Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their 12th Annual Report of the Company together with theAudited Statements of Accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024:
The Company's financial performance, for the year ended March 31st, 2024 is summarized below: TheBoard's Report is prepared based on the stand-alone financial statements of the company.
Particulars
Year ended
31/03/2024
31/03/2023
Income from Operations
4,85,00,000
1,21,45,600
Other Income
-
TOTAL INCOME
Total Expenditure
4,85,75,449
8,82,40,310
Profit and (Loss) before tax & interest
(75,449)
(24,54,23,610)
Finance Cost
PROFIT BEFORE TAX
Less: Provision for Tax
- Current Tax
- Deferred Tax
(92,993)
(1,20,544)
- Excess provision of earlier year written back
- Adjustment of MAT
PROFIT AND (LOSS) AFTER TAX
(2,91,193)
(24,55,44,154)
During the year under review the Company has earned net revenue of Rs 4,85,00,000/-as compared tonet revenue of Rs 1,21,45,600/- in the previous year. The loss after tax was at Rs. (2,91,193)/-ascompared to Rs. (24,55,44,154)/-reported in the previous year.
Your directors are constrained not to recommend any dividend for the year under report.
Your directors find it prudent not to transfer any amount to general reserve.
Pursuant to Section 134 (3) (c) read with Section 134 (5) of the Act, on the basis of information placedbefore them, the Directors state that:
> in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
> appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and the judgments andestimates that have been made are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the stateof affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2024 and of the Loss of the Company for the said period;
> proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting fraud and other irregularities;
> the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;
> the internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controlsare adequate and were operating effectively; and
> There is a proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that suchsystems were adequate and operating effectively.
During the year under review, there was no major event in the Company.
During the year company no change in registered office.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNELI. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
As on March 31, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises of 6 (Six) Directors, of which 4(Four) are Non-Executive Independent Directors & 2 (Two) is Executive Directors. The constitution of theBoard of the Company is in accordance with Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 17of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The details are asfollows:
Sr. No.
Name
Designation
1.
Mr. Siddharth Yashwant Waghmare
Managing Director
2.
Mr. Navinchandra Punmachand Shah
Non-Executive and Independent Director
3.
Mr. Satishchandra Dattatray Amberkar
4.
Mr. Arun Waydande Phulchand
5.
Mrs. Archana Prashant Alat
6.
Mr. Sanjay Saha
Whole Time Director
On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors, none of the above directors aredisqualified under Section 164 (2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and are also not debarred by SEBI or anyother statutory authority forholding office of a Director.
Ms. Riti Ajmera has resigned as a Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company with effectfrom 23 rd August, 2024.
Further, as per the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Key Managerial Personnel ofthe Company as on March 31, 2024 were as under:
Mr. Hardik Prajapati
Chief Financial Officer
The Extract of Annual Return as provided under Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and asprescribed in Form No. MGT- 9 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 isappended as ANNEXURE I to this Report.
The Board meets at regular intervals to discuss and decide on the company's policies and strategy apartfrom other Board matters. The intervening gap between the two consecutive meetings did not exceed 120days as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
During the year under reference, 4 (Four) Board meetings were dated 26/05/2023, 05/09/2023,11/11/2023 and 02/02/2024.
The Company does not have any Holding/ Subsidiary/ Associate Company during the period underreview.
The Board has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Management and theirremuneration.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has carried out an annual evaluation ofits own performance, the directors individually, as well as the evaluation of the working of itscommittees. The Company has devised a questionnaire to evaluate the performances of each of Executiveand Independent Directors. Such questions are prepared considering the business of the Company andthe expectations that the Board have from each of the Directors. The evaluation framework for assessingthe performance of Directors comprises of the following key areas:
i. Attendance of Board Meetings and Committee Meetings;
ii. Quality of contribution to Board deliberations;
iii. Strategic perspectives or inputs regarding future growth of the Company and its performance;
iv. Providing perspectives and feedback going beyond information provided by the management.
The Company has appointed M/s. Shailesh Pandey & Co., Chartered Accountant Firm, and RegistrationNo. 133595W as Statutory Auditor of the Company commencing from the conclusion of 9th AnnualGeneral Meeting till the conclusion of 14th Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held in the year 2026.The Statutory Auditors have confirmed their eligibility pursuant to section 139 of the Companies Act2013.
