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Lime Chemicals Ltd.

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Market Cap. (₹) 11.49 Cr. P/BV 5.92 Book Value (₹) 2.99
52 Week High/Low (₹) 39/14 FV/ML 10/1 P/E(X) 57.37
Bookclosure 30/09/2024 EPS (₹) 0.31 Div Yield (%) 0.00
Year End :2024-03 

The Directors present their 54th Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company and the financial accounts for the
year ended on 31st March, 2024.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

(Rs. In lakhs)

Particulars

For the year ended

For the previous year

on 3l/03/2024

ended on 31/03/2023

Gross Profit (before interest, depreciation & taxation)

(36.34)

29.45

Less: Interest

3.05

7.75

Depreciation

9.18

22.36

Profit before tax

(48.57)

(0.66)

Tax expense/Deferred Tax

0.61

32.30

Exceptional items

0

308.66

Other comprehensive income

(1.97)

(4.61)

Profit / Loss after Tax

(51.15)

271.10

Add: Balance brought from previous year

(433.94)

(705.03)

Profit / (Loss) available for appropriations

(476.28)

(433.94)

APPROPRIATIONS / TRANSFERS

Profit/(loss) carried to Balance Sheet

(476.28)

(433.94)

DIVIDEND

Your Directors do not recommend any dividend on equity shares in view of the loss and brought forward loss of earlier years incurred
by the Company.

TRANSFER TO GENERAL RESERVE

In view of the carry forward loss, no amount has transferred to the General Reserve Account. The exceptional income received during
the year has adjusted against the brought forward loss of earlier years.

OPERATION AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

During the year under review, the gross income has decreasedfrom Rs. 1560.10 lakhs to Rs.1085.13 lakhs from the previous year
registering decrease of 33.65% in revenue. The Company has incurred net loss of Rs. 48.57 lakhs from ordinary activities during the
year against Rs. 0.66 lakhs in the previous year and comprehensive loss of Rs. 51.55 lakhs during the year with exceptional income
from sale of fixed assets and total comprehensive income of Rs. 271.10 lakhs in the year.

Board of Directors, Board and Audit Committee Meetings:

Your Company's Board is duly constituted and is in compliance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013, the Listing
Regulations and provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company. During the year under review, a total of four Meetings of the
Board of Directors and four meetings of Audit Committee held and details of Meetings held during the financial year 2023-24 have
been provided in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

Mrs. Shahnaz A. Dawoodani the Director of the Company shall retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and
offer herself for re-appointment. Brief profile along with necessary disclosures of retiring Director and reappointment of Managing
Director has been annexed to the Notice convening the ensuing AGM and forms an integral part of this Annual Report.Your Board
recommends re-appointment of Mrs. Shahnaz A. Dawoodani and Mr. Ahmed Hussain Dawoodani. Mr. Husen Somji, a Director has
resigned with effect from 14th August 2024.

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of
independence as prescribed in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Details of utilization of funds raised through preferential allotment or qualified institutions placement as specified under Regulation
32(7A)

The Company has not raised any funds through preferential allotment or qualified institutions placement during the yearunder review.

Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the company which have occurred between the end
of the financial year of the company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report

There were no material changes and commitment affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred subsequent to
the close of the financial year of the Company to which the balance sheet relates and the date of the Report.

Details of significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and
company's operations in future.

There were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and
company's operations in future

Internal control systems and their adequacy

The Company has an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. To maintain its
objectivity and independence, the Internal Audit function reports to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board and to the
Chairman.

The Company has obtained ISO 9001 certification and adheres to the Standard Operating Practices its manufacturing and operating
activities.

The management of the Company evaluates the efficiency and adequacy of internal control system in the Company, its compliance
with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies of the Company. Based on the assessment, the management undertakes
corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. Significant audit observations and recommendations
with corrective actions thereon are presented to the Audit Committee of the Board.

Subsidiaries/ Joint Ventures

The Company does not have Subsidiary or Joint Ventures during the year under review.

Fixed deposit

The Company has not accepted Fixed Deposit and there no outstanding deposits payable by the Company.

Auditors & auditor's report

M/s. R.A. Kuvadia & Co., Chartered Accountants,has been appointed as Auditors of the Company in the last Annual General Meeting
held on 30th September 2023 for five years. The Notes on Financial Statements referred to in the Auditor's Report are self-explanatory
and do not call for any further comments.

Annual Return

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies
(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return of the Company as at March 31, 2023 can be accessed from the
website of the Company at http://www.limechem.com.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings & Outgo

Information as per Companies(Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 relating to conservation of
energy, technology absorption, foreignexchange earnings and outgo are given in "Annexure A" forming part of this report.

Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

During the year under review, the Company is not falling within the prescribed threshold of paid up capital and net profits under
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, and not required to comply with the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Board Evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board has carried out an evaluation of its
own performance, the directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Appointment & Remuneration and

Stakeholder's Grievance Committees. The manner in which the evaluation has been carried out has been explained in the Corporate
Governance Report.

Nomination and Remuneration Committee

The Board has on the recommendation of the Appointment and Remuneration Committee framed a policy for selection and appointment
of Directors, Senior Management and their remuneration. The Remuneration Policy is stated in the Corporate Governance Report.

Board and Audit Committee Meetings

During the year,four Board Meetings and Four Audit Committee Meetings were convened and held. The details of which are given in
the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies
Act, 2013.

Vigil Mechanism / Whistle Blower Policy

The Company has established a vigil mechanism to be known as the "Whistle Blower Policy" for its Directors and employees to report
instances of unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company's Code of Conduct. The aim of the policy is to
provide adequate safeguards against victimization of whistle blower who avails of the mechanism and also provide direct access to
the Chairman of the Audit Committee, in appropriate or exceptional cases.

The purpose of this policy is to provide a framework to promote responsible and secure whistle blowing. It protects employees willing
to raise a concern about serious irregularities within the Company.

Prevention of Insider Trading

The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading under Securities and Exchange Board of India (Insider
Trading) Regulation 2015 with a view to regulate trading in securities by the Directors, designated employees and their immediate
relatives and other connected persons. The Code requires pre-clearance for dealing in the Company's shares by the Directors and
the designated employees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Company and during the
period when the Trading Window is closed. All the members of the Board and designated employees have confirmed compliance with
the Code.

Policy on prevention of sexual harassment of women at workplace

The Company has adopted a Policy under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act,
2013 and Rules framed thereunder. Your Company is committed to provide asafe and secure environment to its women employees
across its functions and other women stakeholders, asthey are considered as integral and important part of the Organization.

An Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) with requisite number of representatives has been set up toredress complaints relating to
sexual harassment, if any, received from women employees and other womenassociates. All employees (permanent, contractual,
temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy, whichalso extends to cover all women stakeholders of the Company.

The following is a summary of sexual harassment complaints received and disposed off satisfactorily duringthe financial year ended
March 31, 2024:

• Number of complaints received: Nil

• Number of complaints disposed off : Nil

Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments

The Company has not given any loans or guarantees covered under the provisions of section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. The
details of the investments made by the Company are given in the notes to the financial statements.

Related Party Transactions

During the financial year ended 31st March 2024, all transactions with the Related Parties as defined under theCompanies Act,
2013 read with Rules framed thereunder were in the ordinary course of business and at arm'slength basis. During the year under
review, your Company does not have a 'Material Subsidiary' as defined under Regulation 16(1)(c) of theSEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ['Listing Regulations'].

All Related Party Transactions of your Company had prior approval of the AuditCommittee, the Board of Directors and by the Members
through the special resolution passed, as required under the Listing Regulations. There has been no materially significant Related
Party Transactions havingpotential conflict with the interest of the Company during the year under review.

All Related Party Transactions entered into by your Company were in the ordinary course of businessand also on an arm's length basis,
therefore details required to be provided in the prescribed Form AOC - 2 isnot applicable to the Company. Necessary disclosures
required under the Ind AS 24 have been made in the Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended on 31st March, 2024.

Secretarial Audit

Hariharan and Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries have undertaken the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial
Audit report is annexed herewith as "Annexure-B", which is self-explanatory.

Risk Management Policy

Pursuant to Section 134(3) (n) of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has constituted a business risk
management committee. The details of the Committee and its terms of reference are set out in the corporate governance report
forming part of the Board report. At present the Company has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence
of the Company.

Corporate Governance

The Company is exempted to give report on Corporate Governance under Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulation, 2015 and details para C, D and E of Schedule V. The Company voluntarily given the Report on Corporate
Governance and Management Discussion and Analysis Report forms part of this Report.

Director's responsibility statement

The Board of Directors of your Company confirms that:

i) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable Accounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;

ii) the Directors had selected such Accounting Policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates 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) the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets 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; and

v) the Directors, have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls
are adequate and were operating effectively.

vi) the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems
were adequate and operative effectively.

Particulars of employees

The Company did not have any employee falling within the purview of Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 5(2) & 5(3)
of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Persons Rule 2014).

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

The Industrial Relations continued to be cordial during the year under review.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for the continued co-operation by the Company's Bankers and the
support given by the Company's valued customers. The Board also express its sincere appreciation to the commitment and dedicated
employees at all levels. Last but not least the Board places on record their gratitude to the Investors, Clients and Shareholders of the
Company.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

PLACE: Navi Mumbai Avinash Jhaveri

DATE : August 14, 2024 Chairman

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