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BSE: 534612ISIN: INE436N01029INDUSTRY: Electric Equipment - General

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Year End :2018-03 

Dear Shareholders,

The Board of Directors hereby submits the 7th Annual Report with Audited Financial Statement of your Company (‘the Company’ of ‘AMTL’) for the year ended 31st March, 2018.

FINANCIAL RESULTS (STANDALONE)

(Rs. in Lacs)

Particulars

Standalone

Consolidated

Year Ended 31.03.2018

Year Ended 31.03.2017

Year Ended 31.03.2018

Year Ended 31.03.2017

Total Income

4532.42

4042.87

4537.58

4057.79

Total Expenditure

5247.46

4355.91

5272.42

4430.84

Profit/Loss before Exceptional and Extraordinary Item and Tax

(715.04)

(313.04)

(734.84)

(373.05)

Exceptional Items - Expense / (Income)

Extraordinary Items (Net)

0

0

Profit before Tax (PBT)

(715.04)

(313.04)

(734.84)

(373.05)

Current Tax

0

0

Deferred Tax

0

0

Profit/Loss for the year

(715.04)

(313.04)

(734.84)

(373.05)

STATE OF COMPANY’S AFFAIRS

The year 2017-18 closed with total income from operations of Rs. 45.37 crores as compared to Rs. 40.57 crores during the previous year.

The backward integration implemented during the previous year, has resulted in lowering the cost of the meters, reduction of dependence on others for timely supply of quality goods.

Having created a niche for itself in the market for meters, your company focused on widening product basket and expanding market reach. Moving ahead with the rising demand of smart meters the company will enhance production capacity and grow business volumes.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

The Report on Corporate Governance is appended as Annexure “I”.

AUDITOR’S CERTIFICATE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The certificate of Compliance from Statutory Auditor, M/s. S. S. Kothari Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, confirming compliance with the Conditions of Corporate Governance, is annexed hereto marked as Annexure “II” and forms part of this Report.

SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY

The Authorised share capital of the company as on 31.03.2018 is Rs. 12,60,00,000/- divided into 1,92,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 5/- each and 60,00,000 preference shares of Rs. 5/- each.

The issued, subscribed and paid up Share Capital of the company as on 31 st March, 2018 was Rs. 8,02,87,330/- divided into 1,60,57,466 equity shares of face value of Rs. 5/- each.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Re-Appointment

In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company , Mr. Prashant Ranade (DIN: 00006024) Executive Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The Board of Directors recommends his re-appointment.

Mr. Pranav Kumar Ranade, Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. Vikram Ranade and Mr. Prashant Ranade, Executive Directors of the Company were re-appointed as such designation for a period of three years starting from 12th May, 2015.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee recommended their re-appointment of the Board on the existing terms and conditions.

The Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 29.05.2018 have approved the re-appointment of Mr. Pranav Kumar Ranade as Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. Vikram Ranade as Executive Director and Mr. Prashant Ranade as Executive Director for a period of 5 Year w.e.f. 12th May, 2018 subject of approval of the shareholders.

Key Managerial Personnel

The following Directors / Officials of the Company have been designated as Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) of the Company by the Board of Directors in terms of provisions of the Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Regulations of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”).

1. Mr. Pranav Kumar Ranade Chairman and Managing Director

2. Mr. Vikram Ranade Executive Director

3. Mr. Prashant Ranade Executive Director

4. Mr. Rakesh Dhody AVP (Corporate Affairs) & Company Secretary

5. Mr. Hrydesh Jain Chief Financial Officer

DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 134 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

Except as disclosed elsewhere in the Annual Report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of financial year and date of this report.

STATEMENT ON DECLARATION GIVEN BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

The Independent Directors have submitted the Declaration of Independence, as required pursuant to Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 and provisions of the Listing Regulations, stating that they meet the criteria of independence as provided sub-section (6) of section 149.

COMPANY’S POLICY ON DIRECTORS APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Directors has approved a Policy for selection, appointment and remuneration of directors which inter-alia requires that the directors shall be of high integrity with relevant expertise and experience so as to have a diverse Board. The Policy also lays down the positive attributes/criteria while recommending the candidature for the appointment as Director.

The policy of the company on Directors appointment and remuneration, including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and other matters provided under Sub-Section (3) of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, adopted by the Board on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee which is available on the company’s website.

We hereby affirm that the remuneration provided to all the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees of the Company are in accordance with the remuneration policy of the Company.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

As per provisions of the Companies Act 2013 and Regulation 17(10) of the Listing Regulations, the evaluation process for the performance of the Board, its committee and individual Directors was carried out internally. The evaluation process inter alia considers attendance of Directors at Board and committee meetings, acquaintance with business, communicating inter se board members, effective participation domain knowledge, and compliance with code of conduct, vision and strategy.

The Board carried out an annual performance evaluation of the Board, committees, Individual Directors and the Chairperson. The Chairman of the respective Committees shared the report on evaluation with the respective Committee members. The performance of each Committee was evaluated by the Board, based on report on evaluation received from respective Committees.

The Independent Directors met on 09th March, 2018 to review the performance evaluation of Non-Independent Directors and the entire Board of Directors including the Chairman, while considering the views on the Executive and Non-Executive Directors.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

There were 162 permanent employees of the Company as of 31st March, 2018. Information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided as Annexure “III” to this report.