There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers made by M/s. ShaileshPandey & Co, Chartered Accountants (FRN: 133595W), Statutory Auditors, in their Report on theaccounts of the Company for the year under reference. The observations made by them in their Reportare self-explanatory and do not call for any further clarifications from the Board.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 204(1) of the Act, and Rule 9 of Companies (Appointmentand Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed M/s. BrajeshGupta & Co., Company Secretary in Practice, to conduct the Secretarial Audit for the financial year2023-24. The Secretarial Audit Report as received from Mr. Brajesh Gupta is appended to this Report asAnnexure II.
The Qualification / observation made by the M/s. Brajesh Gupta & Co., Company Secretary in Practice,
in their Secretarial Audit Report are self-explanatory. The Board assure to the Members of the Companydo file and complete all the formality / pending filing within the time. There are following qualifications,reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers made by Secretarial Auditors:
1. The Company has delay filed AOC-4 XBRL & MGT-7 for the Financial Year 2022-23.
The management comments and notes on the Observations of Secretarial Auditors are as follows:
With reference to the delay-filing of forms it was given to the professional for filing but due to technicalissue of MCA website on last timing of Filing, therefore the above stated form were filed only 6 days delay.
During the year under review there is no change in the nature of Business of the Company.
During the year under review, the board has received and accepted resignation of Ms. Riti Ajmera asCompany Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f. 23rd August, 2024. The Board thank her,for her support and experience to the Company during her tenure as Company Secretary of the Company.
The Board has appointed Ms. Riti Ajmera as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Companyw.e.f. 1st November 2022.
During the year, in accordance with the Companies Act, 2013, the Board constituted some of itscommittees. There are currently three Committees of the Board, as follows:
The composition of the audit committee and the details of meetings attended by its members are givenbelow, Meeting held on 26/05/2023 and 11/11/2023.
The Audit Committee consists of the following members:
Name of the Director
Status in Committee
Nature of Directorship
Siddharth
Y ashawantW aghamare
Member
Executive Director
Archana Prashant Alat
Non- Executive Independent Director
Navinchandra Shah
Chairperson
None of the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were rejected by the Board.
The composition of the Nomination and Remuneration committee and the details of meetings attended by itmembers are given below: meeting held on 05/09/2023 and 02/02/2024.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee consists of the following members:
Non-Executive IndependentDirector
Mr. Satishchandra DattatrayAmberkar
Arun WaydandePhulchand
The Stakeholders' Relationship Committee met once during the financial year 2023-2024 as on 02/02/2024.The Stakeholders Relationship Committee consists of the following members:
Siddharth Yashawant
Waghamare
Non-
Executive Independent Director
Non-Executive Independent
Director
Details of all the Committees along with their charters, composition and meetings held during the year,are provided in the “Report on Corporate Governance”, a part of this Annual Report.
The terms and conditions of appointment of Independent Directors are as per Schedule IV of the Act. Mr.Arun Phulchand, Ms. Archana Alat, Mr. Navinchandra S Shah and Mr. Satishchandra DattatrayAmberkarhave submitted a declaration that all of them meet the criteria of Independence.
The Independent Directors of your Company have confirmed and declared that they are not disqualifiedto act as an Independent Director in compliance with the provisions of Section 149(7) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 as well as under regulation 16(1)(b) of SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015 and the Board is also ofthe opinion that the Independent Directors fulfill all the conditions specified in the Companies Act, 2013making them eligible to act as Independent Directors.
There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company whichhave occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statementsrelate and the date of the report.
There have been no instances of fraud reported by the Auditors under Section 143(12) of the CompaniesAct, 2013.
The details of Loans given, Investments made and guarantees given and securities provided under theSection 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 have been provided in the notes to the Financial Statements.
All contracts / arrangements / transactions entered by the Company during the financial year withrelated parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis. The particulars ofcontracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1), as prescribed in Form AOC -2 of the rules prescribed under Chapter IX relating to Accounts of Companies under the Companies Act,2013, is appended as Annexure III.
Your Company has not carried out any business activities warranting conservation of the energy andtechnology absorption in accordance with Section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. Since the company is not engage in any manufacturing activity, issuesrelating to technology absorption are not quite relevant to its functioning.
During the year under consideration the Company has spent/incurred foreign exchange equivalent to Rs.Nil. There are no foreign exchange earnings during the year.
The Company has laid down a well-defined Risk Management Policy covering the risk mapping, trendanalysis, risk exposure, potential impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being carriedout to identify, evaluate, manage and monitoring of both business and non-business risk. The Boardperiodically reviews the risks and suggests steps to be taken to control and mitigate the same through aproperly defined framework.
Although, market conditions are likely to remain competitive, future success will depend upon offeringimproved products through technology innovation and productivity. The Company continues to invest inthese areas.
