Mar 31, 2023
The Board of Directors is delighted to present the 30th Annual Report on the business and operations of KRBL Limited (âthe Companyâ) along with the summary of standalone and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.
In compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, (âthe Actâ), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (âSEBIâ) (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (âListing Regulationsâ), this Boardâs Report is prepared based on the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year under review.
1. OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Key highlights of consolidated and standalone financial performance for the year ended March 31, 2023, are summarised as under:
(Rs. in Lacs, except as stated) |
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Consolidated |
Standalone |
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Particulars |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
31 March |
31 March |
31 March |
31 March |
|
2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
|
Revenue from operations |
5,36,323 |
4,21,056 |
5,36,323 |
4,21,056 |
Other income |
9,278 |
4,271 |
9,250 |
4,246 |
Total income |
5,45,601 |
4,25,327 |
5,45,573 |
4,25,302 |
Operating expenditure |
4,42,444 |
3,54,852 |
4,42,451 |
3,54,768 |
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) |
1,03,157 |
70,475 |
1,03,122 |
70,534 |
Finance costs |
1,474 |
1,340 |
1,473 |
1,340 |
Depreciation and amortisation expense |
7,565 |
7,422 |
7,561 |
7,417 |
Profit before tax (PBT) |
94,118 |
61,713 |
94,088 |
61,777 |
Tax expense: |
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Current tax |
24890 |
16,567 |
24,890 |
16,567 |
Deferred tax credit |
(870) |
(794) |
(870) |
(794) |
Profit for the year |
70,098 |
45,940 |
70,068 |
46,004 |
Other comprehensive income for the year |
379 |
71 |
300 |
39 |
Total comprehensive income for the year |
70,477 |
46,011 |
70,368 |
46,043 |
Earning per share (Face Value of f1 each) |
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i) Basic (in ?) |
29.78 |
19.52 |
29.77 |
19.54 |
ii) Diluted (in ?) |
29.78 |
19.52 |
29.77 |
19.54 |
The Financial Year 2022-23 marked as one of the significant year in terms of growth for the Company as your company has achieved the highest ever turnover in the history of the Company during the reported financial year.
The key highlights of the performance on a consolidated basis are as under:
⢠Companyâs Revenue from operations stood at ?5,36,323 lacs (31 March 2022 ?4,21,056 lacs).
⢠Companyâs Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at ?1,03,157 lacs (31 March 2022 ?70,475 lacs).
⢠Companyâs Profit before tax (PBT) stood at ?94,118 lacs (31 March 2022 ?61,713 lacs).
⢠The Companyâs Profit after tax (PAT) stood at ?70,098 lacs (31 March 2022 ?45,940 lacs).
⢠Companyâs total comprehensive income for the year stood at ?70,477 lacs (31 March 2022 ?46,011 lacs).
⢠Companyâs Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) stood at 19%.
⢠Net Worth of the Company increased by 15.29% to ?4,69,262 lacs (31 March 2022 ?4,07,024 lacs).
⢠The Company achieved 7% CAGR growth in net sales, 10% CAGR growth in EBITDA and 12% CAGR growth in Net Profit over the last decade.
⢠Earnings per Equity Share (EPS) for the year stood at ?29.78 (31 March 2022 ?19.52).
Further detailed information on the Business overview, outlook and State of the affairs of the Company are discussed in detail in the Management Discussion & Analysis Report.
The Board of Directors of the Company, in their meeting held on 10 August 2023, had recommended a Final Dividend @ 100% ?1/- equity share of face value of ?1/- each for the year ended 31 March 2023. The proposed Dividend shall be paid subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting (hereinafter referred to as âAGMâ) of the Company. The Final Dividend as recommended by the Company is in accordance with the Dividend Distribution Policy of the Company framed pursuant to Regulation 43A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as âSEBI Listing Regulationsâ). The Dividend Distribution Policy of the Company may be accessed on the Companyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/ policy-guidelines/REVISED_DIVIDEND_DISTRIBUTION_ POLICY.pdf
4. NAMES OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE FIANANCIAL YEAR
During the financial year 2022-23, no entity became or ceased to be the Subsidiary, Joint Venture or Associate of the Company.
During the year under review, there was no amount transferred to any of the reserves by the Company.
The paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company as on 31 March 2023 is ?2,354 lacs. There has been no change in the paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company during the financial year. Further, the Company has no other type of securities except equity shares forming part of Equity Share Capital of the Company.
7. TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND/ SHARES TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 and 125 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 6 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, (as amended from time to time) (IEPF Rules), all dividend which were unpaid or unclaimed for seven consecutive years or more are liable to be transferred to the Investors Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority. Accordingly, the Company transferred an amount aggregating to ?6,31,957 to the Investor Education and Protection Fund during the financial year 2022-23. This amount was lying unclaimed with the Company for a period of seven years or more after the declaration of dividend for the financial year 2014-15.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, (as amended from time to time) (IEPF Rules), during the financial year 20222023, the Company has transferred 10,963 equity shares which belongs to total 84 (Eighty Four) Shareholders whose dividend has not been paid or claimed for 7 (Seven) consecutive years or more as on the due date of transfer i.e. 05 November 2022, to the demat account of IEPF Authority i.e. INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, bearing DP ID IN300708 and Client ID 10656671, being maintained with National Securities Depository Limited.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, (as amended from time to time) (IEPF Rules), during the financial year 20232024 and as on the date of this AGM Notice, the Company has transferred 1,656 equity shares which belongs to total 27 (Twenty Seven) Shareholders whose Interim dividend for the Financial year 2015-16 has not been paid or claimed for 7 (Seven) consecutive years or more as on the due date of transfer i.e. 16 April 2023, to the demat account of IEPF Authority i.e. INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, bearing DP ID IN300708 and Client ID 10656671, being maintained with National Securities Depository Limited.
8. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THECOMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT
There have been no material changes or commitments that have affected the financial position of the Company between the close of FY 2022-23 till the date of this report.
9. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS, IF ANY
During the year under review, there has been no change in the nature of the business of the Company.
A separate reportable segment section forms part of notes to the Financial Statements.
The Cash Flow Statementof the Company for the financial year ending on 31 March 2023 has been prepared in accordance with Ind AS 7. The âStatement of Cash Flowsâ is attached and formspart of the financial statements of the Company.
12. FAMILIARIZATION AND INDUCTION PROGRAMME FOR DIRECTORS INCLUDING INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Pursuant to Regulation 25(7), the Company has an orientation process/familiarization program for its directors (including Independent Directors), which includes sessions on various business and functional matters, and strategy sessions. The Company ensures induction and training programs are conducted for newly appointed Directors. New Independent Directors are taken through a detailed induction and familiarization program, including briefing on their role, responsibilities, duties, and obligations, the nature of the business and business model, matters relating to Corporate Governance, Code of Business Conduct, Risk Management, Compliance Programs, Internal Audit, etc.
The details of the familiarization and training programs attended by Independent Directors are available on the Companyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Familiarization.pdf
13. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company has two Subsidiaries viz., KRBL DMCC, Dubai (Comprises of a step down Wholly Owned Subsidiary) and K B Exports Private Limited, India. There is no Associate Company within the meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, there hasnât been any material change in the nature of the business of the Subsidiaries during the financial year 2022-23.
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year 2022-23 are prepared in compliance with applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Rules issued thereunder, applicable Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-As) and SEBI Listing Regulations. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by consolidating the audited Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Further, pursuant to the proviso of sub section (3) of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, a separate statement containing the salient features of the Financial Statements of Subsidiaries in the prescribed form AOC-1 is attached as âAnnexure 1â and forming part of this Report.
Pursuant to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, the Financial Statements of the Subsidiary Companies and the related information have also been made available for inspection by the members at the Corporate Office of the Company during business hours on all days except Sunday and Holiday, upto the date of ensuing AGM of the Company. Any member desirous of obtaining a copy of the said financial statements may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office/Corporate Office of the Company. The Financial Statements including the Consolidated Financial Statements, Financial Statements of Subsidiaries and all other documents are also available on the Companyâs website https://krblrice.com/subsidiary-companies/ under the link Investor Relations.
14. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board Composition
The Board of the Company is comprised of eminent persons with proven competence and integrity. Besides the experience, strong financial expertise, strategic astuteness, and leadership qualities, they have a significant degree of commitment towards the Company and devote adequate time to the meetings and preparation.
As on 31 March 2023, the Companyâs Board has a strength of 8 (Eight) Directors including 2 (Two) Woman Directors. The Chairman of the Board is an Executive Director. The composition of the Board is as below:
Category |
Number of |
% of Total Number |
Directors |
of Directors |
|
Executive Directors |
4 |
50 |
Independent Non- |
4 |
50 |
Executive Directors |
The detailed section on âBoard of Directorsâ is also given in the âReport on Corporate Governanceâ.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149(13) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company, all Directors except Independent Directors are liable to retire by rotation. During the year, Mr. Ashwani Dua, an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, resigned from the Directorship of the Company w.e.f. 09th January 2023 (after the closure of business hours), due to his pre-occupations. The Board placed on record their sincere appreciation for the guidance and contribution made by Mr. Ashwani Dua during his tenure as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Further, Ms. Priyanka Mittal, Whole time Director of the Company was re-appointed as Whole time Director for a period of five years in the 29th Annual General meeting of the Company to hold office from 26 September, 2022 till 25 September, 2027.
In the opinion of the Board, all the directors, as well as the directors appointed/re-appointed during the year possess the requisite qualifications, experience and expertise and hold high standards of integrity.
Declaration by Independent Directors
All Independent Directors of the Company have given their declarations that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI Listing Regulations. In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors fulfil the criteria of independence specified in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI Listing Regulations. The Independent Directors have also confirmed that they have complied with the Companyâs Code of Business Conduct & Ethics laid down for the Board of Directors, Senior Management Personnel and other Employees.
Retirement by rotation and subsequent re-appointment
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Article 126 of the Articles of the Association of the Company, all directors except Independent Directors shall be liable to retire by rotation and out of that, one-third of such directors shall retire from the office every year. The directors who shall retire by rotation at every AGM shall be those who have been longest in the office since their last appointment. Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 149(13) of the Companies Act, 2013, the retirement of directors by rotation shall not be applicable to the Independent Directors.
Accordingly, Ms. Priyanka Mittal (DIN: 00030479), the Whole Time Director of the Company, being longest in her office amongst the Directors is liable to retire by rotation this year. However, being eligible, she has offered her candidature for re-appointment. This shall not constitute a break in the office of Ms. Priyanka Mittal as Whole Time Director of the Company.
Appointment of Director
The Board on the basis of the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, approved the appointment of Mr. Surinder Singh (DIN: 08200756) as an Additional Independent Non -Executive Director of the Company, for a term of 5 (five) consecutive years with effect from 10th August 2023 subject to approval of the Shareholders of the Company.
Brief resume of the Directors being appointed/ re-appointed
As required, pursuant to the Regulation 36(3) of the SEBI Listing Regulations and Secretarial Standards-2 on General Meetings, the brief resume of Mr. Surinder Singh and Ms. Priyanka Mittal seeking appointment/re-appointment, which inter-alia includes the particulars w.r.t. the experience and expertise, list of other Companies in which they are holding Directorships, Committee Memberships/ Chairmanships and Inter-se relationships with other Directors is provided in the Notice calling AGM of the Company.
The Company is seeking approval of Shareholders for the appointment/re-appointment and the same is included in the Notice calling AGM of the Company. The Board recommends the appointment of Mr. Surinder Singh and re-appointment of Ms. Priyanka Mittal in the ensuing AGM of the Company.
A qualified and independent Audit Committee has been set up by the Board in compliance with the requirements of Regulation 18 of the Listing Regulations and Section 177 of the Act. The primary objective of the Committee is to monitor and provide effective supervision of the Managementâs financial reporting process, to ensure accurate and timely disclosures, with the highest levels of transparency, integrity, and quality of financial reporting.
As on 31 March 2023, the Audit Committee of KRBL Limited comprises of the following 4 (Four) Members, out of which 3 (Three) Members are Independent Non-Executive Directors and 1 (One) is Executive Director:
Name |
Designation |
Category |
Mr. Devendra Kumar Agarwal |
Chairman |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta |
Member |
Executive & Joint Managing Director |
Mr. Shyam Arora |
Member |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
Mr. Vinod Ahuja |
Member |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
The recommendation made by the Audit Committee from time to time were accepted by the Board of Directors. The details of the Terms of Reference, Number of Audit Committee meetings held during the year and attendance of Audit Committee Members at such meetings etc. are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance.
The details of Key Managerial Personnels (KMPs) of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(51) and Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder are as follows:
S. Name of KMPs No. |
Designation |
1. Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal |
Chairman & Managing Director |
2. Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta |
Joint Managing Director |
3. Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta |
Joint Managing Director |
4. Ms. Priyanka Mittal |
Whole Time Director |
5. Mr. Ashish Jain |
Chief Financial Officer |
6. Ms. Jyoti Verma |
Company Secretary |
During the year, Mr. Raman Sapra had resigned from the position of Company secretary and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company w.e.f. 6th September 2022 (after the closure of business hours) and Ms. Jyoti Verma was appointed as Company Secretary under the category Key Managerial Personnel of the Company w.e.f. 26th September 2022.
17. POLICY ON REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL, SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND OTHER EMPLOYEES
The remuneration paid to the Executive Directors is in accordance with the Nomination and Remuneration Policy of KRBL Limited formulated in accordance with Section
134(3)(e) and Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Regulation 19 of the SEBI Listing Regulations (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) thereof, for the time being in force). The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy has been outlined below:
i) To identify and ascertain the integrity, qualification, expertise and experience of the person for appointment as Director, KMP or at any Senior Management level and recommend to the Board his / her appointment.
ii) To devise the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director and recommend to the Board a policy relating to the remuneration for the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel of the Company.
iii) To devise the criteria for evaluation of performance of the Independent Directors and the Board of Directors.
iv) To evaluate the performance of the Members of the Board and provide necessary report to the Board for further evaluation of the Board. Further, to determine whether to extend or continue the term of appointment of an Independent Director, on the basis of the report of performance evaluation of the Independent Directors.
v) To recommend to the Board on all remuneration in whatever form, payable to the Directors, the Key Managerial Personnel and the Senior Management.
vi) To develop a succession plan for the Board and the Senior Management and to regularly review the plan.
vii) To assist the Board in fulfilling all other responsibilities as may be expected from the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company.
The full version of the Nomination and Remuneration policy of KRBL Limited may be accessed on the Companyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/nomination-renumeration-policy.pdf
18. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2022-23
During the financial year 2022-23, 5 (Five) Meetings of the Board of Directors were held on 27 May 2022, 08 August 2022, 26 September 2022, 11 November 2022 and 03 February 2023. For details thereof, kindly refer to the section âBoard Meetings and Procedures - Details of the Board Meetings held and attended by the Directors during the financial year 2022-23â in the Report on Corporate Governance.
19. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS
The ultimate responsibility for sound governance and prudential management of a company dawns with its Board. Hence, the Board must remain continually energized, proactive and effective.
The Board evaluated the effectiveness of its functioning and that of the Committees and individual Directors by seeking their inputs on various aspects of Corporate Governance.
The aspects covered in the evaluation include the contribution to and monitoring of the corporate governance practices, participation in the long-term strategic planning and the fulfillment of Directorsâ obligations and fiduciary responsibilities, including but not limited to, active participation in the Board and Committee Meetings.
The Companies Act, 2013, not only mandates the Board and Directorâs evaluation but also requires the evaluation to be formal, regular and transparent. Subsequently, the SEBI Listing Regulations also contain the provisions regarding the requirement of performance evaluation of the Independent Directors by the entire Board of Directors.
Following the framework, as recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 03 February 2023, had carried out the performance evaluation process.
The Independent Directors of the Company met separately without the presence of the Non-Independent Directors and inter-alia reviewed the performance of the Members of Management, the Non-Independent Directors and the Board as a whole. Further, the performance of the Chairman of the Company and the Committees were also reviewed in this meeting. The performance review conducted took into consideration the views of the Executive and NonExecutive Directors.
In compliance with the provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board of Directors has also evaluated every Independent Directorâs performance during the financial year.
The Board Members had submitted to the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, their response in the form of scaling from 5 (Excellent) to 1 (Performance Needs Improvement) for evaluating the entire Board, respective Committees of which they are members and of their peer Board Members, including Chairman of the Board.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has also evaluated every Directorâs performance.
The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
It was further acknowledged that every individual Member and Committee of the Board contributed to the best of their abilities in the overall growth of the organization.
20. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the provisions under Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect to the Directorsâ Responsibility Statement, the Directors confirm:
i) that in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the financial year ending on 31 March 2023, the applicable Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) have been followed, and that there are no material departures;
ii) that appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently. Further, judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent have been made so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of the profit of the Company for the financial year ending on 31 March 2023;
iii) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud or anyother irregularities;
iv) that the Annual Financial Statementsfor the financial year ending on 31 March 2023 have been prepared on a going concern basis;
v) that the Directorâshad laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
vi) that the Directorâs had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
21. OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE OUTLOOK OF THE COMPANY
A detailed review of the operations, the performance and future outlook of the Company are being given separately under the head âManagement Discussion and Analysisâ Report pursuant to Regulation 34 read with Part B of Schedule V of the SEBI Listing Regulations.
22. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION ANDFOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Pursuant to provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, the details of activities in the nature of Conservation of Energy, Research and Development, Technology Absorption, Adaptation and Innovation and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo are attached as âAnnexure 2â and forming part of this Report.
23. DETAILS PURSUANT TO SECTION 197(12) OF THECOMPANIES ACT, 2013
The particulars regarding the remuneration of the Directors and the KMPs as per Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, are attached as âAnnexure 3â and forming part of this Report. In terms of the first proviso to Section 136(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the report and accounts are being sent to the members and others entitled thereto, excluding the information on Employeesâ remuneration particulars mentioned under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. The said information is available for inspection by the Members during business hours on all days except Sunday and Holidays. Any Member interested in inspecting the same may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office/Corporate Office of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return of the Company containing the particulars as prescribed under Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013, in Form MGT-7, is hosted on the Companyâs website http://www.krblrice.com under the link https://krblrice. com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MGT-7-Annual-Return-FY-2022-23.pdf. In terms of Rules 11 and 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return shall be filed with the Registrar of Companies, with prescribed timelines.
25. AUDITORS AND AUDITORSâ REPORTI) STATUTORY AUDITORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, M/s. Walker Chandiok & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 001076N/N500013), were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company by the Shareholders in the 25th AGM of the Company held on 20 August 2018 for a period of 5 years i.e. to hold office till the conclusion of the 30th AGM to be held in the calendar year 2023.
Upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors approves and recommends for shareholdersâ approval, the appointment of M/s Walker Chandiok & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 001076N/N500013), for a Second term of 5 (five) years to hold office from the conclusion of ensuing 30th Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the 35th Annual General Meeting of the Company.
The observations made by the Statutory Auditors in their Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements (Standalone and Consolidated) and the notes on Financial Statements referred to in the Auditorsâ Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments.
The Auditorsâ Report on the Financial Statements (Standalone and Consolidated) contains a qualified opinion provided hereunder:-
Qualified Opinion in the Auditorsâ Report on the Standalone Financial Statements:
As stated in Note 47(C) to the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements, the Enforcement Directorate (âEDâ) is investigating the Companyâs Joint Managing Director (âJMDâ) Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, for alleged involvement in Agusta Westland case.
Further, the ED has filled criminal complaint and made certain allegations against the Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of the Company) and JMD. As further described in the said note, a review of the impact of allegations on the financial statement and its control environment was performed by an independent professional firm appointed by the Board of Directors during the year ended 31 March 2022 and as per their report, there is no conclusive evidence to ascertain impact of the aforesaid matter on the financial statement of the Company and its control environment. Pending the completion of ongoing investigation of the above matter by regulatory authorities, we are unable to comment on any adjustment that may be required to the standalone financial statements in this respect.
Qualified Opinion in the Auditorsâ Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements:
As stated in Note 46(C) to the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements, the Enforcement Directorate (âEDâ) is investigating the Holding Companyâs Joint Managing Director (âJMDâ) Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, for alleged involvement in Agusta Westland case. Further, the ED has filled criminal complaint and made certain allegations against the Holding Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of the Company) and JMD. As further described in the said note, a review of the impact of allegations on the financial statement and its control environment was performed by an independent professional firm appointed by the Board of Directors during the year ended 31 March 2022 and as per their report, there is no conclusive evidence to ascertain impact of the aforesaid matter on the financial statement of the Holding Company and its control environment. Pending the completion of ongoing investigation of the above matter by regulatory authorities, we are unable to comment on any adjustment that may be required to the consolidated financial statements in this respect.
