1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of UTV Software
Communications Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 2011, and the
related Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year
ended on that date annexed thereto, which we have signed under
reference to this report. 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 the 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
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the “Order”), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956
of India (the Act) and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that :
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the
best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purposes of
our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2011
from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said
financial statements together with the notes thereon and attached
thereto give, in the prescribed manner, the information required by the
Act, and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
company as at March 31, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS REPORT
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors Report of even date to the
members of UTV Software Communications Limited on the financial
statements for the year ended March 31, 2011
1. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management
according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a
period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to
the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified
by the Management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
(c) In our opinion, the Company has disposed of a substantial part of
fixed assets during the year. On the basis of our examination of the
books and records of the Company, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, in our opinion, the disposal of the said part
of fixed assets has not affected the going concern status of the
Company.
2. (a) The inventory of raw stock of tapes and films has been
physically verified by the Management during the year. In our opinion,
the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, 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) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
3. (a) 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 Act.
(b) 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 Act.
4. 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, fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and
records of the Company, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor have been
informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the
aforesaid internal control system.
5. According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of
the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
maintained under that Section. Accordingly, the question of commenting
on transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements
does not arise.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
8. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.
9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, except dues
in respect of sales-tax, the Company is generally regular in depositing
undisputed statutory dues including investor education and protection
fund, employees state insurance, income-tax, wealth tax, service tax,
customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues as
applicable, with the appropriate authorities. The extent of the arrears
of statutory dues outstanding as at March 31, 2011 for a period of more
than six months from the date they became payable are as follows :
Name of the Nature of Amount Period to Due date Date of
statute dues (Rs. in which the Payment
(Million) amount
relates
Maharashtra Value Sales Tax 183.25 April 2005 April 2005 -
Added Tax Act, to March to March
2002 2011 2011
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of wealth-tax,
service-tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess which have not been
deposited on account of any dispute.
The particulars of dues of income-tax and sales-tax as at March 31,
2011 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as
follows :
Name of the Nature of Amount Period to Forum where the
statute dues (Rs. in which the dispute is
(Million)* amount pending
relates
Income-tax Act, Tax Deducted 1.99 AY 2008-09 Income Tax
1961 at Source to AY 2011-12 Officer (TDS)
Bombay Sales Sales Tax 5.27 FY 2003-04 Deputy
Tax Act, 1959 and FY Commissioner
2004-05 of Sales Tax
(Appeal)
* Net of amount deposited under protest
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at March 31, 2011 and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
nidhi / mutual benefit fund / societies are not applicable to the
Company.
14. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
15. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company, for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
during the year, are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
16. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
17. On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
19. The Company has created security or charge in respect of
debentures issued and outstanding at the year-end.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
For Price Waterhouse & Co
Firm Registration Number: 007567S
Chartered Accountants
Partha Ghosh
Partner
Membership Number F-55913
Place : Mumbai
Date : May 30, 2011
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