Your directors have pleasure in presenting the Forty First Annual Report on the business of your Company
together with the Audited Statements of Accounts for the financial year ended 31^st March, 2024.

1. FINANCIAL SUMMARY:

Your Company’s performance during the year ended 31^st March, 2024, as compared to the previous
financial year, is summarized as below:

(Rs. In Lakhs)

2. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

The Company did not transfer any amount to the General Reserve for the Financial Year ended March
31, 2024.

3. SHARE CAPITAL

During the year, the Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights, sweat equity shares
or Employee Stock Options and there were no changes in the share capital of the Company.

4. DIVIDEND:

Your director’s does not recommend any dividend for the year ended 31st March, 2024.

5. LISTING OF EQUITY SHARES

Your Company’s equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE), Phiroze
Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai- 400001.

6. DIRECTORS & KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONAL:

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 Shri. Madhu Pratap
Pemmasani (DIN: 00644254), Director, retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting
and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his reappointment for the
consideration of the members of the company at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

7. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

The Company has received necessary declaration from each Independent director under 149(7) of the
Companies Act, 2013, that he/she meets the criteria of Independence laid down under section 149(6)
of the Companies Act 2013.

In terms of Section 150 of the Act read with Rule 6 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification
of Directors) Rules, 2014, as amended, Independent Directors of the Company have enrolled their
names in the data bank of Independent Directors maintained with the Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs.

8. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board met Five Times during the financial year 2023-24 viz., on 22.05.2023, 30-05-2023,
14.08.2023, 14.11.2023, and 14.02.2024. A separate meeting of the Independent Directors of the
Company held during the year on 14.02.2024 as required under Section 149 (8) read with the
Schedule IV (VII) of the Companies Act 2013 and clause 25 (3) of Securities Exchange Board of India
(Listing obligations and disclosure requirements) Regulations 2015.

9. STATUTORY AUDITORS:

Pursuant to Section 139 and other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 M/s. P. Lakshmana
Rao & Co., Chartered Accountants, were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 40^th
Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) for the period of 5 years from conclusion of 40^th AGM till the
conclusion of 45^th AGM.

10. AUDITORS' REPORT:

There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by M/s. P. Lakshmana Rao & CO.,
Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors in their report for the Financial Year ended 31^st March,
2024.

The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company
under sub-section (12) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, during the year under review.

11. INTERNAL AUDITORS:

The Board of Directors based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee has appointed M/s. Y C
Narayana & Co., Chartered Accountants, Vijayawada, as the Internal Auditors of your Company. The
Internal Auditors are submitting their reports on quarterly basis.

12. SECRETARIAL AUDITORS:

M/s. P. S. Rao & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed to conduct the
Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year 2023-24, as required under Section 204 of the
Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 9 there-under. The secretarial audit report for F.Y. 2023-24 forms part
of this Report as Annexure- I.

13. SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT:

There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by M/s. P. S. Rao & Associates,
Practicing Company Secretaries in their report for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2024.

14. COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

Your Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all the
Secretarial standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and that such systems
are adequate and operating effectively. During the year under review, Your Company has complied
with the Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

15. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has developed and implementing a risk management policy which includes the
identification therein of elements of risk, which in the opinion of the board may threaten the existence
of the Company.

16. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR):

The Company has not developed and implemented any Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives as
the said provisions are not applicable.

17. COMPOSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE:

The Audit Committee of the Company comprises the following Members
Shri. Y Narayana - Chairman

Shri. Rajesh Katragadda - Member

Smt. P Sugunamma - Member

All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee of the Company have been considered and
accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company.

18. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE OUTGO:

Information required under section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 8 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, is enclosed herewith as Annexure- II.

19. FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND
COMMITTEES

One of the key functions of the Board is to monitor and review the board evaluation framework. The
Board works with the nomination and remuneration committee to lay down the evaluation criteria for
the performance of executive / non-executive / independent directors through a peer-evaluation
excluding the director being evaluated through a Board effectiveness survey. The questionnaire of the
survey is a key part of the process of reviewing the functioning and effectiveness of the Board and for
identifying possible paths for improvement. Each Board member is requested to evaluate the
effectiveness of the Board dynamics and relationships, information flow, decision-making of the
directors, relationship to stakeholders, company performance, company strategy, and the
effectiveness of the whole Board and its various committees on a scale of one to five. Feedback on
each director is encouraged to be provided as part of the survey.

Independent directors have three key roles - governance, control and guidance. Some of the
performance indicators based on which the independent directors are evaluated include:

• Ability to contribute by introducing international best practices to address top-management issues

• Active participation in long-term strategic planning

• Commitment to the fulfilment of a director's obligations and fiduciary responsibilities; these include
participation in Board and committee meetings.

