Mar 31, 2024
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the Fifteenth Annual Report of your Company along
with Audited Statement of Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March, 2024.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE COMPANY
The Financial Performance of your Company for the year ended 31 March, 2024 is summarized below:
(Amount in Rs. ''000)
|
Particulars |
31st March, 2024 |
31st March, 2023 |
|
Total Revenue |
1,731.38 |
6303.49 |
|
Profit before finance charges, Tax, Depreciation/Amortization |
(2,632.88) |
(1124.04) |
|
Less : Finance Charges |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Profit before Tax, Depreciation/Amortization (PBTDA) |
(2,632.88) |
(1124.04) |
|
Less : Depreciation/Amortization |
698.93 |
817.46 |
|
Profit before Tax (PBT) |
(3,331.81) |
(1941.47) |
|
Provision for Taxation |
36.16 |
43.71 |
|
Profit/(Loss) after Taxation (PAT) |
(3,367.98) |
(1985.17) |
|
Provision for Proposed Dividend |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Dividend Tax |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Transfer to Statutory Reserve u/s 45-IC of RBI Act 1934 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Transfer to General Reserve |
0.00 |
0.00 |
During the year under review, the Standalone Revenue of the Company has increased percentage
of 56.40% over the previous year.
Your Company had a Net loss after tax of Rs. 3,367.98 thousand during the year as compared to Net
loss of Rs. 1,985.17 thousand of previous year.
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the
company, which have occurred since 31st March 2024, being the end of the Financial Year of the
Company to which financial statements relate and date of the report.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, if the dividend transferred to
the Unpaid Dividend Account of the Company remains unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven
years from the date of such transfer then such unclaimed or unpaid dividend shall be transferred by
the Company along with interest accrued, if any to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (''the
IEPF''). The details of transfer to IEPF is available on the website of the Company on
There is no change in accounting policy during the year.
In view of the planned business growth, the directors are unable to recommend dividend for the
year underreview, nor do they propose to carry any amount to reserves.
Your Company has neither a Subsidiary Company nor a Joint Venture Company during the year
under review. Associate company''s details is as under:
|
Name of the Company |
% shareholding of EEL |
Status |
|
Encash Securities Ltd |
25.69% |
Associate |
During the year the Company has not accepted any deposit under Section 73 of the Companies
Act, 2013 ("theAct") and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
During the year, the Company has not obtained any cash credit facilities.
The Paid-up Equity Share Capital as on 31st March, 2024 stood at ''. 3,89,64,960. The Company
has not during the year under report issued any shares with or without differential voting rights,
granted stock options orissued sweat equity shares.
There was no change in the Registered Office or nature of business of the Company during the year
under review.
There are no significant materials orders passed by the Regulators/ Courts/ Tribunals which would
impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments covered under Section 186 of Companies
Act, 2013 forms the part of the Notes to the financial statements provided in this Annual Report.
Your Board comprises of 4 Directors including 2 Independent Directors. Independent Directors
provide their declarations both at the time of appointment and annually confirming that they meet
the criteria of independence as prescribed under Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. During the Financial Year 2023-2024
your Board met 6 (Six) times details of which are available in Corporate Governance Report
annexed to this report.
The following employees were designated as whole-time key managerial personnel by Board of
Directors duringthe year 2023-2024, pursuant to section 203 of Companies Act 2013 and rules
made thereon:
1. Mr. Sachet Saraf - Managing Director
2. Ms. Hardika Pancholi - Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
3. Ms. Suman Saraf - Chief Financial Officer
As at the end of the financial year, there was only 1 (One) Non-Executive Independent Director on
the Board of theCompany due to sudden demise of Shri Surendra Kumar Sethia.
The Company then appointed Ms. Neha Kedia as Non-Executive Independent Director on 06th May,
2024 to meet the requirement of the number of Non-Executive Independent Directors being the first
meeting held after the demise of Late Shri Surendra Kumar Sethia.
