Mar 31, 2018
Report on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Xchanging Solutions Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2018, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Managementâs Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Companyâs Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.
In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder and the Order issued under section 143(11) of the Act.
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditorâs judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Companyâs preparation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Companyâs Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2018, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of the Company as on March 31, 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March 31, 2018 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in âAnnexure Aâ.Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2016 (âthe Orderâ) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in âAnnexure Bâ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
(Referred to in paragraph 1(f) under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report of even date)
Report on the Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ)
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Xchanging Solutions Limited (âthe Companyâ) as of March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
Managementâs Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Companyâs management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to companyâs policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.
Auditorâs Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the âGuidance Noteâ) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditorâs judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Companyâs internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting
A companyâs internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companyâs internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the companyâs assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2018, based on the criteria for internal financial control over financial reporting established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
ANNEXURE âBâ TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORâS REPORT
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under âReport on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirementsâ section of our report to the members of Xchanging Solutions Limited of even date)
i) In respect of property, plant and equipment :
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment.
(b) The Company has a program of verification of property, plant and equipment to cover all the items in a phased manner over a period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets.No physical verification was carried during the year.
(c) The Company does not have any immovable properties of freehold or leasehold land and building and hence reporting under clause (i) (c) of the Order is not applicable.
ii) The Company does not have any inventory and hence reporting under clause (ii) ofthe Order is not applicable.
iii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013.
iv) The Company has not granted any loans, made investments or provided guarantees and hence reporting under clause (iv) of the Order is not applicable.
v) The Company has not accepted deposits during the year and does not have any unclaimed deposits as at March 31, 2018 and therefore, the provisions of the clause (v) of the Order is not applicable.
vi) The maintenance of cost records has not been specified by the Central Government under section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 for the business activities carried out by the Company. Thus reporting under clause (vi) of the Order is not applicable.
vii) According to the information and explanations given to us in respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Goods and Services Tax, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable by the Company, in respect of Provident Fund, Employeesâ State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Goods and Services Tax, cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at March 31, 2018 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax which have not been deposited as on March 31, 2018 on account of disputes are given below:
Nature of Statute |
Nature of dues |
Forum where dispute is pending |
Period to which amount relates |
Amount unpaid (Rs. In lakhs) |
Income tax Act, 1961 |
Income Tax |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
Financial year 2004-05 |
218(*) |
Income Tax |
High Court |
Financial year 2008-09 |
42(**) |
|
Income Tax |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
Financial year 2009-10 |
12 |
|
Income Tax |
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal |
Financial year 2012-13 |
85 |
(*) Net of Rs. 975 lakhs paid under protest
(**) Net of Rs. 273 lakhs paid under protest
viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to banks. The Company has not issued any debentures.
ix) The Company has not raised moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) or term loans and hence reporting under clause (ix) of the Order is not applicable.
x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.
xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has paid / provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013.
xii) The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause (xii) of the Order is not applicable.
xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us the Company is in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Companies Act, 2013, where applicable, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
xiv) During the year the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures and hence reporting under clause (xiv) of the Order is not applicable.
xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its directors or directors of its holding company or subsidiary companies or persons connected with them and hence provisions of section 192 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable.
xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
(Firm Regn. No 117366W/W-100018)
Bhavani Balasubramanian
Partner
Bangalore, 24 May 2018 (Membership No. 22156)
Dec 31, 2014
Report on the Financial Statements
1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Xchanging
Solutions Limited (the "Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as
at December 31,2014, and the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information, which we have
signed under reference to this report.
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
2. The Company''s Management is responsible for the preparation of
these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company
in accordance with the Accounting Standards notified under the
Companies Act, 1956 (the "Act") read with the General Circular 15/2013
dated September 13, 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in
respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013. This responsibility
includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control
relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial
statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors'' Responsibility
3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing and other applicable authoritative
pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical require-
ments and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material
misstatement.
4. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence,
about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the
Company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the entity''s internal control. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by Management, as well
as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
6. In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the accompanying financial statements
give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and
give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India:
(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31,2014;
(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Emphasis of Matter
7. We draw your attention to Note 32 to the financial statements,
regarding redemption of certain debentures, aggregating to Rs.
62,500,000, by the Company in the year 2007; subsequent order of the
Hon''ble High Court of adjudicature at Madras restraining the Company
from reflecting the redemption of debentures and to continue to show it
as due and payable consequent to a petition filed by a third party; and
non-reversal of the aforesaid redemption of debentures in the books of
account of the Company pending admission and disposal of the appeal
filed by the Company with the Hon''ble High Court of adjudicature at
Madras on July 26, 2011. Depending on the outcome of the Company''s
appeal, significant adjustments may be required to be made and
reflected in the subsequent period financial reporting. Our opinion is
not qualified in this respect.
Report on other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
8. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003'', as
amended by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004'',
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of section 227 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), and
on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as
we considered appropriate and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
9. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the
best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss,
and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the
Accounting Standards notified under the Companies Act, 1956 read with
the General Circular 15/2013 dated September 13, 2013 of the Ministry
of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act,
2013;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on December 31,2014, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31,2014, from
being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1)
of section 274 of the Act.
ANNEXURE TO INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'' REPORT
Referred to in paragraph 8 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even
date to the members of Xchanging Solutions Limited on the financial
statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014
i. a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
two years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified
by the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have
been noticed on such verification.
c) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
off by the Company during the year.
ii. The Company is in the business of rendering services, and
consequently, does not hold any inventory. Therefore, the provisions
of Clause 4(ii) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company
iii. The Company has not granted / taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of
Clause 4(iii) [(b),(c) and (d) /(f) and (g)] of the said Order are not
applicable to the Company.
iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. The Company''s
operations do not involve purchase of inventory and sale of goods.
Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, and according to the information and explanations given to
us, we have neither come across, nor have been informed of, any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid
internal control system.
v. a) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no transactions made in pursuance of such
contracts or arrangements exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in
respect of any party during the year.
vi. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
viii. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of sub- section (1) of
Section 209 of the Act for any of the products of the Company.
ix. a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect
of income tax, service tax, employees'' state insurance and labour
welfare fund, though there has been a slight delay in a few cases, and
is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident
fund, sales tax,investor education and protection fund, wealth tax,
customs duty, and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with
the appropriate authorities.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of sales-tax,
wealth-tax, service-tax and customs duty which have not been deposited
on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income tax as at
December 31, 2014 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute
are as follows:
Name of the Nature of Amount Period to Forum where
statute dues (RS) which the the dispute
amount is pending
relates
Income Tax Income 5,820,828(*) Assessment The Commissioner of
Act, 1961 Tax Year Income Tax (Appeals),
2004-2005 Bangalore
119,316,051(**) Assessment The Commissioner of
Year Income Tax(Appeals)
2005-2006 , Bangalore
13,741,157(***) Assessment IncomeTax Appellate
Year Tribunal
2006-2007
32,928,105 (****) Assessment IncomeTax Appellate
Year Tribunal
2009-2010
1,153,320 Assessment The Deputy
Year Commissioner
2010-2011 of Income Tax,
Bangalore
(*) Rs. 4,157,527 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
(**) Rs. 97,519,289 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
(***) Rs. 11,319,884 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
(****)Rs. 10,000,000 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
x. The accumulated losses of the Company did not exceed fifty percent
of its net worth as at December 31,2014 and it has not incurred cash
losses in the financial year ended on that date or in the immediately
preceding financial year.
xi. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
xii. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiii. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit
fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.
xv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xvi. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for
which they were obtained.
xvii. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we report
that the no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for
long-term investment.
xviii. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of
Clause 4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xix. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year and does
not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and
at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
xx. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xxi. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.
For Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP
Firm Registration Number: 012754N/N500016
(Formerly Price Waterhouse FRN: 012754N)
Suchita Sharma
Place : Bengaluru Partner
Date : February 27, 2015 Membership Number:073897
Dec 31, 2013
1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Xchanging
Solutions Limited (the "Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as
at December 31, 2013, and the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information, which we have
signed under reference to this report.
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
2. The Company''s Management is responsible for the preparation of
these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company
in accordance with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section
(3C) of section 211 of ''the Companies Act, 1956'' of India (the "Act").
This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance
of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the
financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors'' Responsibility
3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing and other applicable authoritative
pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements
and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material
misstatement.
4. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence,
about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the
Company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the entity''s internal control. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by Management, as well
as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
6. In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the accompanying financial statements give
the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India:
(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31, 2013;
(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Emphasis of Matter
7. We draw your attention to Note 32 to the financial statements,
regarding redemption of certain debentures, aggregating to Rs.
62,500,000, by the Company in the year 2007; subsequent order of the
Hon''ble High Court of ad judicature at Madras restraining the Company
from reflecting the redemption of debentures and to continue to show it
as due and payable consequent to a petition fled by a third party; and
non-reversal of the aforesaid redemption of debentures in the books of
account of the Company pending admission and disposal of the appeal
fled by the Company with the Hon''ble High Court of ad judicature at
Madras on July 26, 2011. Depending on the outcome of the Company''s
appeal, significant adjustments may be required to be made and reflected
in the subsequent period financial reporting. Our opinion is not
qualified in this respect.
Report on other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
8. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003'', as
amended by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004'',
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
of section 227 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), and
on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as
we considered appropriate and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specifed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
9. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the
best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and
Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of
the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on December 31, 2013, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31, 2013, from
being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1)
of section 274 of the Act.
Referred to in paragraph 8 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even
date to the members of Xchanging Solutions Limited on the financial
statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013
i. a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
two years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified by
the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have been
noticed on such verification.
c) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
off by the Company during the year.
ii. The Company is in the business of rendering services, and
consequently, does not hold any inventory. Therefore, the provisions
of Clause 4(ii) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.
iii. The Company has not granted/taken any loans, secured or unsecured,
to companies, forms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause
4(iii)[(b), (c) and (d) /(f) and (g)] of the said Order are not
applicable to the Company.
iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. The Company''s
operations do not involve purchase of inventory and sale of goods.
Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, and according to the information and explanations given to
us, we have neither come across, nor have been informed of, any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid
internal control system.
v. a) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no transactions made in pursuance of such
contracts or arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs
in respect of any party during the year.
vi. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
viii. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of
Section 209 of the Act for any of the products of the Company.
ix. a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect
of income tax and sales tax, though there has been a slight delay in a
few cases, and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues,
including provident fund, investor education and protection fund,
employees'' state insurance, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, and
other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate
authorities.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of wealth tax,
sales tax, service tax and customs duty which have not been deposited
on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income tax as at
December 31, 2013 which have not been deposited on account of a
dispute, are as follows:
Period to
Nature of Amount Forum where the
Name of the
statute which the
dues (Rs.) dispute is
pending
amount
relates
The Income Tax
Act, Income
Tax 5,820,828
(*) 2003-2004 The Commissioner
of
1961 Income Tax
(Appeals),
Bangalore
119,316,051
(**) 2004-2005 The Commissioner
of
Income Tax
(Appeals),
Bangalore
13,741,157
(***) 2005-2006 Income Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
32,928,105 2008-2009 Income Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
(*) Rs. 4,157,527 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
(**) Rs. 92,096,750 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
(***) Rs. 11,334,806 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
x. The accumulated losses of the Company did not exceed fifty percent of
its net worth as at December 31, 2013 and it has not incurred cash
losses in the financial year ended on that date or in the immediately
preceding financial year.
xi. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
xii. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiii. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the Company,
the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.
xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.
xv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xvi. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for
which they were obtained.
xvii. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we report
that the no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for
long-term investment.
