Your Directors present the 38th ANNUAL REPORT together with the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year2023-24 ended 31st March, 2024.
(Rs. in Lakh)
Particulars
2023-24
2022-23
Operating Profit (Before Interest & Depreciation)
22.98
17.71
Less : Interest
-
Less : Depreciation
2.61
0.08
Net Profit before Tax
20.37
17.63
Less/(Add): Provision for Taxation
Net Profit/(Loss) after Tax
Balance of Loss brought forward from Previous year
(456.63)
(474.26)
Net Loss carried to Balance Sheet
(436.26)
There are no material changes and commitment affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurredbetween 1st April, 2024 and date of this report except that the Board of Directors of the Company have considered andapproved the request received from the Promoters of the Company to reclassify them from Promoter & PromoterGroup to Public category.
Your Directors are unable to recommend Dividend for the year 2023-24 in view of the accumulated losses as on 31stMarch, 2024.
The Company is dealing in PET bottles, Jars and its ancillary product by way of whole sale supply to Pharmaceuticalcompanies, FMCG Companies, bottling companies.
The Operating profit (before interest and depreciation) stood at Rs. 22.98 lakh during the year under review ascompared to profit of Rs. 17.71 lakh during the year 2022-23. The Profit before Depreciation & Taxation wasRs.22.98 Lakhs during the year under review. During the year under review, the Profit after giving effect ofexceptional items and Tax expenses stood at Rs.20.37 Lakhs compared to Net Profit of Rs.17.63 Lakhs during2022-23.
The Company is dealing in PET bottles, Jars and its ancillary product by way of whole sale supply to Pharmaceuticalcompanies, FMCG Companies, bottling companies and the like and is hopeful to grow profitable in future.
The Equity Shares of the Company are listed on BSE Limited. The Company is regular in payment of Annual ListingFees. The Company has paid Listing fees up to the year 2024-25.
The paid up Share Capital of the Company as on 31st March, 2024 was Rs. 5,40,31,000. As on 31st March, 2024, theCompany has not issued shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock options nor do sweat equity andnone of the Directors of the Company hold any convertible instruments.
The Board had received request from following Promoters & Promoter Group for re-classification of theirshareholding from Promoter & Promoter Group Category to public Category subject to the approval of StockExchange viz. BSE Limited.
Sr. No.
Name of Shareholders
No. of Equity Shares
%
1.
Mr. Sanjay S Shah
19,040
0.04
2.
Mrs. Ritaben Shah
4,000
0.01
Your Company does not propose to transfer any amount to general reserve in view of carried forward losses.
8.1 The Board of Directors duly met 6 times during the financial year under review.
8.2 Mr. Paresh Sukhadiya (DIN: 07619787) has been appointed as Executive Director of the Company w.e.f. 9thJuly, 2024 to 8th July, 2027. The Board recommends the resolution for approval of Members as Specialresolution.
8.3 Mr. Amrish Pandya will retire from the position of Independent Director of the Company upon the conclusion ofthe ensuing 38th Annual General Meeting.
8.4 The Company has received necessary declaration from each Independent Director of the Company underSection 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) and SEBI LODR that they meet with the criteria of theirindependence laid down in Section 149(6) of the Act. The Independent Director shall enroll his / her name in theDatabank, being maintained by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs to qualify as an Independent Director. Theenrollment of Independent Directors has been completed and they have furnished the declaration affirmingtheir compliance to the Board with the provisions contained under sub rule 1 & 2 of Rule 6 of Companies(Appointment & Qualification of Directors) Rules.
8.5 Formal Annual Evaluation:
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee adopted a formal mechanism for evaluating the performance ofthe Board of Directors as well as that of its committees and individual Directors, including Chairman of theBoard, Key Managerial Personnel/ Senior Management etc. The exercise was carried out through an evaluationprocess covering aspects such as composition of the Board, experience, competencies, governance issuesetc.
