1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of ZF STEERING GEAR
(INDIA) LIMITED (the `Company) as at March 31, 2011, and also the
Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement 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
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
(the `Order) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, (the Act)
we give 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:
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the
best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company, so far as it 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, to
the extent applicable;
(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; and
(f) In our opinion, and to the best of our information and explanations
given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Act
in the manner so required 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 THE AUDITORS REPORT
With reference to the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report
of even date to the Members of ZF Steering Gear (India) Limited on the
accounts for the year ended March 31, 2011, we report that:
On the basis of our examination of the books and records of the Company
carried out in accordance with the auditing standards generally
accepted in India and according to the information and explanations
given to us, we state that:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of its fixed
assets.
(b) As informed to us, the management has physically verified most of
the fixed assets during the year. No material discrepancies were
noticed on such verification. In our opinion, the frequency of
physical verification of fixed assets is reasonable having regard to
the size of the Company and the nature of the assets.
(c) In our opinion and on the basis of information and explanation
provided to us, the company has not disposed off substantial part of
fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
during the current year. In our opinion, the frequency of such
verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures for the 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 has maintained proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on verification between physical stock and book
stock were not material having regard to the size of operations of the
Company and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
(iii) The Company has neither granted nor has taken any loans, secured
or unsecured, to or from Companies, firms or other parties covered in
the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act.
Consequently, paragraphs iii (b), iii (c) and iii (d) of the said Order
are not applicable.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are adequate internal control procedures
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business. Further, on the basis of our examination of books and records
of the company, and according to the information and explanation 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.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956 and aggregating during the year to Rupees Five
Lacs or more in respect of each party, have been made at prices which
are reasonable having regard to prevailing market prices at the
relevant time.
(vi) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposit from public
within the meaning of Section 58A and Section 58AA of the Act and the
rules framed there under.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size of the Company and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the cost records maintained by the
Company pursuant to the Order of the Central Government under Section
209(1)(d) of the Act in respect of automotive spare parts and
accessories, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed
accounts and records have been made and maintained. However, we have
not made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine
whether they are accurate or complete.
(ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the books of account, the Company
has been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including
Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Income Tax,
Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and
any other material statutory dues with the appropriate authorities. At
March 31, 2011, there are no undisputed statutory dues payable for a
period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and
records of the company examined by us the particulars of dues of Income
Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Excise Duty, Custom Duty and Wealth Tax
that have not been deposited with the appropriate authorities on
account of any dispute, are as follows:
Finanical Forum where dispute
Sr. Nature of Dues Amount (Rs.) Year is pending
No.
2000-01
1. Income Tax 32,631,743 CIT (Appeals), Pune
2001-02
2002-03
2. Service Tax 3,226,600 2000-01 CCE, Pune - III
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
covered by our audit and the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures. The Company
has not defaulted in repayment of dues to financial institutions /
banks.
(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given 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 and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the nature of the activities of the Company does not
attract any special statue applicable to the chit fund and nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / societies.
(xiv) The Company is not dealing or trading in shares and other
investments except normal course of its investment activities. In our
opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us,
proper records have been maintained. All the investments are held by
the Company in its own name.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions.
(xvi) The Company has no term loans outstanding during the year.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet of
the Company, in our opinion, the funds raised on short-term basis have,
prima facie, not been used for long term investment.
(xviii) During the year or in the recent past, 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.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year or in the recent past. Accordingly, no securities have been
created.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issues
during the year or in the recent past.
(xxi) 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 instances of
any fraud committed on or by the Company, or has been noticed or
reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by
the management.
For MGM and Company
Chartered Accountants
(Firm Registration No. : 117963 W)
Mangesh Katariya,
Partner
Membership No. 104633
Pune
May 26, 2011
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