The directors take pleasure in presenting their 31st Annual Report together with the audited financialstatements for the Year ended March 31st, 2024. The Management Discussion and Analysis has also beenincorporated into this report.
Particulars
Year Ended
31.03.2024
31.03.2023
Rs. In Lakhs
Profit before Finance costs,
3.87
16.80
Depreciation and AmortizationExpenses
Less:
Finance Cost
(0.02)
(0.01)
Depreciation and Amortizationexpenses
(0.68)
Profit before Exceptional item andExtraordinary Item
3.17
16.11
Exceptional Item
0
Extraordinary Item
Provision for taxation:
Current tax
0.50
Less: MAT Credit entitlement
Deferred tax
0.80
3.56
Profit/(Loss) for the period
2.36
11.80
During the financial year company has reported total revenue of Rs. 87.73 lakhs as against the totalrevenue of Rs. 403.22 lakhs in the previous year. Net profit of the company during the currentfinancial year stands at Rs.2.36 lakhs as against profit of Rs. 11.80 lakhs in the previous year.
There was no major change in the nature of business activity of the Company during the periodunder review.
Directors do not recommend any dividend for the year.
The issued Equity Share capital as on 31st March, 2024 is Rs. 560.73 Lacs. During the year underreview, the Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock optionsnor sweat equity. Paid up Equity capital of the company as on 31st March, 2024 stands at Rs. 409.07lakhs.
The board of directors has decided to transfer and retain entire profits to the Statement of RetainedEarnings in the Profit and Loss account.
To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanationsobtained by them, your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3)(c)of theCompanies Act, 2013:
i. In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards havebeen followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
ii. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistentlyand made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give atrue and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial yearas on 31/03/2024 and of the profit of the company for that period.
iii. The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding theassets 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 had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the companyand that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi. The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisionsof all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Your Company's shares are listed on BSE Limited and Code of the Company is 539288.
The Company does not have any subsidiary, associate and joint venture.
As per Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015 the provisions of corporate governance are not applicable to the company as company has notattained the prescribed limit as mentioned hereunder:
The Corporate Governance norms shall not be mandatory for companies having paid up capital notexceeding Rs. 10 Crores and net worth not exceeding Rs. 25 Crores as on the last day of the previousfinancial year.
As required by SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 with theStock Exchange, the Management Discussion and Analysis report form part of the Annual Reportand is annexed herewith as Annexure C.
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 hasappointed M/S Jalan Alkesh& Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in Practice to undertake theSecretarial Audit of the Company. No adverse comments have been made in the said report by thePracticing Company Secretary. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed here with as “Annexure D”.
Pursuant to Section 92(3) and Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company hasplaced a copy of the Annual Return as at March 31, 2024 on its website at http://avipolymers.comBy virtue of amendment to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company is not requiredto provide extract of Annual Return (Form MGT-9) as part of the Board's report.
Information required pursuant to Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration ofManagerial Personnel) Rules 2014 is provided as Annexure -E to this report.
Pursuant to the provisions of sub-section (7) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, theCompany has received individual declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming thatthey fulfill the criteria of independence as specified in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.
Loans and Investments, if any, provided under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are disclosedin the notes forming part of the financial statements provided in the Annual Report. The loans andadvances mentioned in the financial statement have been given for business purpose.
No Guarantee or Security is provided for the loans availed by others.
Your company has not accepted deposits from public as envisaged under Sections 73 to 76 ofCompanies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014.
No related party transactions had taken place during the year under review.
The company has no activities relating to conservation of energy and technology absorption.
The company has no actual foreign earnings and outgo.
The Company has developed comprehensive risk management policy and same is reviewed by theAudit Committee, which in turn, informs the Board about the risk assessment and minimizationprocedures. Major risks identified for the Company by the management are Currency fluctuation,Compliance, Regulatory changes, Manufacturing & Supply, Litigation, Information Technology,Market risk, Financial risk and new capital investments return. The management is however, of theview that none of the above risks may threaten the existence of the Company as robust Riskmitigation mechanism is put in place to ensure that there is nil or minimum impact on the Companyin case any of these risks materialize. Since the risk control frame work is new to Indian CorporateCulture, it is being strengthened on continuous basis.
