Your Directors' have pleasure in presenting the 40th Directors' Report on theBusiness and Operations of the Company together with the Audited FinancialStatements of Accounts and the Auditors' Report for the year ended March 31,2024.
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Particulars
Financial Year
2023-2024
2022-2023
Revenue from Operations
10477.71
11608.10
Other Income
77.04
270.93
Total Revenue
10554.76
11879.03
Cost of Material Consumed
Purchase of Stock-in-Trade
-
Change in Inventories of finished goods, stock-intrade and work in progress
(271.98)
604.71
Employee Benefit Expenses
39.91
39.75
Finance Cost
105.55
95.73
Depreciation and Amortization Expenses
6.02
5.82
Other Expenses
90.95
85.92
Total Expenses
10459.12
11781.10
Profit/ (loss) before tax
95.64
97.93
Tax Expenses
24.55
(24.74)
Profit for the year
71.09
73.19
Earning Per Share (Basic)
1.19
1.23
Earning Per Share (Diluted)
The company is engaged in the business of buying, selling, import, export,market, develop, distribute, trade or otherwise engage or deal in all types ofoilseeds, pulses, spices, Oilseeds, Pulses, Spices, Oils, edible and nonedibleOils, grains, vegetables, herbs, pickles and other items derived fromagricultural, farming or relevant activities.
Ý The revenue from operations decreased during current financialyear 2023-24. The revenue generated from operations
amounted to 10477.72 Lakhs in F.Y. 2023-24 as compared to F.Y.2022-23 in which revenue generated was amounted to11608.10Lakhs.
Ý Profit before taxation decreased from 97.93 Lakhs in F.Y. 2022¬23 to 95.64 Lakhs in F.Y. 2023-24.
Ý The management of the Company is putting their best efforts toimprove the performance of the Company.
During the period under review, no change has been occurred in theManagement of the Company.
Authorized Share Capital of the Company stood at INR 7,00,00,000/- (IndianRupees Seven Crores Only) divided into 70,00,000 (Seventy Lacs) Equity Sharesof INR 10/- each (Indian Rupees Ten each).
Consequently, the paid-up capital stood at INR 5,96,56,870/- (Indian RupeesFive Crores Ninety-Six Lacs Fifty Six Eight Hundred Seventy Thousand Only)divided into 59,65,687 (Fifty-Nine Lacs Thirty-Six Thousand) Equity Shares ofINR 10/- (Indian Rupees Ten Only) each.
During the year under review, your Company has not accepted any deposits,falling within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and theCompanies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
The Board of your Company is pleased to recommend a final dividend of Rs. 0.10(Ten Paisa Only), {i.e., 1%} per equity share having face value of Rs. 10 each onFriday, 6th September, 2024. The proposed Dividend, subject to approval ofShareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company, will bepaid to members within the period stipulated by the applicable Companies Act.The dividend would be payable to all Shareholders whose names appear in theRegister of Members as on the Book Closure Date. The Register of Members andShare Transfer books shall remain closed from Sunday, 22th September.2024 to Saturday, 28th September. 2024 (both dav inclusive).
As per the provisions of Section 125(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, there wasno unclaimed dividend amount in the books. Hence, the Company has nottransferred any such amount to Investor Education and Protection Fund.
The Board of Directors have not proposed to transfer any amount to GeneralReserves of the Company.
There was no revision in the financial statements of the Company.
As on date of this report, the composition of the Board and Key ManagerialPersonnel is as below:
DIN No /PAN
Name of Director
Designation
Date ofAppointment
Date ofResignation
02045968
Sanjiv MulchandSawla
Managing
Director
27/07/2021
NA
00429203
Nilesh DamjibhaiVira
08/04/2021
01943285
Mallika Sanjiv Sawla
02823232
Smita Mayur Parekh
Independent
09267303
Kunaal Yoddha
30/08/2021
Ms. Pooja having Membership No. A54271 is Whole Time CompanySecretary and Compliance Officer of the Company with effect from 18th May,2021.
Ms. Mallika Sanjiv Sawla is CFO of the Company with effect from 27th July,2021.
During the Financial Year under review, 09(Nine) meetings of the Board ofDirectors were held. The dates on which the said meetings were held:
1. 26th May, 2023;
2. 04th July, 2023;
3. 10th August, 2023;
4. 25th August, 2023;
5. 08th November, 2023;
6. 02nd December,2023
7. 09th January,2024
8. 12th February, 2024
9. 15th March, 2024
The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribedunder the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 and Companies Act, 2013.
S.No.
