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Directors Report of Hindustan Flurocarbons Ltd.

Mar 31, 2015

The Directors are glad to present the 32nd Annual Report of the company together with Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2015.

FINANCIAL RESULTS:[Section 134(3)(i)]

The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2015 is summarized below:

(Rs. in lacs)

Particulars Financial Year Financial Year 2014-15 2013-2014

Revenue from operations 3274.79 3134.45

Sales Turnover(net) 2915.07 2788.92

Gross Profit / (Loss) for the year (47.45) (2209.67)

Less: Interest & Financing Charges 209.56 143.89

Cash Profit / (Loss) (257.01) (2353.56)

Less: Depreciation 110.24 114.68

Profit / (Loss) for the year (367.25) (2468.24)

Add: Prior Period Adjustments 10.21 14.23

Net Profit (Loss) (377.46) (2482.47)

RESERVES: [Section 134(3)(j)):

Company has not transferred any amount to reserves due to the loss.

DIVIDEND: [Section 134(3)(k)]

In view of the accumulated losses at the end of the Financial Year 2014-15 are carried forward, no dividend was declared on equity shares for the year ended 31.03.2015.

OPERATIONS AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE

Your Company has made Net loss of Rs.377.46 lacs from operations as against the net loss of Rs. 2482.47 lacs of the previous year. During the year, the sales turnover (net) was Rs.2915.07 lacs as against Rs.2788.92 lacs in the previous year. This is mainly due to decrease in sales realization of main product PTFE. During the year under report production of PTFE was 107 MT as against 184 MT in the previous year. During the year, 726.58 MT of CFM-22 was sold in the market against 555.17 MT in the previous year and balance quantity was used as feed stock to manufacture various products including Fluoro Specialty Chemicals and PTFE. Quality of all company's products continued to be well accepted by our customers. Company has achieved 88% capacity utilization was achieved as against 86% in the previous financial year. In spite of better physical performance, financial performance was badly affected due to the reasons mentioned above.

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

In consonance with the provisions of the Right to information Act, 2005, Company has appointed Appellate Authorities/ Public Information officers at all the units/ offices of the company to respond effectively to the request of the applicants under the acts in synchronization with the direction of Central Information Commission(CIC), for promotion of Institutional transparency within the public authority through proactive and effective implementation of section 4 of the RTI Acts, 2005, the company has also appointed a transparency officer that company has created necessary mechanism to meet the objective to bring out transparency in the functioning of organization as envisaged by RTI Act.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Companies act provisions related to the CSR is not applicable to the Company for the financial year 2014-15.

Recognizing the obligation to the society both in the areas of environment protection and social development, company has taken initiatives towards implementing welfare schemes for uplifting the quality of living of the community surrounding the area around the factory. Company is giving aid to schools by way of paying salaries to two Vidya Volunteers.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

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

THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL Act, 2013

Company has not received any cases relating to the sexual harassment of women at work place.

PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARTIES

There was no contract or arrangements made with related parties as defined under Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 during the year under review.

COMPANY'S POLICY RELATING TO APPOINTMENT AND PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION AND DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES OF KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL AND OTHER EMPLOYEES.

Company has complied all the provisions related to the constitution of Nomination and Remuneration Committee under section 178(1) of the Companies Act 2013 and complied the criteria for determining qualifications positive attributes and independence of appointment and remuneration of a Key Managerial Personnel and other employees as provided under Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013.

NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS CONDUCTED DURING THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW

The Company had five Board meetings during the financial year under review.

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:

The management has taken the great responsibilities for continuous monitoring and protecting the health and environment as per statutory compliance. The environment is maintained clean as per standard emissions norms and with respect to noise pollution norms prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board and under guidelines of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

The health record of employees working in production Division is maintained in the Health Register in Form 7.

FIRE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE:

The Company pays special attention to ensure safety of the factory and workers employed therein.

The Company accords the same priority attention to safety aspects as it does to production and productivity, be it in a personal safety, process safety, environment safety or product stewardship and allocated adequate resources of men, machine, money, time and energy to maintain the standards thus performance during the year is very good.

The Company continued to maintain good safety record without any major accident of fire. The financial year 2014-15 was a zero accident year.

A Mock drill is a practice which trains an individual about the course of action to be taken in case of real emergency occurs. This is one of the most effective technique to train, aware & alert people in a process plant location.

A surprise Mock drill was conducted at site to analyze the capacities of Plant, Equipment operating & employees skills towards Emergency preparedness & response.

We are conducting Emergency Mock drill often or once in a year in presence of external Authority i.e Director of Factories Telangana & higher management of HFL in compliance with ISO 2000 – 2001.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Smt. Anitha Rajendra,IAS was ceased as Nominee Director with effect from 09.09.2014.

Sri. Sanjeeva Narayan was appointed as BIFR Special Director with effect from 04.02.2015.

Three Directors viz. Shri. Suresh Kumar R, Nominee Director (HOCL), Dr. N J Gaikwad, HOCL Independent Director and Shri. Arun Agarwal, Nominee Director (GOVT) is due for retirement by rotation at the ensuing 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Company and eligible for re- appointment.

IMPLMENTATION OF OFFCIAL LANGUAGE POLICY:

During the year under report, your Company continued to Promote Hindi as Official Language in day to day working in line with the Government policies for its intensive and extensive efforts for progressive use of the official language. Official Language Implementation Cell of the Company continued to function effectively.

ISO CERTIFICATION:

Company's quality management system is accredited as an ISO 9001:2008.

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

Information in accordance with the provisions required to be disclosed under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 Regarding Conservation of energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earning and outgo are given at Annexure I, From A to this Report.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:

The company is continuously conducting the research and development to deliver goods through innovative development;

a. It is actively involved in collaborative program with IICT & Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

b. Development of filled grades with modified PTFE are given at Annexure I, Form B to this Report.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Employee relations continued to be cordial throughout the year. Your Company has been implementing reservation policies of GOI for SCs/ STs/OBCs/Persons with disabilities. Representatives of SCs/ STs Categories are associated in Recruitment of Departmental Promotion Committees. A statement showing representation of employees belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Backward classes /Minorities categories is appended as Annexure-II to this report.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

None of the employees of the company is drawing remuneration requiring disclosure pursuant to the provisions of the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975.

VIGILANCE:

With the approval of the Ministry, an Officer of the company has been nominated as "Vigilance Officer" (Part time) from amongst the Officers of the Company to take care of Vigilance functions. Vigilance activities have mainly been directed to check the lacunae in the existing systems and procedures through periodic checks. The instructions of the Central Vigilance Commission received from time to time have been implemented to strengthen the vigilance machinery in the company.

