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Directors Report of Gabriel India Ltd.

Mar 31, 2023

Your Directors present the 61st Annual Report on the business and operations of Gabriel India Limited (''the Company''), along with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2023.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Amount in Rs. Million)

Particulars

Financial Year 2022-23

Financial Year 2021-22

Net Sales

29,421.42

23,104.55

Earnings before Interest, Tax and Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA)

2,136.88

1,459.28

Finance Cost

45.85

42.74

Depreciation and amortisation expenses

485.85

413.61

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax (PBT)

1,779.08

1,264.59

Provision for Taxation:

- Current

- Deferred Tax Profit/(Loss) After Tax (PAT)

435.53

20.02

326.54

42.90

1,323.53

895.15

Profit/(Loss) Account Balance at the beginning of the year

6,862.92

6,161.02

Profit available for appropriations

8,172.10

7,042.47

Appropriations:

Dividend on Equity Shares Tax on Dividend

272.92

179.55

-

-

Transferred to General Reserves

-

-

Profit/(Loss) Account balance at the end of the year

7,899.18

6,862.92

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Your Company recorded net sales of ? 29,421.42 million in financial year 2022-23 as compared to ? 23,104.55 million in financial year 2021-22, a growth of 27.34%. It reported a 46.43% growth in EBITDA to ? 2,136.88 million, largely due to volume growth across all business units viz. 2&3 Wheelers, Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles and Aftermarket. The Company''s Profit before tax stood at ? 1,779.08 million, an increase of 40.68% over financial year 2021-22. Profit after tax of the Company was pegged at ? 1,323.53 million compared

to ? 895.15 million in the financial year 2021-22. The EPS increased to ? 9.21 per share in financial year 2022-23 from ? 6.23 per share in the financial year 2021-22.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

FY 2022-23 was marked by global events causing significant disruptions to the world economy, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China''s lockdowns, and the European market slowdown. These led to supply chain disruption and volatile input prices, making cost planning challenging. IMF projects a slight contraction in global economic growth from 3.4% in 2022 to 2.8% in 2023 and 3.0% in 2024. But emerging markets show promising prospects estimated at 3.9% in 2023 and an anticipated increase to 4.2% in 2024.

India showcased resilience with a remarkable 6.8% growth rate, becoming the fastest-growing economy. The government''s taxation focus aims to drive economic growth and infrastructure development. The automotive sector emerged as the world''s third-largest market, with 4.25 million vehicle sales. Challenges in the entry-level segment were offset by strong demand for higher-priced cars, SUVs, and premium models. Further, commercial vehicles grew by 34%, and the EV market achieved 1 million sales. Overall, it has been a positive year for the Company.

Key Focus Areas: Company''s commitment to cultural transformation and leadership empowerment drives sustainable growth in the past 62 years. This reinforces customer and stakeholder relationships through sustainable practices and prudent financial management. Investments in manufacturing excellence and research and development further has strengthened the roots, establishing it as a trusted industry partner. Additionally, the comprehensive three-year localisation plan strengthens the Company''s presence, improves efficiency, and enhances customer engagement.

OPERATIONS

Throughout the full year, the Company experienced exceptional performance, achieving its highest-ever revenue, aligning with the overall success of the auto industry. The Company''s strategic alliance with Inalfa Roof System represents its entry into the burgeoning automotive sunroof segment, demonstrating its dedication to India''s transformative auto Sector. With an unwavering commitment to innovation and technology, the Company has strategically positioned itself at the forefront of the automotive industry''s transformative shifts. Leveraging remarkable growth in the SUV segment and

maintaining a dominant market share exceeding 60% in the EV 2W sector, the Company is well-prepared to seize emerging opportunities and sustain its ongoing success in the dynamic market landscape.

CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS

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

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS

During the year under review no material changes and commitments occurred between the end of the financial year as on March 31,2023, and the date of this report which affects the financial position of the Company.

CREDIT RATING

Your Company has obtained the credit rating from CRISIL Limited ("CRISIL) for its banking facilities. The agency has reaffirmed the Company''s rating as CRISIL AA/Stable for Long Term facilities.

DIVIDEND

During the year under review your directors declared an interim dividend of ? 0.90 per equity share of ? 1 each (previous year ? 0.55 per equity share of ? 1 each). This dividend amounted to ?129.28 million (Previous year ? 79.00 million). This was distributed to shareholders, whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on November 18, 2022.

Your directors further recommended for the approval of shareholders a final dividend of ? 1.65 per equity share of ? 1 each (previous year ? 1.00 per equity share of ? 1 each). This proposed dividend will amount to ? 237.01 million (previous year ? 143.64 million). Income Tax Act, 1961, (''the IT Act'') as amended by the Finance Act, 2020, mandates that dividends paid or distributed by a Company after April 01, 2020, shall be taxable in the hands of members hence the dividend payout is exclusive of dividend distribution tax. The dividend, subject to its declaration, will be distributed to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members on Monday, August 07, 2023.

The Company also has its Dividend distribution Policy which has been approved by the Board of Directors. The said policy is available on the Company’s website at URL: https://www.anandaroupindia.com/aabrielindia/investors/ corporate-governance/

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

The closing balance of the retained earnings of the Company for the financial year 2022-23, after all appropriations and adjustments was ? 7,899.18 million.

INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND (IEPF)

During the year under review, in terms of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 following dividend, corresponding shares and matured deposits along with the accrued interest were transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund following a due notice to the members. The same can be claimed by the respective investor through submission of Form IEPF-5.

The list of shareholders is available on Company’s website at URL: https://www.anandgroupindia.com/gabrielindia/ investors/investor-information/. Future cash benefits like dividends to such transferred shares shall be transferred by the Company to bank account of IEPF authority.

1. Details of unclaimed/unpaid dividend and Corresponding shares transferred to IEPF:

S.

No.

Particulars

Amount of Dividend (?)

No. of Shares

1

Final Dividend 2014-15

14,07,030

38,089

2

Interim Dividend 2015-16

11,19,348

39,931

2. Details of matured fixed deposit along with interest accrued thereon transferred to IEPF:

S.

No.

Month for which amount was transferred

Amount of Unclaimed Matured Deposit ( ? )

Amount of Unclaimed Interest ( ?)

1

April-2022

-

-

2

May-2022

10,000

135

3

June-2022

25,000

584

4

July-2022

-

17,561

5

August - 2022

-

249

6

September - 2022

11,000

7,618

7

October -2022

-

12,392

8

November - 2022

-

89

9

December - 2022

-

1,953

10

January - 2023

-

14,525

11

February - 2023

-

1,070

12

March - 2023

-

235

3. Details of resultant benefit arising out of shares already transferred to IEPF:

S.

No.

Particulars

Amount (?)

1

Final Dividend 2021-22

11,28,604.00

2

Interim Dividend 2022-23

10,14,982.10

SHARE CAPITAL

The issued, subscribed and paid-up equity share capital as on March 31, 2023 was ? 143.64 million comprising of 14,36,43,940 Equity Shares of ? 1 each. During the year under review, the Company did not issue any shares and did not grant stock options or sweat equity shares to employees. The details of the shareholding of the Directors as on March 31, 2023, are as mentioned below:

S.

No.

Particulars

Shareholding

% of

shareholding

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

6,41,942 equity shares

0.45

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

4,000 equity shares

0.003

3

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru

22,500 equity shares

0.016

SUBSIDIARY, JOINT ARRANGEMENTS AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES

On May 09, 2023, the Company had acquired 100% equity shares of Inalfa Gabriel Sunroof Systems Private Limited (''IGSSPL), a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 having its registered office at Chennai, Tamil Nadu to make it a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (''WOS'') to undertake business of engineering, designing, developing, manufacturing, assembly, marketing, sales and distribution of the automotive sunroofs, related child parts and other allied activities.

The Company shall be executing a Joint Venture Agreement with Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V., a corporation incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands (''Inalfa''). Inalfa shall acquire 51% of the equity shares of IGSSPL after receiving requisite approvals (including requisite corporate, statutory, and regulatory approvals) resulting into an equity shareholding ratio of Inalfa and the Company as 51:49, respectively.

DEPOSITS

The Company has discontinued the acceptance of deposits with effect from November 09, 2015. Accordingly, no further deposits shall be accepted by the Company under the said scheme. The deposits already accepted under the said scheme up to November 07, 2015, were served till their applicable tenure. The details pertaining to deposits is as under:

S.

No.

Details

Amount (? in million) / Remark

i

Public deposits accepted during the year

-

ii

Deposits that remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year

0.07

iii

Whether there has been any default in repayment of deposits or payment of Interest thereon:

a. at the beginning of the year

-

b. maximum during the year

-

c. at the end of the year

-

iv

Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the requirements of Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

During the year, 5 Board Meetings and 4 Audit Committee meetings were convened and held, the details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report. The intervening gap between the meetings did not exceed the period 120 days as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.

COMMITTEES

The Company has the following committees, which have been established as a part of the corporate governance practices and are in compliance with the requirements of the relevant provisions of applicable laws and statutes.

• Audit Committee

• Nomination and Remuneration Committee

• Stakeholders Relationship Committee

• Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

• Risk Management Committee

The details with respect to the compositions, powers, roles, terms of reference and number of meetings held during the year of relevant committees are given in detail in the Corporate Governance Report of the Company, which forms part of this Board’s Report

MANAGEMENT

A. Directors

As on March 31, 2023, there were eight Directors on the Board of the Company, consisting of 1 Executive Chairperson, 2 Executive Director, 1 Non- Executive Director and 4 Independent Directors.

S.

No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

02082840

Executive

Chairperson

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

03553983

Managing

Director

3

Mr. Atul Jaggi

07263848

Deputy

Managing

Director

4

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Non

Executive

Director

5

Mr. Aditya Vij1

03200194

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

6

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee2

02985965

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

7

Ms. Matangi Gowrishankar

01518137

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

8

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru

01526618

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

9

Ms. Mahua Acharya3

03030535

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

In accordance with Article 128, 129 and 130 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Section 152(6)(d) and (e) of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Atul Jaggi retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

B. Declaration of independence and statement on compliance of code of conduct

The Non-Executive Independent Directors enlisted below have:

1. Provided a declaration under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence. The declaration from the said directors is attached as Annexure ''A'' to this Report.

2. Complied with the Code for Independent Directors prescribed in Schedule IV to the Companies Act, 2013.

3. Complied with the Code of Conduct for Board of Directors, Members of Senior Management and Insiders.

S.

No.

Name of the director

DIN

1

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

02985965

2

Ms. Matangi Gowrishankar

01518137

3

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru

01526618

4

Ms. Mahua Acharya

03030535

C. Formal Evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Regulations of The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''SEBI (LODR), 2015''), the Board carried out an annual evaluation of its own, its Committees, the Chairperson, and the Directors, individually. A detailed note on the manner of evaluation forms a part of the Corporate Governance Report.

D. Key Managerial Personnel

There has been no change in the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company during the financial year 2022-23.

COMPANY''S POLICY ON DIRECTOR''S APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Company has in place a Nomination and Remuneration Policy which was duly approved by the Board in the financial year 2014-15. The remuneration, in all forms, paid to the Executive Directors was in compliance with the said Policy. The remuneration to Non-Executive Independent Directors

in the form of commission and sitting fees was also paid in terms of the said Policy. The disclosure of the details of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT

Disclosures relating to Loans, Guarantees or Investments, as defined under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part of the Notes to the Financial Statement.

VIGIL MECHANISM

A Vigil Mechanism in the form of an Ethics Helpline and Whistle Blower Policy was established by the Company to trace and deal with instances of fraud and mismanagement. The details/report for the same was directly reported to the Audit Committee Chairman. A brief note on the Whistle Blower Policy is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report. The full text of Policy is available on Company''s website at URL : https:// www.anandgroupindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ Gabriel-India-Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf

INTERNAL CONTROLS AND SYSTEMS

The Company has established adequate internal control systems and vigilance systems to commensurate with the size of the business, nature of the business and risk management which are continuously evaluated by professional internal and statutory auditors of repute. The Company continues to improve the present internal control systems by implementation of appropriate policy and processes evaluated based on the Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Financial Controls and Internal Audits. Adequate benchmarking is done to upgrade the same from time to time and such update is based on the changes in the risk factors, probability and impact to the organisation. The Company has in place an adequate system to ensure effectiveness, efficacy of operations, compliance with applicable legislation, safeguarding of assets, adherence to management policies and promotion of ethical conduct.

A dedicated legal compliance cell ensures that the Company conducts its business with high standards of legal, statutory and regulatory compliances. The Audit committee reviews the internal control systems and procedures quarterly. The Company maintains a system of Internal Financial Controls (''IFC'') designed to provide a high degree of assurance on various business areas such as Inventory, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Legal, Order to Cash, Fixed Assets, Human Resource, Information Technology regarding effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial controls

and compliance with laws and regulations. This is done by recording the results of key manual controls status across the Company and retaining the back-up of the same in a common secured server for future reference. The Audit committee periodically evaluates internal financial controls and risk management system.

BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT

Like any other industry, the Company faces several business risks. The Company''s business is exposed to internal and external risks which are identified and revisited every year. For proper risk management, the Company has Risk Management Policy and a well-defined Risk framework comprising of Risk Governance, Risk Enabled Strategic Processes, Risk Enabled Operational Processes, Coordinated Risk Assurance and Technology Enablement. A Risk Management Committee formed and comprising of two Non-Executive Independent Directors and one Non-Executive Director meets every quarter to monitor various components of the risk framework in compliance to Risk Management Policy, review progress of actions planned and an update of the same is presented to the Board members. The Company has taken necessary actions for risk mitigation in the financial year 2022-23.

The key risks of the organisation are as under. The Company has plans to mitigate the same.

Industry Risk

The Company has customer relationships with a large number of OEMs in all business segments - 2&3 Wheelers, Passenger cars, Commercial vehicles and Railways which has substantially mitigated industry risk. Additionally, the Company is continuously widening its exports and aftermarket presence.

Competition Risk

The Company is working closely with customers to develop products collaboratively for their upcoming models. The Company has identified cost leadership as one of the key drivers to combat competition and is working aggressively to retain its cost competitiveness.

The Company is investing in automation and process upgradation, thus strengthening margins in the process. The Company invested in renewable energy with the objective to moderate costs in long term. Company is investing at locations close to customer''s location to garner new businesses.

The Company has drawn a technology road map and has taken up various projects under automation initiative to manage and mitigate technology risk arising due to dated software, lack of automation and high dependency of manual efforts.

For improvement of quality, initiatives such as COPQ 2.0 and AHQ have been implemented to aid in managing and mitigating risk of sub-standard product quality that may result in reduction of export volumes / increasing warranty costs. The Company has developed plan with quarterly targets focusing on developing new products to ensure increase foothold in the market in line with long term strategic plans.

Procurement Risk

The Company has a rationalised vendor base to enhance purchasing efficiencies. The Company has successfully minimised excessive dependence on specific vendors. This was achieved by way of strategic partnerships, alternate sourcing, and vendor consolidation for high-risk vendors.

The Company continues to use e-sourcing to get additional cost reductions from existing / new vendors on a regular basis. Annual cost reduction workshops are continuing to give new avenues to control the raw material costs. Import localisation has helped the Company to reduce strain on margins due to competitive pricing.

Export Risk

The Company commissioned a full-fledged Two Wheelers R&D Centre at Hosur in December 2013 and strengthened its R&D capabilities in its Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles and Railways Business Unit at Pune. A modern R&D Technology Center for Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles product development was established at Chakan, Pune.

The Company has set up a dedicated team to focus on exports for the regions of South Asia, ASEAN, the Middle East and Latin America. The Company is constantly working on upgrading it''s manufacturing processes to meet higher product standards for the exports business.

Compliance Risk

The Company has adequate controls to ensure that all transactions are correctly authorised, recorded and reported. Its internal control system is supplemented by an extensive array of internal audits, reviews of findings and assessment of improvement opportunities across business processes, systems and controls. The Company has established compliance software across all Plants and at its registered office to ensure the same. The Company has identified additional risk of statutory and EHS compliance at key vendors for continuous monitoring.

Contingency Risk

This risk can arise due to unanticipated contingencies which

may arise due to internal or external factors. The Company has defined Business Continuity Plan (''BCP'') and Disaster Recovery Plan (''DRP'') to ensure smooth running of business and operation, safeguarding of the assets, employee/ people/ visitor health safety and compliances. Adequate controls are updated and documented based on the risk factors, government guidelines, notifications issued from time to time. BCP plan outlines the procedures for immediate management level responses to manage the crisis which includes business recovery strategies. DRP plan outlines specific procedures required to recover and restore critical IT systems during such unanticipated disruptive events.

FRAUDS REPORTED BY AUDITOR

During the year under review, no instance of fraud in the Company was reported by the Auditors.

EXPLANATION IN RESPOSE TO THE AUDITORS'' QUALIFICATION

During the year under review, neither Statutory Auditor nor Secretarial Auditor and Cost Auditor reported any qualifications, reservations, or adverse remarks in their respective reports.

CONTRACT AND ARRANGEMENT WITH RELATED PARTIES

During the year under review, the Company has not entered into any contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties which were either not at an arm''s length or not in the ordinary course of business and further could be considered material in accordance with the Policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions. Hence, there is no information to be provided in Form AOC-2, while the particulars of all related party transactions in terms of IND AS 24 forms part of Notes to the Financial Statements provided in this Annual Report. The Policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and dealing with Related Party Transactions was revised in line with the amendment in SEBI (LODR) 2015 and the same is available on the Company''s website.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

There were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts having competent jurisdiction, which could have an impact on the business of the Company under the going concern concept.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Secretarial Auditors, confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance, as stipulated under SEBI (LODR), 2015 is annexed thereto.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS REPORT

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of SEBI (LODR), 2015, the Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report is set out in this Annual Report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The Company''s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy is hosted on the website of the Company. The Company has a CSR Committee to monitor adherence to Corporate Social Responsibility Policy and to track transactions related to Ongoing / Non-ongoing projects etc. A detailed report on the CSR activities inter- alia disclosing the composition of CSR Committee and CSR activities is attached as Annexure ''B-I'' to this Report. Certification by Chief Financial Officer on disbursement and utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility funds is attached as Annexure ''B - II'' to this Report.

The disclosure pertaining to the constitution of committee and number of meetings held during the year forms part of the Corporate Governance Report which is a part of Annual Report.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

As required under Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, information relating to the foregoing matters is attached as Annexure ''C'' to this Report.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY

The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace. The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention,

Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and Rules framed thereunder. Through the Policy, the Company has constituted a committee and established a grievance procedure through Internal Complaints Committee (''ICC'') for protection against victimisation.

During the year under review no complaint of sexual harassment was raised.

The Company is committed to providing a healthy environment to all its employees conducive to work without the fear of prejudice and gender bias.

AUDITORS

Statutory Auditors

In 59th Annual General Meeting held on August 04, 2021, Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP (PWC), were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of five years till the conclusion of the 64th Annual General Meeting of the Company.

Secretarial Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company appointed KPRC & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit. The self-explanatory Report of the Secretarial Audit is attached as Annexure ''D'' to this Report.

Cost Audit

In terms of the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company is required to have the audit of its cost records conducted by a Cost Accountant. The Board of Directors of the Company has on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, approved the appointment of M/s. Dhananjay V. Joshi and Associates, Cost Accountants, Pune as Cost Auditors (Registration No. 00030) of the Company for financial year 2022-23 to conduct cost audits for relevant products prescribed under the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014. On recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board has recommended to the members, as per resolution set in item number 4 of the Notice of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, the remuneration payable to the said Cost Auditors. M/s. Dhananjay V. Joshi and Associates, have, under Section 139(1) of the Act and the Rules framed thereunder furnished a certificate of their eligibility and consent for appointment. The cost accounts and records of the Company are duly prepared and maintained as required under Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.

ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 the Annual Return for financial year 2022-23 is available on Company''s website at URL : https://www. anandgroupindia.com/gabrielindia/investors/annual-reports/

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

Disclosure pertaining to remuneration and other detail as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is attached as Annexure ''E''.

Statement containing particulars of top 10 employees and particulars of employees as required under Section 197 (12) of the Act read with Rule 5(2) and (3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is available on Company''s website at URL : https:// www.anandgroupindia.com/gabrielindia/investors/annual-reports/

In furtherance to the above, Mrs. Anjali Singh, Whole-time Director of the Company has received remuneration from Asia Investments Private Limited, its holding company, during the financial year 2022-23.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013:

1. I n preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

2. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year March 31, 2023 and of the Profit of the Company for that period.

3. 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 / detecting fraud and other irregularities.

4. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

5. The Directors have laid down internal financial controls followed by the Company and that such financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.

The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 (31 OF 2016) AND THEIR STATUS

There are no applications made or any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) during the year.

DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE TIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOANS FROM THE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ALONGWITH THE REASONS THEREOF

There are no such events occurred during the period from April 01, 2022 to March 31, 2023, thus no valuation is carried out for the one-time settlement with the Banks or Financial Institutions

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, technology partners, financial institutions, bankers, customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Manoj Kolhatkar

Place : Pune Managing Director

Date: May 23, 2023 (DIN 03553983)

1

Mr. Aditya Vij ceased to be a Non- Executive Independent Director on March 30, 2023, upon completion of two consecutive terms as an Independent Director.

