Mar 31, 2018
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Pritish Nandy Communications Limited (âthe Companyâ) is a public company incorporated and domiciled in India.
It was one of the first media and entertainment Company to go public in the year 2000, when it was listed on Indiaâs two best known stock exchanges, Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. The registered office of the Company is situated at 87/88 Mittal Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021.
The Company is a media and entertainment company. The Company is engaged in the business of production and exploitation of content including cinematographic films, TV serials and Digital Series etc. for worldwide exploitation in all formats.
The Company produces cinematographic films, TV serials and Digital Series etc. The Company, through its subsidiary, PNC Digital Ltd, is engaged in creating content for digital streaming, setting up delivery system for digital streaming, running the business of content streaming, and other technology business using the Internet as its primary delivery platform, and through its subsidiary, PNC Wellness Ltd, is engaged in wellness business and owns several wellness brands like Moksh, Power Yoga, Passion Yoga, Cool Yoga and Couple Yoga.
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on May 25, 2018.
1. BASIS OF PREPARATION
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
1.1 Compliance with Ind AS
The financial Statements comply in all material respects with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) [Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015] and other relevant provisions of the Act.
The financial statements up to the year ended March 31, 2017 were prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards notified under Companies (Accounting Standard) Rules, 2006 (as amended) (âPrevious GAAPâ) and other relevant provisions of the Act.
These financial statements are the first financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with Ind AS. Refer note 36 for an explanation of how the transition from Previous GAAP to Ind AS has affected financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company.
a. Historical cost convention
The Financial Statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis except for the following:
i. Certain financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value
ii. Defined benefit plans: plan assets measured at fair value
b. The financial statements have been prepared on accrual basis of accounting.
Rounding of amounts
The financial statements are presented in INR and all values are rounded to the nearest lakh, except when otherwise indicated.
1.2 Significant estimates, judgements and assumptions
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Ind AS requires the management to make estimates, assumptions and exercise judgment in applying the accounting policies that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the end of the financial statements and reported amounts of income and expense during the year.
The management believes that these estimates are prudent and reasonable and are based on managementâs best knowledge of current events and actions. Actual results could differ from these estimates and difference between actual results and estimates are/ shall be recognised in the period in which results are known or materialised.
1.3 Current and non-current classification
All assets and liabilities have been classified as current or non-current as per the Companyâs normal operating cycle (12 months) and other criteria set out in the Schedule III to the Act.
b. Rights, preferences, restrictions of equity shares
The Company has only one class of equity shares having a face value of Rs. 10 per share. Each holder of equity share is entitled to one vote per share.
The equity shares are entitled to dividend proposed by Board of Directors subject to approval of the share holders in the Annual General Meeting except in case of interim dividend. In the event of liquidation of the Company, holder of equity shares are entitled to receive remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts in proportion to their share holding.
1.4 Amendment to Ind AS 7 effective from April 1, 2017 require the entities to provide disclosures that enable users of financial statements to evaluate changes in liabilities arising from financing activities, including both changes arising from cash flows and non-cash changes, suggesting inclusion of a reconciliation between the opening and closing balances in the Balance sheet for liabilities arising from financing activities, to meet disclosure requirement. Accordingly, the Company has given the said disclosure as below
2. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Defined benefit plan
Group gratuity liability is recognised on the basis of gratuity report provided by Actuary.
The disclosures as required under the Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS 19) in respect of gratuity, is as follows
Sensitivity analysis
Below is the sensitivity analysis determined for significant actuarial assumption for determination of defined benefit obligation and based on reasonably possible changes of the respective assumptions occurring at the end of the reporting period.
Note
The sensitivity analysis have been determined based on reasonably possible changes of the respective assumptions occurring at the end of the reporting period, while holding all other assumptions constant.
The sensitivity analysis presented above may not be representative of the actual change in the projected benefit obligation as it is unlikely that the change in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another as some of the assumptions may be correlated.
Furthermore, in presenting the above sensitivity analysis, the present value of the projected benefit obligation has been calculated using the projected unit credit method at the end of the reporting period, which is the same method as applied in calculating the projected benefit obligation as recognised in the balance sheet.
Gratuity is payable as per Companyâs scheme as detailed in the report.
Actuarial gains/ losses are recognized in the period of occurrence under other comprehensive income (OCI). All above reported figures of OCI are gross of taxation.
Salary escalation and attrition rate are considered as advised by the Company; they appear to be in line with the industry practice considering promotion and demand and supply of the employees.
Maturity analysis of benefit payments is undiscounted cash flows considering future salary, attrition and death in respective year for members as mentioned above.
Average expected future service represents estimated term of post - employment benefit obligation.
Value of asset provided by the client is considered as fair value of plan asset for the period of reporting as same is not evaluated by us.
Investment details
The Company made annual contribution to LIC of India of an amount advised by them. The Company was not informed by LIC of the investments made or the break down of plan assets by investment type.
3. MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
The Company has not received the required information from suppliers regarding their status under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006. Hence, disclosures, if any, relating to amounts unpaid as at the year end together with interest payable as required under the said Act are NIL as given below. This information has been relied upon by the auditor.
4. FIRST TIME ADOPTION OF IND AS
For all periods upto and including the year ended March 31, 2017 the Company had prepared its financial statements in accordance with the Accounting Standards notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, read together with Rule 7 of the companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 (Previous GAAP). This note explains the principal adjustments made by the Company in restating its financial statements prepared under Previous GAAP.
Exemptions and exceptions availed
In preparing these Ind AS Financial Statements, the Company has availed certain exemptions and exceptions in accordance with Ind AS 101 First-time adoption of Indian Accounting Standards, as explained below. The resulting difference between the carrying values of the assets and liabilities in the Financial Statements as at the transition date under Ind AS and IGAAP have been recognised directly in equity (retained earnings or another appropriate category of equity). This Note explains the adjustments made by the Company in restating its IGAAP Financial Statements, including the Balance Sheet as at April 1, 2016 and the Financial Statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2017.