The Company has received necessary declaration from all Independent Directors under Section
149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, confirming that they meet the criteria of independence laid
down in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16 and 25 of SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
The Board is of the opinion that the Independent Directors of the Company hold the highest
standards of integrity and possess requisite expertise, proficiency and experience required to fulfil
their duties as IndependentDirectors.
Pursuant to requirements under section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board, to the best of
its knowledgeand belief, confirms that:
(i) The applicable accounting standards have been followed in preparation of annual accounts for
the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 and proper explanations have been furnished
relating to material departures;
(ii) Accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and prudent judgments and
estimates have been made so as to give a true and fair view of state of affairs of the Company
at end of financial year and of profit and loss of the Company for the year under review;
(iii) Proper and sufficient care has been taken for maintenance of adequate accounting records in
accordance with provisions of the Act for safeguarding assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(iv) The annual accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 have been prepared on a
going concernbasis;
(v) Internal financial controls are in place and that such financial controls are operating effectively;
(v) Adequate systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws are in place
and are operating effectively.
Based on the framework of internal financial controls and compliance systems established and
maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal, statutory and secretarial auditors
and external consultant(s) and the reviews made by the Management and the relevant Board
Committees including the Audit Committee, the Board is of the opinion that the Company''s
internal financial controls were adequate and operationally effectiveduring FY 2023-2024.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, board
committees, and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and SEBI Listing
Regulations. The performance of the board was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from
all the directors on the basis of criteria such as theboard composition and structure, effectiveness
of board processes, information and functioning, etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from the
committee members on the basis of criteria such as the composition of committees, effectiveness
of committee meetings, etc.
The above criteria are based on the Guidance Note on Board Evaluation issued by the Securities
and ExchangeBoard of India on January 5, 2017.
In a separate meeting of independent directors, performance of non-independent directors, the
board as a wholeand the Chairman of the Company was evaluated, taking into account the view of
non-executive director.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance of
individual directors on the basis of criteria such as the contribution of the individual director to
the board and committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningful and
constructive contribution and inputs in meetings,etc.
In the board meeting that followed the meeting of the independent directors and meeting of
Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the performance of the board, its committees, and
individual directors was also discussed.
Performance evaluation of independent directors was done by the entire board, excluding the
independent directorbeing evaluated.
During the period under review, the Board of Directors has following committees:
(a) The Audit Committee
(b) The Nomination and Remuneration Committee
(c) The Stakeholders Relationship Committee
The details of the above mentioned committees have been disclosed separately in the Corporate
GovernanceReport which is annexed to and forms a part of this Annual Report.
The information required pursuant to Section 197 read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 in respect of employees of the Company, will
be provided upon request. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the reports and accounts are being
sent to the members and others entitled thereto, excluding the information on employees''
particulars which is available for inspection by the members at the Registered office of the
company during business hours on working days of the company up to the date of ensuing Annual
General Meeting. If any member is interested in inspecting the same, such member may write to
the company secretary in advance.
In accordance with the provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015,the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company has submitted
a certificate for the year ended31st March, 2024 to the Board of Director.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has appointed
M/s. AKBARMAN & ASSOCIATES, Chartered Accountants for a term of 5 (five) consecutive years
approval of members be taken at the said Annual General Meeting.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has
appointment Ms. Neha Poddar, a Company Secretary in Practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit
of the Company. The Report of the SecretarialAudit Report is annexed herewith as Annexure - I.
Pursuant to the provision of section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014 the Company has appointed Mr. Samit Kumar Baid to undertake the Internal
Audit of the Company for the
F.Y. 2023-2024. There stood no adverse finding & reporting by the Internal Auditor in the Internal
Audit Report forthe year ended 31st March, 2024.
The Auditor Report and secretarial auditors'' report does not contain any qualifications,
reservations or adverse remarks. Reports of the auditors are given as an annexure which forms
part of this report.
