Directors Report of SM Auto Stamping Ltd.

Mar 31, 2025

The Directors of your Company are pleased to present their 19th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Annual Financial Statements and the Auditors'' Report thereon for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025.

1. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

The Financial Performance of your Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025, as compared to the previous financial year is summarized as below:

(In Rupees)

(In Rupees)

PARTICULARS

31.03.2025

31.03.2024

Revenue from Operation

66,38,33,240

67,56,36,526

Other Income

1,88,71,552

84,57,191

Total Income

68,27,04,791

68,40,93,717

Total Expenditure

64,42,84,318

63,53,30,258

Profit Before Tax

3,84,20,473

4,91,40,864

Profit After Tax

2,74,97,446

3,00,37,279

The entire amount of profit for the year ?2,74,97,446/- is retained as "Surplus" as shown in Note No 3 of the financial statement for the year ended on 31st March 2025.

Review of Operations:

During the financial year 2024-25, your Company has achieved revenue from operations of ?66,38,33,240 /-as compared to ? 67,56,36,526/in the Previous Year. The profit after taxes and deferred tax expenses for current financial year is ? 2,74,97,446/- as compared to ?3,00,37,279/-during the previous financial year.

2. TRANSFER TO RESERVES:

Pursuant to provisions of Section 134 (3) (j) of the Companies Act 2013, for the financial year ended on 31st March 2025, the company has not proposed to transfer any amount to general reserve account of the company.

3. DIVIDEND:

The Board of Directors of your company, after considering holistically the relevant circumstances and considering the growth opportunities has decided that it would be prudent, not to recommend any dividend for the year under review.

The status of dividend remaining unclaimed as on 31st March 2025.

The Amount ? 16920/- is unpaid dividend as on 31st March 2025 as mentioned in the Note No 9

i.e. other current liabilities of financial statement for the year under review forming part of this annual report.

The Company has hosted on its website the details of the unclaimed dividend/unclaimed shares/interest/principal amounts for the FY2022-23,

Dividend Status whether it can be claimed -

Unclaimed

Dividend

Status

Whether it can be claimed

Can be claimed from

Action to be taken

Interim dividend declared during the financial year 2022-2023

Amount ? 16,920/-

Amount

lying in

respective

Unpaid

Dividend

Account

Yes

From Registrars and Transfer Agent

Bigshare Services Pvt Ltd.

Letter on plain paper from the claimant.

Updation of bank details for remittance of dividend/ cash benefits in electronic form

Shareholders holding shares in electronic form may please note that instructions regarding change of address, bank details, e-mail ids, nomination and power of attorney should be given directly to the DP.

Since all the shareholding of the company is in dematerialized form, the respective shareholders is requested to claim the unclaimed dividend by contacting their DP and giving suitable instructions to update the bank details in their demat account.

On and from April 1, 2024 onwards, if payment of dividend is due the same shall be paid electronically upon furnishing PAN, contact details including mobile number, bank account details and specimen signature. Meanwhile, such unpaid dividend shall be kept by the Company in the Unpaid Dividend Account in terms of the Companies Act, 2013.

4. CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS, IF ANY:

There were no changes in the nature of the Business of the Company during the year under review.

5. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANYWHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN ENDS OF THEFINANCIAL YEAR TO WHICH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND DATE OF REPORT: -

Pursuant to provisions of Section 134(3) (l) there were no material changes affecting financial position of the Company which have occurred between end of the financial year to which the financial statements relate and date of report.

6. SHARE CAPITAL:

A) Authorized Capital: As on 31st March 2025, the Authorized Share Capital of the Company is? 16,50,00,000/- consisting of 1,65,00,000 equity shares of ? 10/- each

B) Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Capital: As on 31st March 2025, the issued, subscribed and paid up share capital of the Company is?13,68,78,320/- consisting of 1,36,87,832Equity Shares of ? 10/- each.

C) Changes in Share Capital: During the period under review, there was no change in the authorized, subscribed, issued and paid-up share capital of the Company.

7. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 43(a)(ii) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any shares with Differential Rights and hence no information as per provisions of Section 43(a) (ii) of the Act read with Rule 4(4) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

8. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 54(1)(d) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review and hence no information as per provisions of Section 54(1)(d) of the Act read with Rule 8(13) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

9. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 62(1)(b) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any Equity shares under Employees Stock Option Scheme during the year under review and hence no information as per provisions of Section 62(1)(b) of the Act read with Rule 12(9) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

10. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 67(3) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

During the year under review, there were no instances of non-exercising of voting rights in respect of shares purchased directly by employees under a scheme pursuant to Section 67(3) of the Act read with Rule 16(4) of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

11. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM:

All i.e.1,36,87/832Equity Shares of the Company are in dematerialized form as on 31st March, 2025.

12. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND:

The Company does not have any funds lying unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years. Therefore, there were no funds required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).

13. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP):

a. Present composition of Board of Directors: As on the date of this report, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises of total Six Directors. The Composition of the Board of Directors is as under:

Sr.

No.

Name of Directors

DIN

Designation

1

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

00248797

Chairperson and Managing Director

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

06896902

Non Executive Director

3

Mr. Suresh GunawantFegde

00248850

Whole Time Director

4

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

07193063

Non Executive Director

5

Mr.

SunilkumarSatyanarainDayama

08492339

Independent Director

6

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

02235602

Independent Director

b. During the period under review, there were no any appointments/cessations/changes in designation of directors of the Company.c. Appointment of Directors Retirement by Rotation:

In accordance with the provisions of section 152 of Companies Act, 2013 read with rules thereunder and as per Articles of Association of the Company, Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni (DIN:06896902) liable to retire by rotation at the ensuing 19thAnnual General Meeting and being eligible offer herself for re-appointment. The board recommends her re-appointment for your approval in the ensuing annual general meeting. The brief details, as required under Secretarial Standard-2 and Regulation 36 of SEBI Listing Regulations, are provided in the Notice of ensuing AGM.

d. Changes in Key Managerial Personnel

Sr.

No.

Name

Designation

Change

1.

Mr. Suresh Govind Jagdale

Chief Financial Officer

Resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company w.e.f 11th

September, 2024.

2.

Mr. Vaibhav Bharat Khadke

Chief Financial Officer

Appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company w.e.f 20th September, 2024.

3.

Mr Pawan Pundlik Mahajan

Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

No Change

14. DECLARATION FROM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

During the financial year under review, Declarations were received from all the Independent Directors of the Company stating that they satisfy the "criteria of Independence" as defined under Regulation 16(b) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with the provisions of Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, any other applicable Schedules and Rules framed there-under.

The Independent Directors have also given declaration of compliance with Rules 6(1) and 6(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, with respect to their name appearing in the data bank of Independent Directors maintained by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

15. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES:

During the financial year ended 31st March, 2025, 7 (Seven) Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company were held on 21st May, 2024, 29th May, 2024, 11thJuly, 2024, 19th September, 2024, 19th October,2024, 12th November, 2024 and 4th February, 2025.The intervening gap between two meetings was within the period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013.

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2024-25

Number of meetings attended by the Directors during the Financial Year 2024-25

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2024-25

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

7

7

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

7

5

71.42

Mr. Suresh GunawantFegde

7

7

100.00

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

7

6

85.71

Mr.

SunilkumarSatyanarainDayama

7

7

100.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

7

7

100.00

16. COMMITTEES:i. Audit Committee:

Pursuant to provisions of the Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has constituted an Audit Committee ("Audit Committee") and Regulation 18 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable to the company being a SME listed company.

Composition of Audit Committee:

Sr. No.

Name of Director

Designation in Committee

1

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

Chairperson and member

2

Mr. Sunilkumar SatyanarainDayama

Member

3

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

Member

There was no change in the composition of the audit committee during the year under review. Meetings of Audit committee:

The Audit Committee met 6 (Six) times during the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 on 21st May, 2024, 29th May, 2024, 11thJuly, 2024, 19th September, 2024, 19thOctober, 2024, 12th November, 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder the details attendance to the audit committee meetings is as follows -

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2024-25

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2024-25

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2024-25

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

6

6

100.00

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

6

6

100.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

6

6

100.00

ii. Nomination and Remuneration Committee:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013the Board has constituted the Nomination and Remuneration Committee("NRC Committee")andRegulation 19 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable to the company being a SME listed company.

Composition of Nomination and Remuneration Committee:

Sr. No.

Name of Director

Designationin Committee

1

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Chairperson and member

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

Member

3

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

Member

There was no change in the composition of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee ("NRC Committee") during the year under review.

Meetings of Nomination and Remuneration Committee:

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee met 2 (Two) times during the financial year ended 31st March 2025 on 29th May, 2024 and 19th September 2024in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder and the details attendance to the Nomination and Remuneration Committee meetings is as follows -

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2024-25

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2024-25

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2024-25

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

2

2

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

1

1

50.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

2

2

100.00

The Remuneration Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at the link https://www.smautostamping.com/investors/Nomination-and-Remuneration-Policy.pdf

iii. Stakeholders Relationship Committee:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 the board has constituted Stakeholders Relationship Committee("SRC Committee")andRegulation 20 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable to the company being a SME listed company.

Composition of Stakeholders Relationship Committee

Sr. No.

Name of Director

Designationin Committee

1

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

Chairperson and member

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

Member

3

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain

Member

Dayama

There was no change in the composition of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee ("SRC Committee") during the year under review

Meetings of Stakeholders Relationship Committee ("SRC Committee")

The Stakeholders Relationship Committee met 1 (One) time during the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 on 4th February, 2025, in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder and the details attendance to the Stakeholders Relationship Committee meeting is as follows:

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2024-25

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2024-25

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2024-25

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

1

1

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

1

0

0.00

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain

1

1

100.00

Dayama

iv) Corporate Social Responsibility Committee:

The Company does not fall under the purview of provisions of the Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and hence the Board has not constituted Corporate Social Responsibility Committee ("CSR Committee").

v) Internal Complaints Committee-

Pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 the company has constituted the Internal Complaints Committee. No cases are filed with internal compliant committee during the year the same is detailed Annual Report - Annexure VIII.

17. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the Board has carried the annual evaluation of its own performance, performance of Individual Directors, Board Committees, including the Chairperson of the Board on the basis of attendance, contribution and various criteria to be recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. The evaluation of the working of the Board, its committee, experience and expertise, performance of specific duties and obligations etc.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has set up formal mechanism to evaluate the performance of board of directors as well as that of its committees and individual directors, including Chairperson of the board, key managerial personnel / senior management etc.

The performance of non-independent directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairperson was evaluated, taking into account the views of the Executive Director by the Independent Directors at their separate meeting held on 8th March, 2025.

18. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 197(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND OTHER DISCLOSURES AS PER RULE 5 OF COMPANIES(APPOINTMENT & REMUNERATION) RULES, 2014:

The disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed as Annexure-V.

