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Dear Members,
Your Directors are pleased to present the Twentieth Annual Report and the Companys audited financial statement for the financial year ended March 31, 2015.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The Companys financial performance, for the year ended March 31, 2015 is summarized below:
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OFCOMPANYS AFFAIRS
The highlights of the Companys performance are asunder:
The order book position as on 31st March 2015 stands at Rs. 50 Lakhs.
Reserves
The Company is not proposing to transfer any amount to the General Reserves of the Company out of the profits made during the year. The total Reserves & Surplus (including capital reserves, securities premium
Reserves, General Reserves and P&L Account accumulated) as on 31st March 2015 is Rs. 733891737 as against the Paid-up capital of Rs. 837596000
Dividend
The Board of Director of your company, keeping in view the financial positions of the company, has not recommended any Dividend For the Financial year 2014-15
Management Discussion and Analysis Statement
Managements Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Clause 49 of Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges, is presented in a separate section forming part of the Annual Report.
Transfer to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
In terms of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013, no amount is required to transfer to the Investor Education and Protection fund (IEPF) established by the Central Government during the Financial year.
SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
The Company does not have any subsidiaries or joint ventures.
Consolidated Financial Statements
The company does not have any subsidiaries or joint ventures, hence only standalone Financial Statements are provided to the shareholders of the company.
Directors Responsibility Statement;
Pursuant to the requirements under Section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect to Directors Responsibility Statement, Your Directors hereby confirmed 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 judgements 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 Act 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.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance and adhere to the corporate governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the Listing Agreement forms an integral part of this Report. The requisite certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with the conditions of corporate governance is attached to the report on Corporate Governance.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 Mr. VinayMadhukarGanuand Mr. RajaramArjunRambade, Director of the Company is liable to retire by rotation at the Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment at the ensuring Annual General Meeting.
Brief resume of the Director proposed to be reappointed, nature of their expertise in specific functional areas, names of the companies in which they hold directorships and relationships between directors inter-se, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges in India, are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance.
The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet with the criteria of independence as prescribed both under the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with theStock Exchanges.
The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual Directors which include criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors.
The Board of Directors has complete access to the information within the Company. Independent Directors have the freedom to interact with the Companys management. Interactions happen during Board / Committee meetings, when MD / ED are asked to make presentations about performance of the Company to the Board. Apart from this, they also have independent interactions with the Statutory Auditors, the Internal Auditors and external advisors appointed from time to time. Further, they meet without the presence of any management personnel and their meetings are conducted informally to enable the Independent Directors to discuss matters pertaining to the Companys affairs and put forth their combined views to the Board of Directors of the Company.
STATUTORY AUDITORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, on rotation of audit firms, and based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board has at its meeting held on30th May 2015 recommended the appointment of M/s. D P Agarwal& Co., Chartered Accountants, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office from conclusion of this Annual General Meeting to the Conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. M/s. D P Agarwal& Co., Chartered Accountants, , have confirmed that the appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limits under Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s. D P Agarwal& Co., Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad, as the Statutory Auditors, is being proposed as an Ordinary Resolution
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
The Board has appointed M/s P SateeshaRaoCompany Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the FY 2014-15. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2015 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure II to this Report. The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
All contracts / arrangements / transactions entered by the Company during the financial year with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arms length basis. During the year, the Company had not entered into any contract / arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company on materialityof related party transactions.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Out Go:
The particulars relating to Conservation of Energy, Technology absorption, Foreign Exchange earnings and outgo as required under section 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 are as follows
a) Conservation of Energy
The Company has taken suitable measures for conservation of energy. The core activity of the company is civil construction that is not an energy intensive activity.
b) Technology absorption, Adoption and Innovation
There is no information to be furnished regarding Technology Absorption as your Company has not undertaken any research and development activity in any manufacturing activity nor any specific technology is obtained from any external sources, which needs to be absorbed or adopted.
Innovation is a culture in the Company to achieve cost efficiency in the construction activity to be more and more competitive in the prevailing environment that cannot be quantified.
