1. Estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on capital
account and not provided for Rs.2145.55 lakhs (2009-2010 : Rs.2402.78
lakhs)
2. (a) Contingent Liability in respect of Sales tax, Excise and
Customs demands against which the Company
has filed appeals Rs.76.52 lakhs (2009-2010: Rs.61.81 lakhs) - net of
tax Rs.51.10 lakhs (2009-2010 : Rs.41.28 lakhs).
(b) Contingent Liability in respect of Income-tax demands against which
the Company has filed appeals : Rs.942.10 lakhs (2009-2010 :Rs. 362.23
lakhs).
(c) Claims made against the Company not acknowledged as debts :
Rs.714.42 lakhs (2009-2010 : Rs.784.29 lakhs)
(d) Corporate Guarantee given on behalf of Subsidiary: Rs.1500.00 Lakhs
(2009-2010 :Rs. 1500.00 Lakhs)
(e) As a matter of abundant caution, a cumulative provision for
contingencies of Rs.205.00 lakhs has been made against items (a), (b)
and (c) above, which are disputed by the Company.
3. Gain on foreign exchange fluctuation (net) credited to the profit
and loss account amounted to Rs. 19.82 Lakhs (2009-2010 : Rs.10.68
lakhs).
4. There are no Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises , to whom the
Company owes dues, which are outstanding for more than 45 days as at
31st March, 2011. This information as required to be disclosed under
the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Act, 2006 has been
determined to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis
of information available with the Company. This has been relied upon by
the Auditors.
5. There are no amounts due and outstanding to be credited to Investor
Education and Protection Fund as at 31st March, 2011 except Rs.4.48
lakhs (2009-2010 : Rs.3.99 lakhs) which is held in abeyance due to
legal cases pending.
6. Out of the proceeds of the issue of Cumulative Convertible
Preference Shares (CCPS) of Rs. 489.66 crores, Rs.168.25 crores have
been utilised towards objects of the issue and pending utilisation the
balance amount is invested mainly in mutual funds and money market
instruments
7. Provision for taxation is inclusive of the tax impact on account
of the securities / warrant issue expenses and premium on redemption of
debentures debited to the Securities Premium Account. The Company has
taken credit for MAT which it is entitled on future taxable profits.
8. (a) The company has entered into lease agreement for assets taken
on operating lease which range between three years & six years . This
are renewable by mutually agreeable terms. The future minimum lease
payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as under :
(b) The company has entered into lease agreement for assets given on
operating lease which range between three years & five years . This are
renewable by mutually agreeable terms. The future minimum lease
payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as under :
9. SEGMENT REPORTING
The main business of the Company is retailing. All other activities of
the Company are incidental to the main business. Accordingly, there are
no separate reportable segments in terms of the Accounting Standard 17
on Segment Reporting issued by ICAI.
(b) Defined Benefit Plans - Provident Fund Contribution to Trust
administered by the Company
The Guidance issued by the Accounting standard Board (ASB) on
implementing AS-15, Employee benefits (revised 2005) states that
provident fund set up by employers which requires interest short fall
to be met by the employer, needs to be treated as defined benefit plan.
The Company administered trust The Trust had received a letter dated
17/05/2010 from the Regional Commissioner of Provident Fund, Mumbai
withdrawing the relaxations granted to the establishment vide Order No.
MH/ 13493 / PF / Exm. 17/ AST/1393 with effect from 01/04/2010 and
instructing the establishment ot transfer the past accumulations of its
employees to the Regional PF Commissioner, Mumbai. Accordingly, the
Board of Directors of Trent Ltd has passed resolution as on 28/05/2010
for the surrender of Trust and the Trust has taken steps to transfer
the past accumulations of its employees to the Regional PF
Commissioner, Mumbai.
(c) Leave Encashment (Long term compensated absences ) recognised as
income for the year is Rs 67.33 Lakhs (2009-10 : Expense of Rs. 145.67
Lakhs)
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