The directors have pleasure in presenting the 15th Annual Report of
your Company along with Audited Financial Statement for the financial
year ended 31st March, 2010.
FINANCIAL RESULTS (Rs. in million)
For the year ended
Particulars
31.03.2010 31.03.2009
Income from operations & other
income (Total Income) 66,267.09 58,961.93
Profit before interest, depreciation
& tax 11,226.14 6,525.23
Less : Interest / Finance costs 1,661.70 1,734.96
Gross Profit / ( Loss) 9,564.44 4,790.27
Less: Depreciation 1,479.20 1,254.19
Profit before tax for the year 8,085.24 3,536.08
Less : Provision for current taxation 2,216.24 439.47
Provision for deferred taxation 467.05 749.75
Fringe benefit tax - 11.18
Profit after tax for the year (PAT) 5,401.96 2,335.68
Add : balance brought forward from
previous year 6,795.96 5,305.60
Profit available for appropriation 12,197.92 7,641.28
Transfer to General Reserve 540.00 234.00
Transfer to Debenture Redemption
Reserve 106.25 268.75
Proposed Dividend on equity shares
& tax 476.51 327.28
Equity dividend & tax of earlier years 0.26 15.28
Balance carried forward to next year 11,074.89 6,795.96
PERFORMANCE
During the year under report, your Company produced 686,226 MT of pipes
as compared to 734,352 MT in the preceding year which was slightly
lower compared to the preceding year due to change in the product mix.
In the Plate cum Coil Mill, the Company registered almost 100% growth
in Plate production to 383,577 MT as compared to 192,569 MT in the
preceding year showing stabilization of production throughout the year
whereas, the coil mill which commenced production at the end of the
year under report, recorded production of 2,691 MT. On the coating
side, the Company registered manifold growth of 7.5 times to 5,036K sqm
as compared to 688K sqm in the preceding year mainly due to higher
ratio of coated pipes to bare pipes. On the revenue side, the Company
achieved growth of 12.38% in the Total Income mainly due to higher
realization.
DIVIDEND
The Board recommends a dividend @40% for the year ended 31st March 2010
i.e. Rs.2/- per Equity Share of Rs.5/- each. In respect of dividend
declared for the previous financial years Rs.3.11 million remained
unclaimed as on 31st March 2010.
EXPANSION STATUS
- Pipe Mill in USA
The pipe manufacturing and coating facilities in the US are working in
full swing.
- Pipe Mill in Anjar
The Board considered that it would be appropriate to have the new LSAW
pipe manufacturing facilities, earlier planned in Special Economic Zone
(SEZ) by the Companys wholly owned subsidiary, to be taken outside
the SEZ to enable flexibility to supply pipes in domestic market as
well.
- Spiral Pipe Project in Southern India for water application
Considering the increased need for water transportation in Southern
India, your directors foresee that the demand for pipes for
transportation of water from reservoir to end user would increase in
the years to come. To tap this opportunity, your directors decided to
set up a Spiral Pipe Plant for water application in Southern India. The
Project is planned to be completed by September 2010.
- Spiral Pipe (API Grade) Project in Central India
Considering the demand for pipes in the domestic market, your company
is also initiating to set up a Spiral Pipe Mill in Central
India.
The total capacity after completion of the above mentioned projects,
has been mentioned in the Management Discussion and Analysis which forms
a part of this Report.
WITHDRAWAL OF PETITION FOR TRANSFER OF PLATE & COIL MILL DIVISION
Due to change in the circumstances since when the Board of your Company
had initially approved the Scheme of Arrangement in the nature of
demerger and transfer of Plate and Coil Mill Division of the Company to
its then wholly owned subsidiary viz. Welspun Steel Plates and Coil
Mills Pvt. Ltd. (the “Scheme”), your directors opined that going ahead
with the Scheme would not be in the overall interest of the Company.
Hence, your directors decided not to pursue the Scheme and it was
accordingly withdrawn.