2

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee was re-appointed for a second term of 2 years as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company w.e.f. December 14, 2022.

3

Ms. Mahua Acharya was appointed as an Additional Non- Executive Independent Director w.e.f. March 31, 2023, and her appointment shall be regularised by the members of the Company by passing resolution through postal ballot.


Mar 31, 2022

Your Directors present the 60th Annual Report on the business and operations of Gabriel India Limited (''the Company''), along with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31,2022.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

('' in million)

Particulars

Financial Year

Financial Year

2021-22

2020-21

Net Sales

23,104.55

16,793.52

Earnings before Interest, Tax and Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA)

1459.28

1025.25

Finance Cost

42.74

65.45

Depreciation and amortisation expenses

413.61

423.85

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax (PBT)

1,264.59

779.07

Provision for Taxation:

- Current

326.54

148.91

- Deferred Tax

42.90

27.43

Profit/(Loss) After Tax (PAT)

895.15

602.73

Profit/(Loss) Account Balance at the beginning of the year

6,161.01

5,707.65

Profit available for appropriations

7,042.46

6,311.85

Appropriations:

Dividend on Equity Shares

179.55

150.83

Tax on Dividend

-

-

Transferred to General Reserves

-

-

Profit/(Loss) Account balance at the end of the

6,862.91

6,161.01

year

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Your Company recorded net sales of '' 23,104.55 million in financial year 2021-22 as compared to '' 16,793.52 million in financial year 2020-21, a growth of 37.58%. It reported a 42.34% growth in EBITDA to '' 1459.28 million, largely due to volume growth across all business units viz. 2&3 Wheelers, Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles and Aftermarket. The Company’s Profit before tax stood at '' 1,264.59 million, an increase of 62.32% over financial year 2020-21. Profit after tax of the Company was pegged at '' 895.15 million

compared to '' 602.73 million in financial year 2020-21. The EPS increased to '' 6.23 per share in financial year 2021-22 from '' 4.20 per share in financial year 2020-21.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

After the second wave of COVID, that peaked in May 2021, the market recovery gained momentum and GDP was projected to grow at 8.9% in fiscal year 2021-22 before reverting to 7.5% in financial year 2022-23 which can in turn peak up to 8% in financial year 2023-24. Inflation has remained close to the upper band but should ebb as supply chain disruptions are overcome. Financial markets remain strong and capital inflows support the build-up in reserves. The appearance of a new virus variant, especially if combined with a relaxation of attitudes, is the major downside risk, together with a less supportive global economic and financial environment. However, we are now foreseeing a gain in performance of automobile industry and in turn auto component industry.

We could work on cost reduction initiatives in financial year 2021-22 and posted a significantly better performance on top line and bottom line, we would continue the same this year. We have embarked a major initiative for localisation using two-pronged approach, one by in-house capacity expansion and second with key suppliers. We expect reduction in overall imports in the financial year 2022-23, thereby reducing costs and supply chain risks.

Other key focus areas remain - productivity, technology, talent retention and skilling. We are also aggressively looking at M&A in similar area of operations. We have completed a modern state of art Technology Centre at Chakan, Pune to enhance our R&D capabilities. With this new Technology Centre for passenger car and commercial vehicles product development, we foresee faster product and technology upgradation.

OPERATIONS

We saw a major improvement in blue collar productivity using MOST technique at major plants during last two years. We will continue our efforts in the same direction this year as well to reach benchmark productivity levels. This would be supplemented by focused automations to enhance productivity and quality. We are expanding our Khandsa facility to cater to new business acquisitions. With TwoWheeler EV manufacturers ramping up, we see a need of expanding few of our other plants also. We also are working on reducing the dependence on imports.

CREDIT RATING

Your Company has obtained the credit rating from CRISIL

Limited ("CRISIL’) for its banking facilities. The agency has reaffirmed the Company’s rating as CRISIL AA/Stable for Long Term facilities. On request of the Company, CRISIL has withdrawn ''FAA /Stable’ rating assigned to the fixed deposit programme of the Company, since there is no amount outstanding against said instrument.

DIVIDEND

Your directors declared an interim dividend of Re. 0.55 per equity share of '' 1 each (previous year '' 0.20 per equity share of '' 1 each). This dividend amounted to '' 79.00 million (Previous year '' 28.73 million). This was distributed to shareholders, whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on November 23, 2021.

Your directors further recommended for the approval of shareholders a final dividend of '' 1.00 per equity share of '' 1 each (previous year '' 0.70 per equity share of '' 1 each). This proposed dividend will amount to '' 143.64 million (previous year '' 100.55 million). Income Tax Act, 1961, ("the IT Act") as amended by the Finance Act, 2020, mandates that dividends paid or distributed by a company after April 01,2020 shall be taxable in the hands of members hence the dividend payout will be exclusive of dividend distribution tax. The dividend, subject to its declaration, will be distributed to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members on July 28, 2022.

Company also has its Dividend distribution Policy which has been approved by the Board of Directors. The said policy is available on the Company’s website at URL:

https://www.anandgroupindia.com/gabrielindia/investors/

corporate-governance/

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

The closing balance of the retained earnings of the Company for the financial year 2021-22, after all appropriations and adjustments was '' 6,862.91 million.

INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND (IEPF)

During the year under review, in terms of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 following dividend, corresponding shares and matured deposits along with the accrued interest were transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund following a due notice to the members. The same can be claimed by the respective investor through submission of Form IEPF-5.

The list of shareholders is available on Company’s website

at URL : https://www.anandgroupindia.com/gabrielindia/ investors/investor-information/. Future cash benefits like dividend to such transferred shares shall be transferred by the Company to bank account of IEPF authority.

1. Details of unclaimed/unpaid dividend and Corresponding shares transferred to IEPF:

Sr.

Particulars

Amount of

No. of Shares

No.

Dividend (?)

1

Final Dividend

11,62,476

27,030

2013-14

2

Interim Dividend

10,76,530

19,646

2014-15

2.

Details of matured fixed deposit alongwith interest

accrued thereon transferred to IEPF:

Sr.

Month for which

Amount of

Amount of

No.

amount was

Unclaimed

Unclaimed

transferred

Matured Deposit (?)

Interest (?)

1

July-21

-

17,987

2

September-21

30,000

2,310

3

October-21

-

37,927

4

November-21

50,000

11,385

5

December-21

74,910

14,080

6

January-22

-

16,524

7

February-22

-

21,571

8

March-22

25,000

14,381

3.

Details of resultant benefit arising out of shares already

transferred to IEPF :

Sr.

Particulars

Amount (?)

No.

1

Final Dividend 2020-21

7,68,587.16

2

Interim Dividend 2021-22

6,09,518.39

SHARE CAPITAL

The paid-up Equity Share Capital as on March 31,2022 was '' 143.64 million. During the year under review, the Company did not issue any shares and did not grant stock options or sweat equity shares to employees. The details of the shareholding of the Directors as on March 31, 2022 are as

mentioned below:

Sr.

Name of Director

Shareholding

% of

No.

shareholding

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

6,41,942

0.45%

equity shares

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

4,000 equity

0.003%

shares

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of the Company comprised eight Directors as on March 31, 2022. The Board comprised Mrs. Anjali Singh, Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, Mr. Atul Jaggi, Mr. Jagdish Kumar, Mr. Aditya Vij, Mr. Pradeep Banerjee, Ms. Matangi Gowrishankar and Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru.

The details of the meetings during the financial year under review are mentioned below:


DEPOSITS

The Company has discontinued the acceptance of deposits with effect from November 09, 2015. Accordingly, no further deposits shall be accepted by the Company under the said scheme. The deposits already accepted under the said scheme upto November 07, 2015 were served till their applicable tenure. The details pertaining to deposits is as under:

Sr.

No.

Details

Amount ('' in million) / Remark

i

Public deposits accepted during the year

NIL

ii

Deposits that remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year

0.03

iii

Whether there has been any default in repayment of deposits or payment of Interest thereon:

a. at the beginning of the year

NIL

b. maximum during the year

NIL

c. at the end of the year

NIL

iv

Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the requirements of Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013

NIL

Sr.

No.

Date of Meeting

Board

Strength

No. of Directors Present

1

May 26, 2021

8

7

2

August 04, 2021

8

8

3

November 12, 2021

8

7

4

February 07, 2022

8

7

5

February 23, 2022

8

7

The maximum time gap between two Board meetings was not more than four months.

COMMITTEES

The composition of committees constituted by Board along with changes, if any, forms part of the Corporate Governance Report, which is a part of Annual report.

MANAGEMENTA. Directors

The composition of the Board of Directors of the Company is as below.

Sr.

No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

02082840

Executive

Chairperson

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

CO

00

cn

CO

LO

LO

CO

o

Managing

Director

3

Mr. Atul Jaggi

07263848

Deputy

Managing

Director

4

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Non

Executive

Director

5

Mr. Aditya Vij

03200194

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

6

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

02985965

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

7

Ms. Matangi Gowrishankar

01518137

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

8

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru

01526618

Non

Executive

Independent

Director

During the financial year 2021-22, the appointment of Mr. Atul Jaggi as Deputy Managing Director and Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company was approved by the members in the Annual General Meeting held August 4, 2021.

In accordance with the Article 128, 129 and 130 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Section 152(6)(d) and (e) of the Companies Act, 2013, Mrs. Anjali Singh retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself for reappointment.

B. Declaration of independence and statement on compliance of code of conduct

The Non-Executive Independent Directors enlisted below have :

1. Provided a declaration under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the

criteria of independence. The declaration from the said directors is attached as Annexure ''A'' to this Report.

2. Complied with the Code for Independent Directors prescribed in Schedule IV to the Companies Act, 2013.

3. Complied with the Code of Conduct for Board of Directors, Members of Senior Management and Insiders.

Sr.

No.

Name of the director

DIN

1

Mr. Aditya Vij

03200194

2

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

02985965

3

Ms. Matangi Gowrishankar

01518137

4

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru

01526618

C. Formal Evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Regulations of The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''SEBI (LODR), 2015’), the Board carried out an annual evaluation of its own, its Committees, the Chairperson and the Directors, individually. A detailed note on the manner of evaluation forms a part of the Corporate Governance Report.

D. Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was constituted as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of SEBI (LODR), 2015. The Composition of the Audit Committee as on March 31,2022 was as below:

Sr.

No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1.

Mr. Aditya Vij

03200194

Chairman,

Non-Executive

Independent

Director

2.

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru

01526618

Member,

Non-Executive

Independent

Director

3.

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Member,

Non-Executive

Director

E. Key Managerial Personnel

There has been no change in the Key Managerial Person of the Company during the financial year 202122 other than Mr. Atul Jaggi who was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the Company.

COMPANY''S POLICY ON DIRECTOR''S APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Company has in place a Nomination and Remuneration Policy which was duly approved by the Board in the financial year 2014-15. The remuneration, in all forms, paid to the Executive Directors was in compliance with the said Policy. The remuneration to Non-Executive Independent Directors in the form of commission and sitting fees was also paid in terms of the said Policy. The disclosure of the details of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT

Disclosures relating to the Loans, Guarantees or Investments, as defined under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part of the Notes to the Financial Statement.

VIGIL MECHANISM

A Vigil Mechanism in the form of an Ethics Helpline and Whistle Blower Policy was established by the Company to trace and deal with instances of fraud and mismanagement. The details/report for the same was directly reported to the Audit Committee Chairman. A brief note on the Whistle Blower Policy is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report. The full text of Policy is available on Company’s website at URL : https://www.anandgroupindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Gabriel-India-Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf

INTERNAL CONTROLS AND SYSTEMS

The Company has established adequate internal control systems and vigilance systems commensurate with the size of the business, nature of the business and risk management which are continuously evaluated by professional internal and statutory auditors of repute. The Company continues to improve the present internal control systems by implementation of appropriate policy and processes evaluated based on the Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Financial Controls and Internal Audits. Adequate benchmarking is done to upgrade the same from time to time and such update is based on the changes in the risk factors, probability and impact to the organisation. The Company has in place an adequate system to ensure effectiveness, efficacy of operations, compliance with applicable legislation, safeguarding of assets, adherence to management policies and promotion of ethical conduct.

Dedicated legal compliance cell ensures that the Company conducts its business with high standards of legal, statutory and regulatory compliances. The Audit committee reviews

the internal control systems and procedures quarterly. The Company maintains a system of Internal Financial Controls (''IFC'') designed to provide a high degree of assurance on various business areas such as Inventory, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Legal, Order to Cash, Fixed Assets, Human Resource, Information Technology regarding effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial controls and compliance with laws and regulations. This is done by recording the results of key manual controls status across the Company and also retaining the back-up of the same in a common secured server for future reference. The Audit committee periodically evaluate internal financial controls and risk management system.

BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT

Like any other industry, the Company faces several business risks. The Company’s business is exposed to internal and external risks which are identified and revisited every year. For proper risk management, the Company has Risk Management Policy and a well-defined Risk framework comprising of Risk Governance, Risk Enabled Strategic Processes, Risk Enabled Operational Processes, Coordinated Risk Assurance and Technology Enablement. A Risk Management Committee formed and comprising of two Non-Executive Independent Directors and one NonExecutive director meets every quarter to monitor various components of the risk framework in compliance to Risk Management Policy, review progress of actions planned and an update of the same is presented to the Board members. The Company has taken necessary actions for risk mitigation in the financial year 2021-22.

The key risks of the organisation are as under. The Company has plans to mitigate the same.

Industry Risk

The Company has customer relationships with a large number of OEMs in all business segments - 2&3 Wheelers, Passenger cars, Commercial vehicles and Railways which has substantially mitigated industry risk. Additionally, the Company is continuously widening its exports and aftermarket presence.

Competition Risk

The Company is working closely with customers to develop products collaboratively for their upcoming models. The Company has identified cost leadership as one of the key drivers to combat competition and is working aggressively to retain its cost competitiveness.

The Company is investing in automation and process upgradation, thus strengthening margins in the process. The Company invested in renewable energy with the objective to moderate costs in long term. Company is investing at locations close to customer''s location to garner new businesses.

The Company has drawn a technology road map and has taken up various projects under automation initiative to manage and mitigate technology risk arising due to dated software, lack of automation and high dependency of manual efforts.

For improvement of quality, initiatives such as COPQ 2.0, AHQ have been implemented to aid in managing and mitigating risk of sub-standard product quality that may result in reduction of export volumes / increasing warranty costs.

The Company has developed plan with quarterly targets focusing on developing new products to ensure increase foothold in the market in line with long term strategic plans.

Procurement Risk

The Company has a rationalised vendor base to enhance purchasing efficiencies. The Company has successfully minimised excessive dependence on specific vendors. This was achieved by way of strategic partnerships, alternate sourcing and vendor consolidation for high-risk vendors.

The Company continues to use e-sourcing to get additional cost reductions from existing / new vendors on regular basis. Annual cost reduction workshops are continuing to give new avenues to control the raw material costs. Import localisation has helped the Company to reduce strain on margins due to competitive pricing.

Export Risk

The Company commissioned a full-fledged Two Wheelers R&D Centre at Hosur in December 2013 and strengthened its R&D capabilities in its Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles and Railways Business Unit at Pune. A modern R&D Technology Center for Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles product development was established at Chakan, Pune.

The Company has set up a dedicated team to focus on exports for the regions of South Asia, ASEAN, Middle East and Latin America. The Company is constantly working on upgrading it''s manufacturing processes to meet higher product standards for exports business.

Compliance Risk

The Company has adequate controls to ensure that all transactions are correctly authorised, recorded and reported. Its internal control system is supplemented by an extensive array of internal audits, reviews of findings and assessment of improvement opportunities across business processes, systems and controls. The Company has established compliance software across all Plants and at its registered office to ensure the same. The Company has identified additional risk of statutory and EHS compliance at key vendors for continuous monitoring.

Contingency Risk

This risk can arise due to unanticipated contingencies which may arise due to internal or external factors. The Company has defined Business Continuity Plan (''BCP'') and Disaster Recovery Plan (''DRP'') to ensure smooth running of business and operation, safeguarding of the assets, employee/ people/ visitor health safety and compliances. Adequate controls are updated and documented based on the risk factors, government guidelines, notifications issued from time to time. BCP plan outlines the procedures for immediate management level responses to manage the crisis which includes business recovery strategies. DRP plan outlines specific procedures required to recover and restore critical IT systems during such unanticipated disruptive events.

During COVID-19 pandemic, the Company was able to successfully channelise internally with the limited resources available.

FRAUDS REPORTED BY AUDITOR

During the year under review, no instance of fraud in the Company was reported by the Auditors.

EXPLANATION IN RESPOSE TO THE AUDITORS'' QUALIFICATION

During the year under review, neither Statutory Auditor nor Secretarial Auditor and Cost Auditor reported any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks in their respective reports.

CONTRACT AND ARRANGEMENT WITH RELATED PARTIES

During the year under review, the Company has not entered into any contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties which were either not at an arm''s length or not in the ordinary course of business and further could be considered material in accordance with the Policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions. Hence, there is no information to be provided in Form AOC-2, while the particulars of all related party transactions in terms of IND AS 24 are forming part of the financial statements.

The Policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and dealing with Related Party Transactions was revised in line with the amendment in SEBI (LODR) 2015 and the same is available on the Company''s website.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

There were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts having competent jurisdiction, which could have an impact on the business of the Company under the going concern concept.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Secretarial Auditors, confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance, as stipulated under SEBI (LODR), 2015 is annexed thereto.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of SEBI (LODR), 2015, the Management''s Discussion and Analysis is set out in this Annual Report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The Company''s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy is hosted on the website of the Company. The Company has a CSR Committee to monitor adherence to Corporate Social Responsibility Policy and to track transactions related to Ongoing / Non-ongoing projects etc. A detailed report on the CSR activities inter- alia disclosing the composition of CSR Committee and CSR activities is attached as Annexure ''B - I'' and ''B - II'' to this Report. Certification by Chief Financial Officer on disbursement and utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility funds is attached as Annexure ''B-III'' to this Report.

The disclosure pertaining to the constitution of committee and number of meetings held during the year forms part of the Corporate Governance Report which is a part of Annual Report.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

As required under Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, information relating to the foregoing matters is attached as Annexure ''C'' to this Report.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY

The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace. The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and Rules framed thereunder. Through the Policy, the Company has constituted a Committee and established a grievance procedure through Internal Complaints Committee (''ICC’) for protection against victimisation.

During the year under review no complaint of sexual harassment was raised.

The Company is committed to provide a healthy environment to all its employees conducive to work without the fear of prejudice and gender bias.

AUDITORSStatutory Auditors

In 59th Annual General Meeting held on August 04, 2021, Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP (PWC), were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of five years till the conclusion of the 64th Annual General Meeting of the Company.

Secretarial Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company appointed KPRC & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit. The self-explanatory Report of the Secretarial Audit is attached as Annexure ''D'' to this Report.

Cost Audit

In terms of provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company is required to have the audit of its cost records conducted by a Cost Accountant. The Board of Directors of the Company has on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, approved the appointment of M/s. Dhananjay V. Joshi and Associates, Cost Accountants, Pune

as Cost Auditors (Registration No. 00030) of the Company for financial year 2022-23 to conduct cost audits for relevant products prescribed under the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014. On recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board has recommended to the members, as per resolution set in item number 4 of the Notice of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, the remuneration payable to the said Cost Auditors. M/s. Dhananjay V. Joshi and Associates, have, under Section 139(1) of the Act and the Rules framed thereunder furnished a certificate of their eligibility and consent for appointment. The cost accounts and records of the Company are duly prepared and maintained as required under Section 148(1) of Act.

ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 the Annual Return for financial year 2021-22 is available on Company’s website at URL: https://www.anandgroupindia.com/gabrielindia/investors/ annual-reports/

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The statement containing names of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and the particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are attached as Annexures ''E'' and ''F'' to this Report.

In furtherance to above, Mrs. Anjali Singh, Whole-time Director of the Company has received remuneration from Asia Investments Private Limited., its holding company, during financial year 2021-22.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013:

1. In preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

2. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year March 31, 2022 and of the Profit of the Company for that period.

3. 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 / detecting fraud and other irregularities.

4. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

5. The Directors have laid down internal financial controls followed by the Company and that such financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.

The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, technology partners, financial institutions, bankers, customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operation.


Mar 31, 2018

To,

The Members,

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 56th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company, together with the Audited Financial Statement for the year ended March 31, 2018.

The Company’s sales grew by 20.5% and PBT and PAT grew by 21.6% and14.0% respectively. The improved profitability was due to control on raw material costs in the backdrop of increasing commodity prices, expenses control in the backdrop of large volume increase, better working capital and cash flow management. The Company continued to deliver good results on the strength of strong customer and people orientation, leveraging its core competencies in technology, manufacturing and supply chain efficiency.

