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BSE: 526705ISIN: INE095B01010INDUSTRY: Granites/Marbles

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Year End :2019-03 

Dear Members,

The Board of Directors of the Company are pleased to present the Thirty-Fourth Annual Report together with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2019.

1. SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

The Company’s financial performance for the year ended March 31, 2019 is summarized below:-

Financial Results

For the Year Ended 31.03.2019

(Rs. in lakhs)

For the Year Ended 31.03.2018

(Rs. in lakhs)

Revenue from Operations

1966.17

2403.52

Other Income

305.33

448.25

TOTAL INCOME

2271.50

2851.77

PROFIT BEFORE TAX

390.11

524.56

Less: Current Tax

(69.19)

(92.33)

Deferred Tax

3.82

4.55

Excess/(Short) Provision of previous years

1.98

-

PROFIT AFTER TAX

326.72

436.78

Other Comprehensive Income

1.82

1026.22

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

328.54

1463.01

Balance brought forward from the previous year

5116.67

4334.58

APPROPRIATIONS

Transfer to General Reserve

-

60.00

Transfer to Capital Redemption Reserve

-

-

Dividend on Equity Shares

-

-

Tax on Dividend

-

-

2. DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors thought it prudent not to recommend any Dividend for the financial year ended 31st March, 2019.

3. STATE OF THE COMPANY’S AFFAIRS

The Company achieved Revenues from Operations and Other Income (gross) of Rs. 1966.17 lakhs during the financial year ended 31st March, 2019, it was approx. 22% lower as compared to the previous year, owing to continuing impact of higher rate of GST imposed upon the industry and general economic sluggishness. It is also attributable to the continued slow down in real estate industry. The profit after tax has declined by approx. 25.20% during the year due to lower other income also. However, the Company commands an increased realizable value inspite of the deep correction in equity markets. The Management is confident of rebound with economy expected to grow in the forthcoming years.

Detailed analysis and future outlook of the Company's business are dealt in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report.

4. BUSINESS OVERVIEW

The Company continues to maintain its reputation as one of the most reputed manufacturers & providers of choicest and exclusive range of Indian & Imported Marbles & Granites. The Company is reaping rich dividends on its carefully cultivated long-term relationships with several niche clients in India & abroad. The Company has strived to innovate in technology and marketing and has evolved accepting the changing customer demands and aspirations.

The Company is constantly improving its efforts on marketing its products through e-commerce on its website thereby keeping itself abreast with the latest trends in marketing and accepting the changing customer demands and aspirations. Online marketing is expected to assist the Company to strive in the world of e-commerce keeping watch on customers buying habits, expansion of market for niche products, Inventory Management and various other benefits thereby targeting the untapped online market in order to enhance the top line and revenue by achieving economies of scale.

Aggressive marketing and rational utilization of resources by the Management of the Company has been an ongoing process as usual.

The Company has visualized on many uncharted territories in terms of creating a better future for itself in terms of new products and a wider range of colors and the Company is well positioned to capture benefits of the upturn.

Customer Relationships

The Company believes nurturing and maintaining the relationships with existing clients is as important as adding new names to its clientele. The Company has been exploring repeat orders with its existing clients and continues its efforts to widen its client base both geographically and numerically during the year under review and hopes to further expand it with the introduction of e-commerce facility on its website in the coming years.

The Company has also gained and maintained reputation for importing and distributing only the highest quality material while providing clients with personalized, detailed attention in selecting the right material for their projects.

Personnel & Performance

The Company has been able to develop an environment, which is conducive to high growth and performance, a work culture that encourages meritocracy and rewards high performers in an adequate and fair manner.

5. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management's Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, in terms of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (the “Listing Regulations”), is presented in a separate section forming part of the Annual Report.

6. MATERIAL CHANGES AFFECTING THE COMPANYAND COMMITMENT

There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and date of this Report. There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company.

7. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is provided in Annexure A and is attached to this report.

8. STATEMENT CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has in place a Risk Management Policy, pursuant to Section 134 of the Companies Act 2013. This robust Risk Management framework enables identification and evaluation of business risks and opportunities, seeks to create transparency, minimize adverse impact on business objectives and enhance the Company's competitive advantage.

