11.2. Terms/Rights attached to the equity shares
The Company has one class of shares referred to as equity shares having a par value of Rs.10 each. Each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share held. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In the event of liquidation, the equity shareholders are eligible to receive the remaining assets of the Company after distribution of all preferential amounts, in proportion to their shareholding.
The description of the nature and purpose of each reserve within equity is as follows
a. General Reserve
General Reserve is a free reserve created by the Company by transfer from Retained Earnings for appropriation purposes.
b. Securities premium
Securities premium is created due to premium on issue of shares. These reserve is utilised in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
c. Equity instruments through OCI
The Company has elected to recognise changes in the fair value of certain investment in equity instrument in other comprehensive income. This amount will be reclassified to retained earnings on derecognition of equity instrument.
The Company offsets tax assets and liabilities if and only if it has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets and current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority.
The Company has unused carried forward losses of Rs. 6,449.12 Lakhs as at March 31,2025 (March 31,2024 : Rs. 6,516.11 Lakhs). The Company has not recognzed tax credits on such losses on the basis that recovery is not probable in the foreseeable future.
i. Future cash outflows in respect of (d) above are determinable only on receipt of judgments/ decisions pending with various forums/authorities.
ii. The Company does not expect any reimbursements in respect of the above Contingent liabilities.
iii. The Company believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position and results of the operations.
iv. Three owners of the suit premises used by the company in earlier years had filed suit in the Supreme Court against four companies including Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises Ltd. Pending decision with the Supreme Court, the parties have entered into a settlement agreement on 4th December, 2023. Hon'ble Supreme Court vide Special Leave Petition dated 27.11.24 has taken on record the said Memorandum of Settlement duly entered into between the parties and has disposed off all the pending applications.
Out of the total liabilities of Rs. 1060 lakhs, Rs. 259.94 lakhs is to be paid by the Company only on recovery from O. P. Mall, while the balance liabilities of Rs. 800.06 lakhs is shared between the Company and its subsidiary company i.e. Synbiotics Ltd. in the ration of 70:30. Accordingly, the Company has provided it's share of unpaid liability of Rs. 460 lakhs in the current financial year and disclosed under Exceptional items.
II. Contingent Asset
By virtue of the agreement for sale of shares of Swastik Surfactants Limited ("SSL") between the Company, SSL and the transferees,
SSL was to pay a sum of Rs. 3000 lakhs to the Company. On SSL's failure to pay, the Company filed a suit which was decreed in favour of the Company and the Hon'ble Court directed the Company to recover the said amount along with interest. The Company has filed an execution application for implementation of the said order with Kalol District Court, District Panchmahal, Gujarat.
Note 30 : Segment Reporting
The chief operational decision maker monitors the operating results of its Business segment separately for the purpose of making decision about resource allocation and performance assessment. Segment performance is evaluated based on profit or loss and is measured consistently with profit or loss in the financial statements, Operating segment have been identified on the basis of nature of products and other quantitative criteria specified in the Ind AS 108. The Company has only one identifiable Segment. i.e. Pharmaceuticals
Operating Segments:
The Company's business activity falls within a single operating business segment of Pharmaceuticals products.
Information about major customers:
Considering the nature of business of company in which it operates, the Company deals with two customers, contributing Rs.403.94 Lakhs (March 31,2024 : 2 customers, Rs. 381.05 Lakhs) of the total revenue of the Company from domestic sales.
(a) Employees of the Company receive benefits from a provident fund, which is a defined contribution plan. The eligible employees and the Company make monthly contributions to the provident fund plan equal to a specified percentage of the employees' salary. Amounts collected under the provident fund plan are deposited in a government administered provident fund. The remaining portion is contributed to the government-administered pension fund. Employees of the Company receive benefits from a government administered provident fund, which is a defined contribution plan. The Company has no further obligation to the plan beyond its monthly contributions. Such contributions are accounted for as defined contribution plans and are recognised as employee benefits expenses when they are due in the Statement of profit and loss.