The response of your Directors on the observation made by the Statutory Auditor is as follows:-
The Company had appointed an independent professional firm (âIPâ) to review the aforesaid allegations, to assess the impact, if any, on the financial statement and control environment of the Company and the IP has issued a report to the Board of Directors with respect to the aforesaid review. The board of the directors have discussed and approved the report, and has responded to the observation contained therein, basis that no further action is proposed. Based on the opinion taken from the independent legal counsel, the management is of the view that since the investigation is still ongoing no adverse opinion can be drawn.
The management of the Company is confident that the above stated matter will be resolved soon.
As per Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs regarding the Cost Audit of power segment, the Company is required to have the audit of its Cost Records pertaining to power segment by a Cost Accountant in Practice. In this connection, considering the recommendation of Audit Committee, the Board of Directors had approved the re-appointment of M/s. HMVN & Associates, Cost Accountants, having their office at, 1011, Pearls Best Heights-II, C-09, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, Delhi-110034, as Cost Auditors of the Company to conduct the Cost Audit for the financial year 2023-24.
As required under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, a resolution seeking members approval for the Ratification and confirmation of remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2023-24, forms part of the Notice calling AGM of the Company.
The Company is maintaining the requisite cost records pertaining to power segment whose turnover for the financial year 2022-23 is ?9,560 lacs (excluding interunit sale).
Further, the Cost Audit Report for the financial year
2021- 22 has been filed with Ministry of Corporate Affairs within due course of time.
As required under Section 204(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, M/s. DMK Associates, Company Secretaries, having their office at, 31/36 Basement, Old Rajender Nagar, Delhi-110060, was appointed to conduct the Secretarial Audit Function of the Company.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year
2022- 23 as submitted by M/s DMK Associates in the prescribed form MR-3 is attached as âAnnexure 4â and forming part of this Report.
The observations given by the Secretarial Auditors in its Secretarial Audit Report along with explanation to the same is as below:
1. There was a delay of one working day in giving advance notice of record date to the Stock Exchanges under regulation 42(2) of SEBI LODR for which fine of ?11,800/- (inclusive of 18% GST) each has been levied by the BSE & NSE respectively, which has been duly paid by the Company.
2. It is observed that the companyâs unit located at Alipur, Delhi have not complied with certain requirements under general laws applicable on it, however as per information provided, it was informed that only sorting / grading / packing of rice activity are done at the said unit & the unit has no production capacity.
The response of your Directors on the observation made by the Secretarial Auditor is as follows:-
1. The delay was inadvertent and the fine levied by NSE & BSE has been duly paid by the Company.
2. The Company is taking all necessary steps to comply with the requirements at Alipur, Delhi unit
The Company has appointed M/s. S S Kothari Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, having their office at Plot No. 68, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-III, New Delhi-110020, as the Internal Auditor of the Company to focus on Internal Audit functions of the Company. The independence of the audit and compliance is ensured by direct reporting of Internal Audit Team to the Audit Committee of the Company.
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (has currently mandated compliance with the Secretarial Standards on board meetings and general meetings. During the year under review, the Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards.
27. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
At KRBL Limited, it is our firm belief that the essence of good Corporate Governance lies in the phrase âYour Companyâ. It is âYour Companyâ because it belongs to you - the Stakeholders. The Chairman and the Directors are âYourâ fiduciaries and trustees.
Your Company has periodically updated its corporate governance guidelines. We have also sincerely followed the best practices to boost the long-term shareholder value and also to respect the minority rights. We also perceive it our inherent responsibility to disclose timely and accurate information regarding our financials and performance, as well as the leadership and governance of the Company.
Your Company is devoted to benchmarking itself with best global standards for providing good corporate governance. The Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations have strengthened the governance regime in the Country. Your Company complies with the governance requirements provided under SEBI Listing Regulations.
Pursuant to Regulation 34 read with Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, a separate section on the Corporate Governance Report, forms an integral part of the Annual Report. A certificate from Practicing Company Secretary confirming compliance with corporate governance norms, as stipulated under the Listing Regulations, is annexed to the Corporate Governance Report.
The Board has also evolved and implemented a Code of Conduct based on the principles of good corporate governance and best management practices adopted globally. The Code is available on the Companyâs website at the weblink: https://krblrice.com/codes/Code-of-Business-Conduct-and-Ethics.pdf
The Company has also adopted the below mentioned policies and codes in line with the corporate governance requirements:
⢠Policy on Preservation of Documents and Archival.
⢠Policy on Sexual Harassment (Policy on POSH).
⢠Nomination and Remuneration Policy.
⢠Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy).
⢠Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.
⢠Dividend Distribution Policy.
⢠Policy for Determination of Materiality for Disclosure of Event or Information.
⢠Policy on Related Party Transactions.
⢠Policy for Determining Material Subsidiaries.
⢠Policy on Board Diversity.
⢠Code of Practice and Procedure for Fair Disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information.
⢠Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders.
⢠Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for the Board of Directors, Senior Management Personnel and Other Employees.
All the above-mentioned policies and codes are made available on the Companyâs website under the link https://krblrice.com/policies-codes-related-documents.
The Board of Directors of the Company enhanced the scope of the âCSR Committeeâ, by amending the terms of reference to include a focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects as well. It has also established a mechanism of focused discussions on ESG matters in Board meetings. The nomenclature of CSR committee of the Board has also been changed from CSR Committee to CSR & ESG Committee. By incorporating ESG principles into our CSR initiatives, we aim to address broader systemic challenges that influence our business at large.
The CSR & ESG Committee is functioning under the chairmanship of Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director. The other Members of the Committee are Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director and Mr. Vinod Ahuja, Independent Non-Executive Director.
The Companyâs policy on CSR envisages expenditure in areas falling within the purview of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 and as permitted under the applicable laws. The detailed CSR policy is available on the Companyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/ policy-guidelines/policy-corporate-social-responsibility.pdf
KRBL Limited believes that sustainable business growth rests on the triple bottom line approach, the growth of our people, safeguarding the environment where we operate. We also understand that the wellbeing of the community where we operate helps us grow our business and hence we value people around our operating facilities and promote inclusive growth. We endeavour to serve society and achieve excellence. We emphasize on improving the quality of life and engage with the communities by ensuring environmental sustainability, promoting healthcare, education and many other such activities.
The Annual Report on CSR activities is attached as âAnnexure 5â forming part of this Report.
29. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (BRSR)
KRBL believes in communicating its ESG performance in a transparent manner and in line with it we are now moving from Business Responsibility Report (BRR) to the new reporting requirements on ESG parameters i.e. Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report (BRSR). We are proud to publish our 1st BRSR of the Company for the year 2022-23.
The BRSR would follow the format detailed in the amendment to Regulation 34(2) (f) of SEBI LODR Regulations vide Gazette notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/ GN/2021/22 dated May 05, 2021 and will form a part of this Integrated Annual Report. The BRSR for Financial Year 2022-23 is aligned with the nine principles of the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.
In compliance with the SEBI Listing Regulations, the BRSR disclosures are part of the Annual Report. It aims at describing KRBLâs initiatives in discharging responsibilities from an Environmental, Social and Governance perspective. The BRSR is attached as âAnnexure 7â and forming part of this Report.
30. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL (IFC) SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(5)(e) of the Companies Act, 2013, the term Internal Financial Control (IFC) means the policies and procedures adopted by the Company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to Companyâs policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial information.
The Company has implemented an internal control system, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. The Company has in place adequate controls, procedures and policies, ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Companyâs policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of accounting records and timely preparation of reliable financial information.
The effectiveness of the IFC System of the Company is assessed by way of reporting by the independent professional firm on the testing of its design and operating effectiveness for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2023, who have confirmed in their report that the Company has, in all material respects adequate IFCs and such IFCs were operating effectively as of 31 March 2023, based on IFC criteria established by the Company, considering the essential components of internal controls stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Further, Audit Committee interacts with the aforementioned independent professional firm, the Statutory Auditors and the Management in dealing with matters within its terms of reference. During the year under review, such controls were assessed and no reportable material weakness in the design or operations was observed. Accordingly, the Board believes that the Companyâs IFCs were adequate and effective during Financial Year 2022-23.
Kindly refer Statutory Auditors Report on IFC forming part of the Financial Statements.
The Board of Directors of the Company has constituted a Risk Management Committee to frame, implement and monitor the Risk Management Plan for the Company and ensures its effectiveness. The main objective of the Committee is to assist the Board in identifying the different internal and external risks specifically faced by a listed entity, in particular including financial, operational, sectoral, sustainability (particularly, ESG related risks), information, cyber security risks, or any other risk as may be determined by the Risk Management Committee. The Committee also suggests measures for risk mitigation including systems and processes for internal control of identified risks and formulate business continuity plan, etc. The Board of Directors in consultation with the Risk Management Committee has also developed Risk Management Policy for the Company which articulates the Companyâs approach to address the uncertainties of elements of risk in its endeavour to achieve its stated and implicit objectives.
During the financial year 2022-23, the Company is holding various ratings, which are as follows:
⢠CARE: In September 2022, âCAREâ has reviewed and reaffirmed â[CARE]A1 â rating for Commercial Paper (CP) Limits of KRBL Limited.
⢠ICRA: In November 2022, âICRAâ has reviewed and reaffirmed â[ICRA]AA- (Stable)â rating for Bank Limits on Long term scale and â[ICRA]A1 â rating for Bank Limits on Short term scale and Commercial Paper (CP) Limits of KRBL Limited
⢠ICRA: In February 2023, âICRAâ has reviewed and assigned â[ICRA] AA (Stable)â rating for Bank Limits on Long term scale and reaffirmed â[ICRA] A1 â rating for Bank Limits on Short term scale and Commercial Paper (CP) Limits of KRBL Limited.
33. DISCLOSURE ON DEPOSITS UNDER CHAPTER V
The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any Deposits during the financial year 2022-23 in terms of Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, the Company is not having any Unpaid or Unclaimed Deposits at the end of the Financial Year 2022-23.
34. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
The Company has adopted zero tolerance for sexual harassment at the workplace. The Company is committed in providing a protective environment at the workplace for all its women employees. The Company dedicatedly emphasised on creating a work environment where every woman employee is treated with dignity and respect, as mandated under âThe Sexual Harassment of Woman at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013â. The Company has in place a formal policy on the prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Policy on POSH) and has also constituted an Internal Complaint Committee at all its respective locations in compliance with the requirement of the Act. The policy is available on the Companyâs website at the weblink: https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/ SEXUAL%20HARASSMENT%20POLICY.pdf
The Company hasnât received any Complaints on Sexual Harassment during the financial year under review. The Internal Complaints Committees of the Company has also submitted its Annual Report on Sexual Harassment to Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director and also to the Concerned District Officers where the Committee locates, declaring that no Complaints were received during the financial year.
The Companyâs shares are compulsorily tradable in electronic form. As of 31 March 2023, 99.95% of the Companyâs Paid-up Equity Share Capital representing 23,52,82,701 equity shares are in dematerialized form with both the Depositories.
The Company has established connectivity with both Depositories viz. National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). Considering the numerous advantages offered by the Depository System, members holding shares in physical mode are requested to avail of the dematerialization facility with either of the Depositories.
The Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a Category-I SEBI registered RTA as its Registrar and Share Transfer Agent across a physical and electronic alternative.
36. CHANGE IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LISTING OF SHARES
During the year under review there was no change in Capital Structure and Listing of Shares. The Companyâs shares are listed and actively traded on the below mentioned Stock Exchanges:-
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
âExchange Plazaâ C-1, Block G,
Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai-400 051
II. BSE Limited (BSE)
PhirozeJeejeebhoy Towers,
Dalal Street,
Mumbai-400 001
37. PARTICULARS OF LOAN(S), GUARANTEE(S) OR INVESTMENT(S) UNDER SECTION 186 OF THECOMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year 2022-23, the Company has neither made any investment(s) nor given any loan(s) or guarantee(s) or provided any security as prescribed under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
38. PARTICULARS OF LOAN(S) FROM DIRECTORS UNDER SECTION 73 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year 2022-23, the Company has availed loan of ?2,657 lacs from Directors. The declarations in writing to the effect that the amount is not being given out of funds acquired by them by borrowing or accepting loans or deposits from others has also been received by the Company from the concerned Directors.
39. CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES UNDER SECTION 188(1) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year 2022-23, the Company has entered into transactions with Related Parties. The transactions as entered into by the Company with the Related Parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an armâs length basis are in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the rules framed thereunder and SEBI Listing Regulations. Further, there were no transactions with Related Parties which qualify as Material Transactions under the SEBI Listing Regulations.
The Audit Committee of KRBL Limited has considered, approved and recommended to Board for Omnibus Approval and criteria for Omnibus Approval for entering into transactions with Related Parties for the financial year 2022-23, which was further approved by the Board. The transactions entered pursuant to the Omnibus Approval so granted and a statement giving details of all transactions with Related Parties are placed before the Audit Committee for their periodical review. The details of the Related Party Transactions as per Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 24 are set out in Note 47 to the Standalone Financial Statements forming part of this Report.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules framed thereunder, the disclosure of particulars of contracts/arrangements with Related Parties in Form AOC-2 is attached as âAnnexure 6â and forming part of this Report.
The Company has a well-defined process of identification of related parties and transactions with related parties, its approval and review process. The Company has also adopted a Policy on Related Party Transactions, the same is also available on theCompanyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1.-Policy-on-Related-Party-Transactions..pdf.
40. DISCLOSURE ON VIGIL MECHANISM (WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY)
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 22 of SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has established a mechanism called âVigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy)â for Directors and Employees to report unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Companyâs code of conduct or ethics, policy and provides safeguards against victimization of employees who avail the mechanism. The policy permits all the Directors and Employees to report their concerns directly to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company. The Company has not received any complaint from any Whistle Blower during the financial year 2022-23.
The Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy) as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Companyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/Vigil-Mechanism-(Whistle-Blower%20Policy).pdf
41. ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Company continues to focus on employee well-being, developing safe and efficient products and minimizing the environmental impact of our operations on society. The Company is conducting its operations in such a manner so as to ensure the safety of all concerned compliances of environmental regulations and preservation of natural resources.
For the safety and protection of Employees, the Company has formulated and implemented a policy on the prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace with an effective mechanism of lodging complaints.
42. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERNS STATUS AND COMPANYâS OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
No significant and material order has been passed by the regulators, courts and tribunals impacting the going concern status and the Companyâs operations in future.
43. DISCLOSURE ON MATERIAL LEGAL CASESI) INCOME TAX DEMAND
In the year ended 31 March 2019, the Company had received assessment orders along with demand notices under Section 153A/143(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, with respect to assessment years 2010-11 to 2016-17, aggregating to ?126,920 lakh (including
interest), which was contested by the Company before CIT (Appeals), New Delhi. The Honâble CIT (Appeals) vide its order dated 11 March 2020, granted partial relief to the Company and reduced the said demand to ?9,883 Iakh (including interest). The Company had already deposited an amount of ?18,990 lakh, (net of refund), under protest, in respect of tax demand raised by the ITD.
Later, the Company and the Income Tax Department (âITDâ) had filed appeals before the Honâble Income Tax /Appellate Tribunal (Honâble Tribunal), New Delhi, for the matters sustained and set-aside at the CIT (Appeals) levels, respectively.
Further, the Company had also received penalty orders for A Y 2010-11 to 2016-17 on the issues sustained by CIT(A) to the tune of ?11,896 lakh, against which appeals was filed before CIT(A).
Subsequently, the Honâble Tribunal vide its consolidated order dated 9 May 2022, has granted relief in favour of the Company reducing the liability to ?96 lakhs (including interest) and has dismissed all the appeals filed by ITD. The sustained matter by the Honâble Tribunal has been remand back to the Income-tax officer for further review. Simultaneously, CIT(A) has also quashed the demand of penalty, raised by the assessing officer of ?11,896 lakh. At the year end, the management has assessed ?96 lakh as contingent liability and is evaluating available legal remedies.
The Board of Directors of the Company basis the legal assessment as undertaken by the management are confident that the Company has a favourable case and the remaining demand shall also be deleted at the ITAT level.
II) 9th supplementary complaint under pmla
FILED BY DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT (ED)
The Companyâs Joint Managing Director, Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta (âJMDâ), had been detained and released on bail by the Directorate of Enforcement (âEDâ) pursuant to certain allegations against the Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of KRBL Limited) and JMD. As per criminal complaint filed it is alleged that M/s Rawasi Al Khaleej General Trading LLC (âRAKGTâ) had received proceeds of crime of USD 24.62 million in AgustaWestland case during the period 20082010 which in turn had been transferred to KRBL Limited through KRBL DMCC. Basis the affidavit filed by Balsharaf Group (one of the Customer of the Company) in the Honâble High Court of Delhi in the said matter, the amount of USD 24.62 million had been received by RAKGT in the account of Balsharaf Group. Pursuant to this, ED had attached 1,43,33,221 shares of Balsharaf Group held in KRBL Limited. Based on the opinion taken from the independent legal counsel, the management is of the view that since the investigation is still ongoing no adverse opinion can be drawn.
The Company had appointed an independent professional firm (âIPâ) to review the aforesaid allegations, to assess the impact, if any, on the financial statement and control environment of the Company. Further during the current year, the IP has issued a report to the Board of Directors with respect to the aforesaid review. The board of the directors has discussed and approved the report, and has responded to the observation contained therein, basis that no further action is proposed.
However, pending the ongoing investigation on the above matter, no adjustment has been made in the financial statement. The management of the Company is confident that the above stated matter will be resolved soon.
The Company on the basis of the legal opinion is of the firm belief that the above demands are not tenable and highly unlikely to be retained by higher authorities and is accordingly not carrying any provision in its books in respect of such demands. The amounts disclosed are based on the orders/ notices received from the authorities.
Since a complaint has been filed, it will take its legal recourse however, Neither KRBL nor anyone associated with it ever, directly or indirectly indulged in any unethical practice, whatsoever. KRBL always believes in the highest standards of corporate governance and transparency and is determined to take effective steps.
The Company has been successfully maintaining a healthy, cordial and harmonious industrial relations at all levels. Despite the severe competition, the enthusiasm and unstinting efforts of the Employees have enabled the Company to remain at the forefront of the industry. It has undertaken various measures to improve productivity across the organization.
The Company has continuously received co-operation and unstinted support from the distributors, retailers, stockists, suppliers and others associated with the Company as its Trading Partners. The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the support. The Company will continue its endeavor to build and nurture strong bonding with its trade partners based on mutuality, respect and co-operation with each other and consistent with consumer interest.
45. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING
Pursuant to the Regulation 9 of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, KRBL Limited is having the Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders. The said Code is available on the Companyâs website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Code-of-Conduct-to-Regulate-Monitor-Report-Trading-by-Insiders.pdf
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:
(i) Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
(ii) Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the Company under any scheme save and except Employeesâ Stock Options Schemes referred to in this Report.
(iii) The Company does not have any scheme of provision of money for the purchase of its own shares by employees or by trustees for the benefit of employees.
(iv) No application has been made or proceeding is pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 during the year.
(v) There are no details of difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of one-time settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions along with the reasons thereof.
The Directors wish to convey their deep appreciation to all the employees, customers, vendors, investors, and consultants/advisors of the Company for their sincere and dedicated services as well as their collective contribution to the Companyâs performance.
The Directors thank the Government of India, Governments of various States in India, Governments of various Countries, and concerned Government departments for their co-operation.
The Directors appreciate and value the contribution made by every member, employee, and their family.
Mar 31, 2022
Your Directors are delighted to present the 29th (Twenty Ninth) Annual Report on Company''s Business Operations along with the Audited Financial Statements (Standalone and Consolidated) for the financial year ended 31 March 2022.
