Mar 31, 2023
Your Directors are pleased to present the 35th Annual Report of SMS Pharmaceuticals Limited (âThe Companyâ) along with the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2023. The Consolidated performance of the Company has been referred to wherever required.
(INR in Lakhs) |
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Particulars |
Standalone |
Consolidated |
||
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
|
Gross Sales |
53,139.29 |
54,124.25 |
53,139.29 |
54,124.25 |
Net Sales |
50,075.85 |
50,718.67 |
50,075.85 |
50,718.67 |
Income from Services |
1,898.83 |
782.91 |
1,898.83 |
782.91 |
Other Operating Income |
230.46 |
485.85 |
230.46 |
485.85 |
Net Revenue from Operations |
52,205.14 |
51,987.43 |
52,205.14 |
51,987.43 |
Other Income |
488.56 |
519.77 |
488.56 |
519.77 |
EBIDTA |
5959.00 |
11,968.26 |
5938.95 |
11,952.70 |
Finance Charges |
2191.50 |
1,887.54 |
2191.50 |
18,87.54 |
Depreciation |
3212.54 |
3,215.25 |
3212.54 |
3,215.25 |
Profit Before Tax |
554.96 |
6,865.47 |
534.91 |
6,849.91 |
Taxation |
146.50 |
61.82 |
146.50 |
61.82 |
Profit After Tax |
408.46 |
6,803.65 |
(705.93) |
6,221.99 |
Earnings per share - Basic/Diluted(Rs) |
0.48 |
8.04 |
(0.83) |
7.35 |
STATE OF COMPANY AFFAIRS In Financial & Production terms
FY 2022-23 is another challenging year due to market conditions post Covid-19. During these difficult times, your Company had achieved production of 1147.53 M.T. of APIs and their Intermediates in comparison with 1141.09 M.T. for the FY 2021-22.
During the FY 2022-23, the Company has recorded the net sales of Rs. 50,075.84 Lakhs as against Rs. 50,718.67 Lakhs for the previous FY 2021-22. The Company has recorded EPS of Rs. 0.48 in the FY 2022-23 as against Rs. 8.04 for the previous FY 2021-22.
Your Company is having one Associate Company i.e., âVKT Pharma Private Limitedâ. Your Company is holding 36.55% equity shares in the said Associate Company during the
Financial Year ended and the share of loss for your Company for the Financial Year 2022-23 was Rs. 1094.34 lakhs.
Your Company has incorporated a Joint Venture (JV) in Spain in the year 2021 with nomenclature of âCHEMO SMS ENTERPRISES SLâ in the capital ratio of 55:45 with a share of 45% contributed by your Company.
There were no transactions during the reporting period, however, all the JV product sales were routed directly from your Company to the end customers during the reporting period as per JV manufacturing arrangement.
The consolidated financial statements had been prepared as per Accounting Standard (AS) 23 âAccounting for Investment in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statementsâ specified under Section 133 of Companies Act, 2013 for considering the financials of Associate Company. The required form, as per the provisions of the Sec. 129(3) read with Rule 5 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 i.e., Form AOC-1 forms part of the Report as Annexure 1.
As per the requirements of Rule 8 (5) (ii) of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, your Board of Directors specify that, there is no significant change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial year under review.
During the year your Company did not transfer any portion of profits to Reserves.
Your Directors have pleasure in recommending the dividend of Re. 0.30 (i.e. 30%) per equity share of Re. 1/- face value, aggregating to Rs.2,53,95,609/- (Rs. Two Crore Fifty Three Lakhs Ninety Five Thousand Six Hundred And Nine only) which shall be paid within 30 days after the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company. Payment of dividend to members will be subject to tax deduction at source (TDS) as per statutory requirement.
Pursuant to Regulation 43A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company have adopted a Dividend Distribution Policy. The policy lays down a broad framework and factors which the Board considers for deciding the distribution of dividend to its shareholders. The said policy is available on the companyâs website https://smspharma.com/wp-content/ uploads/2022/08/Dividend-Distribution-policy.pdf
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL(i) Appointment of Directors & Key Managerial Personnel:
The Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 24th May, 2023 has re-appointed Mr. Shravan Kudaravalli (DIN: 06905851) as an Independent Director of the Company, for a further period of 5 (Five) consecutive years, with effect from 26th May, 2023 till 25th May, 2028 (both days inclusive), whose term was expired on 25th May, 2023. Pursuant Regulation 17(C) of SEBI (LODR)Regulations, the approval of the shareholders is being obtained via postal ballot. There is no change in Key Managerial Persons.
(ii) Withdrawal of Nominee Director:
During the year under the review, Exim Bank has withdrawn the nomination of Mrs. Shilpa R Waghmare (DIN: 07009966), as their Nominee on the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. 08th August, 2022.
In accordance with the provisions of section 152(6) of the Act and in terms of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Ramesh Babu Potluri (DIN: 00166381), Chairman and Managing Director, will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
(iv) Declaration of Independence:
The Company has received declarations of independence from the Independent Directors as stipulated under section 149 (7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that each Independent Director meets the criteria of Independence laid down in the Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015. All the Independent Directors of the Company have enrolled in the Independent Director databank maintained by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) as per Companies (Creation and Maintenance of databank of Independent Directors) Rules, 2019.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
Pursuant to Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (âListing Regulationsâ), the Management Discussion and Analysis is presented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report for the year ended 31st March, 2023, as required under the provisions of the Listing Regulations.
During the year under review there were no changes in authorized and paid-up share capital of the Company. The authorised share capital of the Company is Rs.8,46,52,030/-divided into 8,46,52,030 Equity Shares of Rs.1/- each. A report on the same i.e., âEquity Buildup Reportâ forms part of this report as Annexure - 2.
Listing of shares: Equity shares of the Company are listed in National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and BSE Limited (BSE) with effect from 28th February, 2007. [Listing fees has been paid for the year 2023-24 to both the Exchanges].
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY:
There are no material changes and commitments which affect the financial position of the Company that have occurred between the end of the financial year to which the financial statements relate and the date of this report.
EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
The formal annual evaluation of the performance of the Board as well as non-independent directors was undertaken by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The performance of Board Committees and of individual independent directors was undertaken by the Board members.
The manner of the evaluation of the Board and other Committees has been determined by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as per SEBI circular dated January 05, 2017.
Your Company had conducted a separate Meeting of Independent Directors during the year on 12th August, 2022 in which they had evaluated the performance of Executive directors and NonExecutive directors. Further, in the Board Meeting held on 09th February, 2023 the Board had evaluated the performance of Independent Directors and their contribution in the Board. The evaluation had been made based on specified standards.
FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMMES FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:
The Company has put in place a system to familiarize its Independent Directors with the Company, their roles, rights & responsibilities in the Company, nature of the industry in which the Company operates, business model of the Company, etc.
The senior management personnel of the Company regularly make presentations to the Board members on the operations of the Company, its plans, strategy, risks involved, new initiatives etc., and seek their views and suggestions on the same.
The details of these familiarization programs have been placed on the Companyâs website at https://smspharma.com/ investor-relations/download/
The Board of Directors has the following Committees:
1. Audit Committee
2. Nomination and Remuneration Committee
3. Stakeholdersâ Relationship Committee
4. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
5. Risk Management Committee
The details of all the above Committees along with their composition, number of meetings and attendance at the meetings are provided in detail in the Corporate Governance Report annexed to this Boardâs Report.
The Company in its Board Meeting held on 28th May, 2021 has Constituted Risk Management Committee, with the following Directors:
Mr. Ramesh Babu Potluri - Chairman Mr. Vamsi Krishna Potluri - Member Mr. Shravan Kudaravalli - Member.
The Committee had formulated a Risk Management Policy for dealing with different kinds of risks which it faces in day-today operations of the Company. Risk Management Policy of the Company outlines different kinds of risks and risk mitigating measures to be adopted by the Board. The Company has adequate internal control systems and procedures to combat risks. The Risk management procedures are reviewed by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis at the time of review of the Quarterly Financial Results of the Company.
Brief description of terms of reference of the Committee, inter alia, includes the following:
⢠managing and monitoring the implementation of action plans developed to address material business risks within the Company and its business units, and regularly reviewing the progress of action plans;
⢠setting up internal processes and systems to control the implementation of action plans;
⢠regularly monitoring and evaluating the performance of management in managing risk;
⢠providing management and employees with the necessary tools and resources to identify and manage risks;
⢠regularly reviewing and updating the current list of material business risks;
⢠regularly reporting to the Board on the status of material business risks;
⢠review and monitor cyber security; and
⢠Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and best practices with respect to risk management.
DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended, the Board of Directors confirm that:
1. In the preparation of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March, 2023 the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
2. They had selected such accounting policies as notified & modified by ICAI and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;
3. They had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended from time to time for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. The Annual Accounts had been prepared on going concern basis.
5. The Company has developed an effective mechanism for internal financial controls to be followed by the Company consistently and such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively;
6. They had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
THE CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS, KMP AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
A person for appointment as Director, KMP or in senior management should possess adequate qualifications, expertise and experience for the position considered for appointment. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee decides whether qualification, expertise and experience possessed by a person are sufficient for the concerned position. The Committee ascertains the credentials and integrity of the person for
appointment as Director, KMP or senior management level and recommends to the Board his/ her appointment.
The Committee, while identifying suitable persons for appointment to the Board, will consider candidates on merit against objective criteria and with due regard for the benefits of diversity on the Board.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee shall assess the independence of directors at the time of appointment; reappointment and the Board shall assess the same annually. The Board shall re-assess determination of independence when any new interests or relationships are disclosed by a Director.
The criteria of independence are as prescribed in the Act and the listing regulations and the Independent Directors shall abide by the Code specified for them in Schedule IV of the Act.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has the criteria for appointing any Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) and nominating directors on the Board. The appointment of any KMP is made by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee based on the requirement of the position and experience and skill sets of the candidate.
COMPOSITION & NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
During the year under review, four (4) Board Meetings and four (4) Audit Committee Meetings were convened and held, the details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this report. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations.
Pursuant to Section 92(3) and Section 134(3)(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has placed a copy of the Annual Return as at 31st March, 2023, on its website at https:// smspharma.com/annual-report/
A separate section on Corporate Governance standards followed by your Company, as stipulated under Schedule V of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 which is forming part of this report. The requisite certificate from M/s. Suryanarayana & Suresh, Chartered Accountants, confirming the compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance is annexed to the Report on Corporate Governance.
BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT (BRSR)
The âBusiness Responsibility and Sustainability Reportâ (BRSR) of your Company for the year ended 31st March, 2023 forms part of this Annual Report as required under Regulation 34 (2) (f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is available as a separate section in this Annual Report.
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:
The Company has established a vigil mechanism and formulated a Whistle Blower Policy to provide mechanism for directors and employees of the Company to report their concerns about any unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Companyâs code of conduct or ethics policy. The Policy provides that the Company investigates such incidents, when reported, in an impartial manner and takes appropriate action to ensure that requisite standards of professional and ethical conduct are always upheld. This mechanism also provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of director(s)/ employee(s) who avail the mechanism and also provide for direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases. There were no allegations / disclosures / concerns received during the year under review in terms of the vigil mechanism established by the Company. The details of the vigil mechanism are displayed on the website of the Company https:// smspharma.com/company-announcements/downloads/
Your Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the purview of Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013. As such no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as on the date of the Balance Sheet.
LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS
Particulars of Loans, guarantees and investments covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 form part of the Notes to the financial statements provided in this Annual Report.
All related party transactions that were entered by the Company during the financial year 2022-23 with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an armâs length basis and are in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act,
2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligation & Disclosure Requirement) Regulation, 2015. There are no materially significant related party transactions made by the Company with Promoters, Directors and Key Managerial Personnel, etc., which may have potential conflict with the interest of the Company. All related party transactions are presented to the Audit Committee on quarterly basis and were also placed before the Board.
A statement of all Related Party Transactions is being presented before the Audit Committee on Quarterly basis specifying the nature, value and terms and conditions of the transactions. A Policy on Related Party Transactions approved by the Board is uploaded on the Companyâs website at the web link https:// smspharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Policv-on-Related-Partv-Transactions.pdf
The particulars of contracts or arrangements entered into by the Company with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) are kept by the Company in Statutory Form AOC-2. Further details required to disclose as per Accounting Standard form part of the notes to the financial statements provided in the annual report. The Form AOC-2 is attached to the Report as Annexure - 3.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Pursuant to Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, your Company has constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee.
