pulsar international ltd Directors report


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To

The Members,

Your Directors present herewith their 32nd Annual Report of your Company comprising the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Rs. Lakhs)

 

Year ended on 31-03-2023

Year ended on 31-03-2022

Total Income

36.88

8.50

Gross Profit before Depreciation and Tax

13.19

(6.70)

Less: Depreciation

0.06

0.10

Profit / (Loss) before Tax

13.19

(6.80)

Less: Provision for Current Taxation

-

-

Less : Short and Excess Provisions for Earlier years

-

-

Less: Deferred Tax Asset

-

-

Profit/(Loss) after Taxation

13.19

(6.80)

Balance carried forward to Balance Sheet

13.19

(6.80)

OPERATIONS & STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY

During the current year of operation, your Company has registered revenue from operation of Rs.36.88/- Lakhs, as compared to Rs.8.50/- Lakhs in the previous financial year. Your company has earned net profit of Rs.13.19/- Lakhs as compared to net loss of Rs.6.80/- Lakhs in the previous financial year.

During the current year of operations, the Company continued to earn revenue from the Commission charges and Trading of Consumer Products. Your Company is expected to grow its business in the near future.

CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS

During the financial year 2022-23, The Company has not changed its nature of business and had been continuing with the same line of business.

RAISING OF FUND THROUGH WARRANT ISSUE

During the period under review the Board of Directors in its meeting held on the 7th of February, 2023 unanimously approved a proposal of the issuance and allotment of up to 40,00,000 (Forty Lakhs) Convertible Warrants ("Warrants") at a price of 13/- (Rupees Thirteen Only) per Warrant, including the premium.

Each of these Warrants will possess the potential to be converted into, or exchanged for, one (01) fully paid-up equity share of our Company, which carries a face value of 10/- (Rupees Ten Only). Furthermore, each equity share will have an associated premium of 3/- (Rupees Three Only) per share. The total aggregate funds raised through this preferential issue will amount to 5,20,00,000/- (Rupees Five Crores Twenty Lakhs Only).

Furthermore, the allotment of Warrants, was formally approved by our esteemed members through a postal ballot, and the Board subsequently sanctioned it during our meeting on the 10th of April, 2023.

Furthermore, we wish to inform you that a comprehensive report detailing the allocation and utilization of the funds raised through this preferential issue, up to the Quarter ending June 2023, has been submitted by the Board.

DETAILS OF NEW SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

Your Company does not have any subsidiary, joint Venture or associate Company.

DIVIDEND AND TRANSFER TO RESERVES

During the year the company has transferred all the amount to general reserve and the board has not recommended any dividend for the current year.

DEPOSITS

During the year under review, your Company has neither accepted nor renewed any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013.

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION BETWEEN THE END OF FINANCIAL YEAR AND DATE OF REPORT

There is no occurrence of material change and commitment made between the end of the financial year and date of this report which has affected the financial position of the company.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The changes that had occurred in the composition of the Board of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel are as follows:

During the period under review Mr. Jigar Joshi Company Secretary and Compliance officer of the Company has tender his resignation with effect from 18th July, 2022. The board accept his resignation and took a note of the same in the board meeting. The Position of Company Secretary and compliance officer has been filled by appointment of Mr. Nitin Mistry Company Secretary with effect from 05th October, 2022.

Further Mr. Jamsheed Panday has resigned from the Directorship on 03rd August, 2022 vide letter dated 03rd August, 2022. The Board took the note of his resignation in the board meeting held on 13rd August, 2022. On 13rd August, 2022 the Nomination and Remuneration committee recommended the appointment of Mr. Bhadresh Bhavsar as an Executive Director and the board of directors of the company appointed him as a Director of the company. After the review period due to his some other commitments he has resigned from the board on 05th July, 2023. The board has took a note of the same.

During the period under review Mr. Devendrasinh Umat Independent Director and Mr. Arvind Parmar Non-Executive Director have appointed with effect from 21st November, 2022 and 19th December, 2022 respectively. Mr. Arvind Parmar has tender his resignation from the Board after the review period. The board accepted his resignation and took a note of the same.

