Dear Shareowners
The Directors present the 17th Annual Report and the audited accounts
for the financial year ended March 31, 2011
Financial Results
The standalone performance of the Company for the financial year ended
March 31, 2011 is summarised below;
Particulars Financial Year ended Financial Year ended
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010*
Rs. in
million US $ in Rs. in
million US $ in
million** million**
Total Income 4715.29 105.60 3880.73 85.97
Profit before tax 2536.67 56.81 2,889.38 64.01
Less: Provision for
taxation (208.79) (4.68) 157.05 3.48
Profit after tax 2745.46 61.49 2,732.33 60.53
Balance of Profit
brought forward from
previous period 6168.22 138.14 3,435.89 76.12
Transfer to General
Reserve 5,000.00 111.98 - -
Balance carried to
Balance Sheet 3913.68 87.65 6,168.22 136.65
* Figures of previous year have been regrouped and reclassified,
wherever required
** Rs. 44.65 = US $ 1 Exchange rate as on March 31, 2011 (Rs. 45.1 4 = US $
1 as on March 31,201 0)
Financial Performance
During the year under review, your Company has earned an operational
income of Rs. 36.38 crore against Rs. 8.55 crore in the previous financial
year. Total Income of the Company was Rs. 471.53 crore against Rs. 388.07
crore in the previous year on a standalone basis. The Company has
earned Profit after tax of Rs. 274.54 crore compared to Rs. 273.23 crore in
the previous year on a stand alone basis. Business Operations
The Company is in the business of setting up and operating power
projects and in the development of coal mines associated with such
projects. The Company has identified a large portfolio of power
projects of more than 35,000 MW and is also developing coal mines with
a potential to produce over 95 million tonnes of coal per annum (MTPA).
Of the power projects which the Company is developing 600 MW are
already operational while the balance capacities are under various
stages of development. The portfolio of projects which the Company is
developing is dive ified with regard to location, fuel and off-take.
The projects are spread across various states in India and its coal
mines are also located in Indonesia. A major portion of the power
generating capacity would be based on coal as the primary fuel. The
others include gas based power projects, hydro-electric power projects
and power projects based on renewable energy resources such as solar
and wind.
Dividend
Your Directors have not recommended any dividend on equity shares for
the year under review.
Management Discussion and Analysis
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review as
stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India is presented in a separate section forming part of
the Annual Report. The Company has entered into various contracts in
the areas of power business. While benefits from such contracts will
accrue in the future years, their progress is periodically reviewed
Subsidiary Companies
During the year under review, Reliance CleanGen Limited (Formerly
Reliance Patalganga Power Limited), Bharuch Power Limited, Rajasthan
Sun Technique Energy Private Limited (Formerly Ballerina Advisory
Services Private Limited), Atos Trading Private Limited, Atos
Mercantile Private Limited, Reliance Prima Limited, Reliance Futura
Limited (since merged) Reliance Power Netherlands BV, Samalkot Power
Limited, PT Heramba Coal Resources, Indonesia, PT Avaneesh Coal
Resources, Indonesia, Solar Generation Company (Rajasthan) Private
Limited
Dahanu Solar Power Private Limited, Sasan Power Infrastructure Limited,
Sasan Power Infraventures Private Limited (since merged), Reliance Fuel
Resources Limited, Reliance Natural Resources (Singapore) Pte Limited,
Reliance Natural Resources Limited, Reliance Renewable Power Private
Limited, Reliance Biomass Power Private Limited, Reliance Solar
Resources Power Private Limited, Reliance Clean Power Private Limited,
Reliance Tidal Power Private Limited, Reliance Geothermal Power Private
Limited, Reliance Wind Power Private Limited, Reliance Green Power
Private Limited, PT Sumukha Coal Services, Indonesia, PT Brayan Bintang
Tiga Energi, Indonesia, PT Sriwijaya Bintang Tiga Energi, Indonesia,
became the subsidiaries of the Company. In terms of the approval
granted by the Central Government under Section 21 2 (8) of the
Companies Act, 1 956, copies of the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
Account, Cash flow Statement, Report of the Board of Directors and
Auditors of the subsidiary companies are not being attached to the
Balance Sheet of the Company. The financial information of the
subsidiary companies as required is disclosed under ''Financial
Information of Subsidiary Companies'', which forms part of the Annual
Report. The Company will make available hard copy of Annual Accounts
of the subsidiary companies and the related detailed information to the
shareholders of the Company seeking the same. The annual accounts of
the subsidiary companies will also be kept for inspection by any
shareholders at the Registered Office the Company and that of the
respective subsidiary companies. Further, pursuant to the provisions
of Accounting Standard AS-21 and AS-27 prescribed under the Companies
(Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 and Listing Agreement as prescribed
by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the Consolidated
Financial Statements presented by the Company form part of the Annual
Report.
