Your directors are pleased to present the 31st Annual Report on thebusiness and operations of the Company together with the AuditedFinancial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024.
A summary of the Company's financial results for the Financial Year2023-24 is as under
(Amount in Lacs.)
Particulars
2023-24
2022-23
Income from Operation
5.50
Other Income
40.74
28.76
Total income
46.24
34.26
Total Expenditure before tax and dep.
34.79
27.70
Profit/(loss) before tax and dep.
11.45
6.56
Provision for depreciation
2.54
4.74
Tax expenses
8.71
0.62
Net profit/(loss) after depreciation and
0.21
1.20
after tax for the year
Add: balance B/F from previous year
314.37
313.18
Balance carried to next year
314.58
During the year under review, the Company has earned totalincome of Rs. 46.24 lacs which also comprising of operationalincome of Rs. 5.50 lacs from consultancy services. Other incomegenerated of Rs. 40.74 lacs were dividend and interest income ofinvestments made. After deducting all administrative expenses anddepreciation and necessary adjustments for taxation, etc. this yearCompany has earned a net profit of Rs. 0.21 lacs. (previous year itwas Rs. 1.20 lacs)
3. Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting thefinancial position of the Company which have occurredbetween the end of the financial year of the company towhich the financial statements relate and the date of thereport.
Except the information given in this report, no material changeshave taken place after completion of the financial year up to thedate of this report which may have substantial effect on businessand finances of the Company.
Due to business needs in future, the directors do not recommendany dividend for the financial year.
The Company does not have any outstanding unclaimed dividendwhich is required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Funds as per the provisions of Section 125 of theCompanies Act, 2013. The Company does not have anyoutstanding liability on account of Interest and principal of
Deposits, Debentures or Share Application Money.
The paid up Equity Share Capital as at March 31, 2024 stood at 720Lakhs. During the year under review, the Company has not issuedshares or convertible securities or shares with differential votingrights nor has granted any stock options or sweat equity orwarrants. As on March 31, 2024, none of the Directors of theCompany hold instruments convertible into Equity Shares of theCompany.
During the year under review, your Company has neither invitednor accepted any public deposit as defined under Section 77 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
Company has not provided any guarantee or any security inconnection with a loan to any other body corporate or personduring the year under preview. However, the Company has madeinvestment in Aalps Infraspace LLP for 19% of investment andprofit sharing. The project initiated by LLP stopped and Companyhas received significant amount of money injected in the LLP. TheCompany does not have significant influence and control based onthe representation on the management of Aalps Infraspace LLP.
9. Details of significant and material orders passed by theregulators or courts or tribunals impacting the goingconcern status and company's operations in future:
No significant and material orders were passed by the regulators orcourts or tribunals impacting the going concern status andCompany's operation in future.
Board members are of the view that commensurate with the sizeand nature of the business, your Company has maintainedadequate Internal Financial control.
11 Board of Directors: Mr. Bhavin Mashruwala and Mr. A. C. Patel,Independent Directors of the Company were re-appointed at the26th Annual General Meeting held on 23rd September, 2019 assuch for the second term of five (5) consecutive years and as pertheir term of appointment, their last term of appointment is aboutto expire in the forthcoming AGM. Board members are in process ofappointing eligible persons as Additional Directors in place ofretiring Directors.
12. Board Meetings: During the year, four Board meetings were dulyconvened and held. The following are the dates on which the boardmeetings were held-
(1)29th April, 2023 (2) 22nd July, 2023 (3) 25th October, 2023 (5)31st January, 2024
Name
Desig¬
nation
Attendance atBoard meeting
29-04-23
22-07-23
25-10-23
31-01-24
Mr. Vipul H.
Chairman
s
Raja
& MD
Mr. Bhavin D.
Ind.Dir.
Mashruwala
Mr. A. C. Patel
Mrs. Sonal V.
Woman
Director
There is no Change in composition during the year.
Attendance atcommittee meeting
31-05-23
30-06-23
31-07-23
31-08-23
30-09-23
Member
-
The following are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company-
1. Mr. Vipul H. Raja- Chairman and Managing Director
2. Mrs. Nidhi Shah- Company Secretary
3. Mr. Manish H. Mishra- Chief Financial Officer
14. Committees: The The Company has several Committees whichhave been established as a part of corporate governance practicesand are in a compliance with the requirements of the relevantprovisions of applicable laws and statute.