The company has policy for Internal Financial Control System, commensurate with the size, scale
and complexity of its operations. Detailed procedural manuals are in place to ensure that all the
assets are safeguarded, protected against loss and all transactions are authorized, recorded and
reported correctly. The scope and authority of the Internal Audit function is defined in the internal
financial control policy. The Internal Auditor monitors and evaluates the efficiency and adequacy of
Internal Financial control system in the company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting
procedures and policies. To maintain its objectivity and independence, the internal auditor reports
to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board, the internal audit report on quarterly basis
and same are reviewed by the committee. The observation and comments of the Audit Committee
are placed before the board.
The details in respect of internal financial control and their adequacy are included in the
management discussion& analysis, which forms part of this report.
Your Company has been practicing the principles of good Corporate Governance over the years and
it is a continuous and ongoing process. A detailed Report on Corporate Governance practices
followed by our Company in terms of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, together with a Certificate from the Secretarial Auditors confirming compliance
with the conditions of Corporate Governanceare provided separately in this Annual Report.
Pursuant to Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, top 1000 listed entities based on market capitalization are required to
furnish Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR). However, as the Company
does not fall under the list of top 1000 companies'' basis market capitalization, the requirement
of furnishing BRSR is not applicable upon the Company for the financial year 2023-2024.
Your company is committed to adhere to the highest standards of ethical, moral and legal
conduct of business operations. To maintain these standards, the Company encourages its
employees who have concerns about suspected misconduct to come forward and express these
concerns without fear of punishment and unfair treatment. The company has adopted a
Whistle Blower policy to establish a vigil mechanism for directors and employees to report
concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Codes of
conduct or ethics policy. The said policy is available at www.encashentertainment.com
In accordance with the provisions of the Act and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulation 2015, the Board of Director of the Company on recommendation of
the Nomination & Remuneration Committee have adopted the criteria for determination of
qualification, positive attributes and independence of Directors, Remuneration of Senior
Management Personnel(including Key Management Personnel) and Remuneration of Other
Employees. The above mentioned criteria and Policies are available at
www.encashentertainment.com.
The Company had not taken any initiatives on the activities of Corporate Social Responsibilities
as the provision relating to the same are not applicable to the company
Your Company actively stimulates entrepreneurship throughout the organization and
encourages its people to identify and seize opportunities. The current economic environment,
in combination with significant growth ambitions of it, carries an evolving set of risks. Encash
recognizes that these risks need to be managed to protect its customers, employees,
shareholders and other stakeholders, to achieve its business objectives and enable sustainable
growth. Risk and opportunity management is therefore a key element of the overall Encash
strategy. This section provides an overview of the key strategic risks, Encash''s risk and control
framework, and its approach to risk management.
The company has adopted the policy on redressal of Sexual and Workplace Harassment as per
the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace [Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal] Act,
2013 [''''Sexual Harassment Act'''']. The Company believes that it is the responsibility of the
organization to provide an environment to its employee which is free of discrimination,
intimidation and abuse and also to protect the integrity and dignity of its employees and also to
avoid conflicts and disruptions in the work environment. Further there stood no cases filed
during the year under review.
In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, your Company has formulated a Policy on Related
Party Transactions which is also available on the Company''s website.
The Policy intends to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in
place for all transactions between the Company and Related Parties. During the year under
review, the Policy was amended in line with the changes in applicable laws.
In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations, your
Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which is also available on the
Company''s website at www.encashentertainment.com. The Policy intends to ensure that
proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all transactions between
the Company and Related Parties. All Related Party transactions entered during the year were
placed before the Audit Committee for review and approval. Prior omnibus approval is obtained
for Related Party Transactions on annual basis for transactions which are of repetitive nature
and / or entered in the ordinary course of business and are at arm''s length basis. All Related
Party Transactions entered during the year were in ordinary course of the business and on
arm''s length basis. The information on transactions with related parties pursuant to Section
134(3)(h) of the Act read with Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are given in
Annexure - II in Form AOC-2 and the same forms part of the Board''s report.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Annual Return of the
Company in the prescribed form is available on the website of the Company
https://encashentertainment.com/annual-return/
During the year under review, neither the Statutory Auditors nor the Secretarial Auditors
have reported to the Board or Audit Committee, as required under Section 134(3)(ca) and
143(12) of the Companies Act,2013, any instances of frauds committed against the Company
by its officers or employees, the detailsof which would need to be mentioned in this Report.
