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Directors Report of JTEKT India Ltd.

Mar 31, 2018

TO THE MEMBERS,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their 34th Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2018.

1) Financial Results

STANDALONE AND CONSOLIDATED PREFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY

(INR in Lakhs)

Standalone

Consolidated

Current Year

Previous Year

Current Year

Previous Year

31.03.2018

31.03.2017

31.03.2018

31.03.2017

Total Income (net of excise duty)

1,21,479.49

1,17,107.37

1,25,725.29

1,21,777.38

Profit before interest , depreciation & tax

14,331.79

13,462.12

16,130.28

15,192.00

- Interest

2,073.53

2,425.91

2,085.33

2,522.26

- Depreciation & write offs

7,312.73

7,477.36

7,723.21

7,883.47

Profit before share of profit of Associates

4,945.53

3,558.85

6,321.74

4,786.27

Add : Share of profit of associates

1,301.53

805.07

Profit before tax

4,945.53

3,558.85

7,623.27

5,591.34

Less : Provision for tax

2,403.21

1,543.13

2,911.25

1,936.47

Provision for deferred tax liability/(assets)

(701.95)

(493.37)

(583.33)

(391.92)

Profit after tax

3,244.27

2,509.09

5,295.35

4,046.79

Less : Share of profit transferred to minority

464.84

349.35

Profit for the year

3,244.27

2,509.09

4,830.51

3,697.44

Retained Earnings

Balance at the beginning of the year

11,792.35

10,479.26

20,234.29

17,740.63

Other opening adjustment

0.36

Profit for the year

3,244.27

2,509.09

4,830.51

3,697.44

Payment of Dividend on equity shares

(993.82)

(993.70)

(993.82)

(993.70)

Corporate Dividend Tax paid

(194.53)

(202.30)

(202.30)

(210.08)

Balance at the end of the year

13,848.27

11,792.35

23,869.04

20,234.29

2) State of Affairs of the Company

Revenue from operations increased by 4.1% to INR 12,122.46 million. PBDIT improved by 6.46% to INR 1,433.18 million. The Company reported PAT of INR 308.10 million. Improvement in profitability reflects the success of Company’s efforts in controlling the fixed costs.

3) Change of Promoter and Name of the Company

During the year under review, JTEKT Corporation, Japan, one of the Promoters of the Company, acquired the complete stake of 25.12% held by Sona Autocomp Holding Limited, the Company’s Indian Promoter. The said acquisition of shares had triggered an ‘Open Offer’ in terms of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 and subsequent amendments thereto. Post conclusion of the said Open Offer, the shareholding of JTEKT Corporation, Japan increased to a level of 70.45% and along with Maruti Suzuki India Limited, the total Promoter Group shareholding was increased to 77.39%.

In order to bring public shareholding to the minimum threshold level of 25%, JTEKT Corporation, Japan sold excess Promoters’ shareholding of 2.39%, by way of ‘Offer for Sale’ (OFS) in accordance with the guidelines issued by Securities & Exchange Board of India, in two tranches completed on 20th March, 2018 and 9th April, 2018. The second OFS transaction concluded on 9th April, 2018, received an excellent response from the market with bids received were more than 6 times of the Issue size.

‘JTEKT’ is a registered Trade Mark owned by JTEKT Corporation, Japan. JTEKT is a leading global brand having footprint spanning to almost all continents by having more than 149 subsidiaries worldwide. After the aforesaid transaction your Company became subsidiary of JTEKT Corporation, Japan and consequently became a member of The “JTEKT Group”. The brand “JTEKT” will bring international recognition to your Company and communicate one identity, particularly to global customers of JTEKT Group. Accordingly to leverage on brand “JTEKT”, the name of your Company has been changed from ‘Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited’ to ‘JTEKT India Limited’ with effect from 7th April, 2018.

4) Dividend

Your directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 50% on equity share capital of the Company for the financial year 2017-18, same as last financial year.

5) Reserves

(INR in Lakhs)

31-Mar-18

31-Mar-17

Balance as per last financial statements

11,792.35

10,479.26

Add: Profit for the year

3,244.27

2,509.09

Less: Appropriations

Proposed dividend

993.82

993.70

Tax on proposed dividend

194.53

202.30

Net surplus in the statement of profit and loss

13,848.27

11,792.35

6) Change of nature of Business (if any)

There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial year.

7) Share Capital

The Paid Up Equity Share Capital of the Company as at March 31, 2018 stood at INR 1987.42 lakhs. During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares / securities. As on March 31, 2018, none of the Directors of the Company hold instruments convertible into equity shares of the Company.

8) Significant and material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts

There are no significant or material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts that would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

9) Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the Company

There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which financial statements relate and the date of the report.

10) Details in respect of adequacy of internal controls

The Company has an effective and reliable internal control system commensurate with its size and operations. The internal controls are aligned to global standards and processes while also adhering to local statutory requirements. The internal controls systems are supported through, management reviews, verification by internal auditors, as well as verification by statutory auditors. Further, the Audit Committee of the Board reviews the internal audit plan, adequacy of internal controls system, significant audit observations and monitors the sustainability of remedial measures.

In addition to policies, procedures, and guidelines, the internal controls system is facilitated by an automated “Compliance Manager Tool”, which enables self-assessment by process owners on status of all applicable regulatory compliances and Internal Controls including, controls relating to adherence to company’s policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and timely preparation of reliable financial information. The status of each self-assessment is approved by an immediate superior. The status of self-assessment is periodically deliberated and reviewed by the Senior Management. Further, the accuracy of sample self-assessments is verified through periodic internal audits.

The aforesaid internal control system provides high degree of assurance with respect to effectiveness and efficiency of operations, adequacy and adherence of internal financial controls and compliances with laws and regulations.

11) Details and Performance of Subsidiary Companies / Associate Company

In terms of the provisions of Section 2(87) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has two subsidiaries namely JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI) and Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Ltd. (SFAL). However, as per the provisions of new Accounting Standards - Ind-AS 110, JSAI is considered as an Associate Company for the purpose of accounting.

- JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the equity capital and controls the composition of the Board of Directors. This Company was established in technical and financial collaboration with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plants of JSAI are located in Bawal (Haryana), and Chennai. During the year ended 31st March, 2018, JSAI has achieved total revenue of INR 5,8147.71 Lakhs and earned net profit of INR 3,118.95 Lakhs. The Board of Directors of JSAI in their meeting held on 15th May, 2018 has recommended a dividend at the rate of 30% for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2018.

- Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the Equity Capital. This Company was established in technical and financial collaboration with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns / Column parts to be primarily used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JTEKT Sona Automotive India Limited. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2018, SFAL has achieved total revenue of INR 8,946.85 Lakhs and earned net profit of INR 952.42 Lakhs. The Board of Directors of SFAL in their meeting held on 16th May, 2018 has recommended a dividend at the rate of 30% for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2018.

During the year, the Company has disposed off its entire investment in Sona Skill Development Centre Limited (SSDCL), accordingly, SSDCL ceased to be an Associate Company of JTEKT India Limited with effect from 18th May, 2017.

The Board of Directors of the Company have, vide resolution dated 9th February, 2018 have approved Scheme of Amalgamation of involving JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (Amalgamating Company) and JTEKT India Limited (Amalgamated Company) and their respective shareholders and creditors. The proposed merger is expected to bring business and operational synergies. The aforesaid Scheme was submitted to National Stock Exchange of India Limited and BSE Limited for necessary approvals. The aforesaid Scheme has been returned by Stock Exchanges with an advice to re-submit the scheme post compliance with the provisions of Clause (I)(A)(3)(b) of Annexure I of SEBI Circular No. CFD/DIL3/CIR/2017/21 dated March 10, 2017.

12) Subsidiary Companies Accounts

During the year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiary and associate companies. In accordance with Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the consolidated financial statements of the Company forms part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statement of the subsidiary and associate company in the prescribed Form AOC-1 is attached along with financial statement. The statement also provides the details of performance, financial position of the subsidiary and associate companies.

In accordance with Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements and related information of the Company and audited accounts of each of its subsidiaries and associate company, are available on Company’s website www.jtekt.co.in. These documents will also be available for inspection during business hours at Company’s registered office. The Company shall provide the copy of financial statements of its subsidiary and associate company to the shareholders upon their request.

In accordance with the Accounting Standard ‘AS-110’ on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard ‘AS-28’ on Investment in Associates and Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

13) Extract of Annual Return

The extract of Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 is enclosed as Annexure - I in the prescribed form MGT-9 and forms part of this Report.

14) Corporate Social Responsibility

In compliance with Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014, the Company has established Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and statutory disclosures with respect to the CSR Committee and an Annual Report on CSR Activities forms part of this Report as Annexure - II.

This year, the Company partnered with Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP), a non-political, socio-cultural voluntary organisation registered as a Society. BVP is currently running over 1,600 permanent projects, with almost 400 of which include Hospitals, Clinics, Physiotherapy Centres, Mobile Vans, Pathology Labs, Ultrasound Centres and Blood Banks.

As part of CSR Initiative, the Company identified Vivekanand Arogya Kendra, a diagnostic centre established by BVP, which needed help in establishing the facility. The Company financed the purchase of an Ambulance as well as a portable Ultra-Sound Machine at a total cost of INR 25.62 lakhs. The ambulance is equipped with amenities that are crucial to deliver adequate emergency medical services addressing the needs of immediate medical attention and critical care.

In the past few years, the CSR Team of the Company identified projects in the area of skill development. By using the services of Sona Skill Development Centre (Skill Centre), the team implemented several projects to impart vocational training to underprivileged children. During FY 2018, the Skill Centre stopped conducting the skill development program and therefore the CSR

Team explored other CSR options. It took some time to conclude on Preventive Health Care as one of the areas of contribution. While the Company has started making contribution in this area, however due to constrain of time it was difficult to finalize other projects and hence the entire amount could not be deployed.

15) Number of meetings of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors met 6 (six) times in the year ended 31st March, 2018. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

16) Nomination & Remuneration Committee and its policy

The Board of Directors had constituted a Nomination & Remuneration Committee to review formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees and such other ancillary functions as may be required.

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.

17) Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties

The Company has entered into contracts / arrangements with the related parties in the ordinary course of business and on arm’s length basis. Thus, provisions of Section 188(1) of the Act are not applicable.

However, in terms of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, all transactions with related parties, which are of material in nature, are subject to the approval of the Members of the Company.

18) Secretarial Audit Report

Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company had appointed Mr. S.S Gupta, Company Secretaries, in Practice, as its Secretarial Auditors to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company for the FY 2017-18. The Company provided all assistance and facilities to the Secretarial Auditors for conducting their audit. The Report of Secretarial Auditors for the FY 2017-18 is annexed to this report as Annexure - III. The report does not contain any qualification.

19) Risk Management Policy

The Board of Directors of the Company had constituted a Risk Management Committee to oversee the risk management process in the Company.

The Company has laid down a well-defined risk management mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potential impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify, evaluate, manage and monitoring of both business and non-business risks. The Risk Management Committee periodically reviews the risks and suggests the steps to be taken to control and mitigate the same through a properly defined framework.

20) Corporate Governance

The Company has complied with the corporate governance requirements under the Companies Act, 2013, and as stipulated under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Listing Regulations’). A separate section on corporate governance under the Listing Regulations, along with a certificate from the auditors confirming the compliance, is annexed and forms part of this Annual Report.

