Your Resolution Professional (RP) has pleasure to present the 43rdAnnual Report and the Company's Audited Financial Statement for theyear ended 31st March, 2025.
The Company's financial performance for the year ended on 31stMarch, 2025 is summarized below:
FINANCIAL RESULTS
I? in Crore)
PARTICULARS
Year ended on
31st March, 2025
31st March, 2024
Revenue from Operations
1.94
Other Income
0.08
0.01
Profit/(Loss)from the year before Financecost, Depreciation and exceptional items
(2.66)
(4.74)
Less : Finance Cost
0.00
0.09
Less : Depreciation and AmortisationExpenses
Less : Exceptional Item
2.60
2.37
Profit / (Loss) Before Tax
(5.27)
(7.20)
Current Tax
MAT Credit Entitlement
Short/(Excess) Provision of Tax of Earlier Years(Net)
3.43
Deferred Tax
Profit / (Loss) for the year
(10.64)
Other Comprehensive Income
Total Comprehensive Income for the year
CORPORATE INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION PROCESS
Vide an order dated 25th January, 2024, passed by the Hon'ble NCLT,Ahmedabad Bench, the Company was admitted to Corporate InsolvencyResolution Process (CIRP) and Mr. Dhaval C. Khamar, RegistrationNo. IBBI/IPA-001/IP-P02574/2021- 2022/13944 was appointed as InterimResolution Professional of the Company.
Further, during the year under review, Mr. Mukesh Verma was appointedas the Resolution Professional of the Company w.e.f. 15th April, 2024.
Pursuant to Section 17 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016,the powers of Board of Directors of the Company stand suspendedwith effective from the CIRP commencement date i.e. 25th January,2024 and such powers along with the management of affairs of thecompany are vested with the Resolution Professional.
Accordingly, Company has prepared Resolution Professionals' Reportinstead of Boards' report and the said report has been signed byResolution Professional only instead of Chairman or any director onbehalf of Board of Directors as required u/s 134 of the Companies Act,2013.
PHYSICAL HANDOVER OF SECURED ASSETS & RELINQUISHMENTOF MANAGEMENT CONTROL TO CFM ASSET RECONSTRUCTIONPRIVATE LIMITED (ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY)
As you are aware, on 13th August, 2021, all the lenders (exceptTamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd) (TMB) have assigned the debts alongwith all the rights and interests on the secured assets to CFM AssetReconstruction Private Limited (CFM) under the Securitization andReconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security InterestAct, 2002 (SARFAESI) by executing two Assignment Agreements bothdated 13th August, 2021. A total of 14 fourteen lenders aggregatingapproximately 99% of the total debt of the Company have assignedtheir debt to an Asset Reconstruction Company called CFM AssetReconstruction Private Limited as on 31st March, 2022.
CFM Asset Reconstruction Private Limited has sold all secured assetsby way of private treaty under the SARFAESI Act, 2002 to MadelinEnterprises Private Limited (MEPL) & CFM has sent intimation for saleof all the assets of the company to Madelin Enterprises Private Limited(MEPL). Accordingly, manufacturing operations from all locations havebeen discontinued.
DIVIDEND
With the handover of the secured assets of the Company to MadelinEnterprises Pvt. Ltd (MEPL) there is no revenue or profit for thecompany and due to the fact that the Company was under CIRP duringthe year under review, no dividend is recommended on equity sharesof the Company for the year 2024-25.
However, the dividend on the preference shares will be carried forwardfor payment in the next financial year.
SHARE CAPITAL
The paid up Equity Share Capital as on 31st March, 2025 was X 81.87crores and Preference Share Capital as on 31st March, 2025 wasX 14.91 crores.
You are well aware that, the balance standing in the Equity Share Capitalaccount along with Other Equity account (Reserves and Surplus) hascompletely been eroded due repossession of assets by the Lender. Thenet worth of the Company is negative as on the Balance Sheet date.
The Company's revenue for financial year 2024-25 was X Nil against?1.94 crores for the previous year. This was primarily due todiscontinuation of manufacturing operations of the Company andinitiation of CIRP of the Company.
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet thecriteria of Independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of theCompanies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(b) of SEBI (Listing Obligationand Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
As your Company is under CIRP no change is proposed in the Board ofDirectors. Power of Board of Directors have been suspended pursuantto section 17 of the IBC 2016 on the commencement of the CIRPMr. Seetharam N. Shetty (DIN: 07962778) ceased to be a Director ofthe Company w.e.f. April 20, 2025 due to his sad demise. Accordingly,Mr. Seetharam N Shetty ceases to be a Director of the Company w.e.f.April 20, 2025.