8.6 All being Independent Directors of the Company, none of the Director is liable to retire by rotation.
8.7 DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, it is hereby confirmed:
(i) That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards (IND-AS) had beenfollowed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(ii) That the Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madejudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the stateof affairs of the Company at 31st March, 2024 being end of the financial year 2023-24 and of the profit ofthe Company for the year;
(iii) That the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for maintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(iv) That the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
(v) The Directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that suchinternal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
(vi) The Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicablelaws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
The Board has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business,including adherence to the Company's policies, safeguarding of assets, prevention and detection of frauds anderrors, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financialdisclosures.
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS:
The Company has not paid any Managerial Remuneration or other benefits to any of its Directors. The Board ofDirectors has framed a Remuneration Policy that assures the level and composition of remuneration is reasonableand sufficient to attract, retain and motivate Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management toenhance the quality required to run the Company successfully. All the Board Members and Senior Managementpersonnel have affirmed time to time implementation of the said Remuneration policy.
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy are available on the Company's website - www.bisilplast.com
Name of the Director & KMP
Designation
Remuneration
Mr. Paresh Sukhadia
CFO
—
Ms. Khushbu H. Shah
Company Secretary
2.40
*Ms. Khushbu Shah has resigned as Company Secretary w.e.f. 10th June, 2024.
11.2 Resignation of Company Secretary:
The Company Secretary of the company, Ms. Khushbu H. Shah had resigned as Company Secretary andCompliance officer w.e.f. 10th June, 2024
11.3 Appointment of Company Secretary:
Mr. Dhaval Bajaj is appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance officer of the Company w.e.f. 9th July,2024.
12.1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:
The industrial relations continued to remain cordial and peaceful and your Company continued to give everincreasing importance to training at all levels and other aspects of H. R. D.
The number of Employees of the Company are 2 (Two). The relationship between average increase inremuneration and Company's performance is as per the appropriate performance benchmarks and reflectsshort and long term performance objectives appropriate to the working of the Company and its goals.
12.2 PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
There is no Employee drawing remuneration requiring disclosure under Rule 5(2) of Companies Appointment& Remuneration of Managerial personnel) Rules, 2014.
There are no Related Party Transactions as per section 188 of the Companies Act 2013. However the related partytransaction as per AS-18 are provided in the Notes of the financials which are part of the Annual Report.
The information required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule 8(3) of Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014, relating to the conservation of Energy and Technology Absorption are not applicable asthere are no manufacturing activities during the year under review. The Company has not earned or spent anyForeign Exchange during the year under review.
As per Regulation 34 (3) read with Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015, Report on Corporate Governance (on voluntary basis), Management Discussion and Analysis(MDA) and a certificate regarding compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance are appended to theAnnual Report as Annexure - A.
Your Company has obtained Secretarial Audit Report as required under Section 204(1) of the Companies Act, 2013from M/s. Kashyap R. Mehta & Associates, Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad. The said Report is attached withthis Report as Annexure - B. As regard observation of not having whole time Key Managerial Personnel as itsManaging Director or Chief Executive officer or Manager or in their absence a whole time Director during the auditperiod is self-explanatory.
Pursuant to Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3) (a) of the Act, the draft Annual Return as on 31st March, 2024 isavailable on the Company's website www.bisilplast.com.
The details of various committees and their functions are part of Corporate Governance Report.
19.1. STATUTORY AUDITORS:
Due to pre- occupation, M/s. Shah & Dalal (FRN: 109432W), Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad, hadresigned as on 30th December, 2023. The Company had appointed M/s. A. L. Thakkar & Co., CharteredAccountants, Ahmedabad (FRN: 120116W) through Postal Ballot process, to fill the casual vacancy causedby resignation of M/s. Shah & Dalal, Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad. M/s. A. L. Thakkar & Co., CharteredAccountants, Ahmedabad (FRN: 120116W) were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for thefinancial year 2023-24 to hold the office until the conclusion of 38th Annual General Meeting.
Based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors has recommended the appointmentof M/s. A. L. Thakkar & Co. (FRN: 120116W), Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad as the Statutory Auditorsof the Company, for a term of five consecutive years, from the conclusion of the 38th Annual General Meetingtill the conclusion of 43rd Annual General Meeting for approval of shareholders of the Company.