19. REMUNERATION/ COMMISSION DRAWN FROM HOLDING/SUBSIDIARY COMPANY BY MD AND WTD:

The Company does not have any Holding Company and Subsidiary Company.

20. DIRECTOR''S RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

Pursuant to Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Director''s confirm that: -

i. in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year 2024-25, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there are no material departures;

ii. 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 of the Company for the financial year;

iii. The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act. They confirm that there are adequate systems and controls for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

iv. The Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

v. They have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and operating properly; and

vi. 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.

21. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

The Company has devised systems, policies, procedures, frameworks for ensuring 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 and review by audit committee of the company.

22. FRAUDS REPORTED BY AUDITORS:

During the year under review, the Statutory Auditors and Secretarial Auditor of your Company have not reported any instances of fraud committed in your Company by Company''s officers or employees, to the Audit Committee, as required under Section 143(12) of the Act.

23. DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY, TOINT VENTURE OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:

Our Company does not have any subsidiary or joint venture company as on 31st March, 2025, as defined under Companies Act, 2013 therefore, no such information is required to be furnished.

SM Autovision Private Limited (CIN: U29253MH2012PTC227990) is Associate Company of our company as on 31st March, 2025.

Our Company holds 48% of shareholding in Associate company as on 31st March, 2025.

The highlights of performance of Associate company ,SMAutovision Private Limited as on the Financial Year ended on 31stMarch 2025, is given in Form AOC-1 and is attached and marked as Annexure-I and forms part of this Board''s Report. The contribution of associate company to the overall performance of our company during the period under report is provided in the consolidated financial statements of the company attached along with this annual report.

24. DEPOSITS FROM PUBLIC:

During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any amount falling within the purview of provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act 2013 ("the Act") read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. Hence, the requirement for furnishing of details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act or the details of deposits which are not in compliance with the Chapter-V of the Act is not applicable.

Unsecured loan from director

During the year under review, pursuant to Rule 2(c) (viii) of Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rule 2014 the company has not accepted any unsecured loan form Directors of the company.

25. LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:

No new inter-corporate investment and loan covered under Section 186 of the companies act 2013 and rules thereunder was made by the company during the year under review.

Full particulars of investments and loans covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act 2013 as carried forwarded from previous year and having outstanding balance as on 31st March 2025 has been furnished in the Notes to Accounts No 12 of financial statements for the year ended on 31st March 2025.

During the year under review the company has granted corporate guarantee amounting to ?9,45,00,00/- to the bank in connection with the financial facility obtained by SM Autovision Private Limited (associate company) the details of same are given in the Note No. 33 of the financial statement for the financial year ended on 31st March 2025 and Details of outstanding amount of Corporate Guarantee given to the bank in connection with the financial facility obtained by SM Autovision Private Limited (associate company) is as below.

Particulars

Outstanding amount as on 31st March 2025

Corporate Guarantee Provided

?16,27,52,000/ -

26. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

All transactions with related parties are placed before the Audit Committee for its prior approval. An omnibus approval from Audit Committee is obtained for the related party transactions which are repetitive in nature

All Transactions/Contracts/Arrangements entered into by the Company with Related Party (ies) as provided under the provisions of Section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013, during the Financial Year under review were in ordinary course of business and on an Arm''s Length Basis.

The details are disclosed in Form AOC-2 which is annexed as Annexure-II to this report.

During the year, the material related party transactions had been duly approved by the shareholders of your Company in the previous 18th Annual General Meeting held on 26th July, 2024 for the financial year ended on 31st March 2024.

27. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

The provisions of Section 135 of the Act read with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, are not applicable on the Company.

28. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING & FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING & OUTGO:

The particulars as required under the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 in respect of Conservation of

Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo etc. are furnished in Annexure -IV which forms part of this Report.

29. RISK MANAGEMENT:

Risks are events, situations or circumstances which may lead to negative consequences on the Company''s businesses. Risk management is a structured approach to manage uncertainty.. The Company has laid down a comprehensive Risk Assessment and Minimization Procedure which is reviewed by the Board from time to time. These procedures are reviewed to ensure that executive management controls risk through means of a properly defined framework. The major risks have been identified by the Company and its mitigation process/measures have been formulated in the areas such as business, project execution, event, financial, human, environment and statutory compliance.

The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted and implemented Risk Management Policy of the Company and is available on the website of the Company at the link https://www.smautostamping.com/investors/Material-Policy/Risk-Management-Policy.pdf

30. VIGIL MECHANISM:

Pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 ,the Vigil Mechanism and Whistle-Blower Policy is prepared and adopted by Board of Directors of the Company.

The Company has a vigil mechanism policy wherein the Directors and employees are free to report violations of law, rules and regulations or unethical conduct, actual or suspected fraud to their immediate supervisor or provide direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases or such other persons as may be notified by the Board. The confidentiality of those reporting violations is maintained and they are not subjected to any discriminatory practice.

During the year under review, your Company has not received any complaints under the vigil mechanism.

The Vigil Mechanism Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at

thehttps://www.smautostamping.com/investors/Whistle-Blower-Policy-or-Vigil-

Mechanism.pdf

31. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS, COURTS AND TRIBUNALS:

No significant and material order has been passed by the regulators, courts, tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

32. STATUTORY AUDITORS:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 29th September, 2020, the members has appointed S. R. Rahalkar and Associates, Chartered Accountants, Nashik (FRN- 108283W), holding valid certificate issued by Peer Review Board of ICAI as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held for the financial year 2024-25.The term of auditors S. R. Rahalkar and Associates, Chartered Accountants, Nashik (FRN- 108283W) comes to conclusion at the ensuing 19thAnnual General Meeting.

33. STATUTORY AUDITORS REPORT:

The Statutory Auditors of your Company have issued the Audit Report with unmodified opinion on the Annual Audited Financial Results (Standalone and Consolidated) of your Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025.

Comments of auditor

Comments of the board

Standalone

b. The payroll records maintained by the company through Payroll software did not have audit trail feature throughout the year.

Payroll records are maintained in separate software. Only closing balances of payroll reports are entered in the accounting software,W.e.f24 June 2025 audit trail feature is activated in thispayroll software.

c. Further during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of an audit trail feature (wherever we were able to access) being tampered with.

This point is self-explanatory.

Comments of auditor

Comments of the board

Consolidated

b. The payroll records maintained by the company through Payroll software did not have audit trail feature throughout the year.

Payroll records are maintained in separate software. Only closing balances of payroll reports are entered in the accounting software,W.e.f24 June 2025 audit trail feature is activated in this payroll software.

The Auditors Report on the Audited standalone and consolidated Financial Statement of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2025, is Unmodified and does not contain any qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer, but contains the following observations in the other matter and Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020, "CARO Report" and IFC Report.

c. Further during the course of our audit we

This point is self-explanatory.

did not come across any instance of an audit

trail feature (wherever we were able to access)

being tampered with.

Points observed in Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020, "CARO Report"

Standalone

Particulars

Explanation by Board

(i) (a) (A) The Company is under the process of maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment and investment properties.

The Company has completed the overall physical verification of property, plant & equipment (PPE), now company has maintained the proper records of PPE, showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment.

(i) (a) (B)The company is in the process of maintaining proper records showing full particulars of intangible assets.

At the time of auditit was in process. As on date it has been completed, and proper records showing full particulars of intangible assets have been maintained.

(i) (b) The company has a programme of physical verification of its property, plant and equipment and investment properties by which the property, plant and equipment and investment properties are verified by the

The Company has completed the overall physical verification of property, plant & equipment (PPE).

management according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of three years. However the physical verification of property, plant and equipment was not completed up to 31.03.2025.

(ii) (b) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has been sanctioned working capital limits in excess of five crore rupees, in aggregate, from banks or financial institutions on the basis of security of current assets. In our opinion, the monthly returns or statements filed by the Company with such banks or financial institutions are not in agreement with the books of account

The observation by Auditors is only in respect of Sundry Debtors. There is no discrepancy in the amounts of Stocks and Creditors. Difference in the balances are only in case of three Debtors, and reasons for the same has been communicated to Auditors at the time of audit as below:

"Due to netting off of balances in Trade Receivable and Trade Payable accounts in cases where same parties are customers as well as Vendors".

Consolidated

Particulars

Explanation by Board

1. SM Auto Stamping Ltd. Clause (i) (a) Clause, (i) (b) Clause(ii)(b).

These clauses are related to SM Auto Stamping Ltd and are already explained in above paragraphs.

2. SM Autovision Pvt Ltd. Clause (ii) (b)

This clause is related SM Autovision Pvt Ltd is explained below:

(Amount in T)

Quarters

Debtors (up to 90 days) as per books of accounts

Debtors per stock statement submitted to bank

Difference

Reasons For Material Discrepancies

Apr 24 to June 24

6,31,24,139

6,25,84,669

(5,39,469)

RODTEP (Export Incentives) Receivable not reported to Bank

July 24 to Sept 24

6,62,67,564

6,62,45,191

(22,373)

TDS

Reconciliation and monetary items as mentioned under AS 11 are restated periodically.

Oct 24 to Dec 24

5,02,81,579

5,02,81,564

(15)

Nil

Jan 25 to March 25

6,65,29,639

6,65,05,729

(23,910)

TDS

Reconciliation and monetary items as mentioned under AS 11 are restated periodically.

Points observed in IFC

Standalone

Particulars

Explanation by Board

• The stock module of the company to be

1. In first phase company has integrated

integrated with the ERP software.

• Creation of structured authorization matrix to approve transactions.

• The ERP software possesses Maker-Checker facility. This facility should be strictly adhered to

• Care should be taken to minimize amendments in Purchase Orders.

• System to have a periodic review of the terms and conditions for Trade Receivables and Trade Payables should be put in place. Ageing analysis should be there.

• Periodic review of Master data of various GL and PL Accounts should be undertaken so that inactive accounts can be deactivated or deleted as the case may be.

quantity wise inventory module, in second phase company will integrate valuation wise inventory module.

2. Authorization matrix has been duly defined and made operational

3. Maker & Checker facilityhas been duly activated

4. Company has started the practice of issuing closed purchase orders which will henceforth reduce amendments.

5. Process of reviewing of terms and conditions in respect of trade payables has been started, so as to cover all the suppliers once in every year. Regarding trade receivables terms and conditions are being reviewed every year while finalizing the rates and schedules of each financial year with the customers.

6. Management has now deactivated the allinactive GLs. Inactive ledgers shall be reviewed and deleted every year henceforth.

Consolidated

Particulars

Explanation by Board

• The stock module of the company to be integrated with the ERP software.

• Creation of structured authorization matrix to approve transactions.

• The ERP software possesses Maker-Checker facility. This facility should be strictly adhered to.

• Care should be taken to minimize amendments in Purchase Orders.

