Mar 31, 2011
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 11th Annual Report (post
demerger) of your Company on the business and operations together with
the audited results for the year ended 31st March, 2011.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Key aspects of your Company's financial performance for the year 2010-11
are tabulated below:
(Rs. In Lacs)
Year ended 31st March
Particulars 2011 2010
Audited Audited
Net Sales/ Income from
Operations 67,161.21 48,747.79
Other Income 142.09 1,575.64
Total Income 67,303.30 50,323.43
Total Expenditure 37,526.76 25,528.55
Gross Profit before Interest,
Depreciation and Taxes 29,776.54 24,794.88
Finance Cost 3,752.76 3,720.94
Depreciation & Amortization 2,265.33 4,480.86
Profit before Tax 23,758.45 16,593.08
Provision for taxation 15.00 -
Profit before Deferred Tax 23,743.45 16,593.08
Deferred Tax (Credit) / Charge 287.50 (189.30)
Prior period expenses (6.73) 92.06
Net Profit after Tax 23,462.68 16,690.33
Exceptional Income à 797.97
Net profit after Exceptional
Income 23,462.68 17,488.30
Appropriations:
Balance brought forward 53,005.44 39,150.43
Transfer to General Reserve 2,346.27 1,748.90
Dividend:
- Interim (equity) 1,216.91 691.83
- Final (equity) 1,261.98 922.44
Tax on Dividend:
- Interim (equity) Ã 117.58
- Final (equity) (1.45) 152.46
Balance carried to
Balance Sheet 71,644.41 53,005.44
Paid - up equity share capital 1,802.83 1844.88
Reserves excluding
revaluation reserves 95,129.27 75,191.22
Earning per share (number) 25.77 18.96
Diluted Earning per share (number) 25.67 18.86
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS:
During the year 2010-2011, your Company's volumes have improved across
businesses as the global economy stabilised. Consumer confidence has
returned in many of the markets, albeit cautiously. During this year,
your Company's focus on the fundamentals of cost control, launch of new
products, cash optimisation and return on capital, has resulted in
excellent organic profit growth and a stronger balance sheet.
Your directors take this opportunity to state that your Company is
currently doing excellent progress in creating and designing new
products and solutions, and increasing its business base. Your Company
has grossed revenues of Rs. 8879 million in FY 2011, an increase of 37%
over Rs. 6500 million for fiscal 2010. Your Company's net earnings
grossed Rs. 2737 million in FY 2011, an increase of 22% over Rs. 2237
million for fiscal 2010.
PRODUCT LAUNCHES
Your Company has expanded its Electronic Computing division to include
Automated Cluster Utility Meter Reading to ensure profitability and
prevention of loss of energy to utility companies. ENLYTE Ã the
education device has passed rounds of alpha testing and has entered the
crucial phase of beta testing.
Your Company has been working on Cloud Computing and has been
successful in migrating audio and video to the cloud. During the next
fiscal, your Company plans to migrate its Communication, Collaboration,
Content Analytics and CRM to the cloud to ensure tremendous cost
savings to enterprises and the SME market.
Your Company's foray into Cluster Management has opened new avenues. It
has incorporated Geodesic Gridpoint Energy Private Limited and has
launched Automated Cluster Management System to automate energy /
utility meter reading and improve operating efficiency for power and
utility companies around the globe.
Diversifying further, your Company has made a foray into the feld of
mobile and online gaming. It launched Carrom MP Ã an exciting
multiplayer board game app for the Apple iPad.
Your Company has launched a cloud based version of Mundu Wallet. A tool
primarily targeted at the ever- growing BFSI and Investment Broking
Houses, it is a Personal Portfolio Management application coupled with
analytics and personalized content. Users can access Mundu Wallet
across multiple devices.
Spokn VMS Ã a unique Voice Messaging Service has been launched. It lets
Spokn users in 32 countries send a voice message through a call to any
phone in the world and get a reply through the same call. Spokn VMS has
been reoriented to cater to the huge Facebook community.
During the fiscal FY11, your Company has upgraded Continuum à an
enterprise wide comprehensive Unified Communication, Collaboration, CRM
and Content Analytics suite, by adding a powerful Contact Management
System and the next generation of social CRM (CRM 2.0) as part of the
offering.
During FY11, your Company has expanded its operations in South America,
Middle East and African markets. It has added various clients across
all segments including Entel PCS, America Movil, BrightStar Corp. Some
of the other deals include: Big TinCan Limited, OpenPeak Inc.,
Universal Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (UMEC), Airtel, Qualcomm, besides
several Banks, Financial Services companies, and large corporations.
GeoAmida solutions have found a mark outside India for remote
Healthcare, Financial Inclusion and Micro Finance segments. Its
solutions have been piloted and deployed in Ethiopia, Kenya, Lagos,
Spain and El Salvadore.
AWARDS
Mundu TV was ranked the # 1 Entertainment Application on the Apple App
Store in the entertainment category and was ranked #2 across all
categories on the Apple App Store. Mundu TV was ranked the number one
application in NDTV'S '10 Apps for every Indian'.
Computer Active ranked Mundu IM Pro as The Best IM for iPhone.
Business Standard listed Mundu Radio amongst the top 10 Internet radio
stations.
Your Company was ranked amongst Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2010
Program and Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2010 Program.
Your Company was ranked amongst Data Quest TOP 200 Companies of the
Indian IT Industry.
GeoAmida won the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010.
GeoAmida project was nominated for the PC Quest Best IT Implementations
in the feld of Mobility and Field Force Automation Projects.
Your Company believes in setting realistic goals and executing plans in
a meticulous manner. It is this outlook coupled with the innumerable
efforts that your Company has taken to go beyond conventional ways that
has enabled it to achieve its objectives.
True to its name - Geodesic à where triangles add to the sphere,
distributing the stress across the structure, making it strong à the
more your Company diversifes, the more it progresses, adding various
companies to its mother brand, the more solid and strong it becomes.
DIVIDEND
Your Directors believe that growth of the Company through capacity
addition, backward and forward integration and strategic diversification
of its operations would lead to increase in shareholders value.
Due to the strong commitment of rewarding shareholders, improved
earnings and market outlook as well as Geodesic's strong financial
position and cash generating capabilities, your Directors are glad to
recommend the payment of final dividend @ Rs. 1.40 per share. The
out-flow towards Dividend payment including tax on distributable profits
would amount to Rs. 147.65 Million.
The Board of Directors of the Company had declared an Interim Dividend
ofRs. 1.35 per share of face value of Rs. 2/- on 11th February, 2011
which was duly paid on 4th March, 2011.
The dividend has been recommended in accordance with your Company's
policy of balancing dividend pay- out with the requirement of
deployment of internal accruals for its growth plans.
Transfer to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF)
According to Section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, the outstanding
amount of the Dividend paid to the shareholders should be retained in
the Unpaid Dividend Account of the Company for 7 years. At the end of 7
years, the balance amount should be transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund established and maintained by the Central
Government of India.
The Unpaid Dividend amount of Rs. 1436/- for the Interim Dividend for
Financial Year ended 2003-04 was duly transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund during the year.
