Mar 31, 2018
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Eleventh Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company along with the audited financial statements, for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.
Results of our Operations (Rs. in Lakhs)
Particulars |
Standalone |
Consolidated |
||
2017-18 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2016-17 |
|
Sales and Other Income |
4,257.5 |
6,919.94 |
43,313.29 |
46,139.00 |
Profit / (Loss) before Depreciation, Interest and Tax & Exceptional items |
1,406.6 |
2,149.62 |
30,221.19 |
29,333.25 |
Finance Costs |
5,682.12 |
4,780.10 |
23,504.79 |
26,737.28 |
Depreciation and Amortisation |
576.1 |
1,394.33 |
13,662.68 |
16,861.36 |
Exceptional item |
8,306 |
7,211.50 |
- |
(4,802.55) |
Profit (Loss) before Tax |
(13,157.63) |
(11,236.32) |
(6,946.28) |
(9,462.84) |
Less : Provision for Tax |
- |
- |
273.70 |
|
Less : Provision for Deferred Tax |
- |
- |
196.71 |
(147.17) |
Share of Loss of Associate |
- |
- |
- |
(0.63) |
Loss for the year |
(13,157.63) |
(11,236.32) |
(7,142.99) |
(9,590.00) |
Other Comprehensive Income |
7.91 |
(10.58) |
820.60 |
(123.87) |
Total Comprehensive Loss for the year |
(13,149.72) |
(11,246.90) |
(6,322.39) |
(9,713.87) |
Non-Controlling Interest |
- |
- |
168.99 |
(171.12) |
Total Comprehensive Loss for the Year attributable to shareholders of the Company |
(13,149.72) |
(11,246.90) |
(6,491.38) |
(9,542.75) |
Business Performance
Revenues for the year stood at Rs. 43313.29 lakhs as against Rs. 46,139.00 lakhs reported for the corresponding period last year. The Company has delivered an impressive revenue growth over a period of FY13 - FY18 aided largely by its steadily improving asset base and attractive tariff rates. Further, a growing share of newer assets in the overall mix resulted in improving the overall PLFs in turn contributing positively to revenue generation. Introduction of scheduling and forecasting mechanism to ensure improved uptime of the grid and sale of excess power to outside States has contributed positively to the sector and the business. Another, positive development has been the strengthening of the grid infrastructure enabling better integration of Tamil Nadu into the National Grid which permits Tamil Nadu to transfer excess power to meet the requirement of power deficit states.
The Financial Year 2017-18 was a good year for REC trading despite the abrupt start wherein trading in RECs was discontinued for a couple of months following CERCâs order to lower REC prices to a historic low. Trading resumed in the month of July following Supreme Courtâs decision to allow trading of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) on the appeal of Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA). Volumes picked up sharply on the back of a strong demand from the buyers following strict enforcement of obligations by state regulators. FY 18 was also the first year after FY12 wherein total demand for RECs (Non-Solar Segment) in the market exceeded the supply. This has helped the excess backlog in most of the certificates getting liquidated at the floor price. The Company liquidated REC worth Rs. 116.51 crore (Rs.38.09 Crore held by CERC) under the REC mechanism during the year (previous year Rs.38.34 crore) higher by 204%. OGPL sold 784,237 REC certificates during the year as against 255,605 certificates sold during FY17. OGPL had an unsold inventory of 0.46 lacs RECs as at the end of March 2018 valued at floor price of approximately Rs.4.90 crore.
EBITDA for the year stood at Rs.30,221.19 lakhs as against Rs. 29,333.25 lakhs generated during previous year EBITDA margins for the year stood at 70% as against previous year margin of 64%.
Depreciation for the year stood at Rs.13,662.68 lakhs as against Rs. 16,861.36 lakhs registered during last year.
Interest expense for the year stood at Rs.23,504.79 lakhs as against the previous year outgo of Rs. 26,737.28 lakhs.
Loss after tax for the year stood at Rs. 6,322.39 lakhs as against a loss of Rs. 9,713.87 lakhs reported for last year.
Separation of Biomass business and sale to its Promoter Company
In view of the accumulated losses and the reduced size of the Biomass operations, the Board felt that consideration of the sale of investments of the biomass operations generate significant shareholder value and presents an attractive monetization opportunity to the Company.
Thus, during the financial year, the Board at its Meeting held on 30th June 2017 approved the transfer of 8 Biomass Subsidiaries for a consideration of Rs.49 Crores (Rupees Forty Nine Crores) being the Fair Value based on the report provided by M/s.Ernst & Young LLP, an Independent Valuer, to M/s.Janati Bio Power Private Limited which is the subsidiary of Promoter Company M/s.SVL Ltd. Along with transfer of its power undertaking of the Company situated at Chiraya & Sookri Village, Gadarwara Taluk, Narasingpur District - 487 555 Madhya Pradesh on a slump sale basis to its wholly owned subsidiary M/s. Biobijlee Green Power Limited for a total Consideration of Rs. 33.00 Crores (Rupees Thirty Three Crores). The Shareholders of the Company also approved the aforesaid sale of Biomass Undertakings through a Postal Ballot process held on September 7, 2017. The Company completed the transfer of following 8 Biomass Subsidiaries to M/s.Janati Bio Power Private Limited on 31st December 2017.
1. Orient Green Power Company (Rajasthan) Private Limited
2. SM Environmental Technologies Private Limited
3. Shriram Powergen Private Limited
4. Gayatri Green Power Private Limited
5. Orient Bio power Private Limited
6. PSR Green Power Projects Private Limited
7. Global Powertech Equipments Private Limited
8. Shriram Non-Conventional Energy Private Limited
Update on Evaluation of potential Merger of the Wind Business -
On 19th January 2017 the Board had approved a proposal to enter into a Confidentiality and Exclusivity Agreement with IL&FS Wind Energy Ltd to evaluate a potential merger of the Wind energy generation businesses of the Company and that of IL&FS. The Exclusivity Period was initially for a period of 90 days and thereafter was extended up to 31st August 2017. However both the parties decided not to extend the validity period.
Dividend
The Company has not declared any dividend in view of the losses incurred by the Company during the year.
Consolidated Financial Statements
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) read with relevant rules issued thereunder form part of the Annual Report and are reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.
The annual financial statements of the subsidiaries and related detailed information will be kept at the Registered Office of the Company and will be available to investors seeking information at any time.
The Company has adopted a Policy for determining Material Subsidiaries in terms of Regulation 16 (1) (c) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (âListing Regulationsâ). The Policy, as approved by the Board, are available on our website, at http://orientgreenpower.com/ Companies-Act-and-SEBI-Compliance.asp.
Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments
Loans, guarantees and investments covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 form part of the Notes to the financial statements provided in this Annual Report.
Particulars of contracts or arrangements made with related parties
Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed Form AOC-2, is appended as Annexure 1 to the Boardâs Report.
Material changes and commitments affecting financial position between the end of the financial year and date of the report
There were no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of the report.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in terms of Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 forms part of the Annual Report.
Subsidiaries
As at 31st March, 2018, your Company had a total of 8 subsidiaries and 4 step down subsidiaries, the details of which are given elsewhere in the Annual Report under the relevant Sections.
1. During the Year, your Company had executed a sale deed for the sale of 20 MW CO-Generation Power Plant at GAGANBAWDA, Kolhapur to M/s. Padmashri Dr. D.Y. Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd (PDDPSSKL) on a slump sale basis. The assets and liabilities have been transferred to PDDPSSKL except the Power Purchase Agreement.
2. Orient Eco Energy Limited, (OEEL) a subsidiary company of Orient Green Power Company Limited initiated Liquidation processes with effect from July 7, 2014 and appointed Ms. G Subhasree, (hereinafter referred to as âthe Liquidatorâ) Practicing Company Secretary as the Liquidator of the Company. During the year the Liquidator has realized the assets of the Company and paid the amount due to the creditors.
The balance amount after making the payment to the Creditors was paid to the Equity Shareholders of the Company (Contributories) in the proportion of their Shareholding (60:40) in OEEL on April 20, 2017. The Liquidator convened the Extra Ordinary General Meeting of OEEL on June 09, 2017 and the Shareholders approved the Liquidatorâs statement by passing the Special Resolution. Orient Eco Energy liquidation processes has been filed before the Honâble High Court of Chennai by Official Liquidator for further orders.
The information as required under the first proviso to sub-section (3) of Section 129 is given in Form AOC-1, is appended as Annexure 2 to the Boardâs Report.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ) Standalone financial statements and Consolidated financial statements of the Company along with the relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of the subsidiaries of the Companies are available in the website of the Company www.orientgreenpower.com/Investor/Subsidiaries Balance Sheet
Share Capital
During the year, the Company has issued and allotted 10,924,302 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each at a price of Rs.12.55 (including a premium of Rs.2.55 per equity share) on a preferential basis to a Non-Promoter. Such Preferential shares shall rank pari passu in all respects including as to dividend, with existing fully paid up equity shares of face value of Rs. 10 each and shall also subject to lock-in, in accordance with the provisions of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2009.
As a result of the above allotments, the paid-up equity capital of the company increased from Rs. 7,397,996,750 comprising of 739,799,675 number of equity shares of Rs.10 each to Rs.7,507,239,770 comprising of 750,723,977 number of equity shares of Rs.10 each as on March 31, 2018. The allotted shares are listed and traded in the Stock Exchanges. Also the Company has fully utilized the Preferential Issue Proceeds.
Deposits
The Company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders or public and as such, no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as on the date of Balance Sheet.
Corporate Governance
The Company has been complying with the provisions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Regulations 24, 27 and other relevant provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015. A separate report on Corporate Governance along with Auditorsâ Certificate on compliance of the Corporate Governance norms as stipulated in Regulation 34(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 forming part of this report are provided elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Internal Control System
The Company has in place an adequate system of internal controls commensurate with its size, requirements and the nature of operations. These systems are designed, keeping in view the nature of activities carried out at each location and the various business operations. The company has documented a robust and comprehensive internal control system for all the major processes to ensure reliability of financial reporting, timely feedback on achievement of operational and strategic goals, compliance with policies, procedures, laws and regulations, safeguarding of assets and economical and efficient use of resources.
The Internal Auditor monitors and evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of internal controls system in the Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies at all locations of the Company and its subsidiaries. Based on the report of internal audit, process owners undertake corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. During the year, the Audit Committee met regularly to review reports submitted by the Internal Audit. All significant audit observations and follow-up actions thereon were reported to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee also met the Companyâs Statutory Auditors to ascertain their views on the financial statements, including the financial reporting system, compliance to accounting policies and procedures, the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal controls and systems followed by the Company.
Your Company also has a Risk Management Framework in place covering all critical areas of operation. This framework is reviewed periodically keeping in mind the business dynamics and external environment and provides the guidelines for managing the various risks across the business.
Directorsâ Responsibility Statement
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under the Companies ( Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended by the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2016, the provisions of the Act (to the extent notified) and guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The Ind AS are prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ), read with Rule 3 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016. The Company has adopted all the Ind AS standards and the adoption was carried out in accordance with applicable transition guidance. Accounting policies have been consistently applied except where a newly issued accounting standard is initially adopted or a revision to an existing accounting standard requires a change in the accounting policy hitherto in use.
The directors confirm that:
(i) In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March 2018, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures if any ;
(ii) the Directors had 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 2018 and Profit and Loss and cash flow of the Company for the year ended on that date ;
(iii) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care 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) the Directors had prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a âgoing concernâ basis.
(v) the Directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are reasonably adequate and operating effectively; and
(vi) t he Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are reasonably adequate and operating effectively.
Number of Board Meetings
The Board of Directors met 5 (five) times in the year 2017-18. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report. The maximum interval between any two meetings did not exceed 120 days, as prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013.
Familiarization Program for Independent Directors
The Company will impart Familiarization Programme for new Independent Directors inducted on the Board of the Company. The Familiarization Programme of the Company will provide information relating to the Company, wind energy / renewable energy industry, business model of the Company, geographies in which Company operates, etc. The programme also intends to improve awareness of the Independent Directors on their roles, rights, responsibilities towards the Company. Further, the Familiarization Programme should also provide information relating to the financial performance of the Company and budget and control process of the Company. The format of the letter of appointment is available on our website, http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBICompliance.
Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
a) Resignation/Retirement: - Mr. Himraj Dang, (DIN: 02460794) Non- Executive Director of the Company resigned from his position as Director with effect from 11th September 2017.
b) Appointment:- No appointment during the year under review
c) Re-appointment: In accordance with the provisions of Section 152(6) and Clause 121 of the Articles of
Association of the Company Mr. R. Sundara Rajan (DIN-00498404) will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the company and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
d) Key Managerial Personnel - There has been no change in the Key Managerial Personnel during the year.
e) Independent Directors: - The Company has received the declarations from each independent directors of the Company under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down in Section 149(6) of the Act.
Committees of the Board
The Company has following committees of the Board:
1. Audit Committee
2. Nomination & Remuneration Committee
3. Stakeholderâs Relationship Committee
4. Risk Management Committee
5. Investment/Borrowing Committee
6. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
A detailed note on the composition of the Board and its committees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report section of this Annual Report.
Related Party Transactions
All the related party transactions are entered on armâs length basis and are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI LODR. There are no materially significant Related Party transactions made by the Company with Promoters, Directors or Key Management Personnel etc. which may have potential conflict with the interest of the company at large.
All Related Party Transactions are presented to the Audit Committee and the Board. A statement of all related party transactions is presented before the Audit Committee specifying the nature, value and terms and conditions of the transactions.
The Related Party Transactions Policy as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Companyâs website at http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBICompliance.asp.
The details of the transactions with Related Parties during the year, are provided in the accompanying financial statements and also in form AOC-2 forming part of this report.
Vigil Mechanism/Whistle Blower Policy
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Fraud Risk Management Policy (FRM) to deal with instance of fraud and mismanagement if any. The details of the FRM Policy are given in the Corporate Governance Report. Details of the Whistle Blower policy are available on our website, at http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBICompliance.asp.