xviii. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause
4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xix. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year and does
not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and
at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
xx. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xxi. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 012754N
Chartered Accountants
Charan S. Gupta
Place : Gurgaon Partner
Date : February 28, 2014 Membership Number: 093044
Dec 31, 2012
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Xchanging Solutions
Limited (formerly, Cambridge Solutions Limited) (the "Company") as
at December 31, 2012, and the related Statement of Profit and Loss and
Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto,
which we have signed under reference to this report. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company''s Management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the "Order"), issued by the Central Government of India
in terms of sub- section (4A) of Section 227 of ''The Companies Act,
1956'' of India (the ''Act'') and on the basis of such checks of the
books and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in
the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5
of the Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the
best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purposes of
our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and
Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report complywith the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) ofSection 211 ofthe Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on December 31, 2012 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on December 31, 2012
from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1)of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act, and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India:
i. in the case ofthe Balance Sheet, ofthe state of affairs ofthe
Company as at December 31, 2012;
ii. in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for
the year ended on that date; and
iii. in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
5. We draw your attention to Note (32) of the financial statements,
regarding redemption of certain debentures, aggregating to
Rs.62,500,000, by the Company in the year 2007; subsequent order of the
Hon''ble High Court of Adjudicature at Madras restraining the Company
from reflecting the redemption of debentures and to continue to show it
as due and payable consequent to a petition filed by a third party; and
non-reversal of the aforesaid redemption of debentures in the books of
account of the Company pending admission and disposal of the appeal
filed by the Company with the Hon''ble High Court of Adjudicature at
Madras on July 26, 2011. Depending on the outcome ofthe Company''s
appeal, significant adjustments may be required to be made and
reflected in the subsequent period financial reporting. Our opinion is
not qualified in this respect.
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to
the members of Xchanging Solutions Limited (formerly, Cambridge
Solutions Limited) on the financial statements as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2012
i) a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, offixed
assets.
b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
two years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion ofthe fixed assets has been physically verified by
the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have been
noticed on such verification.
c) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the Company during the year.
ii) The Company is in the business of rendering services, and
consequently, does not hold any inventory. Therefore, the provisions of
Clause 4(ii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
iii) a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause
4(iii)(b),(c) and
(d) ofthe Order are not applicable to the Company. b) The Company has
not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from companies, firms or
other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(iii)(f) and (g) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
iv) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. Further, on the
basis of our examination of the books and records of the Company, and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we have
neither come across, nor have been informed of, any continuing failure
to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
v) a) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered in the
register maintained under Section 301 ofthe Act.
b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no transactions made in pursuance of such
contracts or arrangements exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in
respect of any party during the year.
vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
viii) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of
Section 209 of the Act for any of the products of the Company.
ix) a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, except for
dues in respect of service tax, the Company is regular in depositing
undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, investor education
and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income tax, sales tax,
wealth tax, customs duty, excise duty and other material statutory
dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities. The extent ofthe
arrears of statutory dues outstanding as at December 31, 2012, for a
period of more than six months from the date they became payable are as
follows:
Nature of Amount Period to
Name of the statute * which the
dues (Rs.) amount relates
The Finance Act, Service tax 178,644 January 2012
1994
333,474 February 2012
1,628,694 March 2012
359,081 April 2012
79,650 May 2012
98,540 June 2012
Name of the Statute Due date Date of Payment
The Finance Act,1994 February 6, February28,2013
2012
March6,2012 February28,2013
April 6, 2012 February28,2013
May 6, 2012 February28,2013
June6,2012 February28,2013
July 6, 2012 February 28, 2013
b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records ofthe Company examined by us, there are no dues of sales-tax,
wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, and excise duty which have not
been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of
income tax as at December 31, 2012, which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute, are as follows:
Nature of Amount
Name of the statute dues (Rs.)
The Income tax Act, Income tax 5,820,828 (*1)
1961
119,316,051 (*2)
13,741,157 (*3)
Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where the
the amount dispute is pending
relates
The Income tax Act, 1961 2003-04 The Commissioner of
Income tax (Appeals),
Bangalore
2004-05 The Commissioner of
Income tax (Appeals),
Bangalore
2005-06 The Commissioner of
Income tax (Appeals),
Bangalore
(*1) Rs.4,157,527 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company
(*2) Rs.92,096,750 has been deposited "under protest" by the Company.