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 has imposed CSR mandate on companies having minimumthreshold limit of net worth, turnover or net profit as prescribed. Since the company does not meet
any one of these criterion, it remains outside the purview of Section 135 and consequently thereporting requirements there under do not at present apply to us.
The company however as a responsible corporate citizen has constituted a CSR Committee onvoluntary basis. Composition of the same is furnished in Annexure- F forming part of this report.
The company's policy relating to appointment of directors, payment of managerial remuneration,directors' qualifications, positive attributes, independence of directors and other related matters asprovided under Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 is furnished in Annexure -G and isattached to this report.
The audit committee of the Company is constituted in line with the provisions of Section 177 of theCompanies Act, 2013.The details pertaining to composition of audit committee are as follows:
Sr.
No.
Name of the members
Category
1.
*Mr. Dinesh Chauhan
Chairman & Non Executive Independent Director
2.
*Mr. Maulik Shah
Non Executive - Independent Director
3
**Mr. Ravi Solanki
4.
**Mr. Arpit Shah
5.
Mr. Mansukh Patel
Executive & Non Independent Director
*Ceased to be Chairman and Member of the committee from the closing business hours of 31stMarch,2024
** Appointed as chairman and Member of the Committee from 1st April,2024.
The board has designated Ms. Monika Shah, Company secretary to act as secretary to thecommittee.
During the year four committee meetings were held on 16/05/2023, 14/08/2023, 08/11/2023and 13/02/2024 and all the committee members were present during the aforesaid meeting.
The Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the last Annual General Meeting.
All the recommendations of audit committee were accepted by the Board.
The details pertaining to composition of the Stakeholder Relationship Committee in compliancewith section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013:
3.
Mr. Jayesh Dave
During the year one committee meetings was held on 30/03/2024 and all the committeemembers were present during the aforesaid meeting.
The details pertaining to composition of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee in
compliance with section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013:
During the year one committee meetings was held on 13/02/2024 and all the committeemembers were present during the aforesaid meeting.
During the financial year 2023-24, Nine (09) board meetings were held and the maximum intervalbetween any two meetings did not exceed 120 days, as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
Sr. No.
Date of Meeting
1
16.05.2023
2
14.08.2023
04.09.2023
4
05.09.2023
5
06.09.2023
6
08.11.2023
7
13.02.2024
8
12.03.2024
9
30.03.2024
During the year under review, the Independent Directors met on 08.11.2023, without theattendance of Non-independent Directors and members of the Management for:
i) Reviewing the performance of Non-independent Directors and the Board as a whole;
ii) Reviewing the performance of Chairperson of the Company, taking into account the views ofthe Executive Directors and Non-executive Directors;
iii) Assessing the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the CompanyManagement and the board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably performtheir duties.
The Independent Directors expressed satisfaction on the performance of Non-IndependentDirectors and the Board as a whole. The Independent Directors were also satisfied with the quality,quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the Company management and the Board.
The company has an adequate system of internal financial control procedures which iscommensurate with the size and nature of business. The internal control systems including financialcontrol system of the company are monitored and evaluated by internal auditors and their auditreports are periodically reviewed by the audit committee and also generally placed before theboard.
The company has in place an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of TheSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 andrules made there under. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary, trainees) are coveredunder this policy. The Company has complied with provisions relating to the constitution of InternalComplaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and has not received any complaint of sexual harassmentduring the financial year 2023-24.
Ms. Monika Shah (DIN: 07116152) Director of Company shall retire by rotation at the ensuingAnnual General Meeting and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.
During the year, Mr. Dinesh Nathalal Chauhan (DIN: 00977893), and Mr. Maulik Pradipkumar Shah(DIN: 03602814), shall cease to be an Independent Directors of the Company upon completion of 2consecutive terms of 5 years each at the closure of business hours on 31st March, 2024. Mr. RaviShaileshbhai Solanki (DIN: 10566544) and Mr. Arpit Chandravadan Shah (DIN: 08192969)appointed as an Independent Directors of the Company for the first term of five years commencingfrom 1st April, 2024.