TRANSFER TO GENERAL RESERVE
Your Company proposes to transfer Rs. 2,346.27 Lacs (10% of the net
profit) to the General Reserve out of the amount available for
appropriations and an amount of Rs. 71,644.41 lacs is proposed to be
retained in the Profit and Loss Account.
GEODESIC WORLD
Your Company has, over the years evolved as global corporation by
making its presence felt in most of the continents across the globe.
Since its incorporation your Company has grown tremendously in all
aspects. Your Company has 3 Indian Subsidiaries, 2 Foreign
Subsidiaries, 8 Foreign Step Down Subsidiaries and an Associate
Company.
INDIAN SUBSIDIARIES
Your company has been supporting innovative ideas all across, whether
they are developed internally within the company or by supporting and
acquiring innovative companies. Your Company has always been aware of
its social responsibilities and engages its resources and manpower to
promote all technological innovations that make life simpler, faster
and cost effective across web, desktop and mobile platforms. At the
same time, we work towards preserving the cultural heritage of India as
is evident from magazines published by our subsidiary à Chandamama.
Innovation is crux of Geodesic's business and each of Geodesic
subsidiaries portray the same in their diversified businesses. From
digitizing the contents of childrens' magazine and converting them to
the virtual world content to communicating and collaboration over
internet mediums; From CRM to collaborating and aggregating
entertainment content; From Mundu TV to anti-piracy software; From
remote computing transaction platforms to energy saving products; each
business of your Company's subsidiaries speaks for itself.
CHANDAMAMA
Chandamama is one of the best-known monthly children's magazine since
1947. It was taken over by your Company in 2007 and since then the
revamping of the magazine has taken place in terms of language,
presentation, artwork, and content. New books and characters have been
added to the library and lots of effort have gone to make these data
available on virtual medium to keep pace with changing needs of the
time. The ways of entertainment and education have changed over the
years and Chandamama has been trying to keep up with the changing
environment and incarnating its new avatar to suit today's readers.
This is why Chandamama has successfully launched its English as well as
regional version of its magazines on the net and on itunes which can be
downloaded on iPhones and ipads. The Chandamama app on Apple App Store,
clocked more than 3000 downloads within 3 weeks of its launch in the
end of July. The growing popularity in terms of the increasing number
of downloads and paid subscriptions, the app is in process of being
developed on various platforms as well. Soon the Chandamama app is
expected to be available on the Android app store.
Chandamama website is now available in 7 different languages and would
support various other languages in future. Chandamama's management is
also planning to launch Chandamama comics and audio stories on the
internet and mobile platform in near future. Plans are up to bring the
various characters of Chandamama to life in the form of animation
series, movies, on TV and mobile. Chandamama is also planning to enter
the world of 3D animations in print and other media. Your Company is of
the opinion that the pace at which Chandamama is growing, it will soon
touch new heights.
FilmOrbit.Com
FilmOrbit.Com India Private Limited is into Bollywood content space
which enables the consumers to enjoy access to a range of websites,
social apps, mobile apps, widgets and services that bring fun and
relevant experiences to the screen of their choice. During
the year, the Company launched its beta website that powers a unique
content discovery, engagement and consumption experience around films.
The website has received critical acclaim from a core group of users,
and has served up over 1 million page views since launch. The site has
proven to be a high-engagement site, with users spending an average of
10 mins on the site (compared to much lower numbers on the competing
sites). The Company is now in the process of executing the public
launch of the website.
Filmorbit became a subsidiary of your Company as a result of allotment
of 3,15,000 equity shares to the company. Your Company now holds 88% of
equity shares of Filmorbit. During the year, the Company increased its
Authorised Capital from Rs. 20,00,000/- to Rs. 75,00,000/- which was
approved by the shareholders in their extra ordinary general meeting
held on 13th January, 2011.
GEODESIC GRIDPOINT
Geodesic Gridpoint Energy Private Limited was incorporated with a view
to develop and promote technology related to energy and measuring and
monitoring energy usage and efficiency. Your Company is exploring
opportunities to utilize the talent and research of this company and
help in providing complete solution to aid energy right from generation
to distribution and minimizing losses. The company is also exploring
opportunities in production of non conventional sources of energy and
other means, so as to enable overall development in the country.
During the year, the authorised capital of the Company was increased
from Rs. 25,00,000/- to Rs. 50,00,000/- by the shareholders in their
extra ordinary general meeting held on 10th January, 2011. The Company
allotted 1,96,000 Equity Shares to Geodesic Limited on 15th February,
2011. Accordingly, the shareholding of your Company in Geodesic
Gridpoint Energy Private Limited increased to 2,45,999 Equity Shares.
FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES
Over the years, your Company has diversified its operation in the
International Market through mergers, acquisitions, opening of branch
offices, etc. Your Company has 8 step down subsidiaries including
Geodesic Information Systems Inc, USA, Geodesic HongKong Limited,
HongKong, Interactive Network International, British Virgin Islands,
Publicidad Digital SA, Uruguay, Zomo Technologies Limited, British
Virgin Islands, Spokn Communications Pte. Limited, Singapore, Geodesic
Technology FZE, Dubai, Emiloto Associated Inc., Panama.
2 Companies were added to the Geodesic family during the year namely
Spokn Communications Pte. Limited, Singapore and Zomo Technologies
Limited, British Virgin Islands.
SPOKN COMMUNICATION PTE. LIMITED
Spokn Communication Pte. Limited, Singapore is the most comprehensive
service internet telephony service to date with a host of breakthrough
features that will change the way voice communications is used forever.
Spokn is a new generation service that is a true bridge between
traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. Spokn frees internet telephony from
the tyranny of the computer giving users the benefit of inexpensive
internet calling rates on a wide variety of devices à mobile phones,
smart phones, regular land lines in addition to computers. The Spokn
users can receive incoming calls on any or all of these devices
simultaneously, keeping Spokn users in touch whether they are online or
not.
Your Directors strongly believe that Spokn has the potential to redefine
the way voice communications and internet synergize. Spokn completes
Geodesic's suite of communication services adding Voice to the current
portfolio of email, Internet Messaging(IM) and SMS offerings keeping
Geodesic in the forefront of communications providers.
ZOMO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Zomo Technologies Limited was incorporated in British Virgin Islands.
It serves as an investment arm for your company in the area and helps
in identifying prospective technology companies that will help synergy
with your company's business.
ASSOCIATE COMPANY
REPUBLIQUE MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Republique Media Private Limited, an associate company of Filmorbit.com
India Private Limited, is India's ONE stop for Online Anti-Piracy
Solutions for Films, Television and other Content dissemination
channels. It has affliation with over 10 Indian Production houses and
has recently commenced operations in South India.
The solutions offered by Republique Media Private Limited are highly
scalable and counter all technologies used by internet pirates
including Blogs, Websites, Cyberlockers, Link Sites, Social Forums,
Newsgroups and all major P2P Networks.
The successful projects for controlling Online Piracy for many films
includes Housefull, Rajneeti, Raavan, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai,
Dabangg, Rakht Charitra, Golamaal 3, Dhobi Ghat, Pyaar Ka Punchnama,
Shaitan, Chillar Party. Republique Media Private Limited also has
exclusive partnerships with the world best in Anti-Piracy; DtecNet
which is used by the MPAA,
RIAA, IFPI and the BSA to fight piracy. Republique Media delivers
services that our vastly superior in Scale, Accuracy and Effectiveness
and is capable of eliminating up to 90% of Online Piracy.
