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2014-2015
35th Annual Report
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ms.H. S. Zaveri -Chairman
Mr.S.C.Rangani
Mr.J.S.Maini
Mr.V.S.Iyer
Mr.J D Diwan
BANKERS
Yes Bank
BNP Paribas
AUDITORS
M/s.Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
Tower 3, 27th – 32nd Floor, Indiabulls Finance Centre
Elphinstone Mill Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg
Elphinstone (W), Mumbai 400 013
REGISTERED OFFICE
Dhannur
15 Sir.P.M.Road
Fort, Mumbai 400 001
FACTORY
Ratu Road, Ranchi-834 001
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Contents
Notice ....................................................................................... 03
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AGM NOTICE
To,
The Members
SNL BEARINGS LIMITED
NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN that the Thirty Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held
at the Conference Room, 5th Floor, Dhannur, Sir P.M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001 on Tuesday July 28,
2015 at 3.00 p.m. to transact the following business:
Ordinary Business
1. To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the company for the financial year
ended 31st March, 2015 and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors thereon.
2. To declare payment of dividend in arrears on Preference Share Capital for the period from 1st April
2007 to 31st March, 2011.
3. To appoint a Director in place of Ms.H S Zaveri (DIN.00003948) who retires by rotation and being
eligible offers herself for re-appointment.
4. To consider and if thought fit, to pass with or without modifications, the following resolution as an
Ordinary Resolution:
“RESOLVED THAT the appointment of M/s.Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants,
(Registration no. ICAI 117365W) as Auditors of the Company be and is hereby ratified to hold office until
the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held for the financial year ending 31st March,2017,
subject to annual ratification by the shareholders, on such remuneration plus out-of-pocket expenses, as
may be mutually agreed upon between the Board of Directors and the Auditors.”
Special Business
5. To consider and if thought fit, to pass with or without modifications, the following resolution as an
Ordinary Resolution:
“RESOLVED THAT Mr.Jayavardhan Dhar Diwan (DIN 01565319) who was appointed as an Additional
director of the company with effect from 29th January,2015 by the Board of Directors and who holds
office upto the date of this Annual General Meeting under section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013
and Article 79 of the Articles of Association of the company but who is eligible for appointment and in
respect of whom the company has received a notice in writing pursuant to section 150 of the Act from
a member proposing his cadidature for the office of director, be and is hereby appointed as a Director
of the company.
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT pursuant to the provisions of section 149, 152 read with schedule IV
and all other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (appointment and
qualifications of directors) Rules 2014 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, Mr.Jayavardhan Dhar
Diwan , DIN 01565319 who has submitted a declaration that he meets the criteria for independence
as provided in section 149(6) of the Act be and is hereby appointed as an Independent Director of the
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company, to hold office for a period of five years for a term up to the conclusion of the 40th Annual
General Meeting of the company in the calender year 2020, not liable to retire by rotation, on such
remuneration by way of sitting fees,other permissible fees plus out-of-pocket expenses, as approved by
the Board of Directors.”
S C Rangani
Director
Notes:
1. THE MEMBERS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE MEETING ARE
ENTITLED TO APPOINT A PROXY TO ATTEND AND VOTE ON THEIR BEHALF AND
PROXY NEED NOT BE A MEMBER.
Proxy to be effective should be submitted at the Registered Office of the company not later than
48 hours before the commencement of the meeting.
3. Pursuant to section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 20 of the Companies (Management
and Administration) Rules 2014 and Clause 35B of the Listing Agreement, e-voting facility to all
members has been provided through the e-voting platform of CDSL on all the resolutions set
forth in this notice. In this regard your demat account/folio number has been enrolled by the
Company for your participation in e-voting on the resolutions placed by the Company on the
e-voting system. Instructions and manner of e-voting process can be downloaded from the link
https://www.evotingindia.com and for the Members convenience a separate note on page no. 71 is
enclosed alongwith the Annual Report. E-voting is optional. The E-voting rights of the shareholders/
beneficial owners shall be reckoned on the equity shares held by them as on 21st July, 2015. The
e-voting period will commence from Thursday, 23rd July, 2015 at 9.00 a.m (IST) and will end
at 5.00 p.m.(IST) on Saturday, 25th July, 2015.
4. The Register of members of the company and Transfer Books will be closed from 17th July,2015
to 28th July, 2015 (both days inclusive).
5. Members/Proxies are requested to bring their attendance slip duly filled in and their copy of the
Annual Report for the meeting.
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Item No.5
Mr. Jayavardhan Dhar Diwan has been Non Executive Director on the Board of the company since
January, 2015. Mr.Jayavardhan Dhar Diwan (50 yrs) holds a degree in BE (Metallurgy) from University of
Roorkee. He started his career in Indian Aluminium post his Engineering degree. He moved to a career in
finance in 1993 post his MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management and Research as a Senior Research
Analyst covering India for W.I Carr in Bombay and New York, moving on to KBC Financial Products as
Executive Vice President, covering Global convertible bonds, distressed companies and special situations
based out of New York. Currently,Mr.Diwan is the Advisor to OIM for the India focused Convertible Bond
Opportunities Fund and also serves as Senior Advisor to the Odyssey Convertible Bond Fund I Ltd. The
board has decided to appoint him for a further term of five years as Non Executive Independent Director
in terms of provisions of section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Board considers that his association as Director will be beneficial and in the interest of the company.
The Directors recommend passing of the resolution set out at item no.5 of the accompanying notice.
Notice from a member proposing his candidature together with a deposit of Rs.1 lac in terms of section
160 of the Companies Act, 2013 has been received by the company. Except Mr.Jayavardhan Dhar Diwan
none of the other Directors, key management personnel and their relatives are interested or concerned
with the resolution.
Age 50 years
Qualification BE (Metallurgy) MBA
Expertise/Experience 23 years of work experience.
Director Since January 2015
List of other Indian Public companies in which Directorship -
is held
Chairman/Member of Committees in other public companies -
in which he is a Director
No.of shares held -
S C Rangani
April 29, 2015 Director
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BOARD’S REPORT
To,
The Members
SNL Bearings Limited
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their Thirty Fifth Annual Report together with Audited
Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2015.
1. Financial Results
2. Operations
Net sales during the year at Rs. 2648.29 lakhs (previous year Rs.2303.96 lakhs) are higher by
15%. Despite the challenging environment in the Indian economy, your company has achieved
sales growth. However high, though stable, interest rates affected the working capital cycle across
sectors and manufacturing and industrial activity remained sluggish for a large part of the year as
demand was subdued across most sectors.
Profit before tax (PBT) has increased by 36% from Rs.496.05 lakhs (Previous year) to Rs.673.47
lakhs on account of higher volumes and improved cost competitiveness. Your company is confident
of further capitalizing on growth opportunities during the current year and enhancing profitability
and widening its ability to serve customers with emphasis on improving quality and productivity.
No dividend on equity shares has been recommended for the year in order to conserve resources
for future requirements.
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Preference Dividend arrears @6% on the cumulative redeemable preference shares for the years
ended 31st March, 2008 to 31st March 2011 aggregating Rs.230.56 lakhs is being recommended
by the Board.