FINANCIAL RESULTS (Rs. in million)

Particulars

Year ended 31.03.2018

Year ended 31.03.2017

Net Sales

18,140.88

15,056.57

Earnings before Interest, Tax and Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA)

1,712.69

1,461.35

Finance Cost

28.87

38.66

Depreciation

382.93

353.27

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax (PBT)

1,371.64

1,127.64

Provision for Taxation:

- Current

392.66

236.88

- Deferred Tax

36.61

64.10

Profit/(Loss) After Tax (PAT)

942.37

826.66

Profit/(Loss) Account Balance at the beginning of the year

3,678.03

3,127.73

Profit available for appropriations

4,658.77

3,924.09

Appropriations:

Dividend on Equity Shares

193.94

172.39

Tax on Dividend

39.48

35.09

Transferred to General Reserves

-

-

Profit/(Loss) Account balance at the end of the year

4,425.35

3716.61

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Your Company recorded net sales of RS.18,140.88 million in FY2017-18 as compared to RS.15,056.57 million in FY2016-17. It reported a 17.2% growth in EBITDA, largely based on volume growth across all Business Units viz.. 2&3 - Wheelers, Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles, Railways and control on raw material costs. The Company improved its PBT to 7.5% in FY2017-18 from 7.4% in FY2016-17. The result was a Profit After Tax of RS.942.37 million in FY2017-18 as compared to RS.826.66 million in FY2016-17, representing 14.0% growth. The earnings per Share increased to RS.6.56 per share in FY2017-18 from RS.5.75 per share in FY2016-17.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

The prospects of the Company appear reasonably optimistic for a number of reasons.

A positive outlook on the monsoon this year and simplification of Indirect taxes through implementation of GST may lead to a spurt in demand and sales. The Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative is likely to strengthen the case for manufacturing and with a moderate rise expected in GDP growth, the Indian Automobile and Auto Components sector appears poised for a reasonable growth. The Company’s performance in the Aftermarket and Exports is expected to be better due to an improved thrust and focus

OPERATIONS

The Company is pleased to report that operating efficiency across all its manufacturing plants enhanced during the year and led to improved profitability. Higher operating efficiency was a result of process improvements, constant benchmarking with available best practices, leveraging technology collaborations, employee training and a conducive working environment at all its plant locations.

DIVIDEND

Your Directors declared an interim dividend of Re 0.50 per equity share of Re.1 each (previous year Re 0.45 per equity share of Re 1 each). This dividend amounted to RS.71.83 million (previous year RS.64.65 million). This was distributed to shareholders, whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on November 18, 2017. Your Directors further recommended for the approval of shareholders a final dividend of Re 0.90 per equity share of Re 1 each (previous year Re 0.85 per equity share of Re 1 each). This proposed dividend will amount to RS.129.28 million (previous year RS.122.11 million). The dividend, subject to its declaration, will be distributed to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members on Thursday, August 02, 2018.

During the year under review, the unclaimed final dividend pertaining to the FY2009-10 and unclaimed interim dividend pertaining to the FY2010-11 was transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund following a due notice to the members. The Company has also transferred the shares to the demat account of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authorities, pertaining to period of aforesaid dividends and eligible for such transfer in terms of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016. The said shares can be received back by the respective shareholder through submission of Form IEPF-5. The list of such shareholders is available on Company’s weblink : http://www.gabrielindia.com/investors-section/share-for-tranfer-to-iepf-demataccount.aspx.Future cash benefits like dividend to such transferred shares shall be transferred by the Company to bank account of IEPF authority.

SHARE CAPITAL

The paid-up Equity Share Capital as on March 31, 2018 was RS.143.64 million. During the year under review, the Company did not issue any shares and did not grant stock options or sweat equity shares to employees. The details of the shareholding of the Directors are as mentioned below as on March 31, 2018:

Sr. No.

Name of Director

Shareholding

% of Holding

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

641,942 shares

0.45%

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

4,000 shares

0.003%

3

Mr. Pradipta Sen

524 shares

0.0003%

DEPOSITS

The Company has discontinued the acceptance of deposits with effect from November 09, 2015. Accordingly, no further deposits shall be accepted by the Company under the said scheme. The deposits already accepted under the said scheme upto November 07, 2015 shall be served till their applicable tenure. The details pertaining to deposits is as under:

Sr. No.

Details

Amount (Rs. in million) / Remark)

I

Public deposits accepted during the year

NIL

Ii

Deposits that remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year

27.98

iii

Whether there has been any default in repayment of deposits or payment of Interest thereon:

a. at the beginning of the year.

NIL

b. maximum during the year

NIL

c. at the end of the year

NIL

iv

Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the requirements of Chapter V of the Act

NIL

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of the Company comprised six Directors as on March 31, 2018. The Board comprised Mrs. Anjali Singh, Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, Mr. Pradipta Sen, Mr. Aditya Vij, Mr. Pradeep Banerjee and Mr. Jagdish Kumar.

The details of the meetings during the financial year under review are mentioned below.

Sr. No.

Date of Meetings

Board Strength

No. of Directors Present

1

May 15, 2017

6

6

2

August 08, 2017

6

6

3

November 10, 2017

5

4

4

February 13, 2018

6

6

The maximum time gap between two Board meetings was not more than four months.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL A. Directors

The composition of the Board of Directors of the Company is as below.

Sr. No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

02082840

Executive Chairperson

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

03553983

Managing Director

3

Mr. Pradipta Sen

00051758

Non-Executive Independent Director

4

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

02985965

Non-Executive Independent Director

5

Mr. Aditya Vij

03200194

Non-Executive Independent Director

6

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Non-Executive Director

During the year under review following changes occurred

1. Mr. Atul Khosla ceased to be a Director w.e.f. September 27, 2017.

2. Mr. Pradeep. Banarjee was appointed as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director w.e.f December 14, 2017.

The Board of Directors deeply appreciates the contribution of Mr. Atul Khosla. The association of Mr. Atul Khosla and his valuable guidance benefited the Company.

Pursuant to Section 149 and 161 of the Companies Act 2013 and Regulation 17 of SEBI (Listing obligations and disclosures requirement) Regulation, 2015, the appointment of Mr. Pradeep Banerjee, Non- executive Independent director is proposed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

In accordance with the Article 128, 129 and 130 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Section 152(6)(d) and (e) of the Companies Act, 2013, Mrs. Anjali Singh retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself for reappointment.

The details of the Directors who are proposed to be appointed/re-appointed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

B. Declaration of independence

The Non-Executive Independent Directors enlisted below provided a declaration under Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence. The declarations from the Directors is attached as Annexure A.

Sr. No.

Name of the Director

DIN

Position

1

Mr. Pradipta Sen

00051758

Non-Executive Independent Director

2

Mr. Aditya Vij

03200194

Non-Executive Independent Director

3

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

02985965

Non-Executive Independent Director

C. Formal Evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Regulations of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board carried out an annual evaluation of its own, its Committees, the Chairperson and the Directors, individually. A detailed note on the manner of evaluation forms a part of the Corporate Governance Report.

D. Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was constituted as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The Composition of the Audit Committee is as below:

Sr. No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1

Mr. Pradipta Sen

00051758

Chairman, Non-Executive Independent Director

2

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee

02985965

Member, Non-Executive Independent Director

3

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Member, Non-Executive Director

E. Key Managerial Personnel

During the year under review, Mrs. Anjali Singh was appointed as an Executive Chairperson (Whole-time Director) of the Company by the shareholders. In terms of provisions of Section 2(51) of the Companies Act, 2013 she is a Key Managerial Personnel of the Company. There has been no other change in the Key Managerial Person of the Company except above.

COMPANY’S POLICY ON DIRECTOR’S APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Company has in place a Nomination and Remuneration Policy, which was duly approved by the Board in the Financial Year 2014-15. The remuneration, in all forms, paid to the Executive Directors was in compliance with the said Policy. The remuneration to Non-Executive Independent Directors in the form of commission and sitting fees was also paid in terms of the said Policy. The disclosure of the details of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT

Disclosures relating to the Loans, Guarantees or Investments, as defined under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part of the notes to the Financial Statement.

VIGIL MECHANISM

A Vigil Mechanism in the form of an Ethics Helpline and Whistle Blower Policy was established by the Company to trace and deal with instances of fraud and mismanagement. The details/report for the same was directly reported to the Audit Committee Chairman. A brief note on the Whistle Blower Policy is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report. The Policy is also posted on the Company’s website.

INTERNAL CONTROLS AND SYSTEMS

The Company has satisfactory internal control systems and vigilance systems which are continuously evaluated by professional internal and statutory auditors of repute. The Company continues to improve the present internal control systems by implementation of appropriate policy and processes. The Company is focused on incorporating the controls and checks in ERP system of SAP. The Company has in place an adequate system to ensure efficacy of operations, compliance with applicable legislation, safeguarding of assets, adherence to management policies and promotion of ethical conduct.

A dedicated legal compliance cell ensures that the Company conducts its business with high standards of legal, statutory and regulatory compliances. The Audit Committee reviews the internal control systems and procedures periodically. The Company maintains a system of Internal Financial Controls (IFC) designed to provide a high degree of assurance on various business areas such as Procure to Pay, Inventory, Order to Cash, Fixed Assets, Human Resource, Legal, Book Close and MIS regarding effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial controls and compliance with laws and regulations. This is done by recording the results of key manual controls status across the Company and also retaining the back-up of the same in a common secured server for future reference.

BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT

In highly competitive auto environment, Gabriel faces several business risks. Competition in the suspension industry is growing and is putting lot of emphasis on developing competitive products with high performance, quality and longer life at lower cost.

The Company’s business is exposed to internal and external risks which are regularly identified on an annual basis. Some of the key risks identified are a threat to market share due to global competition, procurement of few single sourced components, exports business growth and regulatory compliance. A Risk Committee formed under the Chairmanship of the Chief Financial Officer meets every quarter to review progress and an update of the same is presented to the Board. As per the policy, the risks have been reviewed by the senior management as well as short term and long term risk mitigation plans have been identified. The Company concluded many actions in Risk mitigation action plan in the financial year 2017-18.

The key risks of the organisation are:

Industry Risk

The Company bolstered its customer de-risking by forging relationships with a large number of OEMs in all business segments

- Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles and 2 - Wheelers which has substantially mitigated industry risk. In addition to this, the Company is putting efforts in widening its Exports and Aftermarket presence. The Company has singled out Exports and Aftermarket Business Unit as key growth verticals for the future and reformulated tactics to enhance revenue shares from these segments without compromising growth with OEMs.

Competition Risk

The Company is working closely with customers to develop products collaboratively for their upcoming models. The Company has identified Cost Leadership as one of the key drivers to combat competition and is working aggressively to retain its status as a low cost manufacturer.

The Company has empowered its employees to seek and eliminate operating inefficiencies by investing in automation and process upgradation, thus strengthening margins in the process. The Company invested in renewable energy with the objective to moderate costs across the long term. To support the Company’s ride tuning capabilities, the Company invested in a Ride Tuning Van last year to enable faster product approval with customer satisfaction.

Procurement Risk

The Company has been pursuing vendor rationalisation with the objective of enhancing purchasing efficiencies. The Company implemented an action plan to minimise an excessive dependence on specific vendors. It has made an elaborate action plan to counter the same by way of strategic partnerships, alternate sourcing and vendor consolidation for high-risk vendors.

The Company’s growing volumes has helped to procure material and subcomponents more efficiently. Company continue to use eSourcing to get additional cost reductions from existing / new vendors on regular basis. Annual Cost reduction workshops has given many new avenues to control the Raw Material costs.

Export Risk

The Company keeps up with its strategy to engage into technology collaborations to enhance product and process competencies. The Company invested in extensive training to enhance product quality and process discipline. The Company commissioned a full-fledged 2

- Wheelers R&D Centre at Hosur in December 2013 and strengthened its R&D capabilities in its Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles and Railways Business Unit at Pune. The Company has set up a dedicated team to focus on Exports for the regions of South Asia, ASEAN, Middle East and Latin America. The Company is constantly working on upgrading it’s manufacturing processes to meet higher product standards for Exports business.

Compliance Risk

The Company conducts comprehensive checks to ensure that all transactions are correctly authorised, recorded and reported. Its internal control system is supplemented by an extensive array of internal audits, reviews of findings and assessment of improvement opportunities across business processes, systems and controls. The Company has established an Intranet-based software to derive a visual confirmation of compliance across its plants (Compliance software) and is established now. The Company identified additional risk of Statutory and EHS compliance at key vendors for continuous monitoring. The Company has engaged external agency to work on this key initiative.

CONTRACT AND ARRANGEMENT WITH RELATED PARTIES

During the year, the Company has not entered into any contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties which were either not at an arm’s length or not in the ordinary course of business and further could be considered material in accordance with the Policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions.

Hence, there is no information to be provided in Form AOC-2, while the particulars of all Related Party Transactions in terms of IND AS 24 are forming part of the financial statements.

The Policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and dealing with Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company’s website.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

There were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts having competent jurisdiction, which could have an impact on the business of the Company under the going concern concept.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the Certificate from the Company’s Auditors, confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed thereto.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Management’s Discussion and Analysis is set out in this Annual Report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

As per the requirement of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company constituted a CSR Committee and CSR Policy to track related transactions and initiatives. The detailed Policy is posted on the Company’s website. Further, a detailed report on the CSR activities inter- alia disclosing the composition of CSR Committee and CSR activities is detailed in Annexure B.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

As required under Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, information relating to the foregoing matters is attached as Annexure C to this Report.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY

The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace. The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Through the Policy, the Company has constituted a Committee and established a grievance procedure through Internal Complaints Committee for protection against victimisation.

The Company is committed to provide a healthy environment to all its employees conducive to work without the fear of prejudice and gender bias.

AUDITORS Statutory Auditors

In 54th Annual General Meeting held on July 29, 2016, M/s. B. K. Khare and Co., Chartered Accountants, have been appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of 5 years. M/s B K Khare & Co, Chartered accountant has been continued as Statutory Auditor of the Company for the 3rd year.

Secretarial Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company appointed KPRC & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit. The Self explanatory report of the Secretarial Audit is attached as Annexure D.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

The extract of the Annual Return as per Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 (1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 in the Form MGT 9 is attached as Annexure E.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The statement containing names of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and the particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided in a separate annexure forming part of this report. Further, the report and the accounts are being sent to the members excluding the aforesaid annexure. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the said annexure is open for inspection at the Registered Office during business hours on working days of the Company. Any shareholder interested in obtaining a copy of the same may write to the Company Secretary.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013:

1. In preparation of the annual accounts the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

2. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year March 31, 2018 and of the Profit of the Company for that period.

3. 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 / detecting fraud and other irregularities.

4. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

5. The Directors have laid down internal financial controls followed by the Company and that such financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.

6. The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, technology partners, financial institutions, bankers, customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operation

For and on behalf of the Board

Anjali Singh

Chairperson

(DIN 02082840)

Place: New Delhi

Date: May 11, 2018


Mar 31, 2017

To,

The Members,

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 55th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company, together with the Audited Financial Statement for the year ended March 31, 2017.

The Company’s sales grew by 6% and Operating Profit (EBITDA), PBT and PAT grew by 11.4%, 16% and 8.5% respectively. The improved profitability was due to raw material cost reduction, fixed expenses control, warranty cost reduction, better working capital and cash flow management. The Company continued to deliver good results on the strength of strong customer orientation, leveraging its core competencies in technology, manufacturing and supply chain efficiency.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Rs, in million)

PARTICULARS

Year ended

Year ended

31.03.2017

31.03.2016

Net Sales

15,130.55

14,264.18

Earnings before Interest, Tax and Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)

1,440.15

1,293.07

Finance Cost

16.55

24.83

Depreciation

353.27

331.86

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax (PBT)

1,108.12

954.93

Provision for Taxation:

- Current

236.88

203.13

- Deferred Tax

55.05

(0.58)

Prof/(Loss) After Tax (PAT)

816.19

752.38

Profit/(Loss) Account Balance at the beginning of the year

2,996.29

2,451.37

Profit available for appropriations

3,812.48

3,203.75

Appropriations:

Dividend on Equity Shares

64.65

172.37

Tax on Dividend

13.16

35.09

Transferred to General Reserves

0.00

0.00

Profit/(Loss) Account balance at the end of the year

3,734.67

2,996.29

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Your Company recorded total sales of Rs, 15,130.55 million in FY2017 as compared to Rs, 14,264.18 million in FY2016. It reported a 11.4% growth in EBITDA, largely based on volume growth in Aftermarket, Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicles Business Units and control on raw material costs. The Company improved its EBITDA to 9.4% in FY2017 from 9.0% in FY2016. The result was a Profit After Tax of Rs, 816.19 million in FY2017 as compared to Rs, 752.38 million in FY2016, representing 8.5% growth. The earnings per Share increased to Rs, 5.68 per share in FY2017 from Rs, 5.24 per share in FY2016.

The Company reported an improvement in EBITDA margins from 9.2% in the first quarter of the year under review to 9.4% in the last quarter. As a result, the Company’s annual EBITDA margin strengthened from 9.0 % in FY2016 to 9.4% in FY2017.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

The prospects of the Company appear reasonably optimistic for a number of reasons. The forecast for FY2018 is expected to be better. A positive outlook on the monsoon this year and implementation of GST may lead to a spurt in demand and sales. The Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative is likely to strengthen the case for manufacturing and with a moderate rise expected in GDP growth, the Indian Automobile and Auto Components sector appears poised for a reasonable growth. The Company’s performance in the Aftermarket and Exports is expected to be better due to an improved thrust and focus.

OPERATIONS

The Company is pleased to report that operating efficiency across all its manufacturing plants enhanced during the year and led to improved profitability. Higher operating efficiency was a result of process improvements, constant benchmarking with available best practices, leveraging technology collaborations, employee training and a conducive working environment at all its plant locations.

DIVIDEND

Your Directors declared an interim dividend of Rs, 0.45 per equity share of Rs, 1 each (previous year Rs, 0.45 per equity share of Rs, 1 each). This dividend amounted to Rs, 64.64 million (previous year Rs, 64.64 million). This was distributed to shareholders, whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on November 22, 2016. Your Directors further recommended for the approval of shareholders a final dividend of Rs, 0.85 per equity share of Rs, 1 each (previous year 0.75 per equity share of Rs, 1 each). This proposed dividend will amount to Rs, 122.10 million (previous year Rs, 107.73 million). The dividend, subject to its declaration, will be distributed to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members on Wednesday, August 02, 2017.

During the year under review, the unclaimed final dividend pertaining to the FY2009 and unclaimed interim dividend pertaining to the FY2010 was transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund following a due notice to the members.

SHARE CAPITAL

The paid-up Equity Share Capital as on March 31, 2017 was Rs, 143.64 million. During the year under review, the Company did not issue any shares and did not grant stock options or sweat equity shares to employees. The details of the shareholding of the Directors are as mentioned below as on March 31, 2017:

Sr. No.

Name of Director

Shareholding

% of Holding

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

641,942 shares

0.45%

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

4,000 shares

0.003%

DEPOSITS

The Company has discontinued the acceptance of deposits with effect from November 09, 2015. Accordingly, no further deposits shall be accepted by the Company under the said scheme. The deposits already accepted under the said scheme upto November 07, 2015 shall be served till their applicable tenure. The details pertaining to deposits is as under:

Sr. No.

Details

Amount (Rs, in million) / Remark

i

Public deposits accepted during the year

Nil

ii

Deposits that remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year

29.83

iii

Whether there has been any default in repayment of deposits or payment of interest thereon:

a. at the beginning of the year

Nil

b. maximum during the year

Nil

c. at the end of the year

Nil

iv

Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the requirements of Chapter V of the Act

Nil

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of the Company comprised six Directors as on March 31, 2017. The Board comprised Mrs. Anjali Singh, Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, Mr. Pradipta Sen, Mr. Atul Khosla, Mr. Aditya Vj and Mr. Jagdish Kumar. The details of the meetings during the financial year under review are mentioned below.

Sr. No.

Date of Meetings

Board Strength

No. of Directors Present

1

May 20, 2016

6

6

2

July 29, 2016

6

6

3

November 11, 2016

6

6

4

February 02, 2017

6

5

5

March 30, 2017

6

6

The maximum time gap between two Board meetings was not more than four months.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL A. Directors

The composition of the Board of Directors of the Company is as below.

Sr. No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1

Mrs. Anjali Singh

02082840

Non-Executive Chairperson

2

Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar

03553983

Managing Director

3

Mr. Pradipta Sen

00051758

Non-Executive Independent Director

4

Mr. Atul Khosla

02674215

Non-Executive Independent Director

5

Mr. Aditya Vij

03200194

Non-Executive Independent Director

6

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Non-Executive Director

In accordance with the Article 128, 129 and 130 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Section 152(6)(d) and (e) of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Jagdish Kumar retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

The appointment of Mrs. Anjali Singh as Executive Chairperson of the Company for a period of 5 years w.e.f. May 15, 2017 pursuant to provisions of Section 196 of the Companies Act, 2013 being a Whole-time Director/ Key Managerial Personnel is proposed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The details of the Directors who are proposed to be appointed/re-appointed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting forms part of the Corporate Governance Report. During the year under review, no changes occurred in the constitution of the Board of Directors.

B. Declaration of independence

The Non-Executive Independent Directors enlisted below provided a declaration under Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence. The declarations from the Directors is attached as Annexure A.