The brief outline of the CSR policy of the Company, details regarding CSR Committee and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year are set out in Annexure-4, of this report in the format prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. CSR Policy is available on the Companyâs website on https:// smspharma.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/corporate-social-responsibility-policy.pdf
The information relating to remuneration and other details as required, pursuant to Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 (1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is mentioned under âEmployees Remuneration Reportâ which forms part of this report as Annexure -5
The statement containing particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Rules does not form part of this Report however the same shall be kept open for inspection in terms of Section 136 of the Act and any
member can obtain a copy of the said statement by writing an email to the Company Secretary at [email protected]
The Company has adopted an Insider trading Policy to regulate, monitor and report trading by insiders under the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015. This policy includes practices and procedures for fair disclosure of unpublished price-sensitive information, initial and continual disclosure. The Board reviews the policy on a need basis. The policy is available on our website: https://smspharma.com/ companv-announcements/downloads/
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY ENVIRONMENT
The Company continuously monitors its energy usage, regulates the emissions released and waste generated, and makes sure it follows responsible water consumption practices. Our focus on environmental protection and occupational health and safety is enshrined in our policies.
The Company conducts training programmes mock drills for and safety of the employees. To help protect our employees from injuries, identifies high risk areas and invest in technological solutions and awareness-raising initiatives. The Company conducts free health checkup programmes.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
The information required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the applicable Rules forms part of this report as Annexure-6.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
(H in Lakhs) |
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Particulars |
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
Earnings |
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FOB Value of Exports |
31,650.27 |
12,666.96 |
Outgo |
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Sales Commission |
43.92 |
55.13 |
Travelling Expenses |
- |
- |
CIF Value of Imports |
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Raw Materials |
12,608.57 |
10,347.52 |
Capital Goods |
51.59 |
17.97 |
AUDITORS APPOINTMENT AND THEIR REPORTSStatutory Auditors
M/s. Suranarayana & Suresh, Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 006631S), Hyderabad were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company in the previous Annual General Meeting held on 30th September, 2022 for a second term of five (5) years i.e., from the conclusion 34th AGM till the conclusion of 39th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2027.
Further, the report of the Statutory Auditors along with notes to accounts is a part of the Annual Report. There has been no other qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer given by the Auditors in their Report.
The Board has appointed M/s. Adusumilli and Associates, Chartered Accountants, as an Internal Auditors of the Company for a period of two years from 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2024 under Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013, in accordance with the scope as defined by the Audit Committee.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, M/s. SVVS & Associates Company Secretaries LLP were appointed to undertake Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 2022-2023. Secretarial Audit Report in Form MR-3 for the financial year 20222023 forms part of this report as Annexure - 7.
There has been no qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer given by the Auditors in their Report.
Annual Secretarial Compliance Report
Pursuant to Regulation 24A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company has obtained the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report which forms part of this Report as Annexure - B from Mr. C. Sudhir Babu, Practicing Company Secretary (Proprietor, CSB Associates) and submitted the same to the Stock Exchanges where the shares of the Company are listed.
As per Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, and the Companies (Cost Records & Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014, the Company maintains Cost Records. Your Board has, upon the
recommendations of the Audit Committee, appointed Mr. K.S.N. Sarma (Registration No.102145 and Membership No.6875) as Cost Auditor of the Company for the financial year 2023-2024.
As required under the Act and Rules made thereunder, the remuneration payable to the Cost Auditors is required to be placed before the Members at a general meeting for ratification. Accordingly, a resolution seeking ratification of the remuneration payable to Mr. K.S.N. Sarma, Cost Account, by the members is included in the Notice convening 35th Annual General Meeting.
FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY
Internal Financial Controls are an integral part of the risk management process, addressing financial and financial reporting risks. Internal financial control systems of the Company are in commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. These have been designed to provide reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable
financial and operational information, complying with applicable accounting standards and relevant statutes, safeguarding assets from unauthorised use, executing transactions with proper authorisation and ensuring compliance of corporate policies. The Company uses an established Tally to record day-to-day transactions for accounting and financial reporting.
Assurance on the effectiveness of internal financial controls is obtained through management reviews, continuous monitoring by functional owners as well as testing of the internal financial
control systems by the internal auditors during the course of their audits. We believe that these systems provide reasonable assurance that our internal financial controls are designed effectively and are operating as intended.
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements. However, the Company recognises that no matter how the internal control framework is, it has inherent limitations and accordingly, periodic audits and reviews ensure that such systems are updated on regular intervals.
POLICIES Company has following policies in place pursuant to applicable provisions of the Act and SEBI Listing Regulations and the same are |
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published on the official website of the Company (www.smspharma |
com): |
Code of Business Conduct & Ethics for Other Stake Holders |
Code of Regulation & Prohibition of Insider Trading |
Code of Conduct for Board & Senior Management |
Remuneration Criteria for Non-Executive Directors policy |
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy |
Document preservation policy |
Familiarization program of Independent Director |
Policy for evaluation performance of the Board |
Policy for related party transactions |
Policy for sexual harassment |
Vigil Mechanism (Whistle blower policy) |
Staff advances policy |
Dividend Distribution Policy |
Risk Management Policy |
Code of Practices and procedures for Fair Disclosure |
Policy for Determination of Materiality for Disclosure |
HUMAN RESOURCES / INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company believes that competent and committed human resources are vitally important to attain success in the organization. In line with this philosophy, utmost care is being exercised to attract quality resources and suitable training is imparted on various skill-sets and behavior. Employee knowledge enrichment is a core value of the organisation, and focus has been placed on training and development of the Company''s human capital and also various initiatives were undertaken to enhance the competitive spirit and encourage
bonding teamwork among the employees and could achieve the targeted growth in the performance of the Company.
Pursuant to Regulation 40(1) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, as amended from time to time, transfer, transmission and transposition of securities shall be effected only in dematerialised form.
Pursuant to SEBI Circular dated January 25, 2022, the listed companies shall issue the securities in dematerialised form only,
for processing any service requests from shareholders vis., issue of duplicate share certificates, endorsement, transmission, transposition, etc. After processing the service request, a letter of confirmation will be issued to the shareholders and shall be valid for a period of 120 days, within which the shareholder shall make a request to the Depository Participant for dematerialising those shares. If the shareholders fail to submit the dematerialisation request within 120 days, then the Company shall credit those shares in the Suspense Escrow Demat account held by the Company. Shareholders can claim these shares transferred to Suspense Escrow Demat account on submission of necessary documentation.
The Stakeholders Relationship Committee meets as often as required to approve share transfers and to attend to any grievances or complaints received from the members.
GENERAL DISCLOSURE
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:
a) No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company between the financial year ended 31st March, 2023 and the date of this report.
b) No fraud has been reported by the Auditors to the Audit Committee or to the Board.
c) No material and significant orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and the Companyâs operations in future
d) Company has complied with the requirements of the Secretarial Standards issued by Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
e) There are no instances where the Board has not accepted the recommendation of Audit Committee.
f) Cost records are maintained as per the requirements of Section 148 of the Act.
g) The extract of Annual Return is disclosed on the Companyâs website.
DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSEMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013:
In order to comply with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013 and Rules framed thereunder, the Company has formulated and implemented a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of complaints related to sexual harassment of women at the work place. All women employees permanent, temporary or contractual are covered under the above policy. Your Company has zero tolerance towards sexual harassment at the workplace and the details of sexual harassment complaints as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules framed thereunder.
During the Financial Year ended on March 31, 2023, the Company has not received any complaint of sexual harassment.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
During the year under review, the Company has complied with the Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
INSURANCE:
The Companyâs plant, properties, equipment and stocks are adequately insured against all major risks. The Parent Company has taken Directorsâ and Officersâ Liability Policy to provide coverage against the liabilities arising on them, which includes the Directors of the Company also.
RATING
CARE Rating Limited has assigned its rating of âCARE A-â on the Long Term Bank Facilities of the Company and âCARE A2 â on the Short Term Bank Facilities of the Company
DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY''S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
During the year under review, there were no significant material orders passed by the Regulators / Courts which would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF AGREEMENTS BINDING ON THE COMPANY:
During the period under the review the Company does not entered any agreement(s) which were falling under clause 5A
of para A of part A of schedule III of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE
As on the date of the Report no application is pending against the Company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and the Company did not file any application under (IBC) during the Financial Year 2022-23.
Your Directors place on record their sincere appreciation for the continued co-operation and support extended to the Company by the Banks. Board takes this opportunity to thank
all shareholders, analysts, business partners, government and regulatory authorities, distributors, suppliers, business associates, medical professionals and customers for their continued guidance, encouragement and splendid support.
The Board of Directors also wish to place on record its deep sense of appreciation for the dedicated and committed services by the Companyâs executives, staff and workers.
The Directors also wish to express their gratitude to the Investors for the confidence and faith that they continued to repose in the Company.
By the order of the Board
Ramesh Babu Potluri
Place: Hyderabad Chairman and Managing Director
Date: 08.08.2023 (DIN:00166381)
Mar 31, 2018
BOARD''S REPORT
Dear Shareholders,
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting before you the 30th Annual Report of the Company together with Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2018.
FINANCIAL SUMMERY |
(INR in Lakh) |
|
Particulars |
Standalone |
|
2017-18 |
2016-17 |
|
Gross Sales |
43,659.61 |
41,455.68 |
Net Sales |
40,080.29 |
39,830.15 |
Other Operating Income |
216.06 |
3,952.80 |
Net Revenue from Operations |
46,486.33 |
43,782.95 |
Other Income |
238.79 |
142.71 |
EBIDTA |
9572.76 |
7,612.12 |
Finance Charges |
1547.95 |
1,538.66 |
Depreciation |
1989.98 |
1,917.72 |
Profit Before Tax |
6034.82 |
4,155.73 |
Taxation |
1989.39 |
603.31 |
Profit After Tax |
4045.43 |
3,552.42 |
Appropriations: |
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Proposed Dividend |
211.63 |
169.30 |
Dividend Tax |
43.50 |
34.47 |
General Reserve |
1,000.00 |
1,000.00 |
Earnings per share -Basic/Diluted |
4.78 |
4.21 |
STATE OF COMPANY AFFAIR''S
In Financial & Production terms
During the year 2017-18 the Company had achieved production of 550.71 M.T. of APIs and their Intermediates in comparison with 594 M.T for the FY 2016-17. The net sales of the Company for the FY 2017-18 have reached 40,080.29 lakhs as against 39,830.15 lakhs for the FY 2016-17. EPS has reached to Rs. 4.78 in the FY 2017-18 as against Rs. 4.21 in the FY 2016-17.
Subsidiaries and Associates:
Your company is having one associate company i.e., "VKT Pharma Private Limited" and is under the same management. Your Company is holding 42.62% equity
shares in the said associate company and the share of loss for your company for the financial year 2017-18 was Rs. 870.46. Same specified in the previous annual report also.
The consolidated financial statements had been prepared as per Accounting Standard (AS) 23 "Accounting for Investment in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements" specified under Section 133 of Companies Act, 2013 for considering the financials of Associate Company. The required form, as per the provisions of the Sec. 129(3) read with rule 5 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. i.e., AOC-I forms part of the Report as Annexure - I.
Change in Nature of Business
There is no change in Nature of Business. A detailed report on the same viz. ''Management Analysis and Discussion Report'' is form part of this report as Annexure -2
Share Capital
During the year under review the company had neither issued fresh equity/sweat equity shares nor any debentures, Employees Stock Option Scheme or any share based employee benefits. A report on the same viz. ''Equity Buildup Report'' forms part of this report as Annexure -3
TRANSFER TO RESERVES:
Your Company has transferred an amount Rs. 1,000.00 Lakhs (previous year Rs. 1,000.00 Lakhs) to General Reserve out of the amount available for appropriations.
DIVIDEND:
Your Directors have pleasure in recommending the dividend of Re. 0.25/ (i.e. 25%) per equity share of Re. 1/- face value, aggregating to Rs. 2,11,63,007.5/-which shall be paid within 30 days after the conclusion of the Annual General meeting, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended, the Board of Directors confirm that:
I. In preparation of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March, 2018 the applicable accounting standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
2. They had selected such accounting policies as notified & modified by ICAI and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;
3. They had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended form time to time for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. The Annual Accounts had been prepared on going concern basis.
5. The company has developed an effective mechanism for internal financial controls, it has been followed by the Company consistently; such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively.
6. They had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:
Your Company had made investment in its associate company viz. M/s. VKT Pharma Private Limited for its business purpose. During the year under review, your Company had acquired 7,84,100 equity shares of face value of Rs. 10/- each in the said associate at an average price of Rs.200.81
The Particulars of loans/advances given are provided in the Standalone Financial Statements.
The company is maintaining the details of investments made during the year in Statutory Form MBP - 2. The details of loans / advances given and investments made during the financial year ended on 31st March, 2018. Annexure-4
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
All contracts/arrangements/transactions entered by the Company during the financial year 2017-18 with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm''s length basis and are in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act and the SEBI (Listing Obligation & Disclosure Requirement) Regulation, 2015. There are no materially significant related party transactions made by the company with Promoters, Directors and Key Managerial Personnel etc. which may have potential conflict with the interest of the Company. All related party transactions are presented to the Audit Committee on quarterly basis and also placed before the aboard.