21) Vigil Mechanism

The Company has established a vigil mechanism for Directors and employees to report their genuine concerns. For details, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report attached to this Report.

22) Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

23) Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits covered under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013.

24) Loans, Guarantees and Investments

During the year under review, no loans, guarantees and investments were made by the Company under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, hence the said provision is not applicable.

25) Directors & Key Managerial Personnel

As on 31st March, 2018, your Company has nine (9) Directors consisting of four (4) Independent Directors (including one Woman Director), two (2) Non-executive Directors, a Non-executive Chairman, one Executive Director and an Executive Managing Director.

In terms of the definition of ‘Independence’ of Directors as prescribed under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and based on the confirmation / disclosures received from the Directors, the following Non-Executive Directors were the Independent Directors :-

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam

2) Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta

3) Mr. Ramesh Suri

4) Mrs. Geeta Mathur

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed both under the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations.

During the year under review, Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Mrs. Rani Kapur and Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh have resigned from the Board of the Company and Mr. Seiho Kawakami and Mr. Sudhir Chopra were appointed as additional directors by close of the business hours of 18th May, 2017. Further, Mr. Hidekazu Omura and Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki were elevated to the position of Non-Executive Chairman and Managing Director respectively.

During the year, one of the senior members of the Board, Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha, was ceased to be a director of the Company due to his sudden sad demise on 23rd June, 2017. Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia and Mrs. Ramni Nirula, Independent Directors of the Company have resigned from the Board of the Company effective from 31st May, 2017 and 30th October, 2017 respectively.

Upon recommendations of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 10th November, 2017 have appointed Mrs. Geeta Mathur, as an Independent Woman Director on the Board of the Company.

Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record the appreciation of services rendered by Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Mrs. Rani Kapur, Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh, Mr. Prasan Kumar Firodia and Mrs. Ramni Nirula during their association with the Company and also pay homage to the departed soul of Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha.

Further, consequent upon resignation of Mr. Deshmukh, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki, Managing Director, as one of the whole time Key Managerial Personnel of the Company effective from the close of business hours of 18th May, 2017.

The Managing Director and Director (Corporate Affairs) & Company Secretary of the Company have not received any remuneration or commission, except Sitting Fee, if any, from any of the subsidiaries of the Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 152(6) and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Toshiya Miki (DIN: 07505339) will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

26) Board Evaluation

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, the Board, its Committees and other individual Directors which include criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors.

The performance evaluation of the Board, its Committees and individual directors was conducted and the same was based on questionnaire and feedback from all the Directors on the Board as a whole, Committees and self-evaluation.

Based on the questionnaire and feedback, the performance of every director was evaluated in the meeting of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

A separate meeting of the independent directors was convened, which reviewed the performance of the Board (as a whole), the non-independent directors and the Chairman. Post the Annual Independent Directors’ meeting, the collective feedback of each of the Independent Directors was discussed by the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee with the Board’s Chairman covering performance of the Board as a whole; performance of the non-independent directors and performance of the Board’s Chairman.

27) Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of Directors of the Company presently consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

3) Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki, Member

4) Mrs. Geeta Mathur, Member

More details on the Audit Committee are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

28) Directors’ Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors confirm that:

a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year 2017-18, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

e) the directors, have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and

f) the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

29) Statutory Auditors and their Report

As per Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the members of the Company in its 33rd Annual General Meeting held on 22nd August, 2017 approved the appointment of M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Registration No - 101248W/W-100022), as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for an initial term of 5 years i.e. from the conclusion of 33rd Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 38th Annual General Meeting of the Company (subject to ratification of the appointment by the members at every Annual General Meeting).

Accordingly, the appointment of M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company, is being placed before the shareholders at the 34th Annual General Meeting, for the ratification.

The Report given by M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants on the financial statements of the Company for the year 2018 is part of the Annual Report. There has been no qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer in their Report.

30) Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo.

A statement containing the necessary information on conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be given pursuant to provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the rules made there under is annexed as Annexure - IV and forms part of this report.

31) Employees

Disclosure pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are provided in Annexure - V(a) to this Report.

A statement showing the details of employees of the Company who are drawing salary as per the limits prescribed under rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 during the Financial Year 2017-18 or part thereof, is attached herewith as Annexure - V(b) to this Report.

32) Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by JIN’s customers namely Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda, Fiat India, Toyota Kirloskar, General Motors, John Deere, Club Car, E-z-go, Renault-Nissan and Isuzu, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all the employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Gurugram Hidekazu Omura

Dated : 18th May, 2018 Chairman


Mar 31, 2017

TO THE MEMBERS,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their 33rd Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2017.

Beginning of New Era

On February 01, 2017 Sona Autocomp Holding Limited (''SAHL''), one of the Promoters of the Company, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with JTEKT Corporation, Japan (''JTEKT''), a Technical and Financial Collaborator of the Company and a member of the Promoter Group. In terms of the said Share Purchase Agreement, on May 18,

1) Financial Results

2017, JTEKT acquired from SAHL 25.12% of the equity shares of the Company on a fully diluted basis. Consequent to the said transaction, JTEKT''s shareholding in the Company stands increased from 20.10% to 45.22%, and with this, it has taken the position to steer your Company to further heights. The said acquisition of shares has triggered an ''Open Offer'' in terms of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 and subsequent amendments made thereto. Accordingly, JTEKT has made an ''Open Offer'' to all the public shareholders of the Company, to acquire up to 51,672,877 fully paid-up Equity Shares of Face Value of Rs,1/- each of the Company, constituting 26% of the Equity Share Capital of the Company. The said ''Open Offer'' is being made at Rs, 84/- per Equity Share.

STANDALONE AND CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY

Standalone

Consolidated

Current Year

Previous Year

Current Year

Previous Year

31.03.2017

31.03.2016

31.03.2017

31.03.2016

Sales (Net of Excise Duty) and other income

117220.67

109337.55

159227.51

153427.69

Profit before interest & depreciation

13445.92

13237.50

21238.06

20993.35

- Interest

2639.98

2822.86

2853.93

3172.80

- Depreciation & write offs

7477.36

7190.24

10299.59

9875.20

Profit before tax

3328.58

3224.40

8084.54

7945.35

Less : Provision for tax

1579.68

1301.00

3566.39

3310.86

Provision for deferred tax liability / (assets)

(573.07)

(581.94)

(759.55)

(785.99)

Earlier years excess provision of tax written back

(36.55)

5.61

(64.39)

5.44

Minimum alternate tax (MAT) credit entitlement

-

-

-

-

Profit after tax

2358.52

2499.73

5342.09

5415.04

Less : Share of profit transferred to minority

-

-

1683.27

1697.07

Less : Share of loss of an associate

-

-

(10.20)

(13.37)

Consolidated profit for the year

2358.52

2499.73

3648.62

3704.60

Add : Profit brought forward

9269.82

7966.10

16481.06

14092.76

Less: Adjustment of depreciation change as per Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013

-

-

-

-

Profit available for appropriations

11628.34

10465.83

20129.68

17797.36

Appropriations

Proposed Dividend

-

993.71

-

993.71

Tax on Dividend

-

202.30

-

322.59

Transfer to General Reserve

-

-

-

-

Corporate Social Responsibility Exp.

-

-

-

-

Balance Carried Forward

11628.34

9269.82

20129.68

16481.06

(Rs,/ Lakhs)

2) State of Affairs of the Company

Revenue from operations increased by 7.21% to Rs, 11722 million. PBDIT improved by 1.57% to Rs, 1345 million. The Company reported PAT of Rs, 236 million. Improvement in PBDIT numbers shows the success of Company''s efforts in controlling the material cost by following aggressive localization program and through backward integration.

3) Dividend

Your directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 50% on equity share capital of the Company for the financial year 201617, same as last financial year.

4) Reserves

(''/ Lakhs)

31-Mar-17

31-Mar-16

Balance as per last financial statements

9269.82

7966.10

Add: Profit for the year

2358.52

2499.73

Less: Appropriations

Proposed dividend

-

993.71

Tax on proposed dividend

-

202.30

Net surplus in the statement of profit and loss

11628.34

9269.82

5) Change of nature of Business (if any)

There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial year.

6) Share Capital

The Paid Up Equity Share Capital of the Company as at March 31, 2017 stood at Rs, 1987.42 Lakhs. During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares / securities. As on March 31,

2017, none of the Directors of the Company hold instruments convertible into equity shares of the Company.

7) Significant and material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts

There are no significant or material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts that would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

8) Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the Company

There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which financial statements relate and the date of the report.

9) Details in respect of adequacy of internal controls

Sona Koyo has an effective and reliable internal control system commensurate with its size and operations. The internal controls are aligned to global standards and processes while also adhering to local statutory requirements. The internal controls systems are supported through, management reviews, verification by internal auditors, as well as verification by statutory auditors. Further, the audit committee of the Board reviews the internal audit plan, adequacy of internal controls system, significant audit observations and monitors the sustainability of remedial measures.

In addition to policies, procedures, and guidelines, the internal controls system is facilitated by an automated "Compliance Manager Tool''; which enables self-assessment by process owners on status of all applicable regulatory compliances and Internal Controls including, controls relating to adherence to company''s policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and timely preparation of reliable financial information. The status of each self-assessment is approved by an immediate superior. The status of self-assessment is periodically deliberated and reviewed by the Senior Management. Further, the accuracy of sample self-assessments is verified through periodic internal audits.

The aforesaid internal control system provides high degree of assurance with respect to effectiveness and efficiency of operations, adequacy and adherence of internal financial controls and compliances with laws and regulations.

10) Details and Performance of Subsidiary Companies / Associate Company

The Company has the following two Subsidiaries and one Associate Company :

Subsidiary Companies

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

I n JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the equity capital but it has the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plants of JSAI are located in Bawal (Haryana), Chennai and Bengaluru. During the year ended 31st March, 2017, JSAI has achieved total revenue of Rs, 61206.28 Lakhs and earned net profit of Rs, 2616.63 Lakhs.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2017, SFAL has achieved total revenue of Rs, 8773.65 Lakhs and earned net profit of Rs, 711.80 Lakhs. The Board of Directors of SFAL in their meeting held on 23rd May, 2017 has recommended a dividend at the rate of 7.5% for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2017.

Associate Company

a) Sona Skill Development Centre Limited (SSDCL)

SSDCL is a skill development Company which provides skill development and training programs such as TQM, Problem Solving, Flow Manufacturing (Lean), Safety, and Innovation as well as comprehensive training program that includes 5S, safety, QC 7 tools, measurement, maintenance, Toyota Production System, basic conventional machine operation, CNC machine operation, material selection, and soft skills such as team work and conflict management. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited has made the investment in the Equity Share Capital of Sona Skill Development Centre Limited (SSDCL) which is equivalent to 49.99% of the paid up share capital of SSDCL. Accordingly, SSDCL has been covered in the definition of Associate Company. During the year ended 31st March, 2017, SSDCL has achieved total income of Rs, 183.96 Lakhs and has incurred a loss of Rs, 20.39 Lakhs.

No company has become / ceased to be a Subsidiary or Associate during the financial year 2016-17. However, on 18th May, 2017, the Company has disposed off its entire investment in SSDCL. Since the said disinvestment was made after 31st March, 2017, the Company is required to consolidate the financials of SSDCL with its financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2017.