No. of BoardMeetingeligible toattend
No. of
Meetings
attended
No. ofMeeting inwhichabsent
1
9
2
Nilesh DhamjibhaiVira
3
4
5
Independent Directors of the Company held their Separate meeting underRegulation 25(3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015 and Schedule IV of Companies Act, 2013 onWednesday,20th March, 2024 at the registered office of the Company at 505Churchgate Chambers, 5 New Marine Lines, Mumbai City, Maharashtra -400020, India, to evaluate their performance.
There were no material changes occurred during the period under review.
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investment wherever required, havebeen disclosed in the financial statement, which also form part of this report.
According to Section 134(5) (e) of the Companies Act, 2013, the term “InternalFinancial Control (IFC)” means the policies and procedures adopted by theCompany for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business,including adherence to the company's policies, safeguarding of its assets,prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records and timely preparation of reliable financialinformation. The company has a well-placed, proper and adequate InternalFinancial Control System which ensures that all the assets are safeguarded andprotected and that the transactions are authorized recorded and reportedcorrectly. To further strengthen the internal control process, the company hasdeveloped the very comprehensive compliance management tool to drill downthe responsibility of the compliance from the top management to executivelevel.
The compliance relating to Internal Financial controls have been duly certifiedby the statutory auditors.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, everycompany having Net Worth of Rupees Five Hundred Crore or More, orTurnover of Rupees One Thousand Crore or More or a Net Profit of RupeesFive Crore or More during any financial year shall constitute a Corporate SocialResponsibility Committee of the Board and shall formulate a Corporate SocialResponsibility Policy. Therefore, Provisions of Corporate Social Responsibilityare not applicable on the Company and Company has not developed andimplemented any Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives as provisions ofSection 135(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (CorporateSocial Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.
As per Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligation and DisclosureRequirement) Regulations, 2015, compliance with the Corporate Governanceprovisions as specified in regulation 17 to 27 and clause (b) to (i) [and (t)] ofsub-regulation (2) of regulation 46 and Para C, D, and E of Schedule V shall notapply to the company having Paid up Equity Share Capital not exceeding Rs. 10Crore and Net Worth not exceeding Rs. 25 Crore, as on the last day of theprevious financial year. The Company is covered under the exception givenunder Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligation and DisclosureRequirement) Regulations, 2015, therefore Company is not required to complywith the said provisions.
The particulars as prescribed under Sub-section (3) (m) of Section 134 of thecompanies act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014are annexed herewith at ‘ANNEXUERE I' to the Board Report.
All Independent Directors of the Company have given declaration to theCompany under Section 149(7) read with Schedule IV of the Companies Act,2013, they meet the criteria of independence as provided in the Sub-section6 of Section 149 of the Act and also under the SEBI (Listing Obligation andDisclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015. In the opinion of the Board, theIndependent Directors of the Company possess necessary expertise,integrity and experience.
None of the Independent Director on the Board of the Company serve as anIndependent Director in more than Seven (7) Listed Companies nor holdsthe position of Whole time Director in any Listed Company. Independent
Directors of the Company have been appointed in accordance with theapplicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act”) read with relevantrules.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its ownperformance, board committees and individual directors pursuant to theprovisions of the Act and the corporate governance requirements asprescribed by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 ("SEBI Listing Regulations”).
The performance of the board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputsfrom all the directors on the basis of the criteria such as the board compositionand structure, effectiveness of board processes, information and functioning,etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the Board after seekinginputs from the committee members on the basis of the criteria such as thecomposition of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed theperformance of the individual directors on the basis of the criteria such as thecontribution of the individual director to the Board and Committee meetingslike preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningful and constructivecontribution and inputs in meetings, etc. In addition, the chairman was alsoevaluated on the key aspects of his role.
In a separate meeting of independent directors, performance of non¬independent directors, performance of the board as a whole and performanceof the chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views of executivedirectors and non-executive directors. The same was discussed in the boardmeeting that followed the meeting of the independent directors, at which theperformance of the board, its committees and individual directors was alsodiscussed. Performance evaluation of independent directors was done by theentire board, excluding the independent director being evaluated.
During the year Company has given remuneration to following Director of theCompany in the ratio of 2:3-SANJIV M. SAWLA : 9,00,000/--MALLIKA S. SAWLA; 6,00,000/-
Currently, the Board has following committees: -
? Audit Committee;
? Nomination & Remuneration Committee;
The Audit Committee of the Company is constituted/re-constituted in line withthe provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and otherapplicable laws. The Audit Committee comprises of majority of the IndependentDirectors. All the members of the Committee have experience in financial matters.The Audit Committee is constituted in line to monitor and provide effectivesupervision of the management's financial reporting process, to ensure accurateand timely disclosures, with the highest level of transparency, integrity, andquality of Financial Reporting. The details of the composition of the committeeare set out in the following table: -
Name
Status
1.