1. RESULTS OF OUR OPERATIONS
The Company''s financial performance for the year under review has been encouraging on the backdrop of challenging conditions. Key aspects of Consolidated and Standalone Financial Performance of the Company for the current financial year 2021-22 along with the previous financial year 2020-21 are tabulated below:
('' in lacs, except as stated) |
||||
Particulars |
Consolidated |
Standalone |
||
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
|
31 March 2022 |
31 March 2021 |
31 March 2022 |
31 March 2021 |
|
Revenue from operations |
4,21,056 |
3,99,188 |
4,21,056 |
3,99,188 |
Other income |
4,271 |
2,268 |
4,246 |
2,243 |
Total income |
4,25,327 |
4,01,456 |
4,25,302 |
4,01,431 |
Operating expenditure |
3,54,852 |
3,16,966 |
3,54,768 |
3,16,808 |
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) |
70,475 |
84,490 |
70,534 |
84,623 |
Finance costs |
1,340 |
2,359 |
1,340 |
2,359 |
Depreciation and amortisation expense |
7,422 |
7,195 |
7,417 |
7,190 |
Profit before tax (PBT) |
61,713 |
74,936 |
61,777 |
75,074 |
Tax expense: Current tax |
16,567 |
19,824 |
16,567 |
19,824 |
Deferred tax |
(794) |
(779) |
(794) |
(779) |
Profit for the year |
45,940 |
55,891 |
46,004 |
56,029 |
Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year |
71 |
596 |
39 |
630 |
Total comprehensive income for the year |
46,011 |
56,487 |
46,043 |
56,659 |
Earning per share (Face Value of ''1 each) - Basic (In '') |
19.52 |
23.74 |
19.54 |
23.80 |
- Diluted (In '') |
19.52 |
23.74 |
19.54 |
23.80 |
2. STATE OF COMPANY AFFAIRS
Your Company is focusing on the strategic pillars of cost efficiency programs, innovation, brand building and distribution in order to sustain growth and profitability. While the inflationary environment continues to pose a challenge, your Company maintained a stable outlook on demand and showcased a strong performance during the financial year 2021-22 under review. The highlights of the performance on a consolidated basis are as under:
⢠Company''s Revenue from operations stood at f4,21,056 lacs (31 March 2021 f3,99,188 lacs).
⢠Company''s Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at f70,475 lacs (31 March 2021 f 84,490 lacs).
⢠Company''s Profit before tax (PBT) stood at ^61,713 lacs (31 March 2021 f74,936 lacs).
⢠The Company''s Profit after tax (PAT) stood at f45,940 lacs (31 March 2021 ^55,891 lacs).
⢠Company''s total comprehensive income for the year stood at f46,011 lacs (31 March 2021 f 56,487 lacs).
⢠Company''s Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) stood at 15%.
⢠Net Worth of the Company increased by 10% to f4,07,024 lacs (31 March 2021 ^3,69,251 lacs).
⢠The Company achieved 10% CAGR growth in net sales, 12% CAGR growth in EBITDA and 20% CAGR growth in Net Profit over the last decade.
⢠Earnings per Equity Share (EPS) for the year stood at f 19.52 (31 March 2021 f23.74).
⢠The dividend proposed by the Company on the profits earned in FY 2021-22 was 350 % (i.e. f3.50 per equity share of face value of f1 each).
Premised on performance reported during the year along with strong financial position of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company, in their meeting held on 27 May 2022, had recommended a Final Dividend @ 350% i.e. f3.50 per equity share on 23,53,89,892 equity shares having face value of f1 each for financial year 2021-22 absorbing a total dividend outgo of f8239 lacs (excluding taxes). The proposed Dividend shall be paid subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting (hereinafter referred to as "AGM") of the Company. The Final Dividend as recommended by the Company is in accordance with the Dividend Distribution Policy of the Company framed pursuant to Regulation 43A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as "SEBI Listing Regulations"). The Dividend Distribution Policy of the Company may be accessed on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/ REVISED_DIVIDEND_DISTRIBUTION_POLICY.pdf
4. NAMES OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR
During the financial year 2021-22, no entity became or ceased to be the Subsidiary, Joint Venture or Associate of the Company.
During the year under review, there was no amount transferred to any of the reserves by the Company.
The paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company as on 31 March 2022 is f2,354 lacs. There has been no change in the paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company during the financial year. Further, the Company has no other type of securities except equity shares forming part of Equity Share Capital of the Company.
7. TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND/ SHARES TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 and 125 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 6 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, (as amended from time to time) (IEPF Rules), all dividend which were unpaid or unclaimed for seven consecutive years or more are liable to be transferred to the Investors Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority. Accordingly, the Company transferred an amount aggregating f7,60,446 to the Investor Education and Protection Fund during the financial year 2021-22. This amount was lying unclaimed with the Company for a period of seven years or more after the declaration of dividend for the financial year 2013-14.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rule 6 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, (as amended from time to time) during the financial year 2021-22, the Company has transferred 3,748 equity shares which belonged to a total of 29 shareholders whose dividend has not been paid or claimed for seven consecutive years or more to the demat account of IEPF Authority i.e. INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY, MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, bearing DP ID IN300708 and Client ID 10656671, being maintained with NSDL. Before transferring the above-mentioned shares, the Company had published a newspaper advertisement and had also sent individual letters to the concerned shareholders who hadn''t claimed or encashed their dividend for seven or more consecutive years.
8. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which this Financial Statement relates and till the date of this Report.
9. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS, IF ANY
There hasn''t been any change in the nature of the business of the Company during the financial year 2021-22.
A separate reportable segment forms part of notes to the Financial Statements.
The Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the financial year ended on 31 March 2022 has been prepared in accordance with Ind AS 7. The âStatement of Cash Flows'' is attached and forms part of the Financial Statements of the Company.
Name |
Designation |
Category |
Mr. Devendra Kumar Agarwal |
Chairman |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta |
Member |
Executive & Joint Managing Director |
Mr. Ashwani Dua |
Member |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
Mr. Shyam Arora |
Member |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
Mr. Vinod Ahuja |
Member |
Independent NonExecutive Director |
S.No. |
Name of KMPs |
Designation |
1. |
Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal |
Chairman & Managing Director |
2. |
Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta |
Joint Managing Director |
3. |
Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta |
Joint Managing Director |
4. |
Ms. Priyanka Mittal |
Whole Time Director |
5. |
Mr. Ashish Jain |
Chief Financial Officer |
6. |
Mr. Raman Sapra |
Company Secretary |
12. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Pursuant to Regulation 25(7) of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company familiarizes its Directors about their role and responsibilities at the time of their appointment through a formal letter of appointment. Presentations and regulatory updates are regularly made available at the meetings of the Board and its various Committees on the relevant matters. All efforts are made to keep Independent Directors aware. The familiarization of Independent Directors may be accessed on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/wp-content/ uploads/2022/06/Familiarization.pdf
13. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company has two Subsidiaries viz., KRBL DMCC, Dubai (Comprises a step down Wholly Owned Subsidiary) and K B Exports Private Limited, India. There is no Associate Company within the meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, there hasn''t been any material change in the nature of the business of the Subsidiaries during the financial year 2021-22.
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year 2021-22 are prepared in compliance with applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Rules issued thereunder, applicable Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-As) and SEBI Listing Regulations. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by consolidating the audited Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Further, pursuant to the proviso of sub section (3) of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, a separate statement containing the salient features of the Financial Statements of Subsidiaries in the prescribed form AOC-1 is attached as âAnnexure 1'' and forming part of this Report.
Pursuant to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, the Financial Statements of the Subsidiary Companies and the related information have also been made available for inspection by the members at the Corporate Office of the Company during business hours on all days except Sunday and Holiday, upto the date of ensuing AGM of the Company. Any member desirous of obtaining a copy of the said financial statements may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office/Corporate Office of the Company. The Financial Statements including the Consolidated Financial Statements, Financial Statements of Subsidiaries and all other documents are also available on the Company''s website www.krblrice.com under the link Investor Relations.
14. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board Composition
As on 31 March 2022, the Company''s Board has a strength of 9 (Nine) Directors including 2 (Two) Woman Directors. The Chairman of the Board is an Executive Director. The composition of the Board is as below:
Category |
Number of |
% of Total |
Directors |
Number of |
|
Directors |
||
Executive Directors |
4 |
44 |
Independent Non-Executive Directors |
5 |
56 |
The detailed section on âBoard of Directors'' is also given in the âReport on Corporate Governance''.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149(13) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company, all Directors except Independent Directors are liable to retire by rotation. The Independent Directors of the Company are to hold office for 5 (Five) consecutive years starting from 14 September 2019 to 13 September 2024 (except for Ms. Priyanka Sardana who would hold the office for a period of 5 (Five) consecutive years w.e.f. 25 September 2019).
During the year, Mr. Alok Sabharwal, an Independent NonExecutive Director of the Company, ceased to be a Director on the Board of KRBL Limited w.e.f. the closure of business hours on 10 August 2021, due to the completion of his tenure. The Board placed on record their sincere appreciation for the guidance and contribution made by Mr. Alok Sabharwal during his tenure.
Declaration by Independent Directors
All Independent Directors of the Company have given their declarations that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI Listing Regulations. In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors fulfil the criteria of independence specified in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI Listing Regulations. The Independent Directors have also confirmed that they have complied with the Company''s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics laid down for the Board of Directors, Senior Management Personnel and other Employees.
Retirement by rotation and subsequent re-appointment
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Article 126 of the Articles of the Association of the Company, all directors except Independent Directors shall be liable to retire by rotation and out of that, one-third of such directors shall retire from the office every year. The directors who shall retire by rotation at every AGM shall be those who have been longest in the office since their
last appointment. Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 149(13) of the Companies Act, 2013, the retirement of directors by rotation shall not be applicable to the Independent Directors.
Accordingly, Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta (DIN: 00030160), the Joint Managing Director of the Company, being longest in his office amongst the Directors is liable to retire by rotation this year. However, being eligible, he has offered his candidature for re-appointment. This shall not constitute a break in the office of Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta as Joint Managing Director of the Company.
Re-appointment of Executive Director for a period of 5 (five) years
The Members at the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 26 September 2017, had approved the re-appointment of Ms. Priyanka Mittal (DIN: 00030479) as a Whole Time Director of the Company for a period of five years with effect from 26 September 2017 till 25 September 2022. The Board of Directors had based on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and subject to approval of the Members, approved the re-appointment of Ms. Priyanka Mittal as Whole Time Director of the company, for a further period of five years w.e.f 26 September 2022 to 25 September 2027.
Brief resume of the Directors being re-appointed
As required, pursuant to the Regulation 36(3) of the SEBI Listing Regulations and Secretarial Standards-2 on General Meetings, the brief resume of Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta and Ms. Priyanka Mittal seeking re-appointment, which inter-alia includes the particulars w.r.t. the experience and expertise, list of other Companies in which Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta and Ms. Priyanka Mittal are holding Directorships, Committee Memberships/Chairmanships and Inter-se relationships with other Directors, is provided in the Notice calling AGM of the Company.
The Company is seeking approval of Shareholders for the reappointment of Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta and Ms. Priyanka Mittal and the same is included in the Notice calling AGM of the Company. The Board recommends the re-appointment of Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta and Ms. Priyanka Mittal in the ensuing AGM of the Company.
In compliance with the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, as on 31 March 2022, the Audit Committee of KRBL Limited comprises of the following 5 (Five) Members, out of which 4 (Four) Members are Independent NonExecutive Directors and 1 (One) is Executive Director:
The recommendation made by the Audit Committee from time to time were accepted by the Board of Directors. The details of the Terms of Reference, Number of Audit Committee meetings held during the year and attendance of Audit Committee Members at such meetings etc. are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance.
The details of Key Managerial Personnels (KMPs) of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(51) and Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder are as follows:
During the year, Mr. Rakesh Mehrotra had retired from the position of Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company w.e.f. the closure of business hours on 31 October 2021 and Mr. Ashish Jain was appointed as Joint Chief Financial Officer under the category of Key Managerial Personnel of the Company w.e.f. 13 September 2021 and designated as Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel w.e.f. 01 November 2021.
17. POLICY ON REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL, SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND OTHER EMPLOYEES
The remuneration paid to the Executive Directors is in accordance with the Nomination and Remuneration Policy of KRBL Limited formulated in accordance with Section 134(3)(e) and Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Regulation 19 of the SEBI Listing Regulations (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) thereof, for the time being in force). The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy has been outlined below:
i) To identify and ascertain the integrity, qualification, expertise and experience of the person for appointment as Director, KMP or at any Senior Management level and recommend to the Board his / her appointment.
ii) To devise the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director and recommend to the Board a policy relating to the remuneration for the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel of the Company.
iii) To devise the criteria for evaluation of performance of the Independent Directors and the Board of Directors.
iv) To evaluate the performance of the Members of the Board and provide necessary report to the Board for further evaluation of the Board. Further, to determine whether to extend or continue the term of appointment of an Independent Director, on the basis of the report of performance evaluation of the Independent Directors.
v) To recommend to the Board on all remuneration in whatever form, payable to the Directors, the Key Managerial Personnel and the Senior Management.
vi) To develop a succession plan for the Board and the Senior Management, and to regularly review the plan.
vii) To assist the Board in fulfilling all other responsibilities as may be expected from the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company.
The full version of the Nomination and Remuneration policy of KRBL Limited may be accessed on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/ nomination-renumeration-policy.pdf
18. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2021-22
During the financial year 2021-22, 5 (Five) Meetings of the Board of Directors were held on 29 June 2021, 13 August 2021, 04 September 2021, 08 November 2021 and 12 February 2022. For details thereof, kindly refer to the section âBoard Meetings and Procedures - Details of the Board Meetings held and attended by the Directors during the financial year 2021-22'' in the Report on Corporate Governance.
19. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS
The ultimate responsibility for sound governance and prudential management of a company dawns with its Board. Hence, the Board must remain continually energized, proactive and effective.
The Board evaluated the effectiveness of its functioning and that of the Committees and individual Directors by seeking their inputs on various aspects of Corporate Governance.
The aspects covered in the evaluation include the contribution to and monitoring of the corporate governance practices, participation in the long-term strategic planning and the fulfillment of Directors'' obligations and fiduciary responsibilities, including but not limited to, active participation in the Board and Committee Meetings.
The Companies Act, 2013, not only mandates the Board and Director''s evaluation but also requires the evaluation to be formal, regular and transparent. Subsequently, the SEBI Listing Regulations also contain the provisions regarding the requirement of performance evaluation of the Independent Directors by the entire Board of Directors.
Following the framework, as recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 12 February 2022, had carried out the performance evaluation process.
The Independent Directors of the Company met separately without the presence of the Non-Independent Directors and inter-alia reviewed the performance of the Members of Management, the Non-Independent Directors and the Board as a whole. Further, the performance of the Chairman of the Company and the Committees were also reviewed in this meeting. The performance review was conducted taking into consideration the views of the Executive and NonExecutive Directors.
In compliance with the provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board of Directors has also evaluated every Independent Director''s performance during the financial year.
The Board Members had submitted to the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, their response in the form of scaling from 5 (Excellent) to 1 (Performance Needs Improvement) for evaluating the entire Board, respective Committees of which they are members and of their peer Board Members, including Chairman of the Board.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has also evaluated every Director''s performance.
The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
It was further acknowledged that every individual Member and Committee of the Board contributed to the best of their abilities in the overall growth of the organization.
20. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the provisions under Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect to the Directors'' Responsibility Statement, the Directors confirm:
i) that in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the financial year ending on 31 March 2022, the applicable
Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) have been followed, and that there are no material departures;
ii) that appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently. Further, judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent have been made so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs as at 31 March 2022 and of the profit of the Company for the financial year ending on 31 March 2022;
iii) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud or any other irregularities;
iv) that the Annual Financial Statements for the financial year ending on 31 March 2022 have been prepared on a going concern basis;
v) that the Director''s had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
vi) that the Director''s had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
21. OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE OUTLOOK OF THE COMPANY
A detailed review of the operations, the performance and future outlook of the Company are being given separately under the head âManagement Discussion and Analysis'' Report pursuant to Regulation 34 read with Part B of Schedule V of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the same is annexed and forming part of this Report.
22. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Pursuant to provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, the details of activities in the nature of Conservation of Energy, Research and Development, Technology Absorption, Adaptation and Innovation and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo are attached as âAnnexure 2'' and forming part of this Report.
23. DETAILS PURSUANT TO SECTION 197(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
The particulars regarding the remuneration of the Directors and the KMPs as per Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, are attached as "Annexure 3" and forming part of this Report. In terms of the first proviso to Section 136(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the report and accounts are being sent to the members and others entitled thereto, excluding the information on Employees'' remuneration particulars mentioned under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. The said information is available for inspection by the Members during business hours on all days except Sunday and Holidays. Any Member interested in inspecting the same may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office/Corporate Office of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the draft Annual Return of the Company containing the particulars as prescribed under Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013, in Form MGT-7, is available on the Company''s website at the web link https://krblrice.com/fy-2022/annual-report/MGT-7_ Annual-Return_FY-2021-22.pdf
25. AUDITORS AND AUDITORSâ REPORT
I) STATUTORY AUDITORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, M/s. Walker Chandiok & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 001076N/N500013), were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company by the Shareholders in the 25th AGM of the Company held on 20 August 2018 for a period of 5 years i.e. to hold office till the conclusion of the 30th AGM to be held in the calendar year 2023. The requirement to place the matter relating to ratification of appointment by shareholders at every AGM has been done away by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 w.e.f. 07 May 2018.
The observations made by the Statutory Auditors in their Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements (Standalone and Consolidated) and the notes on Financial Statements referred to in the Auditors'' Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments.
The Auditors'' Report on the Financial Statements (Standalone and Consolidated) contains a qualified opinion provided hereunder:-
Qualified Opinion in the Auditors'' Report on the Standalone Financial Statements:
As stated in Note 48(A)(4) to the Standalone Financial Statements, the Enforcement Directorate (âED'') is investigating the Company''s Joint Managing Director Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta (âJMD'') under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002,
for alleged involvement in Agusta Westland case. Further, the ED has filled criminal complaint and made certain allegations against the Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of the Company) and JMD. As further described in the said note, a review of the impact of allegations on the financial statement and its control environment was performed by an independent professional firm appointed by the Board of Directors and in our view as per their report, there is no conclusive evidence to ascertain impact of the aforesaid matter on the financial statement of the Company and its control environment. Pending the completion of ongoing investigation of the above matter by regulatory authorities, we are unable to comment on any adjustment that may be required to the standalone financial statements in this respect.
Qualified Opinion in the Auditors'' Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements:
As stated in Note 47(A)(4) to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Enforcement Directorate (âED'') is investigating the Holding Company''s Joint Managing Director Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta (âJMD'') under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, for alleged involvement in Agusta Westland case. Further, the ED has filled criminal complaint and made certain allegations against the Holding Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of the Holding Company) and JMD. As further described in the said note, a review of the impact of allegations on the financial statement and its control environment was performed by an independent professional firm appointed by the Board of Directors and in our view, as per their report, there is no conclusive evidence to ascertain impact of the aforesaid matter on the financial statement of the Holding Company and its control environment. Pending the completion of ongoing investigation of the above matter by regulatory authorities, we are unable to comment on any adjustment that may be required to the consolidated financial statements in this respect.
The response of your Directors on the observation made by the Statutory Auditor is as follows:-
The Company''s Joint Managing Director, Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta (âJMD''), had been detained and released on bail by the Directorate of Enforcement (âED'') pursuant to certain allegations against the Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of KRBL Limited) and JMD. As per criminal complaint filed it is alleged that M/s Rawasi Al Khaleej General Trading LLC (âRAKGT'') had received proceeds of crime of USD 24.62 million in AgustaWestland case during the period 2008-2010 which in turn had been transferred to KRBL Limited through KRBL DMCC. Basis the affidavit filed by Balsharaf Group (one of the Customer of the Company) in the Hon''ble High Court of Delhi in the said matter, the amount of USD 24.62 million had been received by
RAKGT in the account of Balsharaf Group. Pursuant to this, ED had attached 1,43,33,221 shares of Balsharaf Group held in KRBL Limited. Based on the opinion taken from the independent legal counsel, the management is of the view that since the investigation is still ongoing no adverse opinion can be drawn.
The Company had appointed an independent professional firm (âIP'') to review the aforesaid allegations, to assess the impact, if any, on the financial statement and control environment of the Company. Subsequent to the year ended 31 March 2022, the IP has issued a report to the Board of Directors with respect to the aforesaid review. The board of the directors has discussed and approved the report, and has responded to the observation contained therein, basis that no further action is proposed.
II) COST AUDITORS
As per Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs regarding the Cost Audit of power segment, the Company is required to conduct the audit of its Cost Records pertaining to power segment by a Cost Accountant in Practice. In this connection, considering the recommendation of Audit Committee, the Board of Directors had approved the re-appointment of M/s. HMVN & Associates, Cost Accountants, having their office at, 1011, Pearls Best Heights-II, C-09, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, Delhi-110 034, as Cost Auditors of the Company to conduct the Cost Audit for the financial year 2022-23.