4.1 Ind AS optional exemptions:
Set out below are the applicable Ind AS 101 optional exemptions and mandatory exceptions applied in the transition from IGAAP to Ind AS.
a. Deemed cost
Para D7 AA of Ind AS 101 permits a first-time adopter to elect to continue with the carrying value for all of its property, plant and equipment as recognised in the Financial Statements as at the date of transition to Ind AS, measured under IGAAP and use that as its deemed cost as at the date of transition after making necessary adjustments for decommissioning liabilities. The Company has exercised this option of adopting deemed cost.
b. Designation of previously recognised financial instruments
Ind AS 101 allows an Company to designate investments in equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income on the basis of the facts and circumstances at the date of transition to Ind AS. The Company has elected to apply this exemption for its investment in equity investments. Exchange differences on account of depreciable assets can be added/ deducted from the cost of the depreciable asset, which will be depreciated over the balance life of the asset. Ind AS 101 includes an optional exemption that allows a first-time adopter to continue the above accounting treatment in respect of the long-term foreign currency monetary items recognised in the Financial Statements for the period ending immediately before the beginning of the first Ind AS financial reporting period. The Company has opted to apply this exemption.
c. Investments in equity instruments:
An Company may make an irrevocable election at initial recognition of a financial asset to present subsequent changes in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument in other comprehensive income. Ind AS 101 allows such designation of previously recognized financial assets, as âfair value through other comprehensive incomeâ. The Company has accordingly designated certain equity instruments as at April 1, 2016 as fair value through other comprehensive income.
d. Investments in subsidiary companies, associate company and joint venture company
Ind AS 101 permits a first-time adopter to measure itâs investment, at the date of transition, at cost determined in accordance with Ind AS 27, or deemed cost, The deemed cost of such investment shall be itâs fair value at date of transition to Ind AS of the Company, or IGAAP carrying amount at that date. The Company has elected to measure its investment in subsidiary companies, associate company and joint venture company under IGAAP carrying amount as its deemed cost on the transition date.
4.2 Ind AS mandatory exceptions:
a. Estimates
An Companyâs estimates in accordance with Ind AS at the date of transition to Ind AS shall be consistent with estimates made for the same date in accordance with previous GAAP (after adjustments to reflect any difference in accounting policies), unless there is objective evidence that those estimates were in error.
b. Classification and measurement of financial assets
Ind AS 101 requires an Company to assess classification and measurement of financial assets (investment in debt instruments) on the basis of the facts and circumstances that exist at the date of transition to Ind AS.
c. De-recognition of financial assets and liabilities
Ind AS 101 requires a first-time adopter to apply the de-recognition provisions of Ind AS 109 prospectively for transactions occurring on or after the date of transition to Ind AS. Accordingly, the Company has elected to apply the de-recognition provisions of Ind AS 109 prospectively from the date of transition to Ind AS.
I. Deferred tax
The previous GAAP required deferred tax accounting using the profit and loss approach the which focused on differences between taxable profits and accounting profits for the period. Ind AS 12 requires entities to account for deferred taxes using balance sheet approach which focuses on temporary differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability in the balance sheet and its tax base. Various transitional adjustments has resulted in recognition of temporary differences.
II. Expected credit loss
Under Indian GAAP allowances of doubtful debt was provided as per management estimate whereas under Ind AS allowances are based on expected credit loss model as per Ind - AS 109 - Financial Instruments.
III. Other comprehensive income (OCI)
Ind-AS requires preparation of statement of other comprehensive income in addition to Statement of profit and loss. Re-measurement gain/ loss on defined benefit plans earlier accounted for in statement of profit and loss under Indian GAAP has been reclassified to OCI as required by Ind-AS 19 - Employee Benefits.
IV. Employee benefits expenses
As per Ind AS-19 Employee Benefits, actuarial gains and losses are recognised in other comprehensive income and not reclassified to Statement of profit and loss in a subsequent period.
V. Retained earnings
Retained earnings as at April 1, 2016 have been adjusted consequent to the above Ind AS transition adjustments.
5. INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES
a. PNC Wellness Ltd
The Company has an investment of Rs. 174.60 lakh (L Y Rs. 232.80 lakh) in equity shares of wholly owned subsidiary viz. PNC Wellness Limited. The net worth of this subsidiary is Rs. 72.38 lakh as on March 31, 2018. This subsidiary, which owns several wellness brands like Moksh, Power Yoga, Passion Yoga, Cool Yoga, Couple Yoga, etc. is exploring avenues to commercialise its aforesaid brands. This subsidiary is in the process of realigning its business by making efforts to commercialise and lease its various brands through collaborative arrangements with other parties. The Company is facilitating and supporting the revival of this subsidiaryâs business. There was no revenue generation by this subsidiary during the year under review. Considering that there was no revenue generation during the year under review the management has made provision for diminution in value of investment in this subsidiary by 1/5th of its book value and considers the retained book value as fully realizable. No further provision is made for the diminution in book value of investment which is considered as temporary.
b. PNC Digital Ltd
The Company has an investment of Rs. 70.20 lakh (L Y Rs. 70.20 lakh) in equity shares of subsidiary viz. PNC Digital Limited. The net worth of this subsidiary is Rs. 8.37 lakh as on March 31, 2018.
The Company has agreed to provide its films to this subsidiary to explore revenue opportunities on the digital platform and exploit it to its commercial advantage but this subsidiary Company was not able to generate income from its operational activities in the year gone by. This subsidiary will continue its efforts. In view of the fact that this subsidiary has unfettered access to the film content of the holding company and requires no additional substantive capital deployment to generate revenue, no provision for diminution in value of investment, which is considered temporary, has been made in the accounts. This Company will leverage its market standing to facilitate other smaller production houses to gain access to large digital content distributors to facilitate them getting better prices and commercial terms for their content.
6. OPERATING LEASES: (LESSEE)
a. At the reporting date the Company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
b. The total of future minimum sublease payment expected to be received under non - cancellable subleases at the end of reporting period is NIL
c. Lease payments recognised as an expense in the period in which it is incurred.
7. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
a. The Company has initiated legal proceedings for recovery of an advance of Rs. 150.00 lakh which was given against the music, Asian and Indian satellite rights of a film, where the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said rights. The management considers the same as good and fully recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the Company supports this. Auditors have relied on the opinion and consequently no provision has been made in the accounts at this stage. Legal proceedings are ongoing.
b. The Company has received an award of Rs. 352.00 lakh in its favour in the arbitration case filed against White Feather Films. The Company has also received a revised order for the amount of interest, which the Company has not found satisfactory and hence it has moved an appeal with the Bombay High Court. White Feather Films has gone in appeal against the above said award and has been directed to deposit an amount of Rs. 300.00 lakh by the Bombay High Court. Proceedings are ongoing and in view of the same, outstanding of Rs. 317.53 lakh is considered as fully recoverable.
8. Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar Bharati on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantee of Rs. 750.50 lakh. The Company has obtained legal opinion from Justice AM Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, which supports the Companyâs stand that the amount is fully recoverable and hence no provision is made there against.
9. In the absence of persuasive evidence, there is presumption that intangible assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of cinematic content, the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful life of cinematic content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz. the expected usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles, technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic benefits from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the useful life of the asset and for reasons viz. shelf lives of movies have substantially increased since the year 2000, getting better value for longer lease in excess of ten years, emergence of channels dedicated only for featuring content more than ten years old, growth in the number of distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking, animation and versions etc., and hence is of the view that the useful life of the cinematic content is 20 years. Hence, amortisation of Rs. 2,103.32 lakh in respect of cinematic content having life of more than 10 years, is not required to be made.
There is no individual content that is material to the financial statements of the Company as a whole.
There is no content whose title is restricted. The content is pledged to Yes Bank Ltd as security for working capital overdraft facility of Rs. 1,000.00 lakh.
The total cost of content as at March 31, 2018 is Rs. 5,802.99 lakh. Based on a review of estimates of future realisations taken as a whole, the management is of the view that future recoverable amount from content rights to be more than its carrying unamortised cost of content. Hence, no impairment/ write down is considered necessary on this account.
Mar 31, 2015
NOTE 1.
The Company is engaged in the production/ making of cinematic and
television content, which requires various types, qualities and
quantities of raw materials and inputs in different denominations. Due
to the multiplicity and complexity of the items it is not practicable
to maintain the quantitative record/ continuous stock register, as the
process of making content is not amenable to the same. Hence
quantitative details are not maintained. Physical stock of fnished
content is taken at the end of year.
NOTE 2.
Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar Bharati
on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantees of R 75,050,000
were ongoing before former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud. The parties
completed the pleadings before the Arbitrator but unfortunately he
passed away in July 2008 while the cross examinations were on. The
Company had fled a petition before the Hon. High Court at Bombay for
appointment of a sole Arbitrator in place and stead of Justice
Chandrachud in January 2009. The Bombay High Court appointed Justice BN
Srikrishna, former Judge of Supreme Court of India as Sole Arbitrator
vide order dated November 27, 2009 and the arbitration proceedings are
ongoing. Opinion obtained by the Company from Justice AM Ahmadi, former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, supports the Company's
stand that the amount is fully recoverable. In view of this, the
management of the Company does not consider it necessary to make a
provision there against in the accounts. The Company is showing amount
withheld by Prasar Bharti as "Long Term Loans and Advances".
NOTE 3.
Accounting Standard (AS) 26 on "Intangible Assets" states that in the
absence of persuasive evidence, there is presumption that intangible
assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of cinematic content,
the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful life of cinematic
content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz. the expected
usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles,
technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected
actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of
maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic
benefts from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the
useful life of the asset and for reasons viz. shelf lives of movies
have substantially increased since 2000, getting better value for
longer lease in excess of ten years, emergence of channels dedicated
only for featuring content more than ten years old, growth in the
number of distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking,
animation and other new The total cost of content as at March 31, 2015
is R 537,125,897. Based on a review of estimates of future realisations
taken as a whole, the management is of the view that future recoverable
amount from content rights to be more than its carrying unamortised
cost of content. Hence, no impairment/ write down is considered
necessary on this account.
There is no individual content that is material to the fnancial
statements of the Company as a whole. There is no content whose title
is restricted. The content was pledged to Ye s Bank Ltd as security for
overdraft facility of R 50,000,000.
NOTE 4.
As per Accounting Standard (AS) 28 on "Impairment of Assets", the
Company has assessed whether there is any indications that any assets
has impaired. Since the carrying amount is less than the recoverable
amount, there is no necessity for making any provision for impairment.
NOTE 5.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
During the year, the Company operated in only one business segment viz
content segment.
NOTE 6.
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURE
In accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 18 "Related Party
Disclosure", the disclosure in respect of transactions with the
companies related parties are as given below:
1. Subsidiaries of the Company a. PNC Digital Ltd
b. PNC Wellness Ltd (wholly owned subsidiary)
2. Key managerial personnel a. Pallab Bhattacharya  Wholetime
Director and CEO
b. Rangita Pritish Nandy  Wholetime and Creative Director
c. Rupali Vaidya  Erstwhile Company Secretary
3. Non executive Directors a. Pritish Nandy  Non Executive Chairman
and their relationships b. Rina Pritish Nandy  Non Executive Director
c. Udayan Bose  Non Executive, Independent Director
d. Nabankur Gupta  Non Executive, Independent Director
e. Vishnu Kanhere  Non Executive, Independent Director
f. Hema Malini  Non Executive, Independent Director
g. Ishita Pritish Nandy  daughter of Non Executive Chairman
Related Party relationship is as identifed by the Company and relied
upon by the Auditors.
The Company has incurred loss during the year. In view of the loss and
based on effective capital of the Company, managerial remuneration as
prescribed by Schedule V read with Section 197 of the Companies Act
2013 is restricted to R 4,200,000 for the year. The company has paid
managerial remuneration of R 5,754,000 which is in excess of the limits
prescribed by R 1,554,000. The excess remuneration paid is subject to
approval of the shareholders of the Company by a special resolution in
the forthcoming annual general meeting. Alternatively the same shall
be recoverable from the managerial personnel.
NOTE 7.
The company has an investment of R 29,100,000 (L Y R 29,100,000) in
equity shares of wholly owned subsidiary viz PNC Wellness Limited and
of R 7,019,700 (L Y R 7,019,700) in equity shares of subsidiary viz PNC
Digital Limited as at March 31, 2015. Further temporary advances of R
21,843,002 given to wholly owned subsidiary viz PNC Wellness Limited
towards operating expenses were waived and written off during the year
to support the revival of the subsidiary.
NOTE 8.
Loans and Advances of R 46,753,181 includes: i) R 15,000,000 advanced
against the Music, Asian and Indian Satellite rights of a flm, where
the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said rights and ii) R
31,753,181 being balance amount advanced towards joint production of a
flm where the Company has joint re-exploitation rights. The Company has
initiated recovery proceedings in respect of the aforesaid advances. i)
The Company has fled a Summary Suit with the Hon. High Court at Bombay
which is pending hearing and disposal and ii) The Company has initiated
arbitration proceedings which are ongoing before Justice Smt KK Baam
(Retired). The management considers the same are good and fully
recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the Company from SF Rego, Judge
(Retired), City Civil and Sessions Court, Mumbai, supports this and
consequently no provision has been made in the accounts at this stage.