There was no other changes in Key Managerial Personnel during the year under reviewB) Formal Annual Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements)Regulations,2015, the Board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of itsown performance, the directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit,Nomination & Remuneration and Stakeholder Relationship Committees.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 139 of the Act and the rules framed thereafter, M/s. Jain Kediaand Sharma., Chartered Accountants, were appointed as statutory auditors of the Company fromthe conclusion of the 26th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Company held on 27th September,2019 till the conclusion of the 31st Annual General Meeting
In accordance with the Companies Amendment Act, 2017, enforced on 7th May, 2018 by the Ministryof Corporate Affairs, the appointment of Statutory Auditors is not required to be ratified at everyAnnual General Meeting.
The Report given by the Auditors on the financial statement of the Company is part of this Report.There has been no qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer given by the Auditors intheir Report.
During the year under review, the Statutory Auditor in their report have not reported any instancesof frauds committed in the Company by its Officers or Employees under section 143(12) of theCompanies Act, 2013
The observations of the Statutory Auditors, when read together with the relevant notes to theaccounts and accounting policies are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comment.
As per section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Cost Records and Audit)Rules, 2014, your Company is not required to maintain cost records.
In accordance with the requirements of the Act, read with SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company has a Vigil Mechanism approved by the Board ofDirectors. The objectives of the policy are:
To provide a mechanism for employees and directors of the Company and other persons dealingwith the Company to report to the Audit Committee; any instances of unethical behavior, actual orsuspected fraud or violation of the Company's Ethics Policy.
To safeguard the confidentiality and interest of such employees/directors/other persons dealingwith the Company against victimization, who notice and report any unethical or improper practices.
To appropriately communicate the existence of such mechanism, within the organization and tooutsiders. Vigil Mechanism is available on website of the Company.
The Company confirms that no personnel has been denied access to the audit committee pursuantto the whistle blower mechanism.
The Board of Directors has already adopted the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for theDirectors and Senior Management personnel. This code is a comprehensive code applicable to allDirectors, Executive as well as Non - executive and members of the Senior Management. The Codehas been circulated to all the members of the Board and Senior Management Personnel andcompliance of the same has been affirmed by them. A declaration given by the Managing Director isattached as Annexure-H of the Board of Director's Report.
The company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view toregulate trading in securities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company and canbe accessed at http://avipolymers.com/sample-page/code-of-conduct-policy
Certificate from M/s Jalan Alkesh & Associates Company Secretaries confirming that none of theDirectors on the Board of the Company have been debarred or disqualified from being appointed orcontinuing as director of the companies by the SEBI/Ministry of Corporate Affairs or any suchstatutory authority is enclosed as an Annexure-I.
The Company has adopted policies in line with SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations 2015, including policy on:
• Policy on preservation of documents (Weblink: https://avipolymers.com/policy-on-preservation-of-documents/ )
• Policy for determination of material event or information (Weblink:https://avipolymers.com/policy-for-determination-of-material-event-or-information/ )
• Policy on dealing with Related party transactions (weblink:https://avipolymers.com/policy-on-dealing-with-related-party-transactions/ )
The company has also adopted policy in line with SEBI (Insider Trading) Regulations 2015, the Codeof Conduct to regulate, monitor and reporting of trading by insider. Further all policies required tobe adopted are also displayed on the website of the company namely www.avipolymers.com
Company has complied with the all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by The Institute ofCompany Secretaries of India (ICSI).
During the year under review company is not required to transfer any shares or amount to theInvestor Education and Protection fund.
During the year there was no Voluntary Revision of financial statements or Board Report.
During the year under review, there were no Application made or Proceeding pending in the nameof company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.
During the year under review, there has been no one time settlement of Loans taken from banksand Financial Institutions.
Other disclosures required if any are either nil or not applicable.
The Directors gratefully acknowledge all stakeholders of the Company viz. customers, members,dealers, vendors, banks and other business partners for the excellent support received from themduring the year. The Directors place on record their sincere appreciation to all employees of theCompany for their unstinted commitment and continued contribution to the Company.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
AVI POLYMERS LIMITEDCIN: L27204JH1993PLC005233
Date: 04/09/2024 Mansukh Patel
Chairman and Managing DirectorDIN:00162160