3. Public Deposits
The company has not taken fixed deposit during the year. As on 31.3.2015 there are no fixed
deposits with the company.
4. Directors
Ms. H S Zaveri retires by rotation but being eligible offers herself for re-appointment.
Ms.A A Gowariker, Independent director resigned from the Board w.e.f.January 2015 owing to
time constraints. The Board hereby records its appreciation for the valuable contribution to the
Board proceedings during her tenure.
Brief details of Mr.Jayavardhan Dhar Diwan, who is being appointed for a fresh term of 5 years as
independent director are as below:
Mr.Jayavardhan Dhar Diwan (50 yrs) holds a degree in BE (Metallurgy) from University of Roorkee.
He started his career in Indian Aluminium post his Engineering degree. He moved to a career in
finance in 1993 post his MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management and Research as a Senior
Research Analyst covering India for W.I Carr in Bombay and New York, moving on to KBC Financial
Products as Executive Vice President, covering Global convertible bonds, distressed companies
and special situations based out of New York.
Currently,Mr.Diwan is the Advisor to OIM for the India focused Convertible Bond Opportunities
Fund and also serves as Senior Advisor to the Odyssey Convertible Bond Fund I Ltd.
Familiarisation Programme for Independent Directors
In order to familiarize the Independent Directors with the business of the Company, presentation
was made covering nature and scope of business, nature of industry in which company operates,
profitability and future scope. Regularly at meetings updates are given to the Board.
Board evaluation
The Board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its own performance, its
committees, the Directors individually and the overall performance has been rated as satisfactory.
The manner in which the evaluation has been carried out has been explained in the Corporate
Governance Report.
The independent directors have also met separately in March 2015.
Remuneration policy
The Board has on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee framed
a policy for selection and appointment of directors, senior management and their remuneration.
The remuneration policy is stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
5. Finance
Finance costs have been controlled in spite of higher interest rates, term loan availed for capex
and the enhanced working capital requirements arising from the additional volumes. Fresh
investments are being considered for further enhancing capacities for projected growth.
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The Code of Conduct for Directors and Senior Management personnel of the company, as approved
by the Board, has been affirmed on an annual basis by all the directors and the Plant Head of
the Company. All Independent directors have also submitted the declaration of independence
confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as provided under section 149 of the
Companies Act, 2013.
The relevant certification on the various matters specified under paragraph V of clause 49 has
been done by the Assistant General Manager/Plant Head and a Director of the Company.
10. Related Party transactions
Transactions between the Holding company, NRB Bearings Ltd and its co-subsidiary, NRB Bearings
(Thailand) Ltd have taken place in the ordinary course of business. All transactions have been at
arms length. The individual transactions have been regularly placed before the audit committee
and the Board of Directors and have been approved in advance. Details of the remuneration/
sitting fees paid to the Directors and KMP as applicable and all transactions appear under Notes
to accounts as note no. 25 (c) to the Annual Accounts.
Form No.AOC-2 in respect of the above transactions is uploaded on the Company’s website.
11. Corporate Social Responsibility activities (CSR)
The CSR Committee has met on 29th January, 2015 and defined the areas which will be the
preferred activities for the financial year FY 2015-16. For the current year an amount of Rs.11.54
lacs has been contributed to the PM Relief fund. The details of the same are available on the
company’s website.
12. Risks and risk mitigation
Risk committee has been constituted and is expected to meet during FY 2015-16 to complete risk
assessment and the risk mitigation measures. Regular reviews of the same shall be held once the
above is finalized.
13. Directors’ Responsibility Statement
The Directors state that :
i. in the preparation of annual accounts, all applicable Accounting Standards have been followed
and proper explanations relating to material departures, if any, have been furnished;
ii. accounting policies as listed in Note 2 to the financial statements have been judiciously
selected and consistently applied and reasonable & prudent judgements and estimates have
been made so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as on 31st
March, 2015 and of the profit of the Company for the accounting year ended on that day;
iii. proper and sufficient care for maintenance of adequate accounting records has been taken in
accordance with the provisions of the Act so as to safeguard the assets of the Company and
to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities;
iv. the Annual Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v. internal financial controls have been laid down and such financial controls are adequate and
are operating effectively.
vi. proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws have been
devised and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
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14. Auditors
i. Appointment of M/s.Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants as Auditors is approved
till 31st March’2017 and is subject to annual ratification by the shareholders. The board
recommends their re-appointment. A certificate from the auditors have been received to the
effect that their appointment, if made would be within the limits prescribed under section 139
of the Companies Act, 2013.
ii. The product “Bearings” was subject to cost audit under the Central Government rules till
the previous year. The cost audit report for the year ended 31.3.2014 was reviewed by the
audit committee at their meeting held on July 29,2014 and has been filed in XBRL format on
22.09.2014. Cost audit for the year ended 31st March, 2015 is not applicable.
iii. Secretarial Audit
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of managerial personnel) Rules 2014, the Company has
appointed Mr. Upendra C. Shukla practcing Company Secretary to undertake the secretarial
Audit of the Company. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is annexed herewith.
15. Acknowledgements
The Board wishes to acknowledge and thank all stakeholders for their whole hearted support and
contribution by the company’s bankers, customers, suppliers and all employees of the company.
Your Directors also acknowledge the valuable support and active involvement and encouragement
by all members of the management team of NRB Bearings Ltd., towards the improved efficiencies
of the company.
MR. S C RANGANI
Chairman for the meeting
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I have conducted the Secretarial Audit of the compliance of applicable statutory provisions and the
adherence to good corporate practices by SNL Bearings Limited (hereinafter called ‘the Company’).
Secretarial Audit was conducted in a manner that provided me a reasonable basis for evaluating the
corporate conducts/statutory compliances and expressing my opinion thereon.
Based on my verification of the Company’s books, papers, minute books, forms and returns filed
and other records maintained by the Company and also the information provided by the Company,
its officers, agents and authorized representatives during the conduct of secretarial audit, I hereby
report that in my opinion, the Company has during the audit period covering the financial year ended
on 31st March, 2015 complied with the statutory provisions listed hereunder and also that the Company
has proper Board process and compliance mechanism in place to the extent, in the manner and subject
to the reporting made hereinafter:
I have examined the books, papers, minute books, forms and returns filed and other records maintained
by the SNL Bearings Limited for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2015 according to the provisions
of:
(i) The Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) and the rules made thereunder;
(ii) The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (‘SCRA’) and the rules made thereunder;
(iii) The Depositories Act, 1996 and the Regulations and Bye laws framed thereunder;
(iv) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules and regulations made thereunder to
the extent of Foreign Direct Investment, Overseas Direct Investment and External Commercial
borrowing;
(v) The following Regulations and Guidelines prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board
of India Act, 1992 (‘SEBI ACT’):-
a) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and
Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;
b) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations,
1992; and
c) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Registrar to an Issue and Share Transfer
Agents) Regulations, 1993 regarding the Companies Act and dealing with the client.
I have also examined compliance with the applicable clauses of the Listing Agreement entered into by
the Company with the Stock Exchanges in India.
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I report that during the year under review, the Company has complied with the provisions of the Act,
Rules, Regulations and Guidelines mentioned above.