B. Defined benefit plans:
The Company has following post employment benefits which are in the nature of defined benefit plans:
(a) Gratuity (Unfunded)
The Company provides for gratuity for employees in India as per the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Employees who are in continuous service for a period of 5 years are eligible for gratuity. The amount of gratuity payable on retirement/termination is the employees last drawn basic salary per month computed proportionately for 15 days salary multiplied for the number of years of service. The gratuity plan is an unfunded. Liabilities with regard to the Gratuity Plan are determined by actuarial valuation, performed by an independent actuary, at each Balance Sheet date using the projected unit credit method.
C. Other Long term employee benefit plan
"The Company has a policy on leave encashment which are both accumulating and non-accumulating in nature. The expected cost of accumulating leave encashment is determined by actuarial valuation performed by an independent actuary at each Balance Sheet date using projected unit credit method on the additional amount expected to be paid/availed as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the Balance Sheet date. Expense on non-accumulating compensated absences is recognized in the period in which the absences occur. The Company has recognised following as expenses and included in Note No. 21 ""Employee benefit expense"".
d Terms and conditions of transactions with related parties
1) Transaction entered into with related party are made on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm's length transactions. Outstanding balances other than loan given & taken and fair value of financial guarantee contract, at the year-end are unsecured and interest free and settlement occurs in cash.
2) Loans in INR taken from the related party carries interest rate of 9.40% (March 31,2024 : 8%) e Commitments with related parties
The Company has not provided any commitment to the related party as at March 31,2025 (March 31,2024: Rs. Nil)
The management assessed that the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, other bank balances, loans, trade receivables, other current financial assets, trade payables and other current financial liabilities approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities is included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair values.
For financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value, the carrying amounts are equal to the fair values.
Fair value hierarchy
Level 1: Level 1 hierarchy includes financial instruments measured using quoted prices. This includes listed equity instruments that have quoted price. The fair value of all equity instruments which are traded in the stock exchanges is valued using the closing price as at the reporting period.
Level 2: The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example, traded bonds, over-the counter derivatives) is determined using valuation techniques which maximize the use of observable market data and rely as little as possible on entity-specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in level 2.
Level 3: If one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in level 3. This is the case for unlisted equity securities, contingent consideration and indemnification asset included in level 3.
There are no transfer between level 1,2 and 3 during the year.
The Company's policy is to recognise transfers into and transfers out of fair value hierarchy levels as at the end of the reporting period.
Note 36 : Financial instruments risk management objectives and policies
The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks, including market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Company's risk management assessment and policies and processes are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls, and to monitor such risks and compliance with the same. Risk assessment and management policies and processes are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company's activities.
The Company's risk management is carried out by a Treasury department under policies approved by the Board of directors. The Company's treasury identifies, evaluates and hedges financial risks in close co-operation with the Company's operating units. The board provides written principles for overall risk.
(a) Market risk
Market risk refers to the possibility that changes in the market rates may have impact on the Company's profits or the value of its holding of financial instruments. The Company is exposed to market risks on account of foreign exchange rates, interest rates, underlying equity prices, liquidity and other market changes.
Future specific market movements cannot be normally predicted with reasonable accuracy.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk arises from the sensitivity of financial assets and liabilities to changes in market rates of interest. The Company has not hedged its interest rate risk.
As at March 31,2025, 100% of the Company's Borrowings are at fixed rate of interest (March 31,2024 : 100%)
(b) Credit risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Company. Credit risk encompasses of both, the direct risk of default and the risk of deterioration of creditworthiness as well as concentration of risks. Financial instruments that are subject to concentrations of credit risk materially consists of trade receivables, investments and derivative financial instruments.
The Company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables and also from its investing activities including deposits with banks, forex transactions and other financial instruments) for receivables, cash and cash equivalents, financial guarantees and derivative financial instruments.
All trade receivables are subject to credit risk exposure. The Company's exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. The demographics of the customer, including the default risk of the industry and country, in which the customer operates, also has an influence on credit risk assessment. Credit risk is managed through established policies, controls relating to credit approvals and procedures for continuously monitoring the creditworthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit terms in the normal course of business. Outstanding customer receivables are regularly monitored and any shipments to major customers are generally covered by letters of credit. The history of trade receivables shows a negligible provision for bad and doubtful debts. Therefore, the Company does not expect any material risk on account of non-performance by any of the Company's counterparties. The Company does not have significant concentration of credit risk related to trade receivables. Two customers contributes to more than 10% of outstanding accounts receivable (excluding outstanding from subsidiaries) as of March 31,2025 and March 31, 2024.
