Your Board of Directors present the 29th Annual Report and the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31,2024.
The members are informed that the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench, ordered the Commencementof Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process vide NCLT order No. C.P (I.B) No. 261/NCLT(AHM)2021, Dated: 28.03.2022 (CIRPProcess Commencement Date). The NCLT had, pursuant to the Admission Order, appointed an Interim Resolution Professional(IRP) for the Corporate Debtor vide its order of even date. In terms of the admission order, inter alia, the management of theaffairs of the Corporate Debtor was vested with the IRP. Subsequently, the Committee of Creditors (“CoC”) appointed the IRP asthe Resolution Professional (RP) to manage the day-to-day affairs of the Company. On appointment of the IRP/RP, the powers ofthe Board of Directors of the Company were suspended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Code, resolution plan in respect of the Company was received by the RP. The CoC of theCompany, in their meeting held on December 31, 2022 had approved the Resolution Plan submitted by M/s. Ten on Ten RubtechPrivate Limited (“Successful Resolution Applicants”) which was subsequently submitted to the Hon’ble NCLT in accordance withSection 30(6) of the Code.
The Hon’ble NCLT, Ahmedabad bench, vide its order dated August 09, 2023 approved the Resolution Plan submitted by theSuccessful Resolution Applicant. A new Board was constituted on August 09, 2023 and a new management was put in place.
The approved Resolution Plan is binding on the Company and its employees, members, creditors, including the Central Government,any State Government or any local authority to whom a debt in respect of the payment of dues arising under any law for the time beingin force, such as authorities to whom statutory dues are owed such as guarantors and other stakeholders involved in theResolution Plan.
The newly constituted Board of Directors were in office for the period starting from August 09, 2023 till the year ended March 31,2024.During the period of the CIRP i.e. from March 28, 2022 till August 09, 2023, the IRP/RP was in-charge of the affairs of the Operationsof the Company. The newly constituted Board is submitting this report in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act,2013, and the rules framed thereunder and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements), Regulations 2015. The newly constituted Board is not to be considered responsible to discharge fiduciary dutieswith respect to the oversight on financial and operational health of the Company and performance of the management for theperiod upto 17.08.2023 (Date of Handover by the Resolution Professional)
The Company’s financial performance for the year ended March 31, 2024 is summarized below:
('Rs. in Lakhs)
Particulars
Year ended31st March2024
Year ended31st March2023
Revenue from Operations
1417.79
162.44
Other Income
820.33
24.39
Total Revenue
2238.12
186.83
Total expenses
2617.79
6,327.67
Profit/(Loss) before taxation and extraordinary items
(379.67)
(6,140.83)
Exceptional items
3826.63
-
Profit /(Loss) before taxation
3446.96
Less: tax expense (including adjusted deferred tax)
(2.73)
847.18
Profit /(Loss) after tax
3449.69
(5,293.65)
EPS (Basic)
19.17
(29.42)
EPS (Diluted)
During the year under review the total turnover from operations was Rs.'1417.79 lakhs as against the last year's turnover of ' Rs.162.44lakhs. The revenue increased due to starting of manufacturing operations after CIRP period. During the year, the company recordeda Net profit of 'Rs.3449.69 lakhs as against the previous year’s net loss of ' Rs.5293.65 lakhs.
In accordance with the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Company was admitted to undergo CIRP pursuant tothe Order of the Hon’ble NCLT, Ahmedabad Bench, on March 28, 2022 and came out of CIRP after order pronounced as onAugust 09, 2023.
Considering the loss during the current financial year, your directors unanimously decided not to propose any dividend for the financialyear ended March 31, 2024.
During the year under review, the Company has not proposed any amount to be transferred to General Reserve out of Net profitsof the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024.
The Company do not have any subsidiaries. Further in case of consolidation of associate concern, the Company is falling within theexemption of AS-23 hence; there is no need to prepare consolidated financial statement for the financial year 2023-24.
The Equity Shares of your Company are listed on the EMERGE platform of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (“NSE”). TheCompany had paid Annual Listing fees to the stock exchange for the Financial Year 2024-25. However, in view of Hon'ble NCLTOrder dated 09-08-2023 read with Order dated 04-06-2024, the extinguishment of shares taking place therefore the trading ofthe equity shares is temporarily suspended w.e.f. 26-06-2024 vide Circular Ref. No: 1062/2024 dated 19-06-2024.