AUDITORS:

The Statutory Audit of your Company was conducted by M/s.S Daga & Co Charted Accountants, who were appointed as Statutory Auditors for the Financial year 2014-15 by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C &AG) as per Section 139(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, Auditors Report on the Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2015 is at Annexure- III.

The comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India u/s 143(6)(b) of the Companies Act, 2013 on the Accounts of the company for the year 2014-15 has been annexed to the Annual Report for the period 2014-15 and forms part of the Annual Report.

LEGAL COMPLAINCE

The Company has complied with all the legal provisions effectively. Although it has filed two petition to Company Law Board during the financial year 2011-12 regarding consolation of delay in filing of satisfaction of charge documents of Life Insurance Corporation of India, with the Registrar of Companies.

INSURANCE:

All properties and insurable interest of the company including building, plant and machinery and goods are adequately insured. As required under Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, the company has taken necessary insurance cover.

TRADING AND DEMAT FACILITIES FOR SHARES:

The company shares are listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Company got ISIN No.INE 806J01013 and demat facilities with Central Depository Services (India) Limited, (CDSL) and with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) for the equity shares of the company. 84.48% of the Share Capital of the Company has been Dematerialize the shares, the Company has been Dematerialized as on 31st March, 2015- total accounts Dematerialized is 1783 involving 16557950 shares (which constitutes 84.48% of the share capital) .

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

In accordance with the Listing Agreement, the Management discussion and analysis report is annexed hereto in Annexure – IV and forms part of the Directors' Report.

RISK MANAGEMENT

In pursuance to comply with Clause 49(IV) (C) of the Listing Agreement and Clause 7.3 of the DPE Guidelines on Corporate Governance for CPSEs, The Risk Management process includes Risk Identification, Risk assessment, Risk evaluation, categorization, Risks treatment plan for mitigation of risks and escalation/ reporting of risks to Board. some of the risks and concerns, which we are facing as follows:

- Energy intensive Technology and uneconomical plant size.

- Manpower cost is high.

- Investment is required to upgrade the technology of old plant to reduce the cost of production.

- PTFE Prices are continuously reducing.

- Increasing Raw Material cost.

To mitigate the above risks your company has taken following action:

- MPTFE Project; Company has developed superior grades of PTFE and started exporting the same.

- Company is in the process of refurbishment of the existing plant with the help of Plan loan from GOI. This will increase the plant efficiency.

- To reduce the dependency on PTFE Company is developing Fluro Specialty Chemicals.

- Company is also exploring the possibility of increasing capability and backward integration.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

The Company has complied with the various requirements of Corporate Governance. The details in this regard form part of this report in Annexure-V.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT:

Board has appointed M/s.Ahalada Rao.V Associates, Company Secretaries as a Secretarial Auditor of the company for the financial year 2014-15.

The explanations /comments made by the Board relating to the qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Auditors in their report are furnished Annexure VI is attached to this report. There were no adverse comments, qualifications or reservations or adverse remarks in the Secretarial Audit Report.

ANNUAL RETURN:

The extracts of Annual Return pursuant to the provisions of Section 92 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and administration) Rules, 2014 is furnished in Annexure VII and is attached to this Report.

COMPLIANCE OF DPE GUIDELINES & POLICIES:

The Guidelines & policies issued by the Department of Public Enterprises from time to time are being complied with and implemented with the approval of the Board of Directors/ Competent Authority.

TRAINING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

The company furnishes set of documents and booklets to the Directors on their joining the Board. This includes important data about the performance of the Company, Memorandum & Articles of Association, Corporate Governance guidelines, Delegation of powers, Product line brochures etc. A copy of the monograph on position, duties and liabilities of Directors is also circulated among the Directors.

CODE OF CONDUCT:

In line with the requirements of Clause 49 of Listing Agreement, the Board Members and Senior Management personnel have affirmed compliance with the code of conduct for the financial year ended 31st March, 2015.

The Company has adopted "Code of Conduct and Ethics" for the Directors and Senior Executives of the Company. The object is to conduct the Company's business ethically and with responsibility, integrity, fairness, transparency and honesty. The code is available on Company's website www.hfl.co.in. All directors and senior management personnel have complied compliance with the Code of Conduct and ethics as on 31st March, 2015.

MISSION/ VISION:

To position itself to be a niche player in the production of Fluoro specialty chemicals and advanced grades of PTFE by 2015.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To increase the capacity utilization from 75% to 90% during the financial year 2014-15.

2. To Endeavour to convert entire quantity of TFE into various Fluoro Specialty Chemicals by 2015-16.

3. To develop advanced grades of PTFE.

SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:

The Company does not have any Subsidiary, Joint venture or Associate Company.

DEPOSITS:

The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any deposits during the year under review.

SHARES:

The Company has not bought back any of its securities during the year under review.

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review.

No Bonus Shares were issued during the year under review.

The Company has not provided any Stock Option Scheme to the employees.

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

In accordance with the provisions of Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board hereby submit its responsibility Statement:—

(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

(b) The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;

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

(d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and

(e) The directors, in the case of a listed company, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.- Not applicable to Private Limited Company.

Internal financial control means the policies and procedures adopted by the Company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business including adherence to Company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial information.

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I place on record my appreciation and gratitude to all the employees and others who had extended their support and co-operation during the year to achieve the targeted goals of the Company. In particular I am grateful to various officials of the Govt. especially from the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals & Petro Chemicals, The Finance Ministry, Ministry of Environment & Forestry, Government of India, Government of Telangana, Promoter Company i.e. HOCL and Board Members. I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to our valued customers, suppliers, Statutory Bodies, Investors, our bankers State Bank of Hyderabad, Statutory/Govt Auditors, etc for the continued support. In conclusion I am fully confident that with the continued support from all of you my urge to place your Company in the pedestal of success will not be unrealistic.

We on our part would continue our efforts to take your Company into the future by meeting the challenges & grabbing the opportunities in our endeavor in the path towards turnaround. We look forward to your continued support in this ongoing process.

In conclusion we are optimistic that the company would attain significant profits in the near future.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

By order of the Board of Directors

of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd.,

Sd/-

(V.B.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR) CHAIRMAN

PLACE: HYDERABAD

DATE : 14.08.2015


Mar 31, 2014

Dear Members,

The Directors are glad to present the 31st Annual Report of the company together with Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2014.