Sr. No. Name of Director

1 Mr. Pradipta Sen

2 Mr. Atul Khosla

_3_Mr. Aditya Vij_

C. Formal Evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Regulations of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board carried out an annual evaluation of its own, its Committees, the Chairperson and the Directors, individually. A detailed note on the manner of evaluation forms a part of the Corporate Governance Report.

D. Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was constituted as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The Composition of the Audit Committee is as below:

Sr. No.

Name of Director

DIN

Position

1

Mr. Atul Khosla

02674215

Non-Executive Independent Chairman

2

Mr. Pradipta Sen

00051758

Non-Executive Independent Member

3

Mr. Jagdish Kumar

00318558

Non- Executive Member

E. Key Managerial Personnel

During the year under review, there has been no change in the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.

COMPANY’S POLICY ON DIRECTOR’S APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Company has in place a Nomination and Remuneration Policy, which was duly approved by the Board in the Financial Year 2014-15. The remuneration, in all forms, paid to the Managing Director was in compliance with the said Policy. The remuneration to Non-Executive Independent Directors in the form of commission and sitting fees was also paid in terms of the said Policy. The disclosure of the details of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT

Disclosures relating to the Loans, Guarantees or Investments, as defined under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part of the notes to the Financial Statement.

VIGIL MECHANISM

A Vigil Mechanism in the form of an Ethics Helpline and Whistle Blower Policy was established by the Company to trace and deal with instances of fraud and mismanagement. The details/report for the same was directly reported to the Audit Committee Chairman. A brief note on the Whistle Blower Policy is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report. The Policy is also posted on the Company’s website.

INTERNAL CONTROLS AND SYSTEMS

The Company has satisfactory internal control systems and vigilance systems which are continuously evaluated by professional internal and statutory auditors of repute. The Company continues to improve the present internal control systems by implementation of appropriate policy and processes. The Company is focused on incorporating the controls and checks in ERP system of SAP. The Company has in place an adequate system to ensure efficacy of operations, compliance with applicable legislation, safeguarding of assets, adherence to management policies and promotion of ethical conduct.

A dedicated legal compliance cell ensures that the Company conducts its business with high standards of legal, statutory and regulatory compliances. The Audit Committee reviews the internal control systems and procedures periodically. The Company maintains a system of Internal Financial Controls (IFC) designed to provide a high degree of assurance on various business areas such as Procure to Pay, Inventory, Order to Cash, Fixed Assets, Human Resource, Legal, Book Close and MIS regarding effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial controls and compliance with laws and regulations. This is done by recording the results of key manual controls status across the Company and also retaining the back-up of the same in a common secured server for future reference.

BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT

In a competitive auto environment, like most other Tier- I companies, Gabriel too faces several threats. Competition in the suspension industry is expected to put pressure for developing competitive products with high performance, quality and longer life. The Company’s business is exposed to many internal and external risks which were identified after proper risk assessment. Some of the key risks identified are a threat to market share due to global competition, procurement of few components, exports and regulatory compliance. As per the Policy, the risks have been reviewed by the senior management as well as short term and long term risk mitigation plans have been identified. A Risk Committee formed under the Chairmanship of the Chief Financial Officer meets every quarter to review progress and an update of the same is presented to the Board. During the year under review specific exercise was carried out to revisit all risks and update the Risk Register. Two risks on which substantial risk mitigation was completed, were removed and two risks related to Operations Management and Potential Risk of Non-compliances at plants, were added. The key risks of the organization are:

Industry Risk

The Company is proactively prepared for a sectoral slowdown by widening its product basket and cushioning it from any downturn. The Company singled out Exports and Aftermarket Business Unit as key growth verticals for the future and reformulated tactics to enhance revenue shares from these segments without compromising growth with OEMs.

Competition Risk

The Company is working closely with customers to develop products collaboratively. The Company has empowered its employees to seek and eliminate operating inefficiencies, thus strengthening margins in the process. The Company invested in renewable energy with the objective to moderate costs across the long term.

Procurement Risk

The Company has been engaged in vendor rationalization with the objective of enhancing purchasing efficiencies. The Company has identified over reliance on single sourced vendors as a risk. It has adopted strategic partnerships, alternate sourcing and vendor consolidation for high-risk vendors. The Company used sourcing to get additional cost reductions from existing / new vendors on regular basis.

Export Risk

The Company keeps up with its strategy to engage into technology collaborations to enhance product and process competencies. It has set up a dedicated team to focus on Exports for the regions of South Asia, ASEAN, Middle East and Latin America.

Compliance Risk

The Company conducts comprehensive checks to ensure that all transactions are correctly authorized, recorded and reported. Its internal control system is supplemented by an extensive array of internal audits, reviews of findings and assessment of improvement opportunities. The Company is improving its established Intranet-based software to derive a visual confirmation of compliance across its plants. The Company identified additional risk of Statutory and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) compliance at key vendors for continuous monitoring.

CONTRACT AND ARRANGEMENT WITH RELATED PARTIES

During the year, the Company has not entered into any contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties which were either not at an arm’s length or not in the ordinary course of business and further could be considered material in accordance with the Policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions.

Hence, there is no information to be provided in Form AOC-2, while the particulars of all Related Party Transactions in terms of Accounting Standards-18 are forming part of the financial statements.

The Policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and dealing with Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company’s website.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

As required under Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, information relating to the foregoing matters is attached as Annexure C to this Report.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

There were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts having competent jurisdiction, which could have an impact on the business of the Company under the going concern concept.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the Certificate from the Company’s Auditors, confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed thereto.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Management’s Discussion and Analysis is set out in this Annual Report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

As per the requirement of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company constituted a CSR Committee and CSR Policy to track related transactions and initiatives. The detailed Policy is posted on the Company’s website. Further, a detailed report on the CSR activities inter-alia disclosing the composition of CSR Committee and CSR activities is detailed in Management Discussion Analysis and also as Annexure B.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY

The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace. The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Through the Policy, the Company has constituted a Committee and established a grievance procedure through Internal Complaints Committee for protection against victimization.

The Company is committed to provide a healthy environment to all its employees conducive to work without the fear of prejudice and gender bias. During the year under review, 1 complaint of sexual harassment was raised, the same was disposed and appropriate action was taken within statutory timelines.

AUDITORS Statutory Auditors

In 54th Annual General Meeting held on July 29, 2016, M/s. B. K. Khare and Co., Chartered Accountants, have been appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of 5 years. Ratification of appointment of Statutory Auditors for the 2nd year is being sought from the Members of the Company at this AGM. Further, M/s. B. K. Khare and Co., Chartered Accountants have, under Section 139(1) of the Act and the Rules framed there under furnished a certificate of their eligibility and consent for appointment.

Secretarial Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company appointed KPRC & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit. The Self Explanatory report of the Secretarial Audit is attached as Annexure D.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

The extract of the Annual Return as per Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 (1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 in the Form MGT 9 is attached as Annexure E.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The statement containing names of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and the particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided in a separate annexure forming part of this report. Further, the report and the accounts are being sent to the members excluding the aforesaid annexure. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the said annexure is open for inspection at the Registered Office during business hours on working days of the Company. Any shareholder interested in obtaining a copy of the same may write to the Company Secretary.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013:

1. In preparation of the annual accounts the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.

2. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year March 31, 2017 and of the Profit of the Company for that period.

3. 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 / detecting fraud and other irregularities.

4. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

5. The Directors have laid down internal financial controls followed by the Company and that such financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.

6. The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, technology partners, financial institutions, bankers, customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Anjali Singh

Place: New Delhi Chairperson

Date: May 15, 2017 (DIN 02082840)


Mar 31, 2016

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 54th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company, together with
the Audited Financial Statement for the year ended March 31, 2016.

The Company reported similar Net Sales as compared to the last year. Tis was primarily due to limited growth in the 2-Wheeler
segment of the automobile industry. However, the company has improved its Net Profit substantially during the year. Tis
performance is the result of continuous focus on cost reduction, working capital management, customer orientation and leverage of
core competence.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Rs in millions)

Particulars Year ended Year ended
31.03.2016 31.03.2015

Net Sales 14,264.18 14,298.40

Earnings before interest,
tax and Depreciation &
amortization (EBITDA) 1,275.52 1,167.72

Finance cost 24.83 54.80

Depreciation 331.86 311.32

Profit Before Tax (PBT) 954.93 835.48
Provision for taxation

- Current 203.13 217.34

- Deferred Tax (0.58) 17.90

Profit After Tax (PAT) 752.38 600.24

Profit

Account balance at the
beginning of the year 2,451.37 2,032.44

Profit
available for
appropriations 3,203.75 2,632.68

Appropriations:

Dividend on Equity Shares 172.37 150.84

Tax on dividend 35.09 30.47

Transferred to General Reserves - -

Profit Account balance at the
end of the year 2,996.29 2,451.37


PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Te Company recorded total sales of Rs 14,264.18 million compared to Rs 14,298.40 million in FY15. Te Company reported 9.2% growth
in EBITDA, largely on account of volume growth in the Aftermarket, Passenger Cars & Commercial Vehicles Business Units and
control of expenses, primarily raw material costs. Te Company improved its EBITDA to 8.9% from 8.1% in FY15.Te result was a
Profit After Tax of Rs 752.38 million, compared to Rs 600.24 million in FY15, representing a 25% growth. Te Earnings per Share
increased to Rs 5.24 per share in 2015-16 from Rs 4.18 per share in FY15.

2 and 3-Wheelers

Te Company''s 2 and 3-Wheeler segment accounted for 58% of total revenues compared to 63% in FY15. Customers such as TVS Motors,
Honda Motorcycles & Scooters (HMSI) and India Yamaha Motor accounted for a larger share of our business in FY16.

During the year, the Company focused on improving efficiency and productivity at its 2-Wheeler and 3-Wheeler plants by improving
quality, reducing internal rejection rates and attaining energy efficiency.

Te Company took initiatives to enhance its competitiveness for acquisition of new businesses, while also improving Profitability.
Te Company upgraded the Sanand facility to service HMSI for their fourth factory in Vithalapur, Gujarat thereby further
strengthening its association. A 2-Wheeler test track facility was unveiled at Hosur near Bengaluru which enhances real time data
capturing, analysis, tuning and benchmarking, which together will help in speeding up the development process. A Technology Day
was conducted by the Company at Royal Enfield and Piaggio respectively to showcase its current and future technologies. In the
term under review, the Company continued strengthening its association with major customers by working on new models of TVS
Motors, Royal Enfield, Suzuki Motorcycles, India Yamaha Motors, Bajaj, Mahindra, Piaggio and UM Motors.

Te Company won the ''Overall Cost Reduction'' award from Suzuki Motorcycles and the ''Quality Circle'' award from HMSI. It was also
awarded ''Silver Quality'' award from Bajaj Auto. In addition to this, it won the ACMA awards on Green Technology, Quality and
Kaizen competitions.

Passenger Cars

Te Company''s Passenger Cars Business Unit accounted for 31% of total revenues compared to 28% in FY15. Te Company addressed the
needs of key customers such as Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra''s, Volkswagen and Toyota Kirloskar. Te Company is a key supplier to recent
vehicle launches in the automotive industry such as Mahindra''s KUV1OO and Maruti Suzuki''s Vitara Brezza and S-Cross.

In the period under review, the Khandsa and Chakan plants won ''HR Excellence Award'' from ACMA and CII, respectively. All the
three plants of the Passenger Cars Business Unit i.e. Chakan, Khandsa and Parwanoo aggressively followed the culture of using
Quality Circles for addressing their key issues. A young team from Parwanoo became the first in the Gabriel and ANAND Group of
Companies to represent and win a Silver medal in "International Convention on Quality Circle competition" held in South Korea
last year. Te Khandsa plant created a milestone for being ranked ''one'' with Honda Cars consecutively for 33 months both in
quality and delivery. Gabriel, Khandsa Plant also reduced its zero km defects PPM with Maruti Suzuki to less than 1 PPM in the
previous year. Te plants continuously worked on improving the manufacturing processes to achieve excellence in product quality.
Te Parwanoo plant changed its layout substantially with the aim of improving material fow and reduce cost. Te Chakan plant is
continuously working towards using renewable energy. Teir efforts are recognized by both, customers and the industry.

Commercial Vehicles and Railways

Te Commercial Vehicles and Railways Business Unit accounted for 11% of the Company''s total revenues, compared to 9% during FY15.
During the period under review, the Company worked towards increasing its market share. Te Business Unit serves specific
requirements of suspension products for Commercial Vehicles and railways.

In late 2014, the Company signed a technology license agreement with KONI B.V., Te Netherlands, to address the requirement of
high-damping force products and now offers the same to Indian customers. To expand its product portfolio, it is tapping the
Intermediate Commercial Vehicle (ICV) segment and Cabin Shock Absorbers, which are projected to be launched in 2017. Te Company
is also expected to make a breakthrough with a European OEM Customer for the supply of shock absorbers. Gabriel Dewas Plant is
the recipient of FICCI''s ''Manufacturing Excellence Award'' in 2015.

Indian Railways continues to undergo a transformative change in technology leading to after and more comfortable coaches. Te
Company has emerged as the first Indian Auto Components player to bag an order to manufacture Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) Dampers
for Indian Railways. LHB Dampers are for the new passenger coach designs of Indian Railways, which are after and capable of
handling higher speeds of up to 200 kmph and are penetrating across all leading railway routes.

Exports

Over the years, the Company has been working towards improving its competitiveness for Exports.

Te Company is focused on Exports to not only reduce its dependence on the Indian market, but to also establish itself as a global
player.

In the 2-Wheeler segment, the Company is tapping key markets of Europe. It signed a technical license agreement with Gabriel De
Colombia as the technology provider in Latin America. Tis will continue to earn exports revenue and also royalty. Te Company also
has a small presence in the eco-friendly 2-Wheeler market in United States through e-scooter from Mahindra GenZe. Gabriel also
supplies 2-Wheeler parts to TVS Motors in Indonesia.


A key achievement has been the acquisition of business from ISUZU Global for Commercial vehicles in Tailand and Indonesia. As
ISUZU is a leading player in the ASEAN countries, this order provides a notable step towards strengthening our presence in this
region. Te Company is also exploring export business opportunities in North America and Europe.

Te Company continues to identify key geographies for exports in the Passenger Cars segment. While in the Aftermarket segment, the
company is present across all the major market.

Te Company''s exports increased from Rs 552 million in FY2015 to Rs 586 million in FY2016, recording a growth of 6.2% year-
on-year. Exports as a proportion of total sales was 4% in FY2016 as compared to 2.8% in FY2014.

Aftermarket

Te Aftermarket Business Unit (domestic and export) reported 17% growth during the year, compared to the previous year. Revenues
from the Aftermarket Business Unit (domestic and export), as proportion of sales, increased from 12% in FY2015 to 14% in FY2016.
Growth in this Business Unit has been derived mainly from new product development strategy, launch of new product lines to
leverage brand Gabriel and strategy to reach out to product users, retailers and mechanics.

Te Company continued to strengthen its brand and retailer connect through the Elite Retailer Programme, which is a loyalty
programme to enhance visibility and engage more customers. Tis is a unique initiative to strengthen brand Gabriel and connect
with retailers. In the first phase, the Elite Retailer Programme was conducted across 500 retailers in FY2016. In the second
phase, the Company is working towards reaching out to mechanics and establishing relationships with them through retailers.

Te Aftermarket export division has appointed 15 dealers in new geographies in the last couple of years. It plans to further add
2-3 new geographies every year to give a stimulus to its export business. Allied products sales has been strengthened in the
Aftermarket and two new products, Motor Cycle Wheel Rim and 2 & 3-Wheeler tyres, were added in the last two years. Tese new
product lines have become important contributors to our Net Sales, in addition to core products, shock absorbers and struts. Te
Company has developed and launched its first Adjustable Electronic-Hydraulic shock absorber in the Aftermarket for a popular SUV
model in India.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

Te prospects of the Company appear reasonably optimistic for a number of reasons.

Te forecast for FY2017 is expected to be better. A positive outlook on the monsoon this year and implementation of Seventh Pay
Commission may lead to a spurt in demand and sales. With the Government''s ''Make in India'' initiative likely to strengthen the
case for manufacturing and with a moderate rise expected in GDP growth, the Indian Automobile and Auto Components sector appears
poised for a reasonable growth. Te Company''s performance in the Aftermarket and Exports is expected to do better due to an
improved thrust and focus.

OPERATIONS

Te Company is pleased to report that operating efficiency across all its manufacturing plants enhanced during the year and led to
improved Profitability. Higher operating efficiency was a result of process improvements, constant benchmarking with available
best practices, leveraging technology collaborations, employee training and a conducive working environment at all its plant
locations.

DIVIDEND

Your Directors declared an interim dividend of Re 0.45 per equity share of Re 1 each (previous year Re 0.45 per equity share of
Re 1 each). Te interim dividend pay-out amounted to Rs 64.64 million (previous year Rs 64.64 million). Tis was distributed to
shareholders, whose names appeared in the Register of Members as on November 17, 2015. Your Directors further recommended for the
approval of shareholders a final dividend of Re 0.75 per equity share of Re 1 each (previous year Re 0.60 per equity share of Re
1 each).

Te proposed dividend will amount Rs 107.73 million (previous year Rs 86.20 million). Te dividend, subject to its declaration,
will be distributed to shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members as on July 22, 2016.

During the year under review, the unclaimed dividend pertaining to the financial year 2007-08 was transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund following a due notice to members.


SHARE CAPITAL

Te paid-up Equity Share Capital as on March 31, 2016 was Rs 143.6 million. During the year under review, the Company did not
issue any shares and did not grant stock options or sweat equity shares to employees. Te details of the shareholding of the
Directors are as mentioned below as on March 31, 2016:

Sr.
No . Name of Director Shareholding % of Holding

1 Mrs. Anjali Singh 641,942 shares 0.45%

2 Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar 4,000 shares 0.003%


DEPOSITS

In compliance with the provisions of Section 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Acceptance of Deposits Rules, 2014, the
Company re-launched the Public Deposit Scheme from January 9, 2015. Te details of the deposits accepted during the year are as
given below:

Sr.
No. Details Amount
(Rs in million)/Remark

i Public deposits accepted
during the year 27.65

ii Deposits that remained
unpaid or unclaimed as at
the end of the year 5.98

iii Whether there has been any
default in repayment of deposits or
payment of

interest thereon:

a at the beginning of the year Nil

b maximum during the year Nil

c at the end of the year Nil

iv Details of deposits which
are not in compliance with the
requirements of Nil
Chapter V of the Act


However, the Company has discontinued the said scheme with effect from November 9, 2015. Accordingly, no further deposits shall
be accepted by the Company under the said scheme. Te deposits already accepted under the said scheme up to November 7, 2015 shall
be served till their applicable tenure.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

Te Board of the Company comprised six Directors as on March 31, 2016. Te Board comprised Mrs. Anjali Singh, Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar,
Mr. Pradipta Sen, Mr. Atul Khosla, Mr. Aditya Vij and Mr. Jagdish Kumar. Te details of the meetings during the financial year
under review are mentioned below:

Sr.
No. Date of Meetings Board Strength No. of Directors
Present

1 May 20, 2015 6 6

2 July 30, 2015 6 4

3 November 3, 2015 6 6

4 January 29, 2016 6 6

5 March 31, 2016 6 6


Te maximum time gap between two Board meetings was not more than four
months.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL A. Directors

Te composition of the Board of Directors of the Company is as below:

Sr.
No. Name of Director DIN Position

1 Mrs. Anjali Singh 02082840 Non-Executive
Chairperson

2 Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar 03553983 Managing Director

3 Mr. Pradipta Sen 00051758 Non-Executive
Independent Director

4 Mr. Atul Khosla 02674215 Non-Executive
Independent Director

5 Mr. Aditya Vij 03200194 Non-Executive
Independent Director

6 Mr. Jagdish Kumar 00318558 Non-Executive Director


In accordance with the Article 128, 129 and 130 of the Articles of Association of the Company and Section 152(6)(d) and (e) of
the Companies Act, 2013, Mrs. Anjali Singh retires by rotation, and being eligible, offers herself for reappointment. Pursuant
to Section 149 and 161 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 17 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, the appointment of Mr. Jagdish Kumar, Non-Executive Director, is proposed in the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.

Te re-appointment of Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, Managing Director of the Company, for a further period of 5 years, w.e.f. May 27,
2016, pursuant to the provisions of Section 196 of the Companies Act, 2013 is proposed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

Te details of the Directors who are proposed to be appointed/re-appointed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting forms part of the
Corporate Governance Report. During the year under review, the following changes occurred in the constitution of the Board of
Directors.

Sr.
No. Name of Director Designation Date of
appointment Date of
cessation

1 Mr. Rohit Philip Non-Executive
Director November 13,
2013 July 30,
2015

2 Mr. Jagdish Kumar Non-Executive
Director November 3,
2015 -

The Board of Directors deeply appreciate the contribution of Mr. Rohit Philip, whose term ended during the year under review, and
had expressed his unwillingness to be reappointed for the next term in the Annual General Meeting. Te association of Mr. Rohit
Philip and his valuable guidance benefited the Company.