There have not been any material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company since the close offinancial year i.e. since 31st March, 2024.
Pursuant to the Order dated August 09, 2023 and Order dated 04-06-2024 passed by the Hon'ble NCLT, Ahmedabad bench, thefollowing events took place;
(I) Constitution of New Management: The new management has, w.e.f. August 17, 2023 being the effective date, takencontrol of the operations of the Company.
(ii) Reconstitution of the Board of Directors: Consequent to the NCLT Order dated August 09, 2023, all the Directors as of the date ofthe order were deemed to have vacated/resigned from their office. New Board was re-constituted on August 09, 2023consisting of Mr. Munish Chawla, Mr. Robin Chawla and Mr. Ramesh Chander Chawla and simultaneously WomanDirector Mrs.Roshni Chawla and two Independent Directors Mr.Umesh Ved and Ms.Jasmin Doshi also got appointedon 10th November 2023 along with the appointment of Mrs.Shweta Sharma, Company Secretary of the Company.
(iii) Implementation of Resolution Plan: The Resolution Plan envisages amongst other things, Reduction in the existing ShareCapital of the Company, Consolidation of the Equity Shares of the Company, fresh issue and allotment of Equity Shares tothe Successful Resolution Applicant. As per the Resolution plan approved by the Hon'ble NCLT vide order dated 09-08¬2023, there was a mismatch in promoter and public shareholding. In order to correct the same an interlocutory applicationwas filed before the Hon'ble NCLT and the order of the same was pronounced on dated 4th June 2024 i.e. after the audit ofannual accounts of the year under review, the effect of the same was not incorporated except the receipt of share applicationmoney from the resolution applicant. The interlocutory application approved by the Hon'ble NCLT on 4-6-24 read with originalorder dated 09-08-2023 envisages the cancellation of erstwhile promoter's equity, reduction of public shareholding andallotment of new shares to new promoters. The effect of the same has been given on 26-06-2024 being the record date forthe above corporate actions. However, the approval for the above corporate action from stock exchange is awaited.Therefore, the effect of the said corporate actions by the depositories yet to be given. The quantification of above has beengiven in detail at SHARE CAPITAL CLAUSE in this director's report.
(iv) Constitution of Implementation and Monitoring: As provided for in the approved Resolution Plan the Implementation andMonitoring Committee was constituted on August 16, 2023, comprising of three members viz. the erstwhile ResolutionProfessional (re-designated as the Chairperson to the Implementation & Monitoring Committee), one member from SecuredCreditors and one member from Resolution Applicant. The Company has made full payments to the Operational creditors,Financial Creditors, CIRP Cost, Employee dues as per the Resolution plan approved by the Hon’ble NCLT, AhmedabadBench.
Consequent to the full payment made and all compliances done the monitoring committee has also taken note of fullpayments made in its concluding meeting held on 8th August 2024.
No crystalized or contingent Liabilities as on the Resolution Plan approval date shall be payable which has not beenspecifically accepted and provided for in the Resolution Plan. All payment proposed against deemed assumed Liabilities,contingent Liabilities, disputed Liabilities and such other liabilities shall be considered as full and final amount payable towardssuch liabilities. No further claims or litigation shall be admissible against the Corporate Debtor or Resolution Applicants for anysuch Liabilities stated herein. No liabilities shall be admissible which has not specifically been assumed under the ResolutionPlan. Further any liability crystallizing out of the contingent liabilities or disputed legal cases of the Company or any other unknownor unclaimed liability pertaining to a transaction or incident dating to a period prior to the Insolvency commencement date orduring the CIRP which does not find a place in the approved Resolution Plan, shall be deemed to have lapsed/extinguished onthe approval of the Resolution Plan and the Company shall be deemed to have been duly discharged from all legal liabilityarising from such antecedent claims. Hence no fresh claims shall be entertained by the company in future and all outstandingliabilities shall be deemed to be extinguished.
During the year, all the risk related to compliance and activity in relation to Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process hasbeen managed by Resolution Professional till 09-08-2023 and as soon as the successful Resolution Applicant hastaken over the company and the new management got appointed all the responsibilities got transferred and withinshort period of time the export has also started.
The new management of the Company has reviewed the existing risk management policy and laid down defined riskmanagement mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potential impact and risk mitigationprocess. However, constitution of Risk Management Committee is not applicable as it is applicable to top 500 listedcompanies only.