The Company is showing these amounts as "Long Term Loans and Advances".
NOTE 9.
In the opinion of the management investments, current assets and loans
and advances are of the value stated in the fnancial statements are
realisable in the ordinary course of business. The provisions for all
known liabilities and depreciation are adequate and are not in excess
of the amounts considered, reasonably necessary.
NOTE 10.
There are no dues payable to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
as at March 31, 2015.
NOTE 11.
All known liabilities have been provided in the books of accounts.
NOTE 12.
The previous year fgures have been regrouped/ reclassifed, wherever
necessary to bring conformity to the current year's presentation.
Mar 31, 2014
1. SHORT TERM BORROWINGS
The Company has not received any intimation from suppliers regarding
the status under The Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises Development
Act, 2006. Accordingly, disclosure as required by the said Act is made
on that basis.
2. CINEMATIC AND TELEVISION CONTENT
Trade receivables over six months includes an amount aggregating to R
1,185,000 (L Y R 2,985,000) in respect of which legal proceedings have
been initiated by the company. The management considers the same are
good and fully recoverable; hence no provision has been made in the
accounts at this stage.
3. The Company is engaged in the production/ making of cinematic and
television content, which requires various types, qualities and
quantities of raw materials and inputs in different denominations. Due
to the multiplicity and complexity of the items it is not practicable
to maintain the quantitative record/ continuous stock register, as the
process of making content is not amenable to the same. Hence
quantitative details are not maintained. Physical stock of finished
content is taken at the end of the year.
4. Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar
Bharati on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantees of Rs.
75,050,000 were ongoing before former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud. The
parties completed the pleadings before the Arbitrator but unfortunately
he passed away in July 2008 while the cross examinations were on. The
Company had filed a petition before the Hon. High Court at Bombay for
appointment of a sole Arbitrator in place and stead of Justice
Chandrachud in January 2009. The Bombay High Court appointed Justice BN
Srikrishna, former Judge of Supreme Court of India as sole Arbitrator
vide order dated November 27, 2009 and the arbitration proceedings are
ongoing. Opinion obtained by the Company from Justice AM Ahmadi, former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, supports the Company''s
stand that the amount is fully recoverable. In view of this, the
management of the Company does not consider it necessary to make a
provision there against in the accounts. The Company is showing amount
withheld by Prasar Bharti as "Long Term Loans and Advances".
5. Accounting Standard (AS) 26 on "Intangible Assets" states that in
the absence of persuasive evidence, there is presumption that
intangible assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of
cinematic content, the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful
life of cinematic content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz the expected
usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles,
technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected
actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of
maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic
benefits from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the
useful life of the asset and for reasons viz shelf lives of movies have
substantially increased since 2000, getting better value for longer
lease in excess of ten years, emergence of channels dedicated only for
featuring content more than ten years old, growth in the number of
distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking, animation and
other new versions etc, and hence is of the view that the useful life
of the cinematic content is 20 years. Hence, amortisation of Rs.
103,457,552 in respect of cinematic content having life of more than 10
years, is not required to be made. The Company is in line with
International Accounting Practices and is a step towards complying with
IFRS norms.
The total cost of content as at March 31, 2014 is Rs. 403,812,765.
Based on a review of estimates of future realisations taken as a whole,
the management is of the view that future recoverable amount from
content rights to be more than its carrying unamortised cost of
content. Hence, no impairment/ write down is considered necessary on
this account.
There is no individual content that is material to the financial
statements of the Company as a whole. There is no content whose title
is restricted. The content was pledged to yes bank Ltd as security for
working capital loan of Rs. 50,000,000 which has been squared-off
during the year.
6. As per Accounting Standard (AS) 28 on "Impairment of Assets", the
Company has assessed whether there is any indications that any assets
has impaired. Since the carrying amount is less than the recoverable
amount, there is no necessity for making any provision for impairment.
7. Segment information:
During the year, the Company operated in only one business segment viz
content segment.
8. Related Party Disclosure
In accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 18 "Related Party
Disclosure", the disclosure in respect of transactions with the
companies related parties are as given below:
9. The company has an investment of Rs. 29,100,000 (L Y Rs. 29,100,000)
in wholly owned subsidiary viz PNC Wellness Limited as at March 31,
2014. Further temporary advances of Rs. 18,868,870 were receivable as
at March 31, 2014.
10. Loans and Advances of Rs. 46,753,181 includes: i) Rs. 15,000,000
advanced against the Music, Asian and Indian Satellite rights of a
film, where the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said
rights and ii) Rs. 31,753,181 being balance amount advanced towards
joint production of a film where the Company has joint re-exploitation
rights. The Company has initiated recovery proceedings in respect of
the aforesaid advances. i) The Company has filed a Summary Suit with
the Hon. High Court at Bombay which is pending hearing and disposal and
ii) The Company has initiated arbitration proceedings which are ongoing
before Justice Smt KK Baam (Retired). The management considers the same
are good and fully recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the Company
from SF Rego, Judge (Retired), City Civil and Sessions Court, Mumbai,
supports this and consequently no provision has been made in the
accounts at this stage. The Company is showing these amounts as "Long
Term Loans and Advances".
11. In the opinion of the management investments, current assets and
loans and advances are of the value stated in the financial statements
are realisable in the ordinary course of business. The provisions for
all known liabilities and depreciation are adequate and are not in
excess of the amounts considered, reasonably necessary. NOTE 40
There are no dues payable to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
as at March 31, 2014.
12. All known liabilities have been provided in the books of accounts.
13. The previous year figures have been regrouped/ reclassified,
wherever necessary to bring conformity to the current year''s
presentation.
Mar 31, 2013
NOTE 1
The Company is engaged in the production/ making of cinematic and
television content, which requires various types, qualities and
quantities of raw materials and inputs in different denominations. Due
to the multiplicity and complexity of the items it is not practicable
to maintain the quantitative record/ continuous stock register, as the
process of making content is not amenable to the same. Hence
quantitative details are not maintained. Physical stock of finished
content is taken at the end of year.