The Company has following Committees-
(a) Audit Committee- During the year under review, the members ofAudit Committee met 4 times in a year as per following-
Mr. Bhavin D. Mashruwala
Mr. Vipul H. Raja
(b) Nomination and Remuneration Committee- The members ofNomination & Remuneration Committee met 1 time during theyear. Following is the Composition of Nomination & RemunerationCommittee-
Designation
Attendance at
committee
meeting
Mrs. Sonal V. Raja
(c) Stakeholders' Relationship Committee- The members ofStakeholders' Relationship Committees met twelve times duringthe year i.e. 29th April, 2023, 31st May, 2023, 30th June, 2023,31st July, 2023, 31st August, 2023, 30th September, 2023, 31stOctober, 2023, 30th November, 2023, 30th December, 2023, 31stJanuary, 2024, 29th February, 2024 and 30th March, 2024.Following is the Composition of Stakeholders' RelationshipCommittee-
31-10-23
30-11-23
30-12-23
29-02-24
30-03-24
The SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015, mandated the formulations of certain policiesfor all listed companies. All our corporate governance policies areavailable on the website of the Company. The policies are reviewedperiodically by the Board and updated based on need and newcompliance requirements.
As per SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015, Paid up Capital and net worth of the Companyas on 31st March, 2023 are less than the prescribed limit and as perexemption rule, our Company is exempted from certain provisionsof Corporate Governance. Accordingly (i) Corporate GovernanceReport, (ii) declaration of CEO/ CFO certifying compliance by Boardof Directors and Senior Management personnel with respectiveCode of Conduct and (iii) Compliance Certificate from StatutoryAuditor regarding compliance with Corporate GovernanceProvisions is not given herewith.
Company will follow above mentioned provisions as and whenbecome applicable to the Company.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of itsown performance, Board committees and Individual directorspursuant to provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and CorporateGovernance requirements as prescribed by SEBI under Regulation27 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations 2015.
The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board afterseeking inputs from all the directors on the basis of criteria such asthe Board Composition and structure, effectiveness of boardprocess, information and functioning etc The performance of thecommittee was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs fromthe committee members on the basis of the criteria such as thestructure of the committees, meetings and independency of theCommittees etc
The Directors were satisfied with the evaluation results, whichreflected the overall engagement of the Board and its Committeeswith the Company.
Company has adopted vigil mechanism called "Whistle BlowerPolicy", for directors and employees to report to the management,instances of unethical behavior, fraud or violation of the Company'scode of Conduct or ethics policy. The same is available on thewebsite of the Company.
To enhance ethical and transparent process in managing the affairsof the Company, Board of Directors have adopted "Code of Conductfor Board of Directors and Senior Management Personnel" as perrequirements of the listing Agreement. The same is available on thewebsite of the Company.
20. Disclosure under Sexual Harassment of Woman atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013-
Pursuant to Section 22 of the Sexual Harassment of Woman atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013,every Company is required to set up an Internal ComplaintCommittee to look into the complaints relating to sexualharassment at work place of any woman employee.
Company has adopted a policy for prevention of SexualHarassment of Woman at workplace and has designated womandirector Mrs. Sonal V. Raja to ensure implementation of the saidpolicy. During the year, Company has not received any complaintsand no complaint is pending at the Company's end.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention ofInsider Trading with a view to regulate trading in securities by theDirectors and designated employees of the Company. The Coderequires pre-clearance for dealing in the Company's shares andprohibits the purchase or sale of Company shares by the Directorsand the designated employees while in possession of unpublishedprice sensitive information in relation to the Company and duringthe period when the Trading Window is closed. The Board isresponsible for implementation of the Code.
All members of the Board Directors and the designated employeeshave confirmed compliance with the Code.
Company has executed Leave and License agreement with Mr.Nandit V. Raja, Promoter and Mrs. Sonal V. Raja, Promoter Director
of the Company for the use of Registered office premises situatedat S. G. Highway.
As 10% of the Annual Consolidated Turnover of the Company isless than the total amount of transactions done with Relatedparties during the year, the said transactions are considered"Material Transactions" as per regulation 23(1) of SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.However, as per Regulation 15 of SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company isexempted from making disclosures with SEBI/ Stock Exchangeregarding Material Transactions done with related party during theyear.
However, details of transactions with related parties are given innote 13 of Accounting Policies by Auditors as per AccountingStandard 18. Form No. AOC-2 pursuant to clause (h) of sub- section(3) of Section 134 and sub section (1) of Section 188 of theCompanies Act, 2013 and Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014 is attached herewith as Annexure-I.
