Mar 31, 2010
The Directors present the fourteenth Annual Report and audited
statements of accounts of the Company for the year ended March 31,
2010.
1) FINANCIAL RESULTS:
(Rs, in Lacs)
PARTICULARS Year ended
March 31,2010 Year ended March
31,2009
Sales and other income 93.95 201.49
Gross Profit /(Loss) before
Depreciation (137.96) (272.24)
Depreciation 22.61 23.44
Profit/(Loss) before Non operative
items and Tax (160.58) (295.68)
Less: Provision for Taxation 0 1.40
Prior Period Items (1.14) 3.30
Profit/(Loss) after Non operative
items and Tax (159.44) (300.39)
Since the company is incurring loss the Board does not recommend any
dividend. Also no any amount is to be transferred to general reserve.
In view of the liquidity crunch company could not carryon operations to
the optimum level which has resulted in company running in losses.
Directors are considering various options for revival of the business.
3) DIRECTORS:
According to the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the Articles
of Association of the Company, Mr. Kenny Motwani , Director of the
Company is liable to retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting and being eligible has offered himself for
re-appointment as director of the Company. The Board recommends his
reappointment.
The Board of Directors had appointed Mr. Satish Kumar Nandigama and Mr.
Anilkumar Sunkara as additional Directors of the Company at their
meeting held on 8lh January 2010 According to provision of section 260
of the Companys Act 1956. The additional directors hold the position
upto the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting & being eligible
offer themselves for appointment as Director of the Company. The
Company has received request proposing candidatures of Mr. Satish Kumar
Nandigama and Mr. Anilkumar Sunkara alongwith requisite deposit. Your
Directors recommends their appointment as directors of the Company,
liable to retire by rotation.
The Company has duly complied with the provisions of Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement relating to constitution of the Directors.
The company had made application under section 198 of the Companies
Act, 1956 to the Central Government seeking approval for payment of
remuneration to Mr. Nitin Naik, Wholetime Director. The company has
received approval on 20* August 2010.
Relationship with Mr. Rajesh Vaishnav :
The Members of the Company in their meeting held on 27th September,
2007 approved the appointment of Mr. Rajesh Vaishnav as the Managing
Director of the Company for a period of five years w.e.f. 24th June
2007. Subsequently, the Company entered into a written agreement with
Mr. Vaishnav containing the terms and conditions of his appointment
and also the obligations of each of the party to the said Agreement.
Mr. Vaishnav is not attending office since July 1,2008 and made several
attempts of tendering resignation without acting on such resignation
letters or complying with the obligations undertaken, as per the above
referred agreement.
The Company, on the basis of legal advice received, has been in
communication with Mr. Vaishnav requesting him to fulfill his
obligations as per the terms and conditions of the said agreement, hand
over the charge of various affairs, records, assets of the Company and
offer explanations in respect of various transactions with third
parties, so as to accept his offer of termination of the said agreement
and his appointment. But, till date, Mr. Vaishnav has not fulfilled all
the obligations to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
The Company is facing numerous difficulties due to non-availability of
information, records and explanations. The Company has received further
advice not to accept the offer of Mr. Vaishnav to terminate the
agreement/appointment unless all obligations undertaken by Mr. Vaishnav
are fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors of the
Company. The Company has reported these developments to the Stock
Exchanges and also to the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra, Pune, as
a response to the communication received from his office. Considering
the civil nature of the agreement, obligations and issues related
thereto, the Company, on the basis of above referred advice, has not
accepted the termination proposal of Mr. Vaishnav.
It is expected that Mr. Vaishnav in view of his obligations and legal
consequences will render the necessary assistance to the Company to
complete the formalities. Meanwhile, the Board of Directors in order to
comply with the provisions of Section 269 of the Companies Act has
appointment Mr. Nitin Naik as the Whole time Director of the Company.
4) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
A separate section on Corporate Governance forming part of the
Directors Report and the certificate from the Companys Statutory
Auditors confirming the Compliance of conditions on Corporate
Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is
included in the Annual Report.
5) DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, it is hereby confirmed:
(i) that in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial
year ended 31st March, 2010, the applicable accounting standards had
been followed along with proper explanation relating to material
departures;
(ii) that the directors had selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that 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 and of the
profit or loss of the Company for the year under review;
(iii) that the directors had taken proper and sufficient care 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) that the Directors had prepared the Annual Accounts for the
financial year ended 31st March 2010 on a going concern basis.
6) AUDITORS:
M/s. Himanshu Patel & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Pune,
statutory auditors of the Company, retire at the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting and are eligible for reappointment. The Company has
obtained a Certificate to the effect that their appointment, if made
would be in conformity with the limits specified under Section 224 (1B)
of the Companies Act, 1956. The Board recommends their appointment.
7) SUBSIDIARY COMPANY:
The Company has made investments in Partyline Products Pvt Ltd; making
it a 100% Subsidiary Company with a view that the future prospects of
disposal paper partyware in India is optimistic. It would be beneficial
to the Company. The audited accounts for the year ended March 31,2010
and other particulars pursuant to Section 212(1) of the Companies Act,
1956 relating to M/s. Partyline Products Pvt. Ltd. appended to this
Report.
8) FIXED DEPOSITS:
Pursuant to Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 and The Companies
(Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975, the Company has not accepted any
deposit from the public.
9) CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION:
Information in accordance with the provisions of Section 217(1 )(e) of
the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, regarding
conservation of energy and technology absorption is not applicable to
your Company.
11) INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND AUDIT:
The internal audit function is earned out by practicing professionals
having domain expertise in internal audit. The scope and extent of
internal audit encompasses audit and review of transactions.
The Internal Auditor furnishes a report to the Company and in turn an
executive summary of observations and Companys comments are made
available to the Audit Committee.
12) AUDITORS OBSERVATION:
Management is taking steps obtaining confirmations from debtors,
creditors and other parties, and trying put in place full proof systems
for inventories. In respect of Central Government approval for payment
of managerial remuneration, approval has been received on 20th August
2010.
13) LISTING:
The shares of your Company are listed on The Stock Exchange, Mumbai and
National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the Annual Listing fees
for the financial year 2010-2011 have been paid.
14) PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
As required under the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies
Act 1956, read with Companies (Particulars of employees) Rules, 1975
during the year under report, no employee of the Company, throughout
the year or part of the year was in receipt of remuneration of Rs.
24,00,000/- per annum or Rs. 2,00,000/- per month or in excess thereof
respectively.
The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the
positive co-operation received from its consumers, suppliers, bankers,
Government of India.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nitin Naik
Wholetime Director
Date: 15 Nov. 2010
Place: Pune
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