Foreign Exchange earnings and outgo
Foreign Exchange Inwards - Nil
Foreign Exchange outgo towards: Nil
FIXED DEPOSITS
Your Company has not accepted any deposits covered by the provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules framed there under.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Your Directors are happy to report that the Industrial Relations have been extremely cordial at all levels throughout the year. Your Directors record their appreciation for sincere efforts, support and co-operation of all employees being extended from time to time to accelerate the growth of the Company.
DISCLOSURES
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee comprises majority Independent Directors namely Mr. Surendra Naidu Rayapati, Mr. Thakur Ramesh Singh Chouhan and Mr. Solomon Daniel Bondugulaas other members. All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.
Vigil Mechanism
The Company has a Vigil mechanism and Whistle blower policy in terms of the Listing Agreement, under which the employees are free to report violations of applicable laws and regulations and the Code of Conduct. Protected disclosures can be made by a whistle blower through a dedicated e-mail, or a letter to the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Meetings of the Board
Nine meetings of the Board of Directors were held during theyear under review. For further details, please refer report onCorporate Governance of this Annual Report.
Code of Conduct
A declaration regarding compliance with the code of conductsigned by the Companys Managing Director ispublished in the Corporate Governance Report which formspart of the annual report.
Particulars of Loans given, Investments made, Guarantees given and Securities provided
Particulars of loans given, investments made, guarantees given and securities provided are provided in the standalone financial statement
Extract of Annual Return
Extract of Annual Return of the Company is annexed here with as Annexure IIIto this Report.
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 is as follows:
The percentage of increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary during the financial year 2014-15, ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year 2014-15 and the comparison of remuneration of each Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) against the performance of the Company are as under:
During the period under review, no employee of the Company is employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of Rs.60 lakhs or more, or employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs.5 lakhs or more a month, under Rule 5(2) of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
ii) The median remuneration of employees of the Company during the financial year was Rs. 27,275 p.m;
iii) In the financial year, there was increase of **% in the median remuneration of employees;
iv) Therewere 2 employees on the rolls of Company as on March 31, 2015
v) Relationship between average increase in remuneration and company performance: - The Profit before tax for the financial year ended March 31, 2015 decreased by 2.90% whereasthe median remuneration was the same as last year
vi) Comparison of Remuneration of the Key Managerial Personnel(s) against the performance of the Company:
The total remuneration of Key Managerial Personnel was Rs. 5,40,000 lakhs whereas the Profit before tax was Rs. 7,39,609 lakhs in 2014-15
vii) a) Variations in the market capitalisation of the Company: The market capitalisation as on March 31, 2015 at NSE was Rs. 1,19,468.46 lakhs (Rs. 23,904.94 lakhs as on March 31, 2014)
b) Price Earnings ratio of the Company at NSE was 16.36 as at March 31, 2015 and was 3.92 as at March 31, 2014;
viii) Average percentage decrease made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year i.e. 2014-15 was 16.85% whereas the managerial remuneration for the same financial year was the same as last year
ix) The key parameters for any variable component of remuneration availed by the directors: Not applicable
x) The ratio of the remuneration of the highest paid director to that of the employees who are not directors but received remuneration in excess of the highest paid director during the year Not Applicable; and
xi) It is hereby affirmed that the remuneration paid is as per the Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other Employees.
GENERAL
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:
1. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
2. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
3. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the Company under any scheme save and except ESOP referred to in this Report.
4. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Companys operations in future.
Appreciation and Acknowledgements
Your Directors wish to place on record their gratitude to the Companys shareholders, customers, vendors and bankers for their continued support to KNRCLs growth initiatives Your Directors also wish to place on record, their appreciation of the contribution made by employees at all levels, who through their competence, sincerity, hard work, solidarity and dedicated support, have enabled your Company to make rapid strides in its business initiatives Your Directors also thank the Central and State Governments and their various agencies, particularly, the National Highway Authority of India and other Governmental agencies for extending their support during the year, and look forward to their continued support.