B. Declaration of independence

Te Non-Executive Independent Directors enlisted below provided a declaration under Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013
that they meet the criteria of independence. Te declarations from the Directors is attached as Annexure A

Sr.
No. Name of Director

1 Mr. Pradipta Sen

2 Mr. Atul Khosla

3 Mr. Aditya Vij

C. Formal evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Clauses of the Listing Agreement/ Regulations of the SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board carried out an annual evaluation of its own, its
Committees, the Chairperson and the Directors, individually. A detailed note on the manner of evaluation forms a part of the
Corporate Governance Report.

D. Audit committee

Te Audit Committee was constituted as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Agreement/ Regulation 18 of
SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. Te Composition of the Audit Committee is as below:

Sr.
No. Name of Director DIN Position

1 Mr. Atul Khosla 02674215 Non-Executive
Independent Chairman

2 Mr. Pradipta Sen 00051758 Non-Executive
Independent Member

3 Mr. Jagdish Kumar 00318558 Non-Executive Member


E. Key managerial personnel

During the year under review, there has been a change in the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company. Te details of the same are
enlisted below:

Sr.
No . Name of key
managerial
personnel Designation Date of
appointment Date of
resignation

1 Mr. Pranvesh
Tripathi Company
Secretary January 30,
2015 March 19,
2016

2 Mr. Nilesh
Jain Company
Secretary March 31,
2016 -


COMPANY''S POLICY ON DIRECTOR''S APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

Te Company has in place a Nomination and Remuneration Policy, which was duly approved by the Board in the Financial Year 2014-15.
Te remuneration, in all forms, paid to the Managing Director was in compliance with the said policy. Te remuneration to
Non-Executive Independent Directors in the form of commission and sitting fees was also paid in terms of the said policy. Te
disclosure of the details of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT

Disclosures relating to the Loans, Guarantees or Investments, as defined under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part
of the notes to the Financial Statement.

VIGIL MECHANISM

A Vigil Mechanism in the form of an Ethics Helpline and Whistle Blower Policy was established by the Company to trace and deal
with instances of fraud and mismanagement. Te details/report for the same was directly reported to the Audit Committee Chairman.
A brief note on the Whistle Blower Policy is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report. Te Policy is also posted on the
Company''s website.

INTERNAL CONTROLS & SYSTEMS

Te Company has satisfactory internal control systems and vigilance systems, which are continuously evaluated by professional
internal and statutory auditors of repute. Te Company continues to improve the present internal control systems by implementation
of appropriate policy and processes. Te Company is focused on incorporating the controls and checks in ERP system of SAP. Te
Company has in place an adequate system to ensure efficacy of operations, compliance with applicable legislation, safeguarding of
assets, adherence to management policies and promotion of ethical conduct.

A dedicated Legal Compliance cell ensures the Company conducts its business with high standards of legal, statutory and
regulatory compliances. Te Audit Committee reviews the internal control systems and procedures periodically. Te Company maintains
a system of internal financial controls (IFC) designed to provide a high degree of assurance on various business areas such as
Procure to Pay, Inventory, Order to Cash, Fixed Assets, Human Resource, Legal, Book Close and MIS regarding effectiveness and
efficiency of operations, reliability of financial controls and compliance with laws and regulations. Tis is done by recording
the results of key manual controls status across the company and also retaining the back-up of the same in a common secured
server for future reference.

BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT

In a competitive auto environment, like most other Tier- I companies, Gabriel too faces several threats. Competition in the
suspension industry is expected to put pressure for developing competitive products with high performance, quality and longer
life. Te Company''s business is exposed to many internal and external risks which were identified After proper risk assessment.
Some of the key risks identified are a threat to market share due to global competition, procurement of few components, Exports
and regulatory compliance. As per the policy, the risks have been reviewed by the senior management as well as short term and
long term risk mitigation plans have been identified. A Risk Committee formed under the Chairmanship of the Chief Financial
Officer meets every quarter to review progress and an update of the same is presented to the Board.

Te key risks of the organization are:

Industry Risk

Te Company is proactively prepared for a sect oral slowdown by widening its product basket and cushioning it from any downturn.
Te Company bolstered its customer de-risking by forging relationships with a large number of OEMs, widening its Exports and the
Aftermarket presence. Te Company singled out Exports and Aftermarket Business Unit as key growth verticals for the future and
reformulated tactics to enhance revenue shares from these segments without compromising growth with OEMs. Te Company has signed a
technology agreement with KONI B.V., Te Netherlands.

Competition Risk

Te Company is working closely with customers to develop products collaboratively. Te Company has empowered its employees to seek
and eliminate operating inefficiencies, thus strengthening margins in the process. Te Company invested in

renewable energy with the objective to moderate costs across the long term. To support the Company''s ride tuning capabilities,
the Company invested in a Ride Tuning Van to enable faster product approval with customer satisfaction.

Procurement Risk

Te Company has been engaged in vendor rationalization with the objective of enhancing purchasing efficiencies. Te Company
implemented an action plan to minimize an excessive dependence on specific vendors. Te Company has identified over reliance on
single sourced vendors as a risk. It has made an elaborate action plan to counter the same by way of strategic partnerships,
alternate sourcing and vendor consolidation for high-risk vendors. Te Company grew volumes to procure material and sub-
components more efficiently.

Export Risk

Te Company keeps up with its strategy to engage into technology collaborations to enhance product and process competencies. Te
Company invested in extensive training to enhance product quality and process discipline. Te Company commissioned a full-fledged
2-Wheeler R&D Centre at Hosur in December 2013 and strengthened its R&D capabilities in its Passenger Cars and Commercial
Vehicles Business Unit. Te Company has set up a dedicated team to focus on Exports for the regions of South Asia, ASEAN, Middle
East and Latin America.

Compliance Risk

Te Company conducts comprehensive checks to ensure that all transactions are correctly authorized, recorded and reported. Its
internal control system is supplemented by an extensive array of internal audits, reviews of findings and assessment of
improvement opportunities across business processes, systems and controls. Te Company is establishing an Intranet-based software
to derive a visual confirmation of compliance across its plants. Te company identified additional risk of Statutory & EHS
compliance at key vendors for continuous monitoring.

CONTRACT AND ARRANGEMENT WITH RELATED PARTIES

During the year, the Company hasn''t entered into any contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties which were either
not at an arm''s length or not in the ordinary course of business and further could be considered material in accordance with the
policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions.

Hence, there is no information to be provided in Form AOC-2, while the particulars of all Related Party Transactions in terms of
Accounting Standards-18 are forming part of the financial statements.

Te Policy on materiality of related party transactions and dealing with related party transactions as approved by the Board may
be accessed on the Company''s website.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Gabriel continues to invest in Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives for societal advancement and benefits. Te Company,
through Sant Nischal Singhji Foundation (SNS Foundation), successfully strives in its endeavor to impact the underprivileged
sections of the society through various programmes. SNS Foundation is the social engagement arm of the ANAND Group. It is a
charitable Trust which has been sanctioned tax exemption under Income Tax Act, 1961.

In the past two decades, the SNS Foundation has:

- Trained 30,000 youth across skill sectors

- Annually, 2500 youth attended SNSF''s 15 multi-skill development centre''s

- Made available quality education to 100,000 Government School Students

- Annually, 12,000 children aged 3 years to 18 years access quality education inputs across 50 Government/Government aided
schools Trough the SNS Foundation, the Company has invested in organizing health check-up camps, adult literacy classes and
classes to prepare non-school going children for formal schooling. Dustbins have been installed and sanitation workers are
deputed to ensure better hygienic conditions at various project sites. Tis is in line with the Government''s ''Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan''. Te vocational training and skill development courses provided by the Foundation have touched the lives of many
underprivileged youth and women across the country and created sustainable livelihood opportunities for them.


Te Company has spent a total of Rs 12.24 million on CSR activities, as required by the Companies Act, 2013. Further, as per the
requirement of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company constituted a CSR Committee and CSR Policy to track related
transactions and initiatives. Te detailed policy is posted on the Company''s website. Further, a detailed report on the CSR
activities inter-alia disclosing the composition of CSR Committee is attached as Annexure B.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Te Company continues to focus on the Green Initiative and is working towards making eco-friendly products. During the year under
review, the Company has embarked on the following activities:

- Harnessing green energy from solar Sourcing of green energy

- Reducing Energy consumption by way of waste heat recovery

- Using Energy Efficient LED lighting

- Reducing energy consumption by way of advanced manufacturing technology

- Innovation projects in improving energy efficiency in Casting plant

Te Company is building sustainable manufacturing processes through reduced carbon footprint and bringing green technology into
its manufacturing locations. Te Company is developing projects around the sustainability theme, even as it continues to adopt
methods to reduce any kind of impact on the environment. It has employed use of renewal energy sources and continues to explore
more in this area. Since 2011, it has reduced an aggregate CO2 emissions of 4 lakh tonnes, which is equivalent to 7 lakh mango
trees or 10,000 acres of plantations. Te Company continues to upgrade technology to reduce carbon footprint and carries forward
its commitment to sustainability.

Such activities have been implemented by the Company for betterment of the society. It is in this manner that the Company
contributes to sustainable development in its own ways. It is also constantly exploring ways to make the society a better place
to live in.

TECHNOLOGY

Te Company collaborates with KYB Corporation, Japan; Yamaha Motor Hydraulic Systems, Japan; KYBSE, Spain and KONI B.V., Te
Netherlands for technical support on various models on a platform basis. Te Company continued to invest in R&D and testing
facilities to facilitate robust design, foster new products launch and higher customer satisfaction, which has been reflected in
the awards bagged from its customers and another independent corporate bodies.

Te Company continues to foster its strong position by way of providing complete solutions for the suspension systems. In order to
maintain its leadership position in technology offerings, the Company created a state-of-the-art, dedicated Tech Centre at Hosur
and carried out substantial expansions of its state of art R&D facility at Chakan & Nashik. Tese three Tech Centres cater to
providing complete solutions for product development, process development and engineering services required for product
homologation in every segment. All these facilities are also approved by the Government of India''s Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR). A key achievement has been the provision of technical services to overseas Gabriel companies such as
Gabriel South Africa & Gabriel De Colombia.

Tese Centre''s generate advanced products and features robust testing, with the objective of delivering reliable defect-free
products. All these Centre''s employee highly qualified research professionals who work in a creative and innovative environment
that enhances speed, responsiveness and quality of product development leading to customer satisfaction.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

As required under Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, information relating
to the foregoing matters is attached as Annexure C to this Report.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

Te Company continues its best practices in Employee Recognition, Training and Mentoring and epitomizes a culture of team work and
team spirit. Te Company enhances people productivity through investments in training and leadership development programmes. Due
to this, it has been officially recognized as one of the best workplaces in India by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2012,
2015, 2016. Te Company believes that being a great workplace is a proud achievement for any manufacturing organization.


To achieve higher productivity levels and employee value addition, the Company has taken many initiatives for its Operating
Engineers and Staf. Tese initiatives include skill enhancement, technical training and sof skills development.

With the aim of preparing itself for stable and sustainable growth in the coming years, the Company has a continued emphasis on
focused coaching and guidance for its talent pool. Te Company continues its initiatives in employee development by way of the
ANAND Leadership Development Programme (ALDP) and ANAND Mentorship Programme (AMP), with support from the ANAND Group.

Te Company has also initiated a Behavioral Model pledge during its annual goal setting exercise, to inculcate the core value of
"delivery on promise".

Further, employee relations remain cordial at all locations.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

Tere were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts having competent jurisdiction, which could have
an impact on the business of the Company under the going concern concept.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the Certificate from the Company''s Auditors,
confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance, as stipulated under Listing Agreement/ SEBI (Listing Obligations
and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed thereto.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the
Management''s Discussion and Analysis is set out in this Annual Report.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY

Te Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women
at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Trough the Policy, the Company has constituted a Committee
and established a grievance procedure through Internal Complaints Committee for protection against victimization. Te Company is
committed to provide a healthy environment to all its employees conducive to work without the fear of prejudice and gender bias.

During the year under review, no complaints were received by the Company related to Sexual Harassment.

AUDITORS

Statutory Auditors

B. K. Khare & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company, retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting
and are eligible for re-appointment. Tey have furnished a Certificate under Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 to the effect
that the proposed appointment, if made, would be in accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules framed there under, it is proposed to appoint
B. K. Khare & Co., Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting for a period of five years until the conclusion of the AGM for the year ending March 31, 2021 subject to
ratification of their appointment at every AGM.

Secretarial Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, it appointed KPRC & Associates, a form of Company Secretaries in practice, to undertake the
Secretarial Audit. Te Self Explanatory report of the Secretarial Audit is attached as Annexure D. Secretarial Standard-1 was
implemented with effect from July 1, 2015 and there were few inadvertent procedural lapses in its compliance at the
implementation stage. However, proper compliance were made thereafter during the year under review. Typo errors /wrong references
in minutes were accidental, which is being taken care.


EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Te extract of the Annual Return as per Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 (1) of the Companies (Management and
Administration) Rules, 2014 in the Form MGT 9 is attached as Annexure E.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

As required under Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the particulars of employees were set out. In terms of Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013,
the report and accounts were sent to members and others entitled thereto, excluding information on employees'' particulars, which
are available for inspection by members at the registered Office of the Company during business hours on working days of the
Company up to the date of ensuing Annual General Meeting. Details in terms of Rule 5(1) of the Company (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is attached as Annexure F.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make
the following statements in terms of Section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013:

1. In preparation of the annual accounts the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures.

2. Te Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent, to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year
March 31, 2016 and of the Profit of the Company for that period.

3. Te 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 / detecting fraud and other irregularities.

4. Te Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

5. Te Directors, in case of a listed Company, have laid down internal financial controls followed by the Company and that such
financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.

6. Te Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such
systems are adequate and operating effectively.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, technology partners, financial institutions, bankers, customers, suppliers,
shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Anjali Singh

Place: New Delhi Chairperson

Date: May 20, 2016 (DIN 02082840)


Mar 31, 2015

The Members,

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 53rd Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company, together with the Audited Financial Statement for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Your Company reported attractive growth in its topline and bottom line, the slowdown in the Indian economy notwithstanding. This counter-trend performance is the result of proactive capacity and capability investments, deepening on core competence, stronger customer orientation, opportunity responsiveness, robust Balance Sheet and extensive de-risking.

1. Financial Results

(Amount in rs) Particulars Year ended March 31, Year ended March 31, 2015 (Rs. Million) 2014 (Rs. Million)

Net Sales 14,298.40 12,745.21

Earnings before interest, tax 1,201.60 918.27 and Depreciation & amortisation (EBITDA)

Finance cost 54.80 89.96

Depreciation 311.32 270.73

Profit/(Loss) before tax(PBT) 835.48 557.58

Provision for taxation

- Current 193.43 108.10

- Deferred Tax 41.81 23.49

Profit/(Loss) after tax (PAT) 600.24 425.99

Profit/(Loss) Account balance at 2,032.44 1,828.40 the beginning of the year

Profit available for appropriations 2,632.68 2,254.39

Appropriations:

Dividend on Equity Shares 64.64 122.10

Tax on dividend 13.23 20.75

Transferred to General Reserves 62.79

Profit/(Loss) Account balance at 2,554.81 2,048.75 the end of the year

2. Highlights of our performance

The Company recorded total sales of Rs.14,298.40 Million (Rs.12,745.21 Million in 2013-14), registering a growth of 12%, which outperformed the auto industry growth of 7.2% during the year under review. The Company reported a 30.85% growth in EBITDA, largely on account of volume growth in the two-wheeler segment, higher exports and expense control. The result was a Profit after Tax of Rs.600.24 Million (Rs.425.99 Million in 2013-14), which represented a 40.9% growth over the previous year. The Earnings per Share increased to Rs.4.18 from Rs.2.97 per share in 2013-14.

What is creditable is that the various economic and sector challenges notwithstanding, the Company reported an improvement in EBITDA margins - from 7.04% in the first quarter of the year under review to 8.34% in the last quarter. The result is that the Company''s annual EBITDA margin strengthened from 7.14% in 2013-14 to 8.32% in 2014-15.

Two/three-wheeler

The Company reported Rs.8,869.3 Million in revenues from this segment during the year under review, which was a 18% growth over the previous year. The Company''s two/three- wheeler accounted for 62% of total revenues compared to 59% in 2013-14. The Company accounted for a larger share of the wallet of prominent customers like TVS, Honda and Yamaha.

Passenger cars

The Company''s revenues contracted by 2% during the year following 3.9% industry growth in the passenger vehicle segment. The Company''s passenger cars accounted for 26% of total revenues compared to 30% in 2013-14. The Company addressed the needs of respected customers like Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Volkswagen and Toyota Kirloskar.

Commercial vehicle and railways

The Company reported Rs.1,569.5 Million in revenues from this segment during the year under review, which was a 15.5% growth over the previous year. The commercial vehicle and railways accounted for 11% of the total revenues.

Exports

Over the years, the Company strengthened its research, product customisation, technology arrangements, quality and cost management not only to address the available opportunity in India but also to carve out a growing share of global opportunities.

The Company''s increasing focus on exports was inspired by a need to progressively de-risk revenues from an excessive dependence on the domestic geography, increased sales and graduate to superior economies, enhancing competitiveness.

The Company''s exports increased from Rs.358.23 Million in 2013-14 to Rs.552 Million in 2014-15 i.e. a growth of correspondingly, exports as a proportion of sales increased from 3% in 2013-14 to 4%.

During the year under review, the Company received an export order from Mahindra GenZe USA (electric scooter developed, made and manufactured in Michigan by Mahindra USA used for campus movements for R-scooter- Amphere). The Company also won an export order for commercial vehicle from ASEAN region where production will commence from December 2015.

After-market

The after-market domestic segment reported revenues of Rs.1,622 Million in 2014-15, a 15% growth over the previous year. Revenues from the after-market as a proportion of sales increased from 11.1% in 2013-14 to 11.3% in 2014-15. The growth in this segment was mainly derived from launch of new products and entry into new geographies.

The Company strengthened its brand and retailer-connect through the launch of the first-of-its-kind Elite Retailer programme which was conducted across 198 retailers in 2014-15.

3. Business Outlook

The prospects of the Company appear reasonably optimistic for a number of reasons.

The forecast for 2015-16 is expected to be marginally better even as double-digit sectoral growth may be elusive. With the government''s ''Make in India'' initiative likely to strengthen the case for manufacturing and moderate GDP growth expected, the Indian auto sector appears poised for a reasonable improvement. The Company''s performance in aftermarket and exports is expected to do better on the bench of improved thrust and focus.

4. Operations

Your Company is pleased to report that a high operating efficiency across its various manufacturing plants represented the bedrock of its success. This operating efficiency was marked by process improvements, constant benchmarking with available best practices, technology collaborations, employee training and a conducive working environment.

Parwanoo (Himachal Pradesh): This plant manufactures GRC shox, SOQI shox, McPherson struts and front forks. The plant strengthened its 5S and energy management, moderating energy costs per unit. The plant added a number of aftermarket products and reported a significant improvement in leveraging the Heijunka production system.

Khandsa (Haryana): It addresses the growing requirements of Maruti Suzuki, its single largest customer. During the year under review, the Company widened its product diversity, making it possible to address the needs of other customers as well. The plant retained its competitive edge through the sustained implementation of Lean Manufacturing concepts, which translated into enhanced line efficiency, human productivity and material economy. The plant received an award at the Quality Circle competition (QCFI-Delhi Chapter) and appreciation by Honda Cars India Limited for the best Quality Circle practices and team working, among others.

Chakan (Maharashtra): The plant is adequately empowered through relevant global quality certifications like TS 16949, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001 and VDA 6.3. The plant strengthened its manufacturing competencies by setting new benchmarks, which were recognised through awards from reputed customers and other prominent agencies. The plant was showcased as a benchmark plant by Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen to their other suppliers.

The Company strengthened its holistic responsibility through the installation of state-of-art technologies and processes (chrome plating, painting, laser welding and component cleaning) as well as the installation of a solar plant(for captive consumption), moderating the carbon footprint and making the plant a showcase for the ''Best Green Initiative''. The plant also won a prestigious green initiative award from the reputable Dr. R.J.Rathi and the DSK Energy Gold Award.

The plant won a number of awards across categories for incorporating best practices in AHPS, EHS and MSES; it was provided a Toyota commendation certificate for achieving quality targets. The plant won the coveted gold award at the national level in Total Employee Involvement from ACMA, the Par Excellence Award in Quality Circle and the Gold and Silver Award in Safety from QCFI.

Aluminum Casting Facility, Chakan (Maharashtra): This facility continued to report year-on-year improvement in efficiency and energy management systems, winning the prestigious ''Trailblazer Innovation Award'' within Anand Group. The plant strengthened its quality and competitiveness related to the manufacture of specialty aluminum castings for front forks. The facility focused on enhancing plant efficiency, quality and carbon foot print reduction. It developed the new front fork outer tube casting for Honda Motors & Scooters as well as new products for Yamaha and Royal Enfield. The plant is also focusing on backward integration by manufacturing Special Aluminum Alloy AC4D within the facility in this financial year.