Evaluation of the Boardâs Performance
In compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the performance evaluation of the Board was carried out during the year under review. More details on the same are given in the Corporate Governance Report.
Remuneration Policy
The Company follows a policy on remuneration of Directors and Senior Management Employees. The policy is approved by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and the Board. More details on the same are given in the Corporate Governance Report. Details of the Remuneration policy are as below:
A. Role of Committee
The role of the Committee inter alia will be the following:
a) to formulate a criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director.
b) to recommend to the Board the appointment and removal of Senior Management
c) to carry out evaluation of Directorâs performance and recommend to the Board appointment / removal based on his / her performance.
d) to recommend to the Board on (i) policy relating to remuneration for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management and (ii) Executive Directors remuneration and incentive.
e) t o make recommendations to the Board concerning any matters relating to the continuation in office of any Director at any time including the suspension or termination of service of an Executive Director as an employee of the Company subject to the provision of the law and their service contract;
f) ensure that level and composition of remuneration is reasonable and sufficient, relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate performance benchmarks,
g) to devise a policy on Board diversity; and
h) to develop a succession plan for the Board and to regularly review the plan.
B. Appointment criteria, qualification and Remuneration.
a. The Committee shall identify and ascertain the integrity, qualification, expertise and experience of the person for appointment as Director in terms of Diversity Policy of the Board and recommend to the Board his / her appointment. For the appointment of KMP (other than Managing / Whole-time Director) or Senior Management, a person should possess adequate qualification, expertise and experience for the position he / she is considered for the appointment. Further, for administrative convenience, the appointment of KMP (other than Managing / Whole-time Director) or Senior Management, the Managing Director is authorised to identify and appoint a suitable person for such position. However, if the need be, the Managing Director may consult the Committee / Board for further directions / guidance.
b. Term: The Term of the Directors including Managing / Whole-time Director / Independent Director shall be governed as per the provisions of the Act and Rules made thereunder and the Clause 49, as amended from time to time. Whereas the term of the KMP (other than the Managing / Whole-time Director) and Senior Management shall be governed by the prevailing HR policies of the Company.
c. Evaluation: The Committee shall carry out evaluation of performance of every Director. The Committee shall identify evaluation criteria which will evaluate Directors based on knowledge to perform the role, time and level of participation, performance of duties, level of oversight, professional conduct and independence.
The appointment / re-appointment / continuation of Directors on the Board shall be subject to the outcome of the yearly evaluation process.
d. Removal: Due to reasons for any disqualification mentioned in the Act or under any other applicable Act, Rules and Regulations thereunder and / or for any disciplinary reasons and subject to such applicable Acts, Rules and Regulations and the Companyâs prevailing HR policies, the Committee may recommend, to the Board, with reasons recorded in writing, removal of a Director, KMP or Senior Management.
e. Remuneration of Managing / Whole-time Director, KMP and Senior Management: The remuneration / compensation / commission, etc., as the case may be, to the Managing / Whole-time Director will be determined by the Committee and recommended to the Board for approval. The remuneration / compensation / commission, etc., as the case may be, shall be subject to the prior / post approval of the shareholders of the Company and Central Government, wherever required and shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Rules made thereunder. Further, the Managing Director of the Company is authorised to decide the remuneration of KMP (other than Managing / Wholetime Director) and Senior Management, and which shall be decided by the Managing Director based on the standard market practice and prevailing HR policies of the Company.
f. Remuneration to Non-executive / Independent Director: The remuneration / commission / sitting fees, as the case may be, to the Non-Executive / Independent Director, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder for the time being in force or as may be decided by the Committee / Board / shareholders. An Independent Director shall not be entitled to any stock option of the Company unless otherwise permitted in terms of the Act and the SEBI (LODR) Regulations 2015, as amended from time to time.
C. Composition of the Committee
a) The Committee shall consist of a minimum 3 non-executive directors, majority of them being independent.
b) Minimum two (2) members shall constitute a quorum for the Committee meeting.
c) Membership of the Committee shall be disclosed in the Annual Report.
d) Term of the Committee shall be continued unless terminated by the Board of Directors.
D. Chairman
a) Chairman of the Committee shall be an Independent Director.
b) I n the absence of the Chairman, the members of the Committee present at the meeting shall choose one amongst them to act as Chairman.
c) Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration C ommittee meeting could be present at the An nual General Meeting or may nominate some other member to answer the shareholdersâ queries.
E. Committee Membersâ Interests
a) A member of the Committee is not entitled to be present when his or her own remuneration is discussed at a meeting or when his or her performance is being evaluated.
b) The Committee may invite such executives, as it considers appropriate, to be present at the meetings of the Committee.
F. Nomination duties
The duties of the Committee in relation to nomination matters include:
a. Ensuring that there is an appropriate induction & training programme in place for new Directors and members of Senior Management and reviewing its effectiveness;
b. Ensuring that on appointment to the Board, NonExecutive Directors receive a formal letter of appointment in accordance with the Guidelines provided under the Companies Act, 2013;
c. Identifying and recommending Directors who are to be put forward for retirement by rotation.
d. Determining the appropriate size, diversity and composition of the Board;
e. Setting a formal and transparent procedure for selecting new Directors for appointment to the Board;
f. Developing a succession plan for the Board and Senior Management and regularly reviewing the plan;
g. Evaluating the performance of the Board members and Senior Management in the context of the Companyâs performance from business and compliance perspective;
h. Making recommendations to the Board concerning any matters relating to the continuation in office of any Director at any time including the suspension or termination of service of an Executive Director as an employee of the Company subject to the provision of the law and their service contract.
i. Delegating any of its powers to one or more of its members or the Secretary of the Committee;
j. Recommend any necessary changes to the Board; and k. Considering any other matters as may be requested by the Board.
Risk Management Policy
The Company has in place a Risk Management Policy as per Regulations 21(4) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015. The policy provides integrated approach for managing the risks in various aspects of the business.
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
The Company has in place a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy as per Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Details of the CSR policy are available on our website, at https://www.orientgreenpower.com/Investor/Companies Act & SEBI Compliance/Policy/Policy on CSR.
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at workplace
The Company has always provided a congenial atmosphere for work to all the employees that is free from discrimination and harassment including sexual harassment. It has provided equal opportunities of employment to all without regard to their caste, religion, colour, marital status and sex. There were no cases reported during the financial year under the said policy.
Audit reports and auditors Audit reports
1. The Auditorsâ Report for the year 2017-2018 does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Auditorsâ Report is enclosed with the financial statements in this Annual Report.
2. The Secretarial Auditorsâ Report for the year 2017-2018 does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Secretarial Auditorsâ Report is enclosed as Annexure 3 to the Boardâs report in this Annual Report.
3. As required by the Listing Regulations, the auditorsâ certificate on Corporate Governance is enclosed. The auditorsâ certificate for year 2017-2018 does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
Auditors
Statutory Auditor
M/s. G.D.Apte & Co, (Registration No100515W) Chartered Accountants, Pune had been appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company as per Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 for a period of 5 years from the conclusion of Tenth Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of Fifteenth Annual General Meeting, by the members at the Annual General Meeting held on August 09, 2017.
As per Section 139(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 the appointment of the Statutory Auditors is required to be ratified by the members at every Annual General Meeting.
Internal Auditor
Internal Audit of the company is handled by M/s. Sundar Srini & Sridhar an independent Chartered Accountant firm for evaluating the adequacy of internal controls and concurrently reviews majority of the transactions in value terms.
Independence of the firm and compliance is ensured by the direct reporting of the firm to the Audit Committee of the Board.
Secretarial Auditor
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, M/s. M Alagar & Associates, Practicing Company Secretary, were appointed as Secretarial Auditors for the financial year 2017-18, to audit the secretarial and related documents of the Company. Their report on the Secretarial Audit is annexed to this report as Annexure 3.
Insider Trading
In compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, as amended, your Company has instituted a comprehensive Code titled as âOrient Green Power Company Limited Code of Conductâ which lays down guidelines and advises the Directors and Employees of the Company on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made while dealing in securities of the Company.
Conservation of energy, research and development, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rule 2014, is appended as Annexure- 4 to the Boardâs report.
Particulars of Employees
The ratio of the remuneration of each Whole-Time Director and Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) to the median of Employeesâ Remuneration as per Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is appended as Annexure 5 to the Boardâs report.
Significant and Material orders
There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Companyâs operations in future.
Extract of Annual Returns
In accordance with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an extract of the annual return in Form MGT -9 is appended as Annexure 6 to the Boardâs report.
Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF)
Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (âthe Rulesâ), any Application money received by the company for allotment of securities and due for refund shall be transferred to the IEPF established by the Central Government, after the completion of seven years. Further, according to the Rules, the amounts which have not been paid or claimed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more shall also be transferred to the IEPF account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, on 5th October 2017 unclaimed Share Application money amounting to Rs. 16,750 has been transferred to IEPF account as per the requirements of the IEPF rules.
Green Initiatives
Electronic copies of the Annual Report 2017-18 and the Notice of the 11th Annual General Meeting are sent to all members whose email addresses are registered with the Company / depository participant(s). For members who have not registered their email addresses, physical copies are sent in the permitted mode.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance, support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Chennai Venkatachalam Sesha Ayyar T.Shivaraman
03.05.2018 Managing Director Director
DIN: 06698233 DIN: 01312018
Mar 31, 2017
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Tenth Annual Report on the business and operations of your Company along with the Audited Financial Statements, for the financial year ended March 31, 2017.
Results of our Operations Rs. in Lakhs
Particulars |
Standalone |
Consolidated |
||
2016-17 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2015-16 |
|
Sales and Other Income |
6,919.94 |
8,286.23 |
46,139.00 |
41,000.89 |
Profit / (Loss) before Depreciation, Interest and Tax & Exceptional items |
2,149.62 |
1,384.54 |
29,333.25 |
21,357.31 |
Finance Costs |
4,780.10 |
4,039.71 |
26,737.28 |
27,797.13 |
Depreciation and Amortization |
1,394.33 |
1,560.29 |
16,861.36 |
20,621.39 |
Exceptional item |
7,211.50 |
12,119.45 |
(4,802.55) |
7,154.71 |
Profit (Loss) before Tax |
(11,236.32) |
(16,334.92) |
(9,462.84) |
(34,215.92) |
Less : Provision for Tax |
- |
- |
273.70 |
- |
Less : Provision for Deferred Tax |
- |
- |
(147.17) |
(201.62) |
Share of Loss of Associate |
- |
- |
(0.63) |
- |
Loss for the year |
(11,236.32) |
(16,334.92) |
(9,590.00) |
(34,014.30) |
Other Comprehensive Income |
(10.58) |
(9.50) |
(123.87) |
(47.75) |
Total Comprehensive Loss for the year |
(11,246.90) |
(16,344.42) |
(9,713.87) |
(34,062.05) |
Non Controlling Interest |
- |
- |
(171.12) |
(363.80) |
Total Comprehensive Loss for the Year attributable to shareholders of the Company |
(11,246.90) |
(16,344.42) |
(9,542.75) |
(33,698.26) |
*The financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2017 are the first the Company has prepared under Ind AS (Indian Accounting Standards). The financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2016 have been restated to conform to Ind AS.
Indian Accounting Standards
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), vide its notification in the Official Gazette dated February 16, 2015, notified the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) applicable to certain classes of companies. Ind AS has replaced the existing Indian GAAP prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. For the Company, Ind AS is applicable from April 1, 2016, with a transition date of April 1, 2015 and IGAAP as the previous GAAP
The following are the areas which had an impact on account of transition to Ind AS:
- Adoption of Deemed Cost Model for Property, Plant and Equipment.
- Fair valuation of certain financial instruments.
- Employee costs pertaining to defined benefit obligations.
- Recognition of Government Grants as income in a systematic and rational basis.
- Fair valuation of Barter transactions.
- Fair valuation of Investment in Preference Shares.
- Amortization of processing fee on Long term borrowings over the period of Loan.
The reconciliations and explanation on the effect of the transition from IGAAP to Ind AS have been provided in the notes to accounts in the Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements.
Business Performance
Financial Year 2016-17 saw a major revival in the Company''s financial performance as reflected by revenue and EBITDA growth of 13% and 37% for the year respectively. The improved performance is on the back of a number of strategic initiatives under taken by the Company in recent times to address some of its legacy issues and position itself to optimize opportunities in the environment.
Revenues for the year stood at Rs. 46,139.00 lakhs as against Rs. 41,000.89lakhs reported during corresponding period last year, higher by 13%.
The Revenue growth was primarily driven by strong performance of wind business which delivered revenue growth of 25% on a Y-o-Y basis. Timely onset of wind season and better than normal wind availability contributed to the rapid growth. Further, higher PLF''s following greater proportion of newer assets and improved grid connectivity contributed positively to the performance. Biomass business generated revenues worth Rs. 7,596.37lakhs for the year as against Rs. 10,198.71 lakhs.
EBITDA for the year stood at Rs. 29,333.25lakhs as against Rs. 21,357.31lakhs generated during previous year; higher by 37%. Higher revenue coupled with better cost management and higher operating leverage resulted in driving the operating profitability of the business. EBITDA margins for the year stood at 64% as against margins of 52%, higher by 1,200 bps.
Depreciation for the year stood at Rs. 16,861.36lakhs as against expense of Rs. 20,621.39 lakhs registered during last year, lower by 18% due to sale of some of the capacities.