NOTE 2
Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar Bharati
on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantees of 75,050,000 were
ongoing before former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud. The parties
completed the pleadings before the Arbitrator but unfortunately he
passed away in July 2008 while the cross examinations were on. The
Company had filed a petition before the Hon. High Court at Bombay for
appointment of a sole Arbitrator in place and stead of Justice
Chandrachud in January 2009. The Bombay High Court appointed Justice BN
Srikrishna, former Judge of Supreme Court of India as Sole Arbitrator
vide order dated November 27, 2009 and the arbitration proceedings are
ongoing. Opinion obtained by the Company from Justice AM Ahmadi, former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, supports the Company''s
stand that the amount is fully recoverable. In view of this, the
management of the Company does not consider it necessary to make a
provision there against in the accounts. The Company is showing amount
withheld by Prasar Bharti as "Long Term Loans and Advances''*.
NOTE 3
Accounting Standard (AS) 26 on "Intangible Assets" states that in the
absence of persuasive evidence, there is presumption that intangible
assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of cinematic content
the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful life of cinematic
content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz the expected
usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles,
technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected
actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of
maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic
benefits from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the
useful life of the asset and for reasons viz. shelf lives of movies
have substantially increased since 2000, getting better value for
longer lease in excess often years, emergence of channels dedicated
only for featuring content more man ten years old, growth in the number
of distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking, animation
and other new versions etc, and hence is of the view that the useful
life of die cinematic content is 20 years. Hence, amortisation of
112,075,738 is not required to be made. The Company is in line with
International Accounting Practices and is a step towards complying with
IFRS norms which will become mandatory from 2014.
NOTE 4
As per Accounting Standard (AS) 28 on "Impairment of Assets", the
Company has assessed whether there are any indications that any assets
have impaired. Since the carrying amount is less than the recoverable
amount, there is no necessity for making any provision for impairment.
NOTE 5
Segment information
During the year, die Company operated in only one business segment viz
content segment
NOTE 6
Related party disclosure
hi accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 18 "Related Party
Disclosure", the disclosure in respect of transactions with the
companies related parties are as given below
i. Subsidiaries of the Company a. PNC Productions Ltd
b. PNC Wellness Ltd (wholly owned subsidiary) ii. Key managerial
personnel a. Pallab Bhattacharya - Wholetime Director and CEO
b. Rangita Pritish Nandy - Wholetime Director and Creative Director
c. Rupali Vaidya Company Secretary
iii. Non executive Directors and their relatives a. Pritish Nandy-Non
Executive Chairman
b. Rina Pritish Nandy - Non Executive Director
c. Udayan Bose - Non Executive, Independent Director
d. Nabankur Gupta Non Executive, Independent Director
e. Vishnu Kanhere - Non Executive, Independent Director
f. Tapan Chaki - Non Executive, Independent Director
g. Hema Malini - Non Executive, Independent Director h. Ishita
Pritish Nandy - Daughter of Non Executive Chairman
NOTE 7
The company has an investment of 29,100,000 (L Y 29,100,000) in wholly
owned subsidiary viz PNC Wellness Ltd as at March 31,2013. Further
temporary advances of 5,369,753 were receivable as at March 31,2013,
NOTE 8
In view of loss, no provision has been made for income tax liability
during the year.
NOTE 9
Loans and advances of 46,753,181 includes: i) 15,000,000 advanced
against the Music, Asian and Indian Satellite rights of a film, where
the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said rights and ii)
31,753,181 being balance amount advanced towards joint production of a
film where the Company has joint re-exploitation rights. The Company
has initiated recovery proceedings in respect of the aforesaid advances
i) The Company has filed a Summary Suit with the Hon. High Court at
Bombay which is pending hearing and disposal and ii) The Company has
initiated arbitration proceedings which are ongoing before Justice Smt
KK Baam (Retired). The management considers the same are good and fully
recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the Company from SF Rego, Judge
(Retired), City Civil and Sessions Court, Mumbai, supports this and
consequently no provision has been made in the accounts at this stage.
The Company is showing these amounts as "Long Term Loans and Advances".
NOTE 10
In the opinion of the management investments, current assets and loans
and advances are of the value stated in the financial statements are
realisable in the ordinary course of business. The provisions for all
known liabilities and depreciation are adequate and are not in excess
of the amounts considered, reasonably necessary.
NOTE 11
There are no dues payable to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
as at March 31,2013.
NOTE 12
All known liabilities have been provided in the books of accounts.
NOTE 13
Refer annexure for additional information to Part IV of Schedule VI to
the Companies Act, 1956.
NOTE 14
The previous year figures have been regrouped/ reclassified, wherever
necessary to bring conformity to the current year''s presentation.
Mar 31, 2012
NOTF 1.1
Company has only one class of share referred to as equity share with
voting right.
NOTE 2
The Company is engaged in the production/ making of cinematic and
television content, which requires various types, qualities and
quantities of raw materials and inputs in different denominations. Due
to the multiplicity and complexity of the items it is not practicable
to maintain the quantitative record/ continuous stock register, as the
process of making content is not amenable to the same. Hence
quantitative details are not maintained. Physical stock of finished
content is taken at the end of year. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs
vide its Notification dated February 8, 2011 has granted exemption from
giving quantitative details of para 3(ii)(a)(I) & (2) of Part II,
Schedule VI to the Companies Act, 1956 to manufacturing Companies like
our Company. The Board has given the consent required under the
aforesaid notification.
NOTE 3
Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar Bharati
on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantees of Rs. 75,050,000
were ongoing before former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud. The parties
completed the pleadings before the Arbitrator but unfortunately he
passed away in July 2008 while the cross examinations were on. The
Company had filed a petition before the Hon. High Court at Bombay for
appointment of a sole Arbitrator in place and stead of Justice
Chandrachud in January 2009. The Bombay High Court appointed Justice BN
Srikrishna, former Judge of Hon. Supreme Court of India as Sole
Arbitrator vide order dated November 27, 2009 and the arbitration
proceedings are ongoing. Opinion obtained by the Company from Justice
AM Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, supports
the Company's stand that the amount is fully recoverable. In view of
this, the management of the Company does not consider it necessary to
make a provision there against in the accounts. The Company is showing
amount withheld by Prasar Bharti as "Long Term Loans and Advances".
NOTE 4
Accounting Standard (AS) 26 on "Intangible Assets" states that in the
absence of persuasive evidence there is a presumption that intangible
assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of cinematic content,
the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful life of cinematic
content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz. the expected
usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles,
technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected
actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of
maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic
benefits from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the
useful life of the asset and for reasons viz. shelf lives of movies
have substantially increased since 2000, getting better value for
longer lease in excess of ten years, emergence of channels dedicated
only for featuring content more than ten years old, growth in the
numbers of distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking,
animation and other new versions etc. is of the view that the useful
life of the cinematic content is over 20 years. Hence, amortisation of
t 46,444,466 is not required to be made. The Company is in line with
International Accounting Practices and this is a step towards complying
with IFRS norms which will become mandatory from 2014.