I report that during the year under review there was no action/event in pursuance of –
(a) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2009;
(b) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debts Securities) Regulations, 2008
(c) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009; and
(d) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-back of Securities) Regulations, 1998.
I further report that based on the information provided by the Company, its officers and authorised
representatives during the conduct of the audit and also on the review of quarterly compliance reports
by respective department heads, taken on record by the Board of Directors of the Company, in my
opinion adequate systems and processes and control mechanism exists in the Company to monitor and
ensure compliance with applicable general laws like labour laws, competition law and environmental
laws.
I further report that the compliance by the Company of applicable financial laws like direct and indirect
tax laws has not been reviewed in this audit since the same has been subject to review by statutory
financial audit and other designated professionals.
I further report that the Board of Directors of the Company is duly constituted with proper balance of
Executive Directors, Non-Executive Directors and Independent Directors. The changes in the composition
of the Board of Directors that took place during the year under review were carried out in compliance
with the provisions of the Act.
Adequate notice is given to all directors to schedule the Board Meetings, agenda and detailed proposal
on agenda were sent in advance duly complying with the time limits specified and a system exits for
seeking and obtaining further information and clarifications on the agenda items before the meeting and
for meaningful participation at the meeting.
As per the minutes of the meeting duly recorded and signed by the chairman, the decisions of the Board
were unanimous and no dissenting views have been recorded.
I further report that there are adequate systems and processes in the company commensurate with
the size and operation of the company to monitor and ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules,
regulations and guidelines.
I further report that during the audit period except for passing of Special Resolutions u/s 180(1)(c)
and 180(1)(a) of the Act in the Annual General Meeting held on 20/09/2014 thereby increasing the
borrowing power and authorising the Board to create charge on assets of the Company, there was no
other specific event/action in pursuance of the above referred laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, etc.
having major bearing on the Company’s affairs.
Place: Mumbai
Date : 29/04/2015 (U.C. SHUKLA)
COMPANY SECRETARY
FCS: 2727/CP: 1654
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Sr. No. Name and Description of NIC Code of the % to total turnover
main products/ services Product/ service of the Company
1. Bushes and Cages and 2913 98%
Components
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IV. SHARE HOLDING PATTERN (Equity Share Capital Breakup as percentage of Total
Equity):
i) Category-wise Share Holding
Category of No. of Shares held at the beginning No. of Shares held at the end of the %
Shareholders of the year year Change
during
the
year
Demat Physical Total % of Demat Physical Total % of
Total Total
Shares Shares
A. Promoters
(1) Indian
b) Central Govt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
c) State Govt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
e) Banks/ FI -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
f) Any other.. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Sub-total (A) (1) 2662405 -- 2662405 73.72 2678221 -- 2678221 74.16 0.43
(2) Foreign -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
a) NRIs –
Individuals -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
b) Other –
Individuals -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
c) Bodies Corp.
d) Banks/ FI -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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B. Public
Shareholding
(1) Institutions
a) Mutual Funds
-- --- --- --- -- --- --- --- ---
b) Banks/ FI
0 50 50 0.00 0 50 50 0.00 0.00
c) Central Govt.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
d) State Govt
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
e) Venture Capital
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Funds
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
f) Insurance
Companies -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
g) FIIs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
h) Foreign Venture
Capital Funds
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
i) Others (Specify)
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Sub-total (B) (1)
0 50 50 0.00 0 50 50 0.00 0.00
(2) Non-
Institutions
a) Bodies Corp.
i) Indian 118624 2975 121599 3.37 90905 2975 93880 2.60 (0.77)
ii) Overseas -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
b) Individuals 577802 149544 727346 20.14 499117 145294 644411 17.84 (2.30)
i) Individual
Shareholders holding
nominal sharecapital
upto Rs.1 Lakh 85412 -- 85412 2.36 177967 -- 177967 4.93 (2.57)
ii) Individual
Shareholders holding
nominal sharecapital
in excess of Rs. 1 7286 600 7886 0.22 9819 600 10419 0.29 0.07
Lakh
C) Any Other
i) NRI’s/ OCBs 6842 0 6842 0.19 6592 0 6592 0.18 (0.01)
ii) Clearing Members - - - - - - - - -
Sub-total (B) (2) 795966 153119 949085 26.28 784400 148869 933269 25.84 0.44
Total Public
Shareholding (B) = 795966 153169 949135 26.28 784400 148919 933319 25.84 0.44
(B)(1)+(B)(2)
C. Shares held by
Custodian for GDRs
& ADRs
Grand Total (A+B+C) 3458371 153169 3611540 100 3462621 148919 3611540 100
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Sr. Shareholder’s Shareholding at the beginning of the year Share holding at the end of the year
No. Name
No of % of total % of Shares No. of % of total % of Shares % change in
Shares Shares Pledged/ Shares Shares Pledged/ shareholding
of the encumbered of the encumbered during the
Company to total Company to total year
shares shares
1 Ms. Harshbeena 9643 0.27 0 25459 0.70 0 0.43
S. Zaveri
2 NRB Bearings 2652762 73.45 0 2652762 73.45 0 0
Ltd.
Total 2662405 73.72 0 2678221 74.16 0 0.43
(iv) Shareholding Pattern of top ten Shareholders (other than Directors, Promoters and
Holders of GDRs and ADRs) :
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2. Stock Option -- -- --
3. Sweat Equity -- -- --
4. Commission -- -- --
_ as % of profit
_ others, specify…
5. Others, please specify -- -- --
Sitting Fees (p.a.)
Total (A) -- -- --
Ceiling as per the Act -- -- --
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Your Company operates in the Antifriction bearing industry which is segmented into ball bearings and
roller bearings (Tapered, Cylindrical, Needle, Spherical, Thrust and other special application bearings).
The major user industries of antifriction bearings are automobiles, general engineering, railways,
electrical equipment etc. The production of the organized bearing industry as represented under Ball &
Roller Bearing Manufacturers Association (BRBMA) is placed at Rs.4600 crores during the last financial
year. Your company operates in the following market segments:
For your company, the automotive OEMs constitute over 90% of the sales. The demand for roller
bearings has grown by 8% during the last year reflecting overall sluggishness in industrial activity.
The automotive industry is the largest consumer of bearing products. In FY 2014-15 sales of the overall
Indian automobile sector have shown a moderate growth of 4% compared to the negative growth of
the previous year. Particularly affected were sales of Commercial vehicles & Farm equipment that have
shown de-growth compared with the previous year. Sales of two/three wheelers have continued to show
moderate growth of around 4% while the passenger car segment has shown a growth of around 3%.
Roller bearings have wide ranging applications and are critical to industrial progress. As Indian industry
develops, demand for bearings is expected to grow both in quantative as well as qualitative terms towards
bearing solutions that are efficient and support productivity. Your company has enhanced capacity at
Ranchi and is now in a position to offer a more comprehensive product portfolio to our customers.
Economic Environment
Manufacturing and industrial activity remained sluggish for a major part of FY 2014-15 with the economy
continuing on the same volatile path as in the previous year. Inflationary pressure, high interest rates
and mixed signals from the euro area resulted in growth challenges across sectors. Global growth is
estimated at 2.6% as per the World Bank report during 2014 with rise in economic activity in USA, slow
down in the euro area and China. During 2015 global growth is estimated to be 3.5% with the decline
in oil prices expected to support economic activity.