Ambad (Maharashtra): The plant set quality benchmarks and won customer appreciation through the BAL TPM Excellence Award and Honda National Level Quality Circle Award; it won industry appreciation through the Platinum Award from FICCI (second time) in 2013. The plant received the Gold Award at the National Level ACT Summit 2015 for Best Quality Case Study, first prize in the Kaizen Competition organised by ACNA West Region and first prize in the Regional Quality Circle Competition (organised by HMSI 2 & 4 wheeler).

Dewas (Madhya Pradesh): The plant retained its topline despite a demand decline for commercial vehicles, excelling across a number of performance ratios. The Dewas plant focused on the upgradation of facilities; it embarked on the VSME journey to create a win-win customer-supplier proposition. The plant was acknowledged among the five best technology suppliers by VECV. The plant was the prime contributor in the Company winning the Mahindra - SPD Best Supplier Award. The plant received the letter of intent for an export breakthrough order from Isuzu (commercial vehicles). The Dewas plant continued to strengthen its dominance in the domestic commercial vehicles segment through an increased share of business from longstanding and emerging OEMs.

Hosur (Tamil Nadu): The plant, the Company''s largest, reported substantial improvements in lean manufacturing and operational decongesting. The plant focused on process improvement, automation, vendor reduction and capacity enhancement for shock absorbers.

Malur (Karnataka): This plant reported a 118 % increase in volumes. The Company''s new facility commenced production in May 2013 to service the growing needs of Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India. The plant achieved cost reduction, which was recognised through VAVE [Value Added Value Engineering] award for 2014-15 from Suzuki Motorcycles and Scooters India Pvt Ltd

Sanand (Gujarat): The plant continues to service the needs of TATA Nano programme.

Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The satellite plant represents a manufacturing and assembly extension to the Ambad plant for addressing the large requirements of Bajaj Auto.

5. Dividend

Your Directors had declared an interim dividend of H0.45 per equity share of rupees one each (previous year H0.35). This dividend amounted to H64.64 Million (previous year H50.28 Million). This was distributed to shareholders, whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on 22nd November, 2014. Your Directors further recommended for the approval of shareholders a final dividend of H0.60 per equity share of rupees one each (previous year 0.50 per equity share of rupees one each).

The proposed dividend will amount to H86.20 Million (previous year H71.82 Million). The dividend, subject to its declaration, will be distributed to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members on July 30, 2015.

During the year under review, the unclaimed dividend pertaining to the financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07 was transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund following a due notice to members.

6. Share capital

The paid-up Equity Share Capital as on March 31, 2015 was H143.6 Million. During the year under review, the Company did not issue any shares and did not grant stock options or sweat equity shares to employees. The details of the shareholding of the Directors are as mentioned below as on March 31,2015.

Sr. No. Name of Director Shareholding % of Holding

1 Mrs. Anjali Anand 641,942 shares 0.45%

2 Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar 4,000 shares 0.01%

7. Deposits

The Company was accepting public deposits as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 till 31st March, 2014. In compliance with the provisions of Section 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014, the Company re-launched the Public Deposit Scheme from 9th January, 2015 (brief details below)

Sr. Details Amount (Rs. in Millions)/Remark No

i Public deposits accepted during the year 1.26

ii Deposits that remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year 4.45

iii Whether there has been any default in repayment of deposits or payment of interest thereon

a at the beginning of the year Nil

b maximum during the year Nil

c at the end of the year Nil

iv Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the requirements of 116.11 chapter V of the act

8. Meetings of the board

The Board of the Company comprised six Directors as on 31st March, 2015. The Board comprised of Mrs. Anjali Anand, Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, Mr. Pradipta Sen, Mr. Atul Khosla, Mr. Aditya Vij and Mr. Rohit Philip. The details of the meetings held during the financial year under review are mentioned below.

Sr. Date of meetings Board strength No. of Directors present No

1 14th May, 2014 6 5

2 8th August, 2014 6 6

3 18th September, 2014 5 5

4 10th November, 2014 6 5

5 30th January, 2015 6 6

6 31st March, 2015 6 6

The maximum time gap between two Board meetings was not more than four months.

9. Directors and key managerial personnel

A. Directors

The composition of the Board of Directors of the Company is as below.

Sr. Name of Director DIN Position No

1 Mrs. Anjali Anand 02082840 Non-Executive Chairperson

2 Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar 03553983 Managing Director

3 Mr. Pradipta Sen 00051758 Non-Executive Independent Director

4 Mr. Atul Khosla 02674215 Non-Executive Independent Director

5 Mr. Aditya Vij 03200194 Non-Executive Independent Director

6 Mr. Rohit Philip 06625425 Non-Executive Director

Pursuant to Section 149(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 the appointment of the Non-Executive Independent Directors is proposed in the Annual General Meeting for a period of five years. The details of the Directors who are proposed to be appointed in the ensuing Annual General Meeting forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

During the year under review, the following changes occurred in the constitution of the Board of Directors.

Sr. Name of Director Designation Date of appoint Date of resigna No ment tion

1 Mr. Deepak Chopra Chairman 21st May, 2008 18th September, 2014

2 Mr. Rajeev Vasudeva Non-Executive 12th November, 9th August, Independent 2008 2014 Director

3 Mr. H R Prasad Non-Executive 14th March, 18th September, Independent 2011 2014 Director

4 Mr. Gurdeep Singh Non-Executive 28th July, 2009 18th September, Independent 2014 Director

5 Dr. Arun Jaura Non-Executive 18th September, 30th January, Independent 2014 2015 Director

The Board of Directors deeply appreciates the contribution of Mr. Deepak Chopra, Mr. Rajeev Vasudeva, Mr. HR Prasad, Mr. Gurdeep Singh and Dr. Arun Jaura, who resigned from the Board during the year under review. The resigning Directors provided valuable guidance that benefited the Company.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Article 123 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Rohit Philip retires by rotation. Mr. Rohit Philip has expressed his unwillingness to be re-appointed so and Company proposes not to fill the vacancy so caused on the Board of the Company at the forthcoming AGM in terms of the Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013.

B. Declaration of Independence

The Non-Executive Independent Directors enlisted below provided a declaration under Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence. The declarations from the Directors is attached as Annexure A

Sr. No. Name of Director

1 Mr. Pradipta Sen

2 Mr. Atul Khosla

3 Dr. Arun Jaura*

4 Mr. Aditya Vij

* Resigned from the Board w.e.f. 30th January, 2015

C. Formal evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Clause 49 of the Listing agreement, the Board carried out an annual evaluation of its own, the Chairperson and the Directors individually. A detailed note on the manner of evaluation forms a part of the Corporate Governance Report.

D. Audit Committee

The Committee was constituted as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Agreement. The Composition of the Audit Committee is as below.

Sr. Name of Director DIN Position No

1 Mr. Atul Khosla 02674215 Non-Executive Independent Chairman

2 Mr. Pradipta Sen 00051758 Non-Executive Independent Member

3 Mr. Rohit Philip 06625425 Non- Executive Member

E. Key managerial personnel

During the year under review, there has been a change in the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company. The details of the same are as enlisted below:

Sr. Name of key managerial Designation Date of appoint Date of resigna NO personnel ment tion

1 Mr. Sarang Deshpande Company Sec 12th August, 9th December, retary 2013 2014

2 Mr. Pranvesh Tripathi Company Sec 30th January, - retary 2015

10. Remuneration to directors and remuneration policy

Remuneration is being paid to the Managing Director under Section 197 and 198 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. The Company laid down a Nomination and Remuneration Policy, which was duly approved by the Board in its meeting held during the year under review. The remuneration in all forms that would be paid to the Managing Directors would be in compliance with the said policy. The remuneration to Non-Executive Independent Directors in the form of commission and sitting fees would also be paid in terms of the said policy. The disclosure of the details of the Remuneration Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

11. Particulars of loans, guarantees or investment

Disclosures relating to the Loans, Guarantees or Investments, as defined under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, forms part of the notes to the Financial Statement.

12. Vigil mechanism

A Vigil Mechanism in the form of an Ethics Helpline and Whistle Blower Policy was established by the Company to trace and deal with instances of fraud and mismanagement. The details/report for the same was directly reported to the Audit Committee Chairman. A brief note on the Whistle Blower Policy is disclosed in the Corporate Governance report; the policy is also posted on the Company''s website.

13. Internal control systems and their adequacy

The Company has satisfactory internal control systems, which are continuously evaluated by professional internal and statutory auditors of repute. The company continues to improve the present internal control systems by implementation of appropriate policy and processes. The Company is focused on incorporating the controls and checks in ERP system of SAP.

14. Business risk management

There exists good opportunities in Export in both OEM and Aftermarket segments. By establishing network in all six continents, Gabriel has taken steps to capitalise on in this opportunity.

In the domestic market, there exists an opportunity of increasing business shares through consistent delivery of quality and innovative new products. Gabriel has already embraced innovation as a key initiative which will help in the above.

The entry of Global OEM''s in heavy commercial vehicle segment is likely to bring in a positive change in terms of product performance, reliability and safety. Your company''s leadership position in this segment will hold it in good stead.

In the competitive auto environment like most Tier- I industries Gabriel also has several threats. The new competition in the suspension industry is going to put pressure for developing competitive products with high performance, quality and longer life. Most of the OEM''s are trying to leverage upon these aspects to sell more vehicles.

The Company''s business is exposed to many internal and external risks. To address same in a systematic manner, Company had engaged an external professional agency to help identify key risks for the organisation. They have interviewed more than 30 senior officials & identified key risks faced by organisation. The some of the key risks identified are threat to market share due to global competition, procurement of few components, talent acquisition, technology, regulatory compliance. The risks have been reviewed by senior management and short term & long term risk mitigation plans have been identified. A Risk Committee has been formed under Chairmanship of CFO which will meet quarterly & present the progress on mitigation plans to the Board.

The Key risks of the organisation are:

(i) Threat to market share due to Global competition

Due to growing Indian market, global players have started operations in India which poses a strong competition for new business. To compete with these competitors, company is focusing on cost reduction with centralised sourcing. The company will also focus on technology upgrade and R & D is working closely with the customers to offer customised solutions. We are also exploring for a technology partner in the Commercial Vehicle segment. The company is also focusing on improving its product quality with focus on internal manufacturing and vendor processes.

(ii) Procurement Risk

As the company is spread across India, it leads to dependency on small localised vendors. For some key parts, the company operates with few single sourced suppliers which pose threat of production continuity.

Company is taking adequate steps like vendor rationalisation by consolidating requirement at pan India level thereby reducing dependency on small local vendors looking into aggressive growth plans. The company has also initiated actions for mapping the capabilities of the vendors on various parameters. It proposes to evaluate same for plugging the risks and rationalising of vendor base.

(iii) Risk of Global Competition in Exports

Looking into vast export potential in OEM as well as After Market segment, exports is one of the key focus areas for the company. To achieve aggressive export targets drawn for next 5 years, company forecasts concern over inducting technology or produce designs in line with target market requirements.

Technology road map is in place for these requirements for the next 5 years and work has already commenced. We have also mooted a strong drive to improve quality of current products to compete in Global markets.

(iv) Talent Acquisition Risk:

Attracting & retaining talent is key area for the management & various activities are carried out like effective induction, continuous training & management interactions to keep the attrition under control. Besides rewards & recognition company tries to enhance the engagement with the team through learning opportunities, 360 degree feedback & cross functional exposure.

(v) Technology Risk:

The company will continue to face strong competition from domestic and foreign players in this segment on latest and developing technology. To mitigate said risk, our company has a strong base in technology and also works with different technology support partners in different segments on different platforms. Our R & D efforts are oriented towards improvement in existing product & process capability that can produce value added products at competitive cost.

(vi) Regulatory & Compliance Risk

As the company operations are spread over the country and are exposed to various compliance requirements of different laws and statutes. The Company is conscious of said risk and has a proper & adequate system of internal control to review and monitor compliances. The internal control system is supplemented by an extensive programme of internal audits, reviews of the findings by management & also assesses opportunities for improvement in business processes, systems & controls for regulatory compliance.

The company will be monitoring above and other risks on a regular and systematic basis.

15. Related party transactions

Pursuant to the requirement of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered by the Company with the Stock Exchanges, the Company established a Related Party Transaction Policy, which intends to ensure the proper approval and reporting of transactions between the Company and related parties. Such transactions are held to be appropriate only if they are in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders.

All the related party transactions of the Company were routed through the said policy and through the Audit Committee as per the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013. A policy on the related party transactions, duly approved by the Board, was posted on the website of the Company.

The Company is required to disclose in the Financial Statements certain transactions between the Company and related parties as well as policies concerning transactions with related parties. Accordingly, the particulars, as required to be disclosed under Section 188 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 8 (2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, were annexed as Annexure B to the report in Form AOC 2.

16. Corporate social responsibility

The Company invested in corporate social responsibility initiatives for societal betterment. It continued to work actively in enhancing life quality and enabling livelihoods as a responsible corporate citizen. The Company supported social initiatives through field level activities, which helped foster a ''spirit of giving'' among neighbourhood corporates/ partners. The Company invested in vocational training, health and educational accessibilities. All activities were conducted through the Sant Nischal Singhji Foundation. SNS Foundation is a charitable Trust which has been sanctioned tax exemption under Income Tax Act, 1961. Its activities are aimed at skills development for employability and empowerment of women, elementary education of most unreached categories of children living in slums, etc. This includes actions for preventing spread of HIV/AIDS amongst migrants and industrial workers. SNS Foundation is a social engagement arm of Anand Group.

The company has spent H10.85 Million on CSR Activities as required by the Act. Further, as per the requirement of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company constituted a CSR Committee and CSR Policy to track related transactions and initiatives. The detailed policy was posted on the Company''s website. Further, the detailed report on the CSR activities is annexed as ''Annexure C''.

17. Sustainable development

The Company is working towards making the world greener and cleaner. The Company embarked on extensive tree planting in 2011, an activity that has sustained. It harnessed renewable energy through a solar park in Chakan plant, invested in eco-friendly paint line equipment, reduced energy consumption, sourced green wind energy, utilised waste heat to improve equipment efficiency and focused fossil fuel conservation.

18. Technology

The Company continued to collaborate with KYB Japan and YHSJ for various models on a platform basis. During the year under review, the Company signed a technical license agreement with KONI B.V to deliver high technology automotive products to the Indian market in lesser time. KONI develops, manufactures and markets high performance shock absorbers for all types of cars and commercial vehicles.

The Company continued to invest in R&D and testing facilities to facilitate robust design, faster new products launch and higher customer satisfaction, which was reflected in awards from OEM customers.

The Company intends to emerge as a complete solutions provider for suspension systems. In line with this stated goal, the Company developed a new R&D Centre for two-wheelers at Hosur in December 2013. The Company has a dedicated R&D facility for passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Pune. These Centres will generate advanced products and features following robust testing with the objective to deliver reliable defect-free products. The Centres provided research professionals with a creative and innovative environment that enhances the speed, responsiveness and quality of product development leading to stronger customer satisfaction.

19. Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo

As required under Section 134(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, information relating to the foregoing matters is given by way of an Annexure D to this Report.

20. Employee relations

''Gabriel India Limited'' has been recognised by Great Place To Work® as one of India''s Best Companies To Work For - 2015, and has been ranked as the Best Place to Work in the industry and amongst the Top 50 Companies to Work for in India. The Great Place To Work® ranking is considered the most definitive employer-of-choice and workplace quality recognition that an organisation can receive. We believe that being a great workplace is a way of life and is a continuous journey.

To achieve higher productivity levels and employee value addition we have taken many initiatives for our Operating Engineers and Staff. These initiatives include skill enhancement, technical training and soft skills development.

With the aim of preparing the company for high growth in the coming year, we have continued emphasis on focused coaching & guidance for our talent pool. The Company continues its initiative in employee development by way of the leadership programme, Anand Leadership Development Programme (ALDP), with support from the Anand Group.

We have also initiated a Behavioral Model pledge during our annual goal setting exercise, to inculcate the core value of "delivery on promise".

Further, employee relations remain cordial at all locations.

21. Significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts

There were no significant material orders passed by the regulators or courts having competent jurisdiction, which could have an impact on the business of the Company under the going concern concept.

22. Corporate governance report

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the Certificate from the Company''s Auditors, confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock exchanges, is annexed thereto.

23. Auditors

Statutory Auditors

BK Khare & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company, will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. They have furnished a Certificate under Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 to the effect that the proposed appointment, if made, would be in accordance with Sections in Companies Act, 2013

Secretarial Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company appointed KPRC & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit. The Self Explanatory report of the Secretarial Audit is annexed herewith as ''Annexure E''. The Company is taking action for filing an E-Form MGT-14.

24. Extract of annual return

The extract of the Annual Return as per Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 (1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 in the form MGT 9 is annexed herewith as ''Annexure F''.

25. Particulars of employees

As required under Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the particulars of employees were set out. In terms of Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the report and accounts were sent to members and others entitled thereto, excluding information on employees'' particulars, which are available for inspection by members at the registered office of the Company during business hours on working days of the Company upto the date of ensuing Annual General Meeting.

26. Directors'' responsibility statement

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013:

1. In preparation of the annual accounts the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures

2. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, 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 Account of the Company for that period

3. The Directors have taken proper and special 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 / detecting fraud and other irregularities

4. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis

5. The Directors, in case of a listed Company, have laid down internal financial controls followed by the Company and such financial controls are adequate and operating effectively

6. The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively

27. Acknowledgements

Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, technology partners, financial institutions, bankers, customers, suppliers, shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of Board

Place : Pune Mrs. Anjali Anand (DIN 02082840) Date : May 20, 2015 Chairperson


Mar 31, 2014

Dear Members,

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Fifty-second Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2014.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Year ended Year ended March 31, 2014 March 31, 2013 (Rs. Million) (Rs. Million)

Net Sales 12,745.2 11,960.3

Profit before interest and Depreciation 918.3 807.5

Interest 90.0 122.9

Depreciation 270.7 272.8

Profit/ Loss before tax 557.6 411.8

Provision for Current Tax (Net of MAT credit) 113.0 73.5

Provision for Deferred Tax (15.0) (22.9)

Profit/ Loss after Tax for current year 459.6 361.2

Provision for Tax for earlier years 33.6 (20.2)

Profit/ Loss after Tax 426.0 381.4

Dividend

Interim 50.3 43.1

Final Proposed * 71.8 64.6

Dividend Tax 20.8 17.5

Transfer to/(from) General Reserve 62.8 38.1

* Subject to the approval of Shareholders

DIVIDEND

Your Directors had declared an interim dividend of Rs. 0.35 per equity share of Re. One each (Previous Year Interim Dividend''s of Rs. 0.30 per equity share of Re. One each). This dividend amounted to Rs. 50.27 Million (previous year Rs.43.1 Million). The same was distributed to the shareholders whose name appeared in the Register of Members as on November 29, 2013. Your directors have further recommended for approval of shareholders a final dividend of Rs. 0.50 per equity share of Re. One each (previous year Rs. 0.45 per equity share of Rs. One each).

The proposed Final dividend would amount to Rs. 71.82 Million (previous year Rs. 64.63 Million). The final dividend, subject to its declaration will be distributed to the shareholders whose name appears on the Register of members as on August 08, 2014.

INDIAN ECONOMY

In FY 2013-14, the Indian Economy is expected to grow by 4.9% as against a growth of 5.0% in previous year. There is a continued slowdown in industrial sector as well which is expected to grow only by 0.7% (compared to previous year of 1.0%). The slowdown is mainly due to internal uncertainties on policies, high inflation, high interest rate impacting slow infrastructure growth and private capital formation. Consequently, the investor and retail sentiment was also negative.

However, as domestic consumption pattern backed by increasing per capita income and continued advantage of low cost manufacturing, India is slated to emerge as one of the key growth economies in world and also as major auto component hub in Asia. The overall Sales Growth in auto sector during the FY 2013-14 was close to 4.0%. Low growth for past two years has affected the Auto Industry negatively. The Commercial Vehicle followed by passenger car segment was the most affected with negative growth in FY 13-14. The Two wheeler segment posted single digit growth bringing some respite to industry. The continued increase in fuel prices, high interest rates, slow growth in economy and poor sentiment dampened the auto industry growth in every segment.

PERFORMANCE

The Auto industry grew overall by 4.0% with Passenger Vehicles segment recording a negative growth of -4.9%, Commercial Vehicles segment degrew by -16% and Two wheeler segment registered positive growth of 7.2% compared to previous year.

The Company has recorded total sales at Rs.12,745 Million, (Previous Year Rs. 11,960 Million), registered a growth of 6.5%, which is slightly higher than the overall industry trend. The Profit After Tax was Rs. 426.0 Million (Previous Year Rs. 381.4 Million). As a result, the Earnings Per Share increased to Rs. 2.97 from Rs. 2.65 in the previous year.

EXPORTS

The Company''s focused approach on exports from 2013 onwards has unwrapped multiple global opportunities including few breakthroughs in high potential markets. Establishing network in 8 new geographies has now enabled us to make presence all the six Continents. Through structured market research & systematic approach, we have ingrained the seeds of GIL competencies worldwide to ensure exponential growth with most of the Global OEMs in near future.

During 2013-14, We faced major challenges in exports as the sales reduced to Rs. 358 Million from Rs. 415 Million due to drop in sales to a global customer in one of the key markets due to the local political turbulence. However with the revival of the market, we see promising exports in year 2014-15 & onwards.