As required under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, a resolution seeking members approval for the Ratification and confirmation of remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2022-23, forms part of the Notice calling AGM of the Company.
The Company is maintaining the requisite cost records pertaining to power segment whose turnover for the financial year 2021-22 is ^11,153 lacs (excluding interunit sale).
Further, the Cost Audit Report for the financial year
2020- 21 has been filed with Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
III) SECRETARIAL AUDITORS
As required under Section 204(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, M/s. DMK Associates, Company Secretaries, having their office at, 31/36 Basement, Old Rajender Nagar, Delhi-110 060, was appointed to conduct the Secretarial Audit Function of the Company.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year
2021- 22 as submitted by M/s DMK Associates in the prescribed form MR-3 is attached as âAnnexure 4'' and forming part of this Report.
The observations given by the Secretarial Auditors in its Secretarial Audit Report along with explanation to the same is as below:
It is observed that certain statutory requirements of general laws applicable on the company''s units located at Alipur, Delhi have not been complied with, however as per information provided, it was informed that only sorting / grading / packing of rice activity are done at the said unit and the unit has no production capacity.
The Company is taking all necessary steps to comply with the observations of the Secretarial Auditors as mentioned in the Secretarial Audit Report.
IV) INTERNAL AUDITORS
The Company has appointed M/s. S S Kothari Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, having their office at Plot No. 68, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-III, New Delhi-110 020, as the Internal Auditor of the Company to focus on Internal Audit functions of the Company. The independence of the audit and compliance is ensured by direct reporting of Internal Audit Team to the Audit Committee of the Company.
At KRBL Limited, it is our firm belief that the essence of good Corporate Governance lies in the phrase âYour Company''. It is âYour Company'' because it belongs to you -the Stakeholders. The Chairman and the Directors are âYour'' fiduciaries and trustees.
Your Company has periodically updated its corporate governance guidelines. We have also sincerely followed the best practices to boost the long-term shareholder value and also to respect the minority rights. We also perceive it our inherent responsibility to disclose timely and accurate information regarding our financials and performance, as well as the leadership and governance of the Company.
Your Company is devoted to benchmarking itself with best global standards for providing good corporate governance. The Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations have strengthened the governance regime in the Country. Your Company complies with the governance requirements provided under SEBI Listing Regulations.
The Board has also evolved and implemented a Code of Conduct based on the principles of good corporate governance and best management practices adopted globally. The Code is available on the Company''s website at the weblink: https://krblrice.com/codes/Code-of-Business-Conduct-and-Ethics.pdf A separate section titled âReport on Corporate Governance'' has been included in this Annual Report along with Secretarial Auditors Certificate on Corporate Governance.
The Company has also adopted the below mentioned policies and codes in line with the corporate governance requirements:
⢠Policy on Preservation of Documents and Archival.
⢠Policy on Sexual Harassment (Policy on POSH).
⢠Nomination and Remuneration Policy.
⢠Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy).
⢠Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.
⢠Dividend Distribution Policy.
⢠Policy for Determination of Materiality for Disclosure of Event or Information.
⢠Policy on Related Party Transactions.
⢠Policy for Determining Material Subsidiaries.
⢠Policy on Board Diversity.
⢠Code of Practice and Procedure for Fair Disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information.
⢠Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders.
⢠Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for the Board of Directors, Senior Management Personnel and Other Employees.
All the above-mentioned policies and codes are made available on the Company''s website under the link https://krblrice.com/
27. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
KRBL Limited believes that sustainable business growth rests on the triple bottom line approach, the growth of our people, safeguarding the environment where we operate, and profit from our business operations. We also understand that the wellbeing of the community where we operate helps us grow our business and hence we value people around our operating facilities and promote inclusive growth.
We endeavour to serve society and achieve excellence. We emphasize on improving the quality of life and engage with the communities by ensuring environmental sustainability, promoting healthcare, education and other related activities.
Pursuant to Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules framed thereunder, the Company is having in place the Corporate Social Responsibility (cSr) Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director. The other Members of the Committee are Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director, Ms. Priyanka Mittal, Whole Time Director and Mr. Ashwani Dua and Mr. Vinod Ahuja, Independent Non-Executive Directors.
The Company''s policy on CSR envisages expenditure in areas falling within the purview of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 and as permitted under the applicable laws. The detailed CSR policy is available on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/policy-corporate-social-responsibility.pdf
The Annual Report on CSR activities is attached as âAnnexure 5'' and forming part of this Report.
supply chain disruptions across the globe continued to impact the business. The Company has an elaborate Risk Management Framework, which is designed to enable risks to be identified, assessed and mitigated appropriately. The Board of Directors of the Company has constituted Risk Management Committee which has, interalia, been entrusted with the responsibility of Overseeing implementation/Monitoring of Risk Management Plan and Policy; and continually obtaining reasonable assurance from management that all known and emerging risks have been identified and mitigated or managed. The Board of Directors in consultation with the Risk Management Committee has also developed Risk Management Policy for the Company which articulates the Company''s approach to address the uncertainties of elements of risk in its endeavour to achieve its stated and implicit objectives.
31. RATINGS
During the financial year 2021-22, the Company is holding various ratings, which are as follows:
⢠CARE: In September 2021, "CARE" has reviewed and assigned "[CARE]A1 " rating for Commercial Paper (CP) Limits of KRBL Limited.
⢠ICRA: In November 2021, "ICRA" has reviewed and assigned "[ICRA]AA- (Stable)" rating for Bank Limits on Long term scale, "[ICRA]A1 " rating for Bank Limits on Short term scale and Commercial Paper (CP) Limits of KRBL Limited.
32. DISCLOSURE ON DEPOSITS UNDER CHAPTER V
The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any Deposits during the financial year 2021-22 in terms of Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, the Company is not having any Unpaid or Unclaimed Deposits at the end of the Financial Year 2021-22.
33. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
The Company is committed in providing a protective environment at the workplace for all its women employees. The Company dedicatedly emphasised on creating a work environment where every woman employee is treated with dignity and respect, as mandated under "The Sexual Harassment of Woman at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013". The Company has in place a formal policy on the prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Policy on POSH) and has also constituted an Internal Complaint Committee at all its respective locations in compliance with the requirement of the Act. The policy is available on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/ SEXUAL%20HARASSMENT%20POLICY.pdf
The Company hasn''t received any Complaints on Sexual Harassment during the financial year under review. The Internal Complaint Committees of the Company has also
28. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT (BRR)
In compliance with the SEBI Listing Regulations, the BRR disclosures are part of the Annual Report. It aims at describing KRBL''s initiatives in discharging responsibilities from an Environmental, Social and Governance perspective. The BRR is attached as âAnnexure 6'' and forming part of this Report.
29. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL (IFC) SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(q) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 8(5)(viii) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, the term Internal Financial Control (IFC) means the policies and procedures adopted by the Company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to Company''s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial information.
The Company has implemented an internal control system, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. The Company has in place adequate controls, procedures and policies, ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Company''s policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of accounting records and timely preparation of reliable financial information.
The effectiveness of the IFC System of the Company is assessed by way of reporting by the independent professional firm on the testing of its design and operating effectiveness for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2022, who have confirmed in their report that the Company has, in all material respects adequate IFCs and such IFCs were operating effectively as of 31 March 2022, based on IFC criteria established by the Company, considering the essential components of internal controls stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Further, Audit Committee interacts with the aforementioned independent professional firm, the Statutory Auditors and the Management in dealing with matters within its terms of reference. During the year under review, such controls were assessed and no reportable material weakness in the design or operations was observed. Accordingly, the Board believes that the Company''s IFCs were adequate and effective during Financial Year 2021-22.
Kindly refer Statutory Auditors Report on IFC forming part of the Financial Statements which is with qualified opinion.
Risk management is integral to the Company''s strategy and for the achievement of the long-term goals. With the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges of uncertain lockdowns, unlock phases, health hazards and
submitted its Annual Report on Sexual Harassment to Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director and also to the Concerned District Officers where the Committee locates, declaring that no Complaints were received during the financial year.
The Company''s shares are compulsorily tradable in electronic form. As of 31 March 2022, 99.95% of the Company''s Paid-up Equity Share Capital representing 23,52,62,540 equity shares are in dematerialized form with both the Depositories.
The Company has established connectivity with both Depositories viz. National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). Considering the numerous advantages offered by the Depository System, members holding shares in physical mode are requested to avail the dematerialization facility with either of the Depositories.
The Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a Category-I SEBI registered RTA as its Registrar and Share Transfer Agent across a physical and electronic alternative.
35. CHANGE IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LISTING OF SHARES
During the year under review, there was no change in Capital Structure and Listing of Shares. The Company''s shares are listed and actively traded on the below mentioned Stock Exchanges:-
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
"Exchange Plaza" C-1, Block G,
Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051
II. BSE Limited (BSE)
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers,
Dalal Street,
Mumbai - 400 001
36. PARTICULARS OF LOAN(S), GUARANTEE(S) OR INVESTMENT(S) UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year 2021-22, the Company has neither made any investment(s) nor given any loan(s) or guarantee(s) or provided any security as prescribed under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
37. PARTICULARS OF LOAN(S) FROM DIRECTORS UNDER SECTION 73 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, READ WITH COMPANIES (ACCEPTANCE OF DEPOSITS) RULES, 2014
During the financial year 2021-22, the Company has availed loan of ?2,033 lacs from Directors. The declarations in writing to the effect that the amount is not being given out of funds acquired by them by borrowing or accepting loans or deposits from others has also been received by the Company from the concerned Directors.
38. CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES UNDER SECTION 188(1) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year 2021-22, the Company has entered into transactions with Related Parties. The transactions as entered into by the Company with the Related Parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm''s length basis are in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the rules framed thereunder and SEBI Listing Regulations. Further, there were no transactions with Related Parties which qualify as Material Transactions under the SEBI Listing Regulations.
The Audit Committee of KRBL Limited has considered, approved and recommended to Board for Omnibus Approval and criteria for Omnibus Approval for entering into transactions with Related Parties for the financial year 2021-22, which was further approved by the Board. The transactions entered pursuant to the Omnibus Approval so granted and a statement giving details of all transactions with Related Parties are placed before the Audit Committee for their periodical review. The details of the Related Party Transactions as per Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 24 are set out in Note 47 to the Standalone Financial Statements forming part of this Report.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules framed thereunder, the disclosure of particulars of contracts/ arrangements with Related Parties in Form AOC-2 is attached as âAnnexure 7'' and forming part of this Report.
The Company has also adopted a Policy on Related Party Transactions, the same is also available on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/ wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1 .-Policy-on-Related-Party-Transactions..pdf
39. DISCLOSURE ON VIGIL MECHANISM (WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY)
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 22 of SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has established a mechanism called âVigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy)'' for Directors and Employees to report unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company''s code of conduct or ethics, policy and provides safeguards against victimization of employees who avail the mechanism. The policy permits all the Directors and Employees to report their concerns directly to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company. The Company has not received any complaint from any Whistle Blower during the financial year 2021-22.
The Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy) as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/Vigil-Mechanism-(Whistle-Blower%20Policy).pdf
40. ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Company continues to focus on employee well-being, developing safe and efficient products and minimizing the environmental impact of our operations on society. The Company is conducting its operations in such a manner so as to ensure the safety of all concerned compliances of environmental regulations and preservation of natural resources.
For the safety and protection of Employees, the Company has formulated and implemented a policy on the prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace with an effective mechanism of lodging complaints.
41. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERNS STATUS AND COMPANYâS OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
No significant and material order has been passed by the regulators, courts and tribunals impacting the going concern status and the Company''s operations in future.
42. DISCLOSURE ON MATERIAL LEGAL CASES
I) INCOME TAX DEMAND
During the year ended 31 March 2019, the Company had received assessment orders along with demand notices under Section 153A/143(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, with respect to assessment years 2010-11 to 2016-17, aggregating to ?126,920 lacs (including interest), which was contested by the Company before CIT (Appeals), New Delhi. The Hon''ble CIT(Appeals) vide its order dated 11 March 2020, granted partial relief to the Company and reduced the said demand to ?9,883 lacs (including interest). The Company had already deposited an amount of ? 18,990 lacs, (net of refund), under protest, in respect of tax demand raised by the Income Tax Department (âITD'').
Later, the Company and the âITD'' had filed appeals before the Hon''ble Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Hon''ble Tribunal), New Delhi, for the matters sustained and set-aside at the CIT (Appeals) levels, respectively. Further, the Company had also received penalty orders for AY 2010-11 to 201617 on the issues sustained by CIT(A) to the tune of $ 1 1,896 lacs, against which appeals was filed before CIT(A).
Subsequent to the year ended 31 March 2022, the Hon''ble Tribunal vide its consolidated order dated 9 May 2022, has granted relief in favour of the Company reducing the liability to ?96 lacs (including interest) and has dismissed all the appeals filled by ITD. The sustained matter by the Hon''ble Tribunal has been remanded back to the Income-tax officer for further review.
Simultaneously, CIT(A) has also quashed the demand of penalty, raised by the Assessing Officer of ?11,896 lacs. At the year end, the management has assessed ?96 lacs as contingent liability and is evaluating available legal remedies.
II) 9TH SUPPLEMENTARY COMPLAINT UNDER PMLA FILED BY THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT (ED)
The Company''s Joint Managing Director, Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta (âJMD''), had been detained and released on bail by the Directorate of Enforcement (âED'') pursuant to certain allegations against the Company, KRBL DMCC (a subsidiary of KRBL Limited) and JMD. As per criminal complaint filed it is alleged that M/s Rawasi Al Khaleej General Trading LLC (âRAKGT'') had received proceeds of crime of USD 24.62 million in AgustaWestland case during the period 2008-2010 which in turn had been transferred to KRBL Limited through KRBL DMCC. Basis the affidavit filed by Balsharaf Group (one of the Customer of the Company) in the Hon''ble High Court of Delhi in the said matter, the amount of USD 24.62 million had been received by RAKGT in the account of Balsharaf Group. Pursuant to this, ED had attached 1,43,33,221 shares of Balsharaf Group held in KRBL Limited. Based on the opinion taken from the independent legal counsel, the management is of the view that since the investigation is still ongoing no adverse opinion can be drawn.
The Company had appointed an independent professional firm (âIP'') to review the aforesaid allegations, to assess the impact, if any, on the financial statement and control environment of the Company. Subsequent to the year ended 31 March 2022, the IP has issued a report to the Board of Directors with respect to the aforesaid review. The board of the directors has discussed and approved the report, and has responded to the observation contained therein, basis that no further action is proposed.
The management of the Company is confident that the above stated matter will be resolved soon.
Since a complaint has been filed, it will take its legal recourse however, Neither KRBL nor anyone associated with it ever, directly or indirectly indulged in any unethical practice, whatsoever. KRBL always believes in the highest standards of corporate governance and transparency and is determined to take effective steps.
The Company has been successfully maintaining a
healthy, cordial and harmonious industrial relations at all
levels. Despite the severe competition, the enthusiasm
and unstinting efforts of the Employees have enabled the
Company to remain at the forefront of the industry. It has undertaken various measures to improve productivity across the organization.
The Company has continuously received co-operation and unstinted support from the distributors, retailers, stockists, suppliers and others associated with the Company as its Trading Partners. The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the support. The Company will continue its endeavor to build and nurture strong bonding with its trade partners based on mutuality, respect and co-operation with each other and consistent with consumer interest.
The Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards as issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and as approved by the Central Government.
45. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING
Pursuant to the Regulation 9 of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, KRBL Limited is having the Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders. The said Code is available on the Company''s website at the weblink https://krblrice.com/wp-content/ uploads/2022/02/Code-of-Conduct-to-Regulate-Monitor-Report-Trading-by-Insiders.pdf
It is our strong belief that caring for our business constituents has ensured our success in the past and will do so in the future. The Board acknowledges with gratitude the cooperation and assistance provided to the Company by its Bankers, Financial Institutions, Government as well as NonGovernment Agencies. The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by employees of the Company during the financial year under review. The Company has been successful in achieving impressive growth during the year, thanks to the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of the employees at all levels. Your Directors give their sincere gratitude to the Customers, Clients, Vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth journey.
The Board also takes this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude for the continued co-operation and support received from its valued shareholders.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors Anil Kumar Mittal
Place: Noida, Uttar Pradesh Chairman & Managing Director Date: 08 August 2022 DIN-00030100
Mar 31, 2018
To
The Members,
KRBL Limited 5190, Lahori Gate,
Delhi - 110 006
The Directors are delighted to present their Annual Report on Companyâs Business Operations along with the Standalone and Consolidated Audited Financial Statements for the Year ended March 31, 2018.
1. RESULTS OF OUR OPERATIONS
Your Companyâs financial performance for the year under review has been encouraging. Key aspects of Consolidated and Standalone Financial Performance of KRBL Limited for the current financial year 2017-18 along with the previous financial year 2016-17 are tabulated below:
(Rs. in Lacs, except as stated)
Particulars |
Consolidated |
Standalone |
||
Year Ended March 31, 2018 |
Year Ended March 31, 2017 |
Year Ended March 31, 2018 |
Year Ended March 31, 2017 |
|
Revenue from Operations |
3,24,652.05 |
3,14,764.81 |
3,24,644.32 |
3,14,648.48 |
Other Income |
1,753.97 |
1,028.04 |
4,006.96 |
607.00 |
Total Income |
3,26,406.02 |
3,15,792.86 |
3,28,651.28 |
3,15,255.48 |
Operating Expenditure |
2,47,202.62 |
2,50,411.07 |
2,46,725.13 |
2,49,710.42 |
Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and |
79,203.39 |
65,381.77 |
81,926.15 |
65,545.06 |
Amortization (EBITDA) |
||||
Depreciation and Amortization Expenses |
6,777.67 |
6,141.99 |
6,768.28 |
6,134.94 |
Finance Costs |
6,924.35 |
5,483.99 |
6,922.72 |
5,481.79 |
Profit before Exceptional Items and Tax |
65,501.38 |
53,755.80 |
68,235.15 |
53,928.32 |
Exceptional Items |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Profit before Tax (PBT) |
65,501.38 |
53,755.80 |
68,235.15 |
53,928.32 |
Tax expense: |
||||
Current Year |
20,232.96 |
11,576.89 |
20,232.65 |
11,576.67 |
Deferred Tax Credit |
1,824.19 |
2,239.27 |
1,824.19 |
2,239.27 |
Profit After Tax (PAT) |
43,444.23 |
39,939.64 |
46,178.31 |
40,112.38 |
Other Comprehensive Income |
16.84 |
(83.91) |
16.84 |
(83.91) |
Total Comprehensive Income for the year |
43,461.07 |
39,855.73 |
46,195.15 |
40,028.47 |
Balance as per the last Financial Statements |
1,45,683.98 |
1,10,804.63 |
1,43,942.51 |
1,08,890.42 |
Appropriations |
||||
i) Transfer from Radha Raj Ispat Private Limited |
- |
1,026.17 |
- |
1,026.17 |
Pursuant to amalgamation into KRBL Limited |
||||
ii) Final Dividend including Tax on Dividend |
5,426.30 |
- |
5,426.30 |
- |
iii) Transfer to General reserve |
6,000.00 |
6,000.00 |
6,000.00 |
6,000.00 |
iv) Prior Period Items |
- |
2.55 |
- |
2.55 |
Retained Earnings |
1,77,718.75 |
1,45,683.98 |
1,78,711.36 |
1,43,942.51 |
Earning per equity share (Face Value of Rs.1 each) |
||||
i) Basic (In Rs.) |
18.46 |
16.97 |
19.62 |
17.04 |
ii) Diluted (In Rs.) |
18.46 |
16.97 |
19.62 |
17.04 |
2. FINANCIAL REVIEW
Pushed by strong shift in consumer preference towards branded basmati rice in the domestic market and export market, KRBL reported excellent numbers during the year 2017-18. The Company performed extremely well and the highlights of the performance on consolidated basis are as under:
- Companyâs Revenue from Operations increased by 3% to Rs.3,246.52 Crores (P.Y. Rs.3,147.65 Crores).
- Company is able to maintain its strong Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) and the same is increased by 21% to Rs.792.03 Crores (P.Y. Rs.653.82 Crores).
- Companyâs Profit before Tax increased by 22% to Rs.655.01 Crores (P.Y. Rs.537.56 Crores) and Profit after Tax (PAT) increased by 9% to Rs.434.44 Crores (P.Y. Rs.399.40 Crores).
- Companyâs Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) stands at 21%.
- Net Worth of the Company increased by 20% to Rs.2,287.90 Crores (P.Y. Rs.1,907.32 Crores).
