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-1.55 (-2.2%) | Chairman's Speech (Thinksoft Global Services) | Year : Mar '12 |
Dear Shareholders, It gives me great pleasure to report the highlights of the Company''s performance and achievements for the year 2011-12 just gone by. Our consolidated revenues, at INR 1,214 million, were up 46% over the previous year and Net profit at INR 113 million, grew 508% over the previous year. The performance was all the more creditable as it came against the backdrop of two years of flat growth primarily due to the general economic conditions. In view of this performance the Board of Directors decided to announce a final dividend of INR 3 / share, taking the total dividend to INR 5 / share. To put things into perspective, it is pertinent to note that the company has demonstrated a 24.72 % CAGR of revenues over the past 10 years (2002-2012) and also maintained an unbroken dividend record. This has been achieved in the face of stiff competition from the scale players, buyer behavior biased towards favoring mega vendors and periodic market unresponsiveness arising out of dot com bust in the year 2000, the 9/11 attacks and the financial crisis of 2008/09. From all accounts the IT services market seems to be evolving in the direction of demanding increasing quality levels and also of rewarding value delivered. This is taking many forms including independent testing services becoming part of the mainstream value chain and by the fact that many specialist players are being invited to hitherto forbidden bidding tables. Our company will definitely benefit from this, as it plays into our conventional strengths. Anticipating this, we had triggered a number of initiatives in the past one year and have expanded our specialist offering space (building testing expertise and Centre of Excellences in BFSI mobile app testing, and for the much larger and complex payments processing area). The Company has also successfully completed pilot projects in the area of mobile testing using the concept of working with cloud platforms and using remote test centres. It is not surprising therefore, that the Company has been selected by the Reserve Bank of India, through a rigorous selection process to be its preferred testing partner for the countrywide rollout of one of its major transformational initiatives. We are also participating in bidding for comprehensive testing of a strategic payment platform being undertaken by an apex body. The Specialist BFSI testing space is growing at 30% annually and we are well positioned to be a significant player with a good market share. We are cementing sales partnerships with domain specialist firms to address mid tier clients and working on our new branding strategy to capitalize on these trends. We also view our investment in building functional expertise and associated technology skills as a key strategic differentiator in how we deliver our services. With our constant focus on efficiency and productivity, we have eliminated redundant steps from our business processes, and thus maximized the efficiency of our services which helps our clients derive cost savings. The past year witnessed the uncovering of a number of mega scams and citizens discontent at the endemic corruption and poor quality of governance in many spheres affecting daily life. The regulatory policy and environment has also been very ambiguous and confusing for the business sector. While responding to these challenges, your company has been maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance by implementing clear and transparent corporate policies and following all the norms and guidelines laid down by RBI, SEBI, Stock Exchanges, CBDT and other regulatory bodies both in letter and in spirit. We are proud to be counted among the companies which have this kind of track record. The Company has also initiated the process of implementing an ERP system and is in the final stage of cutting over to live status for the finance and associated functions. We have also increased our investment in our training and talent management processes, adding to and improving our capabilities for imparting critical industry, product and process training. Before I conclude, I would like to mention that our focus remains on sustaining the momentum we have achieved this year and building on the traction that the business has seen from different quarters. We are confident that the investment in people, process and technology would propel your Company to greater heights in the forthcoming years. On behalf of the Board of Directors'', I take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all our stakeholders, who have reposed trust in us and look forward to your continued support to help keep the company on the growth path in the coming years. Yours Sincerely, A VAsvini Kumar June 15, 2012 |
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