Your directors have the pleasure of presenting the 17th Board Report of the Company with the Audited FinancialStatements for the year ended 31st March 2025.
The Company’s financial summary for the year under review along with the previous year’s figures is givenhereunder:
(? in Lakhs)
Particulars
Standalone
Consolidated
2024-25
2023-24
Total Income
—
Profit/(Loss) Before Interest anddepreciation
(41.66)
(35.09)
Interest
40.24
34.47
Depreciation
Share of Profit of Associate
(353.41)
(14.88)
Profit/(Loss) Before Tax
(81.90)
(69.55)
(468.74)
(84.41)
Less/Add: Current Tax
Less/Add: Deferred Tax Adjustment
Profit/(Loss) After Tax
(115.33)
Other comprehensive Income/(Loss)
(3.62)
(0.01)
Total comprehensive Income/(Loss)for the year
(472.36)
(84.42)
In view of the accumulated losses, the Directors do not recommend any dividend for the year ended 31stMarch 2025.
The Company’s income for 2024-25 was nil as compared with nothing during the previous year. Loss of theCompany stood at ? 115.33 lakhs as against ? 69.55 lakhs in 2023-24. During the year other comprehensiveloss amounted to ? 472.36 lakhs as against ? 84.42 lakhs loss in 2023-24.
During the year under review, Company, after approval of the members in the Extra Ordinary Meeting heldon September 23, 2024, has increased its Authorized Share Capital from ? 25.00 Crores to ? 29.00 Crores.
During the year under review, the Company has issued and allotted 37,06,250 (Thirty Seven Lakh SixThousand Two Hundred and Fifty) equity shares of ?10/- (Rupees Ten only) each at a premium of ?19.39/-(Rupees Nineteen and Paise Thirty Nine only) per share on a preferential basis other than for cashconsideration, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules madethereunder, as well as the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2018.
Consequent to the aforesaid allotment, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company hasincreased from ?24,27,80,350/- (Rupees Twenty Four Crore Twenty Seven Lakh Eighty Thousand ThreeHundred and Fifty only) divided into 2,42,78,035 equity shares of ?10/- each to ?27,98,42,850/- (RupeesTwenty Seven Crore Ninety Eight Lakh Forty Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty only) divided into2,79,84,285 equity shares of ?10/- each.
The Board has approved Scheme of Amalgamation of Innovassynth Technologies (India) Limited(“Transferor Company”) with Innovassynth Investments Limited (“Transferee Company”) on August 23, 2024in accordance with Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of the Act read with the rules framedthereunder w.e.f. appointed date October 1,2024. The Company has received No-objections letter from BSELimited (BSE). Also, the Company has filed the joint company application before the Hon’ble NationalCompany Law Tribunal, Mumbai.
The proposed merger is expected to result in business synergies, operational efficiencies, consolidation ofresources, and enhancement of stakeholder value. The Board will keep the shareholders informed on furtherdevelopments in this regard.
A detailed report on Management Discussion and Analysis (MDA) Report is included in this Report asAnnexure-1.
The Annual Return of the Company as on March 31,2024, in accordance with Section 92(3) of the Act readwith the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, is available on the Company’s websiteand can be accessed https://www.innovassynthinvestments.in/articles/category/extract-of-annual-return.
During the year six Board Meetings, five Audit Committee Meetings, One Nomination and RemunerationCommittee Meetings, one Stakeholder Relationship Committee Meeting and one Independent DirectorsMeeting were convened and held in compliance with Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligationsand Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The details of Board and Committee Meetings are givenin the Corporate Governance Report, which is a part of this report.
c. Composition of Audit Committee:
The composition of the Audit Committee is provided in the Corporate Governance Report and forms a partof this Annual Report. There have been no instances of non-acceptance of any recommendations of theAudit Committee by the Board during the financial year under review.
All contracts/ arrangements/ transactions entered by the Company during the FY 2024-25 with related partieswere on an arm’s length basis and in the ordinary course of business. Given that the Company does not haveany RPTs to report pursuant to Section 134(3)(h) of the Act read with Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014 in Form AOC-2, the same is not provided.
The details of the transactions with Related Parties as per Ind AS 24 are provided in the accompanyingfinancial statements.
e. Corporate Governance:
Your company has complied with the various requirements of the Corporate Governance under the provisionsof the Companies Act, 2013 and as stipulated under the SEBI (Listing Obligation and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015.