Interest expense for the year stood at Rs. 26,737.28lakhs as against an outgo of Rs. 27,797.13lakhs during last year, lower by 4%. This is the second consecutive year of reduced finance cost. Over the years, despite reporting healthy operating performance though, higher interest expense used to soak up most of the profitability resulting in making business report losses. As such, in an attempt to resurrect the business and enhance the financial position, the Company has been working towards structuring a large chunk of its debt in the wind business under 5/25 scheme. It has also completed 5/25 for senior lenders to extend the tenure of loans amounting to Rs. 76,438.00lakhs of debt under subsidiary Beta wind farm private limited by 10 years from 2023 up to 2033. Further, the cash proceeds from monetizing some of the unviable Biomass units would also be partly deployed towards repaying debt to incorporate a longer tenure and reduce interest rates. Lastly, the Company is also working towards re-financing part of its debt at prevailing interest rates. The Company is confident that the combination of these initiatives will help transform its financial position. Further, the pickup in REC trading will also help it improve its profits and cash flows.
Loss after tax for the year stood at Rs. 9,713.87lakhs as against loss of Rs. 34,062.05 lakhs reported during last year.
Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation
The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on 13th June 2015 has approved the Draft Composite Scheme of Arrangements and Amalgamation between the Company and Bharat Wind Farm Private Limited and Biobijlee Green Power Company Limited. The said Scheme was approved by the Shareholders of the Company through Court Convened Meeting (CCM) held on 6th June 2016.
OGPL had made an application in May 2016 to the Madras High Court for demerger of the biomass business into a separate listed entity. As a part of the scheme, your company was also merge its wholly owned subsidiary Bharath Wind Farm Limited (BWFL) with itself. The Appointed date for the merger was April 1, 2015. The biomass undertaking of the Company was to get demerged to Bio Biobijlee Green Power Limited, a subsidiary of the company, effective 1 October 2015.
As per Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification dated 7th November 2016, pursuant to Companies (Transfer of Pending Proceedings) Rule 2016, all proceedings under the Act, including proceedings relating to arbitration, compromise, arrangements and reconstruction, other than proceedings relating to winding up on the date of coming into force of these rules shall stand transferred to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) exercising respective territorial jurisdiction from High Court. The move of merger petition being moved from High Court to NCLT and coupled with getting No Objection Certificate ( NOC) from one of our secured lender, has resulted in taking the decision of not to aggressively pursue this demerger proposal by the Board.
In view of the accumulated losses and the reduced size of the operations, it was felt that demerger of biomass operations into a listed entity with limited growth potential would not create optimum value for shareholders. Thus, sale of the biomass operations is the most efficient method to unlock value for shareholders. As a result, the Board has approved transferring 9 projects comprising 68 MW of capacity through this transaction to its Promoter Company and its subsidiaries.
In addition to that, the Board has approved the transfer of the Biomass operations to its wholly owned subsidiary - Biobijlee Green Power Company Limited. This is a precursor to the sale of the biomass operations to the Promoter Company and its subsidiaries. As a result of this decision, the Company is withdrawing the application from the High Court.
OGPL & IL&FS to evaluate merging of Wind Businesses
During the year, the Board of Directors of your company approved to enter into Confidentiality and Exclusivity Agreement with IL&FS Wind Energy Ltd to evaluate a potential merger of the Wind energy generation businesses of the Company and that of IL&FS.
The merger will bring together complementary operations of both entities into a larger entity which will have a truly pan India presence and greater diversity of location, equipment, off take arrangements and customer profiles. Any potential outcome is subject to due diligence, definitive documentation and approvals by regulators, creditors, shareholders and other third parties.
Dividend
The Company has not declared any dividend in view of the losses incurred by the Company during the year.
Consolidated Financial Statements
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act'') read with relevant rules issued there under form part of the Annual Report and are reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.
The annual financial statements of the subsidiaries and related detailed information will be kept at the Registered Office of the Company and will be available to investors seeking information at any time.
The Company has adopted a Policy for determining Material Subsidiaries in terms of Regulation 16 (1) (c) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations''). The Policy, as approved by the Board, are available on our website, at http://orientgreenpower.com/ Companies-Act-and-SEBI-Compliance.asp.
Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments
Loans, guarantees and investments covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 form part of the Notes to the financial statements provided in this Annual Report.
Particulars of contracts or arrangements made with related parties
Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed Form AOC-2, is appended as Annexure 1 to the Board''s report.
Material changes and commitments affecting financial position between the end of the financial year and date of the report
There were no material change and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of the report.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, interms of Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 forms part of the Annual Report.
Subsidiaries
As at 31st March, 2017, your Company had a total of 17 subsidiaries and 3 step down subsidiaries, the details of which are given elsewhere in the Annual Report under the relevant Sections.
1. The Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding dated November 17, 2015 and Shareholder Agreement dated June 30, 2016 ("Agreements") with Soorya Eco Power Pvt Ltd ("buyer") with respect to sale of 84% shares held by the Company in Sanjog Sugars and Eco-Power Private Limited ("SSEPPL"). Consequent to these agreements, the daily operations of the SSEPPL are being undertaken by the buyer. Also, the Company has only a minority representation in the Board of SSEPPL. In substance of the Agreements, OGPL will not be entitled to any share in profits or losses of SSEPPL. Considering these aspects and in accordance with Ind AS 110 -"Consolidated Financial Statements", the Company has concluded that it does not have any control over SSEPPL and accordingly the results of this company from July 1, 2016, have not been included in the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. Also the assets and liabilities recognized up to that date have been derecognized and consequently an amount of Rs. 48 Crores has been considered as profit on derecognition of Subsidiary.
2. During the Year, your Company had acquired 26% of equity stake held by the Group Captive Customer in M/s. Shriram Powergen Private Limited (SPGEN), due to discontinuation of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) mechanism, which is no longer beneficial to SPGEN being in Group Captive Model.
3. During the Year, your Company had acquired 26% of equity stake held by the Group Captive Customer in M/s. Shriram Non-Conventional Energy Private Limited (SNCEL), due to discontinuation of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) mechanism, which is no longer beneficial to SNCEL being in Group Captive Model.
4. During the Year, your Company had signed a Share Purchase Agreement with M/s. Sindicatum Captive Energy Singapore Pte Limited towards sale of 100% equity shares held in M/s. Orient Green Power (Maharashtra) Pvt Ltd (OGPML). However M/s. Padmashri Dr. D.Y. Patil Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd (PDDPSSKL) exercised its option of first right to purchase the Shares of OGPML as per the terms of Build, Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) Agreement signed with them. As a result, the SPA signed with M/s. Sindicatum Captive Energy Singapore Pte Limited stands cancelled and further an Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) has been signed between the Company, OGPML and PDDPSSKL for a sale of 20 MW CO-Generation Power Plant at GAGANBAWDA, Kolhapur.
5. During the Year, your Companies Subsidiary ie. Beta Wind Farm Private Limited has acquired 100% Stake in Beta Wind Farm (Andhra Pradesh) Private Limited.
6. Orient Eco Energy Limited, (OEEL) subsidiary of your Company initiated Liquidation processes with effect from July 7, 2014 and appointed Ms. G Subhasree, (hereinafter referred to as "the Liquidator") Practicing Company Secretary as the Liquidator of the Company. During the year the Liquidator has realized the assets of the Company and paid the amount due to the creditors. The balance amount after making the payment to the Creditors was paid to the Equity Shareholders of the Company (Contributories) in the proportion of their Shareholding (60:40) in OEEL on April 20, 2017.The Liquidator has convened the Extra Ordinary General Meeting of OEEL on June 09, 2017 and the Shareholders approved the Liquidator statement by passing the Special Resolution and also approved to dispose of the Books, Accounts and other documents of the OEEL.
7. The existing Rupee Term Loan of Rs. 764.38 Crores of Beta Wind Farm Private Limited (Beta) has been structured under RBI Flexible structuring scheme and extended tenure of loan from F.Y 2023 to F.Y 2033.
The information as required under the first proviso to sub-section (3) of Section 129 is given in Form AOC-1, is appended as Annexure 2 to the Board''s Report.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act") financial statements of the Company Consolidated financial statements along with the relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of the subsidiaries of the Companies are available on the website of the Company www.orientgreenpower.com/ Investor/Subsidiaries Balance Sheet.
Share Capital
During the year under review, there is no change in the Share Capital of the Company.
Deposits
The Company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders or public and as such, no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as of the date of Balance Sheet.
Corporate Governance
The Company has been complying with the provisions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Regulations 24,27 and other relevant provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015. A separate report on Corporate Governance along with Auditors'' Certificate on compliance of the Corporate Governance norms as stipulated in Regulation 34(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 forming part of this report are provided elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Internal Control System
The Company has in place an adequate system of internal controls commensurate with its size, requirements and the nature of operations. These systems are designed, keeping in view the nature of activities carried out at each location and the various business operations. The company has documented a robust and comprehensive internal control system for all the major processes to ensure reliability of financial reporting, timely feedback on achievement of operational and strategic goals, compliance with policies, procedures, laws and regulations, safeguarding of assets and economical and efficient use of resources.
The Internal Auditor monitors and evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of internal controls system in the Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies at all locations of the Company and its subsidiaries. Based on the report of internal audit, process owners undertake corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. During the year, the Audit Committee met regularly to review reports submitted by the Internal Auditor. All significant audit observations and follow-up actions thereon were reported to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee also met the Company''s Statutory Auditors to ascertain their views on the financial statements, including the financial reporting system, compliance to accounting policies and procedures, the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal controls and systems followed by the Company.
Your Company also has a Risk Management Framework in place covering all critical areas of operation. This framework is reviewed periodically keeping in mind the business dynamics and external environment and provides the guidelines for managing the various risks across the business.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under the Companies ( Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended by the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2016, the provisions of the Act (to the extent notified) and guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The Ind AS are prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act,2013 (''the Act''), read with Rule 3 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016. The Company has adopted all the Ind AS standards and the adoption was carried out in accordance with applicable transition guidance. Accounting policies have been consistently applied except where a newly issued accounting standard is initially adopted or a revision to an existing accounting standard requires a change in the accounting policy hitherto in use.
The Directors confirm that:
(i) I n the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March 2017, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures if any
(ii) the Directors had 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 2017 and Profit and Loss and cash flow of the Company for the year ended on that date;
(iii) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care 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) the Directors had prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a ''going concern'' basis.
(v) the Directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are reasonably adequate and operating effectively; and
(vi) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are reasonably adequate and operating effectively.
Number of Board Meetings
The Board of Directors met 5 (five) times in the year 2016-17. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report. The maximum interval between any two meetings did not exceed 120 days, as prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013.
Familiarization Program for Independent Directors
The Company will impart Familiarization Programme for new Independent Directors inducted on the Board of the Company. The Familiarization Programme of the Company will provide information relating to the Company, wind energy / renewable energy industry, business model of the Company, geographies in which Company operates, etc. The programme also intends to improve awareness of the Independent Directors on their roles, rights, responsibilities towards the Company. Further, the Familiarization Programme should also provide information relating to the financial performance of the Company and budget and control process of the Company. The format of the letter of appointment is available on our website, http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBI-Compliance.asp
Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
a) Resignation/Retirement/Demise:- Mr. Venkat Ram, Non - Executive Independent Director demised on July 17, 2016.
b) Appointment:- No appointment during the year under review.
c) Re-appointment:- In accordance with the provisions of Section 152(6) and Clause 121 of the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. S Srinivasan will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the company and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
d) Key Managerial Personnel - There has been no change in the Key Managerial Personnel during the year.
e) Independent Directors:- The Company has received the declarations from each independent director of the Company under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down in Section 149(6) of the Act.
Committees of the Board
The Company has following committees of the Board:
1. Audit Committee
2. Nomination & Remuneration Committee
3. Stakeholder''s Relationship Committee
4. Risk Management Committee
5. Investment/Borrowing Committee
6. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
7. Merger Committee
A detailed note on the composition of the Board and its committees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report section, of this Annual Report.
Related Party Transactions
All the related party transactions are entered on arm''s length basis and are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI LODR. There are no materially significant Related Party Transactions made by the Company with Promoters, Directors or Key Managerial Personnel etc. which may have potential conflict with the interest of the company at large.
All Related Party Transactions are presented to the Audit Committee and the Board. A statement of all related party transactions is presented before the Audit Committee specifying the nature, value and terms and conditions of the transactions.
The Related Party Transactions Policy as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Company''s website at http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBI-Compliance.asp.
The details of the transactions with Related Parties during the year, are provided in the accompanying financial statements and also in form AOC-2 forming part of this report.
Vigil Mechanism/Whistle Blower Policy
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Fraud Risk Management Policy (FRM) to deal with instance of fraud and mismanagement if any. The details of the FRM Policy are given in the Corporate Governance Report. Details of the Whistle Blower policy are available on our website, at http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBI-Compliance.asp.
Evaluation of the Board''s Performance
In compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the performance evaluation of the Board was carried out during the year under review. More details on the same are given in the Corporate Governance Report.
Remuneration Policy
The Company follows a policy on remuneration of Directors and Senior Management Employees. The policy is approved by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and the Board. More details on the same are given in the Corporate Governance Report. Details of the Remuneration policy are as below:
A. Role of Committee
The role of the Committee inter alia will be the following:
a) t o formulate a criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director.
b) to recommend to the Board the appointment and removal of Senior Management
c) to carry out evaluation of Director''s performance and recommend to the Board appointment / removal based on his / her performance.
d) t o recommend to the Board on (i) policy relating to remuneration for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management and (ii) Executive Directors remuneration and incentive.
e) to make recommendations to the Board concerning any matters relating to the continuation in office of any Director at any time including the suspension or termination of service of an Executive Director as an employee of the Company subject to the provision of the law and their service contract;
f) ensure that level and composition of remuneration is reasonable and sufficient, relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate performance benchmarks,
g) to devise a policy on Board diversity; and
h) to develop a succession plan for the Board and to regularly review the plan.