As per Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules ofCompanies (Corporate Social Responsibility policy), 2014, everycompany having net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more, orturnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or a net profit ofrupees five crore or more during any financial year shall constitutea Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
As Company does not come under the ambit of above mentionedprovisions, Company has not formed Corporate SocialResponsibility Committee and hence Rule 9 of Companies(Accounts) Rule, 2014 regarding disclosure of contents ofCorporate Social Responsibility Policy is not applicable to theCompany.
Pursuant to the provision contained in Section 134(5) of theCompanies Act 2013, the Directors of your Company confirm that-
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, as far as possible and tothe extent mentioned by the Auditors in their report, the applicableaccounting standards has been followed and no material departurehas been made from the same;
(b) the directors had selected such accounting policies and appliedthem consistently and made judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of thestate of affair of the Company at the end of the financial year andof the profit or loss of the Company for that period;
(c) the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for themaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of theCompany for preventing and detecting fraud and otherirregularities;
(d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a goingconcern basis; and
(e) The directors had laid down internal financial controls to befollowed by the company and that such internal financial controlsare adequate and were operating effectively.
(f) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliancewith the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systemswere adequate and operating effectively.
(Pursuant To Provisions of Section 149(6) of theCompanies Act 2013).
All the Independent Directors of the Company do hereby declarethat:
(a) All the Independent Directors of the Company are neitherManaging Director, nor a Whole Time Director nor a Manager or aNominee Director.
(b) All the Independent Directors in the opinion of the Board arepersons of integrity and possesses relevant expertise andexperience.
(c) (i) Independent Directors are or were not a Promoter of the
Company or its Holding or subsidiary or associate company.
(ii) Independent Directors are or were not related to promoters ordirectors in the company, its holding, subsidiary or associatecompany.
(d) Independent Directors have or had no pecuniary relationship withthe company, its holding, subsidiary or associate company or theirpromoters or directors, during the two immediately precedingfinancial years or during the current financial year.
(e) None of whose relatives has or had pecuniary relationship ortransaction with the company, its holding, subsidiary, or associatecompany, or their promoters, or directors, amounting to two percent or more of its gross turnover or total income or fifty lakhsrupees or such higher amount as may be prescribed, whichever islower, during the two immediately preceding financial years orduring the current financial year,
(f) Independent Directors, neither himself, nor any of his relatives,
i. Holds or has held the position of a key managerial personnel oris or has been employee of the company or its holding,subsidiary or associate company in any of three financial yearsimmediately preceding the financial year in which he isproposed to be appointed.
ii. Is or has been an employee or proprietor or a partner, in any ofthe three financial years immediately preceding the financialyears in which he is proposed to be appointed, of -
(A) A firm of auditors or company secretaries in practice orcost auditors of the company or its holding, subsidiary orassociate company; or
(B) Any legal or a consulting firm that has or had anytransaction with the company, its holding, subsidiary orAssociate company amounting to ten per cent, or more ofthe gross turnover of such firm;
iii. Holds together with his relatives less than two per cent sharesor total voting power of the company; or
iv. Is a Chief Executive or director, by whatever name called, or anynon-profit organization that receives twenty five per cent ormore of its receipts from the Company, any of its promoters,directors or its holding, subsidiary or associate company or thatholds two per cent or more of the total voting power of thecompany; or
(g) Independent Directors possesses such qualifications as prescribed.
(h) All Independent Directors of the Company has registeredthemselves with the databank of Independent Director as perguidelines by Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Considering experienceof the Directors, they are exempted from examination process.
The information requires to be disclosed in the report of the Boardof Directors as per the provisions of Section 134(3)(m) of theCompanies Act, 2013 and Rule 3 of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014 regarding the conservation of energy, technologyabsorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo are notapplicable to the Company, hence are not given herewith. Therewere no foreign Exchange earnings or outgo during the year.
Your Company's Equity shares are admitted in the system ofDematerialization by both the Depositories namely NSDL andCDSL. The Company has signed triparty Agreement throughRegistrar and Share Transfer Agent M/s Big share Services PrivateLimited. The Investors are advised to take advantage of timelydematerialization of their securities. The ISIN allotted to yourCompany is INE 764 B01029. Total Share dematerialized up to 31stMarch 2024 were 56263499 which constitute 78.14% of totalcapital. Your Directors request all the shareholders to dematerializetheir shareholding in the Company as early as possible.
Transfer of securities only in demat form- SEBI has mandated thatexcept in case of transmission or transposition of securities,requests for effecting transfer of securities shall not be processedunless the securities are held in the dematerialized form with adepository. Hence, w.e.f. 1st April, 2019, no Company can transfershares in physical mode.