- Market Capitalization increased by 6% to Rs.10,234 Crores (P.Y. Rs.9,699 Crores).
- 5 years Net Sales growth at CAGR of 9% and EBITDA growth at CAGR of 21%
- Earning per Equity Share increased to Rs.18.46 (P.Y. Rs.16.97).
- Dividend payable by the Company on the Profits earned in FY 2017-18 is 230% (i.e. Rs.2.30) per equity share of face value of Rs.1 each as compared to 210% (i.e. Rs.2.10) per equity share of face value of Rs.1 each as paid in the previous year.
3. DIVIDEND
Based on Companyâs performance in the current year, the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on May 10, 2018, has recommended a final dividend @ 230% i.e. Rs.2.30 per equity share of face value of Rs.1/- each for the year ended March 31, 2018. The same shall be paid subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Dividend proposed is in accordance with the dividend distribution policy of the company and the details of Dividend proposed by the Company for the financial year 2017-18 as compared to year 2016-17 are as below:
Particulars of Dividend |
Total Dividend Declared (Excluding Dividend Distribution Tax) |
|
March 31, 2018 |
March 31, 2017 |
|
Final Dividend on 23,53,89,892 Equity shares of Rs.1 each @ Rs.2.30 per equity share. |
54,13,96,752 |
- |
Final Dividend on 23,53,89,892 Equity shares of Rs.1 each @ Rs.2.10 per equity share. |
- |
49,43,18,773 |
4. NAMES OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE YEAR
During the financial year ended March 31, 2018, no entity became or ceased to be the subsidiary, joint venture or associate of the Company.
5. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
In view of the robust financial strength of the Company, a sum of Rs.60 Crores has been transferred to General Reserves out of the amount available for appropriations and an amount of Rs.1,787.11 Crores has been carried over to the Balance Sheet.
6. SHARE CAPITAL
The Paid up equity share capital of the Company as on March 31, 2018 was Rs.23.54 Crores. There has been no change in the Equity Share Capital of the Company during the year. The Company has no other type of securities except equity shares forming part of paid up capital.
7. TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND/ SHARES TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 read with Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013, (previously Section 205 C of the Companies Act, 1956), your Company during the year 2017-18 has transferred a total amount aggregating to Rs.280,725 to the Investor Education and Protection Fund. This amount was lying unclaimed/ unpaid with the Company for a period of seven years after Declaration of Dividend for the Final financial year 2009-10.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, (as amended from time to time) (IEPF Rules) the Company has transferred 41,042 equity shares which belongs to total 45 Shareholders whose dividend was not been paid or claimed for seven consecutive years or more to the demat account of IEPF Authority i.e. INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, bearing DP ID IN300708 and Client ID 10656671, being maintained with NSDL. Before transferring the above mentioned shares the Company has sent out individual communication to the concerned Shareholders whose shares were liable to be transferred to IEPF Authorities to take immediate action in the matter. Also, as required under the IEPF Rules, the Company has also published a Notice in the newspapers informing the Members who have not claimed their shares for a period of 7 years to claim the same from the Company.
8. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which this financial statement relates and till the date of this Report.
9. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS, IF ANY
There is no change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial year 2017-18.
10. SEGMENT REPORTING
A separate reportable segment forms part of Notes to the Financial Statements.
11. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Your Company has two subsidiaries viz., KRBL DMCC, Dubai, UAE and K B Exports Private Limited, India. There are no associate companies within the meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ). Further there has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries during the financial year 2017-18.
The Consolidated Financial Statements of your Company for the financial year 2017-18 are prepared in compliance with applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rules issued thereunder, applicable Indian Accounting Standards (Ind As) and the provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the âSEBI Listing Regulationsâ). The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by consolidating audited financial statements of your Company and its subsidiaries, as approved by the respective Board of Directors. Further, pursuant to the proviso of sub section (3) of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 a separate statement containing the salient features of the financial statements of Subsidiaries of the Company in the prescribed form AOC-1 is given in the Consolidated Financial Statements, forming part of this Annual report.
Consolidated Turnover grew by 3% to Rs.3,246.52 Crores as compared to Rs.3,147.65 Crores in the same period previous year. Consolidated Net Profit after Tax grew by 9% to Rs.434.44 Crores as compared to Rs.399.40 Crores in the previous year.
The financial statements of the subsidiary companies and related information are available for inspection by the members at the Registered Office of your Company during business hours on all days except Sunday and holiday upto the date of the Annual General Meeting (âAGMâ) as required under Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013. Any member desirous of obtaining a copy of the said financial statements may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office / Corporate Office of your Company. The financial statements including the consolidated financial statements, financial statements of subsidiaries and all other documents shall also be available on Companyâs website www.krblrice.com in downloadable format.
12. QUALITY AND ACCOLADES
Your Company continues to win awards year-after-year, thus reiterating its credible market position. Details of the award won have been given in the âManagement Discussion & Analysis Reportâ forming part of this Annual Report.
13. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
As on March 31, 2018, your Companyâs Board has a strength of 10 (Ten) Directors including 1 (One) Woman Director. The Chairman of the Board is an Executive Director. The composition of the Board is as below:
Category |
Number of Directors |
% to Total Number of Directors |
Executive Directors (Including |
5 |
50 |
Woman Director) |
||
Independent Non-Executive |
5 |
50 |
Directors |
The detailed section on âBoard of Directorsâ is given in the âReport on Corporate Governanceâ forming part of this Annual Report.
Mr. Alok Sabharwal was appointed as an additional director in the Board Meeting held on September 8, 2016 whose tenure was expired on September 26, 2017 i.e. at the Date of AGM of the company. The Members of the Company at the 24th Annual General Meeting held on September 26, 2017 had regularized the appointment of Mr. Alok Sabharwal as an Independent Non-Executive Director for period of 5 years w.e.f August 11, 2016 and also Ms. Priyanka Mittal as a Whole Time Director for period of 5 years w.e.f September 26, 2017.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149(13) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Articles of Association of the Company all directors except Independent Directors are liable to retire by rotation. The Independent Directors of your Company will hold office for 5 (Five) consecutive years from the date of 21st Annual General Meeting held on September 9, 2014, (except Mr. Alok Sabharwal who will hold office for 5 (Five) consecutive years w.e.f. August 11, 2016). No Independent Directors are liable to retire by rotation. However, they can resign from directorship any time before their respective tenure.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta and Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta both Joint Managing Directors, retiring by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting, are eligible and offer themeselves for re-appointment. This shall not constitute a break in the office of Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta and Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta as the Joint Managing Directors respectively in the Company.
The brief resume of the Directors being re-appointed, the nature of their expertise in specific functional areas, names of companies in which they have held Directorships, Committee Memberships/ Chairmanships, their shareholding, etc. are furnished in the explanatory statement to the notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and also forming part of corporate Governance Report.
The Board recommends their re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
14. AUDIT COMMITTEE
As on March 31, 2018, the Audit Committee of KRBL Limited comprises of following 4 (four) Members, all are Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Name |
Designation |
Category |
Mr. Devendra Kumar |
Chairman |
Non-Executive & |
Agarwal |
Independent |
|
Mr. Ashwani Dua |
Member |
Non-Executive & |
Independent |
||
Mr. Vinod Ahuja |
Member |
Non-Executive & |
Independent |
||
Mr. Shyam Arora |
Member |
Non-Executive & |
Independent |
All the recommendation made by the Audit Committee was accepted by the Board of Directrs. The Powers and role of the Audit Committee are included in Corporate Governance forming part of this Annual Report.
15. KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNELS
The Key Managerial Personnels (KMPs) of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2(51) and Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) for the time being in force) are as follows:
S. No. |
Name of KMPs |
Designation |
1. |
Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal |
Chairman & Managing Director |
2. |
Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta |
Joint Managing Director |
3. |
Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta |
Joint Managing Director |
4. |
Mr. Ashok Chand |
Whole Time Director |
5. |
Ms. Priyanka Mittal |
Whole Time Director |
6. |
Mr. Rakesh Mehrotra |
Chief Financial Officer |
7. |
Mr. Raman Sapra |
Company Secretary |
During the year there was no change (appointment or cessation) in the office of any KMP.
16. POLICY ON REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, KMPs, SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND OTHER EMPLOYEES
The remuneration paid to the Directors is in accordance with the Nomination and Remuneration Policy of KRBL Limited formulated in accordance with Section 134(3) (e) and Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Regulation 19 of SEBI Listing Regulations (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) for the time being in force). The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy have been outlined below:
i) To identify the persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down, and recommend to the board of directors their appointment and removal.
ii) To formulate the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy relating to the remuneration of Directors, key managerial personnel and other employees of KRBL Limited.
iii) To formulate the criteria for evaluation of Independent Director and the Board.
iv) To evaluate the performance of the members of the Board and provide necessary report to the Board for further evaluation of the Board and to determining whether to extend or continue the term of appointment of the independent director, on the basis of the report of performance evaluation of independent directors.
v) To recommend to the Board on Remuneration payable to the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management.
vi) To provide to Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management reward linked directly to their effort, performance, dedication and achievement relating to the Companyâs operations.
vii) To retain, motivate and promote talent and to ensure long term sustainability of talented managerial persons and create competitive advantage.
viii) To develop a succession plan for the Board and to regularly review the plan.
ix) To assist the Board in fulfilling responsibilities.
x) To implement and monitor policies and processes regarding principles of corporate governance.
The Nomination and Remuneration policy of KRBL Limited is available on the website of the company at the weblink www.krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/ nomination-renumeration-policy.pdf
17. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
During the Financial Year 2017-18, 5 (Five) Board meetings were held. For details thereof kindly refer to the section âBoard Meeting and Procedures - Details of Board Meetings held and attended by the directors during the financial year 2017-18, in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report.
18. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS
As the ultimate responsibility for sound governance and prudential management of a company lies with its Board, it is imperative that the Board remains continually energized, proactive and effective.
The Board evaluated the effectiveness of its functioning and its Committees and of individual directors by seeking their inputs on various aspects of Board/Committee Governance.
The aspects covered in the evaluation included the contribution to and monitoring of corporate governance practices, participation in the long-term strategic planning and the fulfillment of Directorsâ obligations and fiduciary responsibilities, including but not limited to, active participation at the Board and Committee meetings.
The Companies Act, 2013 not only mandates board and director evaluation, but also requires the evaluation to be formal, regular and transparent. Subsequently, SEBI Listing Regulations has also contained the provisions regarding requirement of performance evaluation of independent directors by the entire board of directors.
In accordance with the framework as recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Company in their Meeting held on January 24, 2018, had carried out the performance evaluation process.
The Independent Directors of the Company met separately without the presence of Non-Independent Directors and inter-alia reviewed the performance of the members of management, Non-Independent Directors, Board as a whole performance of the Chairman of the Company and the Committees after taking into consideration the views of Executive and Non-Executive Directors.
In compliance with the provisions of SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board of Directors has also carried out evaluation of every Independent Directorâs performance during the year. Board members had submitted to Nomination and Remuneration Committee, their response on a scale from 5 (Excellent) to 1 (Performance Needs Improvement) for evaluating the entire Board, respective Committees of which they are members and of their peer Board members, including Chairman of the Board.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has also carried out evaluation of every Directorâs performance.
The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
It was further acknowledged that every individual Member and Committee of the Board contributed its best in the overall growth to the organization.
19. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the provisions under Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect to Directorsâ Responsibility Statement, the Directors confirm:
i) that in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2018, the applicable Indian Accounting standards (Ind AS) have been followed and that there are no material departures;
ii) that appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent have been made so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs as at March 31, 2018 and of the profit of the Company for the Financial year ended March 31, 2018;
iii) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv) that the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2018 have been prepared on a going concern basis;
v) that they had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
vi) that they had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
20. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR(S) AND RE-APPOINTMENT, IF ANY
All Independent Directors have submitted their disclosures to the Board that they fulfill all the requirements as stipulated in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with SEBI Listing Regulations so as to qualify themselves to be appointed as Independent Directors under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI Listing Regulations.
21. OPERATIONS, PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE OUTLOOK OF THE COMPANY
A detailed review of operations and performance and future outlook of the Company is given separately under the head âManagement Discussion & Analysisâ pursuant to Regulation 34 read with Part B of Schedule V of SEBI Listing Regulations, and the same is annexed and forms part of this Annual Report.
22. ENERGY CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Pursuant to provisions of Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 the details of activities in the nature of Energy Conservation, Research and Development, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo is attached as âAnnexure 1â which forms part of this report.
23. PARTICULARS OF REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND KMPs
A statement containing the details of the Remuneration of Directors and KMPs as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 as amended by Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Amendment Rules, 2016. is attached as âAnnexure 2â which forms part of this Report.
24. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 an extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is attached as âAnnexure 3â which forms part of this Report.
25. AUDITORS AND AUDITORSâ REPORT
I) STATUTORY AUDITORS
M/s. S S A Y & Co., Chartered Accountants, (Firm Regn. No. 012493N) having their office at 2nd Floor, Plot No. 3, Local Shopping Complex, B Block Market, Vivek Vihar, Phase-1, New Delhi-110 095 are the Statutory Auditors of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules framed thereunder, the Company in its 24th Annual General Meeting held on September 26, 2017, had appointed M/s. Vinod Sanjeev Bindal & Co., Chartered Accountants presently known as M/s. S S A Y & Co., Chartered Accountants, (Name changed w.e.f October 24, 2017) as Statutory Auditors of the company to hold office from conclusion of 24th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 29th Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year 2022.
The Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditorsâ Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The Auditorsâ Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
There have been no instances of fraud reported by the Statutory Auditors under Section 143(12) of Companies Act, 2013 read with rules framed thereunder, either to the Company or to the Central Government.
II) COST AUDITORS
As per Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs regarding the Cost Audit of Power Generation segment, the Company is required to have the audit of its cost records conducted by a Cost Accountant in Practice. In this connection, the Audit Committee of KRBL Limited has recommended to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors has approved the re-appointment of M/s. HMVN & Associates, Cost Accountants, having their office at, 1011, Pearls Best Heights-II, C-09, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, Delhi-110034, as Cost Auditors of the Company to conduct the Cost Audit for the financial year 2018-19.
As required under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, a resolution seeking members approval for the remuneration payable to the Cost Auditors for the financial year 2018-19 forms part to the Notice convening the Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Further the Cost Audit Report for the financial year 2016-17 was filed with Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
III) SECRETARIAL AUDITORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed M/s DMK Associates, Company Secretaries, having their office at, 31/36 Basement, Old Rajender Nagar, Delhi-110060, to undertake the Secretarial Audit functions of the Company.
The Secretarial Audit Report submitted by M/s DMK Associates in the prescribed form MR- 3 is attached as âAnnexure 4â which forms part of this Report.
As per the observations given by the Secretarial Auditors, the explanation to the same has been given to them which forms part of the Secretarial Audit Report. Further the justification for unspent CSR amount is also being given in âAnnexure 5â under Annual Report on CSR Activities which forms part of this Report.
26. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
At KRBL Limited, it is our firm belief that the quintessence of Good Corporate Governance lies in the phrase âYour Company. It is âYour Companyâ because it belongs to you - the stakeholders. The Chairman and Directors are âYourâ fiduciaries and trustees.
Your Company has evolved and followed the corporate governance guidelines and best practices sincerely to not just boost long-term shareholder value, but to also respect minority rights. We consider it our inherent responsibility to disclose timely and accurate information regarding our financials and performance, as well as the leadership and governance of the Company.
Your Company is devoted to benchmarking itself with global standards for providing Good Corporate Governance. The Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI Listing Regulations have strengthened the governance regime in the country. Your Company is in compliance with the governance requirements provided under the new law and listing regulations.
The Board has also evolved and implemented a Code of Conduct based on the principles of Good Corporate Governance and best management practices being followed globally. The Code is available on the Companyâs website at the web link: www.krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/code_ of_business_conduct_ethics.pdf. A separate section titled âReport on Corporate Governanceâ has been included in this Annual Report along with Secretarial Auditors Certificate on Corporate Governance.
The Company has also adopted the below mentioned policies and codes in line with new governance requirements:
- Policy on Preservation of Documents and Archival.
- Nomination and Remuneration Policy.
- Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy).
- Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.
- Dividend Distribution Policy.
- Policy for Determination of Materiality.
- Policy on Related Party Transactions.
- Policy for Determining Material Subsidiaries.
- Board Diversity Policy.
- Code of Fair Disclosure.
- Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders.
- Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for The Board of Directors, Senior Management Personnel and Other Employees.
All the above mentioned policies are available on the Companyâs website www.krblrice.com under the head Investors Relations.
27. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
KRBL Limited believes sustained growth of business lies on triple bottom line that is growth of people around our operation, protection of environment where we operate and profit from our business. We understand wellbeing of the community around our business which helps in growth of business and hence we value people around our operational locations and promote inclusive growth.
We endeavour to serve the society and achieve excellence. We continue to remain focused on improving the quality of life and engaging communities through ensuring environment sustainability, promoting healthcare, promoting education and many more activities.
Pursuant to Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the relevant rules, the Company is having in place the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director. The other members of the Committee are Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director, Ms. Priyanka Mittal, Whole Time Director and Mr. Ashwani Dua, Independent Non-Executive Director.
The Companyâs policy on CSR envisages expenditure in areas falling within the purview of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013. The detailed CSR policy is available on the companyâs website at the weblink: http://www. krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/policy-corporate-social-responsibility.pdf
During the year Company was involved in various CSR activities. The Annual Report on CSR activities is attached as âAnnexure 5â which forms part of this report.
28. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT (BRR)
Fulfillment of environmental, social and governance responsibilities is part of KRBLâs business culture. KRBL is fortunate to be among the top 500 listed entities and finds itself within the ambit of SEBIâs Listing Regulations, which mandate the inclusion of the Business Responsibility Report (BRR) as part of the Annual Report for the top 500 listed entities based on market capitalization. In compliance, the BRR disclosures are integrated into the Annual report and aimed at describing KRBLâs initiatives in discharging responsibilities from an environmental, social and governance perspective. The BRR is attached as âAnnexure 6â which forms part of this report.
29. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM
According to Section 134(5)(e) of the Companies Act, 2013, the term Internal Financial Control (IFC) means the policies and procedures adopted by the company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to companyâs policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information.
The Company has a well-placed, proper and adequate internal financial control system which ensures that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported correctly.
Your Company has appointed M/s. S S Kothari Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, having their office at Plot No. 68, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-III, New Delhi-110020, as the Internal Auditors of the Company w.e.f. April 1, 2017, to focus on internal audit function which includes strengthening the standard operating procedure and accounting manual of the company.
Independence of the audit and compliance is ensured by direct reporting of Internal Audit Team to the Audit Committee of the Board.
30. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Companies Act, 2013 re-emphasizes the need for an effective Internal Financial Control system in the Company. The system should be designed and operated effectively. Rule 8(5)(viii) of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 requires the information regarding adequacy of Internal Financial Controls with reference to the financial statements to be disclosed in the Boards report.
To ensure effective Internal Financial Controls the Company has laid down the following measures:
- All operations are executed through Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in all functional activities for which key manuals have been put in place. The manuals are updated and validated periodically.
- The Companyâs books of accounts are maintained in SAP and transactions are executed through SAP (ERP) setups to ensure correctness/effectiveness of all transactions, integrity and reliability of reporting.
- The Company has a comprehensive risk management framework.
- The Company has in place a well-defined Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy).
- Compliance of secretarial functions is ensured by way of secretarial audit.
- Compliance relating to cost records of the company is ensured by way of cost audit.
- Compliance relating to internal control system of the company is ensured by way of internal audit.
31. RISK MANAGEMENT
A key factor in determining a companyâs capacity to create sustainable value is the risks that the company is willing to take (at strategic and operational levels) and its ability to manage them effectively. Many risks exist in a companyâs operating environment and they emerge on a regular basis. The Companyâs Risk Management processes focuses on ensuring that these risks are identified on a timely basis and addressed.
The company has laid down a risk management mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potential impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify, evaluate, manage and monitor non-business risks.
32. RATINGS
The Company received various ratings, which are as follows:
- ICRA: In December 2017, âICRAâ has reviewed and reaffirmed [ICRA] AA Stable (pronounced as ICRA double A Stable) rating for Fund Based Working Capital Limits and Term Loans Limits and [ICRA] A1 (pronounced as ICRA A One Plus) for Non-Fund Based Facilities of KRBL Limited.
- ICRA: In December 2017, âICRAâ has also reviewed and reaffirmed [ICRA] A1 (pronounced as ICRA A One Plus) rating for Commercial Paper (CP) programme of KRBL Limited.