B. Appointment criteria, qualification and Remuneration.
a. The Committee shall identify and ascertain the integrity, qualification, expertise and experience of the person for appointment as Director in terms of Diversity Policy of the Board and recommend to the Board his/ her appointment. For the appointment of KMP (other than Managing Director/Whole time Director) or Senior Management, a person should possess adequate qualification, expertise and experience for the position he/she is considered for the appointment. Further, for administrative convenience, the appointment of KMP (other than Managing/Whole time Director) or Senior Management, the Managing Director is authorized to identify and appoint a suitable person for such position. However, if the need be, the Managing Director may consult the Committee/Board for further directions/ guidance.
b. Term: The Term of the Directors including Managing / Whole time Director / Independent Director shall be governed as per the provisions of the Act and Rules made there under and the SEBI (LODR) Reg, 2015, as amended from time to time. Whereas the term of the KMP (other than the Managing / Whole time Director) and Senior Management shall be governed by the prevailing HR policies of the Company.
c. Evaluation: The Committee shall carry out evaluation of performance of every Director. The Committee shall identify evaluation criteria which will evaluate Directors based on knowledge to perform the role, time and level of participation, performance of duties, level of oversight, professional conduct and independence. The appointment / re-appointment / continuation of Directors on the Board shall be subject to the outcome of the yearly evaluation process.
d. Removal: Due to reasons for any disqualification mentioned in the Act or under any other applicable Act, Rules and Regulations there under and / or for any disciplinary reasons and subject to such applicable Acts, Rules and Regulations and the Company''s prevailing HR policies, the Committee may recommend, to the Board, with reasons recorded in writing, removal of a Director, KMP or Senior Management.
e. Remuneration of Managing / Whole-time Director, KMP and Senior Management: The remuneration / compensation / commission, etc., as the case may be, to the Managing / Whole time Director will be determined by the Committee and recommended to the Board for approval. The remuneration / compensation / commission, etc., as the case may be, shall be subject to the prior / post approval of the shareholders of the Company and Central Government, wherever required and shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Rules made there under. Further, the Managing Director of the Company is authorized to decide the remuneration of KMP (other than Managing / Whole time Director) and Senior Management, and which shall be decided by the Managing Director based on the standard market practice and prevailing HR policies of the Company.
f. Remuneration to Non-executive/Independent Director: The remuneration/commission/sitting fees, as the case may be, to the Non-Executive/Independent Director, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under for the time being in force or as may be decided by the Committee/Board/ shareholders. An Independent Director shall not be entitled to any stock option of the Company unless otherwise permitted in terms of the Act and the SEBI (LODR) Reg, 2015, as amended from time to time.
C. Composition of the Committee
a) The Committee shall consist of a minimum 3 nonexecutive directors, majority of them being independent.
b) Minimum two (2) members shall constitute a quorum for the Committee meeting.
c) Membership of the Committee shall be disclosed in the Annual Report.
d) Term of the Committee shall be continued unless terminated by the Board of Directors.
D. Chairman
a) Chairman of the Committee shall be an Independent Director.
b) I n the absence of the Chairman, the members of the Committee present at the meeting shall choose one amongst them to act as Chairman.
c) Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee meeting could be present at the Annual General Meeting or may nominate some other member to answer the shareholders'' queries.
E. Committee Members'' Interests
a) A member of the Committee is not entitled to be present when his or her own remuneration is discussed at a meeting or when his or her performance is being evaluated.
b) The Committee may invite such executives, as it considers appropriate, to be present at the meetings of the Committee.
F. Nomination duties
The duties of the Committee in relation to nomination matters include:
a) Ensuring that there is an appropriate induction & training programme in place for new Directors and members of Senior Management and reviewing its effectiveness;
b) Ensuring that on appointment to the Board, Non-Executive Directors receive a formal letter of appointment in accordance with the Guidelines provided under the Companies Act, 2013;
c) Identifying and recommending Directors who are to be put forward for retirement by rotation.
d) Determining the appropriate size, diversity and composition of the Board;
e) Setting a formal and transparent procedure for selecting new Directors for appointment to the Board;
f) Developing a succession plan for the Board and Senior Management and regularly reviewing the plan;
g) Evaluating the performance of the Board members and Senior Management in the context of the Company''s performance from business and compliance perspective;
h) Making recommendations to the Board concerning any matters relating to the continuation in office of any Director at any time including the suspension or termination of service of an Executive Director as an employee of the Company subject to the provision of the law and their service contract.
i) Delegating any of its powers to one or more of its members or the Secretary of the Committee;
j) Recommend any necessary changes to the Board; and
k) Considering any other matters as may be requested by the Board.
Risk Management Policy
The Company has in place a Risk Management Policy as per Regulations 21(4) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) 2015. The policy provides integrated approach for managing the risks in various aspects of the business.
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
The Company has in place a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy as per Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Details of the CSR policy are available on our website, at https:// www.orientgreenpower.com/Investor/Companies Act & SEBI Compliance/Policy/Policy on CSR.
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at workplace
The Company has always provided a congenial atmosphere for work to all the employees that is free from discrimination and harassment including sexual harassment. It has provided equal opportunities of employment to all without regard to their caste, religion, colour, marital status and sex. There were no cases reported during the financial year under the said policy.
Audit reports and Auditors
Audit reports
The Auditors'' Report for fiscal year 2017 does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Auditors'' Report is enclosed with the financial statements in this Annual Report.
The Secretarial Auditors'' Report for fiscal year 2017 does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Secretarial Auditors'' Report is enclosed to the Board''s Report in this Annual Report.
As required by the Listing Regulations, the auditors'' certificate on corporate governance is enclosed. The auditors'' certificate for fiscal year 2017 does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
Auditors
Statutory Auditor
Pursuant to Section 139 (2) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the Company at its 7th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 12, 2014, had appointed M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells as Statutory Auditors for a period of 3 years i.e up to the conclusion of the 10th AGM to be held in the year 2017. The present term of M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Statutory Auditors, would expire at the conclusion of the ensuing AGM. The Board of Directors of your Company has recommended the appointment of M/s. G.D.Apte & Co, Chartered Accountants, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this 10th AGM until the conclusion of the 15th AGM. The Company has received a letter from the Auditors confirming that they are eligible for appointment as Statutory Auditors of the Company under Section 139 of Companies Act, 2013 and meet the criteria for appointment specified in Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Internal Auditor
Internal Audit of the company is handled by M/s. Sundar Srini & Sridhar an independent Chartered Accountant firm for evaluating the adequacy of internal controls and concurrently reviews majority of the transactions in value terms.
Independence of the firm and compliance is ensured by the direct reporting of the firm to the Audit Committee of the Board.
Secretarial Auditor
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, M/s. B. Ravi & Associates, Company Secretaries, were appointed as Secretarial Auditors for the financial year 2016-17, to audit the secretarial and related documents of the Company. Their report on the Secretarial Audit is annexed to this report as Annexure 3.
Insider Trading
In compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, as amended, your Company has in place a comprehensive Code titled as "Orient Green Power Company Limited Code of Conduct" which lays down guidelines and advises the Directors and Employees of the Company on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made while dealing insecurities of the Company.
Conservation of energy, research and development, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rule 2014, is appended as Annexure-4 to the Board''s Report.
Particulars of Employees
The ratio of the remuneration of each Whole-Time Director and Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) to the median of Employees'' Remuneration as per Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is appended as Annexure 5 to the Board''s report.
Significant and Material orders
There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.
Extract of Annual Return
In accordance with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an extract of the annual return in Form MGT -9 is appended as Annexure 6 to the Board''s report.
Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF)
Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (''the Rules''), any Application money received by the company for allotment of securities and due for refund shall be transferred to the IEPF established by the Central Government, after the completion of seven years. Further, according to the Rules, the amounts which have not been paid or claimed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more shall also be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, the due date for claiming the unclaimed amounts falls on 20th September 2017. A formal communication has been sent to the stakeholders whose amount are still lying in the OGPL_ Public Issue Account, regarding the unclaimed amounts. Stakeholders are requested to claim their amounts before due date. On due date the corresponding amount will be transferred to IEPF account as per the requirements of the IEPF rules.
Green Initiatives
Electronic copies of the Annual Report 2016-17 and the Notice of the 10th Annual General Meeting are sent to all members whose email addresses are registered with the Company/depository participant(s). For members who have not registered their email addresses, physical copies are sent in the permitted mode.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance, support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Chennai S.Venkatachalam T.Shivaraman
30.06.2017 Managing Director Director
DIN:06698233 DIN:01312018
Mar 31, 2016
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Ninth Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company and the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2016.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
Particulars |
Standalone |
Consolidated |
||
2015-16 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2014-15 |
|
Sale and Other Income |
6,579.91 |
6,115.67 |
40,207.51 |
50,033.36 |
Profit / (Loss) before Depreciation, Interest and Tax & Exceptional items |
791.53 |
(725.59) |
21,308.72 |
24,336.29 |
Interest |
3,964.14 |
5,642.72 |
27,687.75 |
28,588.60 |
Depreciation and Amortization |
1,559.19 |
1,811.28 |
20,667.95 |
17,933.59 |
Exceptional item |
12,119.45 |
15,682.97 |
7,186.47 |
2,098.13 |
Profit (Loss) before Tax |
(16,851.25) |
(23,862.56) |
(34,233.45) |
(24,284.03) |
Less : Provision for Tax |
- |
- |
- |
421.29 |
Less : Provision for Deferred Tax |
- |
- |
(201.62) |
(331.51) |
Less : Share of loss of Associate |
- |
- |
0.15 |
- |
Minority Interest |
- |
- |
(375.99) |
(1,077.64) |
Profit / (Loss) for the period |
(16,851.25) |
(23,862.56) |
(33,655.99) |
(23,296.17) |
Performance of wind business during the year to a large extent was impacted by performance of the segment which has continued to remain sub-optimal primarily owing to external factors such as inadequate infrastructure - grid back down, above average variation in wind patterns etc., resulting in the gap between performance and potential. Delayed and lower wind availability impacted revenue generation for the year. Measures such as planned shutdown of thermal plants during peak generation season by the Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board (TNSEB) has significantly contributed to the improved scenarios.
The Tamil Nadu state has been successful in consistently lowering the losses associated with grid back down; from a level of 40% two years back the situation is expected to be below 10% by next year. The situation is encouraging and should help us deliver significantly better performance if on-ground developments progress as planned. Further, the grid corridor which was incomplete for last two -three years is now complete which in turn has resulted in evacuating energy generated in Southern part of Tamil Nadu to Northern parts of the state which are the prime consuming centers of the state. The business is expected to deliver a better performance with improvement in wind availability as the same will ensure higher generation of energy.
With regard to the biomass business, the Company has more than doubled its capacity in the business over the years. With an installed capacity of 106 MW, biomass constitutes 20% of the Company''s overall portfolio. The business has had to encounter significant difficulties in turn impairing the overall performance of the business. Factors ranging from unavailability of working capital to procure raw material and unviable tariff environment had dented the segment''s performance.
Taking cognizance of the segment''s sub optimal performance over the years, the Company has been working diligently towards identifying the nature and characteristics of factors hindering the business. In light of the above, the Company has formulated a strategy which should help improve the operations and profitability of biomass business.
The Consolidated Sales and Other Income for the year under review was Rs. 40,207.51 Lakhs (Rs. 50,033.36 Lakhs). Profit before Interest, Depreciation, Tax and Exceptional items was at a level of Rs. 21308.72 Lakhs (Rs. 24,336.29 Lakhs). Loss after Tax and Minority Interest was at Rs. 33,655.99 Lakhs (Rs.23,296.17Lakhs).
3. COMPOSITE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT AND AMALGAMATION
During the year, the Board of Directors of the Company, at their meeting held on 13 June, 2015, has approved the Draft Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation between Orient Green Power Company Limited and Bharath Wind Farm Limited (BWFL) and Biobijlee Green Power Limited (BGPL) and their respective shareholders (the Draft Scheme) as per which:
(a) BWFL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, will get amalgamated with the Company effective 1 April, 2015 and
(b) the identified biomass undertaking of the Company (including the Unit/Subsidiaries will get demerged to BGPL, a subsidiary of the Company, effective 1 October, 2015, subject to the required approvals from the Honorable High Court of Judicature at Madras which are in the process of being obtained. Upon receipt of the approvals, BGPL will cease to be a subsidiary of the Company and will seek necessary approvals to list its shares at the recognized stock exchanges in India. The substance of this demerger arrangement is in the nature of application and reduction of Securities Premium Account as per the provisions of Section 52 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Sections 100 to 103 of the Companies Act, 1956
4. DIVIDEND
The Company has not declared any dividend in view of the losses incurred by the Company during the year.
5. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act'') form part of the Annual Report and are reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.
The annual financial statements of the subsidiaries and related detailed information will be kept at the Registered Office of the Company and will be available to investors seeking information at any time.
The Company has adopted a Policy for determining Material Subsidiaries in terms of Regulation 16 (1) (c) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations''). The Policy, as approved by the Board, is uploaded on the Company''s website.
6. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ALALYSIS REPORT
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement the Management''s discussion and analysis is set out in this Annual Report
7. SUBSIDIARIES
As at 31st March, 2016, your Company had a total of 18 subsidiaries and 3 step down subsidiaries and 2 Associates, the details of which are given elsewhere in the Annual Report under the relevant Sections.
During the year, the Company has acquired entire paid up capital in Orient Green Power (Maharashtra) Private Limited. Pursuant to the same, Orient Green Power (Maharashtra) Private Limited has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. During the year, one of the Company''s equity holding in the subsidiary M/s. Pallavi Power & Mines Limited (Pallavi), has been reduced from 51% to 38.87% due to allotment of shares by Pallavi to Joint Venture Partner and consequent to reduction in the holding ,Pallavi has become Associate of the Company.
During the Year, your Company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shri ChandrabhanKatewa to divest 84% equity shares held by the Company in M/s. Sanjog Sugars & Eco Power Private Limited through an investment vehicle to be identified by Shri. ChandrabhanKatewa subject to all required approvals.