FINANCIAL RESULTS: [Section 217(1)(a)]

The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2014 is summarized below:

(Rs. in lacs

Particulars Financial Year Financial Year 2013-14 2012-2013

Revenue from operations (including net sales) 3134.45 4447.51

Sales Turnover(Net) 2788.92 4080.31

Gross Profit / (Loss) for the year (2209.67) 369.89

Less: Interest & Financing Charges 143.89 105.81

Cash Profit / (Loss) (2353.56) 264.08

Less: Depreciation 114.68 167.88

Profit / (Loss) for the year (2468.24) 96.20

Add: Prior Period Adjustments 14.23 1.32

Net Profit (Loss) (2482.47) 94.88

RESERVES: [Section 217(1 )(b)]: Nil DIVIDEND: [Section 217(1)(c)]

In view of the accumulated losses at the end of the Financial Year 2013-14 are carried forward, your Directors do not recommend any dividend on eq- uity shares for the year ended 31.03.2014. OPERATIONS AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE Your Company has made Net loss of Rs. 2482.47 lacs from operations as against the net profit of Rs.94.88 lacs of the previous year. During the year, the sales turnover (net) was Rs.2788.92 lacs as against Rs.4080.31 lacs in the previous year. This is mainly due to employee benefits against wage revision, Decrease in sales realization of main product PTFE and discontinuation of CDM Project in international market. During the year under report production of PTFE was 183.96 Metric Tones as against 154.78 Metric Tones in the previous year. During the year, 555.17 Metric Tones of CFM- 22 was sold in the market against 244.73 Metric Tones in the previous year and balance quantity was used as feed stock to manufacture various products including Fluoro Specialty Chemicals.

Accordingly, during the year 22.38 Metric Tones of Tetra Fluoro Etylene (TFE) was used to manufacture TFE-ETHER. Quality of all company''s products continued to be well accepted by our customers. Company has achieved 86% capacity utilization was achieved as against 82% in the previous financial year. In spite of better physical performance, financial performance was badly affected due to the reasons mentioned above.

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM) PROJECT:

In absence of buyers from European Union, CER prices was drastically come down, hence company is not generating CERs.

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 In consonance with the provisions of the Right to information Act, 2005, Company has appointed Appellate Authorities/ Public Information officers at all the units/ offices of the company to respond effectively to the request of the applicants under the acts in synchronization with the direction of Central Information Commission(CIC), for promotion of Institutional transparency with in the public authority through proactive and effective implementation of section 4 of the RTI Acts, 2005, the company has also appointed a transparency officer that company has created necessary mechanism to meet the objective to bring out transparency in the functioning of organization as envisaged by RTI Act.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Recognizing the obligation to the society both in the areas of environment protection and social development, company has taken initiatives towards implementing welfare schemes for uplifting the quality of living of the community surrounding the area around the factory. Company is giving aid to schools by way of paying salaries to two Vidya Volunteers.

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:

The management has taken the great responsibilities for continuous monitoring and protecting the health and environment as per statutory compliance. The environment is maintained clean as per standard emissions norms and with respect to noise pollution norms prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board and under guidelines of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

The health record of employees working in production Division is maintained in the Health Register in Form 7.

FIRE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE:

The Company pays special attention to ensure safety of the factory and workers employed therein.

The Company accords the same priority attention to safety aspects as it does to production and productivity, be it in a personal safety, process safety, environment safety or product stewardship and allocated adequate resources of men, machine, money, time and energy to maintain the standards thus performance during the year is very good. The Company continued to maintain good safety record without any major accident of fire. The financial year 2013-14 was a zero accident year. A Mock drill is a practice which trains an individual about the course of action to be taken in case of real emergency occurs. This is one of the most effective technique to train, aware & alert people in a process plant location.

A surprise Mock drill was conducted at site to analyze the capacities of Plant, Equipment operating & employees skills towards Emergency preparedness & response.

We are conducting Emergency Mock drill oftenly or once in a year in presence of external Authority i.e Director of Factories AP & higher management of HFL in compliance with ISO 2000 - 2001.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shri. V B Ramchandran Nair, Chairman and Managing Director was appointed as Chairman with effect from 12.08.2013.

Shri S V Kanaka Seshu, Nominee Director (APIDC) ceased to be Director of the Company with effect from 28.08.2013.and in his place Smt. Anitha Rajendra,IAS was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 07.09.2013.

Dr. B D Kulkarni, Nominee Director (HOCL) was ceased as Nominee Director with effect from 07.09.2013.

Shri J N Suryawanshi, Nominee Director (HOCL) was ceased as Nominee Director with effect from 21.02.2014.

Shri. S B Bhide, Nominee Director (HOCL) was ceased as Nominee Director with effect from 21.02.2014.

Dr. N J Gaikwad, Nominee Director (HOCL) was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from ,2102.2014.

Two Directors viz. Shri. Suresh Kumar R, Nominee Director (HOCL) and Shri. Arun Agarwal, Nominee Director (GOVT) is due for retirement by rotation at the ensuing 31st Annual General Meeting of the Company and eligible for re-appointment. IMPLMENTATION OF OFFCIAL LANGUAGE POLICY:

During the year under report, your Company continued to Promote Hindi as Official Language in day to day working in line with the Government policies for its intensive and extensive efforts for progressive use of the official language. Official Language Implementation Cell of the Company continued to function effectively.

ISO CERTIFICATION:

Company''s quality management system is accredited as an ISO 9001:2008. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:

Information in accordance with the provisions required to be disclosed under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosures of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 Regarding Conservation of energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earning and outgo are given at Annexure I, Form A to this Report.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:

The company is continuously conducting the research and development to deliver goods through innovative development;

a. It is actively involved in collaborative program with IICT & Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

b. Development of superior grades of PTFE are given at Annexure I, Form B to this Report.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Employee relations continued to be cordial throughout the year. Your Company has been implementing reservation policies of GOI for SCs/ STs/OBCs/Persons with disabilities. Representatives of SCs/ STs Categories are associated in Recruitment of Departmental Promotion Committees. A statement showing representation of employees belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Backward classes /Minorities categories is appended as Annexure-II to this report.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

None of the employees of the company is drawing remuneration requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 217(2A) of Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975.

VIGILANCE

With the approval of the Ministry, an Officer of the company has been nominated as "Vigilance Officer" (Part time) from amongst the Officers of the Company to take care of Vigilance functions. Vigilance activities have mainly been directed to check the lacunae in the existing systems and procedures through periodic checks. The instructions of the Central Vigilance Commission received from time to time have been implemented to strengthen the vigilance machinery in the company.

AUDITORS:

The Statutory Audit of your Company was conducted by M/s.S Daga & Co Charted Accountants, who were appointed as Statutory Auditors for the Financial year 2013-14 by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C &AG) as per Section 619(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, Auditors Report on the Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2014 is at Annexure- III.

The comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India u/s 619(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 on the Accounts of the company for the year 2013-14 has been annexed to the Annual Report for the period 2013-14 and forms part of the Annual Report.