There is no individual content that is material to the financial
statements of the Company as a whole. There is no content whose title
is restricted. The cinematic content of carrying value of Rs. 413,771,841
is pledged to Yes Bank Ltd as security for working capital loan of Rs.
50,000,000.
The total cost of content as at March 31, 2012 is Rs. 443,437,138. Based
on a review of estimates of future realisations taken as a whole, the
management is of the view that future recoverable amount from content
rights to be more than its carrying unamortised cost of content. Hence,
no impairment/ write down is considered necessary on this account.
NOTE 5
As per Accounting Standard (AS) 28 on "Impairment of Assets", the
Company has assessed whether there is any indications that any assets
has impaired. Since the carrying amount is less than the recoverable
amount, there is no necessity for making any provision for impairment.
NOTE 6
Segment information
During the year, Company operated in only one business segment viz
content business.
NOTE 7
Related Party Disclosure
In accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 18 "Related Party
Disclosure", the disclosure in respect of transactions with the
Company's related parties are as given below
i. Subsidiaries of the Company
a. PNC Productions Ltd
b. PNC Wellness Ltd
(wholly owned subsidiary)
ii. Key managerial personnel
a. Pal lab Bhattacharya - Wholetime Director and CEO
b. Rangita Pritish Nandy - Wholetime Director and Creative Director
c. Anand Upadhyay - Company Secretary (Resigned wef January 9, 2012)
d. Rupali Vaidya - Company Secretary (Appointed wef January 9, 2012)
iii. Non executive Directors ;ind their relatives a. Pritish Nandy -
Non-Executive Chairman
b. Rina Pritish Nandy - Non-Executive Director
c. Udayan Bose - Non-Executive, Independent Director
d. Nabankur Gupta - Non-Executive, Independent Director
e. Vishnu Kanhere - Non-Executive, Independent Director
f. Tapan Chaki - Non-Executive, Independent Director
g. Hema Malini - Non-Executive, Independent Director
h. Ishita Pritish Nandy - daughter of Non-Executive Chairman
NOTE 8
The Company has incurred loss during the year. Managerial remuneration
paid/ payable is within the limit of minimum remuneration payable as
per Part II of Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956. The payment of
remuneration is duly approved by the Remuneration Committee.
NOTE 9
The company has an investment of Rs. 29,100,000 (LY Rs. 5,100,000) in
wholly owned subsidiary viz PNC Wellness Limited as at March 31, 2012.
Further temporary advances of Rs. 713,510 were receivable as at March 31,
2012.
NOTE 10
In view of loss, no provision has been made for income tax liability
during the year.
NOTE 11
Loans and Advances of f 46,753,181 includes: i) f 15,000,000 advanced
against the Music, Asian and Indian Satellite rights of a film, where
the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said rights and ii) Rs.
31,753,181 being balance amount advanced towards joint production of a
film where the Company has joint re-exploitation rights. The Company
has initiated recovery proceedings in respect of the aforesaid
advances, i) The Company has filed a Summary Suit with the Hon. High
Court at Bombay which is pending hearing and disposal and ii) The
Company has initiated arbitration proceedings which are ongoing before
Justice Smt KK Baam (Retired). The management considers the same are
good and fully recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the Company from
SF Rego, Judge (Retired), City Civil and Sessions Court, Mumbai,
supports this and consequently no provision has been made in the
accounts at this stage.
NOTE 12
Balances of trade receivable, trade payables and loans and advances are
subject to confirmation by the respective parties.
NOTE 13
In the opinion of the management investments, current assets and loans
and advances are of the value stated in the financial statements are
realisable in the ordinary course of business. The provisions for all
known liabilities and depreciation are adequate and are not in excess
of the amounts considered, reasonably necessary.
NOTE 14
There are no dues payable to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
as at March 31, 2012.
NOTE 15
All known liabilities have been provided in the books of accounts.
NOTE 16
The previous year figures have been regrouped/ reclassified wherever
necessary to bring conformity to the current year's presentation.
Mar 31, 2011
2010-2011 2009-2010
(Rs.) (Rs.)
1. Contingent liabilities
a. Claims against the 150,100,000 150,100,000
Company not
acknowledged
as debts.
b. Disputed VAT demand 1,876,028 1,876,028
c. Disputed Income Tax Nil 629,204
liability
Future cash outflow in
respect of (a), (b) and (c)
above are determinable only
on receipt of
2. The Company is engaged in the production/ making of cinematic and
television content, which requires various types, qualities and
quantities of raw materials and inputs in different denominations. Due
to the multiplicity and complexity of the items it is not practicable
to maintain the quantitative record/ continuous stock register, as the
process of making content is not amenable to the same. Hence
quantitative details are not maintained. Physical stock of finished
content is taken at the end of year. The Company has received approval
from Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide letter number 46/ 36/
2011-CL-III dated January 12, 2011 for financial year ending on March
31, 2011 under section 211(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 granting
exemption from giving quantitative details of para 3(ii)(a)(1) & (2) of
Part II, Schedule VI to the Companies Act, 1956.
3. Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar
Bharati on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantees of Rs.
75,050,000 were ongoing before former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud. The
parties completed the pleadings before the Arbitrator but unfortunately
he passed away in July 2008 while the cross examinations were on. The
Company had filed a petition before the High Court at Bombay for
appointment of a sole Arbitrator in place and stead of Justice
Chandrachud in January 2009. The Bombay High Court appointed Justice BN
Srikrishna, former Judge of Supreme Court of India as Sole Arbitrator
vide order dated November 27, 2009 and the arbitration proceedings are
ongoing. Opinion obtained by the Company from Justice AM Ahmadi, former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, supports the Company's
stand that the amount is fully recoverable. In view of this, the
management of the Company does not consider it necessary to make a
provision there against in the accounts. The Company is showing amount
withheld by Prasar Bharti as ÃLoans and AdvancesÃ.