During the year your Company has enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sindicatum Captive Energy Singapore Pte Limited (Sindicatum), a company incorporated under the Laws of Singapore to divest the entire stake held in M/s. Orient Green Power (Maharashtra) Private Limited towards sale of 20 MW co-generation power project in Kolhapur, Maharashtra subject to all required approvals.
During the year, the Company has transferred the Biomass Power Generation Plant of the Company located at Pollachi, by way of a slump sale, on a going concern basis at book value with effect from 1 July, 2015, based on the Business Transfer agreement dated 26 June, 2015 entered into with Gayatri Green Power Private Limited (GGPPL)
During the year your Company has disinvested 26% of the equity shares held in its subsidiary M/s.Gayatri Green Power Private Limited in favour of Group Captive Customers in order to shift to Group Captive Model.
The information as required under the first proviso to sub-section (3) of Section 129 is given in Form AOC-1 in âAnnexure-Aâ.
Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"), Consolidated financial statements along with the relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of the subsidiaries of the Companies are available in the website of the Company and the web link is provided below : www. orientgreenpower. com/investor. asp
8. SHARE CAPTIAL
During the year, the Company has issued and allotted 171,721,426 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each at a price of Rs.14.56 (including of a premium of Rs.4.56 per equity share) on a preferential allotment basis to Promoters and other parties. Such Preferential shares shall rank pari passu in all respects including as to dividend, with existing fully paid up equity shares of face value of Rs.10 each and shall also subject to lock-in, in accordance with the provisions of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations.
As a result of the above allotments paid-up equity shares of the company was increased from Rs.5,680,782,490 comprising of 568,078,249 number of equity shares of Rs.10 each as on March 31, 2015 to Rs.7,397,996,750 comprising of 739,799,675 number of equity shares of Rs.10 each as on March 31, 2016. The allotted shares are listed and traded in the Stock Exchanges.
9. DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders or public and as such, no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as of the date of Balance Sheet.
10. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company has been complying with the provisions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Regulations 24,27 and other relevant provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015. A separate report on Corporate Governance along with Auditors'' Certificate on compliance of the Corporate Governance norms as stipulated in Regulation 34(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 and Management Discussion & Analysis forming part of this report are provided elsewhere in this Annual Report.
11. INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM
The Company has in place an adequate system of internal controls commensurate with its size, requirements and the nature of operations. These systems are designed, keeping in view the nature of activities carried out at each location and the various business operations. The company has documented a robust and comprehensive internal control system for all the major processes to ensure reliability of financial reporting, timely feedback on achievement of operational and strategic goals, compliance with policies, procedures, laws and regulations, safeguarding of assets and economical and efficient use of resources.
The Internal Auditor monitors and evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of internal controls system in the Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies at all locations of the Company and its subsidiaries. Based on the report of internal audit, process owners undertake corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. During the year, the Audit Committee met regularly to review reports submitted by the Internal Audit. All significant audit observations and follow-up actions thereon were reported to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee also met the Company''s Statutory Auditors to ascertain their views on the financial statements, including the financial reporting system, compliance to accounting policies and procedures, the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal controls and systems followed by the Company.
Your Company also has a Risk Management Framework in place covering all critical areas of operation. This framework is reviewed periodically keeping in mind the business dynamics and external environment and provides the guidelines for managing the various risks across the business.
12. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILTY STATEMENT
To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013 :
(i) In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March 2016, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures if any ;
(ii) 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 2016 and Profit and Loss and cash flow of the Company for the year ended on that date;
(iii) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of a adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safe guarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
(iv) the Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a ''going concern'' basis.
(v) the Directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are reasonably adequate and operating effectively; and
(vi) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are reasonably adequate and operating effectively.
BOARD MEETINGS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS , KEY
MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL & COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS
i) NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS
The Board of Directors met 7 (Seven) times in the year 2015-16. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.
ii) DIRECTORS:-
a) Resignation:- Mr.Vishal Vijay Gupta ,Director has resigned from the Board with effect from March 15,2016.
b) Appointment:- No appointment during the Financial Year
c) Re-appointment:- In accordance with the provisions of Section 152(6) and Article 121 of the Association of the Company Mr. T.Shivaraman will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the company and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
d) Key Managerial Personnel - Mr. K.V. Kasturi, was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company with effect from 1st June 2015.
e) Independent Directors: - The Company has received from each independent directors of the Company under Section 149(7) of the Act, that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down in Section 149(6) of the Act.
f) Change in the Designation:-Mr.R.Sundarajan has been re-designated from Independent Director to Non-Executive Director during the year.
iii) BOARD COMMITTEE
The Company has following committees of the Board:
1. Audit Committee
2. Nomination & Remuneration Committee
3. Stakeholder''s Relationship Committee
4. Risk Management Committee
5. Investment/Borrowing Committee
The composition of each of the above committee, their respective role and responsibility is as detailed in the Report on Corporate Governance.
iv) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
All the related party transactions are entered on arm''s length basis and are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Act and the Listing Agreement. There are no materially significant Related Party transactions made by the Company with Promoters, Directors or Key Management Personnel etc. which may have potential conflict with the interest of the company at large.
All Related Party Transactions are presented to the Audit Committee and the Board. A statement of all related party transactions is presented before the Audit Committee specifying the nature, value and terms and conditions of the transactions.
The Related Party Transactions Policy as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Company''s website at the Web Link: http://orientgreenpower.com/Companies-Act-and-SEBI-Compliance.asp.
The details of the transactions with Related Parties during the year, are provided in the accompanying financial statements.
v) VIGIL MECHANISM/WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Fraud Risk Management Policy (FRM) to deal with instance of fraud and mismanagement if any. The details of the FRM Policy are given in the Corporate Governance Report.
vi) EVALUATION OF THE BOARD''S PERFORMANCE
In compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the performance evaluation of the Board was carried out during the year under review. More details on the same are given in the Corporate Governance Report.
vii) REMUNERATION POLICY
The Company follows a policy on remuneration of Directors and Senior Management Employees. The policy is approved by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and the Board. More details on the same are given in the Corporate Governance Report.
viii) RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
The Company has in place a Risk Management Policy as per Regulations 21(4) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) 2015. The policy provides integrated approach for managing the risks in various aspects of the business.
ix) POLICY ON PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
The Company has always provided a congenial atmosphere for work to all the employees that is free from discrimination and harassment including sexual harassment. It has provided equal opportunities of employment to all without regard to their caste, religion, colour, marital status and sex. The Company has also framed a policy on "Prevention of Sexual Harassment" at workplace. There were no cases reported during the financial year under the said policy.
14) AUDITORS
a) Statutory Auditors
M/s Deloitte Haskins and Sells,(Registration No.008072S) Chartered Accountants, Chennai, Statutory Auditors of the Company had been appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company as per Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 for a period of 3 years from the conclusion of Seventh Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of Tenth
Annual General Meeting, by the members at the Annual General Meeting held on August 12, 2014.
As per Section 139(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 the company shall place such appointment of the Statutory Auditors for ratification by members at ensuing annual general meeting.
Our comments on the financial statements referred to in the Auditors'' Reports are given below:
i). With regard to the Emphasis of Matters appearing in the Auditors'' report, your attention is drawn to the Notes forming part of the Standalone Financial Statements for the year which are self-explanatory.
ii). With regard to the comments of the Auditors'' in their Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements, our responses are given in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which are self-explanatory.
b) Internal Audit
Internal Audit of the company is handled by an independent Chartered Accountant firm for evaluating the adequacy of internal controls and concurrently reviews majority of the transactions in value terms.
Independence of the firm and compliance is ensured by the direct reporting of the firm to the Audit Committee of the Board.
c) Secretarial Audit
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014, the Company has appointed Dr.B.Ravi, Company Secretary in Practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Report on the Secretarial Audit is annexed herewith as âAnnexure -Eâ.
15) INSIDER TRADING
In compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended, your Company has instituted comprehensive Code titled as "Orient Green Power Company Limited Code of Conduct" which lays down guide lines and advises the Directors and Employees of the Company on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made while dealing insecurities of the Company.
16) ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rule 2014, is annexed herewith as âAnnexure-B â.
17) PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The statement containing particulars of employees as required under Section 197(2) read with Rule 5(2) of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rule 2014 is annexed herewith as âAnnexure Câ
18) Extract of Annual Returns
The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Report in Form MGT -9 is annexed here with as âAnnexure-Dâ.
19) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance, support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Chennai S.Venkatachalam T.Shivaraman
Date: 18.05.2016 Managing Director Director
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Eighth Annual Report
together with the audited financial statements for the year ended March
31,2015.
The performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March 2015 is
summarized below:
Rs.in Lakhs
Standalone Consolidated
Particulars 2014-15 2013-14 2014-15 2013-14
Sale and Other Income 6115.67 4,864.10 50,033.36 42,114.92
Profit / (Loss) before Depre
ciation, (725.59) (529.46) 24,336.29 21,514.02
Interest and Tax
Interest 5462.72 4,840.05 28,588.60 26,515.72
Depreciation and Amortisation 1811.28 849.84 17,933.59 14,333.80
Exceptional item 15682.97 7,447.07 2098.13 1,825.15
Profit (Loss) before Tax (23,862.56) (13,666.42) (24,284.03)(21,160.66)
Less : Provision for Tax - - 421.29 36.20
Less : Provision for
Deferred Tax - - (331.51) (418.29)
Minority Interest - - (1077.64) (2,014.89)
Profit / (Loss) for the
period (23,862.56) (13,666.42) (23,296.17)(18,763.68)
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
While the business environment continued to be challenging during the
year for the renewable energy business, your Company''s focus on
improving the operational profile of both Wind and Biomass businesses
has started yielding results in terms of both top line as well as
operational margins. Increased capacities in both businesses supported
by better tariffs and improved operational efficiencies contributed in
maintaining the top line momentum. However, wind business in Tamil Nadu
continued to be impacted through back down of machines due to the
inability of the Tamil Nadu state utility to evacuate the entire
generation from the wind mills in the state. During the year, the state
utility has taken several measures including commissioning of the 400
kV line and substations besides other remedial measures which have led
to improved grid availability as compared to the immediately preceding
year. Besides, the wind capacities in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
witnessed optimum machine and wind availability during the year leading
to optimal utilization of the machines at these locations. During the
year, your Company''s subsidiaries commissioned 10.2MW of additional
wind capacities in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
With regard to the biomass business, your Company has commissioned 20MW
cogeneration based biomass plant in Maharashtra during the year and the
total installed capacity of the biomass business stands at 106.5 MW.
During the year, the units in the north, especially two units in
Rajasthan delivered improved performance following the upward revision
in tariff in the state. However, operations at one other unit continued
to be suspended while the fourth unit faced intermittent shutdown due
to high fuel costs. The performance in Tamil Nadu remained somewhat
mixed with two of the units recommencing operations at a more
attractive tariff structure, while performance of the other two units
remained subdued, mainly due to non-availability of feedstock in the
monsoon session. However, all the four units continued to get Renewable
Energy Certificates (REC) benefits during the year.
While the reintroduction of Generation Based Incentives (GBI) provided
the much needed fillip to the wind business, REC trading continued to
be sluggish in the exchanges mainly due to poor enforcement of
Renewable Purchase obligations (RPO). The trading improved towards the
close of the financial year through some initiatives done by the
agencies concerned to enforce compliance. The government also extended
the period of holding of REC from existing 735 days to 1095 days.
Your Company continued to pursue various refinancing initiatives during
the year which has started yielding positive results in respect of
certain high cost and short tenure loans and these have helped in
improving cash flows during the year.
The Consolidated Sales and Other Income for the year under review was
Rs.50,033.36 Lakhs (Rs.42,114.92 Lakhs). Profit before Interest,
Depreciation, Tax and Exceptional items was at a level of Rs.24,336.29
Lakhs (Rs.21,514.02 Lakhs). Loss after Tax and Minority Interest was at
Rs.23,296.17 Lakhs (Rs.18,763.68 Lakhs). The analysis of the performance
and the state of the industry are discussed elsewhere in the report
under "Management Discussion and Analysis".
Your Directors'' do not recommend any dividend in view of the losses
incurred by the Company during the year.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As stipulated by Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement with the stock
exchanges, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared by
the company in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards. The
Audited Consolidated financial statements together with Auditors''
Report form part of this Annual Report.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)
The Company had made an Initial Public Offering of 19,14,89,361 Equity
Shares aggregating to Rs.90,000 Lakhs which was listed on Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited on 8th
October 2010.
As required under Clause 49 (IV) (D) of the Listing Agreement, the
utilisation of the IPO proceeds are being reported in all the Quarterly
results published by the Company after the same is
reviewed by the Audit Committee. Further, the Monitoring Report for the
utilization of the IPO proceeds issued by the Monitoring Agency, i.e.
Punjab National Bank is being placed before the Audit Committee for its
review and approval on an half yearly basis. During the Financial year
2014-15, the Company has fully utilised the IPO Proceeds.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in
terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is set out in this Annual
Report.
SUBSIDIARIES
As at 31st March, 2015, your Company had a total of 21 subsidiaries and
step down subsidiaries, the details of which are given elsewhere in the
Annual Report under the relevant Sections. During the year, your
Company divested its entire stake in one of the subsidiaries viz. Theta
Wind Energy Private Limited.
A report on performance and financial position of each of the
subsidiaries, associates and joint venture companies included in the
consolidated financial statement is presented in a separate section in
this Annual Report. Please refer (AOC-1) Annexure - D to the financial
statements in the Annual Report.
The Financial statements of the subsidiary companies are kept for
inspection by the shareholders at the Registered office of the Company.
The Company shall provide free of cost, the copy of the financial
statements of its subsidiary companies to the shareholders upon
request.
DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders
or public within the meaning of The Companies'' (Acceptance of Deposits)
Rules, 2014 as amended.