Further, Mrs. Ujjwala Apte (DIN: 00403378) have ceased to be a Directorof the Company w.e.f. June 01, 2025 on account of completion of hertenure of appointment as approved by the shareholders.
As the Company was under CIRP during the year under review, noformal annual evaluation has been done for the directors performanceand that of the committees and individual directors as required underthe provisions of Section 134 read with Rule 8(4) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 during the Financial Year 2024-25.
As per the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, theBoard of Directors of the Company has five Committees namely AuditCommittee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Risk ManagementCommittee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee and CorporateSocial Responsibility Committee.
However, due to the Company being under CIRP during the year underreview, the powers of the Board and the committees thereof standsuspended. Accordingly, no meetings of any committee of the Boardof Directors were held during the year under review.
KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
During the year under review, Mrs. Ujjwala Apte was relieved fromher position as the Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. June10, 2024. Accordingly, there was no Key Managerial Personnel in theCompany as on March 31,2025.
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD & AUDIT COMMITTEE
Due to the Company being under CIRP during the year under review,the powers of the Board and the committees thereof stand suspended.Accordingly, no meetings of the Board of Directors or any committeethereof were held during the year under review.
SUBSIDIARIES
Company has an overseas subsidiary under the name and style of JBFGlobal Pte Ltd based out at Singapore, which has subsidiaries, namelyJBF Petrochemicals Limited at Mangalore, India, JBF Trade Invest PteLtd at Singapore and JBF RAK LLC at UAE with its own subsidiaries,JBF Bahrain WLL and JBF Global Europe BVBA at Belgium.
Resolution Professional would like to bring to the attention of allstakeholders that the step down subsidiary namely JBF PetrochemicalsLimited (JPL) had defaulted in payment of interest and repayment ofprincipal to its lenders in FY17-18. The consortium of lenders with IDBIBank as the lead banker had made an application under the InsolvencyBankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) to recover their dues before the NationalCompany Law Tribunal, Ahmadabad in May 2018. This subsidiary hasbeen taken over by GAIL through the CIRP
JBF Trade Invest Pvt Ltd was strike off and Restructuring process isgoing on for JBF RAK LLC at UAE.
The Company had issued a corporate guarantee of USD 463.96 Million(equivalent of ? 3,775.87 Crore) to the lenders of JBF Petrochemicalslimited ('JPL"), a step down subsidiary. One of the lenders of JPL videit's letter dated 24th April, 2018 invoked corporate guarantee to theextent of USD252.00 Million (equivalent of ? 2,069.24 Crore) as JPLhas defaulted in servicing its borrowings towards principal and interestthereon. Company has denied above invocation and is of the view thatabove corporate guarantee was valid only up to one year from theCommercial operation date i.e. 31st March, 2017 and all obligation ofthe Company towards above lenders stand rescinded, have fallen awayand ceased to exist as on 1st April, 2018. In view of the above, invocationof corporate guarantee on 24th April, 2018 is not legally tenable andhence no provision is required towards the guarantee so invoked.Company has discontinued recognition of guarantee commission w.e.f.1st April, 2018. However, IDBI bank filed an IA with NCLT Ahmedabadagainst rejection of their claim in CIRP process, which stands allowed &in compliance of orders of Honorable NCLT, RP has admitted the claimof IDBI. CFM and RP had filed an appeal in NCLAT against the NCLTorder and the same has been referred by the Auditors in their reports onthe Financial Statements & results for the earlier years/ quarters. Votingon the Resolution plan has been stayed by the Hon'ble NCLAT CFMhas withdrawn the appeal and on the directions of COC, RP has alsowithdrawn the appeal. The same has been referred by the Auditors intheir report on the results.
As on 31st March 2023, M/s. Madelin Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., has acquiredthe holding of our Company in the Subsidiary Company JBF Global PteLimited situated at Singapore under the SARFAESI Act but pendingtransfer in the name of Madelin Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., the shares arestill in the company as on date.
One of the operational creditors of JBF RAK LLC, situated at UAE (JBFRAK), had made an application with National Company Law Tribunal(NCLT) under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 against theCompany. for supply of raw materials to JBF RAK and claimed for a debtof ? 12,848 lakh (USS19,899,091.53) as per notice dated 17th February,2020. This application stand dismissed as infructuous. The operationalcreditor of JBF RAK LLC has filed its claim with IRP which was admittedbut later shifted to not admitted category by the RP and matter issub-judice, as rejection is contested by the Operational Creditor.
