1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Siemens Healthcare
Diagnostics Limited (the Company) as at September 30, 2010 and also
the Profit and Loss account and the cash flow state- ment 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 management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presen- tation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose
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 Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowl- edge and belief were necessary for the pur- poses of
our audit;
ii. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Com- pany 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, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash
flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the account- ing
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 September 30, 2010, and taken on record by the Board
of Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as
on September 30, 2010 from being appointed as a director in terms of
clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act,
1956.
vi. As explained in schedule 20 (i) to the financial statement, the
companys application to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA),
Govern- ment of India for approval of managerial remuneration ofRs
43,774 thousands paid to the Ex- Managing Director during the year
ended September 30, 2008 in excess of the amount earlier approved by
the Central Gov- ernment under the Companies Act, 1956, has been
rejected during the year, with further in- struction to recover the
excess remuneration so paid. As explained by the management, the
Company has written to the MCA for reconsid- ering its application and
also initiated neces- sary action in this regard to comply with the
order, however, pending recovery of the amount, no adjustments to the
accompanying financial statement are made.
Our audit report on the financial statements for the year ended
September 30, 2009 was also qualified in respect of the matter stated
above.
vii. In our opinion and to the best of our infor- mation and according
to the explanations given to us, subject to the effect of the matter
included in the paragraph 4(vi) above, the effect of which is currently
not ascertainable, 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 prin- ciples generally
accepted in India;
a. in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at September 30, 2010;
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 referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date
Re: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic Limited (the Company)
(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, the periodicity of
physical verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the
Company and the nature of its assets. In accordance with the policy,
the Company has physically verified certain fixed assets during the
year and we are informed that no material discrepan- cies were noticed
on such verification.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(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,
accord- ingly provision of clause (iii)b to (iii)d 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,
accord- ingly provision of clause (iii)f & (iii)g are not applicable to
the Company.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business, for the
purchase of inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. During the course of our audit, no major weakness has been
noticed in the internal control system in respect of these areas.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing
failure to correct major weakness in internal control system of the
company.
(v) (a) According to the information and explana- tions provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Act that need to be
entered into the register maintained under section 301 have been so
entered.
(b) In respect of transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrange- ments exceeding value of Rupees five lakhs entered into during
the financial year, because of the unique and specialized nature of the
items involved and absence of any comparable prices, we are unable to
comment whether the transactions were made at prevailing market prices
at the relevant time.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for
the products of the Company.
(ix) (a) Undisputed statutory dues including investor education and
protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax,
service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess have generally been
regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities though there has
been slight delays in few cases of professional tax and Sales-tax.
(b) According to the information and explana- tions given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, inves- tor
education and protection fund, employ- ees 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, service tax, customs duty, excise duty on account of any
dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Nature of the Dues Amount
Statute under
dispute not
desposited
(Rs. in 000)
The Income Additional Income tax liability 1,508
Tax Act, 1961 due to various disallowance
Import Export Penalty for non-fulfillment 500
(Control) Act,
1947 of export obligation
The Customs Interest on differential 206
Act, 1962 Custom Duty
Chapter V of The Service tax on 2,192
Finance Act, 1994 Service Contracts
The Central
Excise Differential Excise Duty
Act, 1944 (Including penalty) in respect 22,540
of classification matter
Name of the Period to which Forum where
Statue the amount dispute is
relates pending
The Income
Tax Act, 1961 Assessment year Income Tax Appellate
2005-2006 Tribunal for AY 2005-06
Import Export
(Control) Act, 1947 December 1977 The High court of
to December 1982 Gujarat, Ahmedabad
The Customs
Act, 1962 September 2003 Assistant/ Deputy
to February 2004 Commissioner of Customs
Chapter V of The
Finance Act, 1994
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 January 2001 to Commissioner of Central
June 2003 Excise and Customs
March 1988 to The Customs, Excise and
October 1992 Services Tax Appellate
tribunal
There are no dues outstanding of sales tax, wealth tax and cess on
account of any dispute.
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current and immediately
preceding financial year.
(xi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company did not have any outstanding dues to any financial institution,
banks and the Company did not have any borrow- ing by way of
debentures.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted 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) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
or financial institutions.
(xvi) The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
(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 investment. The company has used funds raised on short term
basis by way of Inter-corporate deposit ofRs. 163,002 thousands to
finance fixed assets and core working capital.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through public issues during
the year.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view of the financial statements and as per
the informa- tion and explanations given by the management, we report
that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit.
For S. R. Batliboi & Co.
Firm Registration No.: 301003E
Chartered Accountants
per Ravi Bansal
Place: Mumbai Partner
Date: November 29, 2010 Membership No.: 49365
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