A statement containing, inter alia, the names of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and every employee employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of '102 lakhs or more, and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of '8.50 lakhs or more per month, pursuant to Rule 5(2) the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 forms part of this report.

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board of Directors to the best of their knowledge and ability confirm that:

(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March 2018, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there no material departures from the same;

(b) the directors 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 31st March 2018 and of the profit and loss of the company for year ended on that date;

(c) the directors 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) the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

(e) the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and

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

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL

The Board of your Company has laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively. Your company has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures.

STATUTORY AUDITOR

M/s S.S. Kothari Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the Company, who were appointed by the members of the Company for a term of 5 (five) consecutive years at the 6th Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) of the Company held on 26th September, 2017.

Vide notification dated May 7, 2018 issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the requirement of seeking ratification of appointment of statutory auditors by members at each AGM has been done away with. Accordingly, no such item has been considered in notice of the 7th AGM.

AUDITORS’ REPORT

There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remarks made by M/s S.S. Kothari Mehta & Co., Statutory Auditor of the Company, in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

Pursuant to provisions of Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee or to the Board of the Company during the year under review.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 the Company has appointed M/s Navneet K Arora & Co LLP, a firm of Company Secretaries in Practicing, to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

The Report of the Secretarial Audit in Form MR-3 for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 is enclosed as Annexure “IV” to this Report. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Secretarial Auditor in his report.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 92(3) and Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, extract of the Annual Return as on March 31, 2018 in form MGT-9 is enclosed as Annexure “V” to this report.

NO. OF BOARD MEETINGS

The Board of Directors met 4 (four) times during the financial year 2017-18. The details of which are provided in the corporate governance report.

COMPOSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Board has constituted the Audit Committee comprises of Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta as the Chairman and Mr. Ajoy Kumar Ghosh and Mr. Vikram Ranade as the members of the Committee. More details on the Audit Committee are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

COMPOSITION OF NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

The Board has constituted the Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprising of Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta as the Chairman and Mr. Ajoy Kumar Ghosh and Dr. Priya Somaiya as the members of the Committee. Details of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

COMPOSITION OF STAKEHOLDERS’ RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE

The Board has constituted the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee comprising of Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta as the Chairman and Mr. Prashant Ranade and Mr. Vikram Ranade as the members of the Committee. Details on the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTILE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has established a robust Vigil Mechanism and a Whistle-blower policy in accordance with provisions of Section 177(9) and (10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 22 of the Listing Regulations.

Under this policy, your Company encourages its employees to report any reporting of fraudulent financial or other information to the stakeholders, and any conduct that results in violation of the Company’s code of business conduct, to the management (on an anonymous basis, if employees so desire). Further, your Company has prohibited discrimination, retaliation or harassment of any kind against any employees who, based on the employee’s reasonable belief that such conduct or practice have occurred or are occurring, reports that information or participates in the investigation.

More details about the policy are given in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. This policy is also available on the company web link: http://www.pkrgroup.in/products-services/corporate-policies.

No employees of the Company are denied access to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company.

REMUNERATION POLICY

The Company follows a Policy on Remuneration of Directors and Senior Management Employees. The policy is approved by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and the Board.

The main objective of the said policy is to ensure that the level and composition of remuneration is reasonable and sufficient to attract, retain and motivate the Directors, KMP and Senior Management employees. The remuneration involves a balance between fixed and incentive pay reflecting short and long-term performance objectives appropriate to the working of the company and its goals.

The Nomination and Remuneration policy as approved by the Board of Directors is available on website of the Company at the web link: http://www.pkrgroup.in/products-services/corporate-policies.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, OR GUARANTEE OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186

Pursuant to Section 186 of Companies Act, 2013 and Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, disclosure on particulars relating to loans, advances, guarantees and investments are provided as part of the notes to accounts of the Standalone Financial Statement.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts/Tribunals which would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

A robust and integrated enterprises risk management framework is in existence under which the common prevailing risks in the Company are identified, the risks so identified are reviewed on periodic basis by the Company and the management’s actions to mitigate the risk exposure in timely manner are assessed.

CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS

There have been no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the Company which occurred between the end of the financial year to which the financial statements relate and the date of this report.

SUBSIDIARIES

During the year under review, the Company has one subsidiary in India viz PKR Energy Limited and two subsidiaries outside India viz. Global Power and Trading (GPAT) Pte. Ltd., Singapore and Advance Power and Trading GmbH, Germany.

As per provision of first proviso of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, the Financial Statements of the subsidiary companies have not attached to the Annual Report. Form AOC-1 is attached forms part of the financial statements containing the salient features of financial statements of its subsidiary or subsidiaries in Form AOC-1.

CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENT WITH RELATED PARTY

The particulars of all contracts or arrangement entered with the related parties as referred to in Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 in the prescribed form AOC-2 is appended as Annexure “VI”.

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

Information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo required to be disclosed pursuant to section 134(3)(m) of the companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is appended as Annexure “VII”.

The Company organizes the workshops / lectures on regular basis for its employees to promote, motivate and encourage them to conserve energy.

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.

4. Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Directors of the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.

Your Directors further state that during the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

The Management’s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Regulation 34(2)(e) of SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is presented in separate section forming part of the Annual Report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and co-operation received from the Financial Institutions, Banks, Government Authorities, Customers, Vendors and Members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by the Company’s executives, staff and workers.

For and on behalf of the Board

Pranav Kumar Ranade

Date: May 29, 2018 (Chairman & Managing Director)

Place: Noida DIN: 00005359