• System to have a periodic review of the terms and conditions for Trade Receivables and Trade Payables should be put in place.

• Periodic review of Master data of various GL and Pl Accounts should be undertaken so that inactive accounts

1. In first phase company has integrated quantity wise inventory module, in second phase company will integrate valuation wise inventory module.

2. Authorization matrix has been duly defined and made operational

3. Maker & Checker facility has been duly activated

4. Company has started the practice of issuing closed purchase orders which will henceforth reduce amendments.

5. Process of reviewing of terms and

can be deactivated or deleted as the case may be.

conditions in respect of trade payables has been started, so as to cover all the suppliers once in every year. Regarding trade receivables terms and conditions are being reviewed every year while finalizing the rates and schedules of each financial year with the customers.

6. Management has now deactivated the allinactive GLs. Inactive ledgers shall be reviewed and deleted every year henceforth.

34.

The Notes to the financial statements referred to in the Auditors'' Report are self-explanatory. The Auditors'' Report is enclosed with the financial statements forming part of this Annual Report.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, Sujata R.Rajebahadur, (FCS 5728), holding valid certificate issued by Peer Review Board of ICSI, Practicing Company Secretary having Office Address: Gokul'', 199, M.G. Rd. near Samarth Sahakari Bank, Nashik has been appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company to conduct the Secretarial Audit for the Financial Year 2024-25.

The Secretarial Audit Report forms part of the Annual Report and it is annexed as Annexure-III.

The Secretarial Audit Report for the Financial Year ended on 31st March 2025, issued by Secretarial Auditor, does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.

Following observations was given in Secretarial Audit report:

Particulars

Explanation by Board

During the period under review, except two instances of delayed filing as follows, the Company has filed forms/ returns, which are required to file with ROC under Companies Act, 2013, within the stipulated time period.

1. Form DIR-12 for regularisation of Dr. Sanjay Bhargave, Additional Non- Executive Independent Director of the Company, as an Independent Director was filed on

Forms submitted with additional fees Fess with MCA due to technical issuesarised at the time of filling.Company has done necessary compliance.

26th August, 2024 with additional fees.

2. Form DIR-12 for Cessation of an Independent Director Dr. Sanjay Bhargave was filed on 24th August, 2024 with additional fees.

As informed, the Company has not received any notice from any statutory/ regulatory authorities, except the following two instances:

1. As per BSE Query/MIS/Discrepancy Details: Consolidated Results - Consolidated Result Not Submitted for period ended March 2024.

- Company had submitted Consolidated Result for period ended September 2023. Only Standalone Result Received for Year Ended - March 2024.

Company has taken following steps after receiving said query:

1) Company had received an exchange communication under Listing centre Communication Module (Discrepancies in Financial Results) June 5, 2024.

2) Replied by the Company via letter dated June 6, 2024.

3) Company again received an exchange communication under Listing centre Communication Module (Discrepancies in Financial Results)June 24, 2024.

4) Company has again replied on 25 June 2024.

5) Company received an email on 28 June 2024 for imposition of penalty.

6) The Company, on 11 July, 2024, filed its consolidated Audited Consolidated Financial Results along with Audit Report for the Half Year and Financial Year ended 31st March, 2024.

7) Company has paid the total penalty of Rs. 2,47,800/- (Including GST @18%) to

The Point is self explanatory.

BSE Limited.

6) On 12th July 2024, the Company has

filed an application for waiver of penalties,

giving the detailed basis of Company''s

views.

8) Upon visiting BSE office,The Company

has asked for the personal hearing for

considering the application for waiver of

penalties,by way of email as well as by

physical representation at the BSE Office.

The date of the hearing has not yet been

fixed by the BSE.

2. Investor Complaint:

- The Company has received an

investor complaint on SCORES Platform

on 3 March 2025, regarding the non-

marketability of odd lots of shares, which

has resulted due to the buyback of shares

of the Company during F.Y.2023-24.

- The Company has given

satisfactory reply to the query and is in

process of finding a solution.

- We have been informed that Mr.

Pawan Mahajan, Company Secretary of

SM Auto Stamping Limited had visited

BSEon Friday, 21.03.2025 and had a

meeting with the Head - Listing

Compliance and Legal Regulatory.

Representative from Saffron Capital

Advisory Private Limited, Merchant

Banker & Manager to the Buy-Back offer

was also present. Possible ways for trading

of odd lot shares and providing exit

options to the shareholders who

participated in buybackwere discussed.

After the meeting, ATR was filed by

company.

-As per meeting with Mr.

Gopalkrishnanlyer Sir, Head - Listing

Compliance and Legal Regulatory at BSE

on Friday, 21.03.2025, where Mr. Pawan

Mahajan, Company Secretary of SM Auto Stamping Limited and Mr. Harshal Joshi, from Saffron Capital Advisory Private Limited, Merchant Banker & Manager to the Buy-Back offer were present in the meeting where possible ways were discussed to provide exit options for trading of odd lot shares to the shareholders participated in buyback. After meeting ATR was filed by company.

The Investor Complaint on SCORES Platform has been closed by the SEBI on 1April, 2025.

35. INTERNAL AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provision of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 on 29th May 2024 the Company has appointed Archana Pathak & Associates, Chartered Accountants, (FRN: 137596W) as the Internal Auditor of the Company for Financial Year2024-25.Due to merger of firm Archana Pathak & Associates, Chartered Accountants, (FRN: 137596W) into Laxmikant and Associates, Chartered Accountants, Internal Auditor on July, 02 2024 requested the Company to reissue appointment letter in the name of Laxmikant and Associates, Chartered Accountants(FRN: 135830W) and after considering the same new appointment letter was issued to Laxmikant and Associates, Chartered Accountants. The management of the Company has received Internal Audit Report for Financial Year 2024-25and adopted by Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 23rdMay 2025.

36. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS:

During the year under review, the Company has complied with the provisions of the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by Institute of Company Secretaries of India. 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 and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

37. DISCLSOURE UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016, AND DISCLOSUREOF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT:

During the year under review,no application made or any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016,and no instance of one-timesettlement from banks and financial institution occurred during the year.

38. ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, Annual Return for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2025 prepared under the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Act, shall be made available on website of the company and can be accessed under annual return tab on the web link viz https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.htmlon the website of the Company post AGM.

39. DISCLOSURE FOR MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORD AS SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 148 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2013:

During the year under review, the Company was not required to maintain cost accounts and records as specified by the central government pursuant to provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act 2013, during the year.

40. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:

Pursuant to Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Management Discussion and Analysis report is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure-VI.forming part of this Integrated Annual Report.

41. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

The Company being listed on the SME Platform of Bombay Stock Exchange is exempted from provisions of Corporate Governance as per Regulation 15 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Hence the Company is not required to disclose information as covered under Para (C), (D) and (E) of Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

42. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE:

During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted committee called "Internal Complaints Committee" to ensure safe workplace environment, which covers all employees whether permanent, contractual, trainees, temporary etc.

The company policy against Sexual Harassment of woman at workplace is available on the website of the Company at the https://www.smautostamping.com/investors/Material-Policy / Prevention-of-Sexual-Harrassment-Policy.pdf

Annual Report on Sexual Harassment Policy for the period 1st April, 2024 to 31st March, 2025, is annexed to the Board''s Report as Annexure VIII.

43. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:

Our Company considers its employees as a valuable resource and ensures the strategic alignment of human resource practices to business priorities and objectives. The Company has a

HR policy which emphasizes the need of attaining organizational goals through individual growth and development. The Company always strives to rejuvenate competence through training and personal development across its workforce, employees, staff which excels them for higher engagement and exposure to new opportunities through skill development.

44. CODE OF CONDUCT:

The Code of Conduct of the Company has been approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company.All Board members and senior management personnel have affirmed the compliance with the code.

45. PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING:

As required under the provisions of SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015, the Board of Directors has adopted a code of conduct for prevention of Insider Trading. The Code of Conduct is applicable to all the directors and such identified employees of the Company as well as who are expected to have access to unpublished price sensitive information related to the Company. The Code lays down guidelines, which advises them on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made,while dealing with shares of SM Auto Stamping Limited and cautions them on consequences of violations also the code is modified from time to time considering the amendments.

46. POLICY FOR PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS:

In accordance with the above Regulation 9 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Policy for preservation of documents (The Policy) has been framed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company in their Board Meeting to aid the employees in handling the Documents efficiently. This Policy not only covers the various aspects on preservation of the Documents, but also the safe disposal/destruction of the Documents.

Hence no Corporate Governance Report is required to be annexed with Annual Report.

47. CERTIFICATION FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY:

The Company has obtained a Compliance Certificate in accordance with Regulation 17(8) of SEBI (Listing obligations and disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 from Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni, Managing Director and Mr. Vaibhav Bharat Khadke, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. The same is enclosed as Annexure VII of the Board''s Report.

48. STATEMENT THAT COMPANY HAS COMPLIED WITH MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT.

During the year under review the company does not have any women employee hence the provisions of Maternity Benefit Act does not applicable to the company.

NO OF EMPLOYEES AS ON CLOSURE OF FINANCIAL YEAR The details of no. of employees as on closure of financial year as below

Gender of employee

Number of employees

Male

156

Female

Nil

Transgender

Nil

49. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION:

The Directors wish to place on record appreciation and gratitude for all the co-operation extended by various Government Agencies/Departments, Bankers, Consultants, Business Associates, and Shareholders, Vendors, Customers etc. The Directors also record appreciation for the dedicated services rendered by all the Executives, Staff & Workers of the Company at all levels, for their valuable contribution in the working of the Company.


Mar 31, 2024

The Directors of your Company are pleased to present their 18th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Annual Financial Statements and the Auditors'' Report thereon for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024.

1. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

The Financial Performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024, as compared to the previous financial year is summarized as below:

(In Rupees) (In Rupees)

PARTICULARS

31.03.2024

31.03.2023

Revenue from Operation (Net)

67,56,36,526

68,66,32,860

Other Income

84,57,191

1,48,76,873

Total Revenue Income

68,40,93,717

70,15,09,733

Expenditure

63,53,30,258

65,75,19,086

Profit Before Tax

4,91,40,864

4,44,82,086

Profit After Tax

3,00,37,279

3,08,69,468

2. DIVINDEND:

Your directors regret not to propose final dividend for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2024.

3. SHARE CAPITAL:

A) Authorized Capital: The Authorized Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 16,50,00,000/-consisting of 1,65,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.

B) Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Capital: The issued, subscribed and paid up share capital of the Company is Rs. 13,68,78,320/- consisting of 1,36,87,832Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each.