A statement of all Related Party Transactions is being presented before the Audit Committee on Quarterly basis specifying the nature, value and terms and conditions of the transactions. A Policy on Related Party Transactions approved by the Board on 14th May, 2016 is uploaded on the Company''s website at the web link http://www.smspharma.com/investors/ download s/policy-on-related-party-transactions.pdf.
The particulars of contracts or arrangements entered into by the Company with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) are kept by the Company in Statutory Form AOC-2. Further details required to disclose as per Accounting Standard-18 (as issued & modified by ICAI) form part of the notes to the financial statements provided in the annual report. The Form AOC-2 is attached to the report as Annexure-5
STATE OF BOARD AFFAIRS
Board of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:
Your company is maintaining an optimum combination of Independent and Executive directors in the Board, who have vast experience in Pharma and other relevant fields.
The Board had appointed Mr.Lakashmi Narayana Tammineedi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 13th September, 2017.
The Board had appointed Mr. VS.Venkatish in place of Mr. Thirumalesh Tumma on 08th February, 2018 and designated him as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company pursuant to provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Mr. Thirumalesh Tumma resigned as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer w.e.f 30th December, 2017.
Mr.Lakshmi Narayana T CFO has been appointed as a compliance officer of the Company from 31st December, 2017 to 7th February, 2018.
Mr. Lakshmi Narayana T CFO was appointed as a compliance officer of the Company from 31st December, 2017 to 7th February, 2018.
As per the Articles of Association of the Company all the Executive Directors are compulsorily liable to retire by rotation. Accordingly Mr. TWS Murthy is liable to retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting scheduled on 20th September, 2018 and being eligible, seeks reappointment. A brief profile of directors and managers seeking re-appointment are given along with the AGM Notice for the reference of the shareholders.
Independent Directors:
In accordance with the provisions of the Section 149 (7) of the Companies Act, 2013, each independent director had confirmed to the Company that he/ she meets the criteria of Independence laid down in the Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 25(1) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015.
All the independent Directors of the Company have given declarations under sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Act, and the same had been considered and taken on record by the Board.
Annual Evaluation:
Your company had conducted a separate Meeting of Independent Directors on 11Ith August, 2017 in which they had evaluated the performance of Executive directors and Non- Executive/Nominee Director''s. Further, in the Board Meeting held on 13th September, 2017 the Board had evaluated the performance of Independent Directors and their contribution in the Board. The evaluation had been made on specified standards.
Risk Management Policy
In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation 21 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015 your Company is not required to form the separate Risk Management Committee and accordingly Risk Management Policy is also not applicable to the Company.
The Company has adequate internal control systems and procedures to mitigate the financial risk (if any), arise in near future. The Risk Management procedure will be reviewed by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors on a Quarterly basis.
KMP Appointment & Remuneration Policy
The Company had a ''Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter'' the Nomination and Remuneration Committee abide by the said Charter for appointing any Key Managerial Persons (KMP). During the year under review, the Committee had recommended for appointment of Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Appointment of any KMP is made by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee in commensuration of the requirement of the position and experience of the candidate.
Composition & Number of Meetings of the Board and Audit Committee:
During the year under review the Board of Directors met six times. The dates on which the Board Meetings were held on 30th May 2017, 11Ith August 2017, 13th September, 2017, 27th September, 2017, 13th December, 2017, and on 8th February 2018. The Audit Committee members met 4 times. The dates on which the Audit Committee meetings were held on 27th May, 2017, 12th September, 2017, 13th December, 2017 and 8th February, 2018. A detailed report on the above mentioned along with reporting required under Sec. 177(8) and 177(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and composition of various committees formed part of the report viz. ''Corporate Governance Report'' forms part of this report as Annexure - 6.
Extract of Annual Return:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 the extract of Annual Return is prepared in prescribed form i.e.. ''Form MGT-9''.
DEPOSITS
Your Company had not accepted/invited any deposits from the public during the year under review. As such no amount of principal or interest was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
As per the provisions of Section 135 and Schedule-VII of the Companies Act, 2013, and Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 your company had formulated a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy). The said policy contains the scope of CSR Expenditure and provides guidance for way forward for expending the same. The composition of CSR committee and other details mentioned under ''Corporate Governance Report'' is form part of this report as Annexure - 6.
As per the provisions of the Section 135 of the Act, the average net profits of the company during the preceding three years stands as Rs. 5512.79 lakhs hence the company is required to spend a sum of Rs. 110.26 lakhs towards CSR Expenditure in FY 2017-18. The details of it are mentioned under ''CSR Expenditure'' in statutory format is which forms part of this report as Annexure - 8.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 (I) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is mentioned under ''Employees Remuneration Report'' is form part of this report as Annexure - 9.
None of the employees is receiving salary of more than Rs. 8.5 lakhs Lakh per month.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION:
The information required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the applicable Rules is form part of this report as Annexure - 10
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
[Rs. in Lakhs) |
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Particulars |
2017-18 |
2016-17 |
Earnings |
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FOB Values Exports |
6445.05 |
5014.38 |
Out go |
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Sales Commission |
54.40 |
42.61 |
Travelling Expenses |
3.54 |
1.91 |
CIF Value of Imports |
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Raw Materials |
350.97 |
880.99 |
Capital Goods |
248.22 |
128.99 |
AUDITORS:
Statutory Auditors
At the Annual General Meeting held on 27th September, 2017, M/s. Suryanarayana & Suresh Chatered Accountants, (Firm Reg No. 006631S) were appointed Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office for five consecutive years from the conclusion of the 29th Annual General Meeting of the Company till the conclusion of 34th Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year 2022. Accordingly, M/s Suryanarayan & Suresh to be continued as Statuatory Auditors of the Company till the conclusion of 34th Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Secretarial Auditor
Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, M/s. SWS & Associates Company Secretaries LLP were appointed to conduct Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2018. Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year 2017-18 is form part of this report as Annexure -II.
Cost Auditor
Pursuant to Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, and the Companies (Cost Records & Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014, the Company maintains Cost Records Your Board has on the recommendations of the Audit Committee, appointed Sri K.S.N. Sarma having Registration No.-102145 and Membership No.-6875 as Cost Auditor of the Company for the financial year 2018-19. The provisions also require the remuneration of the Cost Auditor to be approved by the shareholders, as mentioned under AGM Notice under item no. 6. As a matter of record, the Cost Audit Report for the year 2016-17 was filed with the Central Government within the prescribed time limit and for the year 2017-18 will be filed within the stipulated time.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:
Your Company has laid down the set of standards which enables to implement internal financial control
across the organization and ensure that the same are adequate and operating effectively (I) to provide reasonable assurance that: transactions are executed in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles/standards or any other criteria applicable to such statements, (2) to maintain accountability for assets; access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management''s general or specific authorization and the maintenance of the records that in reasonable detail, accurate and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company, (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets that could have a material effect on the Financial Statements.
WHISTEL BLOWER POLICY/VIGIL MECHANISM
The Company has established a mechanism trough which all the stakeholders can report the suspected frauds and genuine grievances to the appropriate authority. The whistle Blower Policy which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company has been uploaded on the Company''s website of the company (http://www.smspharma.com/investors/ downloads/whistle-blower-protection-policy.pdf). During the year under review the Company has not received any complaint(s) under this policy.
BOARD''S RESPONSE ON AUDITORS QUALIFICATION, RESERVATION OR ADVERSE REMARK OR DISCLAIMER MADE:
There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Statuatory Auditors and Cost Auditor in their Report.
REPORTING ON SEXUAL HARRASEMENT:
The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a "Policy on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace" in line with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder for prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment at workplace.
The Company is committed to providing equal opportunities without regard to their race, caste, sex, religion, colour, nationality, disability, etc. All women associates (permanent, temporary, contractual and trainees) as well as any women visiting the Company''s office premises or women service providers are covered under this policy. All employees are treated with dignity with a view to maintain a work environment free of sexual harassment whether physical, verbal or psychological.
During the year under review, the Company has not received any complaints on Sexual Harrasements.
DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY''S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE:
No significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future except the NCLT order dated 15th May, 2017 approving the scheme of arrangement resulting in demerger of semi-regulated units of the Company. Further, No material Changes and commitments which affecting the financial position of the Company.
Acknowledgements:
Your Directors place on record sincere appreciation for the significant contribution made by the employees through their dedication, hard work and commitments. Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the support extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various government authorities, customers and also shareholders of the Company, for their continued support and confidence reposed in the Company.
By the order of the Board |
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Ramesh Babu Potluri Chairman and Managing Director |
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Place: Hyderabad |
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Date: 26-05-2018 |
Annexure-l
FORM NO.AOC-I Part "A": Associates and Joint Ventures
Statement pursuant to Section 129 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 related to Associate Companies and Joint Ventures
SI. No. |
Name of associates/Joint Ventures |
VKT Pharma Private Limited |
1 |
Latest audited Balance Sheet Date |
31.03.2018 |
2 |
Shares of Associate/Joint Ventures held by the company on the year end |
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No. |
38,50,165 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each. |
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Amount of Investment in Associates/Joint Venture |
Rs.4,449.87 Lakhs |
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Extend of Holding% |
42.62 |
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3 |
Description of how there is significant influence |
Based on the percentage of holding over these investees. |
4 |
The associate is consolidated |
Financial Statement Consolidated for FY20I7-18 |
5 |
Net worth attributable to shareholding as per latest audited Balance Sheet |
Rs. 3920.38 Lakhs |
6 |
Profit/Loss for the year i. Considered in Consolidation ii. Not Considered in Consolidation |
Rs. (2048.39) Lakhs |
By the order of the Board |
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Ramesh Babu Potluri |
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Place: Hyderabad |
Chairman and Managing Director |
Date: 26-05-2018 |
(DIN:00166381) |
Mar 31, 2016
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting before you the 28th Annual
Report of the Company together with Audited Statement of Accounts for
the year ended 31st March, 2016.
A. FINANCIAL SUMMERY: (INR In lakh)
Standalone
Particulars
2015-16 2014-15
(INR in Lakhs) (INR in Lakhs)
Gross Sales 58,246.88 55,764.66
Net Sales 55,607.10 53,604.12
Other Operating Income 4,712.23 4,324.46
Net Revenue from 60,3|9.33 57,928.58
Operations
Other Income 360.80 1,632.00
EBIDTA 9,280.35 10,258.05
Finance Charges 1,709.81 1,793.09
Depreciation 1,943.30 1,716.61
Profit Before Tax 5,627.24 6,748.35
Taxation 1,463.32 3,223.89
Profit After Tax 4,163.92 3,524.46
Balance brought forward 8,369.01 6,073,30
from previous year
Less : Adjustment of - 24.98
depreciation reserve as
per Schedule II of
Companies Act, 201 3
Balance available for 12,532.93 9,572.78
Appropriations.
Appropriations:
Proposed Dividend 169.30 169.30
Dividend Tax 34.47 34.47
General Reserve 1,000.00 1,000.00
Profit carried to Balance
Sheet
Earnings per share 4.92 4.16
- Basic/Diluted
B. STATE OF Company AFFAIR''S
B.I) In Financial & Production terms
During the year 2015-16 the Company had achieved production of 2,375
M.T of APIs and their Intermediates in comparison with 2,026 M.T of FY
2014-15 and registered a growth of 17.22% The net sales of the Company
has reached to Rs, 55,607.10 lakhs as against Rs,53,604.12 lakhs
registering a growth of 3.74% and the net revenue from operations have
increased by 4.12%. With this EPS has increased to Rs, 4.92 as against
Rs, 4.16 during the year 2014-15. The management believes that the
profitability margins from the operations are sustainable and it will
continue to strengthen its leadership position.
B.2) Awards and Approval
Your Company had won first "India Pharma Award, 2015" in the following
two categories:
1. INDIA PHARMA BULK DRUG Company OF THE YEAR AWARD.
2. INDIA PHARMA BULK DRUG EXPORT Company OF THE YEAR AWARD.
During the year under review, the facility located at kandivalasa has
completed USFDA Inspection and there were no observations in this
regard. Apart from this our facility at bachupally, also had the USFDA
approval.
B.3) Subsidiaries and Associates:
Your Company is having one associate Company. The said associate
Company viz. "VKT Pharma Private Limited" is under the same management.
Your Company is holding 34.33% equity shares in the said associate
Company and the share of loss for your Company for financial year
2015-16 was Rs, 74,71,033/-. SMS Life sciences India Limited has become
the wholly owned subsidiary of your Company during the Financial Year
2016-17.