The information required as per para F of Schedule V of SEBI(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015 are not applicable to the Company as the Company has nounclaimed dividend and no unclaimed shares and hence are notgiven herewith.
M/s Nitin K. Shah & Co., a firm of Chartered Accountants (FRN-107140W) was appointed as Statutory Auditor of the Company inthe 29th Annual General meeting held on 25th July, 2022 for fivefinancial years i.e. commencing from the conclusion of 29th AGMuntil the conclusion of the 33rd Annual General Meeting of theCompany to be held in 2027 on such remuneration as may beagreed upon by the Audit committee/ Board of Directors inconsultation with the Auditors
As our Company is neither engaged in the production of goods norproviding services as prescribed under Section 148 of theCompanies Act, 2013, Company is not required to appoint CostAuditor.
In order to make proper compliance with the provisions ofCorporate Governance the Company had appointed M/s. ShaileshPatel & Co., Chartered Accountants as Internal Auditors. They are
regularly submitting their reports to the Audit Committee of theCompany.
M/s Kamlesh M. Shah, Practicing Company Secretary is appointedas Secretarial Auditor for the financial year 2023-2024 as perSection 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Secretarial Auditreport (Form MR-3) is part of the Board's Report and attached asAnnexure- II. The Secretarial Auditor has not made any adverseremarks in their report which may require any further clarificationfrom the Board.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) and Section92(3) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies(Management and Administration) Rules,2014, the Annual Returnof the Company as at March 31, 2023 is uploaded on the website ofthe Company and can be accessed at
http://www.sumerugroup.in/annual-reports
As per the Corporate Governance norms, a separate report onManagement Discussion and Analysis outlining the business of theCompany is set out as Annexure-III of this report.
i) The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the medianremuneration of the employees of the company for the financialyear:
Total expenses of Director's Remuneration- Nil
Managerial Remuneration Expenses (includes CS and CFO)- Rs.7,70,000/-
Other employees Remuneration: Rs. 3,30,000/-
ii) The percentage increase in remuneration of each director, ChiefFinancial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Company Secretary orManager, if any, in the financial year:
Directors were not paid any remuneration. There is minimumincrease in remuneration paid to the Company Secretary & CFO incompare with last year.
iii) The percentage increase in the median remuneration of otheremployees in the financial year is minimum.
iv) The number of permanent employees (including MD, CS andCFO)as on 31st March, 2024 is four.
v) Average percentile increase made in the salaries of employeesother than the managerial personnel in the last financial year andits comparison with the percentile increase in the managerialremuneration and justification thereof and point out if there areany exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerialremuneration ;
Managerial Personnel included CS and CFO and there is minimumincrease in their salaries during the year.
vi) Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policyof the company.
Remuneration of the Employees and KMPs are recommended by
Nomination & Remuneration Committee to the Board of Directorswithin the organization and they follow the Remuneration Policymade by the Company.
36. Registrar & Transfer agent:
The Company has appointed M/s Bigshare Services Private Limitedas its Registrar & Transfer agent w.e.f. 3rd June, 2016. Completedetails of their name, address, contact details are given below-
Bigshare Services Pvt. Ltd.,
Pinnacle Business Park, Office No- S6-2,
Mahakali Caves Road, Next to Ahura Centre,
Andheri (East), Mumbai- 400093.
Tel No- 022-6263 8200
Ahmedabad Branch address-A/802, Samudra Complex,
Near Klassic Gold Hotel, Near Girish Cold Drinks,
Off. C.G. Road,Ahmedabad-380009Tel No.- 079-40024135Email- bssahd@bigshareonline.comWebsite- www.bigshareonline.com
37. Cautionary Statement
Statements in this Directors' Report and ManagementDiscussionand Analysis Report describing the Company's objectives,projections, estimates, expectations or predictions may be"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicablesecurities laws and regulations. Actual results could differmaterially from those expressed or implied.
38. Appreciation:
Your directors wish to place on record their gratitude and sincereappreciation for the assistance, trust and co-operation receivedfrom the shareholders, Bankers, Government authorities andclients during the year under review.
Your Directors would like to express profound sense of appreciationfor the commitment shown by the employees in supporting theCompany in its continued performance on all fronts.
FOR & ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNDER AN AUTHORITY
SUMERU INDUSTRIES LIMITED
VIPULH.RAJA
CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTORDIN-00055770PLACE: AHMEDABADDATE: 03-06-2024