ITM DIGITAL PRIVATE LIMITED
ITM Digital Private Limited was incorporated as a Joint Venture Company
between ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited and Geodesic Limited to
offer applications for delivery of content to mobile and Internet
devices through Mundu TV. This company was to address the hugely
growing market for multimedia content convergence across Internet,
Television and Mobile phones. Due to change of views and methodologies
of functioning, the JV agreement was mutually terminated. Also, your
Company's holdings in ITM Digital Private Limited was transferred to
ZEEL as a mark of Separation.
SECTION 212
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, vide its
General Circular No. 2/2011 dated 8th February, 2011 has granted
General Exemption to attach various documents in respect of subsidiary
companies, as set out in sub-section (8) of Section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
Account and other documents of the subsidiary companies are not being
attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. However, on request in
writing, the Company will make available the Annual Accounts of the
subsidiary companies and the related detailed information to any member
of the Company and its subsidiaries who may be interested in obtaining
the same. The Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the
Company include financial results of its subsidiary companies. A
statement as required under the section disclosing the details of the
subsidiaries are attached herewith.
COMPANY FINANCE
Equity Share Capital
The paid up equity share capital of your Company is Rs. 1802.83 Lacs
divided into 90,141,349 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each from Rs. 1844.88
Lacs divided into 92,243,799 shares of Rs. 2/- each (as on 31st March,
2010). During the year, your Company bought back 21,05,000 Equity
Shares of Rs. 2/- on account of Buy à Back of securities. 2,550 Equity
Shares were allotted to the employees of your Company on account of
ESOP Conversion. The In à Principle approvals from The Stock Exchanges
were taken and the securities were duly listed.
The Capital Evolution of your Company during the year is as follows:
Particulars No of shares Total
Bal as on 1st April, 2010 9,22,43,799 9,22,43,799
Less : Buy à Back of Shares 21,05,000 9,01,38,799
Add: ESOP Conversion 2,550 9,01,41,349
BUYBACK OF EQUITY SHARES
The Board of Directors of your Company, in its meeting on 26th
November, 2010, declared the completion of Buy Back process. Your
Company bought back 21,05,000/- Equity shares aggregating to Rs.
207,077,740/- (Rupees Twenty Crores Seventy Lakh Seventy Seven Thousand
Seven Hundred Forty Only) which is within the limits specified. The
company bought back 2.28 % of its pre buyback equity in the entire
process.
FCCB ISSUE
Your Company had issued US$125 million unsubordinated, unsecured
Foreign Currency Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2013 (the Bonds).
The Bonds are listed on the official list of the Singapore Exchange
Securities Trading Ltd (SGX-ST) (the Singapore Stock Exchange). Your
Company has repurchased US$ 11.5 Million face value of FCCB, listed on
the Singapore Stock Exchange, in accordance with the A.P. (DIR Series)
Circular No. 39 dated 8th December, 2008 (the "Circular") issued by the
Reserve Bank of India. As on date of this report Bonds with the nominal
value of US$ 113.5 million are outstanding.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS
An ESOP, Employee Stock Option Plan, is an employee benefit plan which
allows the employees of the company to hold part ownership of the
company and also become beneficiaries of the company's stock. Your
Company believes that ESOPs are the most effective form of synergizing
the interests of the employees and corporate entity they work for. It
is this synergy which motivates employees to give that indefinable
"extra" bringing sustained growth and profitability. SEBI has issued
guidelines on issue of Employee Stock Option Plan in light of
continuous evolution in India and abroad. Accordingly, Your Company
implemented the Employees Stock Option Scheme namely Geodesic Employee
Stock Options Plan, 2002 in accordance with the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock
Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 (the SEBI Guidelines).
GEODESIC EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTIONS PLAN 2002
As on 31st March, 2011, out of the total options granted and vested,
employees have exercised 2,550 options that are converted into even
number of equity shares of Rs. 2/- each. A total of 34,37,118 options
are outstanding to be exercised under the ESOP plan as on 31st March,
2011.
Neither any employee has been granted Options equal to or exceeding 1%
of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions)
of your Company at the time of grant, nor has any employee been granted
Options amounting to 5% or more of the total Options granted during the
year.
Disclosure required under SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and
Employee Stock Purchase Scheme), Guidelines, 1999 as to the status of
options as on 31st March, 2011:
a) As on 1st April 2010, options granted 36,32,715 options and not
exercised (in force)
b) Options granted during the year: NIL
c) Pricing formula: Market price as per SEBI guideline as on date of
grant
d) Options vested: 5,00,000 options
e) Options exercised 2,550 options convertible into equity shares of
Rs. 2/- each
f) Total number of shares arising as a result of exercise of options
2,550 converted into equity shares of even number of Rs. 2/- each.
g) Options lapsed 1,93,047 options h) Variations of terms of options
NIL
i) Money realized by exercise of options: Rs. 2.17 Lakhs
j) Total number of options in force: 34,37,118 options convertible into
Rs. 2/- each (options granted but not exercised)
k) Employee-wise details of options granted to :
(1) Senior managerial personnel: (details enclosed) NIL
(2) Any other employee who receives a grant in any one year of options
amounting to 5% or more of option granted during that year (details
enclosed) NIL
(3) Identified employees who were granted options, during any one year,
equal to or exceeding 1% of the issued capital (excluding outstanding
warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of grant NIL
l) Diluted EPS pursuant to issue of shares on exercise of options
calculated in accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 20 is 25.67
Details of exercise price for stock Options outstanding at the end of
the year are:
Year End Range of No. of Weighted Weighted
Exercise Options average average
Price (Rs.) Outstan- remaining exercise
ding contractual price
life (in
months) (Rs.)
31 March 11 Rs. 26.81 3,437,118 79.62 140.63
à Rs. 210.05
31 March 10 Rs. 79.82 36,32,715 91.80 140.97
à Rs. 210.05
LISTING OF EQUITY
Your Company's equity scrip is listed on the NSE (National Stock
Exchange of India Limited) and BSE (The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited,
Mumbai) scrip code being GEODESIC in NSE and 503699 in BSE. The entire
paid up equity capital is listed on both the exchanges as on date.
Your scrip forms a part of BSE 500 and BSE SMLCAP indices on BSE.
FIXED DEPOSITS
Your Company had not accepted any fixed deposit from the public during
the year under review.
DIRECTORS
Your Company has an optimum mix of 3 Executive and 3 Non-Executive
Directors as on 31st March, 2011 in consonance with Clause 49 relating
to Corporate Governance of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges.
Mr. G. Krishnan, Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company
resigned from Directorship w.e.f. 9th April, 2011 due to his
preoccupation. Your Board places on record its sincere appreciation for
the remarkable efforts and support provided by him.