In accordance with the Section 92(3) and Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, the annual return of the Company as onMarch 31, 2024 in the prescribed format is available on the Company’s website. The web-link as required under the Act is asunder:
LINK:https://www.innovativetyres.com/investor relations/announcements/innovativedraftAnnualReturnFY2023-24SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT
In compliance of the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, other applicable provisions of the Act, the Companies(Appointment and Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors at their meeting held appointed M/s. SwatiBhatt & Co., Practicing Company Secretary, Vadodara as Secretarial Auditor of the company for the F.Y. 2024-25. The SecretarialAudit Report of Financial year 2023-24 is attached as an Annexure - 1.
Your company has incorporated the appropriate standards of corporate governance. Pursuant to Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the company being SME listed company, is not required tomandatorily comply with the provisions of certain regulations of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015. Hence, company is not filing Corporate Governance report to stock exchange quarterly. However as perRegulation 34(3) read with Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015,company is giving report on corporate governance in Annual Report of the company. Corporate Governance Report isas per Annexure - 2. The requisite Certificate has been obtained from M/s. Swati Bhatt & Co., Practicing CompanySecretary, Vadodara is attached to Corporate Governance Report.
As per Regulation 34 read with Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2015the Management Discussion and Analysis Report is attached as Annexure - 3 to this Annual Report.
The Company has neither accepted nor renewed any deposits during the financial year 2023-24 in terms of Chapter V of theCompanies Act, 2013. However, The Company has filed the Return of Deposits in which there are some amounts taken fromDirectors and from the Banks also. Further, the Company is not having any unpaid or unclaimed deposits at the end of thefinancial year.
Pursuant to the taking over of the operations of the Company by the new management, the Company is putting in place aframework for Internal Financial Controls, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of the Company’s operations.
The Board of Directors comprises of following directors:
Sr.
No
Name of Directors/KMP
Designation
1.
Mr. Mukesh Desai
Non-Executive Chairman (upto 09-08-2023)
2.
Mr. Keyoor Bakshi
Independent Director (upto 09-08-2023)
3.
Dr. Mrs. Kalpana Joshipura
4.
Mr. Munish Chawla
Managing Director (w.e.f. 09-08-2023)
5.
Mr. Robin Chawla
Non-executive Director (w.e.f. 09-08-2023) and Director & CFO(w.e.f. 10-11-2023)
6.
Mr. Ramesh Chander Chawla
Non-executive Director (w.e.f. 09-08-2023)
7.
Mr. Umesh Ved
Independent Director (w.e.f. 10-11-2023)
8.
Ms. Jasmin Doshi
9.
Mrs. Roshni Chawla
Non-Executive Director (w.e.f. 10-11-2023)
10.
Mrs. Shweta Pankaj Sharma
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (w.e.f. 10-11-2023)
During part of the year the company was under CIRP and during the CIRP period (i.e. between March 28, 2022 till August 09,2023), Resolution Professional was entrusted with and responsible for the management of the affairs of the Company.
During the year, the Board met 6 (six) times i. e. on 06 July 2023, August 22, 2023, two number of meetings onNovember 10, 2023, December 04, 2023 and March 06, 2024. Details of Directors presence in each board meetingis mentioned below:
Name of Directors
Number of Meetings attended / Total Meetings held during the F.Y. 2023-24.
1/1
0/1
Mr.Munish Chawla
05/05
Mr.Robin Chawla
Mr.Ramesh Chandar Chawla
Mrs.Roshni Chawla
04/04
Mr.Umesh Ved
Ms.Jasmin Doshi
STATUTORY AUDITORS
The members of the company at their Annual General Meeting held on 29th December,2023, have appointed M/s Haribhakti& Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 103523W/W100048), as Statutory Auditors of the Company toconduct the audit for remaining period of four years in their second term i.e up to 32nd Annual General Meeting ‘subject to theratification at every Annual General Meeting at such remuneration as may be decided by the Board and auditors mutually forthe Financial year 2023-24 was made in the Annual General Meeting held on 29th December 2023.The Auditor's Report forfinancial year 2023-24 contains qualification, reservation.