Going forward, there are high expectations that the new government will take measures to boost the
Indian economy in the short and medium term. The key focus is to revive the investment cycle and focus
on pending infrastructure and growth projects is likely to lead to a sustainable demand recovery.
Rising disposable income of the expanding middle class households, and rural prosperity is expected to
drive demand for both private and public transportation. The continued capacity expansion by major
OEMs, in line with market demand is expected to encourage auto component manufacturers to invest in
new capacities and expand operations which will have to effectively address challenges of fuel efficiency,
safety and increased comfort. Opportunities for exports are expected to increase both for finished
automobiles as well as auto components. Many new launches are also planned during the year which
will help in expanding the size of the market.
Interest rates are expected to moderate during the course of the year alongwith containment of fuel prices
and inflationary pressures which should enable bearing manufacturers to focus on cost reduction.
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Your company will continue to focus on offering value added solutions and leverage its competitive
strength to match customer growth plans.
The long term prospects for the Indian economy remain bright owing to the growth of internal consumption.
Demand for personal vehicles like 2-wheelers/passenger cars will be driven by the aspirations of the
rising middle class with improving purchasing power and disposable incomes, growth of manufacturing
particularly activities in mining, infrastructure and logistical requirements of the e-commerce sectors
which will directly influence the demand for commercial vehicles. Rapid urbanization will drive the need
for public transportation. At the same time industry will increasingly follow the global trend towards
higher efficiency, high safety and improved driving comfort, controlled emissions.
In the short term with revival of business confidence coupled with positive actions on reforms,
infrastructure and inclusive growth by the government, the economy is likely to develop positively. The
manufacturing sector will play a decisive role in transforming India.
a. The menace of spurious bearings continues to adversely affect the industry. As per estimates roughly
one in every four bearings sold in the replacement market is fake/ of inferior quality presenting a
threat to unsuspecting users. Concerted efforts by the industry to control the same are required on
a continuing basis to make any impact.
b. With global demand weakening, dumping of cheap bearings by Chinese and other South East Asian
countries has intensified. The industry is working with the government for imposition of safeguard
duties to protect the domestic industry.
c. Rising labour costs which will have to be compensated by productivity increases so as to retain
competitiveness of the industry.
d. Demand for farm equipment has always been cyclic and a favourable monsoon season is essential
for rural demand.
Of course, the industry and your company have to continuously explore ways and take all measures
to strengthen competitive advantage by minimizing waste, increasing efficiencies and producing high
quality products to counter the threat of cheap imports.
Financials
The company has made a profit after tax of Rs.454.96 lakhs as compared to Rs.338.85 lakhs in the
previous accounting year. The net sales at Rs.2648.29 lakhs show a growth of 15%, as compared to net
sales of the previous year Rs.2303.96 lakhs.
The company expects that the market will improve and with the new capacities which have become
operational, it will be able to enhance volumes, improve efficiencies, broaden its customer profile and
product range so that the financial results are better during the current financial year.
The company has comprehensive risk management processes for identification, assessment and
mitigation of all potential business risks. The risks are identified by the departments and then analysed
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and evaluated by the management team. These include operational, financial, legal and strategic risks.
Depending on probability of occurrence and extent of potential damage, these risks are categorized as
material risks and non critical risks. These are periodically presented to the Board along with planned
mitigation. Risk mitigation measures and their implementation are regularly reviewed and discussed, and
after evaluation, improved and updated. The macro concerns which could significantly impact industry
performance during the year are inflation, fiscal deficit, high interest rates, government’s inability to
build and expand critical infrastructure and the adverse impact of the FTAs which have resulted in higher
imports of auto components and could therefore negatively impact the industry’s plans to achieve the
targeted size of US$ 40 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Company’s internal auditors review the internal controls, risk assessment and mitigation procedures,
independently as part of their internal audit process and their observations and findings are presented,
reviewed and discussed in the audit committee meeting.
The Plant head and his continuing interactions with the functional heads of the holding company,
employees and other stakeholders, helps management with regular monitoring and reports about the
developments in the market, competition, extension of product range, and financial, legal and compliance
issues.
The company has in place adequate internal control systems which ensures reliable financial reporting,
safeguarding of assets, adherence to management policies and promotion of ethical conduct. The
company has implemented an integrated ERP system which will help the company in its growth process
and make it more responsive to changes in the business environment and processes.
a. Internal auditors who in addition to transaction audit cover operational audit and review business
processes and performance
b. Standard operating procedures and guidelines are being reviewed in the light of the ERP
implementation to ensure tighter controls, including recommendations to strengthen business
processes. Improvements/modifications are being effected to meet with changes in business
conditions, statutory and accounting requirements
The Audit Committee closely interacts with and guides management and alongwith statutory auditors
and internal auditors reviews significant findings and follows up thereon.
Segmentwise Performance
During the current year also, the company has continued to manufacture special purpose machines and
tools for the bearing industry to better utilize its assets and other resources of the company. Accordingly
while ball and roller bearings remain the primary business segment, the results of the Special purpose
machine segment are also reported as some of the assets and liabilities of the company were expended
towards this business segment.The details of the segment performance are tabled below:
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Segment Information
Primary Segments- Business Segments
2014-15 2013-14
Bearings Special Total Bearings Special Total
Purpose Amount Purpose Amount
Machines Machines
` in ` in lakhs ` in ` in lakhs ` in lakhs ` in
lakhs lakhs lakhs
A Segment Revenue
Net Sales to Customers 2648.29 - 2648.29 2282.97 20.99 2303.96
Inter Segment Revenue - - - - - -
Total Segment Revenue 2648.29 - 2648.29 2282.97 20.99 2303.96
B Segment Results 836.74 (81.24) 755.50 552.19 4.89 557.08
Less: Unallocated corporate 25.72 (9.62)
expenses net off unallocable
income
Less: Interest expense 56.31 70.65
Profit before tax 673.47 496.05
C Capital Employed 1956.54 2.13 1958.67 1837.72 106.06 1943.78
Unallocated corporate assets (818.33) (830.63)
(net)
Total 1140.34 1113.15
The company’s industrial relations with employees at its Ranchi plant continued to be cordial and
peaceful.
The company has continued its efforts towards strengthening HR by providing employees a better
working atmosphere and creating a culture which nurtures personal and organizational role.
Productivity increases and the reorganised management structure have resulted in production levels
being sustained with improving trend.
Permanent employees directly employed by the company currently total 143 nos.
Cautionary Statement
Statements in this Management Discussion and Analysis describing the company’s objectives, projections,
estimates and expectations may constitute “forward looking statements” within the meaning of applicable
laws and regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those either expressed or implied.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The company is committed to and continues to practice good Corporate Governance, with emphasis
on integrity and accountability. The core principles followed by the company are creating long term
value for all stake holders, business practices which are ethical and in compliance with applicable legal
requirements and having an impact on the environment in which we work.