The Company complies with all the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of
Company Secretaries of India.
The requisite details containing the names and other particulars of employees in accordance
with the provisions of 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 appended
to the Board''s Report.
The particulars of every contract or arrangements entered into by the Company with related
parties referredto in sub-section (1) of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 including
certain arm''s length transactions under third proviso thereto is disclosed in Form No. AOC -2,
as annexed herewith.
No application has been made under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code; hence the
requirement to disclose the details of any application made, or any proceeding pending under
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is not applicable for the year under review
The requirement to disclose the details of any difference between the valuation done at the
time of a one-time settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from banks or financial
institutions, along with the reasons thereof, is not applicable for this year.
Since the Company does not own any manufacturing facility, the requirements pertaining to
disclosure of particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign
exchanges earning and outgo, as prescribed under the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of the
Companies Act, 2013, are not applicable.
Your company has filed a civil suit at the Hon''ble High Court at Kolkata, against Mr. Rakesh Singh
and others for protection for our copyrights in respect of bengali feature film ''Ichhe''. Mr. Rakesh
Singh has entered in to an agreement dated 8th June, 2011 with ourselves, assigning entire
copyrights of Bengali color film ''Ichhe''. The film as released on 15th July, 2011 at several cinema
halls in and around Kolkata, infringing our copyrights and violating the terms of captioned
agreement. We have sought relief by restraining respondents to infringe copyrights, injunction to
keep custody of negative etc., transfer of the negative etc. in our favour, injunction render
accountsfrom exploitation of such movie and its audio rights, injunction to restraining respondent
to receive any benefit from that movie, handling over the distributor''s share to our favour, court
receiver to be appointed for collectionetc.
Hon''ble High Court at Kolkata vide its order dated 8th September, 2011 granted an order of
injunction restraining the first and second defendants from realizing or appropriating and part of the
proceeds arising out of the exhibition of the cinematograph film ''Ichhe''. The third defendant is
injuncted from dealing with or disposing of or encumberingor exploiting the satellite and television
rights relating to the film in any manner without the previous leave of court.
Hon''ble High Court at Kolkata vide its order dated 8th September, 2011 appointed Mr. Arindam
Sinha advocateas receiver for the purpose of collecting all proceeds arising out of the exhibition of
the cinematograph film ''Ichhe'' from all the exhibitors (Cinema Halls).
Your Directors take the opportunity to thanks the Regulators, Organizations and Agencies for the
continued help and co-operation extended by them. The Directors also gratefully acknowledge all
stakeholders of the companyviz. customers, members, vendors, banks and others business partners
for the excellent support received from them during the year. The Directors place on record their
sincere appreciation to all employees of the Company for their unstinted commitment and
continued contribution of the company.
For and on behalf of the Board of
Directors
Place: Kolkata
Date: 30.05.2024 Sd/-
Managing Director
DIN - 01377285
Signing as per Board Resolution passed
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Seventh Annual Report of
your Company along with Audited Statement of Accounts for the financial
year ended 31 March, 2015.
1. FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE COMPANY
The Financial Performance of your Company for the year ended 31 March,
2015 is summarized below :
(Amount in Rs. Lacs)
Particulars 31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Total Income 184.72 210.75
Profit/(Loss) Before 8.45 (7.58)
Depreciation & Tax
Less : Depreciation 4.21 3.48
Profit/(Loss) Before Tax 4.24 (11.06)
Less : Tax Expenses 1.70 0.17
Profit/(Loss) For The Year 2.54 (11.23)
Add : Balance as per Last (10.32) 0.91
Financial Statements
Surplus/(Deficit) in the (7.78) (10.32)
Statement of Profit and Loss
2. STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIR :
a. TURNOVER :
The Company had achieved trading turnover of Rs. 164.06 Lacs during the
financial year compared with Rs. 101.59 Lacs during the last financial
year, increase of 61.48%.
zb. BUSINESS SPHERES :
Your Company operates dynamically in two spheres :
* Film Production :
Encash has produced a film named ANJALI (Working Title) under the
direction of Miss Swati Ganguly which went on floor from 18.02.2015 and
ICCHE PURTI (Working Title) under the direction of Mr. Soumitri Sankar
Ghosh which went on floor from 10.05.2015.