The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on 30thMay 2024, have proposed, subject to approval ofshareholders, the Ratification of Appointment of M/s Haribhakti & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No.103523W/W100048), as Statutory Auditors of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meetingup to the conclusion of next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
There was no instance of fraud reported by the auditor in their report under Section 143 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company has not appointed the Cost Auditor for the Financial year 2022-23. Appointment of M/s.Diwanji & Co., CostAccountants, Vadodara was done in the meeting of the Board held on 06th March 2024, to conduct the Cost Audit for the financialyear 2023-24 as per Section 148 of Companies Act, 2013.
There was no Cost Audit Report for the financial year 2022-23 as there was no cost Auditor during Financial Year 2022-23 as there wasno production activity during the CIRP period. The Report for the Financial year 2023-24 is yet to be received from M/s.Diwanji & Co., CostAccountants, Vadodara.
M/s Khode & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Internal Auditor of the company has submitted their Report for the FinancialYear 2023-24 and now the firm has been re-appointed as the Internal Auditors of the Company for FY 2024-25 to conduct theInternal Audit on the basis of detailed Internal Audit Plan.
Board of Directors at their meeting held on dated 4th December 2023 appointed M/s. Swati Bhatt & Co., Practicing CompanySecretary, Vadodara as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the secretarial audit for the financial year 2023-24. Secretarial AuditReport for financial year 2023-24 is attached to this report as Annexure - 1.
Further, Considering the performance of Secretarial Auditor Board of Directors have decided to continue with the samesecretarial Auditor and re-appointed M/s. Swati Bhatt & Co., Practicing Company Secretary, Vadodara as Secretarial Auditorto conduct the secretarial audit for the financial year 2024-25 at their meeting held on 30th May, 2024.
The Impact of Audit Qualifications (for audit report with modified opinion) for financial year 2023-24 is attached to this report asAnnexure - 5.
In the Report of the Independent Auditors for the year ended March 31,2024, forming part of this Annual Report, the Auditorshave given basis of qualified opinion, emphasis of matter and observations: -
1) Clause (a) of Basis of Qualified Opinion of Independent Auditor’s Report
2) Clause (b) of Basis of Qualified Opinion of Independent Auditor’s Report
3) Clause (a) and (b) of Emphasis of Matter of Independent Auditor’s Report
4) Clause (i) (a) and (i) (b) of the Annexure 1 to the Independent Auditor's Report.
5) Clause (vi) of the Annexure 1 to the Independent Auditor's Report.
1) During the year under review the Company could not cancel Equity shares held by Promoters and reduce equity sharecapital of the public shareholders as per the order of Hon’ble NCLT Ahmedabad pronounced on 9th August 2023,because, there is a difference in Promoter and Pubic shareholding as per Hon’ble NCLT order and Actual shareholdingas on Date of Honorable NCLT Order (i.e. August 09, 2023). The Company has applied to Hon’ble NCLT forrectification in the Order through Interlocutory Application and the Hon’ble NCLT pronounced the order dated 04-06¬2024. In compliance to the said order, the equity shares held by promoters were cancelled and also the publicshareholding was reduced on record date of 26th June 2024.
2) Self-explanatory
3) Self-explanatory
4) During the year under review the Company has not maintained proper records of fixed assets showing full particularsincluding quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment and Physical verification thereof. However,since the new management has taken charge and will ensure the maintenance and physical verification in comingperiod.
5) During the year under review the cost records were not maintained. The manufacturing operations were closed forpart of the year. Now, the new management has taken charge and started maintaining the records now.
i) The Company’s issued and paid up Share Capital before approval of Resolution plan was 'Rs. 17,99,15,610/- divided into1,79,91,561 fully paid up Equity shares of 'Rs. 10/- each. As per the approved resolution plan ordered on 09-08-2023 read withorder pronounced on dated 04-06-2024 on the interlocutory application, the Equity Shares held by Public Shareholders i.e publicshareholding was reduced to 5,45,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each aggregating to Rs. 54,50,000/-. All public shareholders holding100 Equity Shares of the company on the Record Date were issued 3.52 new Equity Shares of the company and The ResolutionApplicant (i.e new promoter) got issued 94,55,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each fully paid and the shareholding of erstwhilepromoters were cancelled fully. This reorganization of the Equity Share Capital involving, the extinguishment of the EquityShareholdings of the Promoter and reduction of equity shareholding of the public shareholders and the Issue of fresh equity sharesto the Resolution Applicant has taken place on record date of 26-06-2024 which is after the approval of Annual Accounts as of now.