1. Board of Directors
a. Composition :
The Company is Board managed. All directors are non executive directors and professionally
competent. At present the Board consists of five members. The Board of Directors closely
monitors the performance of the company and its management, approves and reviews strategy,
ensures legal and ethical conduct and proper financial reporting. It is accountable to the
shareholders as well as other stake holders for the long term health of the Company.
The Chairman of the Board is Ms.H S Zaveri whose details are as below alongwith the brief
profiles of the other Directors.
Ms.H S Zaveri (55 yrs) is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since October 2010, she is the
Managing Director & President of NRB Bearings Ltd.
Ms.Zaveri graduated with distinction and honors from Wellesley College, an institution renowned
for developing women leaders. She continues to be deeply involved with her Alma Mater as
member of the Wellesley Business Leadership Council and is on the President’s International
Committee, which is focused on achieving Wellesley’s vision of developing women leaders in an
increasingly globalized world.
She was awarded The Leading Woman in Manufacturing Sector Award by Women In Leadership
Forum (WIL) in 2009, and the Best CEO Award by the Quality Circle Forum of India for her
contribution to the Quality movement in India. Fortune Magazine has ranked her amongst the
15 most powerful businesswomen in India since 2011.
As President and CEO of NRB Bearings Limited, she spearheaded NRB’s foray into Design
Engineering and R & D which enabled NRB to become a supplier to the world’s foremost
automotive companies. Currently exports constitutes 25 percent of NRB’s sales turnover with
exports to Global leaders such as Volvo, Mercedes and Audi.
Actively engaged with various business associations, she is Past President of Ball & Roller
Bearing Manufacturers Association (BRBMA), Past Deputy Chairman of Western Region and
Executive Committee Member of the Automotive Component Manufacturing Association (ACMA).
She serves as an elected member on the CII Western Region and Maharashtra State Councils,
the Executive Committee of ACMA, and the West India Council of the Indo American Chamber
of Commerce (IACC).
Other than Ms.H S Zaveri who is part of the promoter family of NRB Bearings Ltd. and Mr.S C
Rangani who receives remuneration from the holding company, the other directors mentioned
below are independent.
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Mr.S C Rangani (66 yrs) is a graduate in commerce with post graduate qualifications in
Management Studies and professional qualifications as a Company Secretary. He has over 42
yrs. experience in management positions in various industries including 22 years have been in
the holding company with responsibilities for Finance, IT, Legal and Secretarial. He is also a
Director on the board of NRB Bearings Ltd and NRB Bearings (Thailand) Ltd.
Mr.J S Maini (73 yrs) holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University. He retired
from the position of General Manager (Aurangabad & Waluj plants), NRB Bearings Ltd., after
meritorious service of 27 years with the company in various positions in the maintenance,
manufacturing and commercial areas of the business. He has a wealth of experience in
manufacturing practices and currently in the business of marketing bearings and automotive
products.
Mr.V S Iyer (91 yrs) has a Master’s degree in Arts and a Law degree from Bombay University
and additionally professionally qualified as a Company Secretary. He is a practicing Company
Secretary and has extensive experience in company law related matters.
Mr.J D Diwan (50 yrs) holds a degree in BE (Metallurgy) from University of Roorkee and com-
pleted his MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management and Research. He started his career in
Indian Aluminium post his Engineering degree. He moved to a career in finance in 1993 post
his MBA, as a Senior Research Analyst covering India for W.I Carr in Bombay and New York,
moving on to KBC Financial Products as Executive Vice President, covering Global convert-
ible bonds, distressed companies and special situations based out of New York. Currently,
Mr.Diwan is the Advisor to OIM for the India focused Convertible Bond Opportunities Fund and
also serves as Senior Advisor to the Odyssey Convertible Bond Fund I Ltd.
The directors have received remuneration only by way of sitting fees.
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b. Board Meetings:
The Board of the Company, as also the various specialized committees constituted by the Board,
held as many as 19 meetings including 4 meetings of the Board during 2014-15.
The Board held its meetings on 25th April,2014, 29th July,2014, 30th October,2014 and 29th
January,2015. The maximum interval between any two meetings did not exceed four months.
c. Attendance of Directors:
The overall attendance of Directors was 85%.
Attendance of Directors
At the Board Meetings held during 2014-15 and the last Annual General Meeting
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None of the Directors holds membership of more than 10 Committees of Boards nor is any
Director a Chairman of more than 5 Committees of Boards as per clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement.
Ms.H S Zaveri retires by rotation and being eligible offers herself for re-appointment.
g. Remuneration of directors:
The directors have been remunerated only by way of sitting fees and no other benefits are
paid.
Board Committees
As per sections 177 & 178 of the Companies Act,2013 and the revised clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement, the Board of Directors has reconstituted the committees in line with the new
provisions and terms of reference required.The Committees operate as empowered agents of
the Board as per their Charter/Terms of Reference. The Board of Directors and the Committees
also take decisions by Circular Resolutions which are noted at the next meeting. The minutes
of the meetings of all Committees of the Board are placed before the Board for discussions/
noting. The Board currently has four Committees-Audit Committee, Stakeholders’ Relationship
Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
The role and composition of these Committees including the number of meetings held during
the financial year and the related attendance are provided below.
2. Audit Committee
The Committee, in order to comply with the condition of clause 49 of the listing agreement relating
to composition of such committee, consists of four Non-executive Directors and is headed by
Mr. J S Maini. All the Members of the Committee have good knowledge of accounting/financial
management. The statutory auditor and internal auditor’s representatives are permanent
invitees to all Audit Committee meetings. The Cost auditor and Secretarial Auditor are invited
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The committee held 4 meetings during the year. The major terms of reference of the Audit
Committee as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement are as follows:
g. Approval of appointment of CFO ( ie. The whole time Finance Director or any other
person heading the finance function or discharging that function) after assessing the
qualifications,experience and background of the candidate.
Attendance of Members
at the Meetings of the Audit Committee held during 2014-15
The Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the last AGM of the company.
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Sitting fee is payable to the Non Executive Directors. As the duties and responsibilities of the
independent directors has been increased under the new Companies Act, 2013. The same was
revised by the Board at their meeting held on 30th October,2014:
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7. Disclosures
The Company has not entered into any transaction of material nature that may have a potential
conflict with interests of the Company, with any of the Directors or their relatives during the
year 2014-15. The disclosure in respect of RPT is given in the schedules of the notes to the
accounts. All contracts with affiliates are carried out on arms length basis at fair market value.
All RPT during the year, whether in the ordinary course of business or not, were placed before
the audit committee and to the board on quarterly basis. The policy on RPTs is also placed on
the company’s website. There are no subsidiary companies.
b. Compliances
Neither has any non-compliance with any of the legal provisions of law been made by the
Company nor any penalty or stricture imposed by the Stock Exchanges or SEBI or any other
statutory authority, on any matter related to the capital markets, during the last 3 years.
The Board of Directors in its meeting held on 29th April, 2015 has adopted draft Codes of fair
disclosure and conduct, as prescribed by SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015.
The draft code shall become effective w.e.f. 15/05/2015. The same has been placed on the
Company’s website.
No director holds shares in the company other than Ms.H S Zaveri whose shareholding was
25459 shares as on 31.3.2015.