* Style & Fashion :
The Company started its new designer garments showroom under the brand
name ENCASH FASHION since January 2015.
c. EXPORLING NEW BUSINESS SEGMENT :
The Company is planning to start Studio Segment for post production of
films covering EDITING, DUBBING, SOUND & SOUND MIXING, BGM, DI, CC,
PORTFOLIO and CHROMA. The Studio space had already been identified and
is under negotiation.
3. CHANGES IN NATURE OF BUSINESS :
There has been no change in nature of business of the company during
F.Y 2014-2015.
4. DIVIDEND :
In view of the planned business growth, yours Director's deem it proper
to reserve the resources of the Company for its activities and
therefore, propose to recommend a dividend of 0.25% for the year 2014-
15 in respect of 3,896,496 equity shares of Rs. 10 each in the Company,
which will be paid out of the undistributed profits of previous
financial year pursuant to the provisions of Section 123 of the
Companies Act, 2013.
5. SHARE CAPITAL :
The paid up Equity Share Capital as on 31st March, 2015 stood at Rs.
3,89,64,960/-. During the year under review, the company had issued
10,98,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each at a premium of Rs. 30/- each
on 25th September, 2014, rank pari-passu with the existing equity
shares.
6. TRANSFER TO RESERVES :
No amount was transferred to the reserves during the financial year
ended 31st March, 2015.
7. DIRECTORS & KEY MANAGERIAL PERSON :
DIRECTORS :
Your Board comprises of 4 Directors including 2 Independent Directors.
Independent Directors provide their declarations both at the time of
appointment and annually confrming that they meet the criteria of
independence as prescribed under Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 52 of
the Listing Agreement. During Financial Year 2014-2015 your Board met
7 (seven) times details of which are available in Corporate Governance
Report annexed to this report.
KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL :
During the year Mr. Ashish Agarwal who was appointed as Chief Financial
Officer on 5th October, 2013 had resigned from the Company w.e.f. 20th
March, 2015.
The Company had proposed to appoint Ms. Suman Saraf as new Chief
Financial Officer of the Company from 29.05.2015. The same is subject
to the approval in the forthcoming annual general meeting.
The following employees were designated as whole-time key managerial
personnel by Board of Directors during the year 2014-15, pursuant to
section 203 of Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereon :
1. Mr. Sachet Saraf - Managing Director
2. Ms. Hardika Pancholi - Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
3. Mr. Ashish Agarwal - Chief Financial Officer
8. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD :
The company has duly complied with the section 173 of the Companies
Act, 2013. During the year under review, 7 (seven) meetings of the
Board were convened and held. The maximum interval between any two
meetings did not exceed 120 days. For details of the meetings of the
board, please refer to the corporate governance report, which forms
part of this report.
9. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY :
Your Company actively stimulates entrepreneurship throughout the
organization and encourages its people to identify and seize
opportunities. The current economic environment, in combination with
significant growth ambitions of it, carries an evolving set of risks.
Encash recognizes that these risks need to be managed to protect its
customers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders, to achieve
its business objectives and enable sustainable growth. Risk and
opportunity management is therefore a key element of the overall Encash
strategy. This section provides an overview of the key strategic risks,
Encash's risk and control framework, and its approach to risk
management.