4. Accounting Standard (AS) 26 on ÃIntangible Assetsà states that in
the absence of persuasive evidence that there is presumption that
intangible assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of
cinematic content, the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful
life of cinematic content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz. the expected
usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles,
technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected
actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of
maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic
benefits from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the
useful life of the asset and for reasons viz. shelf lives of movies
have substantially increased since 2000, getting better value for
longer lease in excess of ten years, emergence of channels dedicated
only for featuring content more than ten years old, growth in the
numbers of distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking,
animation and other new versions etc, is of the view that the useful
life of the cinematic content is 20 years. Hence,
5. As per Accounting Standard (AS) 28 on ÃImpairment of AssetsÃ, the
Company has identified certain fixed assets with written down value of
Rs.709,750 as on March 31, 2011 as Ãimpaired assetsÃ. The said amount of
Rs. 709,750 has been provided for as impairment loss and debited to
profit and loss account.
6. Segment information
During the year, Company operated in only one business segment viz
content business.
7. Related Party Disclosure
In accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 18 ÃRelated Party
DisclosureÃ, the disclosure in respect of transactions with the
companies related parties are as given below
i. Subsidiaries of a. PNC Productions Ltd
the Company
b. PNC Wellness Ltd (wholly
owned subsidiary)
ii. Key managerial
personnel a. Pallab Bhattacharya, Wholetime
Director and CEO
b. Rangita Pritish Nandy,
Wholetime Director and
Creative Director
c. Nirav Joshi, Company Secretary
(resigned wef February 21, 2011)
d. Anand Upadhyay, Company Secretary
(appointed wef February 22, 2011)
iii. Non executive a. Pritish Nandy, Non-Executive Chairman
Directors and their relatives
b. Rina Pritish Nandy, Non-Executive
Director
c. Udayan Bose, Non-Executive,
Independent Director
d. Nabankur Gupta, Non-Executive,
Independent Director
e. Vishnu Kanhere, Non-Executive,
Independent Director
f. Tapan Chaki, Non-Executive,
Independent Director
(appointed wef July 28, 2010)
g. Hema Malini, Non-Executive,
Independent Director
h. Ishita Pritish Nandy, daughter
of Non-Executive Chairman
8. The Company has not received any intimation from suppliers
regarding the status under The Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises
Development Act, 2006. Accordingly, disclosure as required by the said
Act is made on that basis.
9. During the financial year 2006-2007, the Company concluded its QIP
issue, through which 4,000,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each for cash at a
price of Rs. 70 per equity share. The entire QIP issue proceeds of Rs.
280,000,000 has been utilised towards cinematic content, QIP expenses,
working capital and general corporate purpose etc. as at March 31,
2011.
10. The company has an investment of Rs. 5,100,000 (LY Rs. 5,100,000)
in wholly owned subsidiary viz PNC Wellness Limited as at March 31,
2011. Further the Company has 7.5% p.a. interest bearing unsecured loan
amounting to Rs. 17,910,820, interest of Rs. 3,472,612 and receivable
on current account of Rs. 2,782,339 as at March 31, 2011. The net worth
of the wholly owned subsidiary company as per the audited balance sheet
has been fully eroded as at March 31, 2011. However, having regard to
the continued long term and strategic involvement with the wholly owned
subsidiary, no provision is considered necessary in the accounts for
probable loss that may arise.
11. In view of loss, no provision has been made for income tax
liability during the year.
12. Loans and Advances of Rs. 46,753,181 includes: i) Rs. 15,000,000
advanced against the Music, Asian and Indian Satellite rights of a
film, where the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said
rights and ii) Rs. 31,753,181 being balance amount advanced towards
joint production of a film where the Company has joint re-exploitation
rights. The Company has initiated recovery proceedings in respect of
the aforesaid advances. i) The Company has filed a Summary Suit with
the High Court at Bombay which is pending hearing and disposal and ii)
The Company has initiated arbitration proceedings which are ongoing
before Justice Smt KK Baam (Retired). The management considers the
same are good and fully recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the
Company from SF Rego, Judge (Retired), City Civil and Sessions Court,
Mumbai, supports this and consequently no provision has been made in
the accounts at this stage.
13. Sundry debtors includes an amount aggregating to Rs. 3,085,000 (LY
Rs. 3,385,000) in respect of which legal proceedings have been
initiated by the company. The management considers the same are good
and fully recoverable, hence no provision has been made in the accounts
at this stage.
14. Certain sundry debtors, sundry creditors and loans and advances
are subject to confirmation by the respective parties.
15. In the opinion of the management investments, current assets and
loans and advances are of the value stated in the financial statements
and realisable in the ordinary course of business. The provisions for
all known liabilities and depreciation are adequate and are not in
excess of the amounts considered, reasonably necessary.
16. There are no dues payable to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund as at March 31, 2011.
17. All known liabilities have been provided in the books of accounts.
18. There are no claims against the Company, except as stated in point
no 3, which are not acknowledged as debts. Further, contingent
liability on account of VAT that may arise due to non receipt of
necessary declarations amounting to Rs. 610,000.
19. Refer Annexure for additional information to Part IV of Schedule
VI to the Companies Act, 1956.
20. Figures in respect of previous year have been re-grouped,
re-arranged and re-cast to correspond with the figures of the current
year.
21. Schedules referred to above form an integral part of Balance Sheet
and Profit and Loss account.
Mar 31, 2010
2009-2010 2008-2009
(Rs) (Rs)
1. Contingent liabilities
a. Claims against the Company not 150,100,000 150,100,000
acknowledged as debts.
b. Disputed VAT demand 1,876,028 1,520,760
c. Disputed Inome Tax liability 629,204 Nil
Future cash outflow in respect
of (a), (b) and (c)
above are determinable only on
receipt of
judgment/ decision pending with
authorities.
2. The Company is engaged in the production/ making of cinematic and
television content, which requires various types, qualities and
quantities of raw materials and inputs in different denominations. Due
to the multiplicity and complexity of the items it is not practicable
to maintain the quantitative record/ continuous stock register, as the
process of making content is not amenable to the same. Hence
quantitative details are not maintained. Physical stock of finished
content is taken at the end of year. The Company has received approval
from Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide letter number 46/ 16/
2010-CL-III dated January 20, 2010 for financial year ending on March
31, 2010 under section 211(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 granting
exemption from giving quantitative details of para 3(ii)(a)(1) & (2) of
Part II, Schedule VI to the Companies Act, 1956.