Scheme of Arrangement
A. Composite Scheme of Arrangement between Reliance Natural Resources
Limited and Reliance Power Limited and others
i. In terms of the Composite Scheme of Arrangement between Reliance
Natural Resources Limited (''RNRL'') and Reliance Power Limited
(''RPower'') and Atos Trading Private Limited (''ATPL'') and Atos
Mercantile Private Limited (''AMPL'') and Coastal Andhra Power
Infrastructure Limited (''CAPIL'') and Reliance Prima Limited (''RPL'') and
Reliance Futura Limited (''RFL'') and their respective Shareholders and
Creditors (Scheme or the Scheme), as sanctioned by the Hon''ble High
Court of Judicature at Bombay vide Order dated October 15, 2010, the
business undertakings of RNRL consisting of four Exploration Blocks
situated at Barmer in Rajasthan, Kothagudem in Andhra Pradesh, Sohagpur
in Madhya Pradesh and in Mizoram were demerged and vested into your
Company. The appointed date of the Scheme was October 15, 2010.
As per the above Scheme, Reliance Futura Limited was amalgamated into
the Company
Pursuant to the above Scheme, the Company has issued and allotted a
total of 40,82,82,606 equity shares in the ratio of 1 (One) equity
share of Rs. 1 0 each fully paid up of the Company for every 4 (Four)
equity shares of Rs. 5 each fully paid up, held by the shareholders in
RNRL. All the outstanding equity shares, including those underlying the
GDRs, issued earlier by RNRL, the liabilities in respect of which have
devolved upon your Company have been listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited
effective from November 15, 2010.
ii. Global Depository Receipts (GDRs)
Pursuant to the Composite Scheme of Arrangement between Reliance
Natural Resources Limited (RNRL) and Reliance Power Limited (RPower)
and Others (''the Scheme''), the liabilities in respect of the Global
Depository Receipts (GDRs) issued by RNRL have vested into RPower with
effect from October 1 5, 201 0, Pursuant to the Scheme and as described
in the notice to the holders of Global Depository Receipts of RNRL,
eligible RNRL GDR Holders as of November 11, 2010 (the Record Date)
were entitled to elect through the procedures established by the
relevant clearing system number and subject to the provision of the
representations, warranties and certifications contained in the
certification and instruction form delivered pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement to receive either:
- one GDR for every two RNRL GDRs surrendered to the Depository for
exchange; or
- one Equity Share of Rs. 1 0 each for every two RNRL GDRs surrendered to
the Depository for exchange
As of the Record Date, RNRL had outstanding 1,21 7,270 GDRs
representing 24,34,540 equity shares of RNRL, On February 15, 2011, the
Depository issued 1,30,288 GDRs pursuant to elections made by RNRL GDR
Holders as set out above. The subject GDRs have been listed on
Luxembourg Stock Exchange effective from May 1 7, 2011
iii. Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)
Pursuant to the Composite Scheme of Arrangement between Reliance
Natural Resources Limited (RNRL) and Reliance Power Limited (RPower)
and Others (''the Scheme''), the liabilities in respect of 4.928% Foreign
Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) of US $ 1 00,000 each aggregating to
US $ 300 million (Rs. 1,350 crore) raised by RNRL have devolved upon
RPower effective from October 15, 2010. The FCCBs have a maturity
period of 5 years and 1 day and are not listed. The FCCBs are
convertible any time after November 27, 2006 up to October 1 0, 2011
The FCCBs, if fully converted into equity shares of RNRL, would have
resulted into 52,63,26,923 equity shares of Rs. 5 each of RNRL. As per
exchange ratio in the sanctioned Scheme, 1 3,1 5,81,731 equity shares
of RPower are to be issued upon full conversion against 52,63,26,923
equity shares of Rs. 5 each of RNRL.
Out of the above, holder of 1 (one) FCCB of US $ 1 00,000 has exercised
its option to convert the same into Equity Shares. In consequence of
the above, 43,860 equity shares were allotted by RPower and the same
have been listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and the National
Stock Exchange of India Limited effective from April 20 2011.
B. Scheme of Amalgamation of Sasan Power Infraventures Private Limited
into Reliance Power Limited
Sasan Power Infraventures Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company amalgamated into the Company with effect from May 25, 2011,
in terms of the Scheme of Amalgamation sanctioned by the Hon''ble High
Court of Judicature at Bombay vide Order dated April 29, 2011. The
appointed date was January 1, 2011.
Fixed Deposits
The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any fixed deposits during
the year.
Employee Stock Option Scheme
As reported last year, the ESOS Compensation Committee had approved to
grant up to 200,00,000 Options exercisable into equal number of fully
paid up Equity shares of the Company to eligible Employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with the Scheme.