11) Subsidiary Companies Accounts

During the year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiaries and associate companies. In accordance with Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the consolidated financial statements of the Company forms part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statement of the subsidiaries and associate company in the prescribed Form AOC-1 is attached along with financial statement. The statement also provides the details of performance, financial position of each of the subsidiaries and associate company.

In accordance with Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements and related information of the Company and audited accounts of each of its subsidiaries and associate company, are available on Company''s website www.sonakoyosteering.com. These documents will also be available for inspection during business hours at Company''s registered office. The Company shall provide the copy of financial statements of its subsidiaries and associate company to the shareholders upon their request.

In accordance with the Accounting Standard ''AS-21'' on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard ''AS-27'' on Financial Reporting of interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

12) Extract of Annual Return

The extract of Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 is enclosed as Annexure - I in the prescribed form MGT-9 and forms part of this Report.

13) Corporate Social Responsibility

In compliance with Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014, the Company has established Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and statutory disclosures with respect to the CSR Committee and an Annual Report on CSR Activities forms part of this Report as Annexure - II.

14) Number of meetings of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors met 4 (four) times in the year ended 31st March, 2017. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

15) Nomination & Remuneration Committee and its policy

The Board of Directors had constituted a Nomination & Remuneration Committee to review formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees and such other ancillary functions as may be required.

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.

16) Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties

The Company has entered into contracts / arrangements with the related parties in the ordinary course of business and on arm''s length basis. Thus, provisions of Section 188(1) of the Act are not applicable.

However, in terms of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, all transactions with related parties, which are of material in nature, are subject to the approval of the Members of the Company.

17) Secretarial Audit Report

Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company had appointed Mr. S.S Gupta, Company Secretaries, in Practice, as its Secretarial Auditors to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company for the FY 2016-17. The Company provided all assistance and facilities to the Secretarial Auditors for conducting their audit. The Report of Secretarial Auditors for the FY 2016-17 is annexed to this report as Annexure - III. The report does not contain any qualification.

18) Risk Management Policy

The Board of Directors of the Company had constituted a Risk Management Committee to oversee the risk management process in the Company.

The Company has laid down a well-defined risk management mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potential impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify, evaluate, manage and monitoring of both business and non-business risks. The Risk Management Committee periodically reviews the risks and suggests the steps to be taken to control and mitigate the same through a properly defined framework.

19) Corporate Governance

The Company has complied with the corporate governance requirements under the Companies Act, 2013, and as stipulated under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as ''Listing Regulations''). A separate section on corporate governance under the Listing Regulations, along with a certificate from the auditors confirming the compliance, is annexed and forms part of this Annual Report.

20) Vigil Mechanism

The Company has established a vigil mechanism for Directors and employees to report their genuine concerns. For details, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report attached to this Report.

21) Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

22) Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits covered under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013.

23) Loans, Guarantees and Investments

Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to Financial Statements, which are self explanatory.

24) Directors & Key Managerial Personnel

As on 31st March, 2017, your Company has Twelve (12) Directors consisting of six (6) Independent Directors, three (3) Nonexecutive Directors, a Non-executive Chairman, an Executive Vice Chairman and a Dy. Managing Director.

In terms of the definition of ''Independence'' of Directors as prescribed under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and based on the confirmation / disclosures received from the Directors, the following NonExecutive Directors were the Independent Directors :-

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam

2) Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha

3) Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta

4) Mr. Ramesh Suri

5) Mrs. Ramni Nirula

6) Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed both under the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations.

During the year under review, our colleague Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe, Nominee of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (''MSIL''), has ceased to be a Director of the Company due to withdrawal of his nomination by MSIL. Consequent upon cessation of Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe from the office of Board of Directors of the Company, MSIL has nominated Mr. Toshiya Miki, who has been appointed as an Additional Director of the Company effective from 5th August, 2016.

Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Mrs. Rani Kapur and Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh have resigned from the Board of the Company by close of the business hours of 18th May, 2017

Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record the appreciation of services rendered by Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Mrs. Rani Kapur, Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh and Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe during their association with the Company.

The Board of Directors in their meeting held on 18th May, 2017 have appointed Mr. Hidekazu Omura as Chairman of the Board and General Meetings and Mr. Seiho Kawakami as an additional director of the Company with effect from the close of business hours of 18th May, 2017. The Board of Directors in their meeting held on 10th February, 2017 have re-appointed Mr. Kiyozumi

Kamiki as Dy. Managing Director, with remuneration, for a period of three years with effect from 1st April, 2017, who was further elevated to the office of Managing Directors effective from the close of business hours of 18th May, 2017 for the remaining period of his tenure till 31st March, 2020. Mr. Sudhir Chopra has been elevated as Director (Corporate Affairs) & Company Secretary of the Company, with remuneration, by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 18th May, 2017, for a period of three years with effect from the close of business hours of 18th May, 2017.

Further, consequent upon resignation of Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki, Managing Director, as one of the wholetime Key Managerial Personnel of the Company effective from the close of business hours of 18th May, 2017.

The Executive Vice Chairman and Dy. Managing Director of the Company have not received any remuneration or commission, except Sitting Fee, if any, from any of the subsidiaries of the Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 152(6) and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki (DIN: 06536243) will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

25) Board Evaluation

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, the Board, its Committees and other individual Directors which include criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors.

The performance evaluation of the Board, its Committees and individual directors was conducted and the same was based on questionnaire and feedback from all the Directors on the Board as a whole, Committees and self-evaluation.

Based on the questionnaire and feedback, the performance of every director was evaluated in the meeting of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

A separate meeting of the independent directors was convened, which reviewed the performance of the Board (as a whole), the non-independent directors and the Chairman. Post the Annual Independent Directors'' meeting, the collective feedback of each of the Independent Directors was discussed by the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee with the Board''s Chairman covering performance of the Board as a whole; performance of the non-independent directors and performance of the Board''s Chairman.

26) Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of Directors of the Company presently consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha, Member

3) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

4) Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki, Member

More details on the Audit Committee are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

27) Directors'' Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors confirm that:

a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year 2016-17, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

e) the directors, have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and

f) the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

28) Statutory Auditors and their Report

As per Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the term of M/s. S.P. Puri & Co. (Firm Registration No. 001152N) Chartered Accountants, New Delhi as the Statutory Auditors of the Company expires at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on 24th May, 2017, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, have made its recommendation for appointment of M/s. B.S.R. & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Registration No. 101248W/W-100022), as the Statutory Auditors of the Company by the Members at the 33rd Annual General Meeting of the Company for an initial term of 5 years. Accordingly, a resolution, proposing appointment of M/s. B.S.R.

& Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for a term of five consecutive years i.e. from the conclusion of 33rd Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 38th Annual General Meeting of the Company pursuant to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part of the Notice of the 33rd Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company has received their written consent and a certificate that they satisfy the criteria provided under Section 141 of the Act and that the appointment, if made, shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act and rules framed there under.

The Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditors'' Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The Auditors'' Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.

M/s. S.P. Puri & Co. over many years have successfully met the challenge that the size and scale of the Company''s operations pose for auditors and have maintained the highest level of governance, ethical standards, rigour and quality in their audit. The Board place on record its appreciation for the services rendered by M/s. S.P. Puri & Co. as the Statutory Auditors of the Company.

29) Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo.

A statement containing the necessary information on conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be given pursuant to provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the rules made there under is annexed as Annexure - IV and forms part of this report.

30) Employees

Disclosure pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are provided in Annexure - V(a) to this Report.

A statement containing the names of every employee employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs, 102 Lakhs or more, or employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs, 8.5 Lakhs or more a month, under Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is enclosed as Annexure - V(b) to this Report.

31) Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONA''s customers namely Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda, Fiat India, Toyota Kirloskar, General Motors, John Deere, Club Car, E-z-go, Renault-Nissan and Isuzu, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all the employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Gurugram Hidekazu Omura

Dated : 24th May, 2017 Chairman


Mar 31, 2016

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their 32nd Annual Report together with audited accounts
31st March, 2016.

1) Financial Results
STANDALONE AND CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY

Standalone

Current Year Previous Year
31.03.2016 31.03.2015

Sales (Net of Excise
Duty) and other income 109337.55 108281.42

Profit before interest
& depreciation 13237.50 12669.30


- Interest 2822.86 2492.59

- Depreciation &
write offs 7190.24 7799.74

Profit before tax 3224.40 2376.97

Less : Provision for tax 1301.00 1251.00

Provision for deferred
tax liability / (assets ) (581.94) (671.75)

Earlier years excess
provision of tax written back 5.61 -

Minimum alternate tax
(MAT) credit entitlement
Profit after tax 2499.73 1797.72

Less : Share of profit
transferred to minority
Less : Share of loss of
an associate
Consolidated profit for
the year 2499.73 1797.72

Add : Profit brought
forward 7966.10 8394.51

Less : Adjustment of
depreciation change as per
schedule II of the - (648.33)
Companies Act, 2013

Profit available for
appropriations 10465.83 9543.90
Appropriations

Proposed Dividend 993.71 1291.82

Tax on Dividend 202.30 262.98
Transfer to General Reserve

Corporate Social
Responsibility Exp. - 23.00

Balance Carried Forward 9269.82 7966.10

( Rs. / Lacs)
Consolidated
Current Year Previous Year
31.03.2016 31.03.2015

Sales (Net of Excise Duty)
and other income 153427.69 155784.08

Profit before interest &
depreciation 20993.35 22053.49

- Interest 3172.80 3114.48

- Depreciation & write offs 9875.20 10368.33

Profit before tax 7945.35 8570.68

Less : Provision for tax 3310.86 3380.79

Provision for deferred
tax liability / (assets) 785.99 8570.68

Earlier years excess
provision of tax written back 5.44 0.71

Minimum alternate tax
(MAT) credit entitlement

Profit after tax - 4.37

Less : Share of profit
transferred to minority 5415.04 5899.37

Share of loss of associte 1697.70 2044.79

Consolidateed profit for the yrs 3704.60 3789.80

add.proit brought forward 14092.76 12640.96

less.adjustedment deprecition - (760.20)

profit available for appriation 17797.36 15670.56

Appropriation

proposed dividend 993.71 1291.82

tax on Divided 322.59 262.98

transfor general
reserve - -

Corporate social - 23.00

balance Carried forward 16481.06 14092.76

2) State of Affairs of the Company

Total revenue increased by 0.98% to Rs. 10933.75 million. PBDIT increased
by 4.48% to Rs. 1324 million. The Company reported PAT of Rs. 250 million
including profit of Rs. 77 million realized on sale of non strategic
investment.

FY16 was a good year for domestic Passenger Vehicles that grew by 7.2%
YoY to reach 2.8 million units driven by new launches, discount push by
OEMs, and improved consumer sentiments with recovery in overall
economy. The growth was broad-based across segments with Passenger Cars
(up 7.9% YoY to 2.0 million units), utility vehicles (up 6.3% to 0.6
million units) and Vans (3.6% to 0.2 million units) recording growth in
FY16. Sona Koyo faced the situation of stagnant sales in the last
financial year as there was a shift in customer preference for few Car
Models which performed exceptionally well last year. In the current
financial year, the Company riding on the success of new Car Models
such as KUV100/TUV300 (by M&M), nnova/Fortuner (by Toyota) and Vitara
brezza (by Maruti Suzuki) expects to perform better. Sona Koyo is
closely working with OEMs for several new platforms which are likely to
be launched in the current financial year to increase its sales
volumes.