C) Buy Back of Shares -During the year the members of the company has approved and passed through a postal ballot special resolution on 07th December 2023 for buy back of 600000 equity shares at buy back price of Rs 60/- per shares on proportionate basis through stock exchange mechanism for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs. 3,60,00,000/- (Rupees Three Crore Sixty Lakhs only using funds from securities premium account and free reserves of the company. The company has completed the buyback process on 11th January 2024, and these bought back equity shares were subsequently extinguished in accordance with the provisions of Companies Act 2013 resulting in reduction in paid up share capital of the company as mentioned below post Completion of buy back.

Paid-Up Capital Before Extinguishment of Equity Shares (In Shares)

1,42,87,832

Total No. of Equity Shares to be extinguished (Current Securities)

6,00,000

Paid-Up Capital After Extinguishment of Equity Shares

1,36,87,832

(In Shares)

D) CAPTIAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY PRE AND POST THE BUYBACK

(Equity shares have a face value of Rs.10 each)

Sr.

No

Particulars

Pre- Buyback of 6,00,000 shares

Post Buyback of 6,00,000 shares

No. of Equity Shares

Amount

No. of

Equity

Shares

Amount

1.

Authorized Equity Capital

1,65,00,000

16,50,00,000

1,65,00,000

16,50,00,000

2.

Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Equity Share capital

1,42,87,832

14,28,78,320

1,36,87,832

13,68,78,320

4. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM:

All the 1,36,87,832 Equity Shares of the Company are in dematerialized form as on 31st March, 2024.

5. TRANSFER TO RESERVES:

Pursuant to provisions of Section 134(1) (j) of the Companies Act 2013, the company has not proposed to transfer any amount to general reserve account of the company during the year under ended on 31st March 2024.

6. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES:

During the financial year ended 31st March, 2024, 5(Five) Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company were held on 30th May, 2023, 1st September, 2023, 29th September, 2023, 6th November, 2023, 5th March 2024. The intervening gap between two meetings was within the period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013.

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2023-24

Number of meetings attended by the Directors during the Financial Year 2023-24

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2023-24

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

5

5

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

5

5

100.00

Mr. Suresh GunawantFegde

5

5

100.00

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

5

5

100.00

Mr. SunilkumarDayama

5

5

100.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

5

5

100.00

Pursuant to provisions of the Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted an Audit Committee ("Audit Committee"). The Chairman of the Committee shall attend the Annual General Meeting of our Company to furnish clarifications to the shareholders in any matter relating to accounts.

The Audit Committee met 5 (Five) times during the financial year ended 31stMarch, 2024 on 30th May, 2023, 1st September, 2023, 29th September, 2023, 6th November, 2023, 5th March 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.

Composition of Audit Committee

Sr. No.

Name

Status in Committee

1

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni*

Chairman

2

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Member

4

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

Member

*Pursuant to provisions of Regulation 18 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee shall be an Independent Director however, the Company is listed on BSE SME Exchange and pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, which stipulates that the compliance with the corporate governance provisions shall not apply to a listed entity which has listed its specified securities on the SME Exchange hence, Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni is the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2023-24

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2023-24

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2023-24

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

5

5

100.00

Mr. SunilkumarDayama

5

5

100.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

5

5

100.00

The term of reference of Audit Committee is as below:

1. Oversight of the Company''s financial reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensure that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible.

2. Recommending to the Board, the appointment, re-appointment and, if required, the replacement or removal of the statutory auditor and the fixation of audit fees.

3. Approval of payment to statutory auditors for any other services rendered by the statutory auditors

4. Reviewing, with the management, the annual financial statements before submission to the board for approval, with particular reference to:

i. Matters required to be included in the Director''s Responsibility Statement to be included in the Board''s report in terms of clause (c) of sub-section 3 of section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013;

ii. Changes, if any, in accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same;

iii. Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by management;

iv. Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings;

v. Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to financial statements;

vi. Disclosure of any related party transactions;

vii. Qualifications in the draft audit report.

5. Reviewing, with the management, the half yearly financial statements before submission to the board for approval.

6. Reviewing, with the management, the statement of uses / application of funds raised through an issue (public issue, right issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated in the offer document/Draft Prospectus/ Prospectus /notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency monitoring the utilization of proceeds of a public or rights issue, and making appropriate recommendations to the Board to take up steps in this matter.

7. Review and monitor the auditor''s independence, performance and effectiveness of audit process.

8. Approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the company with related parties;

9. Scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments;

10. Valuation of undertakings or assets of the company, wherever it is necessary;

11. Evaluation of internal financial controls and risk management systems;

12. Reviewing, with the management, performance of statutory and internal auditors, adequacy of the internal control systems

13. Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department, staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure coverage and frequency of internal audit.

14. Discussion with internal auditors any significant findings and follow up there on.

15. Reviewing the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters where there is suspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reporting the matter to the board.

16. Discussion with statutory auditors before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well as post-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern.

17. To look into the reasons for substantial defaults in the payment to the depositors, debenture holders, shareholders (in case of non payment of declared dividends) and creditors.

18. To oversee and review the functioning of the vigil mechanism which shall provide for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and directors who avail of the vigil mechanism and also provide for direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee in appropriate and exceptional cases.

19. Call for comments of the auditors about internal control systems, scope of audit including the observations of the auditor and review of the financial statements before submission to the Board;

20. Approval of appointment of CFO (i.e., the whole-time Finance Director or any other person heading the finance function or discharging that function) after assessing the qualifications, experience & background, etc. of the candidate.

21. To investigate any other matters referred to by the Board of Directors;

22. Carrying out any other function as is mentioned in the terms of reference of the Audit Committee.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 and also to comply with Regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted Nomination and Remuneration Committee. ("NRC")

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee met 2 (Two) times during the financial year ended 31st March 2024 on 1st September, 2023 and 5th March 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.

Composition of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Sr. No.

Name

Status in Committee

1

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Chairman

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

Member

3

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

Member

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2023-24

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2023-24

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2023-24

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

2

2

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

2

2

100.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

2

2

100.00

The term of reference of Nomination & Remuneration Committee is as below:

1. Formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy relating to the level and composition of remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees;

2. Formulation of criteria for evaluation of independent directors and the Board;

3. To ensure that the relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate performance benchmarks;

4. Devising a policy on Board diversity; and

5. Identifying persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down, and recommend to the Board their appointment and removal.

The Remuneration Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at the

linkhttps://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

iii. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee:

The Company does not fall under the purview of provisions of the Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and hence the Board has not constituted Corporate Social Responsibility Committee ("CSR Committee").

iv. Stakeholders Relationship Committee:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted a Stakeholders Relationship Committee. ("SRC")

The Stakeholders Relationship Committee met 2 (Two) times during the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 on 6th November, 2023 and 5th March 2024, in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.

Composition of Stakeholders Relationship Committee

Sr. No.

Name

Status in Committee

1

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

Chairman

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

Member

3

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Member

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2023-24

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2023-24

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2023-24

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

2

2

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

2

2

100.00

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

2

2

100.00

The term of reference of Stakeholders Relationship Committee is as below:

1. Efficient transfer of shares; including review of cases for refusal of transfer/ transmission of shares and debentures;

2. Redressal of security holder''s / investor''s complaints Efficient transfer of shares; including review of cases for refusal of transfer / transmission of shares and debentures;

3. Reviewing on a periodic basis the approval / refusal of transfer or transmission of shares, debentures or any other securities;

4. Issue of duplicate certificates and new certificates on split/consolidation/renewal;

5. Allotment and listing of shares;

6. Reference to statutory and regulatory authorities regarding investor grievances; and

7. To otherwise ensure proper and timely attendance and redressal of investor queries and grievances;

8. Any other power specifically assigned by the Board of Directors of the Company.

8. THE SUMMARY OF OPERATION IS AS UNDER: -

During the year under review, your Company has achieved total revenue from operations of Rs.

67,56,36,526/- as compared to Rs. 68,66,32,860/- in the Previous Year. After providing for taxes

and other adjustments, Profit after tax is Rs.3,00,37,279 as compared to Rs. 3,08,69,468/- during the Previous Year.

9. DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 134(3)(l) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

During the year under review, no material changes and commitments which could affect the Company''s financial position have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company and date of this report.

10. LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:

Full particulars of investments, loans, guarantees and securities covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act 2013 provided during the financial year under review has been furnished in the Notes to Accounts which forms part of the financials of the Company.

Particulars

Amount Involved(in Rs.)

Unsecured Loan given

Nil

Investment Made

Nil

Guarantee Provided

2,50,00,000/-

11. ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, extract of the Annual Return for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2024 made under the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Act, and also considering the amendment of Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 by MCA, wherein, instead of attaching an extract of annual return (to be prepared in Form MGT-9) to the Directors'' Report, the Company can host a copy of annual return on the website, if any of the Company and a web link of the same to be given in the Directors'' Report and same has been placed on the web link viz https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html on the website of the Company post AGM.

12. CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS, IF ANY:

There were no changes in the nature of the Business of the Company during the year under review.

13. VIGIL MECHANISM:

Pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and Regulation 22 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Vigil Mechanism and Whistle-Blower Policy is prepared and adopted by Board of Directors of the Company.

The Company has a vigil mechanism policy wherein the Directors and employees are free to report violations of law, rules and regulations or unethical conduct, actual or suspected fraud to their immediate supervisor or provide direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases or such other persons as may be notified by the Board. The confidentiality of those reporting violations is maintained and they are not subjected to any discriminatory practice.

The Vigil Mechanism Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at thehttps://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

All Transactions/Contracts/Arrangements entered into by the Company with Related Party (ies) as provided under the provisions of Section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013, during the Financial Year under review were in ordinary course of business and on an Arm''s Length Basis. Further, none of these Contracts / Arrangements / Transactions with Related Parties could be considered material in nature as per the thresholds given in Rule 15(3) of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and hence no disclosure is required to be given in this regard. The details are disclosed in Form AOC-2 which is annexed as Annexure-II to this report.

15. DEPOSITS FROM PUBLIC:

During the year under review, the Company has not accepted or renewed any amount falling within the purview of provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act 2013 ("the Act") read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014 during the year under review. Hence, the requirement for furnishing of details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act or the details of deposits which are not in compliance with the Chapter-V of the Act is not applicable.

16. DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY, TOINT VENTURE OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:

Our Company does not have any subsidiaries or joint ventures as on 31st March, 2024, as defined under Companies Act, 2013 therefore, no such information is required to be furnished.

The Company do have following Associate Company as on 31st March, 2024:

SM Autovision Private Limited (CIN: U29253MH2012PTC227990) the Company holds 48% shareholding in its Associate Entity as on 31st March, 2024.

The performance and financial position / salient features of the financial statement of the Associate, for the Financial Year ended 31stMarch 2024, during the year under review, is given in Form AOC-1 and is attached and marked as Annexure-I and forms part of this Report.

17. AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 29th September, 2020, the members has appointed S. R. Rahalkar and Associates, Chartered Accountants, Nashik (FRN- 108283W) as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held for thefinancialyear2024-25.