(*3) Rs.11,319,884 has been deposited "under protest" bythe Company.
x) The accumulated losses of the Company did not exceed fifty percent
of its net worth as at December 31, 2012 and it has not incurred cash
losses in the financial year ended on that date or in the immediately
preceding financial year.
xi) According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiii) As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund / societies are not applicable to the
Company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.
xv) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xvi) The Company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.
xvii) The Company has not raised any loans on short term basis.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xvii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause
4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xix) The Company has not issued any debentures during the year and does
not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and
at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) ofthe Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.
For Price Waterhouse & Co., Bangalore
Firm Registration Number: 007567S
Chartered Accountants
Shivakumar Hegde
Partner
Membership No.: 204627
Bangalore
March 1,2013
Dec 31, 2010
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Cambridge Solutions
Limited (the Company) as at December 31, 2010 and the related Profit
and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that
date annexed thereto, which we have signed under reference to this
report. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audit
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 3.12 on
Schedule 18 regarding year end investments of Rs.676,789,412 and loans,
advances and receivables (net of payables) of Rs.1,989,850,651 due from
Scadent Group, Inc., USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
whose net worth has been completely eroded. Based on an evaluation in
the earlier years, the Company is carrying a provision of
Rs.766,420,288 against the loans, advances and receivables. However,
no further provisions have been made in these financial statements for
reasons stated therein, which, however, are susceptible to inherent
uncertainties around the performance of the subsidiary in the
environment in which it operates. If the subsidiary does not achieve
its projected financial results or if the Company is unable to
implement the proposed strategic restructuring plan, the carrying value
of investments, loans, advances and receivables at the year-end could
be significantly impacted.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditors Report)(Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the ÃOrder), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956 of
India (the ÃAct) and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
Order.
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 4
above, we report that:
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on December 31, 2010, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31,
2010 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements, together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto, give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act and also give a true and
fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India:
i. in case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31, 2010; ii. in case of the Profit and Loss
Account, of the loss for the year ended on that date; and iii. in case
of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on
that date
[Referred to in paragraph 4 of the Auditors Report of even date to the
members of Cambridge Solutions Limited on the financial statements for
the year ended December 31, 2010]
1) a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
two years, which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified
by the management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the Company during the year.
2) The Company does not have any inventory and hence sub-clauses (a) to
(c) of clause (ii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
3) a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act and accordingly sub- clauses (b), (c) and
(d) of clause (iii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company. b)
The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act and accordingly sub- clauses (f) and (g)
of clause (iii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
4) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. Further, on the
basis of our examination of the books and records of the Company, and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we have
neither come across nor have been informed of any continuing failure to
correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
5) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of
the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
maintained under that Section. Accordingly, the question of commenting
on transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements
does not arise.
6) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the
meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there
under.
7) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
8) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.
9) a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company is
generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including
provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees
state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax,
customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues, as
applicable, with the appropriate authorities. b) According to the
information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company
examined by us, the particulars of dues of income-tax, sales-tax,
wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess as at
December 31, 2010, which have not been deposited on account of a
dispute, are as follows:
Amount Period to which the
Name of the
statute Nature of dues (Rs.) amount relates
Income-tax
Act, 1961 Income tax 5,820,828 (*) 2003-04
119,316,051 (**) 2004-05
13,741,157 (***) 2005-06
7,210,807 2006-07
Name of the Forum where the dispute is
statue pending
Income-tax Act,1961 Commissioner of Income Tax
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal, Bangalore
Income Tax Dispute Resolution
Panel, Bangalore (****)
(*) Rs.2,801,977 has been deposited under protest by the Company.
(**) Rs.30,504,790 has been deposited under protest by the Company.
(***) Rs.3,800,000 has been deposited under protest by the Company.