Pursuant to the directions of Central Government for audit of Cost Accounts, your company has appointed M/s. DZR & Co as cost auditors for the year ended 31st March, 2014 as prescribed under the Cost Accounting Records (Reports) Rules, 2011, the cost accounting records are being maintained by all the units of kthe company. The Cost Auditor Reports for the year financial year 2012- 13 were filed on 11/11/2013.

LEGAL COMPLAINCE

The Company has complied with all the legal provisions effectively. Although it has filed two petition to Company Law Board during the financial year 2011-12 regarding condolation of delay in filing of satisfaction of charge documents of Life Insurance Corporation of India, with the Registrar of Companies.

INSURANCE:

All properties and insurable interest of the company including building, plant and machinery and goods are adequately insured. As required under Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, the company has taken necessary insurance cover.

TRADING AND DEMAT FACILITIES FOR SHARES:

The company shares are listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Company got ISIN No.INE 806J01013 and demat facilities with Central Depository Services (India) Limited, (CDSL) and with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) for the equity shares of the company.

84.02% of the Share Capital of the Company has been Dematerialize the shares, the Company has been Dematerialized as on 31st March, 2014- total accounts Dematerialized is 1656 involving 16467350 shares (which constitutes 84.02% of the share capital) .

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

In accordance with the Listing Agreement, the Management discussion and analysis report is annexed hereto in Annexure - IV and forms part of the Directors'' Report.

RISK MANAGEMENT

In pursuance to comply with Clause 49(IV) (C) of the Listing Agreement and Clause 7.3 of the DPE Guidelines on Corporate Governance for CPSEs, The Risk Management process includes Risk Identification, Risk assessment, Risk evaluation, categorization, Risks treatment plan for mitigation of risks and escalation/ reporting of risks to Board. some of the risks and concerns, which we are facing as follows:

- Obsolete Technology and uneconomical plant size.

- Manpower cost is high.

- Investment is required to upgrade the technology of old plant to reduce the cost of production.

- PTFE Prices are continuously reducing.

To mitigate the above risks your company has taken following action:

- Company is already working on development of advanced grades of PTFE, Which will reduce dependency of existing grades of PTFE.

- Company is in the process of refurbishment of the existing plant with the help of loan from GOVT, this will increase the efficiency.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The Company has complied with the various requirements of Corporate Governance. The details in this regard form part of this report in Annexure-V.

COMPLIANCE OF DPE GUIDELINES & POLICIES:

The Guidelines & policies issued by the Department of Public Enterprises from time to time are being complied with and implemented with the approval of the Board of Directors/ Competent Authority. TRAINING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

The company furnishes set of documents and booklets to the Directors on their joining the Board. This includes important data about the performance of the Company, Memorandum & Articles of Association, Corporate Governance guidelines, Delegation of powers, Product line brochures etc. A copy of the monograph on position, duties and liabilities of Directors is also circulated among the Directors.

CODE OF CONDUCT:

In line with the requirements of Clause 49 of Listing Agreement, the Board Members and Senior Management personnel have affirmed compliance with the code of conduct for the financial year ended 31st March, 2014.

The Company has adopted "Code of Conduct and Ethics" for the Directors and Senior Executives of the Company. The object is to conduct the Company''s business ethically and with responsibility, integrity, fairness, transparency and honesty. The code is available on Company''s website www.hfl.co.in. All directors and senior management personnel have complied compliance with the Code of Conduct and ethics as on 31st March, 2014.

MISSION/ VISION:

To position itself to be a niche player in the production of Fluorospeciality chemicals by 2015.

OBJECTIVES :

1. To increase the capacity utilization from 80% to 90% during the financial year 2013-14.

2. To Endeavour to convert entire quantity of TFE into various Fluoro Speciality Chemicals by 2015-16.

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

The Directors confirm:

(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

(b) the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;

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

(d) the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and

(e) the directors, in the case of a listed company, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

Explanation. — For the purposes of this clause, the term "internal financial controls" means the policies and procedures adopted by the company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company''s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information;

(f) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I place on record my appreciation and gratitude to all the employees and others who had extended their support and co-operation during the year to achieve the targeted goals of the Company. In particular I am grateful to various officials of the Govt. especially from the Govt. of India, Govt of Telangana, the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Finance Ministry, Ministry of Environment & Forestry, Promoter Company i.e. HOCL and Board Members. I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to our valued customers, suppliers, Statutory Bodies, Investors, Banks particularly our bakers State Bank of Hyderabad, Statutory/Govt Auditors, Cost Auditors etc for the continued support. In conclusion I am fully confident that with the continued support from all of you my urge to place your Company in the pedestal of success will not be unrealistic.

We on our part would continue our efforts to take your Company into the future by meeting the challenges & grabbing the opportunities in our endeavor in the path towards turnaround. We look forward to your continued support in this ongoing process.

In conclusion we are optimistic that the company would attain significant profits in the near future.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

By order of the Board of Directors of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd.,

Sd/-

(V.B.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR) CHAIRMAN

PLACE: HYDERABAD DATE : 25.07.2014


Mar 31, 2013

The Directors are glad to present the 30th Annual Report of the company together with Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2013.

FINANCIAL RESULTS:[Section 217(1)(a)]

The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2013 is summarized below:

(Rs. in lacs)

Particulars Financial Year Financial Year 2012-13 2011-2012

Revenue from operations (including net sales) 4447.51 6758.16

Sales Turnover(Net) 4080.31 6282.93

Gross Profit / (Loss) for the year 369.89 497.55

Less: Interest & Financing Charges 105.81 128.69

Cash Profit / (Loss) 264.08 368.86

Less: Depreciation 167.88 155.19

Profit / (Loss) for the year 96.20 213.67

Add: Prior Period Adjustments 1.32 (38.58)

Net Profit (Loss) 94.88 252.25

RESERVES: [Section 217(1)(b)]: Nil

DIVIDEND: [Section 217(1)(c)]

In view of the accumulated losses at the end of the Financial Year 2012-13 are carried forward, your Directors do not recommend any dividend on equity shares for the year ended 31.03.2013.

OPERATION AND OVERALL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE:

During the year, the sales turnover (net) was Rs.4080.31 lacs as against Rs.6282.93 lacs in the previous year. During the year under report production of PTFE was 154.78 Metric Tones as against 143.83 Metric Tones in the previous year. During the year, 244.73 Metric Tones of CFM-22 was sold in the market against 291.77 Metric Tones in the previous year and balance quantity was used as feed stock to manufacture various products including Fluoro Specialty Chemicals. Accordingly, during the year 156.14 Metric Tones of Tetra Fluoro Etylene (TFE) was used to manufacture TFE-ETHER. Quality of all company''s products continued to be well accepted by our customers. Company has achieved 82% capacity utilization for CFM-22 for this year.