10. Details of Subsidiary/Joint Ventures/Associate Companies
Your Company has neither a Subsidiary Company nor a Joint Venture
Company during the year under review. Associate companies details are
as under :
Name of the Company % shareholding of EEL Status
Encash Securities Ltd 25.69% Associate
11. BOARD EVALUATION :
Pursuant to the provisions of section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013
and clause 52 of the Listing Agreement, the Board has carried out an
annual performance evaluation of its own performance, Board committees
and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the
corporate governance requirements as prescribed by Securities and
Exchange Board of India ("SEBI").
The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking
inputs from all the directors on the basis of the criteria such as the
Board composition and structure, effectiveness of board processes,
information and functioning, etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the board after
seeking inputs from the committee members on the basis of the criteria
such as the composition of committees, effectiveness of committee
meetings, etc.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee ("NRC")
reviewed the performance of the individual directors on the basis of
the criteria such as the contribution of the individual director to the
Board and committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to be
discussed, meaningful and constructive contribution and inputs in
meetings, etc. In addition, the Chairman was also evaluated on the key
aspects of his role.
According to clause 52 of Listing Agreement and as per provisions of
Companies Act, 2013 read with rules and schedules thereon, a meeting of
independent Directors, performance of non-independent directors,
performance of the board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was
evaluated, taking into account the views of executive directors and
non-executive directors. The same was discussed in the board meeting
that followed the meeting of the independent Directors, at which the
performance of the Board, its committees and individual directors was
also discussed.
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee is of the view that board is
versatile and diversified all members have vast exposures which
enhances the integrity of the company.
12. POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION AND OTHER
DETAILS :
The Company's policy on directors' appointment and remuneration and
other matters provided in Section 178(3) of the Act has been disclosed
in the corporate governance report, which forms part of the directors'
report.
13. AUDITORS : STATUTORY AUDITORS :
The Statutory Auditors M/s. Jyoti K Agarwal & Associates, Chartered
Accountants, Kolkata, having Firm Registration No. 325111E, holds
office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and
is eligible for reappointment.
Your Company has received confirmation from the Auditors to the effect
that their appointment, if made, will be in accordance with the limits
specified under the Companies Act, 2013 and the firm satisfies the
criteria specified in Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
Rule 4 of Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules, 2014. Your Board is of
the opinion that continuation of M/s. Jyoti K Agarwal & Associates,
Statutory Auditors during FY 2015-16 will be in the best interests of
the Company and therefore, Members are requested to consider their
re-appointment as Statutory Auditors of the Company from the conclusion
of ensuing Annual General Meeting till next Annual General Meeting at
remuneration as may be decided by the Board.
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR :
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013
and The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) rules, 2014, the Company has appointment Ms. Manjula Poddar,
a Company Secretary in Practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit of
the Company. The Report of the Secretarial Audit Report is annexed
herewith as Annexure I.
INTERNAL AUDITOR :
Pursuant to the provision of section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 the Company has appointed M/s. A M
Banka & Co. to undertake the Internal Audit of the Company for the F.Y.
2014-2015. There stood no adverse finding & reporting by the Internal
Auditor in the Internal Audit Report for the year ended 31st March,
2015.
AUDITORS' REPORT AND SECRETARIAL AUDITORS' REPORT :
The auditors' report and secretarial auditors' report does not contain
any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks. Report of the
secretarial auditor is given as an annexure which forms part of this
report.
14. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY :
The Company had not taken any initiatives on the activities of
Corporate Social Responsibilities as the provision relating to the same
are not applicable to the company.
15. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN :
As provided under Section 92(3) of the Act, the extract of annual
return is given in Annexure II in the prescribed Form MGT-9, which
forms part of this report.
16. MATERIAL CHANGES :
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the
financial position of the company, which have occurred since 31st
March, 2015, being the end of the Financial Year of the Company to
which financial statements relate and date of the report.
17. COMITTEES :
With a view to have a more focused attention on business and for better
governance and accountability, and in accordance with the Companies Act,
2013, your Board has the following mandatory committees viz. Audit
Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Nomination and
Remuneration Committee. The details of the committee with terms of
reference along with composition and meeting held during the year are
provided in the Report on Corporate Governance, a part of this Annual
Report.
