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9.7 (4.93%) | Chairman's Speech (Plethico Pharmaceuticals) | Year : Dec '11 |
Dear Shareholders The year 2011 has been very volatile and difficult, yet we have been driving growth and creating values for our end-customers and the stakeholders as well. In spite of Plethora of external constraints, conflicting economic signals and confusing financial interpretations, we performed extremely well and emerged as a pure-play category innovators and global challengers totally positioned to take off globally in the high- growth marketplaces. I always trust that there is much to learn from what successful companies have been doing to win in spite of the economic uncertainty. Despite wide-ranging profile, during 2011, we focused on small number of significant opportunities, meaningful innovations targeted at creating value for end- customer and consistent endeavor to encourage a culture of speed and experimentation. In order to ease pressure on debt, we during 2011 successfully worked on different long-term refinancing operations which came forth as a masterstroke. We took adequate measures to stop vicious circle of too much debt leading to disaster by executing program of structured funding having combination of low-cost long-term debt and equity. Launching of public fixed deposit scheme was our first effort to swap high cost debt and surprisingly, the response was superb beyond expectation. That speaks about the trust, people have in our organization. In the next step we floated fully convertible warrants, the proceeds of which were utilized for retiring debt burden. We are also working on many long-term funding proposals to restructure FCCB maturing during October 2012. I can well foresee that level of uncertainty will remain high in the coming years and it would be extremely difficult to achieve sustained value-creating growth. Increasing complexity, mounting uncertainty, intense competition, declining R&D productivity, increasingly crowded markets, reimbursement hurdles shall be major challenges that need to be addressed more strategically. In fact, there is no single prescription that can deliver foolproof success. The environment is more complex and traditional guidelines are no longer applying. Under the circumstances, it is utmost important to develop strategy enabling to anticipate competitor''s actions beforehand, consider innovative pricing options, engage and connect with stakeholders and collect and analyze real-time data helping to quickly grasp changes in the market places and to formulate business plans more aptly. And at Plethico, we did it successfully as replicated in our performance of 2011. We have been doing more than simply following the positive signals and translating the opportunities of the post-crisis era into competitive advantage. We have geared-up team of our core executives for the possibility that there could be another downturn in the coming years and as such to improve competitive strengths permanently. We had realized that without innovating, it wont be possible to prosper over the next few years. As such in-process innovations were geared up to optimize process and to reduce non-personnel costs. Fundamental issues were also broached. Innovative pricing strategies were applied during product development to make pricing a core pillar of the product''s profile. Comprehensive reporting system has been developed that tracks KPIs in real-time enabling to quickly understand the changes happening in the marketplaces globally and thus modifying strategies to achieve expected growth levels. The company also developed a very competent management team and an effective information system suitable to the organization''s needs. I personally believe that the future after-all belongs to those who take their destiny into their own hands. As such during 2011, we constantly focused on strong Balance Sheet, stable cash flow and lower break-even points. Major thrust was also on differentiation, accelerating product development to the optimum level, creating tangible values for customers, identifying core activities, applying game-changing strategies, creating new business models, pursuing opportunistic investments and eliminating positions that are relatively less competitive. Today, Plethico is well positioned to capture rapid end- demand growth of the emerging marketplaces. The company also foretells underlying opportunities and confident about sparkling performance in the coming year 2012. I also promise all the shareholders to give better returns through robust performance appreciating intrinsic value of the shares. I also express my sincere gratitude to all my stockholders who have reposed trust in us and extended their full co-operation. I am also grateful to the Board of Directors for their steady support and guidance. Your''s truly Shashikant Patel Chairman & Managing Director |
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