Section 209 of the Act and we are of the opinion that prima facie, the
prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained.
ix. (a) 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, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and
other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end for a
period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Period to which the
Name of the
Statute Nature of dues Forum where
dispute is
Amount pending
(Rs in
million) amount relates
Sales Tax Act Sales tax in
various states 508.96 for various years Deputy Commis
sioner of sales
tax
Sales Tax Act Sales tax in
various states 30.01 for various years Sales tax
Tribunal
Sales Tax Act Sales tax in
various states 3.77 for various years High Court
Central Excise
Act Excise duty in
various states 1.88 For Various years CESTAT
Income Tax Act Tax Deducted at
Source 2.65 A.Y. 2008-09 Commissioner
(Appeals)
x. The Company has neither accumulated losses as at 31st March 2011
nor has it incurred any cash losses either in the financial year under
audit and in the immediately preceding financial year.
xi. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
financial institution, bank or debenture holders.
xii. 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. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
are not applicable to the Company.
xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
xv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company, for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
during the year, are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
xvi. In our opinion, the term loans have been applied for the purpose
for which the loans were raised.
xvii. According to the information and explanations given to us 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 preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
xix. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not issued debentures during the year.
xx. The Company has not raised any money by 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 generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the management.
For HARIBHAKTI & CO
Chartered Accountants
FRN No. 103523W
HETAN DESAI
Partner
Membership No. 17000
Place; Mumbai
Date: 19th May 2011
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