3. Arbitration proceedings initiated by the Company against Prasar
Bharati on account of wrongful encashment of bank guarantees of Rs
75,050,000 were ongoing before former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud. The
parties completed the pleadings before the arbitrator but unfortunately
he passed away in July 2008 while the cross examinations were on. The
Company had filed a petition before the High Court at Bombay for
appointment of a sole Arbitrator in place and stead of Justice
Chandrachud in January, 2009. The Bombay High Court appointed Justice
BN Srikrishna, former Judge of Supreme Court of India as Sole
Arbitrator vide order dated November 27, 2009 and the arbitration
proceedings are ongoing. Opinion obtained by the Company from Justice
AM Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, supports
the CompanyÃs stand that the amount is fully recoverable. In view of
this, the management of the Company does not consider it necessary to
make a provision there against in the accounts. The Company is showing
amount withheld by Prasar Bharti as "Loans and Advances".
4. Accounting Standard (AS) 26 on "Intangible Assets" states that in
the absence of persuasive evidence that there is presumption that
intangible assets have a useful life of 10 years. In respect of
cinematic content, the Company has persuasive evidence that the useful
life of cinematic content is over 20 years.
The management has considered the following factors viz. the expected
usage of the asset by the enterprise, typical product life cycles,
technical, technological or other types of obsolescence, expected
actions by competitors or potential competitors, the level of
maintenance expenditure required to obtain the expected future economic
benefits from the asset, the period of control over the asset, the
useful life of the asset and for reasons viz. shelf lives of movies
have substantially increased since 2000, getting better value for
longer lease in excess of ten years, emergence of channels dedicated
only for featuring content more than ten years old, growth in the
numbers of distribution channels, rapid multiplication of remaking,
animation and other new versions etc., is of the view that the useful
life of the cinematic content is 20 years. The Company is in line with
International Accounting Practices and is a step towards complying with
IFRS norms which will become mandatory from 2014. The details of
cinematic and television content is as under
The total unamortised cost of content as at March 31, 2010 is Rs
431,089,936. Based on a review of estimates of future realisations
taken as a whole, the management is of the view that future recoverable
amount from content rights to be more than its carrying unamortised
cost of content. Hence, no impairment/ write down is considered
necessary on this account.
5. As per Accounting Standard (AS) 28 on "Impairment of AssetsÃ, the
Company has assessed whether there is any indication that any assets
has impaired. Since the carrying amount is less than the recoverable
amount, there is no necessity for making any provision for impairment.
6. Segment information
During the year, Company operated in only one business segment viz
content business.
7. Related party disclosure
In accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 18 "Related Party
Disclosure", the disclosure in respect of transactions with the
companies related parties are as given below
i.. Subsidiaries of the Company
a. PNC Productions Ltd
b. PNC Wellness Ltd (wholly owned subsidiary)
ii. Key managerial personnel
a. Pallab Bhattacharya, Wholetime Director and CEO
b. Rangita Pritish Nandy, Wholetime Director and Creative Director
c. Nirav Joshi, Company Secretary
iii. Non-Executive Directors
a. Pritish Nandy, Non-Executive Chairman and their relatives
b. Rina Pritish Nandy, Non-Executive Director
c. Udayan Bose, Non-Executive, Independent Director
d. Nabankur Gupta, Non-Executive, Independent Director
e. Vishnu Kanhere, Non-Executive, Independent Director
f. Harshawardhan Sabale, Non-Executive,
Independent Director (Resigned wef 31.08.2009)
g. Hema Malini, Non-Executive, Independent Director
h. Ishita Pritish Nandy, daughter of Non-Executive Chairman
8. The Company has incurred loss during the year. Managerial
remuneration paid/ payable is within the limit of minimum remuneration
payable as per Part II of Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956. The
payment of remuneration is duly approved by the Remuneration Committee.
9. The Company has not received any intimation from suppliers
regarding the status under The Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises
Development Act, 2006 and hence disclosures if any relating to the
amount unpaid as at year end and together with interest paid/ payable
as required under the Act have not been given.
10. During the financial year 2006-2007, the Company concluded its QIP
issue, through which 4,000,000 Equity Shares of Rs 10 each for cash at
a price of Rs 70 per equity share. Out of the total QIP issue proceeds
of Rs 280,000,000, the Company has utilized Rs 269,313,469 towards
cinematic content, QIP expenses, working capital and general corporate
purpose etc. as at March 31, 2010.
The balance unutilized amount of Rs 10,686,531 has been kept in fixed
deposits with Banks.
11. The Company is taking necessary steps for repayment of External
Commercial Borrowing (ECB) unsecured loan of Rs 10,000,000 along with
interest @ 3% p.a. taken from International Communications &
Investments (Mauritius) Ltd for a period of three years with grace
period of one year. The repayment period along with grace period of one
year has expired in financial year 2005-2006.
12. Loans and Advances of Rs 46,753,181 includes: i) Rs 15,000,000
advanced against the music, Asian and Indian satellite rights of a film
where the Company has lien over the exploitation of the said rights and
ii) Rs 31,753,181 being balance amount advanced towards joint
production of a film where the Company has joint re-exploitation
rights. The Company has initiated recovery proceedings in respect of
the aforesaid advances. i) The Company has filed a Summary Suit with
the High Court at Bombay which is pending hearing and disposal and ii)
The Company has initiated arbitration proceedings which are ongoing
before Justice Smt KK Baam (Retired). The management considers the
same are good and fully recoverable. Legal opinion obtained by the
Company from SF Rego, Judge (Retired), City Civil and Sessions Court,
Mumbai supports this and consequently no provision has been made in the
accounts at this stage.
13. Sundry debtors includes an amount aggregating to Rs 3,385,000 in
respect of which legal proceedings have been initiated by the company.
The management considers the same are good and fully recoverable, hence
no provision has been made in the accounts at this stage.
14. Certain sundry debtors, sundry creditors and loans and advances
are subject to confirmation by the respective parties.
15. In the opinion of the management investments, current assets and
loans and advances are of the value stated in the financial statements
and realisable in the ordinary course of business. The provisions for
all known liabilities and depreciation are adequate and are not in
excess of the amounts considered reasonably necessary.
16. There are no dues payable to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund as at March 31, 2010.
17. All known liabilities have been provided in the books of accounts.
18. There are no claims against the Company, except as stated in point
no 3, which are not acknowledged as debts. Further, contingent
liability on account of VAT that may arise due to non receipt of
necessary declarations amounting to Rs 610,000.
19. Refer Annexure for additional information to Part IV of Schedule
VI to the Companies Act, 1956.
20. Figures in respect of previous year have been re-grouped,
re-arranged and re-cast to correspond with the figures of the current
year.
21. Schedules referred to above form an integral part of Balance Sheet
and Profit and Loss account.