1. We have audited the attached Balance sheet of Reliance MediaWorks
Limited (''the Company'') as at 31st March 2011 and the related Profit
and loss account and the Cash flow statement for the year ended on that
date, annexed thereto. These f nancial statements are the
responsibility of the Company''s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these f nancial 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 f
nancial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the f nancial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall f nancial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (''the
Order'') issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1 956 (''the
Act''), we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specif ed
in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to 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, the Profit and loss account and the Cash flow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d) in our opinion, the Balance sheet, the Profit and loss account and
the Cash flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 21 1 of
the Act;
e) on the basis of written representations received from the directors
of the Company as at 31st March 201 1 and taken on record by the Board
of Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualif ed 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 Act; and
f) 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 Act in the manner so required, and 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 31st March 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and loss account, of the loss of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash flow statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors'' Report
(Referred to in our report of even date)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which all fixed assets are verified in a phased manner
over a period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of
physical verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the
Company and the nature of its assets.
(c) As more fully explained in note 25 of Schedule 23 to the financial
statements, the Company has sold certain fixed assets of the Exhibition
segment aggregating to Rs. 1,041.73 million which have been leased
back. In our opinion, the aforementioned sale and lease back and other
disposals during the year, do not affect the going concern assumption.
(ii) (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of such verification is
reasonable.
(b) The procedures for the physical verification of inventories
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. The
discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stocks and
the book records were not material.
(iii) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to or from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanation that purchases of
certain items of fixed assets are for the Company''s specialised
requirements and similarly certain services rendered/ rights and goods
sold are of a specialised nature and rendered/ sold to specific buyers
and suitable alternative sources are not available to obtain comparable
quotations, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard
to purchase of inventory and fixed assets and with regard to the sale
of goods and rendering of services. We have not observed any major
weakness in the internal control system during the course of the audit.
(v) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no contracts and arrangements the particulars of
which need to be entered into the register maintained under Section 301
of the Act.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
(viii) The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of
cost records under Section 209(1 )(d) of the Act for any of the
products sold / services rendered by the Company.
(ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts
deducted/ accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Employees'' State Insurance,
Income-tax, Sales-tax/ VAT, Service Tax, Customs duty, Entertainment
tax, Investor Education & Protection Fund, Wealth tax, and other
material statutory dues have been generally regularly deposited during
the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities.
There were no dues on account of Cess under Section 441A of the Act
since the date from which the aforesaid section comes into force has
not yet been notified by the Central Government.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident fund, Employees''
State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales-tax/ VAT, Service tax, Customs duty,
Entertainment tax, Investor Education & Protection Fund, Wealth tax and
other material statutory dues were in arrears as at 31st March 2011 for
a year of more than six months from the date they became payable.
As more fully explained in Note 1 of Schedule 23 to the financial
statements, no amount has been accrued in respect of Maharashtra Value
Added Tax.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
following statutory dues have not been deposited by the Company on
account of disputes:
Name of the Nature of the Amount Year to which
the Forum where
dispute is
statute dues (Rs.
million) amount relates pending
Central Excise Duty and 191.84 1998-2011 Central Excise
and Service
Tax
Act, 1944 penalty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT)
Entertainment Entertainment 16.21 2006-2011 Supreme Court
tax tax
Income tax Act, Assessment 119.12 2008-09 Commissioner
of Income Tax
1961 dues Appeal
Income tax Act, Tax deducted at 101.71 2007-08 to
2008- Commissioner
of Income Tax
1961 source 09 Appeal
(x) The accumulated losses of the Company are more than 50% of its net
worth and it has incurred cash losses in the current financial year 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 its dues to
bankers or financial institutions or bondholders.
(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 and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi / mutual benefit
fund / society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on which the Company has given
guarantees for loans/ credit facilities taken by others from banks /
others are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans taken by the Company have been applied for
the purpose for which they 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 the Company has used funds raised on short term basis for long
term investments. The Company has used short term borrowings
aggregating Rs. 6,774 million to fund long term purposes.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
during the year to companies / firms / parties covered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not issued any secured debentures during the year.
(xx) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not raised any money by public issues during the year.
(xxi) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
material fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the year
For B S R & Co. For Chaturvedi & Shah
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No: 1 01 248W Firm Registration No: 101720W
Bhavesh Dhupelia Paracf D. Mehta
Partner Partner
Membership No: 042070 Membership No: 11 3904
Mumbai Mumbai
28 May 2011 28 May 2011
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