(****) Filed subsequent to the year end.
10) The Company has no accumulated losses as at December 31, 2010 and
it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11) According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders, as may be applicable, as at the balance sheet date.
12) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13) The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the Company.
14) In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
15) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of guarantees given by the
Company for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
during the year are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
16) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
17) On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis, which have been used for long-term investment.
18) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
19) The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
20) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. The management has disclosed the end use of monies during the
year, out of public issue raised in the earlier year [refer Note 3.14
on Schedule 18] and the same has been verified by us.
21) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
For Price Waterhouse & Co.
Firm Registration Number: 007567S
Chartered Accountants
Shivakumar Hegde
Partner
Membership No.: 204627
Bangalore
February 28, 2011
Dec 31, 2009
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Cambridge Solutions
Limited as at December 31, 2009 and the related Profit and Loss Account
and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on the date annexed
thereto, which we have signed under reference to this report. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. Without qualifying our opinion, attention is invited to Note 3.13
on Schedule 19. As at December 31, 2009, the Company has net
receivables (after eliminating payables) from Scandent Group Inc, USA,
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, of Rs.1,945,437,385 (net of
payables of Rs.218,669,185). Based on an evaluation, the Company has
made a provision of Rs.766,420,288 against the net receivables in an
earlier year. The Company, based on strategic funding plans, believes
that the remaining dues are good and will be recovered in the
foreseeable future.
4. As required by the Companies (AuditorÃs Report) Order, 2003 as
amended by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the Order), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956 of
India (the Act) and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 & 5 of the Order.
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that :
a. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
c. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d. In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors, as on December 31, 2009, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31,
2009 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-Section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
f. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements, together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto, give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act and also give a true and
fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India;
i. in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31, 2009;
ii. in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
iii. in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
[Referred to in paragraph 4 of the Auditorsà Report of even date to the
members of Cambridge Solutions Limited on the financial statements for
the year ended December 31, 2009]
1) a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
two years, which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified
by the management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the Company during the year.
2) The Company does not have any inventory and hence sub-clauses (a) to
(c) of clause (ii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
3) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/ from companies, firms or other parties listed in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act and accordingly
sub-clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) of clause (iii) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
4) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanation that certain items
purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources
do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, there is an adequate
internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and
the nature of its business for the purchase of fixed assets and for the
sale of services. Further, on the basis of our examination of the books
and records of the Company, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor have been
informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the
aforesaid internal control system.
5) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of
the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
maintained under that Section. Accordingly, commenting on transactions
made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements does not arise.
6) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the
meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there
under.
7) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
8) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.
9) a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company is
generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including
provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employeesÃ
state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax,
customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues, as
applicable, with the appropriate authorities.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty and cess as at December 31, 2009, which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute, are as follows:
Amount Period to which the
Name of the
statute Nature of dues [Rs.] amount relates
Income Tax
Act,1961 Income tax 5,820,828 (*) 2003-04
119,316,051 (**) 2004-05
124,150,901 2005-06
Name of the Statue Forum where the dispute
is pending
Income Tax Act,1961 Commissioner of Income Tax
(Appeals), Bangalore
Income Tax Dispute
Resolution Panel, Bangalore
(*) Rs.2,801,977 has been deposited under protest by the Company.
(**) Rs.15,000,000 has been deposited under protest by the Company.
10) The Company has no accumulated losses as at December 31, 2009 and
it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11) According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders, as may be applicable, as at the balance sheet date.
12) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13) The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company.
14) In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
15) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of guarantees given by the
Company for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
during the year are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
16) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
17) On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis, which have been used for long-term investment.
18) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
19) The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
20) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. The management has disclosed the end use of monies during the
year, out of public issue raised in the earlier year [refer Note 3.14
on Schedule 19] and the same has been verified by us.
21) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the management.
For Price Waterhouse & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Shivakumar Hegde
Partner
Membership No.: 204627
Bangalore
February 26, 2010