The terms of employment expired for Mr. Prashant Mulekar, Executive
Director, Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Chairman and Mr. Kiran Kulkarni, Managing
Director of the Company, on 9th April 2011 and 13th July 2011
respectively. It was renewed for Mr. Prashant Mulekar for a further
period of 5 years at same terms and conditions as were laid down in the
previous employment agreement by the Board of Directors in their
meeting held on 7th April, 2011 and Mr. Pankaj Kumar and Mr. Kiran
Kulkarni on 11th July, 2011 subject to the approval of the shareholders
in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. A resolution seeking confrmation
of the renewal of term of employment of the above 3 Directors has been
incorporated in the Notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting for
the shareholders to regularize the renewal.
Mr. Prashant Mulekar retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and being eligible offer himself for reappointment in terms of
provisions of Articles of Association of the Company. Resolution for
his re- appointment will be placed for your approval at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting. The brief resume/ details relating to the Mr.
Prashant Mulekar is furnished in the explanatory statement as an
annexure to the Notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
HUMAN RESOURCE
At Geodesic, employees are the key driving force of the organization.
We have set up a scalable recruitment and resource management process
which enables us to attract and retain high caliber employees.
We have been able to attract some of the best minds in the country by
recruiting from top engineering colleges, like various IITs and VJTI.
We have also been able to attract talent from the industry from top
B-schools like IIM with rich experience in their domain areas. Our
employee strength worldwide is more than 700, with people at various
levels joining regularly.
We have managed to attract the best brains in the industry. We have
strengthened the senior management team, the product management team,
the software engineering department and the marketing department.
During the fiscal year 2011, we have hired more than 70 people.
We strongly believe that highly trained and motivated people are not
only critical to success, but are also a key driving force to the
organization. To achieve this, we focus on attracting and retaining the
best possible people. We nurture talent, motivate indigenous
innovation, promote leadership development, implement corporate-wide
recruiting, training, performance evaluation and compensation programs
that are tailored to address the needs of each of our business
segments. Our Human Resource department is centralized at our
corporate headquarters in Mumbai.
Our performance management system is primarily based on values and
competencies. At the apex level, we closely monitor the growth and
development of the top talent in the organization so that their
personal ambitions and the organizations aspirations are closely
matched.
GEODESIC CULTURE
The work culture at Geodesic involves challenges, healthy competition,
constructive rule-breaking, and above all, fun. Each employee becomes a
part of the Geodesic family, which extends beyond the boundaries of
work. High retention has been achieved by continuously upgrading the
competencies of the employees while our focused initiatives at creating
a work life balance also serves as a powerful tool to increase
retention in addition to other factors such as best pay packages and
entrepreneurial work styles. Despite the entire economy reeling under
high attrition rates, we take great pride in saying that the attrition
rate at Geodesic is very low.
Geodesic's emphasis on innovation and commitment to cost containment
means each employee is a hands-on contributor. There's little in the
way of corporate hierarchy and everyone wears several hats. At
Geodesic, we believe in transparency, flexibility, interaction,
integration of thoughts, ideas, culture, values and results across the
organization irrespective of the hierarchy. Though growing rapidly,
Geodesic still maintains a small company feel. Almost everyone eats at
the Geodesic café, sitting at the table enjoying conversations with
colleagues and friends from various departments.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Knowledge Management (KM) at Geodesic allows Geodesic Minds to tie
together the collective experiences and knowledge towards better
product delivery, individual and organizational excellence.
Our culture resonates with our goals to create an open and transparent
organization in which knowledge is created and shared in a supportive
environment where creativity and innovation are highly valued. Geodesic
Minds are encouraged to bring forward any idea for improvement or
innovation.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has vide notification dated 31st March
2011 enhanced the limits for the purpose of disclosure of particulars
of employees in Directors report as requisite under Section 217 (2A)
read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 from the
existing limit of Rs. 24 lakh per year or Rs. 2 lakh per month to Rs.
60 lakh per year or Rs. 5 lakh per month.
Accordingly, none of the employees of your Company were in receipt of
remuneration during the financial year 2010-11 in excess of the sum
prescribed.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your company perceives Corporate Governance as an endeavor for
transparency, and a wholehearted approach towards establishing
Professional
Management, aimed at continuous enhancement of Shareholders' value.
The Company is fully aware of the significance of "Corporate Governance"
in business management. In Geodesic, it represents value framework,
ethical framework and the moral framework under which the decisions are
taken. Hence, Corporate Governance is high on the agenda of the
Company's Board.
The Company has been complying with the conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
Further, the Board of Directors constituted a Committee known as
Corporate Governance Committee, which recommends the best practices in
the Corporate Governance.
DEMATERIALIZATION OF SHARES
Dematerialisation is the process of converting physical shares (share
certificates) into an electronic form. Shares once converted into
dematerialised form are held in a Demat account.
As per SEBI directive the equity shares are to be traded in demat mode
compulsorily by all investors w.e.f. 26th June, 2000.
Your Company has entered into an agreement with National Securities
Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India)
Limited (CDSL) for dematerialization of its shares. CompanyÃs shares
are eligible for dematerialization in both NSDL Depository System and
CDSL Depository System.
The ISIN of the scrip is INE371D01029. As on 31st March, 2011, 99.75%
of the total equity capital of the Company was held in dematerialized
form.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO U/S 217(e) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956.
a) Conservation of Energy
Being a software company, Company's operations and administration
require electrical energy for power supply to computer systems, in air
conditioning, and lighting, which are not energy intensive. During the
current financial year the Company has undertaken significant measures
to reduce the energy consumption by using energy- efficient machines and
equipment. The Company also undertakes evaluation of latest technology
and invests in making its infrastructure more energy efficient. A is not
applicable for software industry.
b) Technology Absorption: Not Applicable
c) Foreign Exchange Earnings And Outgo
Your Company has started operations in SEEPZ, Andheri (East), Mumbai
from end of September, 2008 which is a SEZ (Special Economic Zone),
which entitles your Company to enjoy 100% tax holiday for exports under
Section 10A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 until March 2019. The export
performance of your Company scaled well. The information on Foreign
Exchange earnings and outgo is contained in schedule 22 to Accounts.
AUDITORS
The Auditors M/s Borkar & Muzumdar, Chartered Accountants (Regn No.
101569w) retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting
and have confrmed their eligibility for their re-appointment. Your
Board recommends their reappointment as Statutory Auditors of the
Company at a remuneration mutually agreed upon.
The report of Auditors and notes forming part of the Accounts are
attached along with the Annual Report. There are no qualifications in
the Audit Report and Notes are self à explanatory.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors
confrm that:
- in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed and that there are no material departures;
- they have, in selection of accounting policies, consulted the
statutory auditors and have 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 your company at the end
of the financial year ended 31st March, 2011 and of the profit of the
company for that year;
- they have taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their
knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956
for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and
detecting fraud and other irregularities;
- they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors wish to thank all shareholders and business partners,
your Companys bankers, financial institutions, regulatory bodies and
other business constituents for their continued support and valuable
co- operation.
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the
efforts and contributions of the Company's executives, officers,
consultants and staff, for ensuring that the Company continues to grow
and excel.