As the Company was admitted by the Hon'ble NCLT vide its orderdated 25th January 2024, therefore, the Company has provided interest@ Nil% p.a. w.e.f. 1st April 2023 on term loan, Cash Credit limits andCumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) on its borrowingsaggregating to ? 2,47,379 lakhs (Term Loan ? 64,121 lakhs and CashCredit 1,71,862 lakhs and CRPS ? 11,396 lakhs) as against thedocumented rate as required as per IND AS -23 "Borrowing Costs" readwith IND AS-109 on "Financial Instruments" since Company unable toservice interest liability. Aggregate amount of interest not provided foras at 31st March, 2025 is ? 1,56,150 lakhs. The same has been qualifiedby the Auditors in their report on the results and was also qualified bythe Auditors in their reports on the Financial Statements & results forthe earlier year/ quarters.
In respect of Audit Qualification as referred in (Il) (a) (ii) above -applicationfiled by one of the operational creditors of JBF RAK LLC, a subsidiary ofthe Company, against the Company - This application stand dismissedas infructuous. hence no provision is required for above claim. Further,the operational creditor of JBF RAK LLC has filed its claim with RP whichalso has been rejected by him and matter is subjudice. The companyhas shown this as Contingent Liability.
As per Regulations 34 (3) read with Schedule V of SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, a separatesection on corporate governance practices followed by the Company(including disclosures prescribed under Section II of Part II of ScheduleV of the Companies Act, 2013), together with a certificate from theCompany's Auditors on compliance forms an integral part of this report.
The disclosures required under section 135 of the Companies Act,2013, read with the rule 8(1) of the Companies (Corporate SocialResponsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 are annexed to Directors/ RP Report.The CSR Policy adopted by the Company is uploaded on the website ofthe Company at www.jbfindustries.co.in
Disclosure pertaining to the remuneration and other details as requiredunder section 197(12) of the act read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies(Appointment And Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules,2014 is given in Annexure and forms part of this report. However,as per the provisions of section 136(1) of the Act, this report is sentto the shareholders excluding the said information. Any shareholderinterested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company atthe Registered Office of the Company.
The Company has formulated various policies which are available onour website: www.ibfindustries.co.in
As required under Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act, thedata on Annual Return has been uploaded on the Company's websiteviz: www.jbfindustries.co.in
There were no material changes and commitments that may affect thefinancial position of the Company, which may have occurred betweenthe end of the financial year and the date of this report.
During the year under review, Mr. Mukesh Verma was appointed as theResolution Professional of the Company w.e.f. 15th April, 2024 by the Hon'bleNCLT, Ahmedabad bench.
The provisions of Section 148(1) of the Act were not applicable to theCompany during the year under review.
The Company has formed Nomination and Remuneration Committeeand framed the Remuneration Policy. The Committee has been givenresponsibility of appointment and re-appointment of Whole-timeDirector, Directors, Key Managerial Persons and the specified employees/executives of the Company and approving their remuneration based ontheir qualification experience and responsibility in the Company. ThisCommittee had no say in the appointment of the above mentionedemployees/executives post 13th August, 2021.
The salient features of Remuneration policy are included in CorporateGovernance Report forming part of this annual report.
As a good governance practice, the Company has constituted RiskManagement Committee. The Company has a Risk Management Policyand a team to evaluate business risks. However, post 13th August,2021 with CFM reigning control over the business operations of theCompany, the said Committee had a very limited role to play into thebusiness affairs of the Company.
Prior to 13th August, 2021, the Board of Directors used to regularlyreview risk and threats in the business and takes suitable steps tosafeguard Company's interest.
As per the information available with us, the Company had adopteda Policy for Related Party Transactions as per the erstwhile ListingAgreement entered into with Stock Exchanges. However, the Companydoes not have a Board approved Policy for Related Party Transactionsas per the requirements of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015.
There are no material related party transactions during the period underreview with the Promoters, Directors or Key Managerial Personnel.The Company has not formulated a policy on materiality as regards toRelated Party Transactions.
As per the information available with us, the Company had adopteda Whistle Blower Policy as per Section 177 of the Companies Act,2013 and the erstwhile Listing Agreement entered into with StockExchanges. However, the Company does not have a Board approvedWhistle Blower Policy as per the requirements of the SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
Separate Management Teams are normally appointed to reviewperiodically at different locations of the Company. As at present thecompany has only one male employee on its rolls.