The Paid-Up Equity Share Capital of the Company after the aforesaid changes is Rs. 10,00,00,000 /- made up of 1,00,00,000 EquityShares of Rs.10/- each as under.
No. of Equity Shares
% of Shareholding
Promoter’s Holding (New Promoter)
94,55,000
94.55
Public Holding
5,45,000
5.45
Total
1,00,00,000
100
In compliance with the Hon’ble NCLT Order dated 09-08-2023 read with the order pronounced on Interlocutory application dated04-06-2024, the Company has issued and allotted 94,55,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/-each on 26-06-2024 to the resolution applicant.
As per the order pronounced by the Hon’ble NCLT dated 4th June 2024 against Interlocutory Application filed by theResolution Professional for mismatch in the shareholding of promoter and public in the original order dated August 9,2023. The Reorganization of the Share Capital will be as under:
The Company’s Paid-Up Capital till 26-06-2024 ( i.e Record Date) was Rs. 17,99,15,610/- is divided into 1,79,91,561 Equity Sharesof Rs. 10/- each fully paid up, and the same was held by the erstwhile promoters of the Company as well as the public shareholders.All issued and paid-up Equity Shares of the Company held by the Promoters and promoter Group on the Record Date shall standcancelled and extinguished without any further act or deed to be done by the Company. The balance issued and paid-up Equity
Shares held by Public Shareholders of the Corporate Debtor on the Record Date shall stand reduced to 5,45,000 equity shares ofRs. 10 each aggregating to Rs. 54,50,000/-. All public shareholders holding 100 Equity Shares of the Company on the Record Dateshall be issued 3.52 new Equity Shares of the Company upon such reduction of share capital of the Company FractionalShareholdings of less than 1 Equity Share shall be rounded off to the nearest higher or lower integer, and the Registrar & ShareTransfer Agents of the Company shall have absolute discretion in deciding such rounding off to ensure that the aggregate allotmentof new Equity Shares to the public shareholders of the Company becomes exactly 5,45,000. The Record date mentioned herein shallbe the date to be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company to determine the eligibility of the public shareholders who would beissued new shares consequent upon reduction of their shares in terms of this Plan. The Resolution Applicant (Ten on Ten RubtechPrivate Limited) and or its nominees shall be issued 94,55,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each fully paid at par, aggregating to Rs,9,45,50,000/ as Equity Capital infusion at par after the remittance of the Resolution Plan amount of Rs. 9,45,50,000/- to the ResolutionProfessional/Company after approval of the Resolution Plan and as per schedule of payment thereof.
This reorganization of the Equity Share Capital involving, the extinguishment of the Equity Shareholdings of the Promoter and,reduction of equity shareholding of the public shareholders and the Issue of fresh equity shares to the Resolution Applicant shall bedeemed to be in compliance with all applicable Laws. The Paid-Up Equity Share Capital of the Company after the aforesaid changesshall be Rs. 10,00,00,000 /- made up of 1,00,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs.10/- each. The aggregate 1,00,00,000 Equity Shares asabove comprising of 5,45,000 new Equity Shares to be issued to the public shareholders of the Company upon reduction of theirshare capital and 94,55,000 new Equity Shares to be issued to the Resolution Applicant and its nominees shall be listed by the StockExchange where the existing Equity Shares of the Company are presently listed.
With reference to Section 134(3)(g) of the Companies Act, 2013, no loans, guarantees and investments other than trade investmentshave been made under section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 in the earlier years as well as during the year under review.
With reference to section 134(2)(h) of the Companies Act, 2013, related party transactions were entered into during the financial year
ended 31st March, 2024 and all the Transactions are on Arm’s length basis, Hence disclosure of AOC-2 is not required. TheBoard has approved a policy for related party transactions which has been updated on the Company’s website. The web-link asrequired under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 ishttp://www.innovativetyres.com/investor relations/policies programme
The Company has not reconstituted this committee for the Financial Year 2023-2024 as the provisions of Section 135 ofCompanies Act, 2013 are not applicable to the company.
In view of suspension of all the directors during the CIRP period by virtue of NCLT Order dated March 28, 2022 the committeesviz. Audit Committee, Stakeholders Committee, Nomination and remuneration committee etc. were not functioning andappointment of all three committees has been done on dated 10th November 2023 as under.
Pursuant to Section 177(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 and 7 of the Companies (Meetings of the Board and itsPowers) Rules, 2013, the company has re-constituted Audit Committee. Composition of Audit Committee is as follows.