The company has a vigil mechanism for Directors and employees to report concerns about
unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the company’s code of conduct or
ethics policy. The same has been disclosed on the company’s website. During the year under
review no concern of any nature other than the allegation mentioned hereafter, was reported
under this policy.
During the year an ex-union leader has been highlighting alleged discrepancies in the
recruitment of apprentices and non settlement of dues payable to ex-workmen whose services
have been terminated by management. These cases were investigated by management and no
mal practices have been noted.
e. Risk Management
The company has a Risk Management framework in place to manage risks inherent in various
aspects of business. These risks are identified through active involvement of plant head,
departmental managers and the board members. These are periodically reviewed by the audit
committee/board.
In the case of Independent Director Mr. J. D. Diwan who has joined during the year, the nature
and scope of business, nature of industry in which company operates, profitability and future
scope has been covered in his familiarization programme and a plant visit to evaluate the
operations has been organised.
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g. Board evaluation
The board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its own performance, its
committees and the Directors individually. The manner in which the evaluation has been carried
out has been explained in the write up on the web site.
The independent directors have also met separately in March 2015.
h. Remuneration policy
The Board has on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, decided
that considering the size of the company and its operations at a single plant., directors shall
be remunerated only by way of sitting fees at the scale disclosed in the corporate governance
report. No commission is payable.
8. Means of Communication
Information like Quarterly Financial Results and Press Releases on significant developments in the
Company is hosted on the company’s web site www.snlbearings.in and have also been submitted
to Stock Exchanges to enable them to put them on their web sites. The Quarterly Financial Results
are published in English and vernacular newspapers.
A Report on Management Discussion and Analysis of Accounts has been included elsewhere in this
report.
9. General Shareholder Information
The mandatory as also various additional information of interest to investors is voluntarily furnished
in the following section on Investor information in this Report.
10. Auditor’s Certificate on corporate Governance
The Auditor’s Certificate on Compliance of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement relating to Corporate
Governance is published as an annexure to the Directors’ Report.
11. Non mandatory recommendations
a. Chairman of the Board – Re:Non-executive Chairman
The Company’s non-executive Chairman has not expressed any desire for a separate office.
b. Half yearly results to shareholders
The company has circulated the Chairman’s speech at the AGM and the half yearly results to all
the shareholders. The quarterly financial results are also available on the company’s web site
www.snlbearings.in.
c. Audit qualifications
The financial statements are unqualified.
d. Separate posts of Chairman and CEO
The company has separate person for the post of Chairman and CEO.
e. Reporting of Internal Auditor
The internal auditor reports directly to the Audit Committee.
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We have examined the compliance of the conditions of corporate governance by SNL Bearings Limited,
for the year ended on 31st March, 2015, as stipulated in clause 49 of the listing agreements of the said
Company with relevant stock exchanges (hereinafter referred to as clause 49).
The compliance of conditions of corporate governance is the responsibility of the management. Our
examination has been limited to a review of the procedures and implementation thereof, adopted by the
Company for ensuring the compliance of the conditions of corporate governance. It is neither an audit
nor an expression of opinion on the financial statements of the Company.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us and
the representations made by the directors and the management, except that in the absence of any
designated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the relevant certification on
the various matters specified under paragraph IX of clause 49 has been done by the AGM (Plant head)
and a Director of the Company.
We certify that the Company has complied with the conditions of corporate governance as stipulated in
clause 49.
We state that such compliance is neither an assurance as to the future viability of the Company nor the
efficiency or effectiveness with which the management has conducted the affairs of the Company.
Saira Nainar
Partner
Membership No. 040081
Place: Mumbai
Date: April 29, 2015
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SHAREHOLDERS’ INFORMATION
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2015 2014
No. of No.of % of No.of % of No.of % of No.of % share
Equity share share shares share share share shares holding
Shares holders holders held holding holders holders held
Upto 500 4050 94.50 339538 9.401 3974 93.84 344609 9.542
501- 120 2.80 97991 2.713 133 3.14 109170 3.023
1000
1001- 62 1.45 95997 2.658 69 1.63 105481 2.921
2000
2001- 25 0.58 64743 1.793 29 0.69 73331 2.030
3000
3001- 4 0.09 15002 0.415 5 0.12 17647 0.489
4000
4001- 6 0.14 28481 0.789 7 0.17 31660 0.877
5000
5001- 8 0.18 67350 1.865 7 0.17 58679 1.625
10000
10001 & 11 0.26 2902438 80.366 11 0.26 2870963 79.494
above
TOTAL 4286 100.00 3611540 100.00 4235 100.00 3611540 100.00
As on 31st March, 2015, 3462621 no.of shares constituting 95.88% of the share capital has been
dematerialised.
The company has entered into agreements with NSDL during the year 2002-03 and has
been allotted ISIN No.INE 568F 01017. The company has also entered into agreements
with CDSL during the year 2009-10.
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a. Legal proceedings on share transfer, if any : There are no major legal proceedings relating to
transfer of shares.
b. Number of shareholders’ complaints
received during the year : Nil
c. All the complaints have been resolved.
d. There are no pending share transfers as at the year end.
12. Listing on Stock Exchange at : Equity shares
BSE Ltd
P.J.Towers, Dalal Street
Mumbai 400 023
The Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Ltd.
7 Lyons Range
Calcutta 700 001
Note : Listing fees for the year 2015-16 have been paid to The BSE Ltd. The company’s application for
voluntary delisting from the Calcutta Stock Exchange has been submitted on 2nd September,
2005 and is pending for action by them and hence the listing fee from the year 2007-08 has not
been paid.
13. Stock Codes
BSE 505827
ISIN No. INE 568F 01017
14. Stock Market Data
BSE, Mumbai
Monthly high and low quotations and volume of shares traded.
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17. Details on use of public funds obtained in the last three years :
No funds have been raised from public in the last three years.
18. Outstanding GDR/Warrants and convertible bonds, conversion date and likely impact on Equity :
The company has no outstanding GDR/Warrants and/or convertible bonds.
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CEO/CFO CERTIFICATION
This is to confirm that the Company has adopted a Code of conduct for all Board Members and Senior
Management. All Board Members and Senior Management personnel have affirmed compliance with the
Code of Conduct in respect of the financial year ended 31st March,2015.
S C Rangani
Mumbai : April 29, 2015 Director & Compliance Officer
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give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the
state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March, 2015, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended
on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2015 (“the Order”) issued by the Central
Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our
knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company
so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with
by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March, 2015
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March,
2015 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with
Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of
our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its
financial statements - Refer Note 25 (a) to the financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which
there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education
and Protection Fund by the Company.
Saira Nainar
(Partner)
(Membership No. 040081)
MUMBAI, 29 April, 2015
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Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31 March, 2015 for a period of more than
six months from the date they became payable.
(c) There are no dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty , Value
Added Tax and Cess which have not been deposited as on 31 March, 2015 on account of
disputes.
(d) There are no amounts that are due to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) and
Rules made thereunder.
(viii) The accumulated loss of the Company at the end of the financial year is less than fifty per cent of
its net worth and the Company has not incurred cash loss during the financial year covered by our
audit and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(ix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has
not defaulted in the repayment of dues to financial institutions and banks. The Company has not
issued any debentures.