Your Directors also express their gratitude to investors for the faith
that they continue to repose in the Company.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Pankaj Kumar Kiran Kulkarni
Chairman Managing Director
Place: Mumbai
Dated: 29th August, 2011
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 10th Annual Report (post
demerger) of your Company on the business and operations together with
the audited results for the year ended 31st March, 2010.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Key aspects of your Companys financial performance for the year
2009-10 are tabulated below:
(Rs In Lacs)
Partculars Year ended 31st March
2010 2009
Audited Audited
Net Sales/ Income from Operations 48,747.79 49,379.29
Other Income 1,575.64 1432.98
Total Income 50,323.43 50,812.27
Total Expenditure 25,528.55 24,116.15
Gross Profit before Interest,
Depreciation and Taxes 24,794.88 26,696.12
Finance Cost 3,720.94 4,034.50
Depreciation & Amortzation 4,480.86 3,146.83
Profit before Tax 16,593.08 19,514.79
Provision for taxation - 1,549.00
Profit before Deferred Tax 16,593.08 17,965.79
Deferred Tax (Credit) / Charge (189.30) 199.20
Prior period expenses 92.06 986.48
Net Profit after Tax 16,690.33 16,780.11
Exceptional Income 797.97 2360.94
Net profit after Exceptional Income 17,488.30 19,141.05
Appropriations:
Balance brought forward 39,150.43 23,650.83
Transfer to General Reserve 1,748.90 1,915.04
Dividend:
- Interim (equity) 691.83 737.73
- Final (equity) 922.44 737.72
Tax on Dividend:
- Interim (equity) 117.58 125.37
- Final (equity) 152.46 125.37
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 53,005.44 39,150.43
Paid - up equity share capital 1844.88 1844.30
Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserves 75,191.22 59,563.26
Earning per share 18.96 20.76
Diluted Earning per share 18.86 20.72
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS:
Geodesic fiscal 2010 was a "mixed-bag year". Geodesic, for the first
time, saw a decline in our growth during fiscal 2010 after having
achieved a sustained growth rate, year on year during the last ten
years. The global recession has had a major impact on the financial
performance of companies around the world in virtually every industry
in fiscal 2010, and Geodesic was no exception. However, we do not wish
to cite recession, global meltdown or difficult environment as excuses.
We are planning to include counter measures to handle these downturns
going forward.
Thanks to our fiscal strength and prudent approach to investment, a
strong pipeline of new products and services, marketing reach and
addressing newer segments helped us tide over the difficult business
environment. We responded to the uncertain economic environment with
speed and agility to cover lost ground but at no point in time, did we
sacrifice on innovation, employee motivation, customer satsfaction,
acquisitions and building partnerships with like-minded companies.
Geodesic continued its focus on developing technologies that allow
people to communicate and collaborate with one another across multiple
digital devices using a universal interface. Geodesics flexible and
unified content, communication and collaboration platform named
Continuum helps us target the enterprise and retail consumer markets
with ease.
Geodesic designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and
Internet devices. These devices are pre-loaded with our communication
and collaboration software to address last mile connectivity issues and
remote data processing by Governments, Banking and Micro-finance
companies.
Geodesic grossed revenues of Rs 637 crore in 2010 as against Rs 653
crore in 2009. Our earnings for fiscal 2010 was Rs 224 crore as against
Rs 264 crore in fiscal 2009. The net increase in cash flow for fiscal
2010 was Rs 21 crores.
Revenues declined across most segments primarily driven by weakness in
purchasing technology products globally and the unfavorable economic
environment. Primary factors contributing to the decline include the
following:
- Revenue from unified communication, collaboration and CRM declined
refecting delayed purchases of technology and productivity software
systems. A price reduction of 25% in license fee for existing and long
served customers along with a decline in the uptake of licenses by
system integrators.
- Revenue from our Mobile media and VAS division decreased across
device manufacturers and retail consumers. The decline in revenue is
primarily due to lower shipment of smart phones than the projected
quantity and price reduction across all products for the retails
consumers during the last 12 months.
The above declines were partially offset by increased revenue derived
from the electronic computing division, refecting Geodesics ability to
reorient its products and cover lost ground in terms of revenue and
creating newer market segments.
Operating income decreased primarily refecting decreased revenue.
Operating expenses including research and development costs increased
along with increased general, administrative and sales and marketing
expenses aided by increased head-count related expenses, cost of
revenue, and support costs.
Geodesic derived its revenues from the following segments during fiscal
2010:
ENTERPRISE OFFERING: Geodesic offers its unique enterprise solutions to
and derives its revenues from Enterprise customers including Banking &
Financial Services Insttutions, Portals and Publishers, State and
Central Government, Telecom Network Operators, Handset Manufacturers,
Educational Insttutions, Small/Medium & Large Enterprises. Our strong
Business Development team ensures we reach out to enterprises across
the globe using a combination of a direct sales team and system
integrators / partners/ value added resellers.
RETAIL OFFERING: The Mundu stack of products are retailed across
www.mundu.com, multiple application stores including Nokias Ovi Store,
Apples App Store, Palm Store, Blackberry Stores etc. We launched
Spokn- our Internet telephony product across www.spokn. com and
application stores. Our products have had great editorial and user
reviews besides winning GSM Asia, PC Magazine and C|net awards.
Geodesics exhaustive list of products and services are mostly derived
out of Continuum and address multiple market segments. Following
products and services were sold/ licensed during fiscal 2010:
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
Continuum: A comprehensive unified content management, communication,
collaboration and CRM system that lets employees communicate and
collaborate with customers, prospects, vendors and other employees.
Spyder: A stand-alone Customer Relationship Management system that
aligns customer/ prospects by product, contacts and campaigns.
Web Services: Customization and integration services Geodesic undertook
to ensure Continuum and Spyder integrate well with existing and other
enterprise applications.
We acquired our enterprise customers using multiple strategies and
channels. We deployed a strong direct sales team besides building a
global business development team to ensure we have adequate partners
and system integrators to reach out to different geographies. Our
efforts paid and we have added a host of new countries to our list of
geographies we address as markets.
Our pricing has remained consistent but the uncertain economic
condition forced us to reduce our license fee by almost 25% during this
year. Our move to reduce our license fees pro-actively during this
economic crisis was appreciated by our long-standing customers. We have
seen a lot more interaction with these customers on their new
technology requirements and needs.
RETAIL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
Mundu IM: An interoperable messenger that incorporates AIM, Facebook,
GTalk, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo services into a single frame and is widely
used on multiple mobile platorms.
Mundu SMS: An easy to use SMS application on the mobile phone and
desktops using Internet as a communication medium. Traditional SMS costs
a substantial amount of money per message, however Mundu SMS lets users
send messages at 1/5th the cost.
Spokn: Worlds most comprehensive IP based telephony system. Spokn
calls are amongst the worlds cheapest calls with an assured quality of
service. Spokn calls are available as local calls in as many as 40
countries. Spokn calls can be made over PSTN lines, desktops and
obviously mobile phones.
Mundu Radio: A mobile application that streams audio from across 35000
different Internet radio stations. Consumers discover audio content in
a unique way.
Mundu TV: Live television streaming on mobile phones across 2G/2.5G/3G/
Wi-Fi/ CDMA and desktops. Mundu TV streams over 20 channels and offers
consumers a choice of news, business news, sports, entertainment and
video on demand services.
We acquired retail consumers through several channels including a
network of Application Stores, Portals and Publishers, Mobile Device
Manufacturers, Telecom Network Operators and our own web sites. We
license and white label our products and services where ever necessary.