The Audit Committee of the company reconstituted with Two Independent Directors and one Non-Executive Director of the company.All the members have good understanding of Finance, Accounts and Law.
Name of Member
Category
Chairman to the Committee
Member to the Committee
Mrs. Shweta Pankaj Sharma, Company Secretary acts as a Secretary to the committee.
a) Oversight of the Company's financial reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensure that the financial
statement is correct, sufficient and credible;
b) Approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the Company with related parties;
c) Recommendation for appointment, remuneration and terms of appointment of Auditors of the Company;
d) Evaluation of internal financial controls and risk management systems;
e) Monitoring the utilization of proceeds of a public issue, rights issue and preferential issue etc. before submitting the same
to Stock Exchanges;
f) Examination of the Financial statements
As per the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, and Regulation 19 of SEBI (Listing Obligations & DisclosureRequirement) Regulations, 2015 the Company has been re-constituted its Nomination & Remuneration Committee inducting thefollowing members w.e.f. 10th November 2023.
|Category
The brief contents of Nomination & Remuneration Policy of the Company prepared in accordance with Section 178 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and Regulation 19 of SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2015 are provided inCorporate Governance Report. Minutes of Nomination & Remuneration Committee meeting are reviewed by the Board ofdirectors.
In compliance with section 178 of the companies Act 2013 & Regulation 19 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations & DisclosureRequirement) Regulations, 2015 The Company has reconstituted a Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board. Allmembers of the committee are non-Executive Directors and two of them are Independent Directors. The terms of reference ofNomination and Remuneration Committee (“the Committee”) would inter alia include:
• To identify persons who are qualified to become Directors and who may be appointed in senior management inaccordance with the criteria laid down, recommend to the Board their appointment and/or removal.
• To carry out the evaluation of every Director's performance.
• To formulate the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director.
• To recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration for the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and otheremployees. Such Remuneration policy shall be disclosed in the Annual Report of the Company.
• To review and recommend, subject to the Shareholders’ approval, the remuneration of the Managing Director and otherWhole-time/ Executive Directors.
To solve the investor’s grievances, company has constituted Stakeholders/Investor Grievance Committee.
The Chairperson of this Committee is non-executive director pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 20 of SEBI (LODR)Regulations, 2015.
Composition of Committee is as follows:
Chairperson to the Committee
In compliance with the requirement of Section 177(9) & (10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations & DisclosureRequirement) Regulations, 2015, a Vigil Mechanism or Whistle Blower Policy for Directors, employees and other stakeholders to reportgenuine concerns has been established. The same has been uploaded on the website of the Company i.e.www.innovativetyres.com
THE DISCLOSURES PERTAINING TO REMUNERATION AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 197(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT’ 2013READ WITH RULE 5 (1) OF THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) AMENDMENTRULES, 2016:
The Disclosure pertaining to remuneration as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act' 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of theCompanies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Amendment Rules, 2016 is provided as Annexure - 4.
Members may kindly note that, the Directors of the company have joined the office from the period started from 09-08-2023.During the CIRP (i.e. between March 28, 2022 to August 09, 2023), Resolution Professional was entrusted with and responsiblefor the management of the affairs of the Company. The New (Reconstituted) Board is submitting this report in compliance withthe Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations.
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the New (Reconstituted) Board of Directors, based on the knowledge/ informationgained by them, about the affairs of the Company, to the best of their knowledge state that:
I. In preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended March 31,2024, the applicable Accounting Standards had beenfollowed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
ii. The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024 and ofthe loss of the Company for the year ended on that date;
iii. The directors had Proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraudand other irregularities;
iv. The annual financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2024 have been prepared on “going concern” basis; Internalfinancial controls have been laid down to be followed by the Company and such financial controls are adequate and are operatingeffectively, and
vi. Proper systems have been devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems areadequate and operating effectively.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, board committees and individualdirectors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the corporate governance requirements as prescribed by Securities andExchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations”).The performance of the board was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from all the directors on the basis of thecriteria such as the board composition and structure, effectiveness of board processes, information, functioning etc. Theperformance of the Committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from the committee members on the basisof criteria such as the composition of committee, effectiveness of committee meetings etc.