18. AUDITORS REPORT:

The Auditors Report on the Audited Financial Statement of the Company for the year ended 31stMarch, 2024,contains the following observations in the other matter and Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020, "CARO Report".

Comments of auditor

Comments of the board

Standalone

(b) Emphasis of matter in audit report The company has changed depreciation method for intangible assets from Written Down Value to Straight Line Method. The difference in depreciation of earlier years isrecorded as prior period items. However, in case if the life of the asset was over inearlier years, balance has been written off.

Also for tangible assets, if the life of the assets was over in earlier years and writtendown value was not up to the salvage value then excess balance above salvage value hasbeen written off in the current financial year.

As explained in the Notes to Account No 26 of financial statement prior period items of Financial statement under / over charge of depreciation in preceding years has been given effect in FY 2023-24.

(c) Emphasis of matter in audit Note 3 to the financial statements states that the company has exercised the buyback of shares during the year of 6,00,000 shares of Rs.60/- per share. The expenditure ofRs.19,04,908/- incurred on account of buyback of shares are debited to Reserves and Surplus Account.

The process of buy back is related to capital arrangement hence in view of management all the expenses connected with buy back as capital item and hence capitalized and debited to Reserves and Surplus Account.

Point no 4 of Audit report.

a. Based on our examination; the company has used accounting software for

maintaining its books of accounts which has a

feature of recording audit trail

(edit log) facility except in respect of

maintenance of Purchase Order records

wherein the accounting software did not have

the audit trail feature enabled

throughout the year.

b. Also we were not able to access the edit log facility for accounting master data. In

view of this we are not able to give any comment whether the audit trail feature was available and enabled throughout the year for this function.

c. The payroll records maintained by the company through Pamsoft software did

not have audit trail feature throughout the year.

d. Further during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of an

audit trail feature (wherever we were able to access) being tampered with.

e. This is the first year of applicability of this feature, therefore, we have not

verified retention of this log of Financial Year

The company has maintained the accounts in accounting software with edit log facility as at 31st March 2024.

In view of management the payroll records are maintained in separate software, namely Pamsoft software and while closing balances of payroll are entered in the accounting software and the comment is related with different allied software.

2022-23.

Consolic

ated

The company has changed depreciation method for intangible assets from Written Down Value to Straight Line Method. The difference in depreciation of earlier years is recorded as prior period items. However, in case if the life of the asset was over in earlier years, balance has been written off.

As explained in the Notes to Account No 26 of financial statement prior period items of Financial statement under / over charge of depreciation in preceding years has been given effect in FY 2023-24.

We did not audit the financial information of Associate company included in the Consolidated financial statements of the company, The financial information of this associate company has been audited by the other auditor whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of this Associate company, is based solely on the report of such auditor.

This is a disclaimer point no further explanation is required on the same as the this point is self-explanatory.

a. Based on our examination, the company has used accounting software for

maintaining its books of accounts which has a

feature of recording audit trail

(edit log) facility except in respect of

maintenance of Purchase Order records

wherein the accounting software did not have

the audit trail feature enabled

throughout the year.

b. Also we were not able to access edit log facility for accounting master data. In

view of this we are not able to give any comment whether the audit trail feature was available and enabled throughout the year for this function.

c. The payroll records maintained by the company through Pamsoft software did

not have audit trail feature throughout the year.

d. Further during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of an

audit trail feature (wherever we were able to access) being tampered with.

e. This is the first year of applicability of this feature, therefore, we have not

verified retention of this log of Financial Year 2022-23.

The company has maintained the account in accounting software with edit log facility as at 31st March 2024.

In view of management the payroll records are maintained in separate software, namely Pamsoft software and while closing balances of payroll are entered in the accounting software and the comment is related with different allied software.

Points observed in Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020, "CARO Report"

Particulars of other matter

Explanation by Board

(i) (a) (a)The Company is under the process of maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and

The Company is in the process to streamline the existing systems with regard to maintenance of particulars of property, plant and equipment,

situation of property, plant and equipment and investment properties.

hence, this point is self-explanatory.

(i) (a) (b)The company is in the process of maintaining proper records showing full particulars of intangible assets.

This point is self-explanatory.

(i) (a) (c) The title deeds of immovable properties of land and buildings as disclosed inthe financial Statements, are held in the name of S M Auto Stamping Pvt. Ltd.as SM Auto Stamping Limited is formed after conversion of private limited topublic limited company due to which title deeds of immovable property are in the name of Private limited company. The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, Regional Office -Nashik wide letter no. MIDC/ RO(NSK) /AMB / LMS-319/ B61342 dated 29/07/2020 have communicated the consent for change of name from M/S SM Auto Stampings Private Limited to M/S. SM Auto Stamping Limited.

The explanation was given to the auditor and same was mentioned as reason for not being held in name of company at relevant point .

(ii) (b) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has been sanctioned working capital limits in excess of five crore rupees, in aggregate, from banks or financial institutions on the basis of security of current assets. In our opinion, the monthly returns or statements filed by the Company with such banks or financial institutions are not in agreement with the books of account

This is in the normal course of activity, while submitting stock statements to the Bank.

The management has represented that, error in Applying rate for valuation to certain items of inventory and error in ERP report resulted in incorrect reporting.

The explanation was given to the auditor and same was mentioned as reason for Difference at relevant point.

In our opinion, the Company is regular in depositing statutory dues including Provident fund, Profession tax, Income tax, Duty of customs, Employees'' State Insurance, Goods and Service tax, Cess and other material statutory dues with the appropriate authorities. Except in case of ESIC Payable for the month of October 2023, deduction of Rs.923 of one employee which was due for payment on 15th November 2023 was actually paid on 26th December 2023.

There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident fund,Profession tax, Income-tax, Employees'' State Insurance, Duty of Customs, Goods and Service tax, Cess and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at March 31, 2024 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

Company has submitted the Return ESR and paid the ESIC amount before 15th November, 2023 which Payable for the month of October 2023, But due to some inadvertent clerical error, the deduction of Rs.923 of one employee which was due for that month was not deducted and payment was made on 26th December 2023.

The explanation was given to the auditor and the same was mentioned as remark at relevant point.

19. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, CS Sujata R.Rajebahadur, (FCS 5728), Practicing Company Secretary having Office Address: Gokul'', 199, M.G. Rd. near Samarth Sahakari Bank, Nashik has been appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company to conduct the Secretarial Audit for the Financial Year 2023-24.

The Secretarial Audit Report forms part of the Annual Report and it is annexed as Annexure-III.

The Secretarial Audit Report for the Financial Year ended on 31st March 2024, issued by Secretarial Auditor, does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.

20. INTERNAL AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provision of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has appointed Archana Pathak & Associates, Chartered Accountants, (FRN: 137596W) as the Internal Auditor of the Company for Financial Year 2023-24 and the management of the Company has received Internal Audit Report for Financial Year 2023-24 and adopted by Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 29th May 2024.

21. DISCLOSURE FOR MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORD AS SPECIFIED UNDER SUBSECTION 148 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2013:

During the year under review, the Company was not required to maintain cost accounts and records as specified by the central government pursuant to provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act 2013, during the year.

22. DISCLOSURE FOR FRAUDS AGAINST THE COMPANY:

In terms of the provisions of section 134 (3)(ca) of the Companies Act, 2013, there were no frauds committed against the Company and persons who are reportable under section 141(12) by the Auditors to the Central Government. Also, there were no non-reportable frauds during the year 2023-24.

23. DIRECTOR''S RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

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

i. in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year 2023-24, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there are no material departures;

ii. 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 of the Company for the financial year;

iii. The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act. They confirm that there are adequate systems and controls for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.

iv. the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

v. they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and operating properly; and

vi. 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.

24. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING & FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING & OUTGO:

The particulars as required under the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 in respect of Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo etc. are furnished in Annexure -IV which forms part of this Report.

25. RISK MANAGEMENT:

Risks are events, situations or circumstances which may lead to negative consequences on the Company''s businesses. Risk management is a structured approach to manage uncertainty and risk Management is the process of identification, assessment and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated efforts to minimize, monitor and mitigate/control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. The Company has laid down a comprehensive Risk Assessment and Minimization Procedure which is reviewed by the Board from time to time. These procedures are reviewed to ensure that executive management controls risk through means of a properly defined framework. The major risks have been identified by the Company and its mitigation process/measures have been formulated in the areas such as business, project execution, event, financial, human, environment and statutory compliance.

The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted and implemented Risk Management Policy of the Company and is available on the website of the Company at the link https: / /www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

26. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

The Company has devised systems, policies, procedures, frameworks for ensuring 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 and review by audit committee of the company.

27. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP):

a. Present composition of Board of Directors: As on the date of this report, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises of total Six Directors. The Composition of the Board of Directors is as under:

Sr.

No.

Name of Directors

DIN

Designation

1

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

00248797

Chairman and Managing Director

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

06896902

Non Executive Director

3

Mr. Suresh GunawantFegde

00248850

Whole Time Director

4

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

07193063

Non Executive Director

5

Mr. Sunilkumar Dayama

08492339

Independent Director

6

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

02235602

Additional Non Executive Independent Director

b. Appointment / Cessation / Change in designation of Director during year under review:

Sr.

Name of Director''s

Nature of

Date of

No.

and KMPs

Change

appointment/resignation

1.

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

* Re- appointed as an Additional

08.03.2024

Non-Executive

Independent

Director

* Term of Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave as Independent Director was upto 08/03/2024 he has been reappointed as Additional Nonexecutive Independent Director w.e.f. 08/03/2024 for further period of four year till 07/03/2028

c. Appointment of Directors Retirement by Rotation:

In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and Article of Association of the Company, Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde(DIN:07193063) proposed to be retired by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer himself for re-appointment.

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Sr.

No.

Name

Designation

1

Mr. Akash Jagnani*

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

2

Mr. Suresh Govind Jagdale

Chief Financial Officer

3

Mr. Pawan Mahajan**

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

*Resigned as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f 14th August, 2023.

**Appointed as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f1st September, 2023.

28. DECLARATION FROM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

During the Financial year under review, Declarations were received from all the Independent Directors of the Company stating that they satisfy the "criteria of Independence" as defined under Regulation 16(b) & 25(8) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with the provisions of Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, any other applicable Schedules and Rules framed there-under.

29. REMUNERATION/ COMMISSION DRAWN FROM HOLDING/SUBSIDIARY COMPANY:

The Company does not have any Holding Company and Subsidiary Company.

30. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS, COURTS AND TRIBUNALS:

No significant and material order has been passed by the regulators, courts, tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

31. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 197(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND OTHER DISCLOSURES AS PER RULE 5 OF COMPANIES(APPOINTMENT & REMUNERATION) RULES, 2014:

The disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed asAnnexure-V.

32. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

The provisions of Section 135 of the Act read with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, are not applicable on the Company.

33. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND:

The Company does not have any funds lying unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years. Therefore, there were no funds required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).

34. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:

Our Company considers its employees as a valuable resource and ensures the strategic alignment of human resource practices to business priorities and objectives. The Company has a HR policy which emphasizes the need of attaining organizational goals through individual growth and development. The Company always strives to rejuvenate competence through training and personal development across its workforce, employees, staff which excels them for higher engagement and exposure to new opportunities through skill development.

35. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE:

During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted committee called "Internal Complaints Committee" to ensure safe workplace environment, which covers all employees whether permanent, contractual, trainees, temporary etc.

The company policy against Sexual Harassment of woman at workplace is available on the website of the Company at the https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

Annual Report on Sexual Harassment Policy for the period 1st April, 2023 to 31st March, 2024, is annexed to the Board''s Report as Annexure VIII.

36. CODE OF CONDUCT:

According to Regulation 17 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Code of Conduct of the Company has been approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company. All Board members and senior management personnel have affirmed the compliance with the code.

37. PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING:

As required under the provisions of SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015, the Board of Directors has adopted a code of conduct for prevention of Insider Trading. The Code of Conduct is applicable to all the directors and such identified employees of the Company as well as who are expected to have access to unpublished price sensitive information related to the Company. The Code lays down guidelines, which advises them on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made, while dealing with shares of SM Auto Stamping Limited and cautions them on consequences of violations also the code is modified from time to time considering the amendments.

38. POLICY FOR PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS:

In accordance with the above Regulation 9 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Policy for preservation of documents (The Policy) has been framed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company in their Board Meeting to aid the employees in handling the Documents efficiently. This Policy not only covers the various aspects on preservation of the Documents, but also the safe disposal/destruction of the Documents.

39. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:

Pursuant to Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Management Discussion and Analysis report is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure-VI.

40. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

The Company being listed on the SME Platform of Bombay Stock Exchange is exempted from provisions of Corporate Governance as per Regulation 15 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Hence the Company is not required to disclose information as covered under Para (C), (D) and (E) of Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Hence no Corporate Governance Report is required to be annexed with Annual Report.

41. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS:

During the year under review, the Company has complied with the provisions of the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by Institute of Company Secretaries of India. 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 and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

42. UNSECURED LOAN:

Pursuant to Rule 2(c) (viii) of Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rule 2014 the company has not accepted unsecured loan form Directors.

43. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the Board has carried the annual evaluation of its own performance, performance of Individual Directors, Board Committees, including the Chairman of the Board on the basis of attendance, contribution and various criteria to be recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. The evaluation of the working of the Board, its committee, experience and expertise, performance of specific duties and obligations etc.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has set up formal mechanism to evaluate the performance of board of directors as well as that of its committees and individual directors, including chairman of the board, key managerial personnel / senior management etc.

The performance of non-independent directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views of the Executive Director by the Independent Directors at their separate meeting held on5th March, 2024.

44. CERTIFICATION FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY:

The Company has obtained a Compliance Certificate in accordance with Regulation 17(8) of SEBI (Listing obligations and disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 from Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni, Managing Director and Mr. Suresh Jagdale, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. The same is enclosed as Annexure VII of the Board''s Report.

45. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 43(AHII) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any shares with Differential Rights and hence no information as per provisions of Section 43(a) (ii) of the Act read with Rule 4(4) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

46. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 54(1)(D) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review and hence no information as per provisions of Section 54(1)(d) of the Act read with Rule 8(13) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

47. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 62(1)(B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any Equity shares under Employees Stock Option Scheme during the year under review and hence no information as per provisions of Section 62(1)(b) of the Act read with Rule 12(9) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

48. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 67(3) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

During the year under review, there were no instances of non-exercising of voting rights in respect of shares purchased directly by employees under a scheme pursuant to Section 67(3) of the Act read with Rule 16(4) of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

49. THE DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016, DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH

THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND THE DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE TIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROM THE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF:

During the year under review, no application made or any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016,and no instance of one time settlement occurred during the year.

50. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION:

The Directors wish to place on record appreciation and gratitude for all the co-operation extended by various Government Agencies/Departments, Bankers, Consultants, Business Associates, and Shareholders, Vendors, Customers etc. The Directors also record appreciation for the dedicated services rendered by all the Executives, Staff & Workers of the Company at all levels, for their valuable contribution in the working of the Company.

For and on behalf of Board of Directors of SM Auto Stamping Limited

Sd/- Sd/-

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni Mr. Suresh GunwantFegde

Chairman And Managing Director Whole Time Director

DIN: 00248797 DIN: 00248850

Address: Alkund Banglow, Krishna Colony Address: No. 9, Jay Ambe Colony Shivaji Shivaji NagarJail Road, Nashik Road Nashik Nagar, Jail Road, Nashik Road Nashik 422101 422101

Date: 29th May, 2024 Place: Nashik


Mar 31, 2023

The Directors of your Company are pleased to present their 17th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Annual Financial Statements and the Auditors'' Report thereon for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023.

1. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

The Financial Performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2023, as compared to the previous financial year is summarized as below:

PARTICULARS

31.03.2023

31.03.2022

Revenue from Operation (Net)

68,66,32,860

54,53,25,212

Other Income

1,48,76,873

85,66,282

Total Revenue Income

70,15,09,733

55,38,91,494

Expenditure

65,75,19,086

52,19,37,663

Profit Before Tax

4,44,82,086

3,19,53,831.51

Profit After Tax

3,08,69,468

3,63,86,463

2. DIVINDEND:

The Company has declared and paid an Interim Dividend for the financial year 2022-23 of Rs. 1.25/- (12.5%) per share out of the profits of the Company for the period ended 31st March, 2022, to the Equity Shareholders of the Company amounting to Rs. 1,78,59,790/- (Rupees One Crore Seventy Eight Lakhs Fifty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety).

In view of the planned business growth, the company deem it proper to preserve the resources of the Company for its activities and therefore, do not propose any final dividend for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2023.

3. SHARE CAPITAL:

Authorized Capital: The Authorized Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 16,50,00,000/-consisting of 1,65,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.

Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Capital: The issued, subscribed and paid up share capital of the Company is Rs. 14,28,78,320/- consisting of 1,42,87,832 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each.

4. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM:

All the 1,42,87,832 Equity Shares of the Company are in dematerialized form as on 31st March, 2023.

5. TRANSFER TO RESERVES:

Pursuant to provisions of Section 134(1)(j) of the Companies Act 2013, the company has not proposed to transfer any amount to general reserve account of the company during the year under ended on 31st March 2023.

6. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES:

During the financial year ended 31st March, 2023, 7 (Seven) Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company were held on 04th May, 2022, 25th May, 2022, 28th June, 2022, 17th August, 2022, 30th August, 2022, 14th November, 2022, 09th March, 2023. The intervening gap between two meetings was within the period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013.

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2022-23

Number of meetings attended by the Directors during the Financial Year 2022-23

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2022-23

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

7

7

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

7

7

100.00

Mr. Suresh Gunawant Fegde

7

7

100.00

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

7

7

100.00

Mr. Sunilkumar Dayama

7

7

100.00

Dr. Vinayak Mahadeo Govilkar *

7

6

85.71

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave**

1

1

100.00

*Ceased as an Independent Director upon completion of his term w.e.f. 15th March, 2023.

** Appointed as an Additional Non Executive Independent Director w.e.f 09th March, 2023.

7. COMMITTEES:

i. Audit Committee:

Pursuant to provisions of the Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted an Audit Committee ("Audit Committee"). The Chairman of the Committee shall attend the Annual General Meeting of our Company to furnish clarifications to the shareholders in any matter relating to accounts.

The Audit Committee met 7 (Seven) times during the financial year ended 31stMarch, 2023 on 04th May, 2022, 25th May, 2022, 28th June, 2022, 17th August, 2022, 30th August, 2022, 14th November, 2022, 09th March, 2023 in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.

Sr. No.

Name

Status in Committee

1

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni*

Chairman

2

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Member

3

Dr. Vinayak Mahadeo Govilkar**

Member

4

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave***

Member

*Pursuant to provisions of Regulation 18 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee shall be an Independent Director however, the Company is listed on BSE SME Exchange and pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, which stipulates that the compliance with the corporate governance provisions shall not apply to a listed entity which has listed its specified securities on the SME Exchange hence, Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. **Ceased as the Member of the Committee w.e.f. 15th March, 2023.

***Appointed as the member of the Committee w.e.f. 09th March, 2023.

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2022-23

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2022-23

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2022-23

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

7

7

100.00

Mr. SunilkumarDayama

7

7

100.00

Dr. Vinayak Mahadeo Govilkar

7

6

85.71

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

-

-

-

The term of reference of Audit Committee is as below:

1. Oversight of the Company''s financial reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensure that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible.

2. Recommending to the Board, the appointment, re-appointment and, if required, the replacement or removal of the statutory auditor and the fixation of audit fees.

3. Approval of payment to statutory auditors for any other services rendered by the statutory auditors

4. Reviewing, with the management, the annual financial statements before submission to the board for approval, with particular reference to:

i. Matters required to be included in the Director''s Responsibility Statement to be included in the Board''s report in terms of clause (c) of sub-section 3 of section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013;

ii. Changes, if any, in accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same;

iii. Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by management;

iv. Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings;

v. Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to financial statements;

vi. Disclosure of any related party transactions;

vii. Qualifications in the draft audit report.

5. Reviewing, with the management, the half yearly financial statements before submission to the board for approval.

6. Reviewing, with the management, the statement of uses / application of funds raised through an issue (public issue, right issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated in the offer document/Draft Prospectus/ Prospectus /notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency monitoring the utilization of proceeds of a public or rights issue, and making appropriate recommendations to the Board to take up steps in this matter.

7. Review and monitor the auditor''s independence, performance and effectiveness of audit process.

8. Approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the company with related parties;

9. Scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments;

10. Valuation of undertakings or assets of the company, wherever it is necessary;

11. Evaluation of internal financial controls and risk management systems;

12. Reviewing, with the management, performance of statutory and internal auditors, adequacy of the internal control systems

13. Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department, staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure coverage and frequency of internal audit.

14. Discussion with internal auditors any significant findings and follow up there on.

15. Reviewing the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters where there is suspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reporting the matter to the board.

16. Discussion with statutory auditors before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well as post-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern.

17. To look into the reasons for substantial defaults in the payment to the depositors, debenture holders, shareholders (in case of non payment of declared dividends) and creditors.

18. To oversee and review the functioning of the vigil mechanism which shall provide for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and directors who avail of the vigil mechanism and also provide for direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee in appropriate and exceptional cases.