DISCLOSURES UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
i) Extract of Annual Return:-
The details forming part of the extract of the annual return is
enclosed in Form MGT-9 as Annexure-C
ii) Number of Board Meetings
The Board of Directors met 6 (Six) times in the year 2014-15. The
details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are
provided in the Corporate Governance Report.
iii) Change in Share Capital
During the year under review, the Authorised Share Capital of the
Company has increased from Rs.600 (Six Hundred) Crores divided into
60,00,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each to Rs.800 (Eight Hundred) Crores
divided into 80,00,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs.10 each and there is no
change in the Paid up Share Capital of the Company.
iv) Composition of Audit Committee
The Board has constituted the Audit Committee which comprises of Mr. N.
Rangachary as the Chairman and Mr. R. Sundara Rajan, Mr. R. Ganapathy
and Mr. S. Venkat Ram as the members. More details on the committee are
given in the Corporate Governance Report.
v) Related Party Transactions
All the related party transactions are entered on arm''s length basis
and are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Act and the
Listing Agreement. There are no materially significant Related Party
transactions made by the Company with Promoters, Directors or Key
Managerial Personnel etc. which may have potential conflict with the
interest of the company at large. During the year, the Board reviewed
the Payment of Management Fees to one of the Promoters, Shriram
Industrial Holdings Ltd and decided that the rate of Management Fee be
maintained at Rs.30 Lakhs per month for a period of 3 (Three) years
commencing from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2017. The Members also
approved the payment of Management Fee through Postal Ballot Process.
This disclosure is being made as a matter of information.
All Related Party Transactions are presented to the Audit Committee and
then on to the Board. A statement of all related party transactions is
presented before the Audit Committee specifying the nature, value and
terms and conditions of the transactions.
The Related Party Transactions Policy as approved by the Board is
uploaded on the Company''s website at the Web Link:
http://www.orientgreenpower.com/
Disclosure of particulars of contracts/arrangements entered into by the
company with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section
188 is enclosed as Annexure - E in Form AOC-2.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF
THE COMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN MARCH 31, 2015 AND MAY 27, 2015
(DATE OF THE REPORT)
There were no material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the Company between the end of the financial year (March
31,2015) and the date of the Report (May 27, 2015).
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM
The Company has in place an adequate system of internal controls
commensurate with its size, requirements and the nature of operations.
These systems are designed, keeping in view the nature of activities
carried out at each location and the various business operations. The
company has documented a comprehensive internal control system manual
for all the major processes to ensure reliability of financial
reporting, timely feedback on achievement of operational and strategic
goals, compliance with policies, procedures, laws and regulations,
safeguarding of assets and economical and efficient use of resources.
The formalised systems of control has been considered and found by the
Board to be generally effective and in compliance as per Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement. The Company also has well documented Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs) for various processes which are
periodically reviewed for changes warranted due to business needs.
The Internal Audit system monitors and evaluates the efficacy and
adequacy of internal control systems in the Company, its compliance
with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies at all
locations of the Company and its subsidiaries. Based on the report of
internal audit, process owners undertake corrective action in their
respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. During the year,
the Audit Committee met regularly to review reports submitted by the
Internal Audit. All significant audit observations and follow-up
actions thereon were reported to the Audit Committee. The Audit
Committee also met the Company''s Statutory Auditors to ascertain their
views on the financial statements, including the financial reporting
system, compliance of accounting policies and procedures, the adequacy
and effectiveness of the internal controls and systems followed by the
Company.
Your Company also has a Risk Management Framework in place covering all
critical areas of operation. This framework is reviewed periodically
keeping in mind the business dynamics and external environment and
provides the guidelines for managing the various risks across the
business.
VIGIL MECHANISM/WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
Pursuant to Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7
of the Companies (Meeting of Board and its Powers) Rule 2014 and Clause
49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board of Directors had approved the
Policy on Vigil Mechanism/Whistle Blower and the same was hosted on the
website of the Company. The Policy inter-alia provides Whistle Blower,
a direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Your Company hereby affirms that no Director/employee has been denied
access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee and that no complaints
were received during the year.
The Whistle Blower Policy as approved by the Board is uploaded on the
Company''s website at the Web Link:
http://www.orientgreenpower.com/
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) :
In terms of Section 135 and Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013,
the Board of Directors of your Company have constituted a CSR
Committee. The Committee comprises of all Independent Directors. Since
the average net profits of the company made during the three
immediately preceding financial years was negative, the Company was not
required to spend any money on CSR activities during the previous year.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
1. CESSATION
Mr. P Abraham has resigned from the Board with effect from 28th May
2014 due to personal reasons. The Board placed on record its
appreciation for the valuable services rendered by him.
2. RETIREMENT BY ROTATION
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152(6) and Article 121 of
the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. Vishal Vijay Gupta (DIN
No.01913013) and Mr. Himraj Dang (DIN 02460794) will retire by rotation
at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the company and being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommends
their re-appointment.
3. APPOINTMENT
Ms. Savitha Mahajan (DIN No.06492679) has been appointed as an
Additional Director (Independent) under
Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013 with effect from November 13,
2014.
Ms. Savita Mahajan is a Deputy Dean at the Indian School of Business
(ISB), Hyderabad, India. She has been associated with the ISB since its
inception in 2001. She holds a degree in Economics from Delhi
University and did her MBA from the Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad, in 1981. Since then, she has worked in several Indian
organizations, including Maruti Udyog Limited, Bharat Technologies,
Karvy Consultants, and Intergraph India and in diverse industry
sectors, including automobiles, engineering, financial services and
software. She is widely travelled and her professional interests
include Strategic Management, Institutional Values, Leadership and
Organizational Change. She has also carried out consulting and training
assignments for corporations and development organizations, including
GE Capital, the Planning Commission, the World Bank, and the Tibetan
Government in exile, of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Ms. Savita
Mahajan was featured in Business Today''s 2013 list of "30 Most Powerful
Women in Indian Business. She is also an independent Director on the
Board of IFCI Ltd, nominated by the Govt. of India.
As an Additional Director in the category of Independent Director of
the Company, Ms. Savita Mahajan shall hold office upto the date of
ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has received a notice as
per the provisions of Section 160(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, from a
member proposing her appointment as Director. The Board of Directors
recommends her appointment.
Further details about the above directors are given in the Corporate
Governance Report as well as in the Notice of the ensuing Annual
General Meeting being sent to the shareholders along with Annual
Report.
4. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
At the Annual General Meeting held on August 12 2014, the Members had
appointed the existing Independent Directors Mr. R. Ganapathi and Maj.
A.L.Suri as Independent Directors under the Act for a term upto 31st
March 2019.
The Independent Directors have submitted the declarations of
Independence as required pursuant to Section 149(7) of the Companies
act, 2013, stating that they meet the criteria of Independence as
provided in Sub Section (6). The profile of the Independent Directors
forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.
EVALUATION OF THE BOARD''S PERFORMANCE
In compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement, the performance evaluation of the Board was carried out
during the year under review. More details on the same are given in
the Corporate Governance Report.
REMUNERATION POLICY
The Remuneration Policy of the Company comprising the appointment and
remuneration of the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior
Executives of the Company including criteria for determining
qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and
other related matters has been provided in the Corporate Governance
Report.
DIRECTORS'' REPONSIBLITY STATEMENT
To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the
following statements in terms of Section 134(3) (c) of the Companies
Act, 2013 :
(i) In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st
March 2015, the applicable accounting standards have been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures if any ;
(ii) 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 2015 and Profit and Loss and cash flow
of the Company for the year ended on that date ;
(iii) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care 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; and
(iv) the Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on
a ''going concern'' basis.
(v) the Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be
followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are
reasonably adequate and operating effectively; and
(vi) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are
reasonably adequate and operating effectively.
POLICY ON PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
The Company has always provided a congenial atmosphere for work to all
the employees that is free from discrimination and harassment including
sexual harassment. It has provided equal opportunities of employment to
all without regard to their caste, religion, colour, marital status and
sex. The Company has also framed a policy on "Prevention of Sexual
Harassment" at workplace. There were no cases reported during the
financial year under review under the said policy.
AUDITORS
a) Statutory Auditors
M/s Deloitte Haskins and Sells, (Registration No. 008072S) Chartered
Accountants, Chennai, Statutory Auditors of the Company had been
appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company as per Section 139 of
the Companies Act, 2013 for a period of 3 years from the conclusion of
Seventh Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of Tenth Annual
General Meeting, by the members at the Annual General Meeting held on
August 12, 2014.
As per Section 139(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the company shall
place such appointment of the Statutory Auditors for ratification by
members at the ensuing annual general meeting.
Our comments on the financial statements referred to in the Auditors''
Reports are given below :
a) With regard to the Emphasis of Matter appearing in the Auditors''
Report, your attention is drawn to the Notes forming part of the
Standalone Financial Statements for the year which are
self-explanatory.
b) With regard to clause no. (ix) of the Annexure to the Auditors''
Report, due to ongoing project implementation during part of the year
for one of the company''s projects, the company had taken some steps
during the year which led to improvement in the settlement of debt
obligations during the year. The company is taking further steps in
consultation with the lenders in order to regularize the delays in the
coming year.
c) With regard to the comments of the Auditors'' in their Report on the
Consolidated Financial Statements, our responses are given in the Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which are self-explanatory.
b) Internal Audit
Internal Audit of the company is handled by M/s.Sundar Srini & Sridhar
& Co. an independent Chartered Accountant firm for evaluating the
adequacy of internal controls and concurrently reviews majority of the
transactions in value terms.
Independence of the firm and compliance is ensured by the direct
reporting of the firm to the Audit Committee of the Board.
c) Secretarial Audit
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013
and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules 2014, the Company has appointed Dr. B. Ravi, Company
Secretary in Practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the
Company. The Report on the Secretarial Audit is annexed herewith as
Annexure - F.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Corporate Governance is based on some fundamental and basic principles
such as conducting the business with integrity and fairness, ensuring
transparency in all the transactions, making all relevant disclosures
as per the various Regulations in force and complying with all the laws
of the land, ensuring accountability and responsibility in all dealings
with the various stakeholders and commitment for conducting the
business in an ethical and transparent manner.
Your Company is committed to achieving and maintaining these high
standards of Corporate Governance and places high emphasis on business
ethics. The Report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause
49 of the Listing Agreement forms part of the Annual Report.
The Company has laid down a well- defined Code of Conduct, which fairly
addresses the issues of integrity, conflict of interest and
confidentiality and stresses the need of ethical conduct, which is the
basis of good governance. This Code of Conduct is applicable to all the
members of the Board and the Senior Management Personnel. The
declaration regarding compliance with Orient Green Power Company
Limited - Code of Conduct and Ethics for all Board Members and Senior
Management Personnel of the Company forms part of the Report on
Corporate Governance.
The Company is complying with all the norms laid down by the Regulatory
Authorities in all its functional areas. The Company Secretary is also
the Compliance Officer under Clause 47 of the Listing Agreement entered
into with the Stock Exchanges, to comply with various guidelines of
Securities and Exchange Board of India and Stock Exchanges.
The Company is promptly submitting a "Quarterly Compliance Report on
Corporate Governance" as per Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with
the Stock Exchanges.
As part of the good Corporate Governance, the Company ensures that all
Investor Grievances are attended to and resolved in a timely manner as
per the records maintained by our Registrar and Transfer Agent.
The certificate from the Statutory Auditors, M/s Deloitte Haskins and
Sells, confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 is reproduced in a separate
section elsewhere in the Annual Report.
INSIDER TRADING
In compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading)
Regulations, 1992, as amended, your Company has instituted a
comprehensive Code titled "Orient Green Power Company Limited Code of
Conduct" which lays down guidelines and advises the Directors and
Employees of the Company on procedures to be followed and disclosures
to be made while dealing in securities of the Company.
ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and
foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3)(m)
of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts)
Rule 2014, is annexed herewith as Annexure - A.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The Information required pursuant to Section 197 read with Rule 5 of
The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rule 2014 in respect of employees of the Company is annexed herewith as
Annexure - B.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance,
support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions,
Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the
year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their
appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the
Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Chennai S. Venkatachalam S. Srinivasan
Date : May 27, 2015 Managing Director Director
Mar 31, 2013
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors are pleased to present the Sixth Annual Report along with
the audited accounts for the financial yearended 31 st March 2013.
The performance of the Company for the year ended 31 st March 2013 is
summarised below:
Rs. in Lakhs
Particulars Standalone Consolidated
2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12
Sale and Other Income 6,101.82 3,048.19 45,962.31 28,252.97
Profit before Depreciation, 199.65 248.08 21,110.13 9,320.75
Interest and Tax
Interest 1,791.90 534.33 18,917.20 10,758.05
Depreciation 380.87 251.34 11,002.03 6,608.29
Exceptional item 286.59 - 1,343.21 -
Profit (Loss) before Tax (1,686.53) (537.59) (7,465.89) (8,045.59)
Less: Provision for Tax - - 444.54 (120.02)
Less: Provision for
Deferred Tax - - 260.70 259.59
Minority share of loss - - 1182.34 1,257.32
Profit / (Loss) for
the period (1,686.53) (537.59) (6,988.79) (6,927.84)
Performance Review
The year gone by continued to be challenging for both Biomass and Wind
businesses both for operations as well as in project implementation. In
the biomass operations of the company and its biomass subsidiaries,
while the operations significantly improved in four of the plants
located in Tamil Nadu through improved realisation, the company faced
problems in the Rajasthan units due to low realisation and high cost of
inputs. Yourcompany is taking various proactive steps to mitigate the
impact of such cost increase and hopes to get the benefits of such
initiatives in the coming years. In the wind business, revenues grew
significantly on the back of increased capacities and realisation
coupled with better wind availability and improved machine performance.
The year also saw borrowing costs increase besides increase in
borrowings due to expansion.
The Consolidated Sales and other income for the year under review was
Rs.45,962.31 Lakhs (Rs.28,252.97 Lakhs) representing growth of 63 %
overthe previous year mainly aided through incremental sales as a
result of addition of capacity, improvement in sales realisation and
robust income from sale of Renewable Energy Certificates.