The Board and the Nomination & Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance of the individual directors on thebasis of criteria such as the contribution of individual director to the board and committee meetings, representation ofshareholder’s interest and enhancing shareholders value etc. In addition, Chairman was also evaluated on the key aspects ofhis role. Performance evaluation of independent directors were done by the entire board, excluding the independent director beingevaluated.
The particulars as required under the provisions of Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) ofthe Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchangeearnings and outgo have been furnished below:
>Steam utilization efficiency improvement (Leakage).
a. Efforts made towards technology absorption:
The Company is exploring technology options for better manufacturing process. Development of R & D Centre during theyear is mainly focused for exploring better technologies available in the existing product and new models.
b. Benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import substitution
The company is able to cater its customers through innovation in technology and through product mix Quality improvement
c. Information regarding technology imported, during the last year: The Company has not imported technology.
(Rs. In lakhs)
2023-24
2022-23
Total foreign exchange outgo
NIL
2.30
Total foreign exchange inflow
7.05
During the year under review operations started after Hon’ble NCLT pronounced Order dated 09.08.2023, so the newmanagement is trying to adopt proper systems as may be necessary.
There have been no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the goingconcern status and the Company’s operations. However, the Hon’ble NCLT, Ahmedabad bench, has passed an Orderdated 9th, August 2023 approving the Resolution Plan submitted by M/s Ten on Ten Rubtech Private Limited for revival ofthe Company.
An application was filed against Innovative Tyres & Tubes Limited under Section 9 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,2016 before the Hon’ble NCLT Ahmedabad with a prayer to commence the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process(CIRP). The said application for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), has been admitted by Hon’bleNational Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Ahmedabad Bench (Hon’ble NCLT/Hon’ble Adjudicating Authority) vide its orderdated 28th March 2022. Under the IBC proceedings, the powers of the Board were suspended with effect from 28th March,2022. The NCLT order also provided for a moratorium with effect from 28th March 2022 till the completion of the CorporateInsolvency Resolution process (CIRP) or until it approves the resolution plan or passes an order for liquidation of thecompany, whichever is earlier.
Subsequently the Hon’ ble NCLT, Ahmedabad bench, has passed an Order dated 9th August 2023 approving theResolution Plan submitted by M/s Ten on Ten Rubtech Private Limited for revival of the Company, thereby the Companyhas come out of the CIRP.
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The Company has complied with all the requirements including payments to all creditors as per the approved resolutionplan. However, there was mismatch in the promoter’s shareholding and public shareholding in the Hon’ble NCLT Orderdated 09-08-2023. This discrepancy was because one of the promoters’ groups has sold 9,87,000 (representing 5.49%)during CIRP period. Because of this discrepancy, the Company could not cancel promoter’s shareholding and reduce publicshareholding to 5,10,000 equity shares as per the NCLT Order. Considering above situation an Interlocutory Applicationhas been filed by the Chairman of Monitoring Committee appointed for implementation of the Resolution Plan, beforeHonorable NCLT, Ahmedabad on dated 1st November, 2023 for modifying the stipulation of cancellation of equity sharecapital of promoter shareholders and reduction of equity share capital of the public shareholders which was rejected henceagain a separate interlocutory application was filed on 8th March 2024. The Honorable NCLT, Ahmedabad has approvedthe application and passed order on 4th June 2024 and the effect of the re-organization of share capital has been given onthe record date 26th June 2024.
The Company is committed to provide a safe and conducive work environment to its employees. During the year underreview, the Company has not received any complaints under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
The Company has not issued any bonus shares, sweat equity shares, shares with differential voting rights and equity shareson rights basis during the year under review.
No material changes and commitments which could affect the Company’s financial position have occurred between the endof the financial year of the Company and date of this report.
There was no change in the nature of business during the year under review.
The provisions regarding receipt of remuneration or commission from holding or subsidiary of the Company are notapplicable and hence, the disclosure under Section 197 (14) is not required.
The Company has complied with the Secretarial Standards issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India onMeetings of the Board of Directors and General Meetings.
The Board acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation and assistance provided to your company by its bankers, FinancialInstitutions, and government as well as non-government agencies. The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation tothe contribution made by employees of the company during the year under review. Your directors’ thanks the customers,clients, vendors, other business associates, Auditors, RTA and members for their continued support in the Company’sgrowth.
FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSINNOVATIVE TYRES & TUBES LIMITED
Robin ChawlaDirector & CFO(DIN-10277507)
Date:29th August 2024Place: Halol