Geodesic and its subsidiaries launched our IM and radio services across
several telecom network operators, portals and handset vendors,
providing us with an opportunity to address more than 350 million
potential subscribers for our range of products and services.
Our pricing model includes subscription, per device or per user per
year options. Spokn and Mundu SMS also include usage fees coupled with
the subscription fee. We also offered Mundu IM OSE (Open Standards
edition) for the iPhone as a free product but supported by
advertisements during fiscal 2010. Our user acquisition costs have
remained well below industry standards due to unique business models we
implemented.
ELECTRONIC COMPUTING - ENTERPRISE PRODUCT OFFERING:
GeoAmida - A mobile hand held device based on Linux that includes a
bio-metric sensor, smart card readers/ writer, printer, GPS, GPRS/WI-
Fi/Bluetooth, RFID/ Bar Code Scanner ports and a host of applications.
GeoAmida has been sold as a last mile data processing system,
authentcation and validation system and a last mile connectivity device
for uses in E-governance projects across NREGA, PDS, Law Enforcement,
Education, Micro Finance and Financial Inclusion.
We acquire customers largely through E-governance turnkey solution
providers and system integrators. Geodesic plans to undertake State
E-governance projects independently in the future. We are extremely
excited with the prospects GeoAmida has to offer.
Geodesic and its subsidiaries added over 45 new customers during the
year and we hope to continue the trend in future periods.
The uncertain economic conditions opened up a huge opportunity to
acquire people talent and Geodesic did not let this opportunity go past
it. We acquired great young talent from top institutes in the country
and acquired experienced people from a host of great companies to
strengthen our senior and middle management besides supplementing our
growth going forward. We added more than 75+ people during the course
of the year.
Geodesic retained its culture of intrapreneurship and embraced it as
one of our fundamental strengths. Our culture encourages ideation and
collaboration to address complex technical challenges. In addition, we
welcome individual thinking and creativity. Many of our people are
bikers, photographers, avid trekkers, sportsmen of repute and above all
equity holders of Geodesic.
Geodesic forged a major alliance with Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd
to form a new company that goes by the name ITM Digital Private Limited
to address the growing need of consumers to converge entertainment and
information on multiple digital devices and on three screens
(TV/desktop/Mobile) that consumers are used to.
Geodesic incorporated Geodesic GridPoint Energy Private Limited to
address growing concerns of energy losses in the transmission and
distribution systems.
Geodesic began as a technology company and we have evolved into a
software, technology, mobile, media and hardware company all rolled
into one. FY 2010 was a year of consolidation across Geodesic and we
are confident of a great future ahead.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Geodesic bagged Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009 award
and Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2009 award besides being a Forbes
200 Best under a Billion-Asia Pacific companies à 2009.
GeoAmida won at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2010 award.
Mundu IM won the Best Internet Mobile service award at GSM Hong Kong
and also won the Handango Championship 2009 award for the best social
application on Blackberry.
Mundu Radio was rated as one of the top 10 Nokia OVI store application
in the entertainment section and was listed as one of the top six
applications at the AT&T Dev Central Fast-Pitch 2009 Platnum Awards
Contest during CTIA Wireless.
DIVIDEND
Your company as you are aware has been consistent in sharing its
prosperity with its shareholders. Your management adheres to the
dividend policy of your company as close as possible.
As the profit and growth of the Company continued, your board declared
an Interim Dividend of Rs 0.75 per share of face value of Rs 2/- on
29th January, 2010 which was duly paid on 24th February, 2010.
Your Board of Directors are further pleased to recommend for approval
of shareholders the payment of a Final Dividend of Rs 1.00 per share of
face value of Rs 2/- for the year 2009-10. Together with the Interim
Dividend, the total dividend for the year shall be 1.75 per share of
faceRs value of Rs 2/- (87.5%). Distribution Tax both on the Interim and
Final Dividend is being borne by your Company.
The dividend has been recommended in accordance with your Companys
policy of balancing dividend pay-out with the requirement of deployment
of internal accruals for its growth plans. Your Company continues to
stick to the policy of dividend payment in January and July every year.
Transfer to General Reserve
Your Company proposes to transfer Rs 1,748.90 Lakhs (10% of the net
profit) to the General Reserve out of the amount available for
appropriations and an amount of Rs 53,005.44 Lakhs is proposed to be
retained in the Profit and Loss Account.
SUBSIDIARIES
Your Company has continued its growth momentum over the decade and it
along with its subsidiaries posts good performance. We acclaim
ourselves to be a global corporation with 5 (Five) subsidiaries, 6
(Six) step down subsidiaries and 2 (Two) associate Companies, both in
India and abroad, as on the year end.
The chart below shows the structure of subsidiary companies and their
linkage to your company.
Indian Subsidiaries
Chandamama India Limited (Chandamama)
Chandamama has turned out be a bright feather in our hat. Though the
Company has reported losses of Rs 288.39 Lakhs for the year, it could
break even in the March 2010 quarter. This means setting aside the
accumulated losses and past non receivables, your Company is now able
to meet its expenses out of its revenues. This certainly is great news
for Chandamama and all those associated with Chandamama. Your
management recognizes that it shall need to look into the accumulated
losses and the financial turmoil that the Company went through in the
past decade, however it would still need some financial support for
another year or so, after which, we expect the Company to sustain
operations all by itself.
Chandamama as we all know is a brand with the highest recall value.
Your management continues to believe in the Brand and therefore
continues in the brand investment exercise. During the year, Chandamama
has launched the much coveted Art Book aptly titled CHANDAMAMA ART
BOOK. The art book is a compilation of various paintings typifying
Chandamama Art, which has overtime become an art form in itself. The
Art Book is a carefully selected collection from our priceless treasure
of masterpieces drawn by various world-class artists like Sankar, MTV
Acharya, Chitra and Vaapa, who earned their fame as original watercolor
artists since 1947. These renowned artists, whose works are presented
in the book, have been associated with Chandamama in its journey that
spans over 6 decades. The Book comprising of two volumes, collates over
175 paintings and have mostly been the cover pages of Chandamama. The
paintings cover a variety of topics ranging from nature to human
emotions and mythology. The interesting comparison of art styles used
by these masters, their interpretiation and expression on similar
topics, makes this collection a must have for all art lovers. In
addition to this wonderful book, Chandamama also came up with a new
concept called the "Chandamama Annual" which shall be in addition to
all publications of Chandamama and shall be a book published once every
year. This book shall be a compilation of stories featured in
Chandamamas earlier issues and shall also include various exciting
actvities to engage kids between the ages 4-14.
Your management is extremely happy with the results of strategic
changes and new launches in the year gone by in Chandamama. The
Registered Office of Chandamama was shifted from the State of Tamil
Nadu to the State of Maharashtra as per the approval of the
Shareholders received on 19th August, 2009 and subsequent approval of
the Honble Company Law Board, Southern Region, Chennai Bench vide its
order dated 24th February, 2010. Further, the Board of Directors of
Chandamama decided to shift its Registered Office to B-3, Lunic
Industries, Cross Road B, MIDC, Andheri (East), Mumbai à 400 093 with
effect from 25th February, 2010. This would enable better control and
ease of operations. There have been changes in the Board of Directors,
Management and the Editorial Team. Mr. Prashant Mulekar, our Executive
Director has taken over as Executive Director in Chandamama India
Limited. Mr. Prashant Mulekar now also acts as the Publisher and Editor
for all Chandamama magazine editions.