The Capital Expenditure for 2015-16 was Rs. 806.12 million. The capital
expenditure was principally incurred towards New Product Development,
backward integration at Dharuhera-3 unit, civil work at Dharuhera-2
unit, Testing Equipments for R&D, and purchase of land in Gujarat.

3) Dividend

Your directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 50% on equity
share capital of the Company for the financial year 2015-16 as against
the dividend paid at the rate of 65% on the equity share capital for
the previous financial year.

4) Reserves (Rs. / Lacs)


5) Change of Nature of Business (if any)

There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company
during the financial year.

6) Share Capital

rThe Paid Up Equity Share Capital of the Company as at March 31, 2016
stood atRs. 1987.42 lacs. During the year under review, the Company has
not issued any shares / securities. As on March 31, 2016, none of the
Directors of the Company hold instruments convertible into equity
shares of the Company.

7) Significant and material Orders passed by the Regulators

I or Courts

There are no significant or material Orders passed by the Regulators or
Courts that would impact the going concern status of the Company and
its future operations.

8) Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial
position of the company

There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial
position of the Company which have occurred between the end of the
financial year of the Company to which financial statements relate and
the date of the report.

9) Details in respect of adequacy of internal controls

Your Company has an effective internal control and risk- mitigation
system, which are constantly assessed and strengthened with new/revised
standard operating procedures. The Company''s internal control system
is commensurate with

»its size, scale and complexities of its operations. The internal and
operational audit is entrusted to Ernst & Young LLP (EY), a reputed
firm of Chartered Accountants. The main thrust of internal audit is to
test and review controls, appraisal of risks and business processes,
besides benchmarking controls with best practices in the industry.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors actively reviews the
adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control systems

I and suggests improvements to strengthen the same. The

Company has a robust Management Information System, which is an
integral part of the control mechanism. The Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors, Statutory Auditors and the Business Heads are
periodically apprised of the internal audit findings and corrective
actions taken. Audit plays a key role in providing assurance to the
Board of Directors. Significant audit observations and corrective
actions taken by the management are presented to the Audit Committee of
the Board. To maintain its objectivity and independence, the Internal
Audit function reports to the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

10) Details and Performance of Subsidiary Companies / Associate Company

The Company has the following two Subsidiaries and one Associate
Company :

Subsidiary Companies

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the equity capital but it has
the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This
Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation,
Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric
Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plants of JSAI are located in Bawal
(Haryana), Chennai and Bengaluru. During the year ended 31st March,
2016, JSAI has achieved total revenue of Rs. 61515.47 lacs and earned net
profit of Rs. 2913.83 lacs. The Board of Directors of JSAI in their
meeting held on 9th May, 2016 has recommended a dividend at the rate of
12% for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2016. During

the year an interim dividend of 9% was also declared by the Board of
Directors of JSAI.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the equity capital. This Joint
Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan
with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the
manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal,
Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2016, SFAL has achieved
total revenue of Rs. 6327.24 lacs and earned net profit ofRs. 430.64 lacs.
The Board of Directors of SFAL in their meeting held on 6th May, 2016
has recommended a dividend at the rate of 7.5% for the financial year
ended on 31st March, 2016.

Associate Company

a) Sona Skill Development Centre Limited (SSDCL)

SSDCL is a skill development company which provides skill development
and training programs such as TQM, Problem Solving, Flow Manufacturing
(Lean), Safety, and Innovation as well as comprehensive training
program that includes 5S, safety, QC 7 tools, measurement, maintenance,
Toyota Production System, basic conventional machine operation, CNC
machine operation, material selection and soft skills such as team work
and conflict management. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited has made
the investment in the Equity Share Capital of Sona Skill Development
Centre Limited (SSDCL) which is equivalent to 49.99% of the paid up
share capital of SSDCL. Accordingly, SSDCL has been covered in the
definition of Associate Company. During the year ended 31st March,
2016, SSDCL has achieved total income of Rs. 206.97 lacs and has incurred
a loss of Rs. 26.73 lacs.

No company has become / ceased to be a Subsidiary or Associate during
the financial year 2015-16.

11) Subsidiary Companies Accounts

During the year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the
subsidiaries and associate companies. In accordance with Section 129(3)
of the Companies Act, 2013, the consolidated financial statements of
the Company forms part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement
containing the salient features of the financial statement of the
subsidiaries and associate companies in the prescribed Form AOC-1 is
attached along with financial statement. The statement also provides
the details of performance, financial position of each of the
subsidiaries and associate company.

In accordance with Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited
financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements
and related information of the Company and audited accounts of each of
its subsidiaries and associate company, are available on Company''s
website www.sonakoyosteering.com. These documents will also be
available for inspection during business hours at Company''s registered
office. The Company shall provide the copy of financial statements of
its subsidiaries and associate company to the shareholders upon their
request.

In accordance with the Accounting Standard ''AS-21'' on Consolidated
Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard ''AS-27'' on Financial
Reporting of interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated
Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

12) Extract of Annual Return

The extract of Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of
Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 is enclosed as Annexure - I in
the prescribed form MGT-9 and forms part of this Report.

13) Corporate Social Responsibility

In compliance with Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014, the
Company has established Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee
and statutory disclosures with respect to the CSR Committee and an
Annual Report on CSR Activities forms part of this Report as Annexure -
II.

14) Number of meetings of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors met 5 (five) times in the year ended 31st March,
2016. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the
Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

15) Nomination & Remuneration Committee and its policy

The Board of Directors had constituted a Nomination & Remuneration
Committee to review formulation of the criteria for determining
qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and
recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration of the
directors, key managerial personnel and other employees and such other
ancillary functions as may be required. 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.

16) Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties

The Company has entered into contracts / arrangements with the related
parties in the ordinary course of business and on arm''s length basis.
Thus, provisions of Section 188(1) of the Act are not applicable.

However, in terms of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations 2015, all transactions with related parties,
which are of material in nature, are subject to the approval of the
Members of the Company. The requisite resolution in order to comply
with the aforesaid requirements of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, as detailed at item no. 7 of
the AGM Notice and relevant Explanatory Statement is commended for the
members'' approval.

17) Secretarial Audit Report

Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company had
appointed Mr. S.S Gupta, Company Secretaries, in Practice, as its
Secretarial Auditors to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company
for the FY 2015-16. The Company provided all assistance and facilities
to the Secretarial Auditors for conducting their audit. The Report of
Secretarial Auditors for the FY 2015-16 is annexed to this report as
Annexure - III. The report does not contain any qualification.

18) Risk Management Policy

The Board of Directors of the Company had constituted a Risk Management
Committee to oversee the risk management process in the Company.

The Company has laid down a well-defined risk management mechanism
covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potential
impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being
carried out to identify, evaluate, manage and monitoring of both
business and non-business risks. The Risk Management Committee
periodically reviews the risks and suggests the steps to be taken to
control and mitigate the same through a properly defined framework.

19) Corporate Governance

The Company has complied with the corporate governance requirements
under the Companies Act, 2013, and as stipulated under the SEBI
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
(hereinafter referred to as ''Listing Regulations''). A separate section
on corporate governance

under the Listing Regulations, along with a certificate from the
auditors confirming the compliance, is annexed and forms part of this
Annual Report.

20) Vigil Mechanism

The Company has established a vigil mechanism for Directors and
employees to report their genuine concerns. For details, please refer
to the Corporate Governance Report attached to this Report.

21) Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange
and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due
to them.

22) Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits covered under
Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013.

23) Loans, Guarantees and Investments

Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the
provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the
notes to Financial Statements, which are self explanatory.

24) Directors & Key Managerial Personnel

As on 31st March, 2016, your Company has Twelve (12) Directors
consisting of six (6) Independent Directors, three (3) Non-executive
Directors, a Non-executive Chairman, an Executive Vice Chairman and a
Dy. Managing Director.

In terms of the definition of ''Independence'' of Directors as prescribed
under the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), 2015,
and Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and based on the
confirmation / disclosures received from the Directors, the following
Non-Executive Directors are Independent Directors :-

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam

2) Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha

3) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta

4) Mr. Ramesh Suri

5) Mrs. Ramni Nirula

6) Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent
Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of
independence as prescribed both under the Companies Act, 2013 and
Listing Regulations.

During the year under review, Dr. Surinder Kapur, the Founder Promoter
and Chairman of the Company, passed away on 30th June, 2015. Your
Directors pay homage to the departed Chairman Dr. Surinder Kapur.

Due to the sad demise of Dr. Surinder Kapur, Mr. Sunjay Kapur, the then
Managing Director was also appointed as the Chairman of the Company
effective from 13th August, 2015. With effect from 15th September,
2015, Mr. Sunjay Kapur demitted the position of Managing Director of
the Company, but continues to hold the position of the Chairman of the
Company, without remuneration. To further strengthen the management of
the Company, the Board co-opted Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh on the Board
of Directors of the Company in the casual vacancy caused by the demise
of Dr. Surinder Kapur and appointed him as the Executive Vice Chairman
of the Company for a period of two years with effect from 15th
September, 2015. Our colleague Mr. Jug Mohan Kapur, who has been on the
Board of the Company since 1994, has resigned from the Board with
effect from 5th November, 2015. The Board of Directors in their meeting
held on 5th November, 2015 has appointed Mrs. Rani Kapur, as Director
of the Company in the casual vacancy caused due to the resignation of
Mr. Jug Mohan Kapur. Your Directors take this opportunity to place on
record the appreciation of services rendered by Mr. Jug Mohan Kapur
during his association with the Company.

The Chairman & Managing Director (up to 14th September,

r2015), Executive Vice Chairman and Dy. Managing Director of the
Company have not received any remuneration or commission, except
Sitting Fee, from any of the subsidiaries of the Company. Pursuant to
the provisions of Section 152(6) and Articles of Association of the
Company, Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe (DIN 02917011) will retire by rotation at
the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers
himself for re- appointment.

Consequent upon demitting the position of Managing Director by Mr.
Sunjay Kapur, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr.
Govindrajan Sunder Rajan, Chief Executive Officer, as one of the
whole-time Key Managerial Personnel of the Company effective from 15th
September, 2015. Pursuant to the resignation of Mr. Govindrajan Sunder
Rajan, the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 5th February,
2016, appointed Mr. Kiran Manohar Deshmukh, Executive Vice Chairman of
the Company as one of the whole-time Key Managerial Personnel effective
from 5th February, 2016.

25) Board Evaluation

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of
Independent Directors, the Board, its Committees and other individual
Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the
non-executive directors and executive directors.

The performance evaluation of the Board, its Committees and individual
directors was conducted and the same was based on questionnaire and
feedback from all the Directors on the Board as a whole, Committees and
self-evaluation. Based on the questionnaire and feedback, the
performance of every director was evaluated in the meeting of the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

A separate meeting of the independent directors was convened, which
reviewed the performance of the Board (as a whole), the non-independent
directors and the Chairman. Post the Annual Independent Directors''
meeting, the collective feedback of each of the Independent Directors
was discussed by the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration
Committee with the Board''s Chairman covering performance of the Board
as a whole; performance of the non-independent directors and
performance of the Board''s Chairman.

26) Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the
following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha, Member

3) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

4) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

5) Mrs. Ramni Nirula, Member

More details on the Audit Committee are given in the Corporate
Governance Report.

27) Directors'' Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the
Companies Act, 2013, the directors confirm that:

a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year
2015-16, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit and
loss of the Company for that period;

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c) the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis;

e) the directors, have laid down internal financial controls to be
followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are
adequate and were operating effectively; and

f) the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were
adequate and operating effectively.

28) Statutory Auditors and their Report

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013
and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered
Accountants (ICAI Registration No. 001152N), were appointed as
statutory auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the 30th
Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23rd September, 2014 till
the conclusion of the 33rd Annual General Meeting to be held in the
year 2017, subject to ratification of their appointment at every Annual
General Meeting.

The Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditors'' Report
are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The
Auditors'' Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or
adverse remark.

29) Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo A statement containing the necessary information on
conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange
earnings and outgo, as required to be given pursuant to provisions of
Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the rules made there
under is annexed as Annexure - IV and forms part of this report.

30) Employees

Disclosure pertaining to remuneration and other details as required
under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014, are provided in Annexure - V(a) to this Report. A
statement containing the names of every employee employed throughout
the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 60 lacs or more,
or employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 5 lacs or more a
month, under Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration
of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is enclosed as Annexure - V(b) to
this Report.

31) Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support
extended by SONA''s customers namely Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra,
Tata Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Fiat India, Toyota Kirloskar, General
Motors, John Deere, Club Car, E-z-go and Renault-Nissan, the Financial
Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONA''s
collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.
Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation
of the services rendered by all the employees of the Company and are
thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Dharuhera

Sunjay Kapur

Dated : 13th May, 2016 Chairman


Mar 31, 2015

Dear MEMBERS,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their 31 ' Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2015.

1) Financial Results

STANDALONE AND CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY

(Rs. / Lacs)

Standalone

Current Year Previous Year

31.03.2015 31.03.2014

Sales (Net of Excise Duty) and other 108281.42 108330.80 income

Profit before interest & depreciation 12669.30 13929.28

-Interest 2492.59 3189.43

- Depreciation & write offs 7799.74 4909.85

Profit before tax 2376.97 5830.00

Less: Provision for tax 1251.00 1275.00

Provision for deferred tax liability (671.75) (12.23) / (assets)

Earlier years excess provision of tax - 11.17 written back

Minimum alternate tax (MAT) credit - (610.09) entitlement

Profit after tax 1797.72 5166.15

Less: Share of profit transferred to - - minority

Less: Share of loss of an associate - -

Consolidated profit for the year 1797.72 5166.15

Add: Profit brought forward 8394.51 5613.50

Add: Adjustment on account of - - amalgamation

Less:-Adjustment of Depriciation (648.33) - Change as

per Schedule II of the Companies Act 2013

Profit available for appropriations 9543.90 10779.65

Appropriations

Proposed Dividend 1291.82 1589.93

Tax on Dividend 262.98 270.21

Transfer to General Reserve - 525.00

Corporate Social Responsibility Exp 23.00 -

Balance Carried Forward 7966.10 8394.51

Consolidated

Current Year Previous Year

31.03.2015 31.03.2014

Sales (Net of Excise Duty) and other 155784.08 153201.57 income

Profit before interest & depreciation 22053.49 21822.11

-Interest 3114.48 3923.42

- Depreciation & write offs 10368.33 6794.92

Profit before tax 8570.68 11103.77

Less: Provision for tax 3380.79 2986.50

Provision for deferred tax liability (704.40) 85.91 / (assets)

Earlier years excess provision of tax (0.71) 11.17 written back

Minimum alternate tax (MAT) credit (4.37) (610.09) entitlement

Profit after tax 5899.37 8630.28

Less: Share of profit transferred to 2044.79 1777.31 minority

Less: Share of loss of an associate (64.78) (77.47)

Consolidated profit for the year 3789.80 6775.50

Add: Profit brought forward 12640.96 7523.81

Add: Adjustment on account of - 739.54 amalgamation

Less:-Adjustment of Depriciation (760.20) - Change as

per Schedule II of the Companies Act 2013

Profit available for appropriations 15670.56 15038.85

Appropriations

Proposed Dividend 1291.82 1589.93

Tax on Dividend 262.98 282.96

Transfer to General Reserve - 525.00

Corporate Social Responsibility Exp 23.00 -

Balance Carried Forward 14092.76 12640.96

2) State of Affairs of the Company

Revenue from operations increased by 3.4% to Rs. 10786 million. PBDIT improved by 10% to Rs. 1393 million. The Company changed the basis of providing depreciation in accordance with Schedule II of Companies Act, 2013. The change resulted in increase in Depreciation charge in Profit & Loss Account by Rs. 205 million. The Company reported PAT of Rs. 180 million after providing this additional depreciation. Improvement in PBDIT numbers shows the success of Company's efforts in reducing the material cost by following aggressive localization program and through backward integration.

The growth in Company's revenues was in line with the growth in the Passenger Vehicle Market segment. FY15 closed on a brighter note for the Indian auto industry with passenger cars growing for the first time in three years and all segments except Commercial Vehicles (CV) registering positive growth. In FY15, Passenger Vehicles (PV) segment grew by 3.9% YoY to reach 2.6 million units. Within PV, Passenger Cars and UV registered a growth of 5.0% YoY and 5.3% YoY respectively, while Vans saw a decline of (-) 10.2% YoY. Passenger cars returned to positive growth territory after two years of decline, (-) 4.7% YoY in FY14 and (-) 7.7% in FY13, driven by slew of new launches and variants in the year amidst improving consumer sentiments under the new Government, fall in fuel prices, softening of interest rates and excise cuts that continued till December, 2014.

The Capital Expenditure for 2014-15 was Rs. 650 million. The capital expenditure was principally on account of ongoing projects aimed at backward integration, achieving manufacturing excellence by reduction of cycle time and changing plant layout and increasing the production capacity for manual gear.

2) Dividend

Your directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 65% on equity share capital of the Company for the financial year 2014-2015 as against the dividend paid at the rate of 80% on the equity share capital for the previous financial year.

3) Reserves

(Rs. / Lacs)

31-Mar-15 31-Mar-14

Balance as per last financial statements 8394.51 5613.50

Add: Profit for the year 1797.72 5166.15

Less: Adjustment of depreciation charge 648.33 -

Less: Appropriations

Proposed dividend 1291.82 1589.93

Tax on proposed dividend 262.98 270.21

Transfer to general reserve - 525.00

CSR expenses 23.00 -

Net surplus in the statement of profit & loss 7966.10 8394.51

4) Change of Nature of Business (if any)

There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial year.

5) Share Capital

The Paid Up Equity Share Capital of the Company as at March 31, 2015 stood at Rs. 1987.42 lacs. During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares/securities. As on March 31, 2015, none of the Directors of the Company hold instruments convertible into equity shares of the Company.

6) Significant and material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts

There are no significant or material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts that would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

7) Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the company

There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which financial statements relate and the date of the report.

8) Details in respect of adequacy of internal controls

Your Company has an effective internal control and risk- mitigation system, which are constantly assessed and strengthened with new/revised standard operating procedures. The Company's internal control system is commensurate with its size, scale and complexities of its operations. The internal and operational audit is entrusted to Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y), a reputed firm of Chartered Accountants. The main thrust of internal audit is to test and review controls, appraisal of risks and business processes, besides benchmarking controls with best practices in the industry.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors actively reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control systems and suggests improvements to strengthen the same. The Company has a robust management information system, which is an integral part of the control mechanism.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, Statutory Auditors and the Business Heads are periodically apprised of the internal audit findings and corrective actions taken. Audit plays a key role in providing assurance to the Board of Directors. Significant audit observations and corrective actions taken by the management are presented to the Audit Committee of the Board. To maintain its objectivity and independence, the internal audit function reports to the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

9) Details and Performance of Subsidiary Companies / Associate Company

Subsidiary Companies

The Company has the following two Subsidiaries and one Associate Company :

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the equity capital but it has the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plants of JSAI are located in Bawal (Haryana), Chennai and Bengaluru. During the year ended 31st March, 2015, JSAI has achieved total income of Rs. 60,643.58 lacs and earned net profit of Rs. 3,613.42 lacs.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal (Haryana). During the year ended 31st March, 2015, SFAL has achieved total income of Rs. 6,162.10 lacs and earned net profit of Rs. 466.10 lacs.

Associate Company

a) Sona Skill Development Centre Limited (SSDCL)

SSDCL is a skill development Company which provides skill development and training programs such as TQM, Problem Solving, Flow Manufacturing (Lean), Safety, and Innovation as well as comprehensive training program that includes 5S, safety, QC 7 tools, measurement, maintenance, Toyota Production System, basic conventional machine operation, CNC machine operation, material selection, and soft skills such as team work and conflict management. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited has made the investment in the equity share capital of SSDCL which is equivalent to 49.99% of the paid up share capital of SSDCL. Accordingly, SSDCL has been covered in the definition of Associate Company. During the year ended 31st March, 2015, SSDCL has achieved total income of Rs. 138.59 lacs and has incurred a loss of Rs. 129.56 lacs.

No company has become/ceased to be a Subsidiary or Associate during the financial year 2014-15.

10) Subsidiary Companies Accounts

During the year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiaries and associate companies. In accordance with Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the consolidated financial statements of the Company forms part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statement of the subsidiaries and associate companies in the prescribed Form AOC-1 is attached along with financial statement. The statement also provides the details of performance, financial position of each of the subsidiaries and associate company.

In accordance with Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements and related information of the Company and audited accounts of each of its subsidiaries and associate company, are available on Company's website www.sonakoyosteering.com. These documents will also be available for inspection during business hours at Company's registered office. The Company shall provide the copy of financial statements of its subsidiaries and associate company to the shareholder upon their request.

In accordance with the Accounting Standard 'AS-21' on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard 'AS-27' on Financial Reporting of interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

11) Extract of Annual Return

The extract of Annual Return as provided under Sub-Section (3) of Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 is enclosed as Annexure - I in the prescribed form MGT-9 and forms part of this Report.

12) Corporate Social Responsibility

In compliance with Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014, the Company has established Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and statutory disclosures with respect to the CSR Committee and an Annual Report on CSR Activities forms part of this Report as Annexure - II.

13) Number of meetings of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors met 4 (four) times in the year ended 31st March, 2015. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

14) Nomination & Remuneration Committee and its policy

A Nomination & Remuneration Committee has been constituted to review formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees and such other ancillary functions as may be required.

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.

15) Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties

The Company has entered into contracts / arrangements with the related parties in the ordinary course of business and on arm's length basis. Thus provisions of Section 188(1) of the Act are not applicable.

However, in terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, all transactions with related parties, which are of material in nature, are subject to the approval of the Members of the Company. The requisite resolution in order to comply with the aforesaid requirements of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, as detailed at Item No. 7 of the Notice and relevant Explanatory Statement is commended for the members' approval.

16) Secretarial Audit Report

Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act 2013, the Company had appointed Mr. S.S Gupta, Company Secretaries, in Practice, as its Secretarial Auditors to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company for the FY 2014-15. The Company provided all assistance and facilities to the Secretarial Auditor for conducting their audit. The Report of Secretarial Auditor for the FY 2014-15 is annexed to this report as Annexure - III. The report does not contain any qualification.