- CARE: In December 2017, âCAREâ has given the [CARE] A1 (pronounced as CARE A one plus) rating for Commercial Paper (CP) of KRBL Limited.
- DUN & BRADSTREET: In February 2018, Dun & Bradstreet has given a Top Business Rating of â5A1â to KRBL Limited considering the VIP Report dated February 26, 2018 in which â5Aâ stands for Company having a Tangible Net Worth of more than Rs.64,59,49,999 and further â1â in the above rating indicates a âStrongâ overall status of the Company.
33. DISCLOSURE ON DEPOSITS UNDER CHAPTER V
The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any deposits during the Financial Year 2017-18 in terms of Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, the Company is not having any Unpaid or Unclaimed Deposits at the end of the Financial Year.
34. PERSONNEL
During the year under review, no employees, whether employed for the whole or part of the year, was drawing remuneration exceeding the limits as laid down u/s Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 as amended by Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Amendment Rules, 2016.
The particulars regarding the remuneration of directors and KMPs as per Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013, (âthe Actâ) read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is also being given in âAnnexure 2â forms part of the Directorsâ Report. However, as per the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the report and accounts are being sent to the Members and others entitled thereto, excluding the information on employeesâ remuneration particulars as required under Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, which is available for inspection by the members at the Registered Office/ Corporate Office of the Company during business hours on working days of the company upto the date of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. If any Member is interested in obtaining a copy thereof, such Member in this regard may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office/ Corporate Office of your Company.
35. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
The Company is committed to provide a protective environment at workplace for all its women employees. To ensure that every woman employee is treated with dignity and respect and as mandated under âThe Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013â the Company has in place a formal policy for prevention of sexual harassment at work place and the Company has also Constituted the Internal Complaint Committee in compliance with the requirement of the Act. The policy is available on companyâs website at the weblink: www.krblrice.com/ policy-guidelines/SEXUAL%20HARASSMENT%20POLICY. pdf
The Company has not received any Complaints on Sexual Harassment during the year. The Internal Complaints Committees of the Company has also submitted its Annual Report on Sexual Harassment to Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director, and also to Concerned District officer where the Committee locates declaring that no Complaints were received during the year.
36. DEPOSITORY SYSTEMS
Companyâs shares are compulsorily tradable in electronic form. As on March 31, 2018, almost 99.89% of the Companyâs Paid-up Equity Share Capital representing 235,126,978 Equity Shares are in dematerialized form with both the depositories.
Your Company has established connectivity with both depositories - National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). In view of the numerous advantages offered by the depository system, members holding Shares in physical mode are requested to avail of the dematerialization facility with either of the depositories.
Your Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a Category-I SEBI registered R&T Agent as its Registrar and Share Transfer Agent across physical and electronic alternative.
37. CHANGE IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LISTING OF SHARES
During the year under review there was no Change in Capital Structure and Listing of Shares.
The Companyâs shares are listed and actively traded on the below mentioned Stock Exchanges:-
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
âExchange Plazaâ C-1, Block G,
Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051
II. BSE Limited (BSE)
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers,
25th Floor, Dalal Street,
Mumbai - 400 001
38. PARTICULARS OF LOAN(S), GUARANTEE(S) OR INVESTMENT(S) UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year ended March 31, 2018, the Company has neither made any investment(s) nor given any loan(s) or guarantee(s) or provided any security.
39. CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES UNDER SECTION 188(1) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
During the financial year 2017-18, your Company has entered into transactions with related parties as defined under Section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014, all of which were in the ordinary course of business and on armâs length basis and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Rules issued thereunder and the SEBI Listing Regulations. Further, there were no transactions with related parties which qualify as material transactions under the SEBI Listing Regulations.
The Audit Committee of KRBL Limited has considered, approved and recommended to Board for Omnibus Approval and criteria for omnibus approval for entering into transactions with related parties for the financial year 2017-18, which was further approved by the Board. The transactions entered pursuant to the omnibus approval so granted and statement giving details of all transactions with related parties are placed before the Audit Committee for their review on a periodic basis.
The details of the related party transactions as per Indian Accounting Standard Ind AS 24 are set out in Note 30.04 to the Standalone Financial Statements forming part of this report. Further Form No. AOC-2 is attached as âAnnexure 7â which forms part of this report.
The Company has also adopted a Related Party Transactions Policy. The Policy, as approved by the Board, is uploaded on the Companyâs website at the weblink: www.krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/policy-related-party.pdf
40. DISCLOSURE ON VIGIL MECHANISM (WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY)
Pursuant to Regulation 22 of SEBI Listing Regulations, your Company has established a mechanism called âVigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy)â for directors and employees to report to the appropriate authorities of unethical behaviour, actual or suspected, fraud or violation of the Companyâs code of conduct or ethics policy and provides safeguards against victimization of employees who avail the mechanism. The policy permits all the directors and employees to report their concerns directly to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company.
âThe Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy)â as approved by the Board, is uploaded on the Companyâs website at the weblink http://www.krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/vigilmechanism-whistle-blower-policy.pdf
41. ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY
Company is continue to focus on employee well-being, developing safe and efficient products, minimizing environmental impact of our operations and products and minimizing the impact of our operations on society. Company is conducting its operations in such a manner so as to ensure safety of all concerned, compliances of environmental regulations and preservation of natural resources.
For safety and protection of employees, the company has formulated and implemented a policy on preservation of sexual harassment at the workplace with a mechanism of lodging complaints.
42. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERNS STATUS AND COMPANYâS OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
The Company has not received any significant or material orders passed by any Regulatory Authority, Court or Tribunal which shall impact the going concern status and Companyâs operations in future.
43. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company has maintained healthy, cordial and harmonious industrial relations at all levels. Despite severe competition, the enthusiasm and unstinting efforts of the employees have enabled the Company to remain at the forefront of the Industry. It has taken various steps to improve productivity across organization.
Your Company continued to receive co-operation and unstinted support from the distributors, retailers, stockists, suppliers and others associated with the Company as its trading partners. The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the same and your Company will continue in its endeavor to build and nurture strong links with trade, based on mutuality, respect and co-operation with each other and consistent with consumer interest.
44. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Directors state that applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to âMeetings of the Board of Directorsâ and âGeneral Meetings, respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
45. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING
KRBL Limited has duly adopted Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insider. The said Code is available on the website of the Company at the web link http://www.krblrice.com/policy-guidelines/ code_of_conduct_insider_trading.pdf
45. APPRECIATION
It is our strong belief that caring for our business constituents has ensured our success in the past and will do so in future. The Board acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation and assistance provided to your company by its bankers, Financial institutions, and government as well as Non-Government agencies. The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by employees of the company during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors gives their sincere gratitude to the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Companyâs growth.
The Board also takes this opportunity to express its deep gratitude for the continued co-operation and support received from its valued shareholders.
for and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Sd/-
Anil Kumar Mittal
Place: Noida, Uttar Pradesh Chairman & Managing Director
Date: July 24, 2018 DIN: 00030100
Mar 31, 2014
The Members,
KRBL Limited
The Directors are delighted to present their Report on Company''s
Business Operations along with the Audited Statement of Accounts for
the Financial Year ended March 31, 2014.
1. RESULTS OF OUR OPERATIONS
Your Company''s Financial performance for the year under review has been
encouraging. Key aspects of Consolidated Financial performance for KRBL
Limited and its Subsidiary Companies and Standalone Financial Results
for KRBL Limited for the current Financial year 2013-14 along with the
previous Financial year 2012-13 are tabulated below:
(Rs. in Lacs, Except Per Share Data)
PARTICULARS Consolidated Standalone
Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
March 31, 2014 March 31,
2013 March 31,
2014 March 31,
2013
Revenue from
Operations 2,91,046.36 2,08,038.67 2,79,130.93 2,08,034.09
Other Income 1,454.30 1,073.01 6,189.71 2,971.80
Total Income 2,92,500.66 2,09,111.68 2,85,320.64 2,11,005.89
Operating
Expenditure 2,46,991.88 1,78,699.97 2,38,796.31 1,78,536.32
Earnings before
Interest, Tax, 45,508.78 30,411.71 46,524.33 32,469.57
Depreciation and
Amortization
(EBITDA)
Depreciation and
Amortization Expenses 5,765.93 5,056.42 5,764.46 5,055.39
Finance Cost 7,602.05 7,751.67 7,600.01 7,751.04
Profit before
Exceptional Items
and Tax 32,140.80 17,603.62 33,159.86 19,663.14
Exceptional Items-
Foreign Exchange (502.10) (816.25) (501.95) (816.35)
Fluctuation (Gain)/Loss
Profit before
Tax (PBT) 32,642.90 18,419.87 33,661.81 20,479.49
Ta x expense:
Current Year 7,096.17 5,450.00 7,095.00 5,450.00
Earlier Year 44.50 8.75 44.50 8.75
Deferred Tax (9.03) (25.18) (9.03) (25.18)
Profit After
Tax (PAT) 25,511.26 12,986.31 26,531.34 15,045.92
Balance as per the
last Financial
Statements 59,417.24 50,436.22 57,139.69 46,099.06
Appropriations
i) Proposed
Dividend-Final 2,811.79 1,905.29 2,811.79 1,905.29
ii) Tax on Dividend - - - -
iii) Transfer to
General Reserve 4,000.00 2,100.00 4,000.00 2,100.00
Closing Balance
of P&L A/c 78,116.70 59,417.24 76,859.22 57,139.69
EARNING PER EQUITY
SHARE (Face
Value of Rs.1 each)
i) Basic 10.84 5.37 11.27 6.22
ii) Diluted 10.84 5.37 11.27 6.22
2. FINANCIAL REVIEW
Pushed by strong shift in consumer preference towards branded basmati
rice in the domestic market and a healthy premium realisation, KRBL
reported excellent numbers during the year 2013-14. Better realisation
was the key factors that pushed the topline. Te Company performed
extremely well and the highlights of the performance on consolidated
basis are as under:
- Revenue from Operations increased by 39.90% to Rs.2,910 Crores (P.Y.
Rs.2,080 Crores).
- Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)
increased to Rs.455 Crores (P.Y. Rs.304 Crores).
- Profit after Tax (PAT) increased to Rs.255 Crores (P.Y. Rs.130 Crores).
- PAT Margin increased to 8.72% (P.Y. 6.21%).
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) increased to 18.26% (P.Y. 16.48%).
- Net Worth of the Company increased to Rs.1,045 Crores (P.Y. Rs.830
Crores).
- Return on Net Worth (RONW) increased to 24.42% (P.Y. 15.64 %).
- Market Capitalization increased to Rs. 1,179 Crores (P.Y. Rs.526 Crores).
- Earning per Equity Share increased to Rs.10.84 (P.Y. Rs.5.37).
- 3 year Net Sales growth CAGR of 23% and EBITDA growth CAGR of 24%.
3. DIVIDEND
Based on the Company''s Performance, the Board of Directors are pleased
to recommend for approval of the Members a Final dividend for the year
ended on March 31, 2014 on Ordinary Equity Shares as under:-
(Amount in Rs.)
Particulars of Dividend March 31,2014 March 31,2013
Final Dividend on 23,53,89,892 28,24,67,870 19,05,29,030
Ordinary Equity shares of
Rs.1 each @ Rs.1.20 per share
(P.Y. Rs.0.80 per share)
Tus the total outgo on account of Final Dividend excluding Dividend tax
will be Rs.28,24,67,870 (P.Y. Rs.19,05,29,030).
In view of the amended provision of section 115-O(1A)(i) of the Income
Tax Act, 1961, no provision of Corporate Dividend Tax has been made in
the books of accounts as the Company has set-of declared Foreign
Dividend from its Subsidiary Company against declare Dividend.
The Final Dividend, if approved, will be paid within 30 days from the
date of declaration:
(i) to those Members, holding shares in physical form, whose names
appear on the Register of Members of the Company at the close of
business hours on Tursday, August 28, 2014, after giving efect to all
valid transfers in physical form lodged with the Company or its
Registrar and Shares Transfer Agent on or before Tursday, August 28,
2014; and
(ii) to those beneficial owners, holding shares in electronic form,
whose names appear in the statement of beneficial owners furnished by
the Depositories to the Company as at close of business hour on
Tursday, August 28, 2014.
4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
In view of the robust financial strength of the Company, a sum of Rs.40
Crores has been transferred to General Reserve out of the amount
available for appropriations and an amount of Rs.768.59 Crores is
proposed to be carried over to the Balance Sheet.
5. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND
In terms of Section 205A (5) and 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 and as
required under the Investor Education and Protection Fund (Awareness
and Protection of Investor) Rules, 2001, the Company has transferred
Rs.3,07,918 being the unclaimed dividend for the year 2005-06 in the
"Investor Education and Protection Fund" established by the Central
Government.
6. BUY- BACK OF EQUITY SHARES
Pursuant to the resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the
Company and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act,
1956 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-back of
Securities) Regulations, 1998, the Company made a Public Announcement
on February 14, 2013 to Buy-back the Equity Shares having Face Value of
Rs. 1 each of the Company from open market through stock exchange route
at a price not exceeding Rs.35 per share, aggregating to Rs.35 Crores.
During the Buy-back period i.e. March 4, 2013 to February 11, 2014, the
Company has Bought back and Extinguished 77,22,048 Equity Shares at an
average price of Rs.23.58 per share, utilising a sum of Rs.18.21 Crores
(Rupees Eighteen Crores Twenty One Lacs) excluding Transaction Cost. Te
amount paid towards Buy-back of Equity Shares, in excess of the face
value, has been utilised out of Free Reserve.
7. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
No material changes and commitments afecting the Financial position of
the Company have occurred between April 1, 2014 and the date on which
this Report has been signed.
8. SEGMENT REPORTING
A separate reportable segment forms part of Notes to the Accounts.
9. CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
The Cash Flow Statement for the year, under reference in terms of Clause
32 of the Listing Agreement entered by the Company with the Stock
Exchanges, is annexed with the Annual Accounts of the Company.
10. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
The following may be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial
Statements enclosed with the Annual Accounts, prepared in accordance
with Accounting Standard AS-21. In view of the general exemption
granted by the Ministry of Corporate Afairs, the report and accounts of
Subsidiary Companies are not required to be attached to your Company''s
Accounts. Shareholders desirous of obtaining the report and accounts of
your Companies Subsidiary may obtain the same upon request. The report
and accounts of the Subsidiary Companies will be kept for inspection at
your Company''s Corporate Office. Further, the report and accounts of the
Subsidiary Companies will also be available on Company''s website www.
krblrice.com in a downloadable format.
KRBL DMCC, Dubai: a 100% subsidiary of KRBL Limited in Dubai having its
registered Office at Unit No. AG-14-K, Floor No. 14, AG Tower (Silver),
Plot No. 11, Jumeirah Lake Tower P.O. Box:1 116461, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. The Audited Annual Account for the period ended March 31, 2014
along with the Directors'' and Auditors'' Report are available with the
Company and Shareholders desirous of obtaining the report and accounts
of your Companies Subsidiary may obtain the same upon the request.
During the Year Trading License has been renewed by DMCC and a fresh
License was issued. Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Director of the Company has
been named as Manager in the Trading License. In the Financial year
under review the Net Profit of the company was Rs.40.56 Crores (PY. Rs.3.41
Crores).
K B Exports Private Limited: a 70% Subsidiary of KRBL Limited in Delhi
having its registered Office at 5190, Lahori Gate, Delhi-110006. The
audited annual account for the period ended March 31, 2014 along with
the Directors'' and Auditors'' Report are available with the Company and
Shareholders desirous of obtaining the report and accounts of your
Companies Subsidiary may obtain the same upon request.
11. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated
Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-23 on Accounting
for investment in Associates, your Directors provide the audited
Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.
12. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Inductions:
Mr. Devendra Kumar Agarwal is appointed as an additional director
w.e.f. January 16, 2014. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (1977) and
qualified Information System Auditor (2003-ICAI). Has vast experience of
over 35 years in the area of financial management, management
consultancy, business advisory, corporate taxation, auditing etc.
Re-appointments:
At KRBL Limited, the Managing Director were not liable to retire by
rotation under the provisions of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 at
every Annual General Meeting, not less than two- thirds of the total
number of directors of the company (excluding independent directors)
would be the Rotational Directors. Aligning with the above mentioned
provisions, Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director, Mr. Ashok
Chand, Whole Time Director and Ms. Priyanka Mittal, Whole Time Director
would be the rotational directors. Pursuant to the provisions of
Section 152(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, one-third of such of the
rotational directors are liable to retire by rotation, Terefore Ms.
Priyanka Mittal, Whole Time Directors of the Company will retire in the
ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company and being eligible, seek
re-appointment. As Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director of
the company, would be appointed as a Director liable to retire by
rotation, this shall not constitute a break in his Office as the Joint
Managing Director of the Company.
The Companies Act, 2013 provides for appointment of Independent
Directors. Section 149(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 (efective April
1, 2014) provides that Independent Directors shall hold the Office for a
term of upto five consecutive years on the Board of a Company; and shall
be eligible for re-appointment on passing a Special Resolution by the
Shareholders of the Company.
At KRBL Limited, the Independent Directors were appointed as the
directors liable to be retire by rotation under the provisions of the
erstwhile Companies Act, 1956. Section 149(11) of the Companies Act,
2013 states that no Independent Director shall be eligible for more
than two consecutive terms of five years. Section 149(13) states that
the provisions of retirement by rotation as defned in 152(6) and (7) of
the Act shall not apply to such Independent Directors.
Therefore, it stands to reason that only Mr. Devendra Kumar Agarwal who
is appointed as an Additional Director on January 16, 2014 under the
category of Non-Executive Independent Directors and who will complete
his present term at the ensuing AGM of the Company, being eligible and
seeking re-appointment, be considered by the shareholders for re-
appointment for a term of up to five consecutive years. All other
Non-executive Independent Directors (except Mr. Devendra Kumar
Agarwal), will continue to hold office and thereafter would be eligible
for re-appointment for a fixed term of five years in accordance with
the Companies Act, 2013.
Brief Resume/Details of the Directors who are proposed to be re-
appointed have been furnished along with the Notice of the ensuing
Annual General Meeting.
The Board recommends their re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
Resignations:-
Mr. Gautam Khaitan has resigned from Directorship w.e.f. April 18,
2013. The Board would like to thank and record its appreciation for his
contribution for the services rendered by him during his tenure as the
Independent Non-executive director of the Company.
13. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Your Directors make the following statement in terms of Section
217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, which is to the best of their
knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations
obtained by them:
1. that in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2014, the applicable Accounting standards have been followed
and that there are no material departures;
2. that appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent have been made so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of afairs as at March 31, 2014 and of the Profit of the Company for the
Financial year ended March 31, 2014;
3. that proper and sufcient care has been taken 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; and
4. that the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2014 have
been prepared on a going concern basis.
14. MANAGEMENT''S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
A detailed review of operations, performance and future outlook of the
Company is given separately under the head "Management Discussion &
Analysis" pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is annexed and
forms part of this Annual Report.
15. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
At KRBL Ltd., it is our firm belief that the quintessence of Good
Corporate Governance lies in the phrase Your Company''. It is Your
Company'' because it belongs to you  the stakeholders. Te Chairman and
Directors are Your'' fduciaries and trustees.
Their objective is to take the business forward in such a way that it
maximizes Your'' long-term value.
Your Company is devoted to benchmarking itself with global standards
for providing Good Corporate Governance. It has put in place an
efective Corporate Governance System which ensures that the provisions
of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement are duly complied with.
The Board has also evolved and implemented a Code of Conduct based on
the principles of Good Corporate Governance and best management
practices being followed globally. The Code is available on the website
of the Company www.krblrice.com. A separate section titled ''Report on
Corporate Governance'' has been included in this Annual Report along
with the Secretarial Auditors Certifcate on its compliance.
16. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, all Companies
having Net Worth of Rs.500 Crores or more, or Turnover of Rs.1,000 Crores
or more or a Net Profit of Rs.5 Crores or more during any Financial Year
will be required to constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Committee of the Board of Directors comprising three or more Directors,
at least one of whom will be an Independent Director.
Aligning with the guidelines, we have constituted Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee on May 8, 2014. Te composition of the
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee is as under:
- Mr. Ashwani Dua - Chairman
- Mr. Anil Kumar Mittal - Member
- Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta - Member
- Mr. Priyanka Mittal - Member
The committee is responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR
policy of the Company.