The Company has laid down a well-defined risk management mechanism commensurate with its size and the nature of business covering risk mapping, risk exposure and risk mitigation process. The Company's Risk Management Policy has been developed to include various categories such as Human Resources, Financial, Business Processes and Systems, Strategy, Corporate Governance and Compliance and Information Security.

Further, the Board ensures risk reporting and updates, risk policy compliances and provide overall guidance and support to business risk owners.

9. DETAILS OF POLICY DEVELOPEDAND IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMPANY ON ITS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES

The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (CSR Committee) has formulated and recommended to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Company, which has been approved by the Board and the same has been hosted on the Company's website at www.elegantmarbles.com.

Pursuant to section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company continues to implement its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives furthering the National Theme of the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of “BETI PADHAO BeTi BACHAO” by contributing Rs. 12,50,000 for the education of underprivileged girls in Kishangarh, Rajasthan.

The CSR Policy of the Company and the details about the development of CSR Policy and initiatives taken by the Company on Corporate Social Responsibility during the year as per annexure attached to the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 have been appended as Annexure B to this Report.

10. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

The Company has not given Loans or guarantees or investments pursuant to Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 to other Body Corporates or persons as indicated in the notes to the financial statements.

11. PARTICULARS OF 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 arm's length basis. During the year, the Company did not enter into any contract/ arrangement/ transaction with related parties, which could be considered material in accordance with Regulation 23 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

The Policy on materiality of related party transactions and dealing with related party transactions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company's website www.elegantmarbles.com. The particulars as required under the Act are furnished in Annexure C (Form No. AOC-2) to this Report.

12. AUDITORS AND AUDITORS REPORT

a. Statutory Auditors

Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 139, 142 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) thereof, for the time being in force), M/s. SDBA & Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 142004W), be and are hereby re-appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for a term of 3 (three) consecutive years from the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of the Thirty-Seventh Annual General Meeting, at such remuneration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Auditors Report

The Notes on Financial Statements referred to in the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The Auditor's Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.

b. Secretarial Auditors and Secretarial Audit Report

The Board appointed Shri Virendra G. Bhatt, Practising Company Secretary, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2018-19. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended 31st March, 2019 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure D to this Report.

The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer.

c. Cost Audit

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, the Company is not required to maintain cost records and conduct cost audit.

13. REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The information required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed to this Report as Annexure E.

14. POLICY RELATING TO DIRECTORS APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION ETC.

The Board has framed a Policy relating to appointment of Directors, payment of Managerial remuneration, Directors' qualifications, positive attributes, independence of Directors and other related matters as provided under Section 178 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 based on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The details of this Policy have been disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Report.

15. ANNUAL EVALUATION OF BOARD'S PERFORMANCE, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Regulations, the Board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of the working of its own performance, the Directors individually as well as evaluation of its Committees.

The Board and Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance of Individual Directors, the Board as a whole, Committees of the Board and Chairman and Managing Director after taking into consideration feedback received from Directors. The evaluation was done on various parameters such as vision and strategy, participation, disclosures of interests, good governance, leadership skills, operations, business development, human resources development, corporate communication etc. The feedback received from Directors were then consolidated and placed before the Committee / Board for its evaluation. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.

16. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

The extract of Annual Return (MGT - 9) pursuant to the provisions of Section 134 (3) (a) and Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and administration) Rules, 2014 the Annual Return of the Company is furnished in Annexure F of this Report and uploaded on the website of the Company which can be accessed at www.elegantmarbles.com.

17. BOARD MEETINGS HELD DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19

During the financial year 2018-19, four (4) Board Meetings were held on 22nd May, 2018, 13th August, 2018, 01st November, 2018 and 05th February, 2019, details of which are furnished in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report. The gap between any two Meetings did not exceed 120 days.

18. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

In terms of the provisions of Section 134(3)(c) read with Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors, in respect of the year ended 31st March, 2019, hereby confirm that:

a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) they had 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

e) they had laid down proper internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls were adequate and were operating effectively; and

f) they had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and were operating effectively.

19. SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES ANDASSOCIATE COMPANIES

The Company does not have any Subsidiary, Joint venture or Associate company. Hence, disclosure of statement containing salient features of the Financial Statements of Subsidiaries/Associate Companies/Joint Ventures in Form AOC-1 is not applicable to the Company.

20. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM

The Company has entered into agreement with the National Securities Depository Limited and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) to enable shareholders to hold shares in a dematerialized form. The Company also offers simultaneous dematerialization of the physical shares lodged for transfer.

21. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 164(2) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

The Company has received disclosures in Form DIR - 8 from all the Directors' of the Company and has noted that the none of the Director is disqualified under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 14(1) of Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.

22. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, Ms. Yogita Agrawal, Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, has offered herself for re-appointment.

23. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

The Company has received declarations from all Independent Directors of the Company, confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, as amended by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017.

24. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM

The Company continuously evolves in strengthening its internal control processes and has appointed M/s. Deepak Mehta & Associates, Chartered Accountants, as the Internal Auditor of the Company. The Company has put in place an adequate system of internal control commensurate with its size and nature of business. These systems provide a reasonable assurance in respect of providing financial and operational information, complying with applicable statutes, safeguarding of assets of the Company and ensuring compliance with corporate policies.

Procedures to ensure conformance with the policies, standards and delegations of authority have been put in place covering all activities. Audit Committee periodically reviews the performance of internal audit system.

The Company has a rigorous business planning system to set targets and parameters for operations which are reviewed with actual performance to ensure timely initiation of corrective action, if required. The Audit Committee reviews adherence to internal control systems and internal audit reports. Further, the Board annually reviews the effectiveness of the Company's internal control system.

25. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

A detailed Report on Corporate Governance, pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 34(3) of the Listing Regulations, forms an integral part of this Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company, M/s SDBA & Co., Chartered Accountants, confirming compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated under Schedule V (E) of the Listing Regulations, is annexed to this Report and Mr. Virendra Bhatt (Practicing Company Secretary) issued a certificate with regards to Dis-Qualification of Directors of the Company as per Regulation 34(3) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, is also annexed to this Report.

The Business Responsibility Reporting, as required by Regulation 34(2) of the Listing Regulations, is not applicable to the Company for the financial year ending 31st March, 2019.

The Vigil Mechanism of the Company also incorporates a Whistle Blower Policy in terms of the Listing Regulations thereby establishing a vigil mechanism for Directors and permanent employees for reporting genuine concerns, if any. Protected disclosures can be made by a whistle blower to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The policy on vigil mechanism and whistle blower policy may be accessed on the Company's website at the link: .

26. DISCLOSURE OF COMPOSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE AND PROVIDING VIGIL MECHANISM

The Company has constituted an Audit Committee as required under Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and has also established Vigil Mechanism for their employees and Directors to report their genuine concerns or grievances.

The details of the same are presented in the Corporate Governance Report. The Board has accepted all the recommendations of the Audit Committee during the year under review.

27. GENERAL

The 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:

- Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

- Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

- Issue of sweat equity shares, bonus shares or employees stock option plan.

- The Company has constituted Anti Sexual Harassment Committee and during the year under review, there were no cases were reported pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

- There were no frauds reported by the Auditors under Sub section (12) of Section 143 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015, to the Audit Committee, Board of Directors or Central Government.

- No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's operations in future.

28. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Company will soon complete glorious 34 eventful years of the existence. Very few brands continue to remain relevant and become iconic over such a long passage of time. The Directors are proud of the rich heritage.

The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation, for the contribution made by the employees at all levels but for whose hard work, and support, the Company's achievements would not have been possible.

The Directors also wish to thank its customers, dealers, agents, suppliers, investors and bankers for their continued support and faith reposed in the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Elegant Marbles and Grani Industries Limited

Rajesh Agrawal

Chairman and Managing Director

DIN: 00017931

Date: 28th May, 2019

Place: Mumbai