The consolidated financial statements had been prepared as per
Accounting Standard (AS) 23 - "Accounting for Investment in Associates
in Consolidated Financial Statements" specified under Section 133 of
Companies Act, 201 3 for considering the financials of Associate
Company. The required form, as per the provisions of the Sec. 129(3)
read with rule 5 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 viz. AOC-1'' is
form part of this report as Annexure -'' I''
B.4) Change in Nature of Business
There is no change in Nature of Business. A detailed report on the same
viz. ''Management Analysis and Discussion Report'' is form part of this
report as Annexure - ''2''
B.5) Share Capital
During the year under review the Company had neither issued fresh
equity/sweat equity shares nor any debentures, Employees Stock Option
Scheme or any share based employee benefits. The Company had sub
divided the face value of share of Rs, 10/- each into face value of Rs,
I/- of each with record date of 18th December, 2015. A report on the
same viz. ''Equity Buildup Report'' is form part of this report as
Annexure - ''3''
C. TRANSFER TO RESERVES:
Your Company has transferred an amount Rs, 1,000 Lakhs (previous year
Rs, 1000 Lakhs) to General Reserve out of the amount available for
appropriations.
D. DIVIDEND:
Your Directors have pleasure in recommending the dividend of Rs, 0.20/-
(i.e. 20%) per equity share of Rs, I/-face value, aggregating toRs,
1,69,30,406/-which shall be paid within 30 days after the conclusion of
the Annual General meeting, subject to the approval of the shareholders
of the Company. The total cash outflow on account of dividend including
dividend distribution tax is Rs, 203.77 lakhs.
E. PROPOSAL FOR DE-MERGER OF SEMI REGULATED UNITS:
The Board has approved the "Draft Scheme of Arrangement for Demerger of
Semi Regulated Units (Unit - I, IV & V) along with other Assets to
transfer the same to SMS Life sciences India Limited (Resulting
Company), with an object to reduce the impact of Semi Regulated Units
on Regulated Units, achieving operational efficiencies, site synergies
and streamlining its current structure. The Draft Scheme of Arrangement
is subject to the Approvals of Stock Exchanges, Securities Board of
India Limited, Reserve
Bank of India and other regulatory authorities and also Hon''ble High
Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh.
E DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section I 34(3)(c) of the Companies Act,
2013 as amended, the Board of Directors confirm that:
1. In preparation of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st
March, 2016 the applicable accounting standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
2. They had selected such accounting policies as notified & modified
by ICAI and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates
that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of
the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year
and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;
3. They had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013 as amended form time to time for safeguarding the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
4. The Annual Accounts had been prepared on going concern basis.
5. The Company has developed an effective mechanism for internal
financial controls, it has been followed by the Company consistently;
such internal financial controls are adequate and operating
effectively.
6. They had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate
and operating effectively.
G. LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:
Your Company had made investment in its associate Company viz. M/s. VKT
Pharma Private Limited for its business purpose. During the year under
review,
your Company had acquired 5,1 1,400 equity shares of face value of Rs,
10/- each in the said associate at an average price of Rs, 157.21.
Further, your Company had also made an investment in 1000 equity shares
of Sireen Drugs Private Limited of Rs, 10/- each.
The Particulars of loans/advances given are provided in the Standalone
Financial Statements. Please refer (Note no. 16.1) of the Standalone
Financial Statements.
The Company is maintaining the details of investments made during the
year in Statutory Form MBP - 2. The details of loans / advances given
and investments made during the financial year ended on 31st March,
2016 are furnished as Annexure -''4''.
H. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
All contracts/arrangements/transactions entered by the Company during
the financial year 2015-16 with related parties were in the ordinary
course of business and at an arm''s length basis and are in compliance
with the provisions of the Companies Act and the SEBI (Listing
Obligation & Disclosure Requirement) Regulation, 2015. There are no
materially significant related party transactions made by the Company
with Promoters, Directors and Key Managerial Personnel etc. which may
have potential conflict with the interest of the Company. All related
party transactions are presented to the Audit Committee and to the
Board on quarterly basis.
A statement of all Related Party Transactions is being presented before
the Audit Committee on Quarterly basis specifying the nature, value and
terms and conditions of the transactions. A Policy on Related Party
Transactions approved by the Board on 14th May, 2016 is uploaded on the
Company''s website at the web link http://www.smspharma.com/investors/
down loads/policy-on-related-party-transactions. pdf. The particulars
of contracts or arrangements entered into by the Company with related
parties referred to in Section 188(1) are kept by the Company in
Statutory Form AOC-2. Further details required to disclose as per
Accounting Standard-18 (as issued & modified by ICAI) form part of the
notes to the financial statements provided in the annual report. The
required form viz. AOC-2'' is form part of this report as Annexure -''5''
I. STATE OF BOARD AFFAIRS
1.1) Board of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:
Your Company is maintaining an optimum combination of Independent and
Executive directors in the Board, who have vast experience in pharma
and other relevant fields. During the year under review following
changes occurred in the position of Independent directors:
a) Sri A. R Rao resigned from the Board on 9th October, 2015.
b) The Board had appointed Sri Potluri Venkata Subba Rao (PS. Rao) as
an additional Independent Director on Board w.e.f. 7th November, 2015.
c) Sri K.S. Rao having a long association with the Company had demised
on 29th November, 2015 due to illness.
Further, in accordance with the provisions of Section I52(6)(a) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and revised Articles of Association as approved by
the shareholders at their meeting held on 29th September, 2015. All the
Executive Directors are compulsorily liable to retire by rotation.
Accordingly Sri Ramesh Babu Potluri and Sri TWSN Murthy, whole time
directors, are liable to retire by rotation at the forthcoming/ensuing
Annual General Meeting scheduled on 30th September, 2016 and being
eligible, seeks reappointment. A brief profile of directors and
managers seeking re-appointment are given along with the AGM Notice for
the reference of the shareholders.
The board had been appointed Sri Saurav Roy in place of Sri R Prabhakar
Rao on 4th August, 2015 and designated him as Company Secretary of the
Company pursuant to provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act,
2013. Sri R Prabhakar Rao resigned from the Company w.e.f. 31st July,
2015. Further the Board has affirmed the Compliance of the Code of
Conduct as applicable on the Directors & Senior Management Personnel.
1.2) Independent Directors:
In accordance with the provisions of the Section 149 (7) of the
Companies Act, 201 3, each independent director had confirmed to the
Company that he/ she meets the criteria of Independence laid down in
the Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 201 3 and Regulation 25(1) of
SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations,
2015.
All the independent Directors of the Company have given declarations
under sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Act, and the same had been
considered and taken on record by the Board.
1.3) Annual Evaluation:
Your Company had conducted a separate Meeting of Independent Directors
on 9th February, 2015 in which they had evaluated the performance of
Executive directors and Non- Executive/Nominee Director''s. Further, in
the Board Meeting held on 14th May, 2016 the Board had evaluated the
performance of Independent Directors and their contribution in the
Board. The evaluation had been made on specified standards.
1.4) Risk Management Policy
In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation 21 of SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015 your
Company is not required to form the separate Risk Management Committee
and accordingly Risk Management Policy is also not applicable to the
Company.
The Company has adequate internal control systems and procedures to
mitigate the financial risk (if any), arise in near future. The Risk
Management procedure will be reviewed by the Audit Committee and the
Board of Directors on a Quarterly basis.
1.5) KMP Appointment and Remuneration Policy
During the year under review your Company had adopted a ''Nomination and
Remuneration Committee Charter'' in its Board meeting held on 5th
December, 2015. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee abide by the
said Charter for appointing any Key Managerial Persons (KMP). During
the year under review, the Committee had recommended for appointment of
Company Secretary and one Independent Director. The appointment made by
the Company for the position of Independent Director in compliance with
the relevant provisions of Companies Act, 2013, its allied rules and
other applicable norms of the SEBI.
Appointment of any KMP is made by the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee in com menstruation of the requirement of the position and
experience of the candidate. The Committee has not formulated any
formal policy for appointment of KMP it is more as and when basis.
1.6) Composition and Number of Meetings of the Board and Audit
Committee:
During the year under review the Board of directors met seven times.
The dates on which the Board Meetings were held on 30th May 2015, 8th
August 2015, 9th October 2015, 7th November 2015, 5th December 2015,
Nth February 2016, 30th March
2016. A detailed report on the above mentioned along with reporting
required under Sec. 177(8) and 177(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and
composition of various committees formed part of the report viz.
''Corporate Governance Report'' is form part of this report as Annexure -
''6 ''
1.7) Extract of Annual Return:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 201 3 and Rule
12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 the extract
of Annual Return is prepared in prescribed form i.e. ''Form MGT-9''. The
said form part of this report as Annexure -''7''
j. DEPOSITS
Your Company had not accepted/invited any deposits from the public
during the year under review. As such no amount of principal or
interest was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
K. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
As per the provisions of Section 135 and Schedule- VII of the Companies
Act, 2013, and Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy)
Rules, 2014 your Company had formulated a Corporate Social
Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy). The said policy contains the scope
of CSR Expenditure and provides guidance for way forward for expending
the same. The composition of CSR committee and other details mentioned
under ''Corporate Governance Report'' is form part of this report as
Annexure - ''6''
As per the provisions of the Section I 35 of the Act, the average net
profits of the Company during the preceding three years stands as Rs,
923.75 lakhs hence the Company is required to spend a sum of Rs, 18.47
lakhs towards CSR Expenditure in FY 2015-16. The details of it are
mentioned under ''CSR Expenditure'' in statutory format is form part of
this report as Annexure-''8''.
L. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required
under Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 (I)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014 is mentioned under ''Employees Remuneration Report'' is form
part of this report as Annexure - ''9''. None of the employees is
receiving salary of more than Rs, 5 Lakh per month.
M. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The information required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act,
201 3 read with the applicable Rules is form part of this report as
Annexure- '' 10''.
N. AUDITORS:
N. I) Statutory Auditors
The shareholders at their 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on
29-09-2015, approved the reappointment of M/s. Rambabu& Co., Chartered
Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration No. 002976S), as Statutory Auditors
of the Company, to hold the office till the conclusion of the 28th
Annual General Meeting. M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered Accountants, are
eligible for reappointment and have confirmed their eligibility under
Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 4 of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014. They have consented to the
said appointment. They have further confirmed that they are not
disqualified to be appointed as statutory auditor.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors recommended the
appointment of M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered Accountants, as Statutory
Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of 28th Annual General
Meeting till the conclusion of the 29th Annual General Meeting.
N.2) Secretarial Auditor
Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014,
M/s. SWS & Associates Company Secretaries LLP were appointed to conduct
Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st
March, 2016. Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year 2015-16 is
form part of this report as Annexure-'' I I''
N.3) Cost Auditor
Pursuant to Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, and the Companies (Cost
Records & Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014, the Company maintains Cost
Records Your Board has on the recommendations of the Audit Committee,
appointed Sri K.S.N. Sarma having Registration No.- 102145 and
Membership No.-6875 as Cost Auditor of the Company for the financial
year 2016-1 7. The provisions also require the remuneration of the Cost
Auditor to be approved by the shareholders, as mentioned under AGM
Notice under item no. 12. As a matter of record, the Cost Audit Report
for the year 2014-15 was filed with the Central Government within the
prescribed time limit and for the year 2015-16 will be filed within the
stipulated time.
O. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:
Your Company has laid down set of standards which enables to implement
internal financial control across the organization and ensure that the
same are adequate and operating effectively (I) To provide reasonable
assurance that: transactions are executed in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles/standards or any other criteria
applicable to such statements, (2) to maintain accountability for
assets; access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management''s general or specific authorization and the maintenance of
the records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets that could
have a material effect on the Financial Statements.
P. WHISTEL BLOWER POLICY/VIGIL MECHANISM
The Company has established a mechanism trough which all the
stakeholders can report the suspected frauds and genuine grievances to
the appropriate authority. The whistle Blower Policy which has been
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company has been uploaded on
the Company''s website of the Company
(http://www.smspharma.com/investors/ downloads/whist
le-blower-protection-policy.pdf). During the year under review the
Company has not received any complaint(s) under this policy.
Q. BOARD''S RESPONSE ON AUDITORS QUALIFICATION, RESERVATION OR
ADVERSE REMARK OR DISCLAIMER MADE:
There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by
the Statutory Auditor, Secretarial Auditor and Cost Auditor in their
report.
R. REPORTING ON SEXUAL HARRASEMENT:
The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and
has adopted a "Policy on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace" in line with the provisions of
the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition
and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules there under for prevention and
redressal of complaints of sexual harassment at workplace.
The Company is committed to providing equal opportunities without
regard to their race, caste, sex, religion, colour, nationality,
disability, etc. All women associates (permanent, temporary,
contractual and trainees) as well as any women visiting the Company''s
office premises or women service providers are covered under this
policy. All employees are treated with dignity with a view to maintain
a work environment free of sexual harassment whether physical, verbal
or psychological.
During the year under review, the Company has not received any
complaints on sexual harassments. No workshops were carried out
against sexual harassment, but awareness programms were carried out at
each manufacturing unit and corporate office for women employees''
regarding this policy and the said policy is also displayed on the
website of the Company.
S. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS
OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND Company''s
OPERATIONS IN FUTURE:
No significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts
or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s
operations in future. Further, No material Changes and commitments
which affecting the financial position of the Company.