FUNDS UTILIZATION
During the year under report the Company has issued Foreign Currency
Convertible Bonds and equity shares to QIB’s on private placement
basis. Status of application of the funds is as under:
- Proceeds from FCCBs of US0 mn (2009-10) were utilized partly for
meeting capital expenditure on Plate Cum Coil Mill at Anjar (US.73
mn), Spiral Pipe Project in Southern India (US{FILE_CONTENT}.59 mn) and LSAW
Project at Anjar (US.62 mn) and pending utilization, the issue
proceeds of US2.35 mn have been invested in short term deposits with
banks abroad. The entire amount of FCCB is outstanding as at the end of
the year under Report.
- Proceeds from QIP Issue of US0 mn (2009-10) were utilized for
general corporate purpose.
DIRECTORS
Since the last Annual Report of the Company no change in the directors
of the Company took place except resignation of Mr. Braja K.
Mishra w.e.f. 03.10.2009.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. M.L.Mittal,
Mr. K.H.Viswanathan and Mr. Rajkumar Jain retire by rotation at the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, have been
recommended for re-appointment.
Details about these directors are given in the Notice of the ensuing
Annual General Meeting being sent to the shareholders along with
the Annual Report
CHANGE OF NAME OF THE COMPANY
With effect from 27th April 2010, the name of the Company has been
changed from Welspun-Gujarat Stahl Rohren Limited to Welspun Corp
Limited.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your directors
hereby confirm that:
i) in the preparation of the accounts for the financial year ended 31st
March, 2010, the applicable accounting standards have been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
ii) they have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year
and of the profit of the Company for the year under review;
iii) they have taken proper and sufficient care 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;
iv) they have prepared the accounts for the financial year ended 31st
March, 2010 on a going concern basis.
AUDITORS
Your Companys Auditors M/s. MGB & Co., Chartered Accountants, retire
at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, have given
their consent to act as the Auditors of the Company for the forthcoming
tenure. Members are requested to consider their re-appointment as the
Auditors of the Company and to fix their remuneration by passing an
ordinary resolution under Section 224 of the Companies Act, 1956.
AUDITORS REPORT
The Auditors observation read with Notes to Accounts are
self-explanatory and therefore do not call for any comments.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION SCHEME
The Company has granted Stock Options to eligible directors and
employees of the Company and its subsidiary companies. The particulars
required to be disclosed pursuant to Clause 12 of SEBI (ESOS and ESPS)
Guidelines 1999 are given below:
Difference in employees compensation cost based on intrinsic value and
fair value:
The Company has adopted intrinsic value method for valuation and
accounting of the aforesaid Stock Options as per SEBI guidelines, and
accordingly has accounted Rs. 13.06 mn as employee compensation for the
year ended 31st March 2010.
Had the Company valued and accounted the aforesaid Stock Options as per
the Black Scholes Model, the net profit for the year would have been
lower by Rs. 10.12 mn and the diluted earnings per share would have
been Rs. 25.13 instead of Rs. 25.18 per share.
Black Scholes Model captures all the variables with their respective
appropriateness which influences the fair value of stock options. The
significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of options as per
Black Scholes Model are as under:
Grant Date 20th April 2009
Vest 1 Vest 2 Vest 3
20th April 2010 20th April 2011 20th April 2012
Variables 30% 35% 35%
Stock Price (Rs.) 89.85 89.85 89.85
Volatility 71.15% 65.42% 64.07%
Risk Free Rate 4.26% 5.08% 5.75%
Exercise Price (Rs.) 66.75 66.75 66.75
Time to Maturity 2.50 3.50 4.50
Dividend Yield 0.75% 0.75% 0.75%
Option Fair Value (Rs.) 47.29 50.66 54.61
Weighted Average
Option Fair Value (Rs.) 51.03
Details of Stock Options as required to be disclosed pursuant to Clause
12 of SEBI (ESOS and ESPS) Guidelines, 1999 are given below:
a Options granted 47,500 Options : during the year
b Options vested (excluding
vested portion of
lapsed Options) 2,160,625
c Options exercised 1,136,500
d Total number of equity
shares arising as a result
of exercise of 1,136,500
Options e Options lapsed 195,250
f Total number of Options
in force 944,500
g Money realized by exercise
of Options Rs. 90,920,000
h The pricing formula Exercise price is to be at 25%
discount to the
latest available
closing market price of the equity
shares of the Company, prior to the
date of grant.