A detailed Report on Corporate Governance forms part of this Annual Report.
f. Risk Management:
The Company has in place a mechanism to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate various risks to keybusiness objectives. Major risks identified are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on acontinuing basis. These are discussed at the Meetings of the Audit Committee and the Board of Director ofthe Company.
g. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:
During the year under review, following changes in composition of Board of Director and KMP took place:
As on 31st March 2025, the Board of Directors comprises of 3 (Three) Directors, out of which 2 (two) areIndependent Directors including 1 (one) Woman Director and 1 (one) is Executive Director.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, Dr Hardik Joshipura (DIN: 09392511) retires by rotation at theensuing AGM and, being eligible, offers himself reappointment. The Board recommends the re-appointmentof Dr Hardik Joshipura (DIN: 09392511), for approval of the Members at the ensuing AGM. The disclosuresrequired pursuant to Regulation 36 of the SEBI Listing Regulations and the Secretarial Standards on GeneralMeeting ('SS-2') with respect to proposed Appointment/ Re-appointment of Directors retiring by rotation aregiven in the Notice of ensuing AGM, forming part of the Annual Report.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 203 of the Act, the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company as onMarch 31,2025, are:
Dr. Hardik Joshipura - Managing Director
Mr. Sameer Pakhali - Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
There is no change among the Key Managerial Personnel during the year under review.
h. Statement on Declaration Given by Independent Directors:
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they comply with the criteria of Independence as laiddown under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and as per SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
i. Board Evaluation:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligation and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 the Board of Directors has carried out an Annual Performance Evaluationof the Board and of the Individual Directors has been made.
During the year, the Evaluation cycle was completed by the Company internally which included the evaluationof the Board as a whole, Board Committees and Directors. The Evaluation process focused on various
aspects of the Board and Committees functioning such as composition of the Board and Committees,experience, performance of duties and governance issues etc. A separate exercise was carried out toevaluate the performance of individual Directors on parameters such as contribution, independent judgementand guidance and support provided to the Management.
The results of the evaluation were shared with the Board, Chairman of respective Committees and individualDirectors.
j. Remuneration Policy:
The Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee has frameda Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel, and other Senior Managerial Personnel of the Company,in accordance with the requirements of the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 andListing Regulations. The website link for the policy is
httD://www.innovassvnthinvestments.in/Doc/THE%20NOMINATION%20AND%20REMUNERATIQN%20P
OLICY.pdf
• Statutory Auditor:
At 14th AGM held on September 29, 2022, members approved the appointment of M/s P G BHAGWAT LLP,Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 101118W/W100682), as the Statutory Auditors of theCompany to hold office for a term of five consecutive years, from the conclusion of that AGM till the conclusionof the 19th AGM to be held in the year 2027.
Further, the Auditors’ Report “with an unmodified opinion”, given by the Statutory Auditors on the financialstatements of the Company for financial year 2024-25, is disclosed in the financial statements forming partof this Annual Report. There has been no qualification, reservation, adverse remark, or disclaimer given bythe Statutory Auditor in their Report for the year under review.
The notes on the financial statements are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments.
Pursuant to provisions of Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, as amended from time to time, theStatutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee during the year underreview.
In compliance with Regulation 24A of the SEBI Listing Regulations and Section 204 of the Act, the Board atits meeting held on May 30, 2025, based on recommendation of the Audit Committee, has approved theappointment of M/s Amey Lotlikar & Co., Practicing Company Secretaries, a peer reviewed firm asSecretarial Auditors of the Company for a term of five consecutive years commencing from FY 2025-26 tillFY 2029-30, subject to approval of the Members at the ensuing AGM.
The secretarial auditor’s report does not contain any qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks, ordisclaimer. Secretarial audit report is attached to this report as Annexure-3..
As per the recent amendment in Regulation 24 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015, vide insertion of Regulation 24A, M/s Sushil Talathi & Associates, Secretarial Auditor ofthe Company, undertook & examine compliances under SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 and issued AnnualSecretarial Compliance Report for the year ended 31st March 2025.
The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report does not have any qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks,
or disclaimer.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014, the Board based on the Recommendation of the Audit Committee, appointed M/s V D Tilak & Co,Chartered Accountants (FRN:134853W), Khopoli, Raigad as Internal Auditor of the Company for conductingan internal audit of the Company for F.Y 2024-25.
l. Disclosure Under Schedule V(F) Of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015:
Your Company does not have any unclaimed shares issued in physical form pursuant to public issues/Rightissues.
m. Subsidiary and Associate Companies:
The Company does not have any Subsidiary.