Acknowledgements:
Your Directors place on record their sincere appreciation for the
significant contribution made by the employees through their
dedication, hard work and commitments. Your Directors gratefully
acknowledge and appreciate the support extended by the Banks, Financial
Institutions, various government authorities, customers and also
shareholders of the Company, for their continued support and confidence
reposed in the Company.
By the order of the Board
Ramesh Babu Potluri
Chairman and Managing Director
(DIN:00I6638I)
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 10-08-2016
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting before you the 27th Annual
Report of the Company together with Audited Statement of Accounts for
the year ended 31st March, 2015.
Financial Results
(Amount : Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars 2014-15 2013-14
Gross Sales 55,764.66 50,098.33
Net Sales 53,604.12 48,197.76
Other Operating 4,324.46 3,606.04
Income
Net Revenue from 57,928.58 51,803.80
Operations
Other Income 1,632.00 152.41
EBIDTA 10,258.05 5,869.15
Finance Charges 1,793.09 1,381.88
Depreciation 1,716.61 1,285.46
Profit Before Tax 6,748.35 3,201.81
Taxation 3,223.89 1,163.36
Profit After Tax 3,524.46 2,038.45
B/f from previous year 6,073.30 4,651.87
Less: Adj. of dep. reserve as per Sch. II of 24.98 -
Companies Act, 2013
Balance available for 9,572.78 6,690.32
Appropriations.
Appropriations:
Transfer to Capital - 155.00
Redemption Reserve
Proposed Dividend 169.30 169.30
Dividend Tax 34.47 28.77
Dividend of previous year - (36.06)
including Tax
General Reserve 1,000.00 300.00
Profit carried to 8,369.01 6,073.31
Balance Sheet
Earnings per share
- Basic/Diluted 41.63 23.06
Review of Operations
During the period under review the company has posted very good
results. During the year 2014-15 the Company has achieved production of
2,026 M.T. of APIs and their Intermediates as against 1,791 M.T.
during the corresponding year and registered a growth of 13%. The net
sales of the company has reached to Rs. 53,604 Lakhs as against Rs.
48,198 Lakhs during the previous year registering growth of 11%. The
EBITDA stood at Rs. 10,258 Lakhs for the year 2014-15 compared to Rs.
5,869 Lakhs for the year 2013-14, registering a growth of 75%. The
profit after Tax for FY 2014-15 stood at Rs. 3,524 Lakhs, compared to
Rs. 2,038 Lakhs for FY 2013-14, registering a growth of 73% With this
EPS has increased to Rs. 41.63 as against Rs. 23.06 during the year
2013-14.
The Company has improved its economy of scale by increasing utilization
of production facility at Kandivalasa and Bachupally units. The
management believes that the profitability margins from the operations
are sustainable and it will continue to strengthen its leadership
position through dedicated research and introduction of new products.
During the year the company has re-enforced its fundamental strength of
FDA compliant facilities by successfully completing the US FDA audits
at Kandivalasa and Bachupally facilities. Apart from the above, we are
having PMDA (Japan) approval on accreditation basis for all the four
facilities. KFDA (Korea) approval was obtained for Bachupally and
Kandivalasa facilities. TGA (Australia) and EUGMP (E.U.) approval was
obtained for Bachupally facility. COFEPRIS (Mexico) approval was
obtained for Kazipally facility. During the year the company has filed
9 Drug Master Files and total DMFs filed up to 31.03.2015 are 24. The
management believes that the profitability margins from the operations
are sustainable and it will continue to strengthen its leadership
position through dedicated research and introduction of new products.
The company will continue to strengthen its model and build systems
that are sustainable as it continues to scale-up.
Transfer to Reserves:
Your Company has transferred an amount Rs. 1,000 Lakhs (previous year
Rs. 300 Lakhs) to General Reserve out of the amount available for
appropriations.
Dividend:
Your Directors are pleased to recommend the dividend of Rs. 2-00 per
equity share of Rs. 10/- each (Previous year Rs. 2/- per Equity Share).
Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures:
During the year the Company acquired 12,25,900 equity shares of Rs.
10/- each in M/s. VKT Pharma Private Limited. With this the said
company has become an associate company. The project of the said
associate company is in final stage and at the verge of completion and
operations are yet to be commenced. The Company has not having any
subsidiaries. Hence, as per the Notification GSR 723 (E) dated 14th
October, 2014 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the company
need not give consolidated accounts for the year 2014-15. The required
form, as per the provisions of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 viz.
AOC-1 is attached as Annexure Â'A' to the Board report.
Loans, Guarantees and Investments:
During the year under review your Company had made investment in an
associate company for its business purposes. The Company has not given
any loans or extended any guaranty to other Company's, firms or other
parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the
companies Act, 2013.
In compliance with the provisions of section 186 of the Companies Act,
2013 read with Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules,
2014, the details of investments made during the year are given in
Annexure-'B'.
Board of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:
As per the provisions of Section149 and 152 of the Companies Act, 2013,
the shareholders at their 26th Annual General Meeting held on 30th
September, 2014, had approved the appointment of all the existing
independent directors of the Company for tenure of up to five
consecutive years. None of the independent directors are liable to
retire by rotation.
In accordance with the provisions of the Section 149 (7) of the
Companies Act, 2013, each independent director had confirmed to the
Company that he/ she meets the criteria of Independence laid down in
the Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement.
Further in accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the
Companies Act, 2013, the shareholders also approved the terms of
appointment of Sri Ramesh Babu Potluri and Sri T V V S N Murthy, whole
time directors, making them liable to retire by rotation. Accordingly
Sri Ramesh Babu Potluri, Managing Director, retires by rotation at the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting scheduled on 29th September, 2015
and being eligible, seeks reappointment.
All the independent Directors of the Company have given declarations
under sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Act, and the same have been
considered and taken on record by the Board.
Sri N. Rajendra Prasad has been designated as Chief Financial Officer
and Sri P. Prabhakar Rao, has been designated as Company Secretary of
the Company pursuant to provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act,
2013.
Mechanism for Evaluation of Board:
As per provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement, the evaluation of the performance of the Board and
the members of the Board was under taken. The contribution and impact
of the individual directors and the Board as a whole were reviewed
through a peer evaluation on the following parameters:
A) Criteria for evaluation of Board of Directors as a whole.
i. The frequency of meetings;
ii. The length of meetings;
iii. The administration of meeting.
iv. The number of committees and their roles.
v. The flow of information to board members and between board members;
vi. The quality and quantity of information; and
vii. The Disclosure of Information to the stakeholders.
B) Criteria for evaluation of the Individual Directors.
i. Ability to contribute and monitor corporate governance practices;
ii. Ability to contribute by introducing best practices to address top
management issues.
iii. Participation in long term strategic planning.
iv. Commitment to the fulfillment of director obligations and
fiduciary responsibilities;
v. Guiding strategy;
vi. Monitoring management performance and development;
vii. Statutory compliance & Corporate Governance;
viii. Attendance and contribution at Board/ Committee Meetings;
ix. Independence of judgment, conflict resolution and contribution in
the enhancement of the Board's overall effectiveness.
x. Time spent by each of the member; and
xi. Core competencies. A 360 degree feedback-cum-assessment of
individual directors, the Board as a whole and its committees was
conducted.
Number of Meetings of the Board of Directors:
The Board of directors met five times during the year. The dates on
which the Board Meetings were held are 30th May, 2014, 12th August,
2014, 26th August, 2014, 11th November, 2014 and 6th February, 2015.
Nomination and Remuneration Committee:
The terms of reference for the committee includes:-
1. Identifying persons who are qualified to become Directors, Key
Managerial Persons and who may be appointed in Senior Management in
accordance with the criteria laid down and recommend to the Board for
their appointment and removal;
2. Carry on the evaluation of every director's performance;
3. Formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications,
positive attributes and independence of a director;
4. Recommend to the Board a policy relating to the remuneration of the
directors, key managerial personnel and other employees;
5. Formulation of criteria for evaluation of independent directors and
the Board;
6. Devising a policy on Board diversity; and
7. Any other matter as the Board may decide from time to time.
Nomination and Remuneration policy:
In accordance to Section 178 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013, Clause 49
(IV) (B) of the Listing Agreement and on the recommendations of
Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board adopted the
remuneration policy for the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel (KMPs)
and Senior Management. The Objectives of the Policy are as under:
1. To lay down criteria and terms and conditions with regard to
identifying persons who are qualified to become Directors (Executive
and Non-Executive) and persons who may be appointed in Senior
Management and Key Managerial positions and to determine their
remuneration.
2. To determine remuneration based on the Company's size and financial
position and trends and practices on remuneration prevailing in peer
companies.
3. To carry out evaluation of the performance of Directors.
4. To provide them reward linked directly to their effort,
performance, dedication and achievement relating to the Company's
operations.
5. To retain, motivate and promote talent and to ensure long term
sustainability of talented managerial persons and create competitive
advantage.
Audit Committee:
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors consists entirely of
Independent Directors. Presently the Committee comprises of Sri K.S.
Rao, (Chairman), Sri A.P. Rao and Sri P. Sarath Kumar.
The Board has accepted all the recommendations made by the Audit
Committee during the year.
Risk Management Policy:
The Audit Committee had formulated a Risk Management Policy for dealing
with different kinds of risks which it faces in day to day operations
of the Company. Risk Management Policy of the Company outlines
different kinds of risk and risk mitigating measures to be adopted by
the Board. The Company has adequate internal control systems and
procedures to combat the risk. The Risk Management procedure will be
reviewed by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors on a
Quarterly basis at the time of review of Quarterly Financial Results of
the Company.
Internal Financial Control Systems and Their Adequacy:
Your company has laid down set of statements which enables to implement
internal financial control across the organization and ensure that the
same are adequate and operating effectively
1. To prove reasonable assurances that transactions are executed in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, standards or
any other criteria applicable to such statements,
2. To maintain accountability for assets, access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization and the maintenance of records accurately with required
details and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
assets of the company; and
3. Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of frauds and errors and unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of the assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
4. The company ensures the accuracy and completeness of the accounting
records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information.
5. The company has a comprehensive budget control system to monitor
revenue and expenditure against approved budget on an ongoing basis.
Directors' Responsibility Statement:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act,
2013 as amended, the Board of Directors confirm that in the preparation
of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March, 2015:
1. The applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of the Annual Accounts.
2. Such Accounting policies as notified by ICAI have been selected and
applied consistently and judgments and estimates made when required 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 that period.
3. Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013 for safe guarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
4. The Annual Accounts have been prepared on going concern basis.
5. Proper internal financial controls were in place and were following
by the Company and that the financial controls were adequate and
operating effectively.
6. Proper systems have been devised to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all the applicable laws and these systems are adequate
and operating effectively.
The Board, further confirm that, 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.
Related Party Transactions:
All contracts/arrangements/transactions entered by the Company during
the financial year 2014-15 with related parties were in the ordinary
course of business and on an arm's length basis and are in compliance
with the provisions of the Companies Act and the Listing Agreement.
There are no materially significant related party transactions made by
the company with Promoters, Directors are Key Managerial Personnel etc.
which may have potential conflict with the interest of the Company.
However, to have more transparency in related parties' transactions the
Board is seeking shareholders' approval for the said transactions.
All related party transactions are presented to the Audit Committee and
the Board. Omnibus approval is obtained for the transactions which are
foreseeable and repetitive in nature. A statement of all related party
transactions is presented before the Audit Committee on quarterly basis
pacifying the nature, value and terms and conditions of the
transactions The Related Party Transactions Policy as approved by the
Board is uploaded on the Company's website at the web link http://www.
smspharma.com. In accordance with Section 134 (3) (h) of the Companies
Act, 2013, and Rule 8 (2) of the Companies (Accounts ) Rules, 2014, the
particulars of contracts or arrangements entered into by the Company
with related parties referred to in Section 188 (1) in Form AOC-2 is
attached as Annexure-'C'
The details of related party disclosures form part of the notes to the
financial statements provided in the annual report.
With regard to the observation made by the Secretarial Auditor for the
appointment of Sri P. Vamshi Krishna and Sri T. V. Praveen, the
related parties for place of profit at a monthly remuneration in
aggregate exceeding two and half Lakhs Rupees.
Your Directors wish to place on record that Sri T. V. Praveen and Sri
P. Vamsi Krishna were appointed has officer holding a place under the
erstwhile Section 314(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 at a monthly
remuneration of Rs. 3.00 lakh and Rs. 1.50 lakh per month respectively
and a resolution to this effect was passed by the shareholders in the
25th Annual General Meeting held on 30th September, 2013, subject to
the approval Central Government. The approval of the Central Government
was obtained vide approval letter No. SRNB86666047/3/2013-CL-VII dated
24th January, 2014 for the payment of monthly remuneration of two and
half Lakhs Rupees to Sri T. V. Praveen.
Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 has come into force with effect
from 01-04-2014 and accordingly, Rule 15 (3) (ii) (b) of Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 prescribes the prior
approval of the Company by an Ordinary Resolution for the appointment
of a related parties to any office or place of profit in the Company at
a monthly remuneration exceeding two and half Lakhs Rupees. Since the
said appointments were approved by the shareholders on 30th September,
2013 and no fresh appointments were made under the Section 188 of the
Companies Act, 2013 after its implementation. The total remuneration
paid to the related parties was put for ratification of the Members
once again at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Vigil Mechanism:
The Board of Directors has adopted Whistle Blower Policy. The Whistle
Blower Policy aims for conducting the affairs in a fair and transparent
manner by adopting highest standards of professionalism, honesty,
integrity and ethical behavior. All permanent employees of the Company
are covered under the Whistle Blower Policy.
A mechanism has been established for employees to report concerns about
unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of Code of
Conduct and Ethics. It also provides for adequate safeguards against
the victimization of employees who avail of the mechanism and allows
direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional
cases.
Auditors:
Statutory Auditors
The shareholders at their 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on
30-09-2014, approved the reappointment of M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered
Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company, to hold the office
till the conclusion of the 27th Annual General Meeting. M/s. Rambabu &
Co., Chartered Accountants, are eligible for reappointment and have
confirmed their eligibility under Section 141 of the Companies Act,
2013, read with Rule 4 of the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules, 2014
and Clause 41(1) (h) of the Listing Agreement.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors recommended the
appointment of M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered Accountants, as Statutory
Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of 27th Annual General
Meeting till the conclusion of the 28th Annual General Meeting.
Secretarial Auditor
Pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, Sri
C Sudhir Babu, Practicing Company Secretary (C.P. No.7666) was
appointed to conduct Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial
Year ended on 31st March, 2015. Secretarial Audit Report for the
financial year 2014-15 is attached as Annexure-'D' to this Report.
Cost Auditor
Pursuant to Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, and the Companies (Cost
Records & Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014, the Company maintains Cost
Records. Your Board has on the recommendations of the Audit Committee,
appointed Sri K.S.N. Sarma as Cost Auditor of the Company for the
financial year 2015-16. The provisions also require the remuneration of
the Cost Auditor to be approved by the shareholders.
The Cost Audit Report for the year 2013-14 was filed with the Central
Government within the prescribed time limit and for the year 2014-15
will be filed within the stipulated time.
Board's Response on Auditors qualification, reservation or adverse
remark or disclaimer made:
There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by
the Statutory Auditor and Cost Auditor in their report. Reply on one
qualification made by secretarial auditor already form part of this
report under head "Related Party Transactions".
Details of significant and material orders passed by the regulators or
courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company's
operations in future:
NO SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS
OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'S
OPERATIONS IN FUTURE.
Corporate Social Responsibility:
The company recognizes that business enterprises are economic organs of
society and part of society and draw on social resources for their
growth. The company has duty towards society and the communities and
neighborhoods in whose vicinity the company operates.
The Company has constituted Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
consisting of the Board of Directors Sri Ramesh Babu Potluri (Chairman
& Managing Director), Sri K.S. Rao, an Independent Director and Sri P.
Sarath Kumar an Independent Director as Chairman and as members of the
committee respectively. The Board approved the CSR Policy as
recommended by the CSR Committee with various CSR initiatives falling
within the purview of Schedule VII of the Act.
The company would undertake CSR initiatives in compliance with schedule
VII of the Companies Act, 2013 The CSR Policy may be accessed on the
company's website: www.smspharma.com
As per the provisions of the Section 135 of the Act, the average net
profit of the company during the preceding three years was negative. In
computing the Net Profits in accordance with Sec. 198 of the Companies
Act, 2013 for the purpose of CSR as specified under section 135; your
company had earned a profit of Rs. 41.75 Lakhs in the financial year
2011-12 and Rs. 3,250.82 lakhs in the financial year 2013-14 and
incurred a loss of Rs. 7,230.04 Lakhs in the financial year 2012-13
after adjusting the capital gains from sale of an unit. Hence, the
average net profit of the company for preceding three financial years
stands negative i.e. Rs. (1,279.16). spending provisions of CSR are not
applicable for the year under review. However an amount of Rs.
1,80,000/- was spent during the year 2014-15 for providing purified
drinking water in a village in whose vicinity the company operates.
Transfer of unpaid and unclaimed amounts to IEPF:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013,
the declared dividends, which remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period
of 7 years, have been transferred by the company to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) established by the Central
Government pursuant to the Section 125 of the said Act.
Employees Stock Option Schemes:
The Company has not implemented any Stock Option Schemes to the
Employees.
Particulars of Employees:
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required
under Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 (1)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014 are attached as Annexure-'E'
Conservation of Energy, Research and Development, Technology
Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo:
The information required under Section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies
Act, 2013 read with the Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is
enclosed as Annexure- 'F' to this Report.
Research and Development (R & D):
The company is committed to building a sound base for sustained growth
in API and key starting Materials business through the development of
new products, innovative technology, process improvement, cost
optimization and strengthening the compliance standards leveraging our
collective R&D experience resulting enhancement in value of all
stakeholders.
The company's R&D delivers on both fronts of profitability and growth
giving us a head start in the competitive industry, developing cost
effective process for new genetic APIs, meticulously documenting and
testing new and improved processes to manufacture quality drug
substances and drug intermediates.
The company continues to make fairly significant investments for
generic-related pharmaceutical research and technology. This research
supports generic business across all the markets and ensures to have a
healthy pipeline for future growth. Strong new product capability is
key part of strategy of the R&D.
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of
Science and Technology of Government of India has granted approval to
the in house research and development facility of Company under the
provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Fixed Deposits:
Your Company has not accepted/ invited any deposits from the public
during the year under review. As such no amount of principal or
interest was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
Contribution to the ex-chequer:
Your Company has contributed Rs. 4,077.25 Lakhs to the ex-chequer
(Previous year Rs. 2,306.28 Lakhs) by way of taxes.
Extract of Annual Return:
The Extract of Annual Return is prepared in Form MGT-9 as per the
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 of Companies
(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 and the same is enclosed as
Annexure-'G' to this Report.
Management's Discussion and Analysis:
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as
stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing agreement is presented in a
separate section forming part of the Annual Report.
Corporate Governance:
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance practices followed by your
company, in terms of clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock
Exchanges, is provided separately in this Annual Report.
Listing of Equity Shares:
The Company's Equity Shares are listed at the following Stock
Exchanges:
(i) BSE Limited, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai-400
001 and
(ii) National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Exchange Plaza, Floor 5,
Plot No. C/1, G Block Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai-400
051.
The Company has paid the Annual Listing Fees to the said Stock
Exchanges for the financial year 2014-15.
Material changes and commitments:
There are no Material changes and commitments in the business
operations of the Company from the financial year ended 31st March,
2015 to the date of signing of the Directors' Report.
Environment:
The Company has taken initiatives to reduce the pollution.
Anti-pollution measures taken by the Company will help to minimize the
impact of industrial process on the environment and local are nearby.
Acknowledgements:
Your Directors place on record sincere appreciation for the significant
contribution made by the employees through their dedication, hard work
and commitments. Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate
the support extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various
government authorities and also customers, for their continued support
and confidence reposed in the Company.
for and on behalf of the Board
Ramesh Babu Potluri
Chairman and Managing Director
DIN:00166381
Place : Hyderabad
Date : 08.08.2015
Mar 31, 2014
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 26th Annual Report and
Audited Accounts of your company for the year ended 3lst March, 20l4.
Financial Results:
(Amount : Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars 2013-14 20l2-l3
Gross Sales 50,098.33 25,402.97
Net Sales 48,197.76 23,993.38
Other Operating 3,606.04 526.0l
Income
Other Income 152.41 l6l.90
Total Net Income 51,956.21 24,68l.29
PBIDT 5,869.15 (3,446.46)
Finance Charges 1,381.88 2,426.34
Depreciation 1,285.46 l,372.l6
Profit before Extra- 3,201.81 (7,244.96)
Ordinary Items
Extra-Ordinary Items - l0,2ll.36
Profit before Tax 3,201.81 2,966.40
Taxation 1,163.36 433.9l
Profit After Tax 2,038.45 2,532.49
Profit brought forward 4,651.87 2,653.72
Total available for 6,690.32 5,l86.2l
Appropriations.
Appropriations:
Transfer to Capital 155.00 -
Redemption Reserve
Proposed Dividend 169.30 200.30
Dividend Tax 28.77 34.04
General Reserve 300.00 300.00
Profit carried to 6,073.31 4,65l.87
Balance Sheet
Earning per share
Basic/Diluted
Before Extra- 23.06 (76.67)
Ordinary items
After Extra- 23.06 25.29
Ordinary items
Operational performance:
During the year 2013-14 your company has produced l,79l M.T of APIs and
their intermediates as against l ,439 M.T during the corresponding
year. The net sales of the company has reached to Rs. 48,197.76 Lakhs
as against Rs. 23,993.38 Lakhs during the previous year. Apart from
this, Other Operating Income has reached to Rs. 3,606.04 Lakhs as
against Rs. 526.0l Lakhs during the previous year. With this, your
company has earned net profit of Rs. 2,038.45 Lakhs as against Rs.
2,532.49 Lakhs during the previous year. The main reason for increase
in tax expenditure is increase in difered tax liability.
Dividend:
Your Directors are pleased to recommend the dividend of 20% i.e. Rs.
2-00 per equity share of Rs. 10/- each for the year ended 31 -03-2014.
The Dividend, if approved by the shareholders at the AGM, will be paid
to the equity shareholders whose names appear in the Register of
Members as on 30-09-20l4. Expenditure on the proposed dividend will be
Rs. l98.07 lakhs, inclusive of taxes.
Share Capital:
The Authorised Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 12,00,00,000 (Rupees
Twelve Crores only) divided into l,20,00,000 (One Crore Twenty Lakhs
only) equity shares of Rs. l0/- each. The paid up share capital of the
Company has decreased to Rs. 8,46,52,030 (Rupees Eight Crore Forty Six
Lakhs Fifty Two Thousand and Thirty only) divided into 84,65,203
(Eighty Four Lakhs Sixty Five Thousand Two Hundred and Three only)
equity shares of Rs. l0/- each from Rs. l0,0l,52,030 Lakhs (Rupees Ten
Crore One Lakh Fifty Two Thousand and Thirty only) divided into
l,00,l5,203 (One Crore Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred and Three only)
equity shares of Rs. l0/- each. During the financial year under review
the company has bought back of l5,50,000 (Fifteen Lakhs Fifty Thousand
only) equity shares of Rs. l0/- each.
Transfer to Reserves:
Your Company has transferred an amount of Rs. 155.00 Lakhs (Previous
year Nil) to Capital Redemption Reserve and Rs. 300.00 lakhs (previous
year Rs. 300.00 lakhs) to General Reserve out of the amount available
for appropriations.
Auditors:
(a) Statutory Auditors
The Statutory Auditors of the Company M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered
Accountants and M/s. P Murali & Co., Chartered Accountants as Joint
Auditors of the Company, retired at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors recommend the
appointment of M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered Accountants as Statutory
Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting of the Company till the conclusion of the 27th Annual
General Meeting to be held in the year 2015.
(b) Cost Auditors:
Sri K.S.N. Sarma, Cost Accountant has been reappointed as Cost Auditor
of the Company with the consent of the Central Government of India to
conduct Cost Audit of the Company for the year 2013-14. The due date
for filing of the cost audit report of the company in XBRL format for
the year 2012-13 was 30th September, 2013 and the same was filed with
the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Based on the recommendations of the Audit Committee the Board of
Directors appointed Sri K.S.N. Sarma as Cost Auditor of the Company for
the year 2014-15. As per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 the
remuneration of the Cost Auditor as approved by the Board is to be
ratified by the Members.
Fixed Deposits:
Your Company has not accepted/invited any deposits from the public
during the year under review. As such no amount of principal or
interest was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
Contribution to the ex-chequer:
Your Company has contributed Rs. 2,306.28 lakhs to the ex-chequer
(Previous year Rs. 2,748.18 lakhs) by way of taxes.
Directors:
During the year 2013-14, Dr. B.M. Choudary has resigned as Director
from the Board of your Company due to his pre-occupied business
activities. The Board places on record its deep appreciation to Dr.
B.M. Choudary for the excellent contributions made by him as Director.
Dr. (Mrs.) Thummala Neelaveni and Sri P Sharath Kumar have joined on
the Board as Additional Directors with effect from 12th August, 2014.
Dr. Ayman Sahli and Sri T.V.V.S.N. Murthy retire by rotation at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers themselves
for re-appointment.
As per Section 149 (4) of the Companies Act, 2013, Sri A. P Rao, Dr.
Mihir K. Choudhari, Sri K. S. Rao, Sri P Sharath Kumar and Dr. (Mrs.)
Thummala Neelaveni are being appointed as independent directors to hold
office for a period of five years with effect from 30th September.