(x) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given guarantees
for loans taken by others from banks and financial institutions.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the term loans have
been applied by the Company during the year for the purposes for which they were obtained.
(xii) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no
fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during
the year.
Saira Nainar
(Partner)
(Membership No. 040081)
MUMBAI : 29 April, 2015
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Note As at As at
Particulars
No. 31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
I. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
1 Shareholders’ funds
(a) Share capital 3 411.15 561.15
(b) Reserves and surplus 4 729.19 552.00
2 Non-current liabilities
(a) Long-term borrowings 5 143.36 196.28
(b) Deferred tax liabilities (net) 6 94.12 80.70
(c) Long-term provisions 7 29.21 24.39
3 Current liabilities
(a) Short-term borrowings 8 214.07 411.73
(b) Trade payables 9 211.23 144.54
(c) Other current liabilities 10 105.49 92.73
(d) Short-term provisions 11 297.67 80.30
TOTAL 2,235.49 2,143.82
II. ASSETS
1 Non-current assets
(a) Fixed assets 12
(i) Tangible assets 896.87 830.53
(ii) Intangible assets 0.26 1.92
(iii) Capital work-in-progress 28.06 -
(b) Long-term loans and advances 13 34.92 32.10
2 Current assets
(a) Inventories 14 701.85 641.88
(b) Trade receivables 15 511.75 575.02
(c) Cash and cash equivalents 16 29.57 6.73
(d) Short-term loans and advances 17 32.21 55.64
TOTAL 2,235.49 2,143.82
See accompanying note forming part of
the financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2015
` in lakhs
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CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2015
` in lakhs
Year ended Year ended
31.03.2015 31.03.2014
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CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2015
` in lakhs
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(b) Tangible assets are stated at their original cost including incidental expenses related to
acquisition and installation, less accumulated depreciation and impairment loss, if any. Cost
comprises of the purchase price and any other attributable cost of bringing the assets to
its working condition for its intended use.
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Note * : Out of 4,054,376 number of issued equity shares of Rs. 10 each, calls are not made on
442,836 number of shares.
(i) Right to receive dividend as may be approved by the Board / Annual General Meeting.
(ii) The equity shares are not repayable except in the case of a buy back, reduction of capital
or winding up in terms of the provision of the Companies Act, 2013.
(iii) Every member of the Company holding equity shares has a right to attend the General
Meeting of the Company and has a right to speak and on a show of hands, has one vote if
he is present in person and on a poll shall have the right to vote in proportion to his share
of the paid-up capital of the Company.
(b) Terms of redemption of 11% cumulative redeemable preference share of Rs. 100:
In the year ended 31st March, 2008 the Company had re-negotiated the coupon rate from 9%
to 2% with effect from 18th Sept, 2002 to 31st March, 2005 and at 6% from 1st April, 2005
onwards and the repayment terms extended to 12 years repayable @ Rs. 20 per year (face value
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Rs.100 each) at the end of 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th year or such earlier years as the
Company may deem fit. Till the completion of 12th year, the Company repaid Rs. 950 lakhs and
re-negotiated the redemption terms of the Preference Shares . As per the revised terms, balance
of Rs 50 lakhs will be redeemed equally over the period of two years on 18th June, 2015 and 18th
June, 2016 with an enhanced coupon rate of 11% p.a. effective 18th June, 2014 till its redemption.
Also pursuant to section 55 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has transferred Rs. 150
lakhs from current year profits (Rs. 200 lakhs in previous year) to Capital Redemption Reserve.
Considering the improved financial results the board has decided to pay dividend in arrears on
11% cumulative redeemable preference shares @ 6% for the period from 1st April, 2007 to 31st
March, 2011 aggregating Rs. 230.56 lakhs.(Previous year : for the period 1st April, 2006 to 31st
March 2007 @ 6% aggregating Rs. 60.00 Lakhs). After considering the effect of dividend , as stated
above, arrears of cumulative dividends on the 11% Cumulative Redeemable preference Shares,
considering the revised coupon rates is Rs. 86.57 lakhs (as at 31.03.2014 : Rs. 310.25 lakhs)
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As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
a. Capital Reserves 15.03 15.03
b. Capital Redemption Reserve
Opening balance 800.00 600.00
Add: Transfer from statement of profit and loss 150.00 200.00
Closing balance 950.00 800.00
c. Surplus / (Deficit) in Statement of Profit
and Loss
Opening balance (263.03) (331.68)
Add: Net Profit for the current year 454.96 338.85
Less: Proposed dividend on preference shares (230.56) (60.00)
Less: Additional income-tax on dividend on
preference shares (47.21) (10.20)
Less: Transfer to Capital Redemption Reserve (150.00) (200.00)
Closing balance (235.84) (263.03)
As at As at
Particulars 31st March, 2015 31st March,
2014
Car Loan from a Bank (Secured)* 1.11 2.31
Term Loan (Secured)*# 142.25 193.97
Total 143.36 196.28
# The term loan carries an Interest rate of 12.75% per annum. The loan amount is repayable in
monthly instalments up to December 2018.
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As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
a. Tax effect of items constituting deferred tax
liability
Depreciation 116.24 98.12
116.24 98.12
b. Tax effect of items constituting deferred tax
assets
Provision for gratuity (2.42) -
Provision for compensated absences (11.39) (9.11)
(8.31) (8.31)
Provision for doubtful debts
(22.12) (17.42)
As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Provision for compensated absences 29.21 24.39
Total 29.21 24.39
As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Secured
Cash Credit* 214.07 411.73
Total 214.07 411.73
As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Due to micro and small enterprises (see note 25 (b)) - -
Others 211.23 144.54
Total 211.23 144.54
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As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Interest Accrued but not due on Borrowings 2.12 2.52
Current Maturities of Long Term Debt
(Refer Footnotes of Note 5)
52.93 39.88
Security Deposits from Customers
6.11 6.11
Other Payables
- Statutory Dues (Contributions to PF and ESIC, TDS,
12.98 11.67
VAT, Service tax)
31.20 31.20
- Capital payables
0.15 1.35
- Advance from Customers
Total 105.49 92.73
11. Short Term Provisions : ` in lakhs
As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Provision for compensated absences 5.90 3.70
Gratuity (Funded) 7.60 -
Proposed dividend on preference shares 230.56 60.00
Additional income-tax on preference shares 47.21 10.20
Provision for Income tax less advance tax there
against [net of advance tax Rs 295.3 lakhs (As at 31st
6.40 6.40
March, 2014 Rs 295.3 lakhs)]
Total 297.67 80.30
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2015
12. Fixed Assets : ` in lakhs
Gross Block (At Cost) Accumulated Depreciation Net Block
Balance Addi- Dispos- Balance Balance Depre- On dis- Balance Balance Balance