The Company has received written consent(s) and certificate(s) of eligibility in accordance with Sections 139,141 and other applicable provisions of the Act and Rules issued thereunder (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) for the time being in force), from M/s. M/s. A. L. Thakkar & Co. (FRN: 120116W).
The Auditors' Report for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024 forms part of this Annual Report and thesame does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
There have been no instances of fraud reported by the Auditors under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act,2013.
19.2 INSURANCE:
The properties of the Company wherever necessary and to the extent required have been adequately insuredagainst the risks of fire, riot, strike, malicious damage etc. as per the consistent policy of the Company.
19.3 DEPOSITS:
The Company has not accepted during the year under review any Deposits and there were no overduedeposits.
19.4 RISKS MANAGEMENT POLICY:
The Company has a risk management policy, which from time to time, is reviewed by the Audit Committee ofDirectors as well as by the Board of Directors. The Policy is reviewed quarterly by assessing the threats andopportunities that will impact the objectives set for the Company as a whole. The Policy is designed to providethe categorization of risk into threat and its cause, impact, treatment and control measures. As part of the RiskManagement policy, the relevant parameters for protection of environment, safety of operations and health ofpeople at work are monitored regularly with reference to statutory regulations and guidelines defined by theCompany.
19.5 SUBSIDIARIES/ ASSOCIATES/ JVS:
The Company does not have any Subsidiaries/ Associates Companies / JVs.
19.6 CODE OF CONDUCT:
The Board of Directors has laid down a Code of Conduct applicable to the Board of Directors and SeniorManagement. All the Board Members and Senior Management personnel have affirmed compliance with thecode of conduct.
19.7 SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS:
There have been no significant and material orders passed by any regulators or courts or tribunals, impactingthe going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
19.8 ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY:
The Company is conscious of the importance of environmentally clean and safe operations. The Company'spolicy requires conduct of operations in such a manner, so as to ensure safety of all concerned, compliancesof environmental regulations and preservation of natural resources. There are no operations being carried outin the Company during the year under review.
19.9 INSTANCES OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS:
19.10 SECRETARIAL STANDARDS:
The Company complies with the Secretarial Standards, issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia, which are mandatorily applicable to the Company.
19.11 DETAILS OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER IBC & OTS, IF ANY:
There are no proceedings pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Further, there was noinstance of one-time settlement with any Bank or Financial Institution.
In the preparation of the financial statements, the Company has followed the Accounting Standards referred to inSection 133 of the Companies Act, 2013. The significant accounting policies which are consistently applied are setout in the Notes to the Financial Statements.
Maintenance of cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 148 of theCompanies Act, 2013, is not applicable to the Company.
Shareholders have an option to dematerialise their shares with either of the depositories viz. NSDL and CDSL. TheISIN No. allotted is INE214D01021.
23.1 The Company has no outstanding payment to Banks or any other person except outstanding in routine courseof business.
23.2 The Company's Income tax Assessment has been completed upto the Assessment Year 2022-23.
During this period pursuant to the provisions under section 135 in respect of CSR, the same is not applicable to theCompany. Hence, your Directors have not constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee.
As required under the Insider Trading Policy Regulations of SEBI, your Directors have framed and approved InsiderTrading Policy for the Company i.e. ‘Code of Practices and Procedures for Fair Disclosure of Unpublished PriceSensitive Information' and ‘Code of Conduct for Regulating Monitoring and Reporting of Trading by DesignatedPersons/Insiders'. The Policy is available on the company's website.
No agreements have been entered / executed by the parties as mentioned under clause 5A of paragraph A of PartA of Schedule III of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 which, either directlyor indirectly effect / impact the Management or Control of the Company or impose any restriction or create anyliability upon the Company except that application has being made for reclassification of Promoter & Promoter Groupto Public shareholding.
Your Directors express their sincere thanks and appreciation to Promoters and Shareholders for their constantsupport and co operation. Your Directors also place on record their grateful appreciation and co-operation receivedfrom Bankers, Financial Institutions, Government Agencies and employees of the Company.
Place : Ahmedabad (DIN - 07619796)
Date : 22nd July, 2024 Chairman