2014. Brief particulars and expertise of these directors and their
other directorships and committee memberships have been given in the
annexure to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting in accordance with
the requirements of listing agreement with Stock Exchanges.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act,
2013, with reference to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed:
1. That the applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of the Annual Accounts.
2. That the selected accounting policies were applied consistently and
judgments and estimates made are reasonable and prudent were made 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 that
year.
3. That the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, l956 for safe guarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities.
4. That the Annual Accounts have been prepared on going concern basis.
Research and Development (R&D):
Your Company is committed to building a sound base for sustained growth
in API and Key starting materials business through the development of
new products, innovative technology, process improvement, cost
optimization and strengthening the compliance standards leveraging our
collective R&D expertise resulting in value of all stakeholders.
SMS Pharma''s R&D delivers on both fronts of profitability and growth
giving us a head start in the competitive industry. Scientists at your
research laboratories are hard at work developing cost effective
process for new generic APIs, meticulously documenting and testing new
and improved processes to manufacture quality drug substances and drug
intermediates.
Management''s Discussion and Analysis:
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as
stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing agreement is presented in a
separate section forming part of the Annual Report.
As required by the Listing Agreement, a Certificate on Corporate
Governance by a Practicing Company Secretary and a declaration by the
Chairman & Managing Director with regard to Code of Conduct are
attached to the report on Corporate Governance.
Corporate Governance:
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance practices followed by your
company, in terms of clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock
Exchanges, is provided separately in this Annual Report.
Human Resources:
During the year, Industrial relations continued to be cordial
throughout the year. Your Company firmly believes that a dedicated
workforce constitute the primary source of sustainable competitive
advantage. Accordingly, human resource development continues to
receive focused attention. Your Directors wish to place on record their
appreciation of the dedicated and commendable services rendered by the
staff and workforce of the company, without whose efforts, such an
impressive performance may not have been possible.
Particulars of Employees:
Statement of particulars of employees pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2l7 (2A) of the Companies Act, l956 read with the Companies
(Particulars of employees) Rules, l975 as amended.
Notes:
i) Remuneration includes salary, allowances, company contribution to
provident fund and commission on profits.
ii) The above appointments are contractual.
iii) None of the above employees are relatives to any director of the
Company.
Corporate Social Responsibility:
In terms of Section l35 of the Companies Act, 20l3, the company is
required to constitute Corporate Social Responsibility Committee to
monitor the CSR activities. The Company has formed CSR Committee out of
its Board of Directors to recommend (a) the policy on Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) and
(b) implementation of the CSR Projects or Programs
to be undertaken by the Company as per CSR Policy for consideration and
approval by the Board of Directors.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foregin Exchange
Earnings/outgo:
The information required under Section 2l7(l)(e) of the Companies Act,
l956 read with the Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars
in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, l988 is enclosed herewith
and forms part of this report.
Dematerialization:
Your Company''s shares are under compulsory Dematerialization mode and
all the physical shareholders are hereby recommended to opt for this
facility for prompt services.
Vigil Mechanism:
In pursuant to the provisions of section l 77 (9) & (10) of the
Companies Act, 2013, a vigil mechanism for directors and employees to
report genuine concerns has been established. A dedicated Email ID:
[email protected] was established for this purpose and Phone
number 040-66288888 Extn: 902 was alloted for this purpose.
Environment:
The Company has taken initiatives to reduce the pollution,
Anti-pollution measures taken by the Company help to minimize the
impact of industrial process on the environment.
Related party transactions:
As a matter of policy, your company carried out transactions with
related parties on an arms-length basis. Statement of these
transactions is given in Notes on Accounts in compliance with
accounting standards issued by ICAI.
CEO/CFO Certification:
As required by the Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, a certificate on
the financial statements and cash flow statement of the Company for the
year ended 31st March, 2014 duly signed by the Chairman and Managing
Director and Chief Financial Officer was submitted to the Board of
Directors.
Acknowledgements:
Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the support
extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various government
authorities and also customers, dealers and trade, employees and
workers for their continued support and confidence reposed in the
company.
for and on behalf of the Board
Ramesh Babu Potluri
Chairman and Managing Director
Place : Hyderabad
Date : 26.08.2014
Mar 31, 2013
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 25th Annual Report and
Audited Accounts of your company for the year ended 31st March, 2013.
Financial Results
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars 2012-13 2011-12
Gross Sales 25,402.97 22,630.57
Net Sales 23,993.38 20,692.30
Other Operating Income 239.28 717.44
Other Income 161.89 56.41
Total Net Income 24,394.55 21,466.15
PBIDT (3,446.48) 3,818.05
Finance Charges 2,426.34 2,412.34
Depreciation 1,372.15 1,263.97
Profit before
Extraordinary Items (7,244.97) 141.75
Extraordinary Items 10,211.37 -
Profit Before Tax 2,966.40 141.75
Taxation 433.91 28.00
Profit After Tax 2,532.49 113.75
Profit brought forward 2,653.72 2,539.98
Total available for Appropriations 5,186.21 2,653.73
Appropriations:
Proposed Dividend 200.30 -
Dividend Tax 34.04 -
General Reserve 300.00 -
Profit carried to Balance Sheet 4,651.87 2,653.73
Earning per share
Basic/Diluted
Before Extraordinary Items (72.34) 1.14
After Extraordinary Items 25.29 1.14
Transfer of Undertaking
During the year under review the company has transferred one of its
manufacturing facilities situated in Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City
Parawada as a going concern under slump sale basis for a total
consideration of Rs. 17,300.00 lakhs and earned profit of Rs. 10,351.37
lakhs. The said profit was reflected in Extrordinary items in Statement
of Profit & loss.
Operational performance
During the year 2012-13 your company has produced 9,72,158 M.T. of APIs
as against 9,16,922 M T. during the corresponding year. The net sales
of the company has reached to Rs. 23,993.38 lakhs as against Rs. 20,692.30
lakhs during the previous year. Your company has earned net profit of
Rs. 2,532.49 lakhs as against Rs. 113.75 lakhs during the year 2011-12.
Buy back of Shares of the Company.
Your company has bought back 15,50,000 Equity shares of Rs. 10/- each
with an average price of Rs. 261.80 per share with a total outlay of Rs.
4,650.00 lakhs apart from brokerage and other expenses and the same was
reflected in reduction of share capital and Securities Premium account.
The present paid up capital of the Company has declined to Rs.
8,46,52,030/- from Rs. 10,01,52,030/-. The buyback is undertaken mainly
to enhance the shareholders'' value and confidence.
Dividend
Your Directors are pleased to recommend the dividend of Rs. 2.00 per
equity share of Rs. 10/- each (Previous year Nil).
Transfer to General Reserve:
Your Company has transferred an amount of Rs. 300.00 lakhs (previous year
Nil) to General Reserve out of the amount available for appropriations.
Auditors
The Statutory Auditors of the Company, M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered
Accountants and M/s. P. Murali & Co., Chartered Accountants, retire at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible for
re-appointment have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to
accept office for the financial year ended 31st March, 2014.
The Company has received confirmation from both the firms that their
appointment will be within the limits prescribed under Section 224 (1)
of the Companies Act, 1956. The Audit Committee of the board has
recommended the re-appointment of joint auditors.
Cost Auditors
Sri K. S. N Sarma, Cost Accountant, Hyderabad has been reappointed as
Cost Auditor of the Company to conduct cost audit of the Company for
the year 2013-14. The due date for filing of Cost Audit Report of the
Company in XBRL format for the year 2011-12 was 28th February, 2013 and
the same was filed with the Ministry of Corporate affairs on 16th
January, 2013.
Fixed Deposits
Your Company has not accepted/ invited any deposits from the public
during the year under review. As such no amount of principal or
interest was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
Directors
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 read with
the Articles of Association of the Company, Dr. Mihir K. Chaudhuri and
Sri K.S. Rao, will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and being eligible offers themselves for re-appointment as
Directors. Your Board of Directors recommends their re- appointment.
The brief profile of the respective Directors are provided in the
Report on Corporate Governance forming part of the Annual report.
Contribution to the ex-chequer.
Your Company has contributed Rs. 2,754.61 lakhs to the ex-chequer
(Previous year Rs. 2,215.10) by way of taxes.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956 as amended, the Board of Directors confirm that in the preparation
of the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31st March, 2013
and the Balance Sheet an on that date:
i. The applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of the Annual Accounts.
ii. The accounting policies as mentioned in the schedule 29 of the
notes to the financial statement have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments and estimates made are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company as at 31st March, 2013 and its profit for the year ended on
that date.
iii. Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv. The Annual Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Research and Development (R & D).
Research and Development is the backbone of a Company in Pharma
Industry. The R & D activity of your company focusing mainly on
development of new chemical entities apart from cost cutting of the
existing products and also for development of cost effective
non-infringing routes for the products whose patents are due for expiry
in the coming years. The major therapeutic focus of the R & D is Retro
Viral and anti-Hypertensive.
Management''s Discussion and Analysis
Manage''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as
stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is presented in a
separate section forming part of the Annual Report.
Corporate Governance
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance practices followed by your
Company, in terms of clause 49 of the listing agreement with Stock
Exchanges, is provided separately in this Annual Report.
Particulars of Employees
During the year under review, there was no employee drawing salary in
excess of the prescribed limit and whose particulars are required to be
given under Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Amendment Rules, 1975 as amended.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption
The information required under Section 217 (1) (e) of the Companies
Act, 1956 read with the Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is
enclosed herewith and forms part of this report.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility is commitment of the Company to improve
the quality of life of the
workforce and their families and also the community and society at
large. The Company believes in undertaking business in such a way that
it leads to overall development of all stake holders and society.
Environment
The Company has taken initiatives to reduce the pollution.
Anti-pollution measures taken by the Company are helpfull to minimize
the impact of industrial process on the environment.
Dematerialization
Your Company''s shares are under compulsory DEMAT mode and all the
physical shareholders are hereby recommended to opt for this facility
for prompt services.
Related party transactions.
As a matter of policy, your company carried out transactions with
related parties on an arms-length basis. Statement of these
transactions is given in Notes on Accounts in compliance with
accounting standards issued by ICAI.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the support
extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various government
authorities and also customers, dealers and trade, employees and
workers for their continued support and confidence reposed in the
company.
for and on behalf of the Board
P. Ramesh Babu
Chairman & Managing Director
Place : Hyderabad
Date : 13.08.2013
Mar 31, 2012
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 24th Annual Report and
Audited Accounts of your company for the year ended 31 st March, 2012.
Financial Results (Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars 2011-12 2010-11
Gross Sales 22,630.57 24,911.60
Net Sales 20,692.30 22,427.43
Other Operating Income 717.44 166.69
Other Income 42.95 219.08
Total Net Income 21,452.69 22,813.20
PBIDT 3,818.06 4,099.83
Finance Charges 2,412.34 1,787.17
Depreciation 1,263.97 1,264.29
Profit before Tax 141.75 1,048.37
Taxation 28.00 209.10
Profit After Tax 113.75 839.27
Profit brought forward 2,539.98 1,975.31
Total available for Appropriations. 2,653.73 2,814.58
Appropriations:
Proposed Dividend - 150.23
Dividend Tax - 24.37
General Reserve - 100.00
Profit carried to Balance Sheet 2,653.73 2,539.98
Earning per share
- Basic/Diluted 1.14 8.38
Operational performance
During the year 201 1-12 your company has produced 1945 M.T. of APIs
and their intermediates as against 2948 MT. during the corresponding
year. The net sales of the company has reached to Rs.206.92 crores as
against Rs.224.27 crores during the previous year. Your company has
earned net profit of Rs.1.14 crores as against Rs.8.39 crores during
the year 2010-1 1.
Dividend
Your Directors have not recommended the dividend for the year 2011-12
to the Shareholders keeping in view of the conservation of resources
(Previous year Rs. 1.50 per equity share of Rs. 10/-).
Auditors
The Statutory Auditors of the Company, M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered
Accountants and M/s. P. Murali & Co., Chartered Accountants, retire at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible for
re-appointment have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to
accept office for the financial year ended 31st March, 2013.
The Company has received confirmation from both the firms that their
appointment will be within the limits prescribed under Section 224(1)
of the Companies Act, 1956. The Audit Committee of the board has
recommended the re-appointment of joint auditors.
Cost Auditors
Pursuant to Section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central
Government has prescribed Cost Audit for the Company. Based on
recommendations of the Audit Committee and with the approval of the
Central Government, Sri K. S. N Sarma, Cost Accountant, Hyderabad was
appointed as Cost Auditor of the Company for the year 2012-13.
The relevant cost audit report for the financial year 2010-1 1 was
already filed. The cost audit report for the financial year 2011-12
shall be submitted to the Central Government within the stipulated
period.
Fixed Deposits
The company has not accepted / invited any deposits from the public in
terms of Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors
Pursuant to Article 110 of the Articles of Association of the Company
Dr. B.M. Choudary and Mr. A.P Rao, will retire by rotation at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offers themselves for
re- appointment as Directors. Your Board of Directors recommends their
re-appointment.