Consequently, Consolidated Profit before Interest, Depreciation and Tax
was at a level of Rs.21,110.13 Lakhs as against Rs.9,320.75 Lakhs
registering a growth of 126%. The Consolidated Loss after Tax before
Minority Interest was at Rs.8,171.12 Lakhs as against loss after tax
before Minority Interest of Rs.8,1 85.1 6 Lakhs in the previous year
mainly on account of steep increase in interest costs and depreciation
as a result of expansion. The analysis of the performance and the state
of the industry are discussed elsewhere in the report under"Management
Discussion and Analysis".
Your Directors have not recommended dividend in view of the losses
incurred by the company during the year.
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
The Company had made an Initial Public Offering of 19,14,89,361 Equity
Shares aggregating to Rs.90,000 Lakhs which was listed on Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited on 8th
October 2010.
As required under Clause 49 (IV) (D) of the Listing Agreement, the
utilisation of the IPO proceeds are being reported in all the Quarterly
results published by the Company after the same is reviewed by the
Audit Committee. Further, the Monitoring Report forthe utilization of
the IPO proceeds issued by the Monitoring Agency, i.e. Punjab National
Bank is being placed before the Audit Committee for its review and
approval on an half yearly basis.
Preferential Issue
The Board at its Meeting held on 22nd February 2013 approved of
issuance of 10,00,00,000 fully paid up equity shares of face value of
Rs.10/- each at a premium of Rs.5/- per share each on a preferential
basis aggregating Rs.150 Crores to M/s. Shriram Industrial Holdings
Limited. The Shareholders approval forthe above Preferential Issue was
obtained through a Postal Ballot process on 26th March 2013.
Accordingly, the Company issued and allotted 10,00,00,000 fully paid up
equity shares of face value of Rs.10/- each and at a premium of Rs.5/-
each on a preferential basis to M/s. Shriram Industrial Holdings
Limited on 06th April 2013 and these shares were listed on Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited on 25th
April 2013. The major part of the proceeds of the issue have been
utilised for investment in the subsidiary which is executing the 300 MW
wind project and part of the proceeds have been utilised for repaying
high cost debt and for long term working capital in line with the
objects of the issue.
Open Offer
Shriram Industrial Holdings Limited has acquired 7,12,69,846 equity
shares of face value of Rs.10/- each, constituting 12.55% of the
paid-up equity share capital of Orient Green Power Company Limited (the
Company), pursuant to the open offer made to the public shareholders of
the Company under the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011
(Open Offer), and is in the process of completing the formalities of
the Open Offer.
Depository System
Your Company''s Equity Shares are available in dematerialized form
through The National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and The
Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). As per the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Circular No:
Cir/ISD/3/2011 dated June 1 7, 2011 on "trading rules and shareholding
in dematerialized mode", all Listed Companies have to achieve 100% of
their promoters and promoter group''s holding in dematerialized form
latest by quarter ended September 2011. Accordingly all the promoters
shares of your Company are held in electronic mode and as at 31 st
March 2013, 99.96 % of the Equity Shares of the Company were held in
dematform.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in
terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges is
reproduced in a separate section elsewhere in the Annual Report.
Consolidated Financial Statements
In accordance with Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial
Statements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided as part
ofthis Annual Report.
Subsidiaries
As at 31 st March, 2013, your Company had a total of 24 subsidiaries
and step down subsidiaries the details of which are given elsewhere in
the Annual Report under the relevant Sections. During the year, your
Company divested its entire stake in one of the overseas subsidiaries,
Powergen Lanka Pvt. Ltd.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India has vide
Circular No. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011 granted general exemption
subject to fulfillment of certain conditions from attaching the Balance
Sheet of the Subsidiaries to the Balance Sheet of the holding Company
without making an application for exemption. Accordingly, the Company
has passed necessary Board Resolution under Section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956, and is therefore exempted from attaching the
Balance sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other connected schedules of
the subsidiary companies with the Balance Sheet of the Company.
However, financial information of the subsidiary companies is disclosed
in the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of these subsidiaries and
related information will be made available to any member of the Company
and is also available for inspection by any member of the Company.
Deposits
The Company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders
or public within the meaning of The Companies'' (Acceptance of Deposits)
Rules, 1977 as amended.
Directors
Mr. Frederick J Long resigned from the Board with effect from 30th May
2013. The Board wishes to place on record the service rendered by Mr.
Frederick J Long as Directorof the Company during his tenure.
Mr. Himraj Dang was appointed as an Additional Director with effect
from 30th May 2013.
The Company has received notice under Section 257 of the Companies Act,
1 956 proposing the appointment of Mr. Himraj Dang as Director liable
to determination through retirement by rotation at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting.
Mr. R. Ganapathi, Maj. Gen. A L. Suri (Retd.) and Mr. R Abraham, retire
by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible,
offer themselves for re-appointment.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 21 7(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, with respect to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed that:
(i) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st
March, 2013, the applicable accounting standards issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India read with the requirements
set out under Schedule VI to the Companies Act, 1956, have been
followed and there are no material departures from the same;
(ii) the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgements 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, 2013 and of the Loss of the
Companyfortheyearended onthatdate;
(iii) 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
otherirregularities; and
(iv) the Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on
a ''going concern'' basis.
Auditors and Auditors'' Report
M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, (Registration No. 008072S) Chartered
Accountants, Chennai, Statutory Auditors of the Company hold office
until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are
eligible for re-appointment. It is proposed to re-appoint them as
Statutory Auditors of the Company forthefinancial year2013-14.
The Company has received a letter from the Statutory Auditors to the
effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the
prescribed limits under Section 224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1 956
and that they are not disqualified for reappointment within the meaning
of Section 226 of thesaid Act.
"Our comments on financial statements referred to in the Auditor
Reports under Section 21 7(3) of the Companies Act 1 956 are given
below:"
a) With regard to the Emphasis of Matter appearing in the Auditors''
Report, your attention is drawn to the Notes forming part of the
financial statements of the year which are self explanatory.
b) With regard to clause no. (xii) of the Annexure to the Auditors''
Report, due to ongoing project implementation which is still underway
for two of the company''s projects, the company had delayed in payment
of loan dues and partly has been paid subsequently and has applied to
banks for more moratorium. This matter is under the consideration of
the banks and on such favourable consideration by the banks and such
delays shall be regularised since the projects are expected to become
operational in the year 2013-14.
c) With respect to the comments of the Auditors in their Report on the
Consolidated Audit Report, our responses are given in the Notes to the
Financial Statements, which is self- explanatory.
Internal Control System
The Company''s internal control system comprises audit and compliance by
in-house Internal Audit Division.
The Internal Audit Division independently evaluates the adequacy of
internal controls and concurrently audits majority of the transactions
in value terms.
Independence of the audit and compliance is ensured by the direct
reporting of Internal Audit Division to the Audit Committee of the
Board.
Cost Audit
As per the Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Rules 2011, the Company
has filed the Cost Audit Report for the Financial Year 2011-12 in XBRL
Format.
Mr. R. Sivasubramanian & Co, Cost Accountants (Registration No:
101349), Chennai, Cost Auditors of the Company are eligible for
reappointment. It is proposed to re-appoint them as Cost Auditors of
the Company for auditing the Company''s Cost Accounting records relating
to Generation of Powerforthe financial year2013-14.
The Company has received a letter from the Cost Auditors to the effect
that their reappointment, if made, would be within the prescribed
limits under Section 224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1 956 and that they
are not disqualified for reappointment within the meaning of Section
226 of the said Act.
Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance is based on the principles such as conducting the
business with integrity and fairness, ensuring transparency in all the
transactions, making all relevant disclosures as per the various
Regulations in force and complying with all the laws of the land,
ensuring accountability and responsibility in all dealings with the
stakeholders and commitment for conducting the business in an ethical
and transparent manner.
Your Company is committed to achieving and maintaining high standards
of Corporate Governance and places high emphasis on business ethics.
The Report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement forms part of the Annual Report.
The Company has laid down a well-defined Code of Conduct, which fairly
addresses the issues of integrity, conflict of interest and
confidentiality and stresses the need of ethical conduct, which is the
basis of good Governance. This Code of Conduct is applicable to all the
members of the Board and the Senior Management Personnel. The
declaration regarding compliance with Orient Green Power Company
Limited - Code of Conduct and Ethics for all Board Members and Senior
Management Personnel of the Company forms part of the Report on
Corporate Governance.
The Company is complying with all the norms laid down by the Regulatory
Authorities in all its functional areas. The Company Secretary is also
the Compliance Officer under Clause 47 of the Listing Agreement entered
into with the Stock Exchanges, to comply with various guidelines of
Securities and Exchange Board of India and Stock Exchanges.
The Company is promptly submitting a "Quarterly Compliance Report on
Corporate Governance" as per Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with
the Stock Exchanges.
As part of the good Corporate Governance, the Company ensures that all
Investor Grievances are attended to and resolved in a timely manner as
per the records maintained by our Registrar and Transfer Agent. During
the period from 01.04.2012 to 31.03.2013, the Company received 43
complaints from the Shareholders and all such complaints have been
resolved.
The certificate from the Statutory Auditors, M./s Deloitte Haskins and
Sells, confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 is reproduced in a separate
section elsewhere in the Annual Report.
Insider Trading
In compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of InsiderTrading)
Regulations, 1992, as amended, your Company has instituted a
comprehensive Code titled as "Orient Green Power Company Limited Code
of Conduct" which lays down guidelines and advises the Directors and
Employees of the Company on procedures to be followed and disclosures
to be made while dealing in securities of the Company.
Energy conservation, technology absorption and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo
The particulars relating to energy conservation, technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under
Section 21 7(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988 are provided as "Annexure 1" to this Report.
Particulars of Employees
As required under the provisions of Section 21 7 (2A) of the Companies
Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of Employees) Rules, 1
975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees are
set out in Annexure 2 to this Report.
Acknowledgement and Appreciation
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance,
support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions,
Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the
year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their
appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the
Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Date: 30th May, 2013
Place:
Registered Office:
4th Floor, Sigappi Achi Building,
18/3, Rukmini Lakshmipathi Road, R Krishnakumar R. Ganapathi
Egmore, Chennai - 600 008 Managing Director Director
Mar 31, 2012
The Directors are pleased to present the Fifth Annual Report along
with the audited accounts for the financial year ended 31st March 2012.
The performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March 2012 is
summarised below :
Rs. in Lakhs
Particulars Standalone Consolidated
2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11
Sale and
Other Income 3,048.19 1,783.13 28,308.91 23,955.71
Profit / (Loss)
before Depreciation, 253.86 796.84 9,326.71 11,987.81
Interest and Tax
Interest 540.11 115.61 10,764.01 5,835.96
Depreciation 251.34 14.22 6,608.29 4,203.31
Profit (Loss)
before Tax (537.59) 667.01 (8,045.59) 1,948.54
Less: Provision
for Tax - 146.00 (120.02) 344.65
Less: Provision
for Deferred Tax - - 259.59 688.68
Extra ordinary
Items
Minority Interest - - (1,257.32) (162.81)
Profit / (Loss)
for the period (537.59) 521.01 (6,927.84) 1,078.02
Performance Review
The year under review has been quite challenging both for the Biomass
and Wind businesses. Despite the multiple challenges faced by your
Company during the year, OGPL made significant progress on
implementation of its capacity addition / expansion plans as well as in
Generation of Power in both businesses. The aggregate installed
capacity at the end of Financial Year 2012 was 366 MW compared to 220
MW at the end of previous year. This comprised of 305 MW of Wind and 61
MW of Biomass capacity at end of Financial Year 2012 compared to 1 79.5
MW of wind capacity and 40.5 MW of biomass capacity at end of Financial
Year 2011.
The Consolidated Sales and other income for the year under review was
Rs.28,308.91 Lakhs (Rs.23,955.71 Lakhs) representing growth of 1 8% over
the previous year mainly aided through incremental sales as a result of
addition of capacity. Profit before Interest, Depreciation and Tax was
at a level of Rs.9326.71 Lakhs as against Rs.11,987.81 Lakhs. Your Company
has reported a Loss after Tax before Minority Interest of (Rs.81 85.1 6
Lakhs) as against profit after tax before Minority Interest of Rs.915.21
lakhs in the previous year.
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
You are aware that the Company made an Initial Public Offering of
19,14,89,361 Equity Shares aggregating to Rs.90,000 Lakhs which was
listed on Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and National Stock Exchange of
India Limited on 8th October 2010.
As required under Clause 49 (IV) (D) of the Listing Agreement, the
utilisation of the IPO proceeds are being reported in all the Quarterly
results published by the Company after the same is reviewed by the
Audit Committee. Further, as required under Regulation 16 of the
Securities Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulation 2011, the Monitoring Report for the
utilization of the IPO proceeds issued by the Monitoring Agency, ie.
Punjab National Bank is being placed before the Audit Committee for its
Review and approval on an half yearly basis.
Depository System
Your Company's Equity Shares are available in dematerialized form
through the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and the
Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). As per the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Circular No:
Cir/ISD/3/2011 dated June 17, 2011 on "trading rules and shareholding
in dematerialized mode", all Listed Companies have to achieve 100% of
their promoters' and promoter group's holding in dematerialized form
latest by quarter ended September 2011. Accordingly all the promoters'
shares of your Company are held in electronic mode and as at 31st
March 2012, 99.95 % of the Equity Shares of the Company were held in
demat form.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in
terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges is
reproduced in a separate section elsewhere in the Annual Report.
Consolidated Financial Statements
In accordance with Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial
Statements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided as part of
this Annual Report. Further, effective 1st April 2011, the accounts
have been prepared in accordance with the Revised Schedule VI to the
Companies Act, 1 956 which are applicable to the Company.
