Dear Members,
The Directors present the Annual Report together with the audited
Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss Account of RSWM Limited for the
year ended 31st March, 2011.
Company''s Performance
Your Company''s performance during the year 2010-11 is summarised below:
Financial Results
( Rs.in Crore)
This year Previous year
Turnover
Export 783.62 566.70
Domestic 1,178.54 971.79
Total 1,962.16 1,538.49
Profit before Interest & Depreciation 333.94 192.88
Less: Interest 72.57 56.73
Profit before Depreciation 261.37 136.15
Less: Depreciation 80.15 87.64
Profit before Tax 181.22 48.51
Less: Current Tax 34.40 10.02
Deferred Tax Liability 23.86 2.46
Profit after Tax 122.96 36.03
Add: Opening Balance 33.06 29.82
Profit available for appropriation 156.02 65.85
Dividend and other appropriations
From the amount available for appropriation, Rs.12.50 crore is proposed
to be transferred to General Reserve. A sum of Rs.5 crore has been
transferred to Preference Share Capital Redemption Reserve.
During the year, the Board of Directors of your Company approved the
payment of an interim dividend @ 10% p.a., i.e. Rs.2.47 per share on
3,33,400 Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.150/- each, which were
redeemed on 30th May, 2010, for the period till redemption in order to
meet the contractual obligation. This amounted to Rs.0.10 crore
inclusive of distribution tax.
Your Directors feel immense pleasure in informing the Members that
during the year an Interim Dividend of 100% i.e. Rs.10/- per equity
share was approved and paid on equity shares of Rs.10/- each in view of
the 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) year of the Company and LNJ
Bhilwara Group. This amounted to Rs.26.99 crore inclusive of
distribution tax. Your Directors are pleased to recommend to Annual
General Meeting, a final dividend on Equity Shares @ 50% i.e. Rs.5 per
share amounting to Rs.13.45 Crore inclusive of distribution tax.
The payment of interim dividend and recommendation of final dividend on
the Equity Shares for the year ended 31st March, 2011 will tantamount
to total dividend of 150% i.e. Rs.15 per share aggregating Rs.40.44
Crore inclusive of distribution tax. A proposal for noting the payment
of interim dividend on Preference shares and Equity shares and
declaration of final dividend on Equity shares for the year ended 31st
March, 2011 will be placed before the shareholders at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting.
The balance amount of Rs.97.98 crore has been carried over to next
year.
Operational performance
Your Directors gladly inform the Members that the financial year under
review, which happens to be the 50th Anniversary year (Golden Jubilee)
of the Company and the LNJ Bhilwara Group, recorded the best
performance of the Company since inception in terms of both the
turnover and profitability.
The Company registered an increase of 27.54% in its gross turnover from
Rs.1538.49 Crore in 2009-10 to Rs.1962.16 Crore in 2010-11. This
increase in turnover has been primarily on account of increase in yarn
production to 93913 MT against 85784 MT in previous year and fabric
production to 23.16 million metres from 21.44 million metres. The
Export turnover increased to Rs.783.62 Crore in 2010-11 from Rs.566.70
Crore in 2009-10 and Domestic turnover to Rs.1178.54 Crore in 2010-11
from Rs.971.79 Crore in the previous year. The details of analysis of
performance of the Company and it''s businesses, including initiatives
in the areas of Human Resources and Information Technology, have been
presented in the section on Management Discussion and Analysis of this
Annual Report.
Working results of last three financial years 2008-09 to 2010- 11 are
given in Annexure I and form part of this report.
Expansion and modernisation
Your Directors in their previous report had talked about expansion plan
for addition in spindleage, replacement of old machinery, up-gradation
of some equipments at various units of the Company, involving capital
expenditure of Rs.70 Crore. Your Dierctors feel pleasure in informing
members that the above expansion plan was successfully completed during
the year under review and has started yielding incremental
contributions to the turnover and profitability of the Company.
Your Directors gladly inform the members that encouraged with the
performance of the Company, your Directors have chalked out LAKSHYA
2016 programme with a targeted turnover of Rs.4500 Crore and involving
a capex of Rs.1500 Crore to be implemented in phased manner to be
achieved by the year 2016. The necessary details are being worked out
and members will be updated on this plan in due course. Your Directors
are hopeful that with the support of all stakeholders, the Company will
be able to achieve the target.
Subsidiary companies & joint venture
During the year under review, your Company set off the liability
against the Corporate Guarantee given to Exim Bank in connection with
the loan availed by RSWM International B.V., the wholly owned
subsidiary Company, by paying off an amount of Rs.14.42 Crore to Exim
Bank.
Your Directors further inform the members that RSWM International B.V.,
the wholly owned subsidiary Company has since been voluntarily
liquidated within the legal frame-work of Netherlands.
A Statement of particulars of Cheslind Textiles Limited, subsidiary of
the Company is part of the Annual Report.
Contribution to the exchequer
Your Company has contributed an amount of Rs.79.91 crore in terms of
taxes and duties to the Exchequer.
Directors'' responsibility statement
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors
state that:
- in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable Accounting
Standards have been followed;
- appropriate Accounting Policies have been selected and applied
consistently and they have 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 on 31st March, 2011 and of the Profit and
Loss of the Company for the year ended on that date;
- proper and sufficient care has been taken 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;
- the Annual Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Energy conservation, technology absorption and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo
The information required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 217(1)(e)
of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, is given
in Annexure – II forming part of this Report.
Directors
The following Directors retire by rotation and being eligible offer
themselves for re-appointment:
1. Shri Arun Churiwal
2. Shri A.N. Choudhary
3. Shri Sushil Jhunjhunwala
During the period under review, EXIM Bank has withdrawn its nomination
of Shri John Mathew from the Board and nominated Shri Prabhakar Dalal
as its Nominee-Director on the Board of Directors of the Company.
The Board places on record its deep appreciation for the services
rendered by Shri John Mathew during his tenure. The Board welcomes Shri
Prabhakar Dalal on the Board of Directors of the Company.
Internal control systems
The Company has in place proper and effective Internal Control Systems
commensurate with its size of operations to ensure that all systems and
procedures are functioning satisfactorily and all policies are being
duly complied with as required. The operations of the Company are
regularly reviewed by the Audit Committee to examine and evaluate the
adequacy, relevance and effectiveness of the internal control systems.
The Audit Committee makes recommendations wherever found appropriate
for improvement in efficiencies and effectiveness of the internal
control systems.
Particulars of employees
Statement of particulars of Employees as required to be furnished
pursuant to Section 217(2A) of Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 is attached hereto and form part
of this Report as Annexure – III.
Auditors
The Company''s Auditors M/s. S. Bhargava Associates and M/s A.L.
Chechani & Co., retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. The
observations of the Auditors are explained wherever necessary, in the
appropriate Note to the Accounts.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the continued
support and co-operations received by your Company from the Customers,
Dealers and Suppliers, Investors, Members, Banks, Financial
Institutions, Central and State Governments. Your Directors also thank
the employees of the Company across all levels for the sincere and hard
work put in by them during the year under review.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Noida Ravi Jhunjhunwala
Date: 28th April, 2011 Chairman
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