Associate Company:
The Company holds 36.73% of the equity share capital of Innovassynth Technologies (India)Limited.During the year, the turnover of the company was ? 116 crore (previous year ? 160 crore) and Loss aftertax for the year was ? 13.93 crore (previous year Profit ? 0.46 crore). The Company has a net worth of? 127 crore (previous year ? 141 crore) as on 31st March 2024.
A statement containing the salient features of the financial statements of the associate company andsubsidiary in the prescribed format is annexed as Annexure-2 to this Report.
n. Deposits:
During the period under review, the Company did not accept any fixed deposits with the meaning of Section73 to 76 of the Companies Act, 2013.
o. Loans, Guarantees or Investments:
The Company has not given any loan to or provided any guarantee or security in favor of other parties andhas also not made any investment in its funds with any other party during the year under Section 186 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
p. Material Changes and Commitments Between the Date of The Balance Sheet and The Date of Report:
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Companywhich have occurred between the end of the Financial Year of the Company to which the FinancialStatements relate and the date of the report.
q. Significant and Material Orders Passed by Regulators or Courts or Tribunals:
There are no significant, and material orders passed by the Regulators/ Courts which would impact on thegoing concern status of the Company and its future operations.
r. Energy Conservation, Technology, Absorption, and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo:
The Company has no particulars to report regarding conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreignexchange earnings, and outgo as required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read withRules thereunder.
s. Statement Pursuant to Section 197(12) Of the Companies Act, 2013 Read with Rule 5 Of theCompanies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014:
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act readwith Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 isprovided in the Annual Report as Annexure-4 which forms a part of this Report.
t. Familiarization Program for Independent Directors:
The Board members are provided with necessary documents/brochures, reports and internal policies toenable them to familiarize with the Company’s procedures and practices, the website link is available at-https://www.innovassynthinvestments.in/article/familiarisation-programme.
The Company has put in place an adequate system of internal financial controls with respect to the FinancialStatement and commensurate with its size and nature of business which helps in ensuring the orderly andefficient conduct of business. No reportable material weakness in the operation was observed.
v. Vigil Mechanism/Whistle Blower Policy:
The Company has formulated and published a Whistle Blower Policy to provide Vigil Mechanism foremployees including directors of the Company to report genuine concerns. The provisions of this policy arein line with the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Act and as per SEBI (Listing Obligation and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015.
w. Reserves:
The Company does not make any profit during the year under review hence no amount is required to transferto the reserves.
x. Listing of Equity Shares:
Your Company’s equity shares are listed at BSE Limited (BSE), Mumbai. The Company has duly paid theannual listing fees for the financial year 2024-25 to the Stock Exchange.
y. Obligation of Your Company Under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013:
The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a Policy onPrevention, Prohibition and Redressal of sexual harassment at workplace in line with the provisions of theSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rulesthereunder.
The table below provides details of complaints received/disposed during financial year 2024-25:
Number of complaints at the beginning of the financial year
Nil
No. of complaints filed during the financial year
No. of complaints disposed of during the financial year
NA
No. of complaints pending at the end of the financial year
Pursuant to the requirement clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, yourDirectors confirm that:
i. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures.
ii. they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments andestimates 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 and loss of the Company for that period;
iii. they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv. they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
v. they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financialcontrols are adequate and were operating effectively; and
vi. they have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and thatsuch systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Your Directors confirm that pursuant to Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, applicable SecretarialStandards, i.e. SS-1 and SS- 2, pertaining to Meeting of Board of Directors and General Meetings,respectively specified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India has been duly complied by theCompany.
The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicableSecretarial Standards and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
The Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company give annual certification on financialreporting and internal controls to the Board in terms of Regulation 17 (8) of the Listing Obligations. TheManaging Director and the Chief Financial Officer also give quarterly certification on financial results whileplacing the financial results before the Board in terms of Regulation 33(2) of the Listing Regulations. TheAnnual Certificate given by Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer is attached in Annexure-5
We thank our Employees, Investors, and Bankers for their continued support during the year. We are gratefulto the various authorities for their continued cooperation. We place on record our appreciation of thecontribution made by our employees at all levels. Our consistent growth was made possible by their hardwork, solidarity, cooperation, and support.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors ofInnovassynth Investments Limited
CMD Director
(DIN: 09392511) (DIN: 08929791)
Khopoli, May 30, 2025