19. Call for comments of the auditors about internal control systems, scope of audit including the observations of the auditor and review of the financial statements before submission to the Board;

20. Approval of appointment of CFO (i.e., the whole-time Finance Director or any other person heading the finance function or discharging that function) after assessing the qualifications, experience & background, etc. of the candidate.

21. To investigate any other matters referred to by the Board of Directors;

22. Carrying out any other function as is mentioned in the terms of reference of the Audit Committee.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 and also to comply with Regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted Nomination and Remuneration Committee. ("NRC")

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee met 4 (Four) times during the financial year ended 31st March, 2023, on 25th May, 2022, 17th August, 2022, 30th August, 2022, 09th March, 2023 in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.

Composition of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Sr. No.

Name

Status in Committee

1

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Chairman

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

Member

3

Dr. Vinayak Mahadeo Govilkar*

Member

4

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave**

Member

**Ceased as the Member of the Committee w.ef. 15th March, 2023. ***Appointed as the member of the Committee w.e.f. 09th March, 2023.

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2022-23

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2022-23

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2022-23

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

4

4

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

4

4

100.00

Dr. Vinayak Mahadeo Govilkar

4

3

75.00

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

-

-

-

The term of reference of Nomination & Remuneration Committee is as below:

1. Formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy relating to the level and composition of remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees;

2. Formulation of criteria for evaluation of independent directors and the Board;

3. To ensure that the relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate performance benchmarks;

4. Devising a policy on Board diversity; and

5. Identifying persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down, and recommend to the Board their appointment and removal.

The Remuneration Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at the linkhttps://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

iii. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee:

The Company does not fall under the purview of provisions of the Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and hence the Board has not constituted Corporate Social Responsibility Committee ("CSR Committee").

iv. Stakeholders Relationship Committee:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted a Stakeholders Relationship Committee. ("SRC")

The Stakeholders Relationship Committee met 2 (Two) times during the financial year ended 31stMarch, 2023 on 25th May, 2022, and 09th March, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.

Composition of Stakeholders Relationship Committee

Sr. No.

Name

Status in Committee

1

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

Chairman

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

Member

3

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

Member

Name of Director

Total Meetings entitled to attend during the Financial Year 2022-23

Number of meetings attended by the members during the Financial Year 2022-23

% of attendance to the meetings held in

Financial Year 2022-23

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

2

2

100.00

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

2

2

100.00

Mr. Sunilkumar Satyanarain Dayama

2

2

100.00

The term of reference of Stakeholders Relationship Committee is as below:

1. Efficient transfer of shares; including review of cases for refusal of transfer/ transmission of shares and debentures;

2. Redressal of security holder''s / investor''s complaints Efficient transfer of shares; including review of cases for refusal of transfer / transmission of shares and debentures;

3. Reviewing on a periodic basis the approval / refusal of transfer or transmission of shares, debentures or any other securities;

4. Issue of duplicate certificates and new certificates on split/consolidation/renewal;

5. Allotment and listing of shares;

6. Reference to statutory and regulatory authorities regarding investor grievances; and

7. To otherwise ensure proper and timely attendance and redressal of investor queries and grievances;

8. Any other power specifically assigned by the Board of Directors of the Company.

8. THE SUMMARY OF OPERATION IS AS UNDER: -

During the year under review, your Company has achieved total revenue from operations of Rs. 68,66,32,860/- as compared to Rs. 54,53,25,212/- in the Previous Year. After providing for taxes and other adjustments, Profit after tax is Rs. 3,08,69,468 as compared to Rs. 3,63,86,463 /-during the Previous Year.

9. DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 134(3)1!) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

During the financial Year 2022-23, the Company has sold bearing cage division ("BCD") situated at its plant situated at C-13, MIDC Ambad Nashik-Maharashtra-422010 where taper roller bearing cages are manufactured on the specification of its Customer SKF India Limited to Manu Yantralaya Private Limited.

Further, high skilled manpower of the Company was deployed in BCD in order to maintain the quality requirements of the Customer. However the Output Cost provided against the stringent quality and delivery requirements was not considerable in comparison with the input cost incurred for manufacturing of cages, considering the same, the Company took decision to sale the same.

Brief details of transaction:

Written Down Value (WDV) of the machinery as on 31st March, 2022, after considering depreciation.

Rs. 23,52,116 (Rupees Twenty Three Lakhs Fifty Two Thousand One Hundred and Sixteen)

Revenue generated during the Financial Year 2021-22 from Bearing Cage Division

Rs. 1,18,13,013/- (Rupees One Crore Eighteen Lakhs Thirteen Thousand and Thirteen)

Total Revenue from operations during the Financial Year 2021-22

Rs. 54,53,25,212/- (Rupees Fifty Four Crores Fifty Three Lakhs Twenty Five Thousand Two Hundred and Twelve)

Sale value

Rs. 1,01,00,000/- (Rupees One Crore and One Lakh Only)

Last date of production in bearing cage division

30th June, 2022

10. LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:

Full particulars of investments, loans, guarantees and securities covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act 2013 provided during the financial year under review has been furnished in the Notes to Accounts which forms part of the financials of the Company.

Particulars

Amount Involved in Rs.

Unsecured Loan given

Nil

Investment Made

Nil

Guarantee Provided

5,00,00,000/-

11. ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, extract of the Annual Return for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2023 made under the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Act, and also considering the amendment of Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 by MCA, wherein, instead of attaching an extract of annual return (to be prepared in Form MGT-9) to the Directors'' Report, the Company can host a copy of annual return on the website, if any of the Company and a web link of the same to be given in the Directors'' Report and same has been placed on the web link viz https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.htmlon the website of the Company post AGM.

12. CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS, IF ANY:

There were no changes in the nature of the Business of the Company during the year under review.

13. VIGIL MECHANISM:

Pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and Regulation 22 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Vigil Mechanism and Whistle-Blower Policy is prepared and adopted by Board of Directors of the Company.

The Company has a vigil mechanism policy wherein the Directors and employees are free to report violations of law, rules and regulations or unethical conduct, actual or suspected fraud to their immediate supervisor or provide direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases or such other persons as may be notified by the Board. The confidentiality of those reporting violations is maintained and they are not subjected to any discriminatory practice.

The Vigil Mechanism Policy of the Company is available on the website of the Company at the https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

All Transactions/Contracts/Arrangements entered into by the Company with Related Party (ies) as provided under the provisions of Section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013, during the Financial Year under review were in ordinary course of business and on an Arm''s Length Basis. Further, none of these Contracts / Arrangements / Transactions with Related Parties could be considered material in nature as per the thresholds given in Rule 15(3) of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and hence no disclosure is required to be given in this regard. The details are disclosed in Form AOC-2 which is annexed as Annexure-II to this report.

15. DEPOSITS FROM PUBLIC:

During the year under review, the Company has not accepted or renewed any amount falling within the purview of provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act 2013 ("the Act") read

with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014 during the year under review. Hence, the requirement for furnishing of details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act or the details of deposits which are not in compliance with the Chapter-V of the Act is not applicable.

16. DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY, TOINT VENTURE OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:

Our Company does not have any subsidiaries or joint ventures as on 31st March, 2023, as defined under Companies Act, 2013 therefore, no such information is required to be furnished.

The Company do have following Associate Company as on 31st March, 2023:

SM Autovision Private Limited (CIN: U29253MH2012PTC227990) the Company holds 48% shareholding in its Associate Entity as on 31st March, 2023.

The performance and financial position / salient features of the financial statement of the Associate, for the Financial Year ended 31st March 2023, during the year under review, is given in Form AOC-1 and is attached and marked as Annexure-I and forms part of this Report.

17. AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 29th September, 2020, the members has appointed S. R. Rahalkar and Associates, Chartered Accountants, Nashik (FRN- 108283W) as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held for the financial year 2024-25.

18. AUDITORS REPORT:

The Auditors Report on the Audited Financial Statement of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2023, contains the following observations in the other matter and Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020, "CARO Report".

Particulars of other matter

Explanation by Board

Standalone

During the year the effect of Excess Depreciation charged to financial statements in previous year is taken as prior period income, resulting in overstatement of profit and closing balance of Property, Plant and Equipment see Notes 26 to the financial statements

As explained in the Notes to account No 26 of Financial statement, During the year the company has adjusted the difference in depreciation charges caused due to application of different useful life to property, plant and equipment.

Consolidated

During the year the effect of Excess Depreciation charged to financial statements in previous year is taken as prior period income, resulting in overstatement of profit and closing balance of Property, Plant and Equipment see Notes 26 to the financial statements

As explained in the Notes to account No 26 of Financial statement, During the year the company has adjusted the difference in depreciation charges caused due to application of different useful life to property, plant and equipment.

We did not audit the financial information

This is a disclaimer point no further explanation

of Associate company included in the

is required on the same as the this point is self-

Consolidated financial statements of the company, The financial information of this associate company has been audited by the other auditor whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of this Associate company, is based solely on the report of such auditor.

explanatory.

Points observed in Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020, "CARO Report"

Particulars of other matter

Explanation by Board

(i) (a) (A) The Company is under the process of maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment and investment properties.

The Company is in the process to streamline the existing systems with regard to maintenance of particulars of property, plant and equipment, hence, this point is self-explanatory.

(i) (a) (B)The company is in the process of maintaining proper records showing full particulars of intangible assets

This point is self-explanatory

(i) (c) The title deeds of immovable properties of land and buildings as disclosed in the financial Statements, are held in the name of SM Auto stamping Pvt. Ltd. as SM Auto Stamping Limited is formed after conversion of private limited to public limited company due to which title deeds of immovable property are in the name of Private limited company, company is in process of rectification of above names.

The Management has been advised that the transfer order received by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to change the name of Company from SM Auto Stamping Private Limited to SM Auto Stamping Limited in the accounts of MIDC is itself a sufficient document to bring on record this change and there is no requirement of executing any separate document as the process of conversion of company is followed and not transfer of property, however, on the advice of Statutory Auditor, the Company has approached a legal advisor to obtain a legal opinion in respect of same.

(ii) (b)According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has been sanctioned working capital limits in excess of five crores rupees, in aggregate, from banks or financial institutions on the basis of security of current assets. In our opinion, the quarterly returns or statements filed by the Company with such banks or financial institutions are in agreement with the books of account of the Company except for statement filed for quarterly stated in following table with TJSB bank, where differences were noted between the amount as

This is in the normal course of activity, while submitting stock statement to the Bank.

In our opinion, the quarterly returns or statements filed by the Company with such banks or financial institutions are in agreement with the books of account of the Company.

per books of account for respective months and amount as reported in the monthly statement.