Subsidiaries
As at 31st March, 2012, your Company had a total of 24 subsidiaries and
step down subsidiaries the details of which are given elsewhere in the
Annual Report under the relevant Sections.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India has vide
Circular No. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011 granted general exemption
subject to fulfillment of certain conditions from attaching the Balance
Sheet of the Subsidiaries to the Balance Sheet of the holding Company
without making an application for exemption. Accordingly, the Balance
sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other connected schedules of the
subsidiary companies are not being attached with the Balance Sheet of
the Company. However, financial information of the subsidiary companies
is disclosed in the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of these
subsidiaries and related information will be made available to any
member of the Company and are also available for inspection by any
member of the Company.
Dividend
Considering the implementation of the ongoing projects and significant
expansion plans of your Company which require substantial investments,
the Board of Directors think it prudent not to recommend declaration of
dividend for the year.
Deposits
The Company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders
or public within the meaning of The Companies' (Acceptance of Deposits)
Rules, 1977.
Directors
Mr. R. Sundararajan, Mr. S. Venkat Ram and Mr. N. Rangachary, retire by
rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible,
offer themselves for re-appointment.
Mr. S. Srinivasan was appointed as an Additional Director with effect
from 1 3th February 2012 and Mr. Vishal Vijay Gupta was appointed as
an Additional Director with effect from 26th May 2012.
The Company has received, notice under Section 257 of the Companies
Act, 1956 proposing the appointment of Mr. S. Srinivasan and Mr. Vishal
Vijay Gupta as Directors liable fo determination through retirement by
rotation, at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Mrs. Vathsala Ranganathan and Mr. R. S. Chandra resigned from the Board
with effect from 02nd March 2012 and 26th May 2012 respectively. The
Board wishes to place on record the service rendered by Mrs. Vathsala
Ranganathan and Mr. R. S. Chandra as Directors of the Company during
theirtenure.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 21 7(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, with respect to Directors' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed that:
(i) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st
March 2012, the applicable accounting standards issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India read with the requirements set out
under Schedule VI to the Companies Act, 1956, have been followed and
there are no material departures from the same;
(ii) the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgements 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 Loss of the Company
for the year ended on that date;
(iii) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 1 956 for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities; and
(iv) the Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on
a 'going concern1 basis.
Auditors and Auditors Report
M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants, Chennai,
Statutory Auditors of the Company hold office until the conclusion of
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for reappointment.
It is proposed to re-appoint them as Statutory Auditors of the Company
for the financial year 2012-2013. The Company has received a letter
from the Statutory Auditors to the effect that their reappointment, if
made, would be within the prescribed limits under Section 224(1 B) of
the Companies Act, 1956 and that they are not disqualified for
reappointment within the meaning of Section 226 of the said Act.
The Auditor's Report is self explanatory and does not require any
further comments under Section 21 7 (3) of the Companies Act, 1 956
except that:
a) With regard to Clause No.3 -of the Auditors' Report on Standalone
Accounts, the Notes to the Accounts, especially Note No. 13 and the
foot notes are self-explanatory.
b) With regard to Clause No.4 - of the Auditors' Report - on the
Consolidated Financial -Statements, the Company recognises CER Revenue
in respect of projects registered with UNFCCC for the actual
electricity generated under a calculation methodology approved by
UNFCCC applicable for the respective projects based on third party
buyer term sheets for prices of CERs or management estimate, pending
completion of verification report and certification. The management is
confident of realising the amount due.
c) With regard to Clause No. 6 of the Auditors' Report on the
Consolidated Financial Statements, it is clarified that in respect of
the overseas subsidiary, Orient Green Power (Europe) B. V, Netherlands,
the regulations in that country do not require preparation of
consolidated financial statements and audit. Further, the revenues
earned by this subsidiary are not material as compared to the overall
revenues for the year.
Cost Audit
As per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs circular dated 02nd May 201
2andinpursuanceofSection224and 233 ( 1 ) (B) of the Companies Act
1956, Mr. R. Sivasubramanian, Cost Accountant (Registration Number
8321) was appointed as the Cost Auditor for auditing the Company's Cost
Accounting records relating to Generation of Power for the Financial
Year ended 31st March 2012.
Corporate Governance
Your Company is committed to achieving and maintaining high standards
of Corporate Governance and places high emphasis on business ethics.
The Report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement forms part of the Annual Report.
The declaration regarding compliance with Orient Green Power Company
Limited - Code of Conduct and Ethics for all Board Members and Senior
Management Personnel of the Company forms part of the Report on
Corporate Governance.
The certificate from the Statutory Auditors, M/s. Deloitte Haskins &
Sells, confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 is reproduced in a separate
section elsewhere in the Annual Report.
Insider Trading
In compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading)
Regulations, 1992, as amended, your Company has instituted a
comprehensive Code titled as "Orient Green
Power Company Limited Code of Conduct" which lays down guidelines and
advises the Directors and Employees of the Company on procedures to be
followed and disclosures to be made while dealing in securities of the
Company.
Energy conservation, technology absorption and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo
The particulars relating to energy conservation, technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under
Section 21 7(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988 are provided as Annexure 1 to this Report.
Particulars of Employees
As required under the provisions of Section 21 7 (2A) of the Companies
Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of Employees) Rules, 1
975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees is set
out in Annexure 2 to this Report.
Acknowledgement and Appreciation
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance,
support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions,
Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the
year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their
appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the
Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Chennai
Date: 29th May, 2012
Registered Office:
Sigappi Achi Building, 4th Floor,
18/3, Rukmini Lakshmipathi Road, R Krishnakumar R. Ganapathi
Egmore, Chennai - 600 008 Managing Director Director
Mar 31, 2011
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors are pleased to present the Fourth Annual Report along
with the audited accounts for the financial year ended 31st March 2011.
The performance of the company for the year ended 31s* March 2011 is
summarised below :
Rs. in Lakhs
Standalone Consolidated
2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10
Sole and Other Income 1,783.13 563.80 23,955.01 6,321.91
Profit / (Loss) before
Depreciation, 796.97 (630.98) 12,005.84 647.35
Interest and Tax
Interest 115.74 2.46 5,853.99 1,104.13
Depreciation 14.22 10.77 4,203.31 858.92
Profit (Loss) before Tax 667.01 (644.21) 1,948.54 (1,315.70)
Less : Provision for Tax 146.00 - 344.65 61.59
Less : Provision for
Deferred Tax - - 688.68 (6.82)
Extraordinary Items - (387.14)
Minority Interest - - (162.81) (93.96)
Profit / (Loss) for the
period 521.01 (644.21) 1078.02 (1,663.65)
Profit / (Loss) brought
forward (1,089.03) (444.82) (1,231.45) 432.20
Adjustment on consolidation (417.08)
Loss carried to Balance
Sheet (568.02) (1,089.03) (570.51)(1,2377.45)
Performance Review
The year under review has been a defining yearfor your company as it
witnessed consolidation of both biomass and wind businesses. This was
the first full year in respect of the wind business and this
contributed significantly to consolidated revenues during the year.
Your company has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan for
consolidating its presence in biomass and wind businesses. In order to
part finance the expansion plans, your company made an Initial Public
Offer aggregating to Rs.900 Crores. During the year, the consolidated
capacity of biomass plants rose to 40.5 MW and in respect of Wind
business, it was at a level of 179.5 MW resulting in a combined
capacity of 220 MW.
The Consolidated Sales and other income for the year under review was
Rs.23,955.01 Lakhs (Rs.6321.91 Lakhs) representing growth of 371.6%
over the previous year mainly aided through incremental sales as a
result of expansion of capacity. Profit before Interest, Depreciation
and Tax was at a level of Rs.1 2005.84 Lakhs as against Rs.647.35
Lakhs. Your company has reported a Profit after Tax before Minority
Interest of Rs.915.21 Lakhs as against loss after tax before Minority
Interest of Rs.1757.61 Lakhs in the previous year.
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
You Company made an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Equity Shares
aggregating to Rs.90,000 Lakhs.
Consequent to the allotment of 191,489,361 Equity Shares of Rs.10/-
each at a premium of Rs.37/- per Equity Share on 5th October, 2010, the
paid up capital of your company has increased to a level of Rs.46807.82
Lakhs. Your company's equity shares were listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange Ltd. and National Stock Exchange India Ltd. on 8th October,
2010.
The Board takes this opportunity to express its gratitude to all its
investors for reposing faith in the company by subscribing to the
issue.
Depository System
Your Company's Equity Shares are available in dematerialised form
through National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central
Depository Services (India) Ltd. (CDSL). As at 31st March 2011, 40.91%
of the Equity Shares of the Company were held in dematform.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in
terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges is
reproduced in a separate section elsewhere in the Annual Report.
Consolidated Financial Statements
In accordance with Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial
Statements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided as part of
this Annual Report.
Subsidiaries
As at 31 st March, 2011, your Company had a total of 21 subsidiaries
and step down subsidiaries the details of which are given elsewhere in
the Annual Report at the relevant sections.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India has vide
Circular No. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011 granted general exemption
subject to fulfillment of certain conditions from attaching the Balance
Sheet of the Subsidiaries to the Balance Sheet of the Company without
making an application for exemption.
Accordingly, the Balance sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other
documents of the subsidiary companies are not being attached with the
Balance Sheet of the Company. Financial information of the subsidiary
companies is disclosed in the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of
these subsidiaries and related detailed information will be made
available to any member of the Company/its subsidiaries seeking such
information at any point of time and are also available for inspection
by any member of the Company/its subsidiaries at Registered office of
the Company. The Annual Accounts of the said Subsidiaries will also be
available for inspection, as above, at the Head Offices of the
respective subsidiaries companies.
Dividend
Considering the significant expansion plans of your Company which
require substantial investments, the Board of Directors think it
prudent not to recommend declaration of dividend for the year.
Deposits
The company has not accepted any deposits either from the shareholders
or public within the meaning of The Companies' (Acceptance of Deposits)
Rules, 1977.
Directors
Mrs. Vathsala Ranganathan, Mr. R Ganapathi and Mr. Frederick J. Long ,
retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting are being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
Mr. R Krishnakumar was appointed as Managing Director of the Company
under Section 198, 269, 309, 310 of the Companies Act, 1956 for a
period of three years from 04th June 2008 to 03rd June 2011. The Board
of Directors at their meeting held on 24th May 2011 have reappointed
Mr. P Krishnakumar as the Managing Director of the Company for a
further period of three years from 04th June 2011 to 03rd June 2014 and
have revised his remuneration from the present limit of Rs.51 Lakhs to
Rs.75 Lakhs with effect from 01st April 2011 and subject to the
confirmation of the Shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting
of the Company and also Central Government if applicable.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, with respect to Directors' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed that:
(I) in the presentation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31 st
March 2011, the applicable accounting standards read with the
requirements set out under Schedule VI to the Companies Act, 1956, have
been followed and there are no material departures from the same ;
(ii) the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgements 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 31 st March 2011 and of the profit of the Company
for the year ended on that date ;
(iii) 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 together
irregularities ; and
(iv) the Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on
a 'going concern' basis.
Auditors and Auditors Report
M./s Deloitte Haskins and Sells, Chartered Accountants, Statutory
Auditors of the Company hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing
Annual General Meeting and are eligible for reappointment. It is
proposed to re-appoint them as Statutory Auditors of the company for
the financial year 2011-2012. The members are requested to consider
their appointment and authorise the Board of Directors to fix their
remuneration. The auditors have, under Section 224 (1B) and Section 226
of the Companies Act, 1956, furnished certificate of their eligibility
for the appointment.
The Company has received a letter from the Statutory Auditors to the
effect that their reappointment, if made, would be within the
prescribed limits under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 and
that they are not disqualified for reappointment within the meaning of
Section 226 of the said Act.
The Auditor's Report is self explanatory and does not require any
further comments under section 217 (3) of the Companies Act, 1956
except that.
With regard to Clause No.4 of the Auditor's Report on the Consolidated
Financial Statements, it is clarified that in respect of the overseas
subsidiary, Orient Green Power (Europe) B.V. Netherlands, the
regulations in that country do not require preparation of consolidated
financial statements and audit. Further the revenues pertaining to this
subsidiary are not material as compared to the total revenues for the
year.
With regard to Clause No.6 of the Auditor's Report on the Consolidated
Financial Statements, the Company recognizes CER Revenue in respect of
projects registered with UNFCCC for the actual electricity generated
under a calculation methodology approved by UNFCCC applicable for the
respective projects based on third party buyer term sheets for prices
of CER's or management estimate, pending completion of verification
report and certification. The management is confident of realizing the
amount due.
Corporate Governance
Your Company is committed to achieving and maintaining high standards
of Corporate Governance and places high emphasis on business ethics.
The Report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement forms part of the Annua I Report.
The declaration regarding compliance with OGPL - Code of Conduct and
Ethics for all board members and senior management personnel of the
company forms part of the Report on Corporate Governance.
The certificate from the Statutory Auditors, M./s Deloitte Haskins and
Sells confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance
as stipulated under Clause 49 is annexed hereto as "Annexure" and forms
part of this Report.
Insider Trading
In compliance with the SEBI guidelines on Prevention of Insider
Trading, your Company has instituted a comprehensive Code which lays
down guidelines and advises the Directors and employees of the company
on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made while dealing
in securities of the company.
Energy conservation, technology absorption and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo
The particulars relating to energy conservation, technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under
Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988 are provided as "Annexure A" to this Report.
Particulars of Employees
In terms of required under the provisions of Section 217 (2A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of Employees)
Rules, 1975, as amended, there are no employee whose name and other
particulars are required to be set out to this Report for the year.
Acknowledgement and Appreciation
Your Directors wish to express their appreciation for the assistance,
support and cooperation extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions,
Government Authorities, Customers, Suppliers and all Members during the
year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their
appreciation for the committed services by all employees of the
Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
P. Krishnakumar R. Ganapathi
Managing Director Director
Place: Chennai
Date: 24th May, 2011
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