kaiser corporation ltd Directors report


To

The Members

Kaiser Corporation Limited

Mumbai

Your Directors are pleased to present the Thirtieth Annual Report of your Company with the Consolidated Audited Accounts for the year ended March 31,2023.

FINANCIAL RESULTS:

(Amount in Lakhs)

Particulars

31 March 2023 31 March 2022
Sales Income 1884.73 3304.89
Other income 153.54 15.66
Total Income 2038.27 3320.55
Expenditure:
Finance costs 111.82 90.25
Depreciation and amortization expenses 20.40 20.64
Profit before non-controlling interests/share in net profit/(loss) of associate 57.30 141.45
Share of profit/(loss) of associate 0.00 00
Profit/(loss) before tax 57.30 141.45
Current tax 10.24 43.98
Current tax(MAT) 0 0
MAT credit entitlement 0 0
Deferred tax charge 21.80 (0.78)
Tax adjustment of earlier years 0.67 0.41
Mat credit -0.72 0
Profit/(loss)after tax [A] 25.31 97.85
Other comprehensive income/(loss)for the year. 3.61 (1.71)
Total comprehensive income/(loss)for the year(A+B) 28.92 96.13
Total comprehensive income/(loss)attributable to:
Owners of the Parent 15.76 53.61
Non-controlling interests 13.16 42.53
Of the Total Comprehensive income/(loss) included above, Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to:
Owners of the Parent 13.76 54.89
Non-controlling interests 11.55 42.95
Of the Total Comprehensive income/(loss) included above, Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to:
Owners of the Parent 2.00 (1.29)
Non-controlling interests 1.62 (0.43)
Earnings per equity share: (no annualised)
Basic and diluted (in Rs.) 0.03 0.10

CONSOLIDATED:

Your Companys consolidated total income was to the tune of Rs.2038.27 lakhs compared to the consolidated income of Rs. 3320.55 lakhs for the previous year with the net profit of Rs.25.31 lakhs compared to the net Profit of Rs.97.85 lakhs for the previous year. The Turnover and the profitability has decreased as compared to the previous year on account of reduction in the business transactions coupled with the adverse Government policies in the sector in which your company operates, however your Directors are confident that the company will be able to generate higher turnover and the higher Profitability in the current year compared to the previous year. Your Directors are taking corrective steps to increase the business activities with the control over the expenses and trying to increase its products in the current year.

STANDALONE:

The standalone total income was to the tune of Rs.59.75 lakhs compared to the standalone income of Rs. 59.14 lakhs for the previous year which has been increased marginally.

Your company with its subsidiary is presently in the business of Compounding for Trunkey project management, engineering services and printing of labels, packaging materials, Magazines and articles of stationery, however its printing business is not giving any proper results and hence your Directors have already taken corrective steps and has been already concentrating its other lucrative business activities like Turnkey projects.

DIVIDEND:

Your Directors do not recommend any dividend for the year ended March 31, 2023.

QUALITY INITIATIVES

The Company continues to strengthen its commitment to the highest levels of quality, superior customer experience, best-in-class service management, robust information security and privacy practices and mature business continuity management.

The relevance of Kaiser" integrated Quality Management System (iQMS™) is continually evaluated for new service offerings, emerging delivery methodologies, industry best practices and latest technologies, and adequately upgraded to provide outstanding value and experience to its customers.

DEPOSITS FROM PUBLIC

The Company has not accepted any deposits from public and as such, no amount on account of principal or interest on deposits from public was outstanding as on the date of the balance sheet.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUT GO :

The particulars required to be stated as per the provisions of Section 134 (3) (m) of The Companies Act, 2013 relating to conservation of energy and technology absorption do not apply to your Company.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:

Foreign Exchange Earnings: NIL Foreign Exchange Out go: NIL DEPOSITORY SYSTEM:

Details of the Depository System are given in the section Additional Information which forms a part of the Corporate Governance Report and is attached with the Annual Accounts.

DIRECTORS:

As per the provisions of Section 152 of The Companies Act 2013 Mr. Bhushanlal Desraj Arora retires by rotation and being eligible for appointment offers himself for re-appointment.

All the Independent Directors of the Company comply with the requirements as stated in the Companies Act, 2013 in regard to their appointment.

ANNUAL EVALUATION OF BOARD PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE OF ITS COMMITTEES AND OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS

Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, Board committees and individual Directors.

The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the directors on the basis of criteria such as the board composition and structure effectiveness of Board process, participation in the long-term strategic planning, information, functioning etc.

The performance of the Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking in puts from the Committee members on the basis of the criteria such as the composition of committees, effectiveness of Committee meetings, etc.

The Board reviewed the performance of the Individual Directors on the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of the Individual Director to the Board and committee meetings, preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaning full and constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc. In addition, the Chairman was also evaluated on the key aspects of his role by other Board members.

A separate meeting of Independent Directors was convened in the month of January, 2023 to discuss the following aspects:

i. Review the performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board as a whole;

ii. Review the performance of the Chair person of the Company, taking into account the views of Executive and Non-Executive Directors;

iii. Assess the quality, quantity and time lines off low of information between the Companys Management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform their duties.