Mrs. Rupal Patel has tender her resignation from the Position of Woman Independent Director of the company due to her other engagements with effect from 07th February, 2023. The Position of Woman Independent Director has been complied through appointment of Mrs. Pragna Makwana. The Board has accepted the resignation from Mrs. Rupal Patel and Appoint Mr. Pragna Makwana in the board meeting held on 07th February, 2023.

During the Period under review Ms. Preeti Pranav Sanghvi has resigned from the Position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from close of business hours of 7th February, 2023. After the review period the position of Chief Financial Officer has been complied through appointment of Mr. Vipul Panchal with effect from 29th June, 2023.

After review period Mr. Dharmesh Pravin Kharwar has resigned from the Position of Independent Director of the Company with effect from close of business hours of 10th April, 2023 due to pre-occupation and Mr. Jayesh Patel has appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from 21st July, 2023.

None of the Directors of the Company are disqualified for being appointed and re-appointed as Directors in terms of Section 164 of the Companies Act, 2013.

No other Director or Key Managerial Personnel has been appointed, resigned or retired during the year.

DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

The Company has received declaration from the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed under the applicable provisions of section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to section 92(3) and 134(3)(a) of the Act read with Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 as substituted by the Companies (Management and Administration amendment) Rules, 2021 a Draft copy of the Annual Return is made available on the Website of the Company at www.pulsarinternationallimited.wordpress.com.

MEETINGS

During the year, 9 (Nine) meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company were convened and held. The details of date of meetings and the attendance of each director at the Board Meetings and Committees Meetings are annexed herewith as "Annexure I". The intervening gap between the Board meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134 (3) (c) and 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

i. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed and that there were no material departure

ii. the directors 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 financial year and of the profit of the Company for the period;

iii. the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

iv. the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

v. the directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively;

vi. the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The provision of Section 135 pertaining to Corporate Social Responsibility is not applicable to the Company for the financial year ended 2022-23.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee of the Company is constituted in accordance with Section 177(2) of the Companies Act, 2013. The Composition of the Audit Committee as on 31.03.2023 is as follows:

Name of the Director

Status

Ms. Pragna Lakhubhai Makwana

Chairperson

Mr. Devendrasinh Dalpatsinh Umat

Member

Mr. Arvindkumar Gulabji Parmar

Member

During the period under review the changes are carry out in compliance with the provision of Section 177 of the companies act 2013 and Rules made thereunder.

NOMINATION & REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company is constituted in accordance with Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Composition of the Committee as on 31.03.2023 is as follows:

Name of the Director

Status

Mr. Arvindkumar Gulabji Parmar

Chairperson

Mr. Devendrasinh Dalpatsinh Umat

Member

Ms. Pragna Lakhubhai Makwana

Member

During the period under review the changes are carry out in compliance with the provision of Section 178 of the companies act 2013 and Rules made thereunder.

The Board has, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Management and their remuneration. The Nomination and Remuneration Policy is annexed herewith as "Annexure-II".

STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE

The Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Company is constituted in accordance with Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Composition of the Committee as on 31.03.2023 is as follows:

Name of the Director

Status

Mr. Devendrasinh Dalpatsinh Umat

Chairperson

Mr. Arvindkumar Gulabji Parmar

Member

Ms. Pragna Lakhubhai Makwana

Member

During the period under review the changes are carry out in compliance with the provision of Section 178 of the companies act 2013 and Rules made thereunder.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

During the year, the company has given loans to the corporate incompliance of Section 186 of the Company’s Act 2013. Further note that the company did not give any guarantee, nor any security nor made any investments within the meaning of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.

RELATED PARTY CONTRACTS

During the financial year, your Company entered into related party transactions which were on arm’s length basis and in ordinary course of business. There are no material transactions with any related party as referred in sub-section (1) of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014. Your Directors draw attention to Note no. 08 of Notes forming part of financial statement which sets out related party disclosure.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO

The information relating to energy conservation, technology absorption and research & development pursuant to Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is as follows:

A. Conservation of Energy:

i. Steps taken or impact on conservation of energy: Since the Company is not carrying out any manufacturing activities, it is not energy intensive. Adequate measures have been taken to conserve the energy utilized

. ii. Steps taken by the Company for utilizing alternate sources of energy: The Company has not utilized any alternate source of energy during the year.

iii .Capital investment on energy conservation equipments: Nil

B. Technology absorption:

i. Efforts made towards technology absorption: Nil

ii. Benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import substitution: Nil

iii .Imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from the beginning of the financial year):

a) Details of technology imported - No technology was imported

. b) Year of import - Not Applicable

c) Whether the technology been fully absorbed- Not Applicable

d) If not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place and the reasons thereof - Not Applicable

iv. Expenditure incurred on Research and Development - Not Applicable

C. Foreign Exchange earnings and outgo:

During the year 2022-23, there have been no foreign exchange earnings or outgo.

COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Company has adequate systems to identify major risks which may threaten the existence of the Company. The same is subject to review from time to time. Mitigation measures for the identified risks are taken based on the type of risks.

DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR PROCEEDING UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016

During the year under review, there were no applications made or proceedings pending in the name of the Company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VALUATION AMOUNT ON ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND VALUATION WHILE AVAILING LOAN FROM BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

During the year under review, there has been no one time Settlement of loans taken from Banks and Financial Institutions.

FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual Directors which include criteria for performance evaluation of the non executive directors and executive directors.

On the basis of the Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual Directors, a process of evaluation was followed by the Board for its own performance and that of its Committees and individual Directors.

Independent Director evaluated the performance of non-independent directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman, taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts that would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL

Your Company has Internal Control system to ensure an effective internal control environment that provides assurance on the efficiency of conducting business, including adherence to the Company’s policies, the safe guarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of Accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures.

DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013.

Your Directors state that during the year under review, there were no cases reported pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

ESTABLISHMENT OF VIGIL MECHANISM

The Company has a Vigil Mechanism to deal with the instances of fraud and mismanagement, if any. The Vigil Mechanism Policy had been recommended by the Audit Committee and thereafter approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

In terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details are appended as ‘Annexure III’ to the Directors’ Report.

None of the employees of the Company employed throughout the year were in receipt of remuneration in excess of the limits set out in Rule 5(2) of the said rules.

AUDITORS Statutory Auditor

At the 29th Annual General Meeting held on 14th August, 2020 M/s. H.G. Sarvaiya & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Firm Regn.No.0115705W), were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office for five consecutive years from the conclusion of 29th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 34th Annual General Meeting.

Statutory Auditor’s Report

M/s. H.G. Sarvaiya & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Firm Regn.No.0115705W), Statutory Auditors of the Company have given their report on the Financial Statements of the Company is part of the Annual Report. There has been no qualification, reservation, adverse remarks or disclaimer given by the Auditors in their Report.

Secretarial Auditor

M/s. Ankurkumar Dineshchandra Gandhi & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, were appointed as Secretarial Auditor of your Company to conduct a Secretarial Audit of records and documents of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023 is annexed herewith as "Annexure IV".

Secretarial Auditor’s Report

Remarks or Qualifications by Secretarial Auditors and comments from the Board.

1. The Newspaper Publication with respect to financial results for the Quarter ended 31.12.2022 and 31.03.2023 are not published as required under Regulation 47 (1) (b) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015; Management

Reply: We would like to clarify that the delay in publishing the newspaper advertisements was unintentional and occurred due to unforeseen logistical challenges faced by the company during the specified timeframes. We will ensure compliance in future.

2. The Company failed to maintain a Structured Digital Database as required by SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015 up to Quarter ended September, 2022. The same has been complied with Quarter ended December, 2022.

Management Reply: The Company has purchased SDD Compliance Software from the outside agency and

rectified this non-compliance by the end of the fourth quarter on December 31, 2022.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report as required under Regulation 34(2) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is provided in ‘Annexure V’ and forms a part of the Annual Report.

REPORTING OF FRAUD BY THE AUDITOR UNDER SECTION 143(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

The Board of Directors state that M/s. H. G. Sarvaiya & Co., Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditors have not reported of any fraud involving any amount committed by the Company to the Central Government, Audit Committee or to the Board of Directors of the Company.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation of the continued support and cooperation received from various customers, banks, employees and other stakeholders of the company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors,

Sd/-

Jayesh Patel

Chairman

DIN: 00147642

Place: Mumbai

Date: 05th September, 2023