During the year Company has not accepted any Fixed Deposits fromthe general public.
STATEMENT OF THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO INTEGRITY, EXPERTISEAND EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING THE PROFICIENCY) OF THE INDEPENDENTDIRECTORS APPOINTED DURING THE YEAR
No new directors have been appointed during the period.
There was no change in the nature of business of the Company duringthe year under review.
Your Company's internal controls systems commensurate with thenature and size of its business operations. Adequate internal controls,systems and checks are in place and the management exercisesfinancial controls on the operations through a well-defined budgetmonitoring process and other standard operating procedures.
On 13th August, 2021, all the lenders (except Tamilnad Mercantile BankLtd) had assigned the debts along with all the rights and interests onthe secured assets to CFM Asset Reconstruction Private Limited (CFM)under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets andEnforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) by executingtwo Assignment Agreements both dated 13th August, 2021. A total of14 fourteen lenders aggregating approximately 99 % of the total debtof the Company had assigned their debt to an Asset ReconstructionCompany called CFM as on 13th August, 2021. The Board of Directors'are no longer in the helm of affairs of the Company w.e.f - 13th August,2021. CFM was closely monitoring and managing the day to day plantand corporate office operations through Deloitte Touche TohmatsuIndia LLP, Mumbai who had been appointed as the nodal agency byCFM. Further, to the intimation of the said assignment, CFM had alsoissued a demand notice under Section 13(2) of the SARFAESI Act, 2002and the rules framed there under to recover the entire dues includingprincipal and interest. In response to the said notice, the Company hadgiven an "In principle consent" to handover the secured assets whichincludes land, building, movable assets, inventory, sundry debtors,investments in subsidiaries & step-down subsidiary, intangible assets(including the SAP accounting software) and other current and non¬current assets of the Company to CFM. On 11th November 2021, CFMtook physical possession of the secured assets of JBF Further theCompany was in receipt of Intimation for sale of secured assets by wayof private treaty under the SARFAESI Act, 2002 on 11th May, 2022 andthereafter, proceeded to sell the same by way of private treaty underthe SARFAESI Act to Madelin Enterprises Private Limited (MEPL).
The Company was admitted by the Hon'ble NCLT into Corporate InsolvencyResolution Process (CIRP) vide its order dated 25th January 2024 & CIRP is inprogress.
All the properties of the Company including buildings, plant and machinery andstock have been repossessed by CFM. There are no fixed assets or stock in thebooks of the company.
To the best of knowledge and belief and according to the information andexplanations obtained by them, your Resolution Professional makes the followingstatement in terms of Section 134(3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013:
i. that in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March,2025, the applicable Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS) have beenfollowed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
ii. the Directors/RP had selected such accounting policies and applied themconsistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31st March, 2025 and of the profit/ loss of the Company for the yearended on that date;
iii. that the Directors/RP have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of theCompanies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv. the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;
v. that the Directors/RP had laid down internal financial controls to be followedby the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate andwere operating effectively; and
As there were no manufacturing operations in the Company during theyear under review, the information relating to segment-wise/productwise performance, Opportunities and threats, industry developmentsetc. were not applicable to the Company and hence not provided.
At present, your Company is under CIRP Any decision of the Hon'bleNCLT will have binding effect on all stakeholders. Further, at presentthere are no manufacturing operations in the Company.
At present, your Company is under CIRP Any decision of the Hon'bleNCLT will have binding effect on all stakeholders.
Details of significant changes in key financial ratios, along with detailedexplanations thereof:
There were significant changes in the following ratios:
Ratio
% Variance
Reason for Variance
Trade Receivables
Not Comparable, Due to repossession of
Turnover Ratio
N.A
all the assets by the Lendor
Net Profit Ratio
Due to Provision of Exceptional Items
Return on CapitalEmployed
The Entire Net Worth has been eroded and hence Return on Net Worthis not applicable.
The Board/RP has devised proper systems to ensure compliance withthe provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by theInstitute of Company Secretaries of India and that such systems areadequate and operating effectively.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013and rules made hereunder, M/s. Harsh Kothari & Associates, a firm ofCompany Secretaries in Practice has been appointed to undertake theSecretarial Audit of the Company for the year 2024-2025. The SecretarialAudit Report is included as and forms an integral part of this Report.