The Company has the risk management and internal control framework in place commensurate with thesize of the Company. However Company is trying to strengthen the same. The details of the risks faced bythe Company and the mitigation thereof are discussed in detail in the Management Discussion andAnalysis Report that forms part of the Annual Report.
The provisions contained in section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, as well as the Companies (CorporateSocial Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 are not applicable to your Company for the year underreference.
During the year under review your Company has not accepted Deposits which are not in compliance withthe requirements under Chapter V of Companies Act, 2013.
There are no significant material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts which would impact the goingconcern status of the Company and its future operations.
Your Company has an Internal Financial Control System commensurate with the size, scale andcomplexity of its operations. The Audit Committee has in place a mechanism to identify, assess, monitorand mitigate various risks to key business objectives. The Audit Committee has a process for timely checkfor compliance with the operating systems, accounting procedures and policies. Major risks identified bythe businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating action on continuing basis.
The Company has a Whistle Blower Policy in line with the provisions of the Section 177 of the CompaniesAct, 2013. This policy establishes a vigil mechanism for directors and employees to report their genuineconcerns actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company's code of conduct. The said mechanism
also provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of the persons who use such mechanism andmakes provision for direct access to the chairperson of the Audit Committee. We confirm that during thefinancial year 2023-224 no employee of the Company was denied access to the Audit Committee. ThePolicy provides that the Company investigates such incidents, when reported, in an impartial manner andtakes appropriate action to ensure that the requisite standards of professional and ethical conduct arealways upheld.
The Board of Directors has approved a Code of Conduct which is applicable to the Members of the Boardand all employees in the course of day-to-day business operations of the company. The Company believesin “Zero Tolerance” against bribery, corruption and unethical dealings / behaviors of any form and theBoard has laid down the directives to counter such acts.
The Code lays down the standard procedure of business conduct which is expected to be followed by theDirectors and the designated employees in their business dealings and in particular on matters relating tointegrity in the work place, in business practices and in dealing with stakeholders. The Code givesguidance through examples on the expected behavior from an employee in a given situation and thereporting structure.
All the Board Members and the Senior Management personnel have confirmed compliance with the Code.All Management Staff were given appropriate training in this regard.
Your Company is committed to creating and maintaining an atmosphere in which employees can worktogether, without fear of sexual harassment, exploitation and intimidation. Accordingly the Company hasin place an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment ofWomen at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. Internal ComplaintsCommittee (ICC) was set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. All employees(Permanent, Contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy.
The reports on Corporate Governance and Management Discussion and Analysis for the year underreview, as stipulated under the provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015, forms part of the Annual Report.
No Postal ballot was conducted by the company during the year 2023-24.
During the year under review, there were no applications made or proceedings pending in the name ofthe company under the Insolvency Bankruptcy code, 2016.
During the year under review, there has been no one time settlement of loans taken from banks andFinancial Institutions.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view to regulatetrading in securities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. The Code requires pre¬clearance for dealing in the Company's shares and prohibits the purchase or sale of Company shares bythe Directors and the designated employees while in possession of unpublished price sensitiveinformation in relation to the Company and during the period when the Trading Window is closed. TheBoard is responsible for implementation of the Code.
All Board of Directors and the designated employees have confirmed compliance with the Code.
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification as required under Regulation 17(8)read with Part B of Schedule II of the SEBI(LODR) Regulation, 2015 have been appended to this report.
In terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointmentand Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, a statement containing the disclosurespertaining to remuneration and other details as required under the Act and the above Rules are providedin the Annual Report.
The disclosures as specified under Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration ofManagerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, ChiefFinancial Officer and Company Secretary during the financial year 2023-24, ratio of the remuneration ofeach Director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year 2023-24and the comparison of remuneration of each Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) against the performance ofthe Company, have been appended to this Report as Annexure- IV.
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation and sincere thanks to the State Governments,
Government agencies, Banks & Financial Institutions, customers, shareholders, vendors and other relatedorganizations, who through their continued support and co-operation have helped, as partners in yourCompany's progress. Your Directors, also acknowledge the hard work, d edication and commitment of theemployees.
The Directors would also like to thank National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. And our Registrar and ShareTransfer Agent Adroit Corporate Services Private Limited for their co-operation.
For & on behalf of the Board3rd Rock Multimedia Limited
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Sanjay Saha Siddharth Yashawant Waghamare
Director Managing Director
DIN:09477828 DIN: 08721609
Date: 05/09/2024Place: Mumbai