T rade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally on 30 days to 180 days credit term.
(c) Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Company will not be able to settle or meet its obligations on time, or at a reasonable price. The objective of liquidity risk management is to maintain sufficient liquidity and ensure that funds are available for use as per requirements. The Company generates cash flows from operations to meet its financial obligations, maintains adequate liquid assets in the form of cash & cash equivalents and has undrawn short term line of credits from banks to ensure necessary liquidity. The Company closely monitors its liquidity position and deploys a robust cash management system.
The Company requires funds both for short-term operational needs as well as for long-term investment programmes mainly in growth projects.
For the purpose of the Company's capital management, capital includes issued equity capital and all other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders of the Company. The primary objective of the Company's capital management is to ensure that it maintains an efficient capital structure and healthy capital ratios in order to support its business and maximise shareholder value.
The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions or its business requirements to optimise return to our shareholders through continuing growth. To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may adjust the dividend payment to shareholders, return capital to shareholders or issue new shares. The funding requirements are met through a mixture of equity, internal fund generation and other non-current borrowings. The Company monitors capital using a gearing ratio, which is net debt divided by total capital plus net debt. The Company includes within net debt, interest bearing loans and borrowings less cash and short-term deposits (including other bank balance). The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.
In order to achieve this overall objective, the Company's capital management, amongst other things, aims to ensure that it meets financial covenants attached to the interest-bearing loans and borrowings that define capital structure requirements. Breaches in meeting the financial covenants would permit the bank to immediately call loans and borrowings. There have been no breaches in the financial covenants of any interest-bearing loans and borrowing in the current and previous period.
No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the current and previous period.
The Parliament of India has approved the Code on Social Security, 2020 (the Code) which may impact the contributions by the Company towards provident fund, gratuity and ESIC. The Code has been published in the Gazette of India. However, the effective date has not yet been notified. The Company will assess the impact of the Code when it comes into effect and will record related impact, if any, in the period the Code becomes effective.
Note 40 : Recent Pronouncements to be adopted after March 31,2025
There are no standards or interpretations which are notified but not yet effective and that would be expected to have a material impact on the Company in the current or future reporting periods.
Note 41 : Additional Regulatory Disclosures As per Schedule III of Companies Act, 2013
a. During the year ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds (either borrowed funds or share premium or kind of funds) to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Intermediary shall:
i) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ( Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
Further, during the year ended March 31,2025 and March 31,2024, the Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
i) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
ii) provide any guarantee, security, or the like on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
b. The Company has not invested or traded in Crypto Currency or Virtual Currency during the year ended March 31, 2025 (Previous year: Nil).
c. No proceedings have been initiated on or are pending against the Company for holding benami property under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (as amended in 2016) (formerly the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (45 of 1988)) and Rules made thereunder during the year ended March 31, 2025 (Previous year: Nil).
d. The Company has not been declared Wilful Defaulter by any bank or financial institution or government or any government authority during the year ended March 31,2025 (Previous year: Nil).
e. The Company has not surrendered or disclosed as income any transactions not recorded in the books of accounts in the course of tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (such as, search or survey or any other relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961) during the year ended March 31,2025 (Previous year: Nil).
f. The Company does not have any transactions with the companies struck off under section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 or section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956 during the year ended March 31,2025 (Previous year: Nil).
g. The Company has complied with the number of layers prescribed under clause (87) of section 2 of the Act read with the Companies (Restriction on number of Layers) Rules, 2017.
Note 42 : Events occurring after the reporting period
The Company evaluates events and transactions that occur subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to the approval of financial statements to determine the necessity for recognition and/or reporting of subsequent events and
transactions in the financial statements. As of May 30, 2025, there were no subsequent events and transactions to be recognized or reported that are not already disclosed.
Note 43 : Regrouped, Recast, Reclassified
Material regroupings: Appropriate adjustments have been made in the statements of assets and liabilities, statement of profit and loss and cash flows, wherever required, by a reclassification of the corresponding items of income, expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flows in order to bring them in line with the groupings as per the audited financials of the Company as at March 31,2025.
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