There are no dues of Income-tax, Sales tax, Service tax, Duty of customs, Duty of excise, Goods and Service tax and Value added tax as at March 31, 2023, which have not been deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any dispute except following For the A.Y.2018-19 the Company had received a demand of Rs. 824035/- The company has paid 20% of the amount Rs.164807/- on 09/09/2020 and filed an Appeal with the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) on 14/09/2020. However, the CIT(A) has not yet decided the matter

As explained by the auditor the company has paid 20% of the amount of actual demand and has filed an appeal with Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) which is pending yet not decided by the department hence the dues are pending as on 31st March 2023.

19. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, CS Sujata R. Rajebahadur, (FCS 5728), Practicing Company Secretary having Office Address: ''Niroshankar'', 199, M.G. Rd. above Samarth Sahakari Bank, has been appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company to conduct the Secretarial Audit for the Financial Year 2022-23.

The Secretarial Audit Report forms part of Annual Report and it is annexed as Annexure-III.

The Secretarial Audit Report for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2023, issued by Secretarial Auditor, does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark except two instances of delay are marked which are as follows.

Particulars

Explanation by Board

The Form MGT-14 for filing Board Resolutions passed at Board Meeting held on 16th September 2021 was filed on 27th June, 2022 with additional fees.

Inadvertent delay was occurred and the Company has complied by filing the form with additional fees.

The Form AOC-4 XBRL for financial year ending on 31st March 2022 (AGM held on 26 September 2022) was filed on 15th November 2022 with additional fees.

The firm registration number of the Statutory Auditors of the Company was not getting approved while preparation of XML instance on the software. The Company has complied by filing the form with additional fees. The delay was purely on account of technical and system based issue.

20. INTERNAL AUDITOR:

Pursuant to the provision of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has appointed Archana Pathak & Associates, Chartered Accountants, (FRN: 137596W) as the Internal Auditor of the Company for Financial Year2022-23 and the management of the

Company has received Internal Audit Report for Financial Year2022-23 and adopted by Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 30th May, 2023.

21. DISCLOSURE FOR MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORD AS SPECIFIED UNDER SUBSECTION 148 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2013:

During the year under review, the Company was not required to maintain cost accounts and records as specified by the central government pursuant to provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act 2013, during the year.

22. DISCLOSURE FOR FRAUDS AGAINST THE COMPANY:

In terms of the provisions of section 134 (3)(ca) of the Companies Act, 2013, there were no frauds committed against the Company and persons who are reportable under section 141(12) by the Auditors to the Central Government. Also, there were no non-reportable frauds during the year 2022-23.

23. DIRECTOR''S RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

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

i. in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year 2022-23, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there are no material departures;

ii. 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 of the Company for the financial year;

iii. the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act. They confirm that there are adequate systems and controls for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

iv. the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

v. they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and operating properly; and

vi. 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.

24. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING & FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING & OUTGO:

The particulars as required under the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 in respect of Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo etc. are furnished in Annexure -IV which forms part of this Report.

25. RISK MANAGEMENT:

Risks are events, situations or circumstances which may lead to negative consequences on the Company''s businesses. Risk management is a structured approach to manage uncertainty and risk Management is the process of identification, assessment and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated efforts to minimize, monitor and mitigate/control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. The Company has laid down a comprehensive Risk Assessment and Minimization Procedure which is reviewed by the Board from time to time. These procedures are reviewed to ensure that executive management controls risk through means of a properly defined framework. The major risks have been identified by the Company and its mitigation process/measures have been formulated in the areas such as business, project execution, event, financial, human, environment and statutory compliance.

The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted and implemented Risk Management Policy of the Company and is available on the website of the Company at the link https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

26. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

The Company has devised systems, policies, procedures, frameworks for ensuring 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 and review by audit committee of the company.

27. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP):

DIRECTORS

a. Present composition of Board of Directors: As on the date of this report, Board of Directors of the Company comprises of total Six Directors. The Composition of the Board of Directors is as under:

Sr.

No.

Name of Directors

DIN

Designation

1

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni

00248797

Chairman and Managing Director

2

Mrs. Alka Mukund Kulkarni

06896902

Non Executive Director

3

Mr. Suresh Gunawant Fegde

00248850

Whole Time Director

4

Mr. Jayant Suresh Fegde

07193063

Non Executive Director

5

Mr. Sunilkumar Dayama

08492339

Independent Director

6

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

02235602

Additional Non Executive Independent Director

b. Appointment / Cessation / Change in designation of Director during year under review:

Sr.

No.

Name of Director''s and KMPs

Nature of Change

Date of

appointment/resignation

1.

Dr. Vinayak Mahadeo Govilkar

Ceased as the Independent Director of the Company considering completion of his term of appointment

15.03.2023

2.

Dr. Sanjay Ramchandra Bhargave

Appointed as an Additional NonExecutive Independent Director

09.03.2023

c. Appointment of Directors Retirement by Rotation:

In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and Article of Association of the Company, Mr. Suresh Gunwant Fegde (DIN:00248850) proposed to be retired by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer himself for re-appointment.

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Sr.

No.

Name

Designation

1

Mr. Akash Jagnani*

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

2

Mr. Suresh Govind Jagdale

Chief Financial Officer

3

Mr. Pawan Mahajan**

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

*Resigned as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f 14th August, 2023.

**Appointed as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f 1st September, 2023.

28. DECLARATION FROM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

During the Financial year under review, Declarations were received from all the Independent Directors of the Company stating that they satisfy the "criteria of Independence" as defined under Regulation 16(b) & 25(8) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with the provisions of Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, any other applicable Schedules and Rules framed there-under.

29. REMUNERATION/ COMMISSION DRAWN FROM HOLDING/SUBSIDIARY COMPANY:

The Company does not have any Holding Company and Subsidiary Company.

30. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS, COURTS AND TRIBUNALS:

No significant and material order has been passed by the regulators, courts, tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

31. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 197(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND OTHER DISCLOSURES AS PER RULE 5 OF COMPANIES(APPOINTMENT & REMUNERATION) RULES, 2014:

The disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed as Annexure-V.

32. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

The provisions of Section 135 of the Act read with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, are not applicable on the Company.

33. TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND:

The Company does not have any funds lying unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years. Therefore, there were no funds required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).

34. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:

Our Company considers its employees as a valuable resource and ensures the strategic alignment of human resource practices to business priorities and objectives. The Company has a HR policy which emphasizes the need of attaining organizational goals through individual growth and development. The Company always strives to rejuvenate competence through training and personal development across its workforce, employees, staff which excels them for higher engagement and exposure to new opportunities through skill development.

35. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE:

During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted committee called "Internal Complaints Committee" to ensure safe workplace environment, which covers all employees whether permanent, contractual, trainees, temporary etc.

The company policy against Sexual Harassment of woman at workplace is available on the website of the Company at the https://www.smautostamping.com/investors.html

Annual Report on Sexual Harassment Policy for the period 1st April, 2022 to 31st March, 2023, is annexed to the Board''s Report as Annexure VIII.

36. CODE OF CONDUCT:

According to Regulation 17 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Code of Conduct of the Company has been approved and adopted by

the Board of Directors of the Company. All Board members and senior management personnel have affirmed the compliance with the code.

37. PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING:

As required under the provisions of SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015, the Board of Directors has adopted a code of conduct for prevention of Insider Trading. The Code of Conduct is applicable to all the directors and such identified employees of the Company as well as who are expected to have access to unpublished price sensitive information related to the Company. The Code lays down guidelines, which advises them on procedures to be followed and disclosures to be made, while dealing with shares of SM Auto Stamping Limited and cautions them on consequences of violations also the code is modified from time to time considering the amendments.

38. POLICY FOR PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS:

In accordance with the above Regulation 9 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Policy for preservation of documents (The Policy) has been framed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company in their Board Meeting to aid the employees in handling the Documents efficiently. This Policy not only covers the various aspects on preservation of the Documents, but also the safe disposal/destruction of the Documents.

39. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:

Pursuant to Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Management Discussion and Analysis report is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure-VI.

40. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

The Company being listed on the SME Platform of Bombay Stock Exchange is exempted from provisions of Corporate Governance as per Regulation 15 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Hence the Company is not required to disclose information as covered under Para (C), (D) and (E) of Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Hence no Corporate Governance Report is required to be annexed with Annual Report.

41. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS:

During the year under review, the Company has complied with the provisions of the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by Institute of Company Secretaries of India. 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 and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

42. UNSECURED LOAN:

Pursuant to Rule 2(c) (viii) of Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rule 2014 the company has not accepted unsecured loan form Directors.

43. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the Board has carried the annual evaluation of its own performance, performance of Individual Directors, Board Committees, including the Chairman of the Board on the basis of attendance, contribution and various criteria to be recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. The evaluation of the working of the Board, its committee, experience and expertise, performance of specific duties and obligations etc.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has set up formal mechanism to evaluate the performance of board of directors as well as that of its committees and individual directors, including chairman of the board, key managerial personnel / senior management etc.

The performance of non-independent directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views of the Executive Director by the Independent Directors at their separate meeting held on 09th March, 2023.

44. CERTIFICATION FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY:

The Company has obtained a Compliance Certificate in accordance with Regulation 17(8) of SEBI (Listing obligations and disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 from Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni, Managing Director and Mr. Suresh Jagdale, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. The same is enclosed as Annexure VII of the Board''s Report.

45. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 43(AHII) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any shares with Differential Rights and hence no information as per provisions of Section 43(a) (ii) of the Act read with Rule 4(4) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

46. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 54(1)(D) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review and hence no information as per provisions of Section 54(1)(d) of the Act read with Rule 8(13) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

47. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 62(1)(B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

The Company has not issued any Equity shares under Employees Stock Option Scheme during the year under review and hence no information as per provisions of Section 62(1)(b) of the Act read with Rule 12(9) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

48. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 67(3) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

During the year under review, there were no instances of non-exercising of voting rights in respect of shares purchased directly by employees under a scheme pursuant to Section 67(3) of the Act read with Rule 16(4) of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 is furnished.

49. THE DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016, DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND THE DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE TIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROM THE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF:

During the year under review, no application made or any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and no instance of one time settlement occurred during the year.

50. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION:

The Directors wish to place on record appreciation and gratitude for all the co-operation extended by various Government Agencies/Departments, Bankers, Consultants, Business Associates, and Shareholders, Vendors, Customers etc. The Directors also record appreciation for the dedicated services rendered by all the Executives, Staff & Workers of the Company at all levels, for their valuable contribution in the working of the Company.

For and on behalf of Board of Directors of SM Auto Stamping Limited

Sd/- Sd/-

Mr. Mukund Narayan Kulkarni Mr. Suresh GunwantFegde

Chairman And Managing Director Whole Time Director

DIN: 00248797 DIN: 00248850

Address: Alkund Banglow, Krishna Colony Address: No. 9, Jay Ambe Colony Shivaji Shivaji NagarJail Road, Nashik Road Nashik Nagar, Jail Road, Nashik Road Nashik 422101 422101

Date: 1st September, 2023 Place: Nashik

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