All Independent Directors were present at the Meeting and discussed the above and expressed their satisfaction.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company has complied with the Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India on Meetings of the Board of Directors and General Meetings.

TRAINING AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:

Morale of our professionals continued to be high. The Company continues to put concerted efforts in recruiting quality people. Development and training programs are under taken were key focus is being given to are as being employee development, growth and satisfaction along with employee relations during the year. The relationship between management and employees continues to be one of mutual respect, appreciation and cordial.

AUDITORS:

The Auditors M/S Shabbir & Rita Associates LLP (Firm Registration No. 109420W) Chartered Accountants has been appointed at the 28lh Annual General Meeting of the company held on 30th September 2021 for the period of five years.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT:

In terms of Section 204 of the Act and Rules made there under, Mr. GS Jambekar, Practicing Company Secretary, have been appointed as Secretarial Auditors of the Company. Their report is annexed as Annexure II to this Report. There port is self- explanatory and does not call for any further comments.

There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers made by Mr. G.S Jambekar, Practicing Company Secretary in his Secretarial Audit Report dated 30lhMay 2023 on the Secretarial and other related records of the company for Financial Year 2022-23.

DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT MATERIAL ORDERS:

No significant and material orders were passed by there gulatorsor the court so tribunals that may have an imp act on the going concern status and Companys operations in for useable future.

ANNUAL RETURN:

The Annual Return for FY 2023 is available on the website of the Company at https://www.kaiserpress.eom/cms/3/lnvestor-Relation

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

Based on the frame work of internal financial controls and compliance systems established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the Internal, Statutory, and Secretarial Auditors and External consultant(s) and their views performed by management and the relevant Board committees, including the Audit Committee, the Board is of the opinion that the Companys internal financial controls were adequate and effective during the financial year 2022-23.

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 134 (5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable Accounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures:

They have selected such Accounting Policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financially ear and of the loss of the Company for that period;

(b) They have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safe guarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

(c) They have prepared the annual accounts on a "going concern basis";

(d) They have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and

(e) They have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:

During the reporting period , your Company has not given any loans, however as far as the corporate guarantee and any investments , the same has been disclosed in the Audited Financial Statement of the company.

SUBSIDIARY COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

The Company had only one Subsidiary as on 31 March 2023 and there has been no material change in the nature of the business of the subsidiary. There are no associates or joint venture companies within the meaning of Section 2(6) of The Companies Act, 2013 (Act).

The consolidated financial statements of the company and its subsidiary are prepared in accordance with the accounting standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, forms part of the Annual Report and are reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of its Subsidiary is available on the website of the company.

The annual accounts of its Subsidiary and related detailed information will be kept at the registered office of the company, as also at the registered office of the respective subsidiary company and will be available to Investors seeking information at anytime.

A report on the performance and financial position of the subsidiary in AOC-1 is annexed to the report under Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 as per annexure T.

BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS:

1. Six (6) Board meetings were held during the year. The details of the Board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

2. Four (4) Audit Committee meetings were held during the year. The details of the Audit Committee meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

3. One (1) Nomination & Remuneration Committee meeting was held during the year. The details of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

4. Four (4) Stakeholders Relationship Committee meetings were held during the year. The details of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

All related party transactions entered in to during the financial year were on an arms length basis, in the ordinary course of business and were incompliance with the applicable provisions of the Act and the Listing Agreement. The details of the transactions with related parties are provided in the ac companying financial statements.

There were no materially significant related party transactions made by the Company during the year that would have required members approval under Regulation 23 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), 2015.The policy on materiality of related party transactions and dealing with related party transactions has been already approved by the Board.

VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY:

The company has adopted Whistleblower Policy, to provide a formal mechanism to the Directors, employees and its stakeholders to report their concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Companys Code of Conductor Ethics Policy. The policy provides for adequate safe guards against victimization of employees who avail of the mechanism and also provides for direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. It is affirmed that no personnel of the Company has been denied access to the Audit Committee.

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The details in respect of internal financial controls and their adequacy are included in the Management Discussion and Analysis

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

Pursuant to SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), 2015 the Management Discussion and Analysis and the Corporate Governance Report, is presented in a separate section forming part of the Annual Report.

DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

The company has received necessary declaration from each of the Independent Directors, under Section 149 (7) of The Companies Act, 2013 and that he/she meets the criteria of Independence laid down in Section 149 (6) of The Companies Act, 2013 and as per Regulation 16 of SEBI Listing Regulations.

There has been no change in the circumstances affecting their status as independent directors of the Company.

During the year under review, the non-executive directors of the Company had no pecuniary relationship or transactions with the Company, other than sitting fees, commission and reimbursement of expenses, if any

DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT THE WORK PLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013:

The company has in place an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of women at Work place (Prevention, prohibition and Redress al) Act, 2013.

All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy. No complaints pertaining to sexual harassment were received during F.Y.2022-23.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

The Company would like to acknowledge all its stakeholders, SBI and HDFC Bank and its customers, key partners for their support and all its employees for their dedication and hard work.

The Directors appreciate the continued guidance received from various Regulatory Authorities including RBI, SEBI, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, The Registrar of Companies, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, Income Tax and GST Authorities.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Bhushanlal Arora

Chairman

Place: Mumbai

Date: 30" May, 2023