Chandamama also changed its Registrar & Share Transfer Agents from GNSA
Infotech Services Private Limited, Chennai to Mondkar Computers Private
Limited, Mumbai for ease of operations.
Chandamama made a preferential issue of 20,00,000 (Twenty Lakh) Equity
Shares to your Company on 22nd September, 2009. As on the date of this
Report, your Company holds 96.91% shareholding in Chandamama.
Chandamama, made a final call on 11th January, 2010 of the balance
Rs5/- per share on 35,30,325 partly paid up equity shares allotted in
terms of the Right issue offer document dated 24th November, 2008. The
final call notices for the same were sent on 12th January, 2010. On
receipt of the said final call money from all the shareholders, the
status of the said equity shares was changed to the fully paid up
equity shares of Rs 10/- per share.
Newly Incorporated Indian Companies
During the year under review, two new Indian subsidiaries were
incorporated by your Company in the name of ITM Digital Private Limited
and Geodesic Gridpoint Energy Private Limited on 7th January, 2010 and
13th January, 2010 respectvely.
Your Company has established a strategic alliance with ZEEL (Zee
Entertainment Enterprises Limited), to launch real time and on-
delivery entertainment applications for the mobile and Internet Enabled
devices. ZEEL and your Company has formed a new company
called ITM Digital Private Limited to address the hugely growing market
for content convergence and mobile value added services.
Geodesic Gridpoint Energy Private Limited intends to develop products
meant to reduce energy losses and/ or handle projects which would help
in reducing energy usage and also product could be used for
transmission of energy and information in an efficient manner.
Both the aforesaid newly incorporated subsidiaries wish to start their
operations very soon.
Foreign Subsidiaries
As you are aware, your Company has a subsidiary called Geodesic
Holdings Limited (GHL), Mauritius that primarily acts as the Holding
Company for all subsidiaries of the Company outside of India. This is
to streamline the processing and operations of outside subsidiaries.
We are pleased to report that we have successfully transferred all our
investments outside of India under the umbrella of GHL and now all our
subsidiaries including - Geodesic Information Systems Inc (GISI), USA,
Geodesic Hong Kong Limited (GHKL), Hong Kong, Interactive Networks
International Inc. (INI), BVI, Publicidad Digital S.A (PD), Uruguay,
Emiloto Associated Inc., Panama Islands are the foreign step down
subsidiaries of your Company through GHL.
Geodesic Technology Solutions Limited (GTSL), Hong Kong is the only
company outside of India, other than GHL, which remains as the direct
wholly owned subsidiary of Geodesic Limited as on date of this report.
The process to transfer the stake in this company into GHL is on and we
shall be able to complete the process in fiscal 2010-2011.
During the financial year 2009-2010, your Company has incorporated a
step down subsidiary à Geodesic Technology FZE (GTF), Dubai through GHL
to cater to the Middle East market.
Associate Companies
Filmorbit.Com India Private Limited
During the year, Filmorbit issued 50,000 (Fify Thousand) equity shares
on preferental basis to two of its Directors Mr. Krishnan Rajagopalan,
Mrs. Kalyani Rajagopalan and his family. Consequently, the paid up
share capital of Filmorbit was increased fromRs 5,00,000 to Rs
10,00,000 and as a result of which your Companys shareholding in
Filmorbit came down to 49.99% and Filmorbit ceased to be subsidiary of
your company.
The authorised share capital of Filmorbit was increased from Rs
5,00,000 to Rs 20,00,000 on 3rd November, 2009 as approved by its
Shareholders.
Filmorbit has the largest metadata set about Indian Films and TV which
is augmented by licensed data and content such as EPG, Theatre
Listings, Music & Video and packaged to provide compelling experiences
across multiple platforms while enabling numerous revenue opportunities
for your Company & associated partners. FilmOrbit redefines how the
consumers discover content, people and talent in the Indian
entertainment space. Consumers will finally enjoy access to a range of
websites, social apps, mobile apps, widgets and services that bring fun
and relevant experiences to the screen of their choice.
Disclosure required under SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and
Employee Stock Purchase Scheme), Guidelines, 1999 as to the status of
options as on 31st March, 2010:
a) As on 1st April 2009, options granted
and not exercised (in force) 33,28,130 options
b) Options granted during the year: 5,00,000 optons convertible
into equity shares of
2/- each granted on April
29, 2009
c) Pricing formula: Market price as per SEBI
guideline as on date of
grant
d) Options vested: 7,00,000 options
e) Options exercised 28,825 options convertible
into equity shares of 2/-
each
f) Total number of shares arising as
a result of exercise of options 28,825 converted into
equity shares of even
number of ` 2/- each.
g) Options lapsed 1,66,590 options
h) Variations of terms of options NIL
i) Money realized by exercise of options: Rs 24.62 Lakhs
j) Total number of options in force: 36,32,715 options convertible
into 2/- each (options
granted but not exercised)
k) Employee-wise details of options granted to:
(1) Senior managerial personnel NIL
(2) Any other employee who receives a
grant in any one year of options amountng NIL
to 5% or more of option granted during
that year
(3) Identfed employees who were granted
options, during any one year, equal NIL
to or exceeding 1% of the issued capital
(excluding outstanding warrants and
conversions) of your Company at the tme
of grant
l) Diluted EPS pursuant to issue of
shares on exercise of options calculated
in 18.86
accordance with Accountng Standard (AS)
20 is
Details of exercise price for stock Options outstanding at the end of
the year are:
Year End Range of Exercise
Price (Rs) No. of Options
Outstanding Weighted
average
remaining Weighted
average
exercise
contractual
life (in
months) price (Rs)
31st Mar 2010 Rs 79.82 -
Rs 210.05 36,32,715 91.80 140.97
31st Mar 2009 Rs 79.82 -
Rs 147.50 33,28,130 39.05 150.27
LISTING OF EQUITY
Your Companys equity scrip is listed on the NSE (National Stock
Exchange of India Limited) and BSE (The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited,
Mumbai). Further the new allotment of equity shares (` 2/- each) on
account of conversion of employees stock options (ESOPs) were duly
listed with BSE as well as NSE. The entre paid up equity capital is
listed on both the exchanges as on date.
Your scrip forms a part of BSE 500 and BSE MIDCAP indices on BSE.
FIXED DEPOSITS
Your Company has not accepted any fxed deposit from the public during
the year under review.
DIRECTORS
During the period, Dr. Shashikant Kelkar, Non-Executive & Independent
Director had resigned from the directorship of the Company with effect
from 28th August, 2009 due to personal and health reasons. The Board
places on record its gratitude for the valuable services rendered and
guidance provided by Dr. Shashikant Kelkar during his tenure with the
Company.