Ms. Mallika SanjivSawla
Director & ChiefFinancial Officer(CFO)
Chairperson
2.
Ms. Smita MayurParekh
Member
3.
Mr. Kunaal Yoddha
During the Year under review 04(Four) meetings of the Audit Committee wereconvened and held. The dates on which the said meetings were held:
1. 26th May, 2023
2. 10th August, 2023
3. 08th November, 2023
4. 12th February, 2024
Name of the Members
No. of AuditCommitteeMeetings attendedduring the year
Chairperson andDirector
Member andIndependent Director
Mr. Kunal Yoddha
During the year, all recommendations of the audit committee were approved bythe Board of Directors.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company isconstituted/reconstituted in line with the provisions of Section 178 of theCompanies Act, 2013. The Nomination and Remuneration Committeerecommends the appointment of Directors and remuneration of such Directors.The level and structure of appointment and remuneration of all Key Managerialpersonnel and Senior Management Personnel of the Company, as per theRemuneration Policy, is also overseen by this Committee.
Our Company has constituted a nomination and remuneration committee("Nomination and Remuneration Committee"). The details of the composition ofthe Committee are set out in the following table:
Chairman
Mr. KunaalYoddha
During the Financial Year under review 01 (One) meetings of the Nomination andRemuneration Committee were convened and held. The dates on which the saidmeetings were held:
1. 15th March, 2024
Name of theMembers
No. of Nominationand RemunerationCommitteeMeetings attendedduring the year
Director and chiefFinancial Officer(CFO)
Chairman andIndependent Director
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of Directors have approved a Policyfor Selection, Appointment, Remuneration and determine Directors'Independence of Directors which inter-alia requires that composition ofremuneration is reasonable and sufficient to attract, retain and motivateDirectors, KMP and senior management employees and the Directors appointedshall be of high integrity with relevant expertise and experience so as to havediverse Board and the Policy also lays down the positive attributes/criteria whilerecommending the candidature for the appointment as Director.
Nomination & Remuneration Policy is uploaded on the website of the Companyi.e. at www.m.lakhamsi.com.
Pursuant to Section 134(3) (n) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company hasdeveloped and implement the Risk Management Policy for the Companyincluding identification therein of elements of risk, if any, which is in the opinionof the Board may threaten the existence of the Company. These are discussed atthe meeting of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company.
At present the Company has not identified any element of risk which maythreaten the existence of the Company.
During the year under review, the Company has entered into related partytransactions falling under sub section (1) of Section 188 of the Companies Act,2013. Form for disclosure of particulars of contracts/arrangements as requiredunder clause (h) of sub-section (3) of section 134 of the Act read with Rule 8(2)of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is provided in the Board Report in theform AOC- 2 as “ANNEXURE -II”.
During the Financial Year 2023-24, the Auditors have not reported any matterunder Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, therefore no detail isrequired to be disclosed under Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013.
During the year under review, the Company have a Subsidiary M/S LAKHAMSIFZE
Hence provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 relating topreparation of consolidated financial statements are applicable.
Pursuant to Section 177(9) and (10) of the Companies Act, 2013, andRegulation 22 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement)Regulation, 2015, the Company has formulated Whistle Blower Policy for vigilmechanism of Directors and employees to report to the management about theunethical behavior, fraud or violation of Company's code of conduct. Themechanism provides for adequate safeguards against victimization ofemployees and Directors who use such mechanism and makes provision fordirect access to the chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases. Thepolicy of vigil mechanism is available on the Company's website atwww.m.lakhamsi.com.
28. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THEREGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOINGCONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY’S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE: -
During the period under review, no material orders have been passed by theregulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status andcompany's operations in future.
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013,with respect to Directors Responsibilities Statement, it is hereby confirmed:
(a) That in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended31st March, 2024 the applicable accounting standards had been followedalong with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(b) That the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied themconsistently and made judgments and estimates that were reasonable andprudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the companyat the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the company for theyear review;
a. That the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for themaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of thecompany and for preventing and detecting fraud and otherirregularities;
(c) That the directors had prepared the annual accounts for the financial yearended 31st March, 2024 on a going concern basis;
(d) That the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed bythe company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and wereoperating effectively and
(e) That the directors had devised proper system to ensure compliance with theprovisions of all applicable laws and that such system were adequate andoperating effectively.