i Variation of terms and
conditions N.A.
j Employee wise Whole Time
Directors
details of Mr. M.L.Mittal o 150,000
options granted Mr. Asim
Chakraborty o 50,000
to Employee who
received a grant
in any o Nil
one year of
option amounting
to 5% or more of
option granted
during
that year
Employees, who
were granted
option, o Nil
during one year,
equal to or
exceeding 1% of
the issued
capital
(excluding o/s
warrants &
conversions) :
k Diluted EPS Rs. 25.18 as
compared to
Rs. 12.50 of
last year
THE COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF PARTICULARS IN THE REPORT OF BOARD OF
DIRECTORS) RULES, 1988
In terms of the above Rules, your Directors are pleased to give the
particulars as prescribed therein in the Annexure, which forms a part
of the Directors Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
As required by the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rule, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of the employees are set out
in the Annexure to the Directors Report. However, as per the
provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956, the
Report and Accounts are being sent to all the shareholders of the
Company excluding the aforesaid information. Any shareholder interested
in obtaining such particulars may write to the Asst. Company Secretary
at the Registered Office of the Company.
ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Information in accordance with the provisions of Section 217(1)(e) of
the Companies Act, 1956, regarding conservation of energy, technology
absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo is given in the
Annexure forming part of the Directors Report.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
The Company has applied for exemption from attaching a copy of Balance
Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other documents of its subsidiary
companies as required to be attached under Section 212 of the Companies
Act, 1956 to the Balance Sheet of the Company. Therefore, upon receipt
of the exemption, the said documents of the subsidiary companies viz.
(1) Welspun Tradings Ltd. (2) Welspun Natural Resources Pvt. Ltd. (3)
Welspun Pipes Ltd. (4) Welspun Plastics Private Ltd. (5) Welspun
Infratech Limited (6) Welspun Pipes Inc. USA (7)Welspun Tubular LLC,
USA and (8) Welspun Global Trade LLC, USA will not be attached to the
Annual Report. However, the aforesaid documents relating to the
subsidiary companies and the related detailed information will be made
available upon request by any member or investor of the Company.
Further, the Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies will be kept
open for inspection by a member or an investor at the Registered Office
of the Company or the respective subsidiary company.
As may be required under the exemption, a statement containing the
requisite information for each subsidiary will be attached with the
Annual Report.
FIXED DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any public deposit within the meaning of
the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 1975 and, as such, no
amount on account of principal or interest on public deposit was
outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
LISTING WITH STOCK EXCHANGES
The Companys equity shares are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
Ltd., (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE). The
Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds are listed at Singapore Securities
Trading Limited (SGX-ST). Annual listing fees for the year 2010-11
have been paid to BSE, NSE and SGX-ST
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A separate report on Corporate Governance is annexed hereto as a part
of this Report. A certificate from the Company Secretary in Practice
regarding compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as
prescribed under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is attached to this
Report. A separate report on Management Discussion & Analysis is
enclosed as a part of the Annual Report.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As stipulated by Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges, the Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by
the Company in accordance with the applicable Accounting Standards
issued by The ICAI. The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
together with Auditors Report thereon forms a part of the Report.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors expresses and place on records their gratitude for the
faith reposed in, and co-operation extended to, and interest shown in
operations of, the Company by the Financial Institutions, Banks,
Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and Shareholders of the
Company. Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere
appreciation of the dedicated services of the employees of the Company
at all levels but for whose hard work, solidarity and profuse support
your Companys achievement would not have been possible.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Mumbai B.K.Goenka
Date: 27th April 2010 Chairman and Managing Director
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