as at tions als as at as at ciation / posals as at as at as at
Particular 1st April, 31st 1st April, Amor- 31st 31st 31st
2014 March, 2014 tization March, March, March,
2015 for the 2015 2015 2014
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Tangible
Assets
Buildings on 184.48 - - 184.48 89.37 4.12 - 93.49 90.99 (95.11)
leasehold land (184.48) - - (184.48) (84.53) (4.84) - (89.37) (95.11)
Plant and 1806.53 124.72 - 1,931.25 1,104.09 35.54 - 1139.63 791.62 (702.44)
equipment* (1471.72) (361.56) (26.75) (1806.53) (1097.87) (31.68) (25.46) (1104.09) (702.44)
Furniture and 12.61 - - 12.61 10.17 1.65 - 11.82 0.79 (2.44)
fixtures (12.61) - - (12.61) (9.89) (0.28) - (10.17) (2.44)
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Vehicles 7.90 - - 7.90 2.00 1.07 - 3.07 4.83 (5.90)
(7.90) - - (7.90) (1.26) (0.74) - (2.00) (5.90)
Office Equipments 47.28 0.15 - 47.43 35.46 6.95 - 42.41 50.2 (11.82)
(44.26) (3.02) - (47.28) (33.25) (2.21) - (35.46) (11.82)
Electrical 72.51 - - 72.51 59.69 9.20 - 68.89 3.62 (12.82)
installations (72.51) - - (72.51) (56.62) (3.07) - (59.69) (12.82)
Total 2,131.31 124.87 - 2,256.18 1,300.78 58.53 - 1,359.31 896.87 (830.53)
Intangible Assets
Particulars As at As at
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
Capital Advances - 2.09
Security Deposits 25.82 25.82
Advance Income Tax [net of provision for tax Rs 506
lakhs (As at 31st March, 2014 Rs 301.8 lakhs) 9.10 4.19
Total 34.92 32.10
14. Inventories :
(at lower of cost and net realisable value) ` in lakhs
As at As at
Particulars
31st March, 2015 31st March, 2014
a. Raw Materials, Components and Packing Material
Raw Materials 237.08 149.75
Components 9.28 9.62
Packing Materials 9.55 255.91 7.41 166.78
b. Work-in-progress
Work-in-progress - Bearings 120.87 125.29
Work-in-progress - Special Purpose Machine 19.73 140.60 80.40 205.69
c. Finished goods 203.66 158.94
d. Stores and spares 101.68 110.47
As at As at
Particulars 31st March, 2014
31st March, 2015
Trade receivables outstanding for a period
exceeding six months from the date they are due
for payment
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As at As at
Particulars 31st March, 2014
31st March, 2015
a. Balances with banks
- In current accounts 29.41 6.55
b. Cash on hand 0.16 0.18
Total 29.57 6.73
Of the above, the balances that meet the definition of cash
and cash equivalents as per AS 3 Cash Flow Statements is 29.57 6.73
17. Short-term Loans and Advances : ` in lakhs
As at As at
Particulars 31st March, 2014
31st March, 2015
Unsecured, considered good
Prepaid expenses 0.90 1.46
Advance to suppliers 9.48 1.94
Balance with Government authorities (cenvat credit
eceivable and Vat credit receivable) 19.02 47.67
Loans and advances to employees 2.81 4.57
Total 32.21 55.64
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The Company had received an Order dated 6th September, 2004 from the Employees Provident
Fund Organisation raising a demand of Rs. 161.36 lakhs including interest of Rs. 46.73 lakhs
for default in making payment of Employees Provident Fund and allied dues for the period
April, 1986 to February, 2003. The Company has been making contributions to the ‘SNL Officers
Provident Fund Trust’ and ‘SNL Employee’s Provident Fund Trust’, being Trusts formed by
the Company in earlier years; these Trusts have net assets of Rs. 122.20 lakhs and Rs. 69.64
lakhs respectively as at 31st March, 2014 as reflected in their audited balance sheets. As per
the order, the existence of the said Trusts and the act of switching over from Employees trust
to the Officers trust on salary exceeding the statutory limit fixed by the Employees Provident
Fund and Miscellaneous Act,1952, have been considered violative of the Act. The authorities
had attached one of the Company’s bank accounts and had recovered an amount of Rs. 2.75
lakhs in an earlier year. The Company has contested the above demand and on a writ petition
filed by the Company in the High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, the High Court has directed the
authorities not to take coercive steps till the disposal of the petition. The Company denies all the
allegations made against it since the Company had made the necessary applications to grant
exemption to the Trusts which was neither granted nor rejected in spite of several reminders
from time to time. In view of the facts of the case, the Company does not expect any liability
in this regard.
(b) There are no amounts due to the suppliers covered under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Act, 2006; this information takes into account only those suppliers who have
responded to the enquiries made by the Company for this purpose. The auditors have relied on
the representation made by the management.
(c) Related party disclosures:
(i) Names of related parties and nature of relationship where control exists:
Holding Company : - NRB Bearings Limited
Fellow Subsidiary : - NRB Bearings (Thailand) Limited
Company over which relatives
of KMP are able to exercise
significant influence : - NRB Industrial Bearings Limited
Key Management Personnel : - Ms. H. S. Zaveri
- Mr. S. C. Rangani
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Volume of Balances
transactions Receivable /
(Payable)
Name of the related party and
For the year ended As at
nature of transactions
31st 31st 31st 31st
March, March, March, March,
2015 2014 2015 2014
(i) Holding Company:
NRB Bearings Limited
Sale of finished goods
Purchases of raw materials
1,562.74
38.84
1,253.37
124.25 } 292.71 331.11
Redemption of Preference
Shares 150.00 200.00 - -
Preference Shares
outstanding
- - 50.00 200.00
Proposed Dividend 230.56 60.00 - -
(ii) Fellow Subsidiary :
NRB Bearings (Thailand)
Limited
Sale of finished goods 7.26 10.83 2.49 1.73
Sales Commission 2.24 -
(iii) Company over which
relatives of KMP are able
to exercise significant
influence:
NRB Industrial Bearings
Limited
Sale of finished goods - - - 30.71
(iv) Key Management Director’s Sitting fees
Personnel:
- Ms. H. S. Zaveri 1.10 0.85 - -
- Mr. S. C. Rangani 0.82 0.55 - -
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For the year ended 31st March, For the year ended 31st March,
Particulars 2015 2014
Indigenous Imported Total Indigenous Imported Total
Raw materials 446.09 307.49 753.58 431.89 204.00 635.89
& Components 59.20% 40.80% 67.92% 32.08%
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As on As on
31st March, 2015 31st March,2014
Particulars Amount in Amount in
Foreign ` Foreign `
Currency in lakhs Currency in lakhs
Amount receivable:
Euro 3,110 2.08 2,162 1.79
USD 9,998 6.23 2,878 1.73
Amount payable:
Euro 74,986 50.22 - -
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As At
As At
a. The company’s best estimate of contributions expected to be paid to the plan during the
annual period beginning after 31st March, 2015 is ` 17.12 lakhs and for previous year
was ` 8.37 lakhs.
b. Compensated absences recognized in the statement of profit and loss for the current
year, under the employee cost in note 22, is ` 12.27 lakhs and for previous year was
` 2.63 lakhs.
(m) With effect from April 1, 2014, the Company has revised the estimated useful life of its assets
as assessed based on technical advice. The details of previously applied useful life are as
follows:
The depreciation expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year is lower by ` 10.77
lakhs consequent to the change in the useful life of the assets.
(n) Previous year’s figures have been regrouped / reclassified wherever necessary to correspond
with the current year’s classification / disclosure.
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