17) Risk Management Policy

A Risk Management Committee was constituted on 13th November, 2014 to oversee the risk management process in the company.

The company has laid down a well-defined risk management mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potential impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify, evaluate, manage and monitoring of both business and non-business risks. The Risk Management Committee periodically reviews the risks and suggests the steps to be taken to control and mitigate the same through a properly defined framework.

18) Corporate Governance

The Company has been pro-active in following the principles and practices of good corporate governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of corporate governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges are complied in its letter and spirit. The Company has also complied with corporate governance requirements as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.

A separate section on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with the Auditors' Certificate on its compliance.

19) Vigil Mechanism

The Company has established a vigil mechanism for Directors and employees to report their genuine concerns. For details, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report attached to this Report.

20) Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

21) Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

22) Loans, Guarantees and Investments

Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to Financial Statements, which are self-explanatory.

23) Directors & Key Managerial Personnel

As on 31st March, 2015, your Company has Twelve (12) Directors consisting of Six (6) Independent Directors, Three (3) Non-executive Directors and Executive Chairman, Managing Director & Dy. Managing Director.

In terms of the definition of 'Independence' of Directors as prescribed under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered with Stock Exchanges and Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and based on the confirmation / disclosures received from the Directors, the following Non- Executive Directors are Independent Directors :-

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam

2) Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha

3) Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta

4) Mr. Ramesh Suri

5) Mrs. Ramni Nirula

6) Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed both under the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges.

During the year under review, our colleague Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Nominee of JTEKT, has ceased to be a Director of the Company due to withdrawal of his nomination by JTEKT. Consequent upon cessation of Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki from the office of Board of Directors of the Company, Mr. Keiichi Sakamoto, being an Alternate Director to Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki, has also ceased to be the Alternate Director of the Company. In place of Mr. Miyazaki, JTEKT has nominated Mr. Hidekazu Omura, who has been appointed as Director in the meeting of the Board of Directors held on 30th May, 2014. Our another colleague Mr. B.L. Passi, who has been on the Board of the Company since March 1995, also resigned from the Board with effect from 28th July, 2014. The Board of Directors have in their meeting held on 1st August, 2014 appointed Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia, as an Independent Director. Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record the appreciation of services rendered by Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Mr. Keiichi Sakamoto and Mr. B.L. Passi during their association with the Company.

The Executive Chairman, Managing Director and Dy. Managing Director of the Company have not received any remuneration or commission, except Sitting Fee, from any of the subsidiaries of the Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 152(6) and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Jug Mohan Kapur (DIN: 00447138) will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re- appointment.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the appointment of Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Managing Director, Mr. Sudhir Chopra, President & Company Secretary and Mr. Rajiv Chanana, Chief Financial Officer, were formalized as the whole-time Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.

24) Board Evaluation

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors.

The performance evaluation of the Board, its Committees and individual directors was conducted and the same was based on questionnaire and feedback from all the Directors on the Board as a whole, Committees and self-evaluation. Based on the questionnaire and feedback, the performance of every director was evaluated in the meeting of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

A separate meeting of the independent directors was convened, which reviewed the performance of the Board (as a whole), the non-independent directors and the Chairman. Post the Annual Independent Directors, meeting, the collective feedback of each of the Independent Directors was discussed by the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee with the Board's Chairman covering performance of the Board as a whole; performance of the non-independent directors and performance of the Board Chairman.

25) Audit Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges, the Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. P.K. Chadha, Member

3) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

4) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

5) Mrs. Ramni Nirula, Member

More details on the committee are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

26) Directors' Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors confirm that:

a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, for the financial year 2014-15, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;

c) the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

e) the directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and

f) the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

30) Statutory Auditors and their Report

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act 2013 and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered Accountants (ICAI Registration No. 001152N), were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the 30th Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23rd September, 2014 till the conclusion of the 33rd Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2017, subject to ratification of their appointment at every Annual General Meeting.

The Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The Auditors' Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.

31) Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

A statement containing the necessary information on conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be given pursuant to provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the rules made thereunder is annexed as Annexure - IV and forms part of this report.

32) Employees

Disclosure pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are provided in Annexure - V(a) to this Report.

A statement containing the names of every employee employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 60 lacs or more, or employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 5 lacs or more a month, under Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is enclosed as Annexure - V(b) to this Report.

33) Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONA's customers namely Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Fiat India, Toyota Kirloskar, General Motors, Ford, John Deere, Club Car, E-z-go and Renault-Nissan, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONA's collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all the employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Gurgaon Dr. Surinder Kapur Dated : 15th May, 2015 Chairman


Mar 31, 2014

TO THE MEMBERS,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2014.

Consolidated Performance 2013-14 2012-13 Rs./Lacs Rs./Lacs

Sales and other income 153202 146937

Profit before interest & depreciation 21822 17390

- Interest 3923 4109

- Depreciation & write offs 6795 5850

Profit before tax 11104 7431

Less : Provision for tax 2987 1638

Provision for deferred tax liability/(assets) 86 1202

Earlier years excess provision 11 (151) of tax written back

Minimum alternate tax (MAT) (610) (55) credit entitlement

Profit after tax 8630 4797

Less : Share of profit transferred to minority 1778 988

Less : Share of loss of an associate 77 -

Consolidated profit for the year 6775 3809

Add : Profit brought forward 7524 5552

Add Adjustment on account of amalgamation 740 -

Profit available for appropriations 15039 9361 Appropriations

Proposed dividend 1590 1292

Tax on dividend 283 220

Transfer to General Reserve 525 325

Balance carried forward 12641 7524

15039 9361

Dividend

Your directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 80% on equity share capital of the Company for the financial year 2013-2014 as against the dividend paid at the rate of 65% on the equity share capital for the previous financial year.

Subsidiary Companies

The Company has the following Subsidiaries:

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the equity capital but it has the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plants of JSAI are located in Bawal, Chennai and Bengaluru. During the year ended 31st March, 2014, JSAI has achieved total income of Rs. 605.26 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 30.15 crores.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the equity capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2014, SFAL has achieved total income of Rs. 55.90 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 6.37 crores. As recommended by the Board, the shareholders of SFAL have 2 n their Annual General Meeting held on 28th-July,^014 declared maiden dividend @ 7.5% on the equity shares of the Company.—

Subsidiary Companies Accounts

In terms of general exemption granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular Number 2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011, copy of the balance sheets, statement of profit & loss, reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the subsidiary companies have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. These documents will be made available upon request by any member of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, as per the requirement of the said Circular, the financial data of the subsidiaries have been disclosed under ''Summarised Statement of Financials of Subsidiary Companies'' forming part of the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies will be kept open for inspection at the Registered Office of the Company and that of the respective subsidiary companies.

Consolidation of Accounts

In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-27 on Financial Reporting for Interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

Amalgamation of Sona Stampings Limited (SSL) with the Company

SSL was established with a business objective of sheet metal processing, comprising of press work and welding within automotive component sector. Keeping in view the benefits arising out of better business synergies, reduced cost and tax advantage etc., the Board of Directors of the Company had through resolutions passed on 15th May, 2013 and 1st June, 2013, approved of a Scheme of Amalgamation ("Scheme") between SSL and your Company. The said Scheme was sanctioned by the Hon''ble High Courts of Delhi and Chandigarh on 16th April, 2014 and 28th April, 2014 respectively. The Orders of the Hon''ble High Courts have been filed with the Registrar of Companies on 27th May, 2014. The said Scheme has also been approved by various capital market regulators viz. SEBI, Stock Exchanges and Depositories. Accordingly, SSL stands merged with your Company with effect from the appointed date i.e. 1st April, 2013. The standalone financial results of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2014 thus comprised the financials of SSL also.

Corporate Governance

The Company has been pro-active in following the principles and practices of good Corporate Governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges are complied in its letter and spirit.

A separate section on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with the Auditors'' Certificate on its compliance.

Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

Fixed Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits from the public.

Directors

During the year under review, our colleague Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Nominee of JTEKT, has ceased to be a Director of the Company due to withdrawal of nomination by JTEKT. Consequent upon cessation of Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki from the office of Board of Directors of the Company, Mr. Keiichi Sakamoto, being an Alternate Director to Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki, has also ceased to be the Alternate Director of the Company. Our another colleague Mr. B.L. Passi, who has been on the Board of the Company since March 1995, also resigned from the Board with-effect from 28th ajjjy, 2014. Your Directors take this opportunity to pTlc:e on:r:ecord the appreciation of services rendered by Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki,^

Mr. Keiichi Sakamoto and Mr. B.L. Passi during their association with the Company.

JTEKT has now nominated Mr. Hidekazu Omura and the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 30th May, 2014 appointed Mr. Omura as an Additional Director of the Company. He shall hold office up to the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013. Requisite notice has been received under Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013 from a member for the appointment of Mr. Hidekazu Omura.

To fill the casual vacancy caused due to the resignation of Mr. B.L. Passi, the Board of Directors have in their meeting held on 1st August, 2014 appointed Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia, as an Independent Director. Mr. Passi would have become due for retirement at the ensuing Annual General Meeting, had he not submitted his resignation. Since Mr. Firodia has been appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused due to the resignation of Mr. Passi, he shall pursuant to the provisions of Section 161(4) of the Companies Act, 2013 retire at this Annual General Meeting.

As the existing tenure of the appointment of Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Managing Director of the Company is expiring on 22nd October, 2014, keeping in view the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 30th May, 2014 have, subject to the approval of Shareholders and such sanction(s) as may be necessary, approved the re- appointment of Mr. Sunjay Kapur as Managing Director of the Company for a further period of three years, with remuneration, effective from 22nd October, 2014, on the revised terms and conditions.

The requisite resolutions pertaining to the appointment of Mr. Hidekazu Omura, Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia and Mr. Sunjay Kapur as detailed at item nos. 5, 6 and 12 of the Notice and relevant Explanatory Statement is commended for the Members'' approval.

Impending notification of Section 149 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors are seeking appointment of Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha, Mr. Ramesh Suri, Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia, Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta and Mrs. Ramni Nirula as Independent Directors for five consecutive years i.e. upto 22nd September, 2019. Details of the proposal for appointment of Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Mr. Prem Kumar Chadha, Mr. Ramesh Suri, Mr. Prasan Abhaykumar Firodia, Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta and Mrs. Ramni Nirula are mentioned in the Explanatory Statement under Section 102 of the Companies Act, 2013 of the Notice of the 30th Annual General Meeting.

Pursuant to Article 122 of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

Audit Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges, the Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. P.K. Chadha, Member

3) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

4) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

5) Mrs. Ramni Nirula, Member

Directors'' Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors confirm having:

i) followed in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material departures;

ii) selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of your Company for that period;

iii) 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 your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and

iv) prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered Accountants, hold office as Auditors until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and have indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as Auditors. The requisite certificate under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, has been received from them. The notes to accounts referred to in the Auditors'' Report are self-explanatory.

Cost Auditors

In accordance with the Order dated June 3, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs pursuant to Section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956, your Company was required to get its cost accounting records audited by a Cost Auditor and had accordingly appointed M/s. Gurdeep Singh & Associates, Cost Accountants for this purpose for FY 2013-14. The cost audit for FY 2012-13 was completed within specified time and report was filed with the Registrar of Companies.