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM):

Company has received payment of second and Third issuance during the financial year. Main customer for CERs was European Union, but due to various reasons they have banned the trading of CERs generated from R-23 Project due to this ban CERs prices has come down drastically, hence it is not economically viable to generate CER from R-23 Project.

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

In consonance with the provisions of the Right to information Act, 2005, Company has appointed Appellate Authorities/ Public Information officers at all the units/ offices of the company to respond effectively to the request of the applicants under the acts in synchronization with the direction of Central Information Commission(CIC), for promotion of Institutional transparency with in the public authority through proactive and effective implementation of section 4 of the RTI Acts, 2005, the company has also appointed a transparency officer that company has created necessary mechanism to meet the objective to bring out transparency in the functioning of organization as envisaged by RTI Act.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Recognizing the obligation to the society both in the areas of environment protection and social development, company has taken initiatives towards implementing welfare schemes for uplifting the quality of living of the community surrounding the area around the factory. Company is providing water and first aid facilities in nearby villages and also giving aid to schools by way of paying salaries to two Vidya Volunteers, providing amenities such as tables, chairs, toilets, Drinking water, by making approach roads to the school etc.,

Medical camps were conducted in peripheral areas near to Rudram and its surrounding villages.

DIVERSIFICATION INTO FLUORO SPECIALITY CHEMICALS:

In accordance with long term strategy of diversify- ing into Fluoro speciality chemicals. the company has successfully commercialized TFE-ETHER. Commercialization of new product is in process.

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:

The management has taken the great responsibilities for continuous monitoring and protecting the health and environment as per statutory compliance. The environment is maintained clean as per standard emissions norms and with respect to noise pollution norms prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board and under guidelines of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

The health record of employees working in produc- tion Division is maintained in the Health Register in Form 7 and these employees are certified for the fitness to work in hazardous process by the certifying Surgeon for the year 2013 as per statutory requirement of Director of Industries Health and Safety, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.

FIRE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE:

The Company pays special attention to ensure safety of the factory and workers employed therein.

The Company accords the same priority attention to safety aspects as it does to production and productivity, be it in a personal safety, process safety, environment safety or product stewardship and allocated adequate resources of men, machine, money, time and energy to maintain the standards thus performance during the year is very good.

The Company continued to maintain good safety record without any major accident of fire. The financial year 2012-13 was a zero accident year.

A Mock drill is a practice which trains an individual about the course of action to be taken in case of real emergency occurs. This is one of the most effective technique to train, aware & alert people in a process plant location.

A surprise Mock drill was conducted at site to analyze the capacities of Plant, Equipment operating & employees skills towards Emergency preparedness & response.

We are conducting Emergency Mock drill oftenly or once in a year in presence of external Authority i.e. Director of Factories AP & higher management of HFL in compliance with ISO 2000-2001.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shri J N Suryawanshi, Nominee Director (HOCL) was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 04.11.2011.

Shri Sanjay Bansal, Nominee Director (Govt) ceased to be Director of the Company with effect from 13.03.2012.and in his place Shri Arun Agarwal, appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 13.03.2012.

Shri. Suresh Kumar R, Nominee Director (HOCL) was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 13.07.2012.

Shri. S B Bhide, Nominee Director (HOCL) was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 07.09.2012.

Shri. V B Ramachandran Nair, Chairman and Managing Director was appointed as Chairman with effect from 12.08.2013.

Six Directors viz. Shri. S V Kanaka Seshu Nominee Director (APIDC), Dr.B D Kulkarni, Nominee Director (HOCL), Shri. S B Bhide, Nominee Director (HOCL), Shri. Suresh Kumar R, Nominee Director (HOCL) Shri. J N Surawanshi, HOCL Nominee Director and Shri. Arun Agarwal, Nominee Director (GOVT) is due for retirement by rotation at the ensuing 30h Annual General Meeting of the Company and eligible for re-appointment.

IMPLMENTATION OF OFFCIAL LANGUAGE POLICY:

During the year under report, your Company continued to Promote Hindi as Official Language in day to day working in line with the Government policies for its intensive and extensive efforts for progressive use of the official language. Official Language Implementation Cell of the Company continued to function effectively.

ISO CERTIFICATION:

Company''s quality management system is accredited has an ISO 9001:2008.

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

Information in accordance with the provisions required to be disclosed under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosures of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 Regarding Conservation of energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and outgo are given at Annexure I, Form A to this Report.

RESERCH & DEVELOPMENT:

The Company is continuously conducting the Research and Development to deliver goods through innovative development; it is actively involved in collaborative Research Program with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) & Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) are given at Annexure I, Form B to this Report.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Employee relations continued to be cordial throughout the year. Your Company has been implementing reservation policies of GOI for SCs/ STs/OBCs/Persons with disabilities. Representa- tives of SCs/ STs Categories are associated in Recruitment of Departmental Promotion Committees. A statement showing representation of employees belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Backward classes /Minorities categories is appended as Annexure-II to this report.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

None of the employees of the company is drawing remuneration requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 217(2A) of Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975.

VIGILANCE

With the approval of the Ministry, an Officer of the company has been nominated as "Vigilance Officer" (Part time) from amongst the Officers of the Company to take care of Vigilance functions. Vigilance activities have mainly been directed to check the lacunae in the existing systems and procedures through periodic checks. The instructions of the Central Vigilance Commission received from time to time have been implemented to strengthen the vigilance machinery in the company.

AUDITORS:

The Statutory Audit of your Company was conduc- ted by M/s.S Daga & Co Chartered Accountants, who were appointed as Statutory Auditors for the Financial year 2012-13 by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C &AG) as per Section 619(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, Auditors'' Report on the Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2013 is at Annexure- III.

The Replies of the Management /Board of Directors on the Auditors Qualifications in their Report are furnished in Annexure – IV.

The comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India u/s 619(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 on the Accounts of the company for the year 2012-13 has been annexed to the Annual Report for the period 2012-13 and forms part of the Annual Report.

Pursuant to the directions of Central Government for audit of Cost Accounts, your company has appointed M/s. DZR & Co as cost auditors for the year ended 31st March, 2013 as prescribed under the Cost Accounting Records (Reports) Rules, 2011, the cost accounting records are being maintained by all the units of the company. The Cost Auditor Reports for the year financial year 2011-12 were filed on 18/01/2013.

LEGAL COMPLAINCE

The Company has complied with all the legal provisions effectively. Although it has filed two petition to Company Law Board during the financial year 2011-12 regarding condolation of delay in filing of satisfaction of charge documents of Industrial Finance Corporation of India and of Life Insurance Corporation of India, with the Registrar of Companies.