AFTER MARKET

After Market continue to record a robust growth of 19% in the current year by achieving sales of Rs. 1,416 Million. This increase achieved primarily due to aggressive launch of new products and deeper geographical penetration in this segment. The focus on this segment will continue in the coming years. The Company has launched a unique initiative to strengthen the Gabriel brand and connect with retailer by launching "ELITE RETAILER" program. Five Hundred premier retailers pan-India have been selected for interaction in the first phase.

OPERATIONS

Some of the key highlights for each of the plants are as below

1. Parwanoo (Himachal Pradesh):

Brief – Parwanoo plant has been on a growth trajectory since its inception. With this year being no different, it has posted a strong 20% growth. It mainly delivers GRC shox, SOQI shox, McPherson struts and Front forks. It has also improved in terms of 5S and energy management resulting in substantial reduction of energy cost / unit production this year.

Key Highlights - The plant added 13 quality circles in the year 2013-14. It has also added several new products for the Aftermarket and also made substantial improvements in using level production system (Heijunka).

Accolades - The plant won Gold award in QFCI Chapter, New Delhi for quality circle.

2. Khandsa (Haryana):

Brief - Khandsa plant has always been implementing Lean Manufacturing concepts to ensure its competitive edge. The entire team at the plant works towards focused improvement on line efficiency, human productivity and RM reduction in 2013-14

Key Highlights - Traditionally Khandsa plant has been delivering quality products to its maiden customer - Maruti Suzuki. However, in order to improve product diversity it has taken several steps last year to add new customers successfully

Accolades - The plant has received many awards like Excellence Award in National convention Quality award Kolkata, Gold Award in QCFI North zone competition, etc.

3. Chakan (Maharashtra):

Brief - The chakan plant set a new benchmark in all the facets of manufacturing and has won many accolades from reputed customers for enhanced quality and delivery performance.

Key Highlights - Installation of State - of - Art technology equipment''s and processes for chrome plating, painting, laser welding and components cleaning have played a big role in reducing the carbon foot print. It had been showcased by renowned customers like M/s Toyota and Volkswagen to their suppliers as "Bench mark plant"

Accolades - The plant won prestigious awards in people practice, "Best place to work in Anand Group" and "Best Anand Heijunka Production System implementation" at group level in 2013. It also won Bajaj "Gold quality award" consistently for two years, "Certificate of appreciation for good practices in quality system" from FICCI. It won three gold awards from QCFI for quality circles allied concepts and many awards at Toyota, M &M & Tata''s organized QC competitions. The Chakan plant show-cased its futuristic technology at Volkswagen Vendor meet which was witnessed by representatives from across the globe and was awarded the, "Love the details" award from Volkswagen.

4. Aluminum Casting Facility : Chakan ( Maharashtra):

Brief - The plant has taken some innovative actions to improve its competitiveness and quality produces in specialty Aluminum castings for front forks. The facility is focusing on increasing plant efficiency, quality and reduction of carbon foot print by using innovation as the main theme.

Key Highlights - It has Developed "New front fork outer tube Casting" for Honda Motors & Scooters and new products for Yamaha & Royal Enfield. The plant has successfully commissioned in manufacturing of Alloy AC4D project as well.

Accolades - This facility has improved substantially, the efficiencies and energy Management systems and has Won the Prestigious "Trailblazer Innovation award" from Anand Corporate.

5. Ambad (Maharashtra):

Brief - The plant has achieved a new milestone by achieving the highest ever sales in the history of the plant with record growth of 35% in 2013-14.

Key Highlights - Capacity expansion has been done for addressing new business opportunities acquired from Mahindra 2 wheelers, Honda & Yamaha

Accolades - The plant has set bench marks for quality by winning Customer and Industry Awards for example TPM Award from Bajaj, Platinum Award in 2013 from FICCI for 2nd consecutive year, New Delhi & Honda National level Quality Circle Award..

6. Dewas (Madhya Pradesh):

Brief - In spite of a reduced demand for commercial vehicles, the plant continued to excel in all its performance Ratios and managed to retain its top line. This was also possible by increasing the exports from the plant. The plant also focused on various effective cost cutting measures during the year.

Expansion Plans - First ever pilot lot was dispatched for US market in March''14.Dewas plant has also embarked upon reducing carbon footprints.

Accolades - The plant won Best supplier award from WHEELS INDIA, under the category "Continuous improvement- Quality and Delivery".

7. Hosur (Tamil Nadu):

Brief - It continues to be the largest of all Gabriel Plants and even crossed a milestone of Rs 4000 Million sales. The plant made substantial improvement towards lean manufacturing and decongesting the operations. It focused on process improvement, Automation, vendor reduction and plant re-layout in the last financial year.

Expansion Plans -The plant inaugurated 2 wheeler R&D Tech Centre on 23rd December, 2013. It has also set up a new facility at Malur (Karnataka) and production commenced from May 2013 servicing Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India.

Accolades - The plant won IMYL award for Excellence in Sales in the year 2013-14.

8. Sanand (Gujarat): The Plant continues to service TATA Nano from its Sanand facility.

FIXED DEPOSITS

Fixed deposits at the end of the year were Rs. 184.65 Million (Previous year Rs. 164.10 Million) The Company has revised the interest rate on its various deposits program during the year downwards.

CREDIT RATING

The credit rating of the Company was revised to CRISIL A (Stable) from CRISIL A (Stable) by CRISIL for long term and short term rating was reaffirmed at CRISIL A1 in the month of Dec''13. The long term rating indicates adequate degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations, carrying low credit risk. The short term rating indicates very strong degree of safety regarding timely payment of financial obligations carrying lowest credit risk.

TECHNOLOGY

The Company continues to have tie-up with KYB Japan for various models on platform basis. The Company continues to invest in its R&D activities and testing facilities to enable robust design and faster launch of new products apart from higher customer satisfaction. The same is reflected in rewards and accolades received from the OEM customers.

The Company has inaugurated a new Two-wheeler R&D Centre at its Hosur plant in December 2013. The new R&D centre at Hosur, dedicated for ride control products for two-wheelers would strengthen our ability to co-develop right from the drawing board stage with our OEM customers, products which are cost effective and suitable for the Indian road conditions and which ensure superior ride comfort and safety for the Indian consumers. The purpose behind this new R&D centre is to establish a world class centre encompassing product and process design, and prototyping and evaluation section. The facility is fully equipped to develop and provide any type of two wheeler suspension products. With this, Gabriel India would become a complete solution provider to its customer for the suspension systems. The centre will offer advanced products and features, after robust internal testing, so that customer gets products which are defect free and reliable. Also, the centre intends to provide conducive environment for its people to encourage creativity and innovation. By this significant milestone, we will improve our speed, agility and quality of product development, thereby increasing customer confidence and satisfaction. In addition to this new R&D center, Gabriel India has a dedicated R&D set up for passenger cars and commercial vehicles segment at Pune.

Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo

As required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules 1988, information relating to the foregoing matters is given by way of an Annexure to this Report.

DIRECTORS

The Board of directors deeply appreciated the contribution of Mr. Mahendra Kumar Goyal who has resigned w.e.f October 25, 2013. Mr. Mahendra Kumar Goyal has given his valuable guidance all along. Mr. Rohit Philip was appointed as a director in the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Mahendra Goyal w.e.f. 13th November, 2013.

In accordance with Article 123 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Deepak Chopra, retire by rotation and being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment.

Director''s Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, the Directors confirm that:

1. in the preparation of the financial statements, the applicable accounting standards have been followed;

2. appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2014 and of the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2014;

3. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

4. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Company''s Auditors confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock Exchanges is annexed thereto.

AUDITORS

Messers BK Khare & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. They have furnished a Certificate to the effect that the proposed re- appointment, if made, will be in accordance with sections in Companies Act, 2013.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

Employee relations were cordial at all locations.

A number of initiatives are being taken for all employees - Operating Engineers as well as staff for enhancing "employee value". This includes skill enhancement, training and soft skills development. Coaching/guidance for selected talent is also included. This initiative is aimed at preparing the Company for high growth in the coming years. The Company continues its initiative in Employee development by way of several developmental programs with support from Anand group.

The Directors are pleased to record their appreciation of the services rendered by the employees and staff at all levels.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

As required under the provisions of Sub-Section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, particulars of employees are set out. As per the provisions of Section 219 (1)(d)(iv) of the said Act, these particulars would be made available to any shareholder on request.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your Directors wish to thank the Collaborators, Technology Partners, Financial Institutions, Bankers, Customers, Suppliers, Shareholders and Employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Pune Deepak Chopra

Date : May 14, 2014 Chairman


Mar 31, 2013

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Fifty-First Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2013.

Financial Highlights Year ended Year ended March 31, 2013* March 31, 2012 (Rs. Million) (Rs. Million)

Net Sales 11,960.3 11,152.8

Profit before Interest and Depreciation 806.5 1,070.9

Interest 121.9 170.1

Depreciation 272.8 276.4

Profit / Loss before Tax 411.8 624.4

Provision for Current Tax (Net of MAT credit) 73.5 133.5

Provision for Deferred Tax (22.9) (15.9)

Profit / Loss after Tax for current year 361.2 506.8

Provision for Tax for earlier years (20.2) (23.8)

Profit / Loss after Tax 381.4 530.6

Dividend

Interim 43.1 71.8

Final Proposed 64.6 -

Dividend Tax 17.5 11.8

Transfer to / (from) General Reserve 38.1 53.1

* Subject to the approval of Shareholders

Dividend

Your Directors had declared an interim dividend of Re. 0.30 per equity share of Re. One each (Previous Year Interim Dividend of Re. 1.00 per equity share of Re. One each). This dividend amounted to Rs. 43.1 Million (Previous Year Rs.71.8 Million). The same was distributed to the shareholders whose names appeared in the Register of Members as on November 30, 2012. Your directors have further recommended for approval of shareholders a final dividend of Re. 0.45 per equity share of Re. One each (Previous Year Rs. Nil).

The proposed final dividend would amount to Rs. 64.6 Million (Previous Year Rs. nil). The final dividend, subject to its declaration, will be distributed to the shareholders whose names appear on the Register of members as on August 12, 2013.

INDIAN ECONOMY

In FY 2012-13, once considered as rising star in Asia, the Indian Economy is showing signs of decline mainly due to internal uncertainties compounded by global circumstances like Euro-zone crisis, high inflation and market sentiments. Country registered a GDP Growth rate of 5.3% in FY 2012-13 which was a nine year low. The private consumption is also showing declining trend from 7.6% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2012-13. The manufacturing sector has also shown contraction in the FY 2012-13.

In the long run, due to its robust consumption pattern and continued advantage of low cost manufacturing, India is slated to emerge as one of the key auto component hubs in Asia. The overall Sales Growth in auto sector during the FY 2012-13 was close to 4.5%. This affected the Auto Industry negatively as expected growth was more than 8% at the beginning of the fiscal year. Many OEM''s and Auto Component Companies ended up having excess capacities due to slowdown in demand. The Commercial Vehicle followed by passenger car segment was the most affected with negative growth in FY 12-13. The Increase in fuel prices dampened the auto industry growth virtually in every segment.

PERFORMANCE

The total sales at Rs.11,960.3 Million, (Previous Year Rs. 11,152.8 Million), registered a growth of 7.2%. The Profit After Tax is Rs. 381.4 Million (Previous Year Rs. 530.6 Million). As a result, the Earnings Per Share came down to Rs. 2.65 from Rs 3.69 in the previous year.

EXPORTS

The total exports of the Company was lower, at Rs. 415 Million compared to Rs. 553 million in the last year. Efforts are on to diversify the portfolio of customers and geographies to mitigate country specific issues.

AFTER MARKET

After Market continued to record a robust growth of 15% in the current year by achieving sales of Rs. 1,187 Million. This increase primarily happened due to aggressively launching new products and deeper penetration in this segment. The focus on this segment will continue in the coming years.

OPERATIONS

1. Parwanoo (Himachal Pradesh): The Plant at Parwanoo has matured in most of the segments - GRC shox, SOQI shox, McPherson struts and Front forks. This plant has continued to grow year on year since its inception. FY-2012 -13 has been no exception to its growth trend, with a strong growth of 20% in production units of Shock Absorbers. It has added several new products for the Aftermarket and also made substantial improvements in using level production system (Heijunka).

2. Khandsa (Haryana): It has been largely dependent on a single customer. However, in order to improve product diversity the Company has taken several steps last year to add new customers successfully. The plant continues to implement Lean Manufacturing concepts to ensure its competitive edge.

3. Chakan (Maharashtra): This plant has shown good improvement in 5S, work place management and energy management. The steps have helped the plant to substantially enhance the quality levels during the year under review. The State-of-the- Art- Technology such as Chrome plating and Auto -Phoretic paint system have already been implemented and are helping the plant to reduce its carbon foot print.

4. Aluminum Casting Facility : Chakan (Maharashtra) : This facility has continued to improve year on year, the efficiencies and energy Management system. The plant has taken some innovative actions to improve its competitiveness and quality produces specialty Aluminum castings for front forks. The facility is focusing on increasing plant efficiency, quality and reduction of carbon foot print by using innovation as the main theme.

5. Ambad (Maharashtra): The plant has already set bench marks for quality by winning Customer and Industry Awards, for example Platinum Award from FICCI for the second year running. It has recently concluded a wage settlement for a period of four years, before the expiry of previous long term agreement which itself is a bench mark for the local industry for Industrial relations.

6. Dewas (Madhya Pradesh): This plant continued to excel in all its performance Ratios and maintaining the robust top and bottom line despite decrease in demand for Commercial Vehicles. There was an amicable long term wage settlement with the Workmen in the 1st Quarter and new productivity standards have been agreed upon.

7. Hosur (Tamil Nadu): Hosur continues to be the largest of all Gabriel Plants. FY 12 -13 has been a year of several challenges because of external factors, namely power crisis in the state of Tamil Nadu.

The plant made substantial improvements towards lean manufacturing and decongesting the operations. It has also commissioned the first fully Robotic line for Shock Absorbers probably one of its kind in India.

8. Sanand (Gujarat): The Plant continues to service TATA Nano from its Sanand facility.

Fixed Deposits

Fixed deposits at the end of the year were Rs.164.10 Million (Previous year Rs.255.44 Million).

Technology Tie -ups

The Company continues its association with Technology partners KYB Japan, who now own a 5% stake in the Company bought from the company''s erstwhile collaborator Arvin Meritor, USA. Company continues its technical tie-up with KYBSE, Spain in four- wheelers and Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System Company Limited for two-wheelers.

The Company also has in-house State-of-the-Art Research and Development facilities at Chakan, Hosur and Ambad which have design and development competency to meet the latest requirements of its customers. The new Two-wheeler R&D centre will be commissioned in 2013-14.

Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo

As required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules 1988, information relating to the foregoing matters is given by way of an Annexure to this Report.

Directors

The Board of Directors deeply appreciated the contribution of Professor Russi Jal Taraporevala, who has retired w.e.f April 02, 2013. Professor Taraporevala has served since inception of the Company and has given his valuable guidance all along.

In accordance with Article 123 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Rajeev Vasudeva and Mr. Gurdeep Singh retire by rotation, and being eligible offer themselves for re-appointment.

Director''s Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, the Directors confirm that:

1. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed;

2. appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and they have made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2013 and of the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended March 31, 2013;

3. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

4. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Corporate Governance

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Company''s Auditors confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock Exchanges is annexed thereto.

Auditors

Messers BK Khare & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. They have furnished a Certificate to the effect that the proposed re-appointment, if made, will be in accordance with sub-section (1B) of Section 224 of the Companies Act, 1956.

Employee Relations

Employee relations were cordial at all locations. Long Term agreements with the Unions have been concluded at the Ambad and Dewas Plants, which are the only unionized plants in the Company. The Agreements would result in higher productivity.

A number of initiatives are being taken for all employees - operating engineers as well as staff for enhancing "employee value". This includes skill enhancement, training and soft skills development. Coaching/guidance for selected talent is also included. This initiative is aimed at preparing the Company for high growth in the coming years. The Company continues its initiative in employee development by way of several developmental programmes with support from Anand group.

The Directors are pleased to record their appreciation of the services rendered by the employees and staff at all levels.

Particulars of Employees

As required under the provisions of Sub-Section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure to the Directors Report. As per the provisions of Section 219 (1)(d)(iv) of the said Act, these particulars would be made available to any shareholder on request.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors wish to thank the Collaborators, Technology Partners, Financial Institutions, Bankers, Customers, Suppliers , Shareholders and Employees for their continued support and co-operation. For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Pune Deepak Chopra

Date : May 27, 2013 Chairman


Mar 31, 2012

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Fiftieth Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2012.

Financial Highlights Year ended Year ended

March 31, 2012* March 31, 2011

(Rs Million) (Rs Million)

Net Sales 11,152.8 9,617.0

Profit before Interest and Depreciation 1,070.9 981.1

Interest 170.1 171.3

Depreciation 276.4 219.0

Profit / Loss before Tax 624.4 590.8

Provision for Current Tax (Net of MAT credit) 133.5 142.2

Provision for Deferred Tax (15.9) 15.8

Profit / Loss after Tax for current year 506.8 432.8

Provision for Tax for earlier years (23.8) (37.8)

Prior period item (Net of Tax) - 17.2

Profit / Loss after Tax 530.6 453.4 Dividend

Interim 28.7 21.6

2nd Interim 43.1 50.3

Dividend Tax 11.8 11.9

Transfer to / (from) General Reserve 53.1 45.3

* Subject to the approval of Shareholders

Dividend

Your Directors had declared an Interim dividend of Re. 0.40 per equity share of Re. One each (Previous Year Re. 0.30 per equity share). This dividend amounted to Rs. 28.7 Million (Previous Year Rs. 21.6 Million). The same was distributed to shareholders whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on 25th November, 2011.

Your Directors have declared 2nd Interim dividend in the Board Meeting dated May 30, 2012 of Re. 0.60 per equity share of Rs. One each. The dividend would amount to Rs. 43.1 Million. The same will be distributed to shareholders whose names would appear on the Register of Members as on 12th June, 2012.

Bonus

Your Directors have recommended Bonus Shares in the ratio of 1 (One) equity share of Re.1 each for every 1 (One) equity share of Re.1 each by capitalization of Securities Premium/ General Reserve Account or such other eligible accounts in the Books of the Company aggregating to Rs.7,18,21,970/-, in the Board Meeting dated May 30, 2012, subject to approval of the Shareholders in the Extra Ordinary General Meeting to be held on July 2, 2012 and other statutory approvals, if any.

INDIAN ECONOMY

In 2011 -12, in spite of uncertain global circumstances like Euro-zone crisis, natural calamities, political upheavals and high inflation in India, the country registered an average Growth rate of 6.9%.

Today, India is emerging as one of the key auto component hub in Asia and is expected to play a significant role in the global automotive supply chains in the near future. The Overall Sales Growth in the auto sector during the Year was 14%. Passenger Vehicle segment recovered marginally at 4% over the same period last year. The overall Commercial Vehicle (C.V.) segment registered growth of 19% during the year mainly driven by sub-2T category. Two Wheelers registered growth of 15% during the year.

During the year overall automobile exports registered growth rate of 21%. Passenger vehicles registered growth in exports at 14%, two & three wheelers registered a growth of 27% and 34% in exports respectively.

PERFORMANCE

With the Net sales at Rs.11,153 Million, (Previous Year Rs. 9,617 Million), the Company registered a growth of 16%, which is slightly higher than the industry trend. The Profit After Tax of Rs. 530.6 Million (Previous Year Rs. 453.4 Million) grew by 17%. As a result, the Earnings Per Share rose to Rs. 7.39 from Rs. 6.31 in the previous year.

EXPORTS

The total exports of the Company grew from Rs. 292 million in the last year to Rs. 553 Million in the current year - a growth of 90%.

Exports to Renault & Ride Control LLC (erstwhile Arvin Meritor, USA) have helped to increase exports substantially. Company now is focusing on business opportunities for 2 wheeler market as well. The Company entered the 3 and 4 wheeler After Market segments in the Middle East. The Company is also focusing on private branding business in Asia Pacific Region.

AFTER MARKET

After Market recorded a growth of 16% in the current year by achieving a sales of Rs. 1,040 Million. There was a substantial improvement in the market share in 2/3 wheeler segments.

OPERATIONS

1. Parwanoo (Himachal Pradesh): The Plant at Parwanoo has matured in most of the segments - GRC shox, SOQI shox, McPherson struts and Front forks. The steady growth in all these product lines is seen during the year in all segments - OE and After Market. The growing sub 2T market has offered the plant an opportunity via supplies to Tata-ACE. The plant is in the phase of consolidating its supply chain to meet growing demand in the future. The substantial expansion at Parwanoo in the area of McPherson Struts and GRC shock absorber was realized within the eligibility period of the tax incentive scheme.

2. Khandsa (Haryana): It has been a dedicated facility for Maruti-Suzuki India Ltd. However, in order to improve the plant utilization company is adding new businesses for customers like Tata and Honda at Khandsa. The plant has undergone a re- layout and right sized in line with Lean Manufacturing Concepts to improve the competitiveness and quality.