30. AUDITORS & AUDITORS’ REPORT: -CQ Statutory auditors
M/s TDK & Co. Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (FRN: 109804W) have beenappointed as Statutory auditor
CQ Cost auditor
Pursuant to Section 148 of the Companies Act 2013, maintenance of costaccounts and requirement of cost audit is not applicable.
CQ Secretarial A uditor
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 9of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed M/s. Vikas Verma & Associates,Company Secretaries, having its registered office at B-502, Statesman House, 148,Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110001 as Secretarial Auditor for the year 2023¬2024. The Report of the Secretarial Audit is annexed herewith as ‘ANNEXURE -III' The said Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification,reservations, adverse remarks and disclaimer.
CQ Internal Auditor
Pursuant to the provision of Section 138(1) of the companies Act, 2013 read withRule 13 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, and other applicable provisionsof the act, the Board of Directors appointed M/s Rajen T. Gala & Co., CharteredAccountants (FRN: 121577W)as an Internal Auditor of the Company for thefinancial year 2023 - 2024 in Board Meeting held on 15th March, 2024.
The Company is listed on the BSE Limited and is regular in paying the annuallisting fee to the stock exchange.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013, theCompany has complied with the applicable provisions of the SecretarialStandards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and notifiedby Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
As required pursuant to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, anannual return is uploaded on website of the Company www.m.lakhamsi.com.
The Company familiarizes its Independent Directors on their appointment assuch on the Board with the Company, their roles, rights, responsibilities in theCompany, nature of the industry in which the Company operates, etc. throughfamiliarization programme. The Company also conducts orientationprogramme upon induction of new Directors, as well as other initiatives toupdate the Directors on a continuing basis. The familiarization programme forIndependent Directors is disclosed on the Company's websitewww.m.lakhamsi.com.
The Management's Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review,as stipulated under regulation 34 (3) and Part B of schedule V of the SEBI(Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement) Regulation, 2015 is annexedto this Annual Report as ‘ANNEXURE-IV”.
Commitment to ethical professional conduct is a must for every employee,including Board Members and Senior Management Personnel of the Company.
The Code is intended to serve as a basis for ethical decision-making in conductof professional work. The Code of Conduct enjoins that each individual in theorganization must know and respect existing laws, accept and provideappropriate professional views, and be upright in his conduct and observecorporate discipline. The duties of Directors including duties as anIndependent Director as laid down in the Companies Act, 2013 also forms partof the Code of Conduct. All Board Members and Senior Management Personnelaffirm compliance with the Code of Conduct annually.
37. INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMENAT WORK PLACE (PREVENTION. PROHIBITION & REDRESSAL) ACT-2013:
The Company has zero tolerance towards sexual harassment at the workplaceand towards this end, has adopted a policy in line with the provisions of SexualHarassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013 and the Rules there under. The Company has complied withprovisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committeeunder the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 which redresses complaints received onsexual harassment. During the financial year under review, the Company hasnot received any complaints of sexual harassment from any of the womenemployees of the Company.
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect ofthe following items as there were no transactions on these items during theyear under review:
a. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
b. Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as to dividend, votingor otherwise;
c. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of theCompany.
d. Neither the Managing Director nor any of the Whole-timeDirectors of the Company receive any remuneration orcommission.;
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide circular CIR/CFD/DIL/8/2012dated August 13, 2012 has mandated the inclusion of BRR as part of the AnnualReport for the top 100 listed entities. In view of the requirements specified,the company is not mandated for the providing the BRR and hence do not formpart of this Report.
In terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rules5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration ofManagerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, no employee has drawn remunerationin excess of the limit set out in the said rules. ‘ANNEXURE-V'
As there is no application made or pending under Insolvency and BankruptcyCode, 2016, so there is no requirement to give details of application made orany proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
As required under Regulation 17(8) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015,the Whole Time Director & CFO and Finance Manager's Certification is at‘ANNEXURE-VI'.
During the period under review There has been no one time settlement and thevaluation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions.
The Directors wish to convey their appreciation to all of the Company'semployees for their contribution towards the Company's performance. TheDirectors would also like to thank the shareholders, employee unions,customers, dealers, suppliers, bankers, governments and all other businessassociates for their continuous support to the Company and theirconfidence in its management.
Place: Mumbai M Lakhamsi Industries Limited
Sanjiv Mulchand Sawla Mallika Sanjiv Sawla
Managing Director Director and CFO
DIN:02045968 DIN:01943285