The Board in its meeting held on 30th May, 2014 has on the recommendation of the Audit committee, re-appointed M/s. Gurdeep Singh & Associates, Cost Accountants to conduct the audit of the cost accounting records for FY 2014-15.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo.

A statement containing the necessary information as required under the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Directors) Rules, 1988 and forming part of the Directors'' Report for the year ended March 31, 2014 is given as Annexure - ''A'' to this report.

Employees

In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, the particulars of employees are given in Annexure - ''B'' forming part of this report.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONA''s customers namely Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Fiat India, Toyota Kirloskar, General Motors, Ford, John Deere, Club Car, E-z-go and Renault-Nissan, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONA''s collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place :Gurgaon Dr. Surinder Kapur

Dated :1st August, 2014 Chairman


Mar 31, 2013

TO THE MEMBERS,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2013.

Consolidated Performance 2012-13 2011-12

Rs./Lacs Rs./Lacs

Sales and other income 146937 142434

Profit before interest & depreciation 17390 17776

Interest 4109 4593

Depreciation & write offs 5850 4575

Profit before tax 7431 8608

Less : Provision for tax 1638 2438

Provision for deferred tax liability/(assets) 1202 438

Earlier years excess provision (151) of tax written back

Minimum alternate tax (MAT) (55) (290) credit entitlement

Profit after tax 4797 6022

Less:Share of profit transferred to minority 988 1151

Consolidated profit for the year 3809 4871

Add : Profit brought forward 5552 2644

Less: Prior period adjustment 11

Profit available for appropriations 9361 7504

Appropriations

Proposed dividend 1292 1292

Tax on dividend 220 210

Transfer to General Reserve 325 450

Balance carried forward 7524 5552

9361 7504

Dividend

Your Directors have recommended a dividend of 65% on Equity Share Capital of the Company for the Financial Year 2012-2013. The rate of dividend recommended this year is the same as declared of the previous financial year.

Subsidiary Companies

The Company has the following Subsidiaries:

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the Equity Capital but it has the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plants of JSAI are located in Bawal, Chennai and Bangalore. During the year ended 31st March, 2013, JSAI has achieved total income of Rs. 466.29 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 15.26 crores.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective-of- —manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2013, SFAL has achieved total income of Rs. 36.71 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 1.78 crores.

c) Sona Stampings Limited (SSL)

SSL was established as a Joint Venture Company with Arjan Auto Private Limited, India, with a business objective of Sheet Metal Processing, comprising of press work and welding within Automotive Component sector. During the year, the Company has acquired 30.08% of the Equity Capital from Arjan Auto Private Limited held by it in SSL and now SSL has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Plant of SSL is located in Gurgaon. During the year ended 31st March, 2013, the Company has achieved total income of Rs. 11.20 crores and incurred loss of Rs. 2.52 crores. Keeping in view the benefits arising out of better business synergies, reduced cost and tax advantage etc., the Board of Directors of the Company has, in their meeting held on 15th May, 2013, approved the merger of SSL with the Company. The said scheme shall become effective when the Orders of Hon''ble High Courts of Delhi and Punjab & Haryana are filed with the Registrar of Companies.

Subsidiary Companies Accounts

In terms of general exemption granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular Number 2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011, copy of the balance sheets, statement of profit & loss, reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiary Companies have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. These documents will be made available upon request by any member of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, as per the requirement of the said Circular, the financial data of the subsidiaries have been disclosed under ''Summarised Statement of Financials of Subsidiary Companies'' forming part of the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies will be kept open for inspection at the Registered Office of the Company and that of the respective subsidiary companies.

Consolidation of Accounts

In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-27 on Financial Reporting for Interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

Corporate Governance

The Company has been pro-active in following the principles and practices of good Corporate Governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges are complied in its letter and spirit.

A separate statement on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with the Auditors'' Certificate on its compliance.

As regards the Auditors'' observation in their report on Corporate Governance, it is to state that with the -restructuring of the Board in the Board Meeting held on 15th May, 2013, the Company is in total compliance with the requirement of Corporate Governance-under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.

Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them, on time.

Fixed Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits from the public.

Directors

Our colleague Dr. Rakesh Mohan, due to resignation, has ceased to be a Director of the Company, effective from 1st November, 2012.

Mr. Yoshio Tsuji, nominee of JTEKT, who was appointed as an additional director by the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 1st August, 2012, due to withdrawal of nomination by JTEKT, has ceased to be a director effective from 15th May, 2013.

Mr. K.M. Deshmukh has ceased to be Director of the Company effective from 30th April, 2013 on completion of his tenure as Dy. Managing Director.

Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record the appreciation of services rendered by Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Mr. Yoshio Tsuji and Mr. K.M. Deshmukh, during their association with the Company.

The Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 15th May, 2013 approved the appointment of Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki, nominee of JTEKT, as Dy. Managing Director of the Company effective from 15th May, 2013.

The requisite resolution pertaining to the appointment of Mr. Kiyozumi Kamiki as detailed at Item No. 7 of the Notice and relevant Explanatory Statement is commended for the Members'' approval.

Pursuant to Article 122 of the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe, Mr. B.L. Passi and Mr. J.M. Kapur will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for re- appointment.

Audit Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 292A of the Companies Act, 1956 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges, the Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. P.K. Chadha, Member

3) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

4) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

5) Ms. Ramni Nirula, Member

The Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 1st August, 2012 reconstituted the Audit Committee of Directors by including Mr. Yoshio Tsuji as one of the members but due to withdrawal of his nomination from the directorship of the Company, Mr. Tsuji ceased to be a member of the Audit Committee effective from 15th May, 2013.-

Directors'' Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors confirm having:

i) followed in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material departures;

ii) selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of your Company for that period;

iii) 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 your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and

iv) prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered Accountants, hold office as Auditors until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and have indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as Auditors. The requisite certificate under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, has been received from them. The notes to accounts referred to in the Auditors'' Report are self-explanatory.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

A statement containing the necessary information as required under the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Directors) Rules, 1988 and forming part of the Directors'' Report for the year ended March 31, 2013 is given as Annexure - ''A'' to this report.

Employees

In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, the particulars of employees are given in Annexure - ''B'' forming part of this report.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONA''s customers namely Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Hyundai Motors (India) Ltd., Toyota Kirloskar, Tata Motors Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Motors Ltd., JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech Europe S.A.S, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONA''s collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place:-Gurgaon Dr. Surinder Kapur

Dated: 15th May, 2013 Chairman


Mar 31, 2012

The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2012.

Performance

2011-12 2010-11 Rs./Lacs Rs./Lacs

Sales and Other Income 114449 103834

Profit before Interest & Depreciation 12331 11167

-Interest 3369 3173

-Depreciation & Write Offs 3334 2844

Profit before Tax 5628 5150

Less : Provision for Tax 1515 1030

Provision for Deferred Tax Liability/(Assets) 231 710

Earlier Years excess provision - (69) of tax written back

Minimum alternate tax (MAT) (2) (262) credit entitlement

Profit after Tax 3884 3741

Add : Profit Brought Forward 2456 617

Profit available for appropriations 6340 4358

Appropriations

Proposed Dividend 1292 1292

Tax on Dividend 210 210

Transfer to General Reserve 450 400

Balance Carried Forward 4388 2456

6340 4358

Dividend

Your Directors have recommended a Dividend of 65% on Equity Share Capital of the Company for the Financial Year 2011-2012 that is at the same rate declared for the previous Financial Year.

Subsidiary Companies

The Company has the following Subsidiaries:

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the Equity Capital but it has the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plant of JSAI is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2012, JSAI has achieved total income of Rs. 380.44 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 23.26 crores.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the-Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2012, SFAL has achieved total income of Rs. 35.85 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 1.71 crores.

c) Sona Stampings Limited (SSL)

In SSL, the Company is holding 69.92% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with Arjan Auto Private Limited, India, with a business objective of Sheet Metal Processing, comprising of press work and welding within Automotive Component sector. During the year, SSL has shifted its factory premises from Farukhnagar to new industrial location at Plot No. 731, Sector 37C, Pace City-II, Gurgaon to smoothen its operations. During the year ended 31st March, 2012, SSL has achieved total income of Rs. 11.85 crores and incurred loss of Rs. 4.02 crores.

Subsidiary Companies Accounts

In terms of general exemption granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular Number 2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011, copy of the Balance Sheets, statement of profit and loss, reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiary Companies have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. These documents will be made available upon request by any member of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, as directed by the Central Government, the financial data of the subsidiaries have been furnished under 'Summarised Statement of Financials of Subsidiary Companies' forming part of the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies will also be kept open for inspection at the Registered Office of the Company and that of the respective subsidiary companies.

Consolidation of Accounts

In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-27 on Financial Reporting for Interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

Corporate Governance

The Company has been pro-active in following the principles and practices of good Corporate Governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges are complied in its letter and spirit.

A separate statement on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with the Auditors' Certificate on its compliance.

Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

Fixed Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits —from the public.

Directors

During the year under review, Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki was appointed as a Director of the Company to fill the casual vacancy caused due to withdrawal of nomination of Mr. Waichiro Ijiri, by JTEKT Corporation, Japan. He shall retire at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting pursuant to the provisions of Section 262 of the Companies Act, 1956.

The Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 1st November, 2011 have appointed Ms. Ramni Nirula as an Additional Director of the Company. She shall hold office up to the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company, pursuant to the provisions of Section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956. Requisite notices have been received under Section 257 from the members for the appointment of Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki and Ms. Ramni Nirula.

As the existing tenure of the appointment of Dr. Surinder Kapur, Chairman of the Company is expiring on 27th September, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 1st May, 2012 have, subject to the approval of Shareholders and such sanction(s) as may be necessary, approved the re-appointment of Dr. Surinder Kapur as Chairman of the Company for a further period of five years, with remuneration, effective from 28th September, 2012, on the revised terms and conditions.

The requisite resolutions pertaining to the appointment of Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki & Ms. Ramni Nirula and re- appointment of Dr. Surinder Kapur as detailed at Item Nos. 7, 8 & 9 of the Notice and relevant Explanatory Statement is commended for the Members' approval.

Pursuant to Article 122 of the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. P.K. Chadha, Mr. Ramesh Suri and Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.

Audit Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 292A of the Companies Act, 1956 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with Stock Exchanges, the Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. P.K. Chadha, Member

3) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

4) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

The Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 1st May, 2012 have re-constituted the Audit Committee of Directors.

The Audit Committee of Directors of the Company now consists of the following members:

1) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

2) Mr. P.K. Chadha, Member

3) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

4) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member 5) Ms. Ramni Nirula, Member

Directors' Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors confirm having:

i) followed in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material departures;

ii) selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit/loss of your Company for that period;

iii) 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 your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and

iv) prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered Accountants, hold office as Auditors until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and have indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as Auditors. The requisite certificate under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, has been received from them. The notes to accounts referred to in the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo.

A statement containing the necessary information as required under the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Directors) Rules, 1988 and forming part of the Directors' Report for the year ended March 31, 2012 is given as Annexure - 'A' to this report.