Mr. G. Krishnan was appointed as Additional Director in the category of
Non-Executive and Independent Director by the Board at its meeting held
on 29th January, 2010. In terms of Section 260 of the Companies Act,
1956, he shall hold the office only upto the date of the ensuing Annual
General Meeting of the Company. The Company has received requisite
notices under section 257 of the Companies Act, 1956 in writing from
members along with the requisite deposit proposing his candidature for
the office of Director of the Company. A resolution seeking approval of
the Members for the confirmation of Mr. G. Krishnans appointment as a
Director of the Company has been incorporated in the Notice of the
ensuing Annual General Meeting along with the brief his details. The
Directors welcome the new member on the Board and wishes him a
successful and fruitiul tenure with the Company.
Your company as on date has 6 (six) Directors comprising of 3 (three)
Non-Executive Directors, this makes an optimum combination of Executive
and Non-Executive Directors in compliance with the norms of corporate
governance as per provisions of the listing agreement with stock
exchanges.
At the ensuing Annual General Meeting, Mr. Vinod Sethi and Mr. Nitin
Potdar, Independent Directors will retire by rotation and being
eligible offer themselves for reappointment in terms of provisions of
Articles of Association of the Company. Resolutions for their
re-appointment will be placed for your approval at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting. The brief resume/details relating to the Directors who
are to be appointed/re- appointed are furnished in the explanatory
statement as an annexure to the Notice of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
HUMAN RESOURCE
At Geodesic, employees are the key driving force of the organization.
We have set up a scalable recruitment and resource management process
which enables us to attract and retain high caliber employees.
We have been able to attract some of the best minds in the country by
recruiting from top engineering colleges, like various IITs and VJTI.
We have also been able to attract talent from the industry from top
B-schools like IIM with rich experience in their domain areas. Our
employee strength worldwide is more than 625, with people at various
levels joining regularly.
We strongly believe that highly trained and motivated people are not
only critical to success, but are also a key driving force to the
organization. To achieve this, we focus on attracting and retaining
the best possible people. We nurture talent, motivate indigenous
innovation, promote leadership development, implement corporate-wide
recruiting, training, performance evaluation and compensation programs
that are tailored to address the needs of each of our business
segments. Our Human Resource department is centralized at our corporate
headquarters in Mumbai.
Our performance management system is primarily based on values and
competencies. At the apex level, we closely monitor the growth and
development of the top talent in the organization so that their
personal ambitions and the organizations aspirations are closely
matched.
Geodesic Culture
The work culture at Geodesic involves challenges, healthy competition,
constiructive rule-breaking, and above all, fun. Each employee becomes
a part of the Geodesic family, which extends beyond the boundaries of
work. High retention has been achieved by continuously upgrading the
competencies of the employees while our focused initiatives at creating
a work life balance also serves as a powerful tool to increase
retention in addition to other factors such as best pay packages and
entrepreneurial work styles. Despite the entire economy reeling under
high atrition rates, we take great pride in saying that the atrition
rate at Geodesic is very low.
Geodesics emphasis on innovation and commitment to cost containment
means each employee is a hands-on contributor. Theres litile in the
way of corporate hierarchy and everyone wears several hats. At
Geodesic, we believe in transparency, fexibiliti, interactin,
integratin of thoughts, ideas, culture, values and results across the
organizatin irrespectie of the hierarchy. Though growing rapidly,
Geodesic stil maintains a small company feel. Almost everyone eats at
the Geodesic café, sitig at the table enjoying conversatins with
colleagues and friends from various departments.
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management (KM) at Geodesic allows Geodesic Minds to te
together the collectie experiences and knowledge towards better product
delivery, individual and organizational excellence.
Our culture resonates with our goals to create an open and transparent
organization in which knowledge is created and shared in a supportive
environment where creatvitiy and innovation are highly valued. Geodesic
Minds are encouraged to bring forward any idea for improvement or
innovation.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The particulars of employees of your Company who are in receipt of
remuneration, in excess of the limit under sub-section (2A) of Section
217 of the Companies Act, 1956, as amended, read with the Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, for the year ended 31st March,
2010 is annexed hereto with the Report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company is commitied to maintain the highest standards of
Corporate Governance. Your Company believes that any meaningful policy
on Corporate Governance must provide empowerment to the executive
management of the Company, and simultaneously create a mechanism of
checks and balances which ensures that the decision making powers
vested in the Executive Management is not only not misused, but is used
with care and responsibility to meet stakeholder aspirations and
societal expectations.
Your Company further believes that the trusteeship, transparency,
empowerment and accountability, control and ethical corporate
citzenship are the cornerstiones of Corporate Governance and the
practice of each of these leads to the creation of the right corporate
culture in which the Company is managed in a manner that fulfils the
purpose of Corporate Governance.
The Report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement forms part of the Annual Report.
The requisite Certficate from the Auditors of the Company confirming
compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stpulated
under the aforesaid Clause 49 is atached to this Report.
DEMATERIALIZATION OF SHARES
As you are aware your Company has connectvity with both the
depositories functioning in India, NSDL and CDSL. The ISIN of the scrip
is INE371D01029. As on 31st March, 2010, 99.75% of the total equity
capital of the Company was held in dematerialized form.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO U/S 217(e) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956.
a) Conservation Of Energy
Being a software company, energy costs constitute a small portion of
the total cost and such operations are not energy intensive. There is
not much scope for energy conservation. However, we ensure to undertake
all possible measures so as to reduce energy consumption in the company
premises by using energy efcient computers and other equipments. Proper
maintenance of these equipments is ensured so as to prolong the
efciency of these machines. Form A is not applicable for software
industry.
b) Technology Absorption: Not Applicable
c) Foreign Exchange Earnings And Outgo
Your Company has started operations in SEEPZ, Andheri (East), Mumbai
from end of September, 2008 which is a SEZ (Special Economic Zone),
which entitles your Company to enjoy 100% tax holiday for exports under
Section 10A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 until March 2019. The export
performance of your Company scaled well. The information on Foreign
Exchange earnings and outgo is contained in schedule 22 to Accounts.
AUDITORS
The Auditors M/s Borkar & Muzumdar, Chartered Accountants (Regn No.
101569w) retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting
and have confirmed their eligibility for their re-appointment. Your
Board recommends their reappointment as Statutory Auditors of the
Company at a remuneration mutually agreed upon.
The report of Auditors and notes forming part of the Accounts are
attached along with the Annual Report. There are no qualification in the
Audit Report and Notes are self-explanatory.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors
confirm that:
- in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed and that there are no material departures;
- they have, in selection of accounting policies, consulted the
statutory auditors and have applied them consistently and made
judgments and estmaties that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a
true and fair view of the state of affairs of your company at the end
of the financial year ended 31st March, 2010 and of the profit of the
company for that year.
- they have taken proper and suffcient care to the best of their
knowledge and ability 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 irregularites.
- they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors wish to thank all shareholders and business partners,
your Companys bankers, financial insttutions, regulatory bodies and
other business consttuents for their contnued support and valuable
co-operation.
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the
efforts and contributions of the Companys executives, officers,
consultants and staff, for ensuring that the Company continues to grow
and excel.
Your Directors also express their gratitude to investors for the faith
that they continue to repose in the Company.
Place : Mumbai For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Dated : 27th August, 2010
Pankaj Kumar Kiran Kulkarni
Chairman Managing Director
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