INSURANCE:

All properties and insurable interest of the company including building, plant and machinery and goods are adequately insured. As required under Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, the company has taken necessary insurance cover.

TRADING AND DEMAT FACILITIES FOR SHARES:

The company shares are listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Company got ISIN No.INE 806J01013 and demat facilities with Central Depository Services (India) Limited, (CDSL) and with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) for the equity shares of the company.

83.71% of the Share Capital of the Company has been Dematerialized the shares, the Company has been Dematerialized as on 31st March, 2013- total accounts Dematerialized is 1578 involving 16407250 shares (which constitutes 83.71% of the share capital) .

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

In accordance with the Listing Agreement, the Management discussion and analysis report is annexed hereto in Annexure – V and forms part of the Directors'' Report.

RISK MANAGEMENT

In pursuance to comply with Clause 49(IV) (C) of the Listing Agreement and Clause 7.3 of the DPE Guidelines on Corporate Governance for CPSEs, The Risk Management process includes Risk Identification, Risk assessment, Risk evaluation, categorization, Risks treatment plan for mitigation of risks and escalation/ reporting of risks to Board. Some of the risks and concerns, are as follows:

- Obsolete Technology and uneconomical plant size.

- Manpower cost is high.

- Investment is required to upgrade the technology of old plant to reduce the cost of production so as to remain competitive.

- PTFE Prices are continuously reducing.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company has complied with the various requirements of Corporate Governance. The details in this regard form part of this report in Annexure – VI.

COMPLIANCE OF DPE GUIDELINES & POLICIES:

The Guidelines & policies issued by the Department of Public Enterprises from time to time are being complied with and implemented with the approval of the Board of Directors/ Competent Authority.

TRAINING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

The company furnishes set of documents and booklets to the Directors on their joining the Board. This includes important data about the performance of the Company, Memorandum & Articles of Association, Corporate Governance guidelines, Delegation of powers, Product line brochures etc. A copy of the monograph on position, duties and liabilities of Directors is also circulated among the Directors.

WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:

Your company released in transparency on propriety in its business dealings. To take this objective further, company has put in place a Whistle Blower Policy providing for the mechanism to the employees and other stakeholders to report transparency in the above unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of Code of Conduct or Ethics Policy. The disclosures under the Policy are to be made to Ethics Committee Chaired by Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In case of conflict of interest, the whistle blower can directly approach the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The policy provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees who avail of the mechanism. During the year, no disclosures have been received under the whistle blower mechanism.

CODE OF CONDUCT:

In line with the requirements of Clause 49 of Listing Agreement, the Board Members and Senior Management personnel have affirmed compliance with the code of conduct for the financial year ended 31st March, 2013.

The Company has adopted "Code of Conduct and Ethics" for the Directors and Senior Executives of the Company. The object is to conduct the Company''s business ethically and with responsibility, integrity, fairness, transparency and honesty. The code is available on Company''s website www.hfl.co.in. All directors and senior management personnel have complied compliance with the Code of Conduct and ethics as on 31st March, 2013.

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

The Directors confirm:

a. That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and that no material departures have been made from the same.

b. That they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company for the period.

c. That they have taken proper and sufficient care of the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the companies Act, 1956 for safe guarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

d. That they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I place on record my appreciation and gratitude to all the employees and others who had extended their support and co-operation during the year to achieve the targeted goals of the Company. In particular I am grateful to various officials of the Govt. especially from the Govt. of India, the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Finance Ministry, Ministry of Environment & Forestry, Promoter Company i.e. HOCL and Board Members. I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to our valued customers, suppliers, Statutory Bodies, Investors, Banks & FIs etc for the continued support. In conclusion I am fully confident that with the continued support from all of you my urge to place your Company in the pedestal of success will not be unrealistic.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

By order of the Board of Directors

of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd.,

Sd/-

(V.B.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR)

CHAIRMAN

PLACE: HYDERABAD

DATE : 12.08.2013


Mar 31, 2012

The Directors are glad to present the 29th Annual Report of the company together with Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2012.

FINANCIAL RESULTS:(Section 217(1)(a))

The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2012 is summarized below:

(Rs. in lacs) Particulars Financial Year Financial Year 2011-12 2010-2011

Revenue from operations (including net sales) 6416.09 3594.16

Sales Turnover(Gross) 5032.53 3352.42

Gross Profit/(Loss) for the year 497.55 658.62

Less: Interest & Financing Charges 128.69 282.66

Cash Profit/(Loss) 368.86 375.96

Less: Depreciation 155.19 155.65

Profit/(Loss) for the year 213.67 220.31

Add: Prior Period Adjustments (38.58) (3.16)

Net Profit (Loss) 252.25 223.47

RESERVES: [Section 217(1)(b)]: Nil

DIVIDEND: [Section 217(1)(c)]

In view of the accumulated losses at the end of the Financial Year 2011-12 are carried forward, your Directors do not recommend any dividend on equity shares for the year ended 31.03.2012.

OPERATION AND OVERALL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE:

During the year, the sales turnover was Rs.4557.30 lacs as against Rs.3039.38 lacs in the previous year. During the year under report production of PTFE was 139.19 Metric Tones as against 124.58 Metric Tones in the previous year. During the year, 291.77 Metric Tones of CFM-22 was sold in the market and balance quantity was used as feed stock to manufacture various products including Fluoro Specialty Chemicals. Accordingly, during the year 265.17 Metric Tones of Tetra Fluoro Etylene (TFE) was used to manufacture TFE-ETHER. Quality of all company's products continued to be well accepted by our customers. Company has achieved 100% capacity utilization for this year and produced 1265 Metric Tones . This will enhance revenue earning from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for the next year.

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM):

Company has successfully implemented the CDM Project and received payment of first issuance. It is expected that during the financial year 2012-13 also, company will get payment of Second and Third issuance.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Recognizing the obligation to the society both in the areas of environment protection and social development, company has taken initiatives towards implementing welfare schemes for uplifting the quality of living of the community surrounding the area around the factory. Company is providing water and first aid facilities in nearby villages and also giving aid to schools by way of paying salaries to two Vidya Volunteers, providing amenities such as tables, chairs, toilets, by making approach roads to the school etc.,

DIVERSIFICATION INTO FLUORO SPECIALITY CHEMICALS:

In accordance with long term strategy of diversifying into Fluoro speciality chemicals, the company has successfully commercialized TFE- ETHER. We are the only manufacturers for the product in India. This has helped the company to give competitive edge by entering in the niche Market. This has also resulted in 100% capacity utilization during FY 2011-12.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram has accepted our product and company is in the process of implementing the project to manufacture the resin.