The particulars as required under clause 1 2 of SEBI (Employee Stock
Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1 999,
are as follows :
Sr. Particulars ESOS Plan 2010
a. Total options granted 85,00,000
b. Pricing formula decided by ESOS Compensation
Committee The exercise price is
as per the Plan under
the ESOS Scheme
c. Options vested -
d. Options exercised -
e. Total number of equity shares arising as a
result of exercise of Options -
f. Options lapsed during the year -
g. Variation of terms of Options -
h. Money realized by exercise of options during
the year -
i. Total number of Options in force at the end
of the year 85,00,000
j. Employee wise details of Options granted to : -
i. Senior Managerial personnel (i.e. Managing -
Director / Whole-time Director/Manager)
ii. Employee who receives grant in any one year -
of option amounting to 5 % or more of
option granted during the year
iii. Identified Employees who were granted -
options, during any one year equal to or
exceeding 1 % of the issued capital
(excluding outstanding warrants and
conversions) of the Company at the time
of grant
k. Diluted Earning Per Share (EPS) pursuant
to issue of shares on exercise of N.A.
Options calculated in accordance with
Accounting Standard (AS) 20 There wou[d not be any
fresh issue of equity
shares of the Company
upon exercise of
Options by employees
I. The difference between employee compensation
cost using intrinsic value method and fair
value of the Options and impact of this
difference on Profit Rs. 385,1 25,91 8
EPS of the Company (Rs. 0.15)
m. Weighted average exercise prices of Options -
granted during the year where exercise
price is less than market price
n. Significant assumptions made in computation
of fair value
i. risk free interest rate 7.74%
ii. weighted average period of option 7.25 Years
iii. expected volatility 41.88%
iv expected dividends (yield), and -
v. the price of the underlying share
in the market at the time of grant Rs. 1 40.20
The Company has received a certificate from the Auditors of the Company
that the ESOS Plan 201 0 has been implemented in accordance with the
Guidelines and as per the resolution passed by the members of the
Company authorizing issuance of ESOS
Directors
In terms of the provisions of the Companies Act, 1 956, Shri S L Rao
and Dr V K Chaturvedi, Directors of the Company retire by rotation and
being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting.
A brief resume of the Directors retiring by rotation at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting, nature of their expertise in specific
functional areas and names of companies in which they hold directorship
and/or membership/chairmanships of Committees of the Board, as
stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India, is given in the section on Corporate Governance
forming part of this Annual Report.
Shri K H Mankad, Whole-time Director relinquished his position
effective from March 14, 2011 due to health reasons.
The Board would place on record its sincere appreciation of the
contribution made by Shri Mankad during the tenure of his association
with the Company.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirements under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1 956 with respect to the Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it
is hereby confirmed that:
i. in the preparation of the annual accounts for financial year ended
March 31, 2011, the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
ii. the Directors had 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 as at March 31, 2011 and of the profit of the Company
for the year under review;
iii. the Directors had 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; and
iv. the Directors had prepared the annual accounts for financial year
ended March 31, 2011 on a ''going concern'' basis
Group
Pursuant to an intimation received from the Promoters, the names of the
Promoters and entities comprising ''group'' as defined under the
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (''MRTP'') Act, 1969 are
disclosed in the Annual Report for the purpose of the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
Consolidated Financial Statements
The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements based on the Financial
Statements received from subsidiaries, as approved by their respective
board of directors, have been prepared in accordance with the
Accounting Standard 21 (AS-21) on Consolidated Financial Statements
and Accounting Standard 27 (AS-27) on Financial Reporting of Interests
in Joint Ventures, notified under Section 211 (3C) of the Companies
Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 as
applicable.
Auditors and Auditors'' Report
M/s. Chaturvedi & Shah, Chartered Accountants and M/s. Price
Waterhouse, Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company hold office
until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are
eligible for re-appointment.
The Company has received letters from M/s. Chaturvedi & Shah Chartered
Accountants and M/s. Price Waterhouse, Chartered Accountants, to the
effect that their appointment, if made would be within the prescribed
limits under Section 224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1 956, and that
they are not disqualified for such appointment within the meaning of
Section 226 of the Companies Act, 1 956.
The observations and comments given by Auditors in their Report read
together with notes to Accounts are self explanatory and hence do not
call for any further comments under Section 21 7 of the Companies Act,
1956
Particulars of Employees
In terms of the provisions of Section 21 7(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975,
the names and other particulars of employees are set out in the
Annexure to the Directors'' Report. However, having regard to 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
the members of the Company and others entitled thereto. Any member
interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company
Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo
The particulars as required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 21 7(1
)(e) of the Companies Act, 1 956, read with the Companies (Disclosures
of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1 988, are
given in the Annexure - A forming part of this Report.
Corporate Governance
The Company has adopted the Reliance Group-Corporate Governance
Policies and Code of Conduct which has set out the systems, processes
and policies conforming to international standards. The report on
Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing
agreement with the Stock Exchanges, forms part of the Annual Report,
A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company M/s. Chaturved & Shah,
Chartered Accountants and M/s. Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants,
conforming compliance with conditions of Corporate Governance as
stipulated under the aforesaid Clause 49, is attached to this Report.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation of the
co-operation and assistance received from shareholders, bankers,
financial institutions, government authorities, regulatory bodies and
other business constituents during the year under review. Your
Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation
for the commitment displayed by all executives, officers and staff of
the Company, resulting in the successful performance of the Company
during the year.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Mumbai Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
May 27, 2011 Chairman
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