Trough sustainable initiatives, your Company manages the business of
today with the future in mind. The Company''s Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) activities refect its philosophy of helping to
build a better, more sustainable society by taking into account the
societal needs of the community. Across all sites, your Company is
engaged in several initiatives such as Environment Protection,
Protection of Rights of Workers, Right to Education and Healthy Life.
Plantation initiatives are a regular featured at most of Company''s
facilities and their neighborhood under Company''s Green Initiative for
sustainable development programme.
17. AUDITORS
M/s. Vinod Kumar Bindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi, the
Statutory Auditors of the Company, will retire at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to
accept Office, if re-appointed.
18. AUDITORS'' REPORT
The observations of Auditors in their Report, read with the relevant
notes to accounts are self explanatory and therefore, do not require
further explanations.
19. COST AUDITORS
Pursuant to notifcation issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs
regarding the cost audit of power generation & compliance report on
cost records, Your Company has appointed M/s. HMVN & Associates, Delhi,
the Cost Accountants Firm, as Cost Auditors of the Company.
Your Directors re-appointed M/s. HMVN & Associates, Cost Accountant, as
Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial year 2014-15 and the
partner of M/s. HMVN & Associates confirmed that they are not
disqualified for such re-appointment within the meaning of Section 148
of the Companies Act, 2013.
20. RATINGS
The Company received various ratings, which are as follows:
- In May 2014, "CRISIL" has reviewed and reafirmed its "Independent
Equity Research" and assigned 3/5 on both fundamental grade and
valuation grade. CRISIL assigns fundamental grade of 3/5 i.e. "Good" to
the Company against other listed peers on account of its established
brand presence, anticipated strong revenue growth, expected ROE
expansion and strong position in the market. The valuation grade of 3/5
indicates that the stock has "Good fundamentals" which is in align and
on the basis of current market price of Rs.61 per share.
- In February 2014, "ICRA" has reviewed and reafirmed [ICRA] A
(Positive) (pronounced as ICRA A plus Positive) rating for Short-term &
Long-term bank facilities.
- In April 2014, "ICRA" has also reviewed and reafirmed [ICRA] A1
(pronounced as ICRA A one plus) rating for Commercial Paper (CP) /
Short-term Debt (STD) programme for Rs.150 Crores
21. PUBLIC DEPOSITS
During the year under review the Company has not accepted any deposits
from public within the meaning of Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies
Act, 1956, and read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules,
1975.
22. ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Details of energy conservation and research and development activities
undertaken by the Company along with the information in accordance with
the provision of Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read
with Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988 is given as Annexure A and forms an integral
part of this Report.
23. PERSONNEL
During the year under review, no employees, whether employed for the
whole or part of the year, was drawing remuneration exceeding the
limits as laid down u/s 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as amended. Hence the
details required under Section 217(2A) are not required to be given.
24. DEPOSITORY SYSTEMS
As the members are aware, the Company''s shares are compulsorily
tradable in electronic form. As on March 31, 2014, almost 99.82% of the
Company''s Paid-up Capital representing 23,49,70,846 Equity Shares is in
dematerialized form with both the depositories.
Your Company has established connectivity with both depositories Â
National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository
Services (India) Limited (CDSL). In view of the numerous advantages
ofered by the depository system, Member holding Shares in physical mode
are requested to avail of the dematerialization facility with either of
the depositories.
Your Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a
Category-I SEBI registered R&T Agent as its Registrar and Share
Transfer Agent across physical and electronic alternative.
25. LISTING
The Equity Shares of the Company are Listed on the following Stock
Exchanges:-
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
"Exchange Plaza" C-1, Block G,
Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai  400051
II. BSE Limited (BSE)
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, 25th Floor, Dalal Street, Mumbai  400001
The Company has paid the Annual Listing Fee for the Financial year
2014-15 to the stock exchanges.
The Company has paid Annual Custodial Fees for the Financial year
2014-15 to National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL) and Central
Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) on the basis of numbers of
beneficial accounts maintained by them as on March 31, 2014.
26. APPRECIATION
It is our strong belief that caring for our business constituents has
ensured our success in the past and will do so in future. The Board
acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation and assistance provided to
your company by its bankers, Financial institutions, and government as
well as Non-Government agencies. The Board wishes to place on record its
appreciation to the contribution made by employees of the company
during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth
through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support
of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers,
clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued
support in the Company''s growth.
The Board also takes this opportunity to express its deep gratitude for
the continued co-operation and support received from its valued
shareholders.
for & on behalf of the Board
Sd/-
Anil Kumar Mittal
Chairman & Managing Director
DIN-00030100
Sd/-
Anoop Kumar Gupta
Place : Gautambudh Nagar, U.P. Joint Managing Director
Date : August 05, 2014 DIN- 00030160
Mar 31, 2013
To The Members of KRBL Limited
The Directors are pleased to present their Report on Company''s
Business Operations along with the Audited Statement of Accounts for
the Financial Year ended March 31, 2013.
1. RESULTS OF OUR OPERATIONS
Your Company''s Financial performance for the year under review has
been encouraging. Key aspects of Consolidated Financial performance for
KRBL Limited and its Subsidiary Companies and standalone Financial
results for KRBL Limited for the current Financial year 2012-13 along
with the previous Financial year 2011-12 are tabulated below:
(Rs. in Lacs)
Consolidated Standalone
Year Ended Year Ended
Particulars Audited Audited
March
31, 2013 March
31, 2012 March
31, 2013 March
31, 2012
Total Revenue 2,09,111.68 1,63,964.27 2,11,005.89 1,63,621.15
Operating
Expenditure 1,78,699.97 1,40,233.33 1,78,536.32 1,40,080.36
Earnings before
Interest, Tax,
Depreciation and 30,411.71 23,730.94 32,469.57 23,540.79
Amortization
(EBITDA)
Depreciation and
Amortization
Expenses 5,056.42 4,451.81 5,055.39 4,450.67
Finance Cost 7,711.50 7,189.14 7,710.87 7,188.92
Profit before
Tax and
Exceptional Items 17,643.79 12,089.99 19,703.31 11,901.20
Exceptional
Items-Foreign
Exchange
Fluctuation Gain/ 776.08 (2,564.28) 776.17 (2,564.28)
(Loss)
Profit before
Tax (PBT) 18,419.87 9,525.71 20,479.48 9,336.92
Tax expense:
- Current Year 5,450.00 1,878.12 5,450.00 1,878.12
- Earlier Year 8.75 35.18 8.75 35.18
- Deferred Tax (25.19) 309.05 (25.19) 309.05
Profit After Tax
(PAT) 12,986.31 7,303.35 15,045.92 7,114.57
Balance as per
the last Financial
Statements 50,436.31 44,980.62 46,099.05 40,832.14
Appropriations
i) Proposed
Dividend-Final 1,905.29 729.34 1,905.29 729.34
ii) Tax on Dividend - 118.32 - 118.32
iii) Transfer to
General Reserve 2,100.00 1,000.00 2,100.00 1,000.00
Closing Balance
of P&L A/c 59,417.33 50,436.31 57,139.68 46,099.05
2. FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Global Economy in the Financial Year (FY) 2012-13 improved slowly,
but was short on expectations. The 11th Five Year Plan (2007- 2012)
witnessed an average annual growth of 3.6% in Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) from agriculture and allied sector. The growth target for
agriculture in the 12th Five Year Plan stands at 4%. Backed by policy
impetus by the Government of India, the country ranks 10th in global
agricultural and food exports, as per Economic Survey 2012-13.
FY 2012-13 proved to be a challenging year amidst global economic
uncertainties and disturbances in many parts of the world. Despite
these constraints and challenging environment, the Company performed
remarkably well and the highlights of the performance are as under:
- Revenue from Operations increased by 27.55% to Rs.2,080.39 Crores
(P.Y. Rs.1,631.00 Crores)
- Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization
(EBITDA) increased to Rs.304.12 Crores (P.Y. Rs.237.31 Crores)
- Profit after Tax (PAT) increased to Rs.129.86 Crores (P.Y. Rs.73.03
Crores)
- PAT Margin increased to 6.21% (P.Y. 4.45%)
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) increased to 29.28% (P.Y. 24.66%)
- Net Worth of the Company increased to Rs.830.35 Crores (P.Y.
Rs.718.04 Crores)
- Return on Net Worth (RONW) increased to 15.64% (P.Y. 10.17%)
- Market Capitalization increased to Rs.526.13 Crores (P.Y. Rs.425.44
Crores)
- Debt Equity(D/E) Ratio improved to 1.04 (P.Y. 1.23)
3. DIVIDEND
Based on the Company''s performance, the Board of Directors are
pleased to recommend for approval of the Members a Final Dividend for
the year ended on March 31, 2013 on Ordinary Equity Shares as under:
March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
(Amount in Rs.) (Amount in Rs.)
Final Dividend on 19,05,29,030 7,29,33,582
23,81,61,288 Ordinary
Equity Shares ofRs.1/-
each @ Rs.0.80 per shares
(Previous year Rs.0.30 per Share)
Thus the total outgo on account of Final Dividend excluding Dividend
tax will be Rs.19,05,29,030/- (P.Y. Rs.7,29,33,582), which represents
12.66% of the ProfitAfter Tax (P.Y. 10.25%).
In view of the amended provision of Section 115-O(1A)(i) of the Income
Tax Act, 1961, no provision of Corporate Dividend Tax has been made in
the books of accounts as the Company has set-off declared Foreign
Dividend from its Subsidiary Company against declared Dividend.
The Final Dividend, if approved, will be paid within 30 days from the
date of declaration:
(i) to those Members, holding Shares in physical form, whose names
appear on the Register of Members of the Company at the close of
business hours on September 9, 2013, after giving effect to all valid
transfers in physical form lodged with the Company or its Registrar and
Shares Transfer Agent on or before September 9, 2013; and
(ii) to those beneficial owners, holding Shares in electronic form,
whose names appear in the Statement of beneficial owners furnished by
the Depositories to the Company as at close of business hours on
September 9, 2013.
4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
In view of the robust Financial strength of the Company, a sum of Rs.21
Crores has been transferred to General Reserve out of the amount
available for appropriations and an amount of Rs.571.40 Crores is
proposed to be carried over to the Balance Sheet.
5. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND
In terms of Section 205A (5) read with 205C of the Companies Act, 1956
and as required under the Investor Education and Protection Fund
(Awareness and Protection of Investor) Rules, 2001, the Company has
transferred Rs.1,28,890/- being the unclaimed Dividend for the year
2004-05 in the "Investor Education and Protection Fund" established
by the Central Government.
6. BUY-BACK OF EQUITY SHARES
The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on February
12, 2013 approved the Buy-back of upto One Crores fully paid-up Equity
Shares of Rs.1 each (hereinafter referred to as "Buy-back"), at a
price not exceeding Rs.35 per Equity Share, payable in cash, upto an
aggregate amount not exceeding Rs.35 Crores, representing approximately
5.23% of the Company''s total paid- up Equity Capital and Free
Reserves as on March 31, 2012. The Buy-back is being made out of the
free reserves and/or the securities premium account of the Company,
from the open market through Stock Exchange(s) in India, as per the
provisions contained in the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Buy-back of Securities) Regulations, 1998. The Buy-back offer is open
up to February 11, 2014 or such earlier date as may be determined by
the Company after necessary compliances.
Pursuant to the aforesaid Buy-back offer, the Company has bought Back
12,00,652 Equity Shares as at March 31, 2013 at an average price of
Rs.24.38 per Share, utilizing a sum of Rs.293.32 Lacs. In terms of the
provisions of Section 77A of the Companies Act, 1956 read with SEBI
(Buy Back of Securities) Regulations 1998, as at March 31, 2013 the
Company has extinguished 11,65,652 Equity Shares and the remaining
35000 Shares has been extinguished on April 1, 2013. Consequently, the
Paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company has been reduced to
Rs.24,23,74,906 as on March 31, 2013.
7. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
No material changes and commitments affecting the Financial position of
the Company have occurred between April 1, 2013 and the date on which
this Report has been signed.
8. SEGMENT REPORTING
A separate reportable segment forms part of Notes to the Accounts.
9. CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
The Cash Flow Statement for the year, under reference in terms of
Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement entered into by the Company with the
Stock Exchanges, is annexed with the Annual Accounts of the Company.
10. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
The following may be read in conjunction with the Consolidated
Financial Statements enclosed with the Annual Accounts, prepared in
accordance with Accounting Standard AS-21. In view of the general
exemption granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the report and
accounts of Subsidiary Companies are not required to be attached to
your Company''s Accounts. Shareholders desirous of obtaining the
report and accounts of your Companies Subsidiary may obtain the same
upon request. The report and accounts of the Subsidiary Companies will
be kept for inspection at your Company''s Corporate Office. Further,
the report and accounts of the Subsidiary Companies will also be
available on Company''s website www.krblrice.com in a downloadable
format.
KRBL DMCC, Dubai:- a 100% subsidiary of KRBL Limited in Dubai having
its registered office at Unit No. AG-14-K. Floor No. 14, AG Tower
(Silver), Plot No. 11, Jumeirah Lake Tower P.O. Box:1 116461, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. The Audited Annual Account for the period ended
March 31, 2013 along with the Directors'' and Auditors'' Report are
available with the Company and Shareholders desirous of obtaining the
report and accounts of your Companies Subsidiary may obtain the same
upon request. During the year Trading License has been renewed by DMCC
and a fresh License was issued. Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Director of the
Company has been named as Manager in the Trading License. In the
Financial year under review the Net Profit of the Company was Rs.3.41
Crores (PY. Rs.5.52 Crores)
K. B. Exports Private Limited:- a 70% Subsidiary of KRBL Limited in
Delhi having its registered office at 5190, Lahori Gate, Delhi-110006.
The audited annual account for the period ended March 31, 2013 along
with the Directors'' and Auditors'' Report are available with the
Company and Shareholders desirous of obtaining the report and accounts
of your Companies Subsidiary may obtain the same upon request.
11. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated
Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-23 on Accounting
for investment in Associates, Your Directors provide the audited
Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.
12. DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of Section 255 of the Companies Act,
1956, read with Article 89 of the Articles of Association of the
Company, Mr. Shyam Arora & Dr. Narpinder Kumar Gupta, Directors of the
Company shall retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General
Meeting and, being eligible, offers themselves for re-appointment.
Brief resume/details of the Directors who are proposed to be
re-appointed have been furnished along with the Notice of the ensuing
Annual General Meeting.
The Board recommends their re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
13. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Your Directors make the following Statement in terms of Section
217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, which is to the best of their
knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations
obtained by them:
1. that in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2013, the applicable Accounting Standards have been followed
and that there are no material departures;
2. that appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent have been made so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs as at March 31, 2013 and of the profit of the Company for
the Financial year ended March 31, 2013;
3. that proper and sufficient care has been taken 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; and
4. that the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2013 have
been prepared on a going concern basis.
14. MANAGEMENT''S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
A detailed review of operations, performance and future outlook of the
Company is given separately under the head "Management Discussion &
Analysis" pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is annexed
and forms part of this Annual Report.
15. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
At KRBL Ltd., it is our firm belief that the quintessence of Good
Corporate Governance lies in the phrase ''Your Company''. It is
''Your'' Company because it belongs to you  the stakeholders. The
Chairman and Directors are ''Your'' fiduciaries and trustees. Their
objective is to take the business forward in such a way that it
maximizes ''Your'' long-term value.
Your Company is devoted to benchmarking itself with global standards
for providing Good Corporate Governance. It has put in place an
effective Corporate Governance System which ensures that the provisions
of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement are duly complied with.
The Board has also evolved and implemented a Code of Conduct based on
the principles of Good Corporate Governance and best management
practices being followed globally. The Code is available on the website
of the Company www.krblrice.com. A separate section titled Report on
Corporate Governance has been included in this Annual Report along with
the Secretarial Auditors Certificate on its compliance.
16. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)/ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Through sustainable initiatives, your Company manages the business of
today with the future in mind. The Company''s Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) activities, reflect its philosophy of helping to
build a better, more sustainable society by taking into account the
societal needs of the community. Across all sites, your Company is
engaged in several initiatives such as Environment Protection,
Protection of Rights of Workers, Right to Education and Healthy Life.
Plantation initiatives are a regular featured at most of Company''s
facilities and their neighbourhood under Company''s Green Initiative
for sustainable development programme.
17. AUDITORS
M/s.Vinod Kumar Bindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi, the
Statutory Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer themselves for
re-appointment. Your Company has received a certificate from the
Auditors to the effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be in
accordance with Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956. Your
Directors recommends their re-appointment as the Statutory Auditors of
the Company.
18. AUDITORS'' REPORT
The observations of Auditors in their Report, read with the relevant
notes to accounts are self explanatory and therefore, do not require
further explanations.
19. COST AUDITORS
Pursuant to notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs
regarding the cost audit of power generation & compliance report on
cost records, Your Company has appointed M/s. HMVN & Associates, Delhi,
the Cost Accountants Firm, as Cost Auditors of the Company.
Your Directors re-appointed M/s. HMVN & Associates, Cost Accountant, as
Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial year 2013-14 and the
partner of M/s. HMVN & Associates confirmed that they are not
disqualified for such re-appointment within the meaning of Section 226
of the Companies Act, 1956.
20. RATINGS
The Company received various ratings, which are as follows:
- As per the last CRISIL Report, "CRISIL" has reviewed and
reaffirmed its "Independent Equity Research" and assigned 3/5 on
fundamentals and 5/5 on valuations. CRISIL assigns fundamental grade of
3/5 i.e. "Good" to the Company against other listed peers on
account of its established brand presence, anticipated strong revenue
growth, expected ROE expansion and strong position in the market. The
valuation grade of 5/5 indicates that the stock has "Strong Upside"
to the Current market price.
- In January 2013, "ICRA" has reviewed and reaffirmed [ICRA] A
(pronounced as ICRA A plus) rating for Short term & Long term bank
facilities.
- In March 2013, "ICRA" has also reviewed and reaffirmed [ICRA]
A1 (pronounced as ICRA A one plus) rating for Commercial Paper (CP) /
Short Term Debt (STD) programme for Rs.150 Crores (enhanced from Rs.100
Crores).
21. PUBLIC DEPOSITS
During the year under review the Company has not accepted any deposits
from public within the meaning of Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies
Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 1975.
22. ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Details of energy conservation and research and development activities
undertaken by the Company along with the information in accordance with
the provision of Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read
with Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988 is given as Annexure ''A'' and forms an
integral part to this Report.
23. PERSONNEL
During the year under review, no employees, whether employed for the
whole or part of the year, was drawing remuneration exceeding the
limits as laid down u/s. 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as amended from time
to time. Hence the details under Section 217 (2A) are not required to
be given.
24. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM
As the Members are aware, that the Company''s Shares are compulsorily
tradable in electronic form. As on March 31, 2013, almost 99.82% of the
Company''s Paid-up Capital representing 24,15,02,242 Equity Shares are
in dematerialized form with both the depositories as compared to 99.81%
of the Company''s Paid-up Capital representing 24,26,55,890 Equity
Shares for the previous year ending March 31, 2012.
Your Company has established connectivity with both the depositories
 National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central
Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). In view of the numerous
advantages offered by the depository system, Members holding Shares in
physical mode are requested to avail of the dematerialization facility
with either of the depositories.
Your Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a
Category-I SEBI registered R&T Agent as its Registrar and Share
Transfer Agent across physical and electronic alternative.
25. LISTING
The Equity Shares of the Company are Listed on the following Stock
Exchanges:-
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
"Exchange Plaza" C-1, Block G,
Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai  400051
II. BSE Limited (BSE)
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers,
25th Floor, Dalal Street,
Mumbai  400001
The Company has paid the Annual Listing Fee for the Financial year
2013-14 to the stock exchanges.
The Company has paid Annual custodial fees for the Financial year
2013-14 to National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL) and Central
Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) on the basis of number of
beneficial accounts maintained by them as on March 31, 2013.
26. APPRECIATION
It is our strong belief that caring for our business constituents has
ensured our success in the past and will do so in future. The Board
acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation and assistance provided to
your Company by its bankers, Financial institutions, and government as
well as non-government agencies. The Board wishes to place on record
its appreciation to the contribution made by employees of the Company
during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive
growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and
support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers,
clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued
support in the Company''s growth.
The Board also takes this opportunity to express its deep gratitude for
the continued co-operation and support received from its valued
Shareholders.
For & on behalf of the Board
Sd/-
Place : Gautambudh Nagar, U.P. Anil Kumar Mittal
Date : August 13, 2013 Chairman & Managing Director
DIN-00030100
Mar 31, 2012
The Directors take pleasure in presenting their 19 th Annual Report
together with the Audited Accounts of the Company for the Financial
year ended 31st March, 2012.
1. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rs. In lac)
Consolidated Standalone
PARTICULARS Year Ended Year Ended
Audited Audited
31/03/2012 31/03/2011 31/03/20121 31/03/2011
Total Revenue 1,64,042.00 1,55,222.72 1,63,698.88 1,54,668.78
Less:- Operative
Expenses 1,40,494.78 1,31,908.87 1,40,341.71 1,31,837.77
EBIDTA 23,547.22 23,313.85 23,357.17 22,831.01
Less:- Depreciation 4,451.81 3,594.74 4,450.66 3,594.55
:- Interest 7,001.80 4,756.45 7,001.58 4,756.20
Profit & Loss
before Exceptional
Items 12,093.61 14,962.66 11,904.93 14,480.26
Exceptional Items-
Foreign Exchange
Fluctuation
Gain/(Loss) (2,564.27) 843.65 (2,564.27) 843.65
Profit & Loss after
Exceptional Items 9,529.34 15,806.31 9,340.66 15,323.91
Tax expense:
- Current Year 1,878.13 3,328.00 1,878.13 3,328.00
- Earlier Year 35.18 (37.72) 35.18 (37.72)
- Deferred Tax 309.05 481.05 309.05 481.05
- Wealth Tax 3.73 1.73 3.73 1.73
Profit After Tax 7,303.25 12,033.25 7,114.57 11,550.85
Add: Balance as per
the last Financial
Statements 44,980.62 35,497.84 40,832.14 31,831.76
Appropriation
i) Proposed
Dividend-Final 729.34 729.34 729.34 729.34
ii) Tax on Dividend 118.32 121.13 118.32 121.13
iii) Transfer to
General Reserve 1,000.00 1,700.00 1,000.00 1,700.00
Closing Balance
of P&L A/c 50,436.21 44,980.62 46,099.05 40,832.14
FINANCIAL REVIEW
A strong marketing strategy to boost exports and a stable domestic
market presence helped the Company perform reasonably well amidst a
challenging environment. The Iran export crisis badly hit the export
business of the Company and the surplus supply further impacted
revenues for the Company, which also suffered on account of lower
realisations and higher operating and interest costs. With significant
increase in average cost of goods sold, EBIDTA remained flat for
2011-12, on a consolidated basis, as compared to 2010-11. However, a
focused strategy on the export front enabled the Company to post a
consolidated Net Sales increase of 5.6%, from Rs. 1,544.6 Crore in
2010-11 to Rs. 1,631.4 Crore in 2011-12. Sales increased primarily due to
strong volumes growth, which was mainly on account of the Company's
presence in the entire value chain of Basmati farming and increasing
export markets.
2. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
Your Company proposes to transfer Rs. 10 Crore to General Reserve out of
the amount available for appropriations and an amount of Rs. 460.99 Crore
is proposed to be carried over to Balance Sheet.
3. EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL
During the year under review company has not issue any equity share.
The Authorised capital of the company is Rs. 30,00,00,000 and paid up
capital is Rs. 24,35,40,558.
4. DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors in its meeting held on 22nd May, 2012 declare
final dividend for the year ended on 31st March, 2012 on Ordinary
Shares as under:-
31st March 31st March
2012 (Rs.) 2011 (Rs.)
Final on 24,31,11,940
Ordinary 7,29,33,582 7,29,33,582
shares of Rs. 1/- each @ Rs. 0.30 per
shares (Previous year Rs. 0.30 per
share)
Thus the total outgo on account of final dividend including dividend
tax will be Rs. 8,47,65,232/- (previous year Rs. 8,50,46,940/-), which
represents 11.91% of the profit after tax (previous year 7.36%).
The final divided, if approved, will be paid within 30 days of
declaration:
(i) to those members, holding shares in physical form, whose names
appear on the Register of Members of the Company at the close of
business hours on 17 th September, 2012, after giving effect to all
valid transfers in physical form lodged with the Company or its
Registrar and Shares Transfer Agent on or before 17th September, 2012;
and
(ii) to those beneficial owners, holding shares in electronic form,
whose names appear in the statement of beneficial owners furnished by
the Depositories to the Company as at close of business hour on 17th
September, 2012.
5. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND
In terms of Section 205A (5) and 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, the
Company has deposited Rs. 40,726/- being the unclaimed dividend for the
year 2003-04 in the "Investor Education and Protection Fund"
established by the Central Government.
6. ACCOUNTS & AUDIT
The Directors of the view that the notes appended to the accounts and
referred to by the auditors in their report are self explanatory and do
not require elucidation.
7. SEGMENT REPORTING
A separate reportable segment forms part of Notes to the Accounts.
8. CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
The Cash Flow Statement for the year, under reference in terms of
Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement entered by the Company with the
Stock Exchanges, is annexed with the Annual Accounts of the Company.
9. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
The following may be read in conjunction with the Consolidated
Financial Statements enclosed with the Accounts, prepared in accordance
with Accounting Standard 21. In view of the general exemption granted
by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the report and accounts of
subsidiary companies are not required to be attached to your Company's
Accounts. Shareholders desirous of obtaining the report and accounts of
Your Company's subsidiaries may obtain the same upon request. The
report and accounts of the subsidiary companies will be kept for
inspection at your Company's corporate office and those of the
subsidiary companies. Further, the report and accounts of the
subsidiary companies will also be available on Company's website
wwwkrblrice.com in a downloadable format.
KRBL DMCC, Dubai:- a 100% subsidiary in the Dubai. The audited annual
account for the period ended 31.03.2012 along with the Directors' and
Auditors' Report are attached with the Annual Report as per the
requirement of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956. During the Year
Trading License has been renewed by DMCC and a fresh License was
issued. Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Director of the Company has been named
as Manager in the Trading License. In the financial year under review
the net profit of the company was Rs. 5.52 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 4.82
Crore)
K. B. Exports Private Limited:-During the year 2010-11 company acquired
21,00,000 equity shares, pursuant to this acquisition the K. B.
Exports Private limited was made subsidiary of the KRBL Limited. The
audited annual account for the period ended 31.03.2012 along with the
Directors' and Auditors' Report are attached with the Annual Report as
per the requirement of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956
10. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated
Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-23 on Accounting
for investment in Associates, your Directors provide the audited
Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.
11. AUDITORS
M/s.Vinod Kumar Bindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, Delhi, the
statutory auditors of the Company are the retiring auditors and being
eligible, offers themselves for re-appointment. The Certificate u/s
224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 has been obtained from them. Your
directors recommend their re-appointment and they are not disqualified
for such appointment/reappointment within the meaning of Section 226 of
the said Act.
12. COST AUDITORS
Pursuant to notification issued by ministry of corporate affairs
regarding the cost audit of power generation & compliance report on
cost records, Company has appointed M/s. HMVN & Associates, Cost
Accountant firm, as cost auditor of the company.
Your Directors' re-appoint M/s. HMVN & Associates as cost auditor of
the company for the financial year 2012-13 and M/s. HMVN & Associates
confirmed that they are not disqualified for such reappointment within
the meaning of Section 226 of the Companies Act 1956.
13. PUBLIC DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any deposits from public within the
meaning of Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956, and read
with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 1975, during the year
under review.
14. ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Details of energy conservation and research and development activities
undertaken by the company along with the information in accordance with
the provision of section 217(1)(e) of the companies Act, 1956, read
with the companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the
Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure 'A' to the
Directors' Report.
15. RATINGS
During the year under review, the Company received various ratings,
which are as follows:
- In April 2012, "CRISIL" has review its "Independent Equity Research"
and assigned 3/5 on fundamentals and 5/5 on valuations. CRISIL assigns
fundamental grade of 3/5 i.e. "Good" to the company against other
listed peers on account of its established brand presence, anticipated
strong revenue growth, expected ROE expansion and strong position in
the market. The valuation grade of 5/5 indicates that the stock has
"Strong Upside" to the Current market price.
- In December 2011, "ICRA" reconfirm rating for Short term & Long term
bank facilities as [ICRA] A
- In May 2012, "ICRA" has also assigned rating of [ICRA] A1 for
commercial paper (CP)
16. DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of section 255 of the Companies Act,
1956 and Article 89 of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr
Vinod Ahuja & Mr. Ashwani Dua retire by rotation at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers themselves for re-
appointment. Your Directors recommend their re-appointment.
Brief resume to Directors proposed to be appointed/reappointed, nature
of their expertise in specific functional areas and names of companies
in which they hold directorships and memberships/ chairmanships of
Board Committees, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement with Stock Exchanges are provided in the Report on Corporate
Governance forming part of the Annual Report.
17. PERSONNEL
During the year under review, no employees, whether employed for the
whole or part of the year, was drawing remuneration exceeding the
limits as laid down u/s. 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as amended. Hence the
details required under Section 217 (2A) are not given.
18. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, we hereby
state:
i. that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed and that there are no material
departures;
ii. that the directors 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 as at 31st March, 2012 and of the profits of
the Company for that period.
iii. that the directors 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 that the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going
concern basis.
19. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered by the Company
with the Stock Exchanges, a separate section titled Report on Corporate
Governance' has been included in this Annual Report along with the
Certificate on its compliance.
20. DEPOSITORY SYSTEMS
As the members are aware, the Company's shares are compulsorily
tradable in electronic form. As on 31st March, 2012, almost 99.81% of
the Company's paid-up capital representing 242655890 equity shares are
in dematerialized form with both the depositories as compared to 99.80%
representing 242630850 equity shares for the previous year ending 31st
March, 2011.
Your Company has established connectivity with both depositories
à National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository
Services (India) Limited (CDSL). In view of the numerous advantages
offered by the depository system, members holding shares in physical
mode are requested to avail of the dematerialization facility with
either of the depositories.
Your Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a
Category-I SEBI registered R & T Agent as its Registrar and Transfer
Agent across physical and electronic alternatives.
21. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
A detailed review of operations, performance and future outlook of the
company is given separately under the head "Management Discussion &
Analysis Report" as stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
with the stock exchanges.
22. COMPANY'S EQUITY SHARES ARE LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING STOCK
EXCHANGES
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited "Exchange Plaza" C-1,
Block G Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East), Mumbai à 400051
II. Bombay Stock Exchange Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers
25th Floor, Dalal Street Mumbai à 400001
The Company has paid the Annual Listing Fee for the financial year
2012-13 to the stock exchanges.
The Company has paid custodial fees for the financial year 2012-
13 to National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL) and Central
Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) on the basis of numbers of
beneficial accounts maintained by them as on 31st March, 2012.
23. APPRECIATION
The Board acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation and assistance
provided to your company by its bankers, financial institutions, and
government as well as non-government agencies. The Board wishes to
place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by employees
of the company during the year under review. The company has achieved
impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity,
cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors
thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for
their continued support in the company's growth. Your directors are
thankful to the shareholders and depositors for their continued
patronage.
For & on behalf of the Board of Director
Sd/-
Place : Gautambudh Nagar, U.P. Anil Kumar Mittal
Date : 13th August, 2012 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2011
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting their 18th Annual Report
together with the Audited Accounts of the Company for the Financial
year ended 31st March, 2011.
1. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rs. In lakh)
Consolidated Standalone
PARTICULARS Year Ended Year Ended
Audited Audited
31/03/2011 31/03/2010 31/03/2011 31/03/2010
Sales & Other Income 156,654 160,065 156,100 158,295
Less:-Operative Expenses 132,497 138,135 132,425 138,108
EBIDTA 24,157 21,930 23,675 20,187
Less:- Depreciation 3,595 2,758 3,595 2,758
:- Interest 4,756 4,174 4,756 4,174
Profit Before Tax (PBT) 15,806 14,998 15,324 13,255
Less: Provision for Tax
i) Current 3,292 2,547 3,292 2,547
ii) Deferred 481 (4) 481 (4)
Profit After Tax (PAT) 12,033 12,455 11,551 10,712
Add: Balance of profit as
per last Balance Sheet 35,498 25,397 31,832 23,474
Balance available for
appropriation 47,531 37,852 43,383 34,186
Appropriation
i) Proposed Dividend
-Interim - 365 - 365
Proposed Dividend
-Final 729 365 729 365
ii)Tax on Dividend 121 124 121 124
iii) Transfer to General
Reserve 1,700 1,500 1,700 1,500
iv) Balance Carried Over to
Balance Sheet 44,981 35,498 40,832 31,832
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Company's sale stood at Rs. 1551.27 crores for the year and has posted a
profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 158.06 crores and Profit after tax (PAT)
stood of Rs. 120.33 crores. Though the revenues have been almost at the
same level, due to better yield and prudent planning, we have been able
to increase EBIDTA margins from 12.78% (2009-10) to 15.26% (2010-11).
PBT margins also increased from 8.39% to 9.88%. This has been possible
as our brands have established over the period of time and we now focus
more on bottomline than on topline.
2. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
Your Company proposes to transfer Rs. 17 Crore to General Reserve out of
the amount available for appropriations and an amount of Rs.408.32 Crore
is proposed to be carried over to Balance Sheet.
3. EQUITY SHARES CAPITAL
During the year under review company has not issued any equity shares.
The paid up of the company is Rs. 24,35,40,558.
4. DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors in its meeting held on 25th May, 2011 has
declared final dividend for the year ended on 31st March, 2011 on
Ordinary Shares as under:-
31st March 31st March
2011 (Rs.) 2010 (Rs.)
Interim on 24,31,11,940 - 3,64,66,791
Ordinary shares of
Rs. 1/- each @ Rs. 0.00 per
share (Previous year
Rs. 0.15 per share)
Final on 24,31,11,9 7,29,33,582 3,64,66,791
Ordinary share of
Rs. 1/- each @ Rs. 0.30
per shares(Previous
yearRs. 0.15 per share)
Thus the total outgo on account of final dividend including dividend
tax will be Rs. 8,50,46,940 (previous year Rs. 8,53,28,644),
* which represents 7.36% of the profit after tax (previous year
7.97%).
The final divided, if approved, will be paid within 30 days of
declaration:
(I) to those members, holding shares in physical form, whose names
appear on the Register of Members of the Company at the close of
business hours on 19th September, 2011, after giving effect to all
valid transfers in physical form lodged with the Company or its
Registrar and Shares Transfer Agent on or before 19th September, 2011;
and
(ii) to those beneficial owners, holding shares in electronic form,
whose names appear in the statement of beneficial owners furnished by
the Depositories to the Company as at close of business hour on 19th
September, 2011.
5. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION FUND
In terms of Section 205A (5) and 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, the
Company has deposited Rs. 58,586 and Rs. 25,918 being un-claimed final
dividend for the year 2002-03 and interim dividend for the year 2003-04
respectively in the "Investor Education and Protection FundÃ
established by the Central Government.
6. ACCOUNTS & AUDIT
The Directors of the view that the notes appended to the accounts and
referred to by the auditors in their report are self explanatory and do
not require elucidation.
7. SEGMENT REPORTING
A separate reportable segment forms part of Notes to the Accounts.
8. CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
The Cash Flow Statement for the year, under reference in terms of
Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement entered by the Company with the
Stock Exchanges, is annexed with the Annual Accounts of the Company.
9. SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
KRBL DMCC, Dubai:- a 100% subsidiary in the Dubai. The audited annual
account For the period ended 31.03.2011 along with the Directors' and
Auditors' Report are attached with the Annual Report as per the
requirement of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956. During the Year
Trading License has been renewed by DMCC and a fresh License was
issued. Mr. Anoop Kumar Gupta, Director of the Company has been named
as Manager in the Trading License. In the financial year under review
the net profit of the company was Rs. 4.82 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 17.43
Crore).
K.B. Exports Private Limited:-During the year under review company has
acquired 21,00,000 equity shares, pursuant to this acquisition K. B.
Exports Private limited was became subsidiary of the KRBL Limited . The
audited annual accounts For the period ended 31.03.2011 along with the
Directors' and Auditors' Report are attached with the Annual Report as
per the requirement of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
10. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated
Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-23 on Accounting
for investment in Associates, your Directors provide the audited
Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.
11. AUDITORS
M/s.Vinod Kumar Bindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, Delhi, the
statutory auditors of the Company are the retiring auditors and being
eligible, offers themselves for re- appointment. The Certificate u/s
224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 has been obtained from them. Your
directors recommend their re-appointment and they are not disqualified
for such appointment/reappointment within the meaning of Section 226 of
the said Act.
12. PUBLIC DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any deposits from public within the
meaning of Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956, and read
with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 1975, during the year
under review.
13. ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Details of energy conservation and research and development activities
undertaken by the company along with the information in accordance with
the provision of section 217(1)(e) of the companies Act, 1956, read
with the companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the
Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure 'A' to the
Directors' Report.
14. RATINGS
During the year under review, the Company received various ratings,
which are as follows:
- In May, 2011, "CRISILÃ has review its "Independent Equity ResearchÃ
and assigned 3/5 on fundamentals and 5/5 on valuations. CRISIL assigns
fundamental grade of 3/5 i.e. "Goodà to the company against other
listed peers on account of its established brand presence, anticipated
strong revenue growth, expected ROE expansion and strong position in
the market. The valuation grade of 5/5 indicates that the stock has
"Strong Upsideà to the Current market price;
- In October, 2010, "ICRAÃ upgrades long term rating for bank
facilities to LA ; reaffirms A1 rating for Short term bank facilities;
- In October, 2010, "ICRAÃ has also assigned rating of A1 (pronounced
as A one plus) for commercial paper (CP).
15. DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of section 255 of the Companies Act,
1956 and Article 89 of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr.
Ashok Chand and Ms. Priyanka Mittal retire by rotation at the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers
themselves for re-appointment. Your Directors recommend their re-
appointment.
Brief resume of Directors proposed to be appointed/ reappointed, nature
of their expertise in specific functional areas and names of companies
in which they hold directorships and memberships/chairmanships of Board
Committees, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with
Stock Exchanges are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance
forming part of the Annual Report.
16. PERSONNEL
During the year under review, no employees, whether employed for the
whole or part of the year, was drawing remuneration exceeding the
limits as laid down u/s. 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as amended. Hence the
details required under Section 217 (2A) are not given.
17. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, we hereby
state:
i. that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed and that there are no material
departures;
ii. that the directors 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 as at 31st March, 2011 and of the profits of
the Company for that period.
iii. that the directors 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 that the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going
concern basis.
18. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered by the Company
with the Stock Exchanges, a separate section titled Rs.Report on
Corporate Governance' has been included in this Annual Report along
with the Certificate on its compliance.
19. DEPOSITORY SYSTEMS
As the members are aware, the Company's shares are compulsorily
tradable in electronic form. As on March 31, 2011, almost 99.80% of the
Company's paid-up capital representing 242630850 equity shares are in
dematerialized form with both the depositories as compared to 99.79%
representing 242615250 equity shares for the previous year ending March
31, 2010.
Your Company has established connectivity with both depositories Ã
National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository
Services (India) Limited (CDSL). In view of the numerous advantages
offered by the depository system, member holding shares in physical
mode are requested to avail of the dematerialization facility with
either of the depositories.
Your Company has appointed M/s. Alankit Assignments Limited, a
Category-I SEBI registered R & T agent as its Registrar and Transfer
Agent across physical and electronic alternatives.
20. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
A detailed review of operations, performance and future outlook of the
company is given separately under the head "Management Discussion &
Analysis Reportà as stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
with the stock exchanges.
21. COMPANY'S EQUITY SHARES ARE LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING STOCK
EXCHANGES
I. National Stock Exchange of India Limited "Exchange Plazaà C-1,
Block G Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai à 400051
II. Bombay Stock Exchange Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers 25th
Floor, Dalal Street Mumbai à 400001
The Company has paid the Annual Listing Fee for the financial year
2011-12 to the stock exchanges.
The Company has paid custodial fees for the financial year 2011-12 to
National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository
Services (India) Limited (CDSL) on the basis of numbers of beneficial
accounts maintained by them as on March 31, 2011.
22. APPRECIATION
The Board acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation and assistance
provided to your company by its bankers, financial institutions, and
government as well as non- government agencies. The Board wishes to
place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by employees
of the company during the year under review. The company has achieved
impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity,
cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors
thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for
their continued support in the company's growth. Your directors are
thankful to the shareholders and depositors for their continued
patronage.
For & on behalf of the Board of Director
Sd/-
Place : Delhi Anil Kumar Mittal
Date : 10th August,2011 Chairman & Managing Director