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:

The management has taken the great responsibilities for continuous monitoring and protecting the health and environment as per statutory compliance. The environment is maintained clean as per standard emissions norms and with respect to noise pollution norms prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board and under guidelines of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

The health record of employees working in Production Division is maintained in the Health Register in Form 7 and these employees are certified for the fitness to work in hazardous process by the certifying Surgeon for the year 2012 as per statutory requirement of Director of Industries Health and Safety, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.

FIRE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE:

The Company pays special attention to ensure safety of the factory and workers employed therein.

The Company accords the same priority attention to safety aspects as it does to production and productivity, be it in a personal safety, process safety, environment safety or product stewardship and allocated adequate resources of men, machine, money, time and energy to maintain the standards thus performance during the year is very good.

The Company continued to maintain good safety record without any major accident of fire. The financial year 2011-12 was a zero accident year.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shri M K Mittal, Nominee Director (HOCL) ceased to be Director of the Company with effect from 29.07.2011.

Shri J. N. Suryawanshi, Nominee Director (HOCL) was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 04.11.2011.

Shri P S Singh, Nominee Director (Govt) ceased to be Director of the Company with effect from 31.05.2011 and in his place Shri Sanjay Bansal appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 31.05.2011.

Shri Sanjay Bansal, Nominee Director (Govt) ceased to be Director of the Company with effect from 13.03.2012.and in his place Shri Arun Agarwal, appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 13.03.2012.

Shri Suresh Kumar R, Nominee Director (HOCL) was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 13.07.2012.

One Director viz. Dr.B. D. Kulkarni, Nominee Director (HOCL) are due for retirement by rotation at the ensuing 29h Annual General Meeting of the Company and eligible for re-appointment.

IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE POLICY:

During the year under report, your Company continued to Promote Hindi as Official Language in day to day working in line with the Government policies for its intensive and extensive efforts for progressive use of the official language. Official Language Implementation Cell of the Company continued to function effectively.

ISO CERTIFICATION:

Company's quality management system is accredited has an ISO 9001:2008.

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

Information in accordance with the provisions required to be disclosed under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the

Companies (Disclosures of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 Regarding Conservation of energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earning and outgo are given at Annexure I, Form - A to this Report.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT:

The Company is continuously conducting the Research and Development to deliver goods through innovative development; it is actively involved in collaborative Research Program with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC) are given at Annexure I, Form B to this Report.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Employee relations continued to be cordial throughout the year. Company continued to follow Govt. policy of reservation in recruitment of SC/ ST/OBC. Analysis relating to SC/ST/OBC/ WOMEN personnel in the company is given at Annexure-II.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

None of the employees of the company is drawing remuneration requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 217(2A) of Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975.

VIGILANCE

With the approval of the Ministry, an Officer of the company has been nominated as "Vigilance Officer" (Part time) from amongst the Officers of the Company to take care of Vigilance functions. Vigilance activities have mainly been directed to check the lacunae in the existing systems and procedures through periodic checks. The instructions of the Central Vigilance Commission received from time to time have been implemented to strengthen the vigilance machinery in the company.

AUDITORS

In pursuance of Section 619(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has appointed M/s. Daga &Co, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad as Auditors of the Company to Audit the accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2012.

The Replies of the Management/Board of Directors on the Auditors Qualifications in their Report are furnished in Annexure – III.

The Company has revised the annual accounts for the financial year 31st March, 2012 based on the observation made by the and Auditor General.

The comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India u/s 619(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 on the Accounts of the company for the year 2011-12 has been annexed to the Annual Report for the period 2011-12 and forms part of the Annual Report.

LEGAL COMPLIANCE

The Company has complied with all the legal provisions effectively. Although it has filed two petitions to Company Law Board during the financial year 2011-12 regarding con-donation of delay in filing of satisfaction of charge documents of Industrial Finance Corporation of India and of Life Insurance Corporation of India, with the Registrar of Companies.

INSURANCE:

All properties and insurable interest of the company including building, plant and machinery and goods are adequately insured. As required under Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, the company has taken necessary insurance cover.

TRADING AND DEMAT FACILITIES FOR SHARES:

The company shares are listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Company got ISIN No.INE 806J01013 and demat facilities with Central Depository Services (India) Limited, (CDSL) and with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) for the equity shares of the company.

83.31% of the Share Capital of the Company has been Dematerialize the shares, the Company has been Dematerialized as on 31st March, 2012- total accounts Dematerialized is 1431 involving 16328050 shares (which constitutes 83.31% of the share capital).

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

In accordance with the Listing Agreement, the Management discussion and analysis report is annexed hereto in Annexure – IV and forms part of the Directors' Report.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company has complied with the various requirements of Corporate Governance. The details in this regard form part of this report in Annexure – V.

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

The Directors confirm:

a. That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and that no material departures have been made from the same.

b. That they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company for the period.

c. That they have taken proper and sufficient care of the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the companies Act, 1956 for safe guarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

d. That they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I place on record my appreciation and gratitude to all the employees and others who had extended their support and co-operation during the year to achieve the targeted goals of the Company. In particular I am grateful to various officials of the Govt. especially from the Govt. of India, the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Finance Ministry, Ministry of Environment & Forestry, Promoter Company i.e. HOCL and Board Members. I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to our valued customers, suppliers, Statutory Bodies, Investors, Banks & FIs etc for the continued support. In conclusion I am fully confident that with the continued support from all of you my urge to place your Company in the pedestal of success will not be unrealistic.

By order of the Board of Directors of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd.,

(R. N. MADANGERI) CHAIRMAN

PLACE: HYDERABAD DATE : 13.07.2012


Mar 31, 2011

Dear Members,

The Directors are glad to present the 28th Annual Report of the company together with Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2011.

FINANCIAL RESULTS [Sec.217(1 )(a)] :

The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2011 is summarized below:

(Rs. in lacs)

Financial Financial Year Year 2010-11 2009-10

Sales Turnover (Gross) 3352.42 1927.06

Gross Profit / Loss for the year 658.62 666.36

Less: Interest & Financing Charges 282.66 270.09

Cash Profit (Loss) 375.96 396.27

Less: Depreciation 155.65 88.95

Profit/(Loss) for the year 220.31 307.32

Add: Prior period Adjustments 3.16 (1.06)

Net Profit/(Loss) 223.47 306.26

RESERVES [Sec.217(1 )(b)] : NIL

DIVIDEND [Sec.217(1 )(c)] :

In view of the accumulated losses at the end of the financial year 2010-11 are carried forward, your Directors do not recommend any dividend on equity shares for the year ended 31.03.2011.