3. Chakan (Maharashtra): Major revamping of the plant along with Visionary Small & Medium Enterprises (VSME) initiative is now maturing and showing positive results on plant's business performance. These steps have helped the plant to increase its volume and productivity substantially. The quality performance is also showing improving trend. New customers like Volkswagen and Renault - Exports, now contribute to a substantial share of its business.

Aluminium Casting Facility :

This facility produces special Aluminum castings for front forks. The facility is now fully matured and the company is focusing on increasing plant efficiency, quality and reduction of carbon foot print by using innovative technology solutions.

4. Ambad (Maharashtra): This plant is a steady performer. Its volumes are showing increasing trend with addition of new customer base i.e. Yamaha Motorcycles and Mahindra 2 wheelers. Recently, the plant was awarded the Platinum Excellence award by FICCI for Quality Systems & won the Bajaj Auto Quality - Gold and TPM Excellence Award. The plant expansion is under progress to increase its capacity in Front Fork area.

5. Hosur (Tamil Nadu): This plant has shown substantial growth during FY 11-12 due to steep increase in volumes from Suzuki and Yamaha Motor cycles. It has made record production of Front Forks during this period. Substantial capacities have already been added to meet future requirements of customers.

Recently, the plant has acquired substantial business from Honda Motorcycles for their new operations near Bangalore. In future, the plant will focus on sharpening its business performance through productivity and quality improvement. It will also start VSME for improving supplier quality.

Hosur plant has won several awards from various customers for consistent performance in Quality, Cost and Delivery. Adjacent plot of 0.55 acres has been acquired to build a "State of the Art" Tech Centre for 2 wheeler.

6. Dewas(Madhya Pradesh): This plant is dedicated to production of shock absorbers for all commercial vehicles and utility vehicles. The products are highly robust and cost effective. New customers namely Daimler - Heavy Commercial Vehicles and Ashok Leyland Nissan have been added to its list of customers. The plant has made record deliveries in the last quarter of 2011-12. Its export orders to North America are also on increase.

7. Sanand(Gujarat): This plant is set up as a dedicated facility for Tata Nano at Sanand for carrying out final assembly operations. Since October 2011 the volumes have steadily grown with increase in the sales of Nano car. The plant has also won an award from Tata Motors in Kaizen competition.

Fixed Deposits

Fixed deposits at the end of the year were Rs.255.4 Million (Previous year Rs.357.1 Million).

Technology Tie -up

The Company continues its association with Technology partners KYB Japan who now own a 5.53% stake in the Company bought from the company's erstwhile collaborator Arvin Meritor, USA. Company continues its technical tie-up with KYBSE, Spain in four-wheelers and Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System Company Limited for two-wheelers.

The Company also has an in-house state of the art Research and Development facility at Chakan and Hosur which have design and development competency to meet the latest requirements of its customers.

Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo

As required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules 1988, information relating to the foregoing matters is given by way of an Annexure to this Report.

Directors

In accordance with Article 123 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Deepak Chopra and Mr. Russi Jal Taraporevala retire by rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.

Director's Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, the Directors confirm that:

1. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed;

2. appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2012 and of the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2012;

3. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

4. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Corporate Governance

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Company's Auditors confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock Exchanges is annexed thereto.

Auditors

Messers BK Khare & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. They have furnished a Certificate to the effect that the proposed re-appointment, if made, will be in accordance with sub-section (1B) of Section 224 of the Companies Act, 1956.

Employee Relations

Employee relations were cordial at all locations.

A number of initiatives are being taken for all employees - Operating Engineers as well as staff for enhancing "employee value". This includes skill enhancement, training and soft skills development. Coaching/guidance for selected talent is also included. This initiative is aimed at preparing the Company for high growth in the coming years. To give improved visibility to the employees about their Key Result areas and the Company's objectives, a Large Scale Integration Program (LSIP) was successfully conducted.

The Directors are pleased to record their appreciation of the services rendered by the employees and staff at all levels.

Particulars of Employees

As required under the provisions of Sub-Section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure to the Directors Report. As per the provisions of Section 219 (1)(d)(iv) of the said Act, these particulars would be made available to any shareholder on request.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors wish to thank the Technology Partners, Financial Institutions, Bankers, Customers, Suppliers, Shareholders and Employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Mumbai Deepak Chopra

Date : May 30, 2012 Chairman


Mar 31, 2011

Report of the Board of Directors

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Forty Ninth Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2011.

Financial Highlights Year ended Year ended

March 31, 2011* March 31, 2010 (Rs Million) (Rs Million)

Net Sales 9,617.0 6,974.0

Profit before Interest and Depreciation 973.0 702.0

Interest 163.0 148.0

Depreciation 219.0 201.8

Profit / Loss before Tax 590.8 352.2

Provision for Current Tax (Net of MAT credit) 142.2 55.4

Provision for Deferred Tax 15.8 35.2

Profit / Loss after Tax for current year 432.8 261.6

Provision for Tax for earlier years (37.8) 21.2

Prior period item (Net on tax) 17.2 - Profit / Loss after Tax 453.4 240.4

Dividend

Interim 21.6 21.6

Final Proposed 50.3* 39.5

Dividend Tax 11.9 10.4

Transfer to / (from) General Reserve 45.3 24.0

* subject to the approval of Shareholders

Dividend

Your Directors had declared an interim dividend of Rs. 0.30 per equity share of Rs. One each (Previous Year 30%). This dividend amounted to Rs. 21.5 Million (Previous Year Nil). The same was distributed to shareholders whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on 25th November, 2010.

Your Directors have recommended for approval of shareholders a final dividend of Rs. 0.70 per equity share of Rs. one each (Previous Year 0.55 per equity share of Rs. one each). This proposed dividend would amount to Rs. 50.28 Million (Previous Year Rs. 39.50 Million). The dividend, subject to its declaration will be distributed to the shareholders whose name appears on the Register of Members as on July 28, 2011.

INDIAN ECONOMY

During the year 2010-11 the Indian economy sustained its growth story of year 2009-10. Although the world economy showed signs of recovery, the fast growth displayed by the Indian economy was indicative of its inherent strength. The Indian economy grew by 8.6% in 2010-11, a rate which was quite comparable to growth rate of China. India has now emerged as worlds, top 10 countries in industrial production.

The Indian automotive industry recorded the highest ever sales in 2010-11 with all segments i.e. passenger cars, commercial vehicles and two-wheelers showing strong growth. The automotive sector grew by 27% over the previous year. This has made India the second fastest growing market after China. The passenger car segment grew by 27% over the previous year. M/s Maruti Suzuki India Limited alone sold more than 1.3 million units in the fiscal year. The commercial vehicle segment grew by a robust 33% in this year riding on strong growth of 26% last year. The two wheeler segment grew by 27% over last year’s growth of 25%. The new emission norms, rising commodity prices especially oil prices and a possible hike in interest rates would affect the industry. The industry is expected to consolidate and grow overall by 15% in 2011-12 and beyond.

PERFORMANCE

The total sales at Rs. 9617 Million, (Previous Year Rs. 6974 Million), registered a growth of 38%, which is higher than the industry trend of 27%. While the Profit Before Tax of Rs. 591 Million (Previous year Rs. 352 Million) recorded a growth of 68%, the Profit After Tax of Rs. 453 Million (Previous Year Rs. 240 Million) grew by 89%. As a result, the Earnings Per Share grew significantly to Rs. 6.31.

The restructuring of the organization in terms of manpower and the various cost reduction measures helped the Company improve its efficiency over the previous year. EBITDA for the year was Rs. 973 Million (10.12% to net sales) against Rs. 702 Million (10.06% to net sales) in the previous year.

EXPORTS

The total exports of the Company grew at 132% from Rs. 126 Million to Rs. 292 Million in the current year. The growth was due to expansion of OE as well as exports for replacement market.

After Market exports recorded a growth of 32% in the current year. While there was substantial improvement in market share in 2/3 wheeler segments in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the Company entered the 3 and 4 wheeler segments in Egypt and Turkey for the first time. The Company also focused on private branding business in Australia and Singapore. Export to OE customers i.e Renault Iran registered a significant increase.

Both OE and After Market exports will be the focus area for growth in the coming years.

OPERATIONS

The company has undertaken a significant facility restructuring exercise during the year which included:

1. At Parwanoo: The Parwanoo Plant has initiated in the year expansion plans for meeting higher demands all round. The capacities for commercial vehicle business would be 3 Lac numbers per month.

2. At Khandsa: A dedicated facility for Maruti-Suzuki India Ltd., had undergone expansion for meeting the increased requirement from MSIL. The plating capacity was augmented to its full potential and has also started supplies to M/s. MANDO Chennai for their requirements of piston rods. Major initiatives were taken and continue to be planned for productivity, quality and delivery improvements.

3. At Chakan: The layout of the Plant has been changed to improve material flow. The new state of art plating facility has been commissioned successfully and has eliminated lot of material movement as also improved quality and reliability. Environment friendly water base painting system has also been installed. All these activities have been undertaken while the plant kept meeting the demands of OEM customers.

Casting Facility

The output has steadily increased during the year with improved quality standards.

4. At Ambad: Plant received the prestigious recognition of “BAL TPM Excellence Award” from its major customer ‘BAJAJ’. It received approvals from OEMs like Piaggio for export possibilities to Europe. The Plant has received continued appreciation from its valued customers.

5. At Hosur: Capacity augmentation was undertaken to increase plant’s capacity to 1.5 lac front fork per month and 4.5 Lac shox per month. The focus has been on quality and productivity.

6. At Dewas: The plant is projected to become a major source for exports for commercial vehicle products.

Fixed Deposits

Fixed deposits at the end of the year were Rs. 318.34 Million (Previous year Rs. 357.1 Million).

Technology Tie -up

The Company continues its association with Technology partners KYB, Japan and KYBSE, Spain in four-wheelers and two- wheelers, Arvin Meritor for commercial vehicles and Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System Company Limited for two-wheelers.

The Company has evolved an in-house state of the art Research and Development facility at Chakan which has design and development competency to meet the latest requirements of the customers. This setup has been recognised by DSIR during the year.

Collaborators

Your Company wishes to place on record its appreciation of the continued support extended by its collaborators. There were fruitful discussions with the Collaborators during the year on several areas of mutual cooperation.

Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo

As required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules 1988, information relating to the foregoing matters is given by way of an Annexure to this Report.

Directors

In accordance with Article 123 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Rajeev Vasudeva and Mr. Gurdeep Singh retire by rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. The Board of Directors also appreciated the contribution of the retiring directors i.e. Mr. Prakash Kulkarni and Ms. Padmini Khare Kaicker from the Board of the Company. The Board of Directors also welcomed Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar and Mr. Mahendra Goyal on the Board of the Company.

Director’s Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, the Directors confirm that:

1. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed;

2. appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2011 and of the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2011;

3. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

4. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Corporate Governance

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Company’s Auditors confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock Exchanges is annexed thereto.

Auditors

Messers Price Waterhouse & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. They have expressed their unwillingness to continue as Auditors after the Conclusion of this Annual General meeting. The Board has recommended M/s B.K. Khare & Co. Chartered Accountants to be appointed as Auditors from the conclusion of this AGM to the Conclusion of next AGM. M/s B.K. Khare & co. has furnished a Certificate to the effect that the proposed re-appointment, if made, will be in accordance with sub-section (1B) of Section 224 of the Companies Act, 1956.

Employee Relations

Employee relations were cordial at all locations. Long Term agreements with the Unions have been concluded at the Ambad and Dewas Plants, which are the only unionized plants in the Company. The Agreements resulted in higher productivity.

Your Company is undertaking initiatives to increase Human Capital by approximately 20% from current levels. A number of initiatives are being taken for all employees - Operating Engineers as well as staff for enhancing “employee value”. This includes skill enhancement, training and soft skills. Coaching/guidance for selected talent is also included. This initiative is aimed at preparing the Company for high growth in the coming years.

The Directors are pleased to record their appreciation of the services rendered by the employees and staff at all levels.

Particulars of Employees

As required under the provisions of Sub-Section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure to the Directors Report. As per the provisions of Section 219 (1)(d)(iv) of the said Act, these particulars would be made available to any shareholder on request.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors wish to thank the Collaborators, Technology Partners, Financial Institutions, Bankers, Customers, Suppliers, Shareholders and Employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Deepak Chopra Chairman

Place : Mumbai Date : May 27, 2011


Mar 31, 2010

The Directors take pleasure in presenting the Forty Eighth Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2010.

Financial Highlights Year ended Year ended March 31, 2010* March 31,2009 (Rs Million) (Rs Million)

Net Sales 6,974.0 5,202.5

Profit before Interest and Depreciation 702.0 388.3

Interest 148.0 163.4

Depreciation 201.8 152.6

Profit / Loss before Tax 352.2 72.3

Provision for Current Tax (Net of MAT credit) 55.4 -

Provision for Deferred Tax 35.2 1.4

Provision for Fringe Benefit Tax - 5.4

Profit / Loss after Tax for current year 261.6 65.5

Provision for Tax for earlier years 21.2 9.4

Profit / Loss after Tax 240.4 56.1

Dividend

Interim 21.6 -

Final Proposed 39.5 50.3

Dividend Tax 10.4 8.5

Transfer to / (from) General Reserve 24.0 (5.6)

* subject to the approval of Shareholders

Dividend

Your Directors had declared an interim dividend of Rs 0.30 per equity share of Rs. One each (Previous Year Nil). This dividend amounted to Rs. 21.6 Million (Previous Year Nil). The same was distributed to shareholders whose names appeared on the Register of Members as on November 10, 2009.

Your Directors have recommended for approval of shareholders a final dividend of Rs. 0.55 per equity share of Rs. one each (Previous Year 0.70 per equity share of Rs. one each). This proposed dividend would amount to Rs. 39.5 Million (Previous Year Rs. 50.3 Million). The dividend, subject to its declaration will be distributed to the shareholders whose name appears on the Register of Members as on July 28, 2010.

INDIAN ECONOMY

The year 2009-10 started with the Indian economy coming out strongly from the recession that the economy passed through in the second half of 2008-09. Although the world economy showed signs of recovery, the fast growth displayed by the Indian economy was indicative of its inherent strength. The Indian economy grew by 7.4% in 2009-10, which was impressive by global standards.

The Indian automotive industry recorded the highest ever sales in 2009-10 with each segment i.e. passenger cars, commercial vehicles and two-wheelers showing strong growth. The automotive sector grew by 25% over the previous year. This strong sales atmosphere has made India the second fastest growing market after China. The fiscal stimulus of the Government in terms of excise duty reduction, lower interest rates, higher depreciation on commercial vehicles, etc. gave a boost to the auto industry and helped in the quick recovery from the recession and achieve the rapid growth. The passenger car segment grew by 28% over the previous year. M/s Maruti Suzuki India Limited alone sold more than 1 million units in the fiscal year. The commercial vehicle segment grew by a robust 36% in this year after a negative growth of 22% in the last year. The two wheeler segment grew by 25% after a flat growth last year due to higher sales in rural India and introduction of several new models.

However, the high growth rate of 2009-10 may not be sustained in the next year due to the higher base. Further, the new emission norms, rising commodity prices and a possible hike in interest rates may force vehicle manufacturers to increase the prices, which may affect the sales. Nevertheless, the industry is expected to grow overall by 15% in 2010-11 and beyond.

PERFORMANCE

The total sales at Rs 6.974.0 Million, (Previous Year Rs 5,202.5 Million), registered a growth of 34%, which is higher than the industry trend. While the Profit Before Tax of Rs 352.2 Million (Previous year Rs 72.3 Million) recorded a growth of 387%., the Profit After Tax of Rs 240.4 Million (Previous Year Rs 56.1 Million) grew by 328%. As a result, the Earnings Per Share grew significantly to Rs 3.35 from Rs 0.78 in the previous year.

The restructuring of the organisation in terms of manpower and the various cost reduction measures helped the Company improve its efficiency over the previous year. EBITDA for the year was Rs 702.0 (10.1 % to net sales) against Rs 388.3 (7.4 % to net sales) in the previous year.

EXPORTS

The total exports of the Company grew from Rs 109 Million last year to Rs 126.1 Million in the current year.

Exports to OE grew through range expansion in parts supplied to Ride Control LLC (erstwhile Arvinmeritor, Canada) and commencement of supplies to Renault Iran from October 2009. These businesses are expected to mature in the year 2010-11. New business opportunities being explored are supplies of front forks to Yamaha and Honda through Gabriel Columbia.

After Market exports also recorded a growth of 27% in the current year. While there was substantial improvement in market share in 2/3 wheeler segments in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the Company entered the 3 and 4 wheeler segments in Egypt and Turkey for the first time. The Company also focused on private branding business in Australia and Singapore.

Both OE and After Market exports will be the focus area for growth in the coming years.

OPERATIONS

The company has undertaken a significant facility restructuring exercise during the year which included:

1. At Parwanoo: The Parwanoo Plant has matured in most of the segments - GRC shox, SOQI shox, McPherson struts and Front forks. The steady growth in all these product lines is seen during the year in all segments - OE and After Market. The plant has now firmly established its supply chain which is reflected in its consistent productivity during the year.

2. At Khandsa: It is a dedicated facility for Maruti-Suzuki India Ltd., and is undergoing expansion for meeting the requirement of new businesses awarded. The plating capacity has been augmented to its full potential which will also cater for requirements of piston rods for group Company Mando India starting from June 2010.

3. At Chakan: Major revamping of the plant is being undertaken starting with zero base layouts for smooth flow of material as well as reduce through put time. A new state of art plating facility has been ordered to be installed by Q2 of FY 11. Environment friendly water base painting system is also being installed. All these activities have been undertaken while the plant keeps meeting the demand for shocks and struts from OEM customers.

Casting Facility

The output has steadily increased during the year with improved quality standards. The facility stands fully commissioned and the output has been improving steadily with improved quality standards.

4. At Ambad: This TPM award winning plant has achieved several important milestones in operations during the year. It received approvals from OEMs like Yamaha and Honda for supply of two-wheeler products. The supply has already started. In addition, the plant has introduced special cost effective finishing operations resulting in better quality for front

5. At Hosur: The facility producing shock absorbers and front forks for two wheelers has undergone sustainable modification of plant layout with dust free pressurized assemblies. To meet its growing demand, the plant has carried out de-bottle- necking of front fork and shock absorber area. Special focus has been given to improve power distribution, compressed air capacity and standby power generation to counter the frequent and long power cuts.

6. At Dewas: The plant at Dewas has received approvals from prestigious customers like Daimler - Heavy Commercial Vehicles thanks to its robust processes. Taking advantage of improvements in the economic scenario, the plant has made record deliveries in the last quarter of 2009-10. The Dewas plant is dedicated to produce heavy duty shock absorbers for commercial vehicles.

Fixed Deposits

Fixed deposits at the end of the year were Rs. 357.1 Million (Previous year Rs.189.1 Million).

Technology Tie -up

The Company continues its association with Technology partners KYB, Japan and KYBSE, Spain in four-wheelers and two- wheelers, Arvin Meritor for commercial vehicles and Yamaha Motor Hydraulic System Company Limited for two-wheelers.

The Company has evolved an in-house state of the art Research and Development facility at Chakan which has design and development competency to meet the latest requirements of the customers.

Collaborators

Your Company wishes to place on record its appreciation of the continued support extended by its collaborators. There were fruitful discussions with the Collaborators during the year on several areas of mutual cooperation.

Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo

As required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules 1988, information relating to the foregoing matters is given by way of an Annexure to this Report.

Directors

In accordance with Article 123 of the Articles of Association, Mr. Deepak Chopra, Mr. Russi Jal Taraporevala and Mr. John Crable retire by rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.

Director’s Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, the Directors confirm that:

1. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed;

2. appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2010 and of the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2010;

3. proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

4. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Corporate Governance

A separate section on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report and the certificate from the Company’s Auditors confirming the compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock Exchanges is annexed thereto.

Auditors

Messers Price Waterhouse & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. They have furnished a Certificate to the effect that the proposed re-appointment, if made, will be in accordance with sub-section (1B) of Section 224 of the Companies Act, 1956.

Employee Relations

Employee relations were cordial at all locations. Long Term agreements with the Unions have been concluded at the Ambad and Dewas Plants, which are the only unionized plants in the Company. The Agreements must result in higher productivity.

Your Company is undertaking initiatives to increase Human Capital by approximately 20% from current levels. A number of initiatives are being taken for all employees - Operating Engineers as well as staff for enhancing “employee value”. This includes skill enhancement, training and soft skills. Coaching/guidance for select talent is also included. This initiative is aimed at preparing the Company for high growth in the coming years.

The Directors are pleased to record their appreciation of the services rendered by the employees and staff at all levels.

Particulars of Employees

As required under the provisions of Sub-Section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure to the Directors Report. As per the provisions of Section 219 (1)(d)(iv) of the said Act, these particualrs would be made available to any shareholder on request.

Acknowledgements

Your Directors wish to thank the Collaborators, Technology Partners, Financial Institutions, Bankers, Customers, Suppliers , Shareholders and Employees for their continued support and co-operation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place : Mumbai Prakash Kulkarni

Date : May 29, 2010 Executive Chairman

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