A separate exercise was carried out to evaluate the performance of individual Directors including the
Chairman of the Board, who were evaluated on parameters such as level of engagement and
contribution, independence of judgement, safeguarding the interest of the Company and its minority
shareholders etc. The performance evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the
entire Board. The performance evaluation of the Chairman and the Non Independent Directors was
carried out by the Independent Directors who also reviewed the performance of the Secretarial
Department. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.

20. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS:

The Company has in place an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and
complexity of its operations. During the year, such controls were tested and no reportable material
weaknesses in the design or operation were observed.

21. SUBSIDIARIES:

The Company has no subsidiaries as on 31^st March, 2024.

22. NOMINATION AND REMUENRATION POLICY:

A committee of the Board named as “Nomination and Remuneration Committee” has been constituted
to comply with the provisions of section 178 of Companies Act, 2013 and to recommend a policy of the
Company on directors' appointment and remuneration, including criteria for determining qualifications,
positive attributes, independence of a director and other matters and to frame proper systems for
identification, appointment of Directors & KMPs, Payment of Remuneration to them and Evaluation of
their performance and to recommend the same to the Board from time to time. The policy is also
posted in the investors section of the company’s website.

23. FIXED DEPOSITS:

Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits and as such no principal or interest was
outstanding as on the date of the Balance sheet.

24. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES, OR INVESTMENTS:

During the year under review, the Company has not entered into any transactions covered under
section 186 of the companies Act, 2013.

25. POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT:

The company has adopted policy on prevention of sexual harassment of women at workplace in
accordance with The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013.

During the financial year ended March 31, 2024, the company has not received any complaints
pertaining to sexual harassment.

26. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

Pursuant to Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013 Your Directors’ confirm that:

i) In preparation of annual accounts for the financial year ended 31^st March, 2024, the applicable
Accounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material
departures;

ii) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give true and fair view of the
state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 and of the
profit and loss of the Company for the year;

iii) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for their maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act for safeguarding the assets of the
Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

iv) The Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a ‘going concern’ basis;

v) 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

vi) 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.

27. VIGIL MECHANISM:

The Company has a Whistle Blower Policy framed to deal with instance of fraud and mismanagement,
if any in the Company. The details of the Policy are posted on the website of the Company
www.sibarauto.com

28. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

Related party transactions entered during the financial year under review are disclosed in Note No.30
of the Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024. These
transactions entered were at an arm’s length basis and in the ordinary course of business. There were
no materially significant related party transactions with the Company’s Promoters, Directors,
Management or their relatives, which could have had a potential conflict with the interests of the
Company. Form AOC-2, containing the note on the aforesaid related party transactions is enclosed
herewith as Annexure - III.

The Policy on the Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board is uploaded on the website of
the Company.

29. ANNUAL RETURN:

The annual return of the Company would be placed on the website of the Company i.e.
www.sibarauto.com.

30. STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY:

The State of Affairs of the Company is presented as part of Management Discussion and Analysis
Report forming part of this Report.

31. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:

Pursuant to Regulation 34 (2) (e) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, a report on Management
Discussion & Analysis is herewith annexed as Annexure-IV.

32. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT:

Pursuant to Regulation 34 read with Schedule V of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, a report on
Corporate Governance is herewith annexed as Annexure-V.

33. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

The information required pursuant to Section 197 (12) read with Rule 5 (1) of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, in respect of employees of the
Company is herewith annexed as Annexure- VI.

In terms of Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014, the Company does not have any employee who is employed throughout the financial
year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 120 Lakhs or more, or employees who are employed for
part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 8.50 Lakhs or more per month.

The Company does not have any employee who is employed throughout financial year or part thereof,
who was in receipt of remuneration in financial year under review which in aggregate, or as the case
may be, at a rate which in the aggregate is in excess of that drawn by the Managing Director or Whole
time director and holds by himself or along with his spouse and dependent children not less than 2%
of the equity shares of the Company.

34. HUMAN RESOURCES:

Your Company considers its Human Resources as the key to achieve its objectives. Keeping this in
view, your Company takes utmost care to attract and retain quality employees. The employees are
sufficiently empowered and such work environment propels them to achieve higher levels of
performance. The unflinching commitment of the employees is the driving force behind the Company’s
vision. Your Company appreciates the spirit of its dedicated employees.

35. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS:

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

36. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE
COMPANY

There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company.

37. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APPRECIATION:

Your Directors take this opportunity to thank the customers, shareholders, suppliers, bankers, financial
institutions, business associates for their consistent support and continued encouragement to the
Company.

Further your Directors convey their appreciation for the whole hearted and committed efforts by all its
employees.

Your Directors gratefully acknowledge the ongoing co-operation and support provided by the Central
and State Governments, Stock Exchanges, SEBI, RBI and other Regulatory Bodies.

By order of the Board of Directors
For Sibar Auto Parts Ltd

Sd/-

Place: Tirupati Pemmasani Ravichandra

Date: 14.08.2024 Managing Director

DIN: 00627413