Employees

In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, the particulars of employees are given in Annexure - 'B' forming part of this report.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONA's customers namely Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Hyundai Motors (India) Ltd., Toyota Kirloskar, Tata Motors Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Motors Ltd., JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech Europe S.A.S, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONA's collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Dr. Surinder Kapur

Chairman

Place : Gurgaon

Dated: 1st May, 2012


Mar 31, 2011

The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2011.

Performance

2010-11 2009-10 Rs./Lacs Rs./Lacs

Sales and Other Income 104159 85579

Profit before Interest & Depreciation 11269 9316

- Interest 3275 3361

- Depreciation & Write Offs 2844 2658

Profit before Tax 5150 3297

Less : Provision for Tax 768 25

Provision for Deferred Tax Liability/(Assets) 710 1107

Provision for Fringe Benefit Tax (69) 0

Profit after Tax 3741 2165

Add : Profit Brought Forward 617 (653)

Profit available for appropriations 4358 1512

Appropriations

Proposed Dividend 1292 596

Tax on Dividend 210 99

Transfer to General Reserve 400 200

Balance Carried Forward 2456 617

4358 1512

Dividend

Your Directors have recommended a Dividend of 65% on Equity Share Capital of the Company for the Financial Year 2010-2011 as against the Dividend paid at the rate of 30% on Equity Share Capital for the previous Financial Year.

Subsidiary Companies

The Company has the following Subsidiaries:

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the Equity Capital but it has the right to nominate majority of Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plant of JSAI is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2011, JSAI has achieved total income of Rs. 250.41 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 9.54 crores.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana. During the year ended 31st March, 2011, SFAL has achieved total income of Rs. 33.68 crores and earned net profit of Rs. 76.31 lacs.

c) Sona Stampings Limited (SSL) (Erstwhile known as "Arjan Stampings Limited")

This Joint Venture Company has been established with Arjan Auto Private Limited, India, with a business objective of Sheet Metal Processing, comprising of press work and welding within Automotive Component sector. SSL has got its works located at Farukhnagar, Gurgaon. In SSL, the Company is holding 51.5% of the Equity Capital. During the year ended 31st March, 2011, the Company has achieved total income of Rs. 11.35 crores and incurred loss of Rs. 1.61 crores.

Subsidiary Companies Accounts

In terms of general exemption granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular Number 2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011, copy of the Balance Sheets, Profit & Loss Accounts, reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiary Companies have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. These documents will be made available upon request by any member of the Company interested in obtaining the same However, as directed by the Central Government, the financial data of the subsidiaries have been furnished under ‘Summarised Statement of Financials of Subsidiary Companies forming part of the Annual Report. Further, pursuant to Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes financial information of its subsidiaries. The Annua Accounts of the subsidiary companies will also be kept open for inspection at the Registered Office of the Company and that of the respective subsidiary companies.

Consolidation of Accounts

In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-27 on Financial Reporting for Interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

Corporate Governance

The Company has been pro-active in following the principles and practices of good Corporate Governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges are complied in its letter and spirit.

A separate statement on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with the Auditors Certificate on its compliance.

Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

Fixed Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits from the public.

Directors

During the year under review, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 27th July, 2010 have appointed Dr. Rakesh Mohan as an Additional Director of the Company. The requisite resolution pertaining to the appointment of Dr. Rakesh Mohan as detailed at Item No. 7 of the Notice and relevant Explanatory Statement is commended to the Members approval.

JTEKT Corporation, Japan (JTEKT) has withdrawn the nomination of Mr. Waichiro Ijiri and nominated Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki in his place. The Board of Directors of the Company, in their meeting held on 29th October, 2010, have appointed Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki in the casual vacancy caused due to withdrawal of nomination of Mr. Waichiro Ijiri by JTEKT. Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record the appreciation of services rendered by Mr. Waichiro Ijiri during his association with the Company.

Keeping in view the contributions made by Mr. Sunjay Kapur during his tenure as Managing Director of the Company as well as the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee of Directors, the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 28th April, 2011 have approved the re-appointment of Mr. Sunjay Kapur as Managing Director of the Company for a further period of three (3) years, with remuneration, with effect from 22nd October, 2011

The resolution pertaining to the re-appointment of Mr. Sunjay Kapur as Managing Director is detailed at Item No. 9 of the Notice with relevant Explanatory Statement. The resolution is commended for the Members approval

Pursuant to Article 122 of the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. B.L. Passi, Mr. J.M. Kapur and Mr. Rav Bhoothalingam will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annua General Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment

Audit Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 292A of the Companies Act, 1956 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with Stock Exchanges, the Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the following members:

i) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Chairman

i) Mr. P.K. Chadha, Member

iii) Mr. Sunjay Kapur, Member

iv) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta, Member

Directors Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors confirm having:

i) followed in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material departures;

i) selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit/loss of your Company for that period;

iii) 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 your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and

iv) prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered Accountants, hold office as Auditors until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and have indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as Auditors. The requisite certificate under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, has been received from them. The notes to accounts referred to in the Auditors Report are self-explanatory.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo.

A statement containing the necessary information as required under the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Directors) Rules, 1988 and forming part of the Directors Report for the year ended March 31, 2011 is given as Annexure - ‘A to this report.

Employees

In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, the particulars of employees are given in Annexure - ‘B forming part of this report.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONAs customers namely Maruti Suzuk India Limited, Hyundai Motors (India) Ltd., Toyota Kirloskar, Tata Motors Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Motors Ltd., JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech Europe S.A.S, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONAs collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Dr. Surinder Kapur Chairman

Place : New Delhi Dated : 28th April, 2011


Mar 31, 2010

The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report together with audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2010.

Performance 2009-10 2008-09 Rs./Lacs Rs./Lacs

Sales and Other Income 85579 69742

Profit before Interest & Depreciation 9316 1480

Interest 3361 3217

Depreciation & Write Offs 2658 2796

Profit before Tax 3297 (4533)

Less : Provision for Tax 25 0

Provision for Deferred Tax Liability/(Assets) 1107 (1497)

Provision for Fringe Benefit Tax 0 67

Profit after Tax 2165 (3103)

Add : Profit Brought Forward (653) 2450

Profit available for appropriations 1512 (653)

Appropriations

Proposed Dividend 596 0

Tax on Dividend 99 0

Transfer to General Reserve 200 0

Balance Carried Forward 617 (653)

1512 (653)

Dividend

Your Directors have recommended a Dividend of 30% on Equity Share capital of the Company for the Financial Year 2009-2010.

Subsidiary Companies

The Company has the following Subsidiaries:

a) JTEKT SONA Automotive India Limited (JSAI)

In JSAI, the Company is holding 49% of the Equity Capital but it has the right to nominate majority of the Directors on the Board of JSAI. This Joint Venture Company has been established with JTEKT Corporation, Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Column Type Electric Power Steering (C-EPS) Systems. The Plant of JSAI is located in Bawal, Haryana and the Commercial production has already started with effect from 1st February, 2010. During the year ended 31st March, 2010, the Company has achieved total income of Rs. 4.75 crores and incurred loss of Rs. 27.77 lacs.

b) Sona Fuji Kiko Automotive Limited (SFAL)

In SFAL, the Company is holding 51% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with FUJI KIKO Co. Ltd., Japan with a business objective of manufacturing Columns to be used in the manufacturing of C-EPS by JSAI. The Plant of SFAL is located in Bawal, Haryana and the Commercial production has already started with effect from 1st November, 2009. During the year ended 31st March, 2010, the Company has achieved total income of Rs. 1.35 crores and incurred loss of Rs. 1.46 crores.

c) Arjan Stampings Limited (ASL)

In ASL, the Company is holding 51.5% of the Equity Capital. This Joint Venture Company has been established with Arjan

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Auto Private Limited, India, with a business objective of Sheet Metal Processing, comprising of press work and welding within Automotive Component sector. ASL has got its works located at Farukhnagar, Gurgaon and the Commercial production has already started with effect from January, 2008. During the year ended 31st March, 2010, the Company has achieved total income of Rs. 5.19 crores and incurred loss of Rs. 67.96 lacs.

Due to global economic meltdown as well as due to all projects being in initial stages, the performance of all the subsidiaries have remained under stress, however, with various steps taken by the Companies to overcome the difficulties, it is expected that the subsidiaries would do better in the times to come.

Subsidiary Companies Accounts

In terms of approval granted by the Central Government under Section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 1956, copy of the Balance Sheets, Profit & Loss Accounts, reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiary Companies have not been attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. These documents will be made available upon request by any member of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, as directed by the Central Government, the financial data of the subsidiaries have been furnished under ‘Summarised Statement of Financials of Subsidiary Companies’ forming part of the Annual Report. Further, pursuant to Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes financial information of its subsidiaries.

Consolidation of Accounts

In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial Statements read with Accounting Standard AS-27 on Financial Reporting for Interest in Joint Ventures, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements are provided in the Annual Report.

Corporate Governance

The Company has been pro-active in following the principles and practices of good Corporate Governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges are complied in its letter and spirit.

A separate statement on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with the Auditors’ Certificate on its compliance.

Listing

The Securities of your Company are listed at National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange and the Company has paid the Listing Fee due to them.

Fixed Deposits

During the year the Company has not invited any deposits from the public.

Directors

During the year under review Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has withdrawn the nomination of Mr. Noriyuki Fujita and nominated Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe in his place. The Board of Directors of the Company, in their meeting held on 30th January, 2010, have appointed Mr. Ayabe to fill the casual vacancy caused due to withdrawal of nomination of Mr. Noriyuki Fujita by MSIL.

Mr. Kazuhiko Ayabe, Nominee of MSIL shall retire at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting pursuant to the provisions of Section 262 of the Companies Act, 1956. Requisite notice under Section 257 of the Companies Act, 1956 has been received from a member for his re-appointment. The resolution is commended for the Members’ approval.

Pursuant to Article 122 of the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. P.K. Chadha, Mr. Ramesh Suri and Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment.

Audit Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 292A of the Companies Act, 1956 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with Stock Exchanges, the Audit Committee of Directors of the Company consists of the following members:

i) Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam;

ii) Mr. P.K. Chadha;

iii) Mr. Sunjay Kapur

iv) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Shamsher Singh Mehta

The Audit Committee in its meeting held on 20th May, 2002, had appointed Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Directors’ Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors confirm having:

i) followed in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material departures;

ii) selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit/loss of your Company for that period.

iii) 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 your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and

iv) prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. S.P. Puri & Co., Chartered Accountants, holds office as Auditors until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and has indicated their willingness to be re-appointed as Auditors. The requisite certificate under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, has been received from them. The notes to accounts referred to in the Auditors’ Report are self-explanatory.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo.

A statement containing the necessary information as required under the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Directors) Rules, 1988 and forming part of the Directors’ Report for the year ended March 31, 2010 is given as Annexure - ‘A’ to this report.

Employees

In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, the particulars of employees are given in Annexure - ‘B’ forming part of this report.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation and support extended by SONA’s customers namely Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Hyundai Motors (India) Ltd., Toyota Kirloskar, Tata Motors Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Motors Ltd., JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech Europe S.A.S, the Financial Institutions, Banks, various agencies of the Government, SONA’s collaborators - JTEKT Corporation, Japan, Mando Corporation, Korea and Fuji Autotech AB, Sweden.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the services rendered by all employees of the Company and are thankful to the Shareholders for their continued patronage.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Gurgaon Dr. Surinder Kapur

Dated : 30th April, 2010 Chairman

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