OPERATION AND OVERALL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE:

During the year, the sales turnover was Rs.3352.42 lacs as against Rs. 1927.06 lacs in the previous year. During the year under report production of PTFE was 124.58 Metric Tones as against 85.88 Metric Tones in the previous year. During the year, 405.49 Metric Tones of CFM-22 was sold in the market and balance quantity was used as feed stock to manufacture various products including Fluoro Specialty Chemicals. Accordingly, during the year 255 Metric Tones of Tetra Fluoro Etylene (TFE) was used to manufacture TFE-ETHER. Quality of all company's products continued to be well accepted by our customers. Company has achieved 100% capacity utilization of CFM-22 plant and produced 1265 Metric Tones as against 940.5 Metric Tones in the previous year. This will significantly improve the revenue from CDM.

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM(CDM) :

CDM Project got registered on 14.11.2008 by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Board and it is commissioned in January, 2010 and thermal oxidation of 42.5 Metric Tones of CFM-23 was done. UNFCCC had advised HFL to revise the monitoring plan. Accordingly, revised monitoring plan was submitted to validation agency i.e., SGS, Germany. The CERs were awarded by UNFCCC on 11.03.2011. The company has sold all CERs to the highest bidder M/s Mercuria Energy Trading, S.A., Switzerland through Global Tendering process on 26.04.2011. Validation of second lot is in progress and it is expected issuance for this lot will happen in FY.2011-2012.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Recognizing the obligation to the society both in the areas of environment protection and social development, company has taken initiatives towards implementing welfare schemes for uplifting the quality of living of the community surrounding the factory area. Company is providing water and first aid facilities in near by villages.

DIVERSIFICATION INTO FLUORO SPECIALITY CHEMICALS:

In accordance with long term strategy of diversifying into Fluoro Speciality Chemicals, the company has successfully commercialized TFE- ETHER. We are the only manufacturers for the product in India. This has helped the company to give competative edge by entering in the Niche Market. This has also resulted in 100% capacity utilization during FY 2010-2011.

Encouraged by the success of the first product, the company has undertaken development of other products. One such product is in the final stage of acceptance by M/s.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram.

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (HE)

The management has taken the great responsibilities for continuous monitoring and protecting the health and environment as per statutory compliance. The environment is maintained clean as per standard emissions norms and with respect to noise pollution norms prescribed by central pollution control Board and under guidelines of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India.

The health record of employees working in Production Division is maintained in the Health Register in Form 7 and these employees are certified for the fitness to work in hazardous process by the certifying Surgeon for the year 2011 as per statutory requirement of Director of Industries Health and Safety, Govt, of Andhra Pradesh.

FIRE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE:

The Company pays special attention to ensure safety of the factory and workers employed there in.

The Company accords the same priority attention to safety aspects as it does to production and productivity, be it in a personal safety, process safety, environment safety or product stewardship and allocated adequate resources of men, machine, money, time, energy to maintain the standards thus performance during the year is very good.

The Company continued to maintain good safety record without any major accident / fire. The financial year 2010-11 was a zero accident year.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman Shri A S Didolkar, CMD, HOCL Superannuated on 31.08.2010 and in his place Shri R N Madangeri, Chairman and Managing Director, HOCL has taken charge as Chairman of the Board.

Shri. S.W.Oak, BIFR Special Director Ceased to be Director of the Company with effect from 21.09.2010

Shri S V Kanaka Seshu, Director, APIDC was appointed as Nominee Director with effect from 18.10.2010

Shri P S Singh, Director, Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has been appointed as a Govt, of India Nominee Director with effect from 18.10.2010 to 31.05.2011 and in his place Shri Sanjay Bansal, Director, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has been appointed as a Govt, of India Nominee Director with effect from 31.05.2011.

Two Directors viz. Shri Sanjay Bansal, Govt Nominee Director and Shri Mahesh Kumar Mittal, HOCL Nominee Director are due for retirement by rotation at the ensuing 28m Annual General Meeting of the Company and eligible for re-appointment.

ISO CERTIFICATION:

Company quality management system is accredited as an ISO 9001:2008.

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

Information in accordance with the provisions required to be disclosed under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosures of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 regarding Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earning and outgo are given at Annexure-I, Form A to this Report.

RESERCH & DEVOLOPMENT:

The Company is continuously conducting the Research and Development to deliver goods through innovative development; it is actively involved in collaborative Research Program with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) are given in Annexure-I, Form B to this Report.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Employee relations continued to be cordial throughout the year. Company continued to follow Govt, policy of reservation in recruitment of SC/ ST/OBC. Analysis relating to SC/ST/OBC/ WOMEN personnel in the company is given at Annexure-ll.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

None of the employees of the company is drawing remuneration requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 217(2A) of Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975.

VIGILANCE:

With the approval of the Ministry, an Officer of the company has been nominated as "Vigilance Officer" (Part time) from amongst the Officers of the Company to take care of Vigilance functions. Vigilance activities have mainly been directed to check the lacunae in the existing systems and procedures through periodic checks. The instructions of the Central Vigilance Commission received from time to time have been implemented to strengthen the vigilance machinery in the company.

AUDITORS

In pursuance of Section 619(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has appointed M/s. Siva Krishna & Narayan, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad as Auditors of the Company to Audit the accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2011.

The Replies of the Management / Board of Directors on the Auditors qualifications in their report are furnished in Annexure - III.

The comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India u/s 619(4) of the Companies Act, 1956 on the Accounts of the company for the year 2010-11 has been annexed to the Annual Report for the period 2010-11 and forms part of the Annual Report.

INSURANCE:

All properties and insurable interest of the company including building, plant and machinery and goods are adequately insured. As required under Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, the company has taken necessary insurance cover.

TRADING AND DEMAT FACILITIES FOR SHARES'.

The company shares are listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Company got ISIN No.lNE 806J01013 and demat facilities with Central Depository Services (India) Limited, (CDSL) and with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) for the equity shares of the company

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

In accordance with the Listing Agreement, the Management discussion and analysis report is annexed hereto in Annexure - IV and forms part of the Directors' Report.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company has complied with the various requirements of Corporate Governance. The details in this regard form part of this report in Annexure - V.

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors confirm:

a. That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and that no material departures have been made from the same.

b. That they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company for the period.

c. That they have taken proper and sufficient care of the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safe guarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

d. That they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I place on record my appreciation and gratitude to all the employees and others who had extended their support and co-opeation during the year to achieve the targeted goals of the Company. In particular I am greatful to various officials of the Govt, especially from the Govt, of India, the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Finance Ministry, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Promoter Company i.e. HOCL and Board Members. I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to our valued Customers, Suppliers, Statutory Bodies, Investors, Banks & FIs etc for the continued support. In conclusion I am fully confident that with the continued support from all of you my urge to place your Company in the pedestal of success will not be unrealistic.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Sd/- (R.N.MADANGERI) CHAIRMAN

Place : Hyderabad Date : 20.6.2011

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