Secretarial Audit observation and Management Response on the same
Sr. No.
Auditor Observations
Management Response
1
All the e-forms were filed with theRegistrar of Companies within the stip¬ulated time period except the followinge-forms which were filed with a delayand payment of additional fee:
Form DIR-12 for cessation of Mr. YashGupta as a Director Form MGT-14 forfiling resolutions passed at the meetingheld on 30.05.2024
Delay was inadvertent and without anymalafide intent. There was delay in filingthe requisite forms due to limitation of re¬sources in the Company caused by ongoingCIRP of the Company.
2
The Company has not fully compliedwith the provisions of SS-1 issued bythe Institute of Company SecretariesIndia (ICSI), as notified by the CentralGovernment under section 118(10)of the Companies Act, 2013 andmandatorily applicable.
During the year under review, the Companywas under CIRP Secretarial Standards havebeen complied with by the Company, to theextent practically possible.
3
The Company has not paid Annual List¬ing Fee for FY 2024-25 to BSE Limited.
No invoice received from BSE Limited.
4
The Company has not submitted theRelated Party Transactions details forthe half year ended 30.09.2024 to theStock Exchanges as per Regulation23(9) of the Listing Regulations.
Non-submission was inadvertent and with¬out any malafide intent. The Company is inthe process of complying with the filing ofthe same.
5
There was delay observed in submis¬sion of certain intimations to the stockexchanges in terms of Regulation 30 ofthe Listing Regulations.
6
There was delay observed in submis¬sion of Annual Report to the stockexchanges as per Regulation 34 of theListing Regulations.
7
There was delay observed in submis¬sion of Integrated Governance Reportand the Integrated Financial Reportingfor the quarter ended 31.12.2024 to thestock exchanges.
8
The newspaper clipping of the Unau¬dited Financial Results of the Companyfor the quarter ended 30.06.2024 werenot submitted to the stock exchanges interms of Regulation 47(3) of the ListingRegulations.
Non-submission was inadvertent andwithout any malafide intent. There wasnon-submission in filing the requisite dis¬closure due to limitation of resources inthe Company caused by ongoing CIRP ofthe Company.
9
The Website of the Company is notupdated as per Regulation 46 of theListing Regulations and all the require¬ments under the said regulation are notuploaded.
Company is in the process of updating thewebsite.
10
Policies are partially adopted by theCompany and not timely updated as perSEBI Regulations.
As the Company is under CIRP no new Pol¬icy is being adopted.
11
The Company is yet to submit the SDDCompliance certificate as per Regula¬tion 3(5) and 3(6) of SEBI (Prohibitionof Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015.Further the Company does not have aproper system and software for main¬taining the UPSI.
Company is in the process of complyingwith necessary compliance requirements.
12
The Company has not received AnnualDisclosure of Designated Persons asper SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading)Regulations, 2015.
No action pending on Company's side.
The Members of the Company had at the Annual General Meetingheld on 13th December, 2023, approved the appointment of M/s.S. C. Ajmera & Co., Chartered Accountants, Udaipur (Registration No.002908C) as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for Five years w.e.f.from 1st April, 2023.
M/s. S. C. Ajmera & Co., Chartered Accountants, Udaipur (RegistrationNo. 002908C) have confirmed that they continue to be eligible to act asthe Statutory Auditors of the Company in compliance with Section 139and 141 of the Act read with rules made there under and the ListingRegulations, to the extent applicable, for the FY 2025-26.
Further, there are no frauds, details of which as required to be reportedunder Section 143(12) of the Act.
Company has not appointed internal Auditor for the Financial year2024-2025.
As the Company does not have any manufacturing operations, itdoes not account for substantial energy consumption. However, theCompany adopts all possible measures to conserve energy.
The provisions relating to technology absorption were not applicable tothe Company during the year under review.
There were no foreign exchange earnings and outgo during the yearunder review.
The Resolution Professional would like to express their gratefulappreciation for the assistance, support and co-operation receivedfrom the Lenders, Government Authorities and Shareholders during theyear under review.
The employees of the Company contributed significantly in achievingthe results in spite of the on-going turmoil within the Company. TheResolution Professional takes this opportunity of thanking them andhope that they will maintain their commitment to excellence in theyears to come.
Resolution Professional (RP)Place : Mumbai Registration No: IBBI/IPA-001/IP-
Place : Mumbai P01665/2019-2020/12522
Date :13th August, 2025