AUDIT COMMITTEE :
The Audit committee acts as a link between the statutory and internal
auditors and the Board of Directors its purpose is to assist the Board
in fulfilling the oversight responsibilities of monitoring financial
reporting processes, reviewing the company's established systems and
processes for internal financial control, governance and reviewing the
Company's statutory and internal audit activities. The committee is
governed by its terms of reference which is in line with the regulatory
requirements mandated by the Companies Act, 2013 and clause 52 of the
Listing Agreement and disclosed in the Corporate Governance report.
Further the Board has recorded all the recommendations of the Audit
Committee and accordingly has proceeded with their recommendations.
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY :
Your company is committed to adhere to the highest standards of
ethical, moral and legal conduct of business operations. To maintain
these standards, the Company encourages its employees who have concerns
about suspected misconduct to come forward and express these concerns
without fear of punishment and unfair treatment. The company has
adopted a Whistle Blower policy to establish a vigil mechanism for
directors and employees to report concerns about unethical behavior,
actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Codes of conduct or
ethics policy.
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE :
Pursuant to section 178 of companies Act, 2013 and clause 52 of Listing
Agreement, the company has renamed its existing Remuneration Committee
as Nomination & Remuneration Committee under the new provisions and
revised the terms of reference accordingly. The details of terms are
disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report.
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee has revised its existing
remuneration policy and framed it as per section 178(3) of Companies
Act, 2013 and clause 52 of Listing Agreements. The policy of the
company on remuneration of Directors, KMPs and other employees and
appointment of Director including criteria for determining the
qualification, experience positive attributes and independence of
directors was recommended to board and was duly approved. The summary
of the Remuneration policy is stated in the corporate governance
report.
STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE :
Pursuant to section 178(5) of Companies Act, 2013 and clause 52 of
Listing Agreement, the company has renamed its existing
Investor/Shareholder Grievance Committee as Stakeholders Relationship
Committee and revised the terms of reference accordingly. The details
of terms is disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms a
part to the Annual Report.
18. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICY :
The Company has changed the method of computation of depreciation of
fixed assets to comply in accordance with the provisions of Schedule II
of Companies Act, 2013. The same have resulted in additional
depreciation of Rs. 125,785/-.
19. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIALS ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURT
TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'S OPERATION IN
FUTURE :
There are no significant materials orders passed by the Regulators/
Courts/ Tribunals which would impact the going concern status of the
Company and its future operations.
20. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY :
The company has policy for Internal Financial Control System,
commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations.
Detailed procedural manuals are in place to ensure that all the assets
are safeguarded, protected against loss and all transactions are
authorized, recorded and reported correctly. The scope and authority
of the Internal Audit function is defined in the Internal financial
control policy. The Internal Auditor monitors and evaluates the
efficiency and adequacy of Internal Financial control system in the
company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures
and policies. To maintain its objectivity and independence, the
internal auditor reports to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the
Board, the internal audit report on quarterly basis and some are
reviewed by the committee. The observation and comments of the Audit
Committee are placed before the board.
The details in respect of internal financial control and their adequacy
are included in the management discussion & analysis, which forms part
of this report.
21. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS :
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been
disclosed in the financial statements.
22. DEPOSITS :
The said clause is not applicable and the company does not accept any
deposits. The board of directors has duly passed a resolution in their
meeting giving effect to the aforesaid statement.
23. PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES :
The particulars of every contract or arrangements entered into by the
Company with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section
188 of the Companies Act, 2013 including certain arms length
transactions under third proviso thereto is disclosed in Form No. AOC
-2, as annexed herewith as Annexure III.
24. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES :
The information required pursuant to Section 197 read with rule 5 of
the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014 in respect of employees of the Company, will be provided
upon request. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the reports and
accounts are being sent to the members and others entitled thereto,
excluding the information on employees' particulars which is available
for inspection by the members at the Registered office of the company
during business hours on working days of the company up to the date of
ensuing Annual General Meeting. If any member is interested in
inspecting the same, such member may write to the company secretary in
advance
25. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT :
Pursuant to clause 52 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchange,
the report on Corporate Governance and Management Discussion & Analysis
forms part of the Annual Report. The Certificate from Auditor of the
company confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated under clause 52 also constitute an integral
part of the Annual Report.
26. DISCLOSURE ON POLICY AGAINST SEXUAL AND WORKPLACE HARASSMENT :
The company has adopted the policy on redressal of Sexual and Workplace
harassment as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
[Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal] Act, 2013 ["Sexual Harassment
Act"]. The Company believes that it is the responsibility of the
organization to provide an environment to its employee which is free of
discrimination, intimidation and abuse and also to protect the
integrity and dignity of its employees and also to avoid conflicts and
disruptions in the work environment. Further there stood no cases
filed during the year under review.
27. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS & OUTGO :
Since the Company does not own any manufacturing facility, the
requirements pertaining to disclosure of particulars relating to
conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchanges
earning and outgo, as prescribed under the Companies Rules, 1988, are
not applicable.
28. LISTING WITH STOCK EXCHANGES :
The Company confirms that it has paid the Annual Listing Fees for the
year 2015-2016 to BSE where the Company's Shares are listed.
29. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT :
The Directors' Responsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of
sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, shall state
that :-
a. In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March
31, 2015, the applicable accounting standards read with requirements
set out under Schedule III to the Act, have been followed and there are
no material departures from the same;
b. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs
of the Company as at March 31,2015 and of the profit of the Company for
the year ended on that date;
c. The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
d. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a 'going
concern' basis;
e. The Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be
followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are
adequate and are operating effectively; and
f. The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are
adequate and operating effectively.
30. LEGAL AND OTHER INFORMATION, NOT AFFECTING GOING CONCERN STATUS
AND COMPANY'S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE :
Your company has filed a civil suit at the Hon'ble High Court at
Kolkata, against Mr Rakesh Singh and others for protection for our
copyrights in respect of bengali feature film 'Ichhe'. Mr. Rakesh Singh
has entered in to an agreement dated 8th June, 2011 with ourselves,
assigning entire copyrights of Bengali colour film 'Ichhe'. The film as
released on 15th July, 2011 at several cinema halls in and around
Kolkata, infringing our copyrights and violating the terms of captioned
agreement. We have sought relief by restraining respondents to infringe
copyrights, injunction to keep custody of negative etc., transfer of the
negative etc. in our favour, injunction render accounts from
exploitation of such movie and its audio rights, injunction to
restraining respondent to receive any benefit from that movie, handling
over the distributor's share to our favour, court receiver to be
appointed for collection etc.
Hon'ble High Court at Kolkata vide its order dated 8th September, 2011
granted an order of injunction restraining the first and second
defendants from realizing or appropriating and part of the proceeds
arising out of the exhibition of the cinematograph film 'Ichhe'. The
third defendant is injuncted from dealing with or disposing of or
encumbering or exploiting the satellite and television rights relating
to the film in any manner without the previous leave of court.
Hon'ble High Court at Kolkata vide its order dated 8th September, 2011
appointed Mr. Arindam Sinha advocate as receiver for the purpose of
collecting all proceeds arising out of the exhibition of the
cinematograph film 'Ichhe' from all the exhibitors (Cinema Halls).
31. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :
Your Directors take the opportunity to thanks the Regulators,
Organizations and Agencies for the continued help and co-operation
extended by them. The Directors also gratefully acknowledge all
stakeholders of the company viz. customers, members, vendors, banks and
others business partners for the excellent support received from them
during the year. The Directors place on record their sincere
appreciation to all employees of the Company for their unstinted
commitment and continued contribution of the company.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Sachet Saraf
CMD
Place : Kolkata DIN - 01377285
Date : 29.05.2015 Signing as per Board Resolution passed
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