The profiles of the respective Directors are included in the Report on
Corporate Governance annexure.
Contribution to the ex-chequer.
Your Company has contributed Rs 2,215.10 lakhs to the ex-chequer
(Previous year Rs.3,040.68 lakhs) by way of taxes.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956,
Directors of your company hereby state and confirm that:
1. The applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of the Annual Accounts.
2. The accounting policies as mentioned in the schedule 27 of the
notes to the financial statement have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments and estimates made are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company as at 31 st March, 2012 and its profit for the year ended
on that date.
3. Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 for safe guarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
4. The Annual Accounts have been prepared on going concern basis.
Research and Development (R & D)
Research and Development is the backbone of a Company in Pharma
Industry. The R & D activity of your company focusing mainly on
development of new chemical entities apart from cost cutting of the
existing products and also for development of cost effective
non-infringing routes for the products whose patents are due for expiry
in the coming years. The major therapeutic focus of the R & D is
Oncolgoy, Retro Viral and anti-Hypertensive.
Management's Discussion and Analysis
A detailed Management Discussion and Analysis is provided in the Annual
Report.
Corporate Governance
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance as required under the Listing
Agreement forms part of this Annual Report.
Rarticulars of Employees
During the year under review, there was no employee drawing salary in
excess of the prescribed limit and whose particulars are required to be
given under Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Amendment Rules, 1975 as amended.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption
The information required under Section 217 (1) (e) of the Companies
Act, 1956 read with the Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is
enclosed herewith and forms part of this report.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility is commitment of the Company to improve
the quality of life of the workforce and their families and also the
community and society at large. The Company believes in undertaking
business in such a way that it leads to overall development of all
stake holders and society.
Environment
The Company has taken initiatives to reduce the pollution,
Anti-pollution measures taken by the Company help minimize the impact
of industrial process on the environment.
Dematerialization
Your Company's shares are under compulsory DEMAT mode and all the
physical shareholders are hereby recommended to opt for this facility
for prompt services.
Related party transactions.
As a matter of policy, your company carried out transactions with
related parties on an arms-length basis. Statement of these
transactions is given in Notes on Accounts in compliance with
accounting standards issued by ICAI.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the support
extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various government
authorities and also customers, dealers and trade, employees and
workers for their continued support and confidence reposed in the
company.
for and on behalf of the Board
P. Ramesh Babu
Chairman & Managing Director
Place : Hyderabad
Date : 10.08.2012
Mar 31, 2011
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 23rd Annual Report and
Audited Accounts of your company for the year ended 31st March, 2011.
Financial Results
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
Gross Sales 24,911.60 23,876.77
Net Sales 22,427.43 21,975.51
Other Income 360.10 243.61
Total Net Income 22,787.53 22,219.12
PBIDT 4,074.16 2,480.42
Financial Charges 1,761.50 1,355.85
Depreciation 1,264.29 836.48
Profit before Tax 1,048.37 288.09
Taxation 209.10 48.55
Profit After Tax 839.27 239.54
Profit brought forward 1,975.31 1,952.55
Available for
Appropriations. 2,814.58 2,192.09
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve 100.00 100.00
Proposed Dividend 150.23 100.15
Dividend Tax 24.37 16.63
Profit carried to
Balance Sheet 2,539.98 1,975.31
Earning per share
- Basic/Diluted 8.38 2.39
Operational performance
During the year 2010-11 your company has produced 2948 M T. of APIs and
their intermediates as against 2442 M T. during the corresponding year.
The net sales of the company has reached to Rs.224.27 crores as against
Rs.219.76 crores during the previous year. You company has earned net
profit of Rs.8.39 crores as against Rs.2.4 crores during the year
2009-10.
Dividend
Your Board of Directors have recommended the dividend of Rs.1.50 per
equity share on par value of Rs.10/- each (Previous year Rs.1/- per
equity share) absorbing an amount of Rs.174.60 lakhs.
Transfer to Reserves:
An amount of Rs.1,00,00,000/- (previous year Rs.1,00,000/-) was
transferred to the General Reserve out of the amount available for
appropriations.
Auditors
The Statutory Auditors of the Company, M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered
Accountants and M/s. P. Murali & Co., Chartered Accountants, retire at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible for
re-appointment have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to
accept office for the financial year ended 31st March, 2012.
The Company has received confirmation from both the firms that their
appointment will be within the limits prescribed under Section 224 (1)
of the Companies Act, 1956. The Audit Committee of the board has
recommended the re-appointment of joint auditors.
Cost Auditors
Sri KSN Sarma, Cost Accountant was appointed as Cost Auditor of the
Company subject to the consent of the Government of India to conduct
cost audit of the Company for the year 2010-11.
Fixed Deposits
The company has not accepted/invited any public deposits from the
public in terms of Section 58 A and 58 AA of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors
Pursuant to Article 110 of the Articles of Association of the Company
Dr. Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Dr. Ayman Sahli, will retire by rotation at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer themselves
for re-appointment as Directors. Your Board of Directors recommend
their re-appointment.
The profiles of the respective Directors are included in the Report on
Corporate Governance annexure.
Contribution to the ex-chequer
Your Company has contributed Rs.2,790.25 lakhs to the ex-chequer
(Previous year Rs.2,165.05 lakhs) by way of taxes.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956,
Directors of your company hereby state and confirm that:
1. The applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of the Annual accounts.
2. The accounting policies as mentioned in the schedule 22 of the
notes to the financial statement have been selected and applied
consistently and judgments and estimates made are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company as at 31st March, 20011 and its profit for the year ended
on that date.
3. Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintaince of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 for safe guarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
4. The Annual Accounts have been prepared on going concern basis.
Research and Development (R & D)
Your Company has given utmost importance for Research and Development.
The R & D centers of the company having 10 labs including dedicated
oncology laboratory. This center was equipped with dedicated analytical
development block in 22,000 Sft area, kilo lab and cGMP Pilot Plant.
The R & D activity of your company mainly focusing relentlessly on
development of new chemical entities apart from cost cutting of the
existing products and also for development of cost effective
non-infringing routes for the products whose patents are due for expiry
in the forthcoming years. The major therapeutic focus of the R&D is
Oncology, Retro Viral, and anti Hypertensive.
Management's Discussion and Analysis
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis is provided as part of
this Annual Report.
Corporate Governance
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance as required under the Listing
Agreement forms part of this Annual Report.
Particulars of Employees
During the year under review, there was no employee drawing salary in
excess of the prescribed limit and whose particulars are required to be
given under Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Amendment Rules, 1975 as amended.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption
The information required under Section 217 (1) ( e) of the Companies
Act, 1956 read with the Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is
enclosed herewith and forms part of this report.
Dematerialization
Your Company's shares are under compulsory DEMAT mode and all the
physical shareholders are hereby recommended to opt for this facility
for prompt services.
Related party transactions
As a matter of policy, your company carried out transactions with
related parties on an arms-length basis. Statement of these
transactions is given in Notes on Accounts in compliance with
accounting standards issued by ICAI.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the support
extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various government
authorities and also customers, dealers and employees for their
continued support and confidence reposed in the company.
for and on behalf of the Board
P. Ramesh Babu
Chairman & Managing Director
Place: Hyderabad
Date : 05.08.2011
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 22nd Annual Report and
Audited Accounts of your company for the year ended 31st March, 2010.
Financial Results
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars 2009-10 2008-09
Gross Sales 23,876.77 27,406.95
Net Sales 21,975.51 24,478.67
Other Income 243.61 40.52
Total Net Income 22,219.12 24,519.19
PBIDT 2,480.42 2,381.52
Finance Charges 1,355.85 959.04
Depreciation 836.48 627.91
Profit before Tax 288.09 794.57
Taxation 48.55 164.72
Profit After Tax 239.54 629.85
Profit brought forward 1,952.55 1,657.05
Available for
Appropriations 2,192.09 2,286.90
Appropriations:
Proposed Dividend 100.15 200.31
Dividend Tax 16.63 34.04
Transfer to General Reserve 100.00 100.00
Profit carried to
Balance Sheet 1,975.31 1,952.55
Earning per share 2.39 6.29
Managements Discussion and Analysis
A detailed Management Discussion and Analysis is provided in the Annual
Report.
Dividend
Your Board of Directors have recommended the dividend of Re.1.00 per
Equity Share of Rs. 10/-
each (previous year Rs. 2/- per Equity Share) considering the financial
commitments of the Company.
Transfer to General Reserve:
The Company proposes to transfer Rs.1,00,00,000/- to the General
Reserve out of the amount available for appropriations.
Auditors
The Statutory Auditors of the Company, M/s. Rambabu & Co., Chartered
Accountants and M/s. P. Murali & Co., Chartered Accountants, retire at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment
have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to accept office for
the financial year ended 31st March, 2011.
The Company has received confirmation from both the firms that their
appointment will be within the limits prescribed under Section 224 (1B)
of the Companies Act, 1956. The Audit Committee of the board has
recommended the re-appointment of joint auditors.
Cost Auditor
Sri KSN Sarma, Cost Accountant was appointed as Cost Auditor of the
Company subject to the consent of the Government of India to conduct
cost audit of the Company for the year 2009-10.
Fixed Deposits
The company has not accepted/ invited any deposits from the public in
terms of Section 58 A and 58 AA of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors
Pursuant to Article 110 of the Articles of Association of the Company
Sri K.S. Rao and Sri A.P. Rao, will retire by rotation at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting and are being eligible offers themselves for
re-appointment as Directors. Your Board of Directors recommends their
re-appointment.
The profiles of the respective Directors are included in the Report on
Corporate Governance annexed.
Corporate Governance
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance along- with the Certificate
issued by M/s CSB Associates, Company Secretaries confirming compliance
of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement, forms part of this Annual Report.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India has issued a set
of voluntary guidelines on Corporate Governance in December, 2009.
These guidelines provide for good governance practices which may be
adopted by the corporate voluntarily. The Board of Directors would
examine and comply the guidelines with the extent possible.
Contribution to the ex-chequer.
Your Company has contributed Rs.2,165.05.lakhs to the ex-chequer
(Previous year Rs.3,152.02 lakhs) by way of taxes.
Directors Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956 on the Directors Responsibility Statement, it is hereby
confirmed:
1. That in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended
31st March, 2010, applicable, accounting standards were followed along
with proper explanations relating to material departures.
2. That your Directors selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgments and estimates were 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 31st March, 2010 and of
the profit of the company for that period.
3. That your Directors took proper and sufficient care to maintain
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this
act to safe guard the assets of the Company and to prevent and detect
fraud and other irregularities.
4. That your Directors prepared the Annual Accounts for the year ended
31st March, 2010 on a going concern basis.
Research and Development (R & D).
Your company places significant emphasis on research and development
with a dual focus on non infringing and cost effective processes. The
company has two R & D Centers with the first one working on new
products and process development, custom synthesis and contract
research for customers. This center has 10 labs including a dedicated
oncology lab in 40,000 Sft area. It has infrastructure right from
product conception to DMF filing. The center is capable of developing
20 products per annum. The center is also equipped with dedicated
analytical development block in 22,000 sft area, kilo lab, and cGMP
pilot plant.
The company has developed non infringing process in anti cancer, anti
migraine and other highly potential therapeutic categories which will
enable us to have early entry opportunities in different markets
The second R & D center in 3750 sft area is dedicated for continuous
process improvement of existing products which enables us to maintain
our leadership position in cost competitive generic industry. Both R &
D Centers are recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research.
Due to ongoing cost reduction efforts from this R&D center, the company
has been able to maintain leadership in extremely competitive API like
Ranitidine, Sildenafil, Sumatriptan, Pantoprazole etc
Particulars of Employees
The particulars of employees required under the provisions of Section
217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as amended to date were not
applicable to your Company as none of the employees were in receipt of
remuneration which in aggregate is Rs.24,00,000/- or more per year or
Rs.2,00,000/- or more per month..
Disclosure of Particulars
As required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report
of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, the relevant information and data
is attached as an Annexure to this report.
Dematerialization
Your Companys shares are under compulsory DEMAT mode and all the
physical shareholders are hereby recommended to opt for this facility
for prompt services.
Related party transactions.
As a matter of policy, your company carried out transactions with
related parties on an arms-length basis. Statement of these
transactions is given in Notes on Accounts in compliance with
accounting standards issued by ICAI.
Transfer of unpaid/unclaimed dividend to Investor Education and
Protection Fund (IEPF)
The dividend declared for the year 2002-03 has been fully claimed and
paid by the Company.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the support
extended by the Banks, Financial Institutions, various government
authorities and also customers, dealers and trade, employees and
workers for their continued support and confidence reposed in the
company.
for and on behalf of the Board
P. Ramesh Babu
Chairman & Managing Director
Place: Hyderabad
Date : 27.08.2010