DIRECTORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS, Your directors have pleasure in presenting the eleventh report on the business and operations of your Company for the year ended March 31, 2015. For a detailed analysis of financial performance, please refer to the "Management Discussion and Analysis" section which is forming part of the Annual Report. There are no material changes or commitments affecting the financial position of the Company between the end of the Financial Year in question and the date of this report. SHARE CAPITAL The paid up equity share capital as on March 31, 2015 was ^ 258,976,690/-. During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares with or without differential voting rights. Further, during the year under review, the Company introduced a new employee stock option scheme (ESOP-2014) and has granted 932,500 stock options to the employees there under. Further, during the year under review, the Company has also not issued any sweat equity shares. As at March 31, 2015, none of the Directors of the Company hold instruments convertible into equity shares of the Company except stock options granted under the relevant employee stock option schemes of the Company. EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTIONS The Company has three employee stock options schemes viz ESOP-2006, ESOP-2010 and ESOP-2014. The Board has terminated ESOP-2006 and ESOP-2010 and no options can be granted under these employee stock option schemes other than the stock options already granted. ESOP 2010 has been amended in October 2014 accelerate vesting of the unvested options. The exercise period has been amended for all vested options, which were granted under ESOP 2010 and are not exercised, from October 25, 2014 to until the expiry of one (1) year from the date of listing of the equity shares of the Company Your Company was an unlisted company at the time of grant of employee stock options and was hence not required to be compliant with the SEBI ESOP Regulations with respect to employee stock options. ESOP-2006 was compliant with the SEBI ESOP Regulations, except to the extent of clauses with respect to formation/ composition of the compensation committee; appointment of a registered merchant banker; placing of the auditors' certificate before the annual general meeting of the company and disclosures required to be made to the option grantees at the time of the grant and in the directors' report. ESOP-2010 was compliant with the SEBI ESOP Regulations, except to the extent of clauses with respect to inclusion of consultants, promoters, persons belonging to the promoter group and directors holding more than 10% of the outstanding equity shares for grant of employee stock options; formation/ composition of the compensation committee; cancellation of all vested options which were not exercised as on the date of submission of resignation or date of termination of the option grantee prior to listing of shares of the company; allowing for earlier vesting of options in case the existing shareholders intend to sell more than 50% of their equity shares held in the company prior to listing of the equity shares of the company; appointment of a registered merchant banker; placing of the auditors' certificate before the annual general meeting of the company and disclosures required to be made to the option grantees at the time of the grant and in the directors' report. ESOP-2014 was compliant with the SEBI ESOP Regulations. The following directors and key managerial personnel were granted stock options during the year under review: 1) Mr. Kapil Agarwal, - 212,500 stock options Joint Managing Director 2) Mr. Rajesh Mishra, - 45,000 stock options CEO - Indian Operations 3) Mr. Ashish Malushte, CFO - 37,500 stock options 4) Mr. Sameer Chavan, - 6,500 stock options Company Secretary Mr. Kapil Agarwal, Joint Managing Director of the Company, received a grant of 212,500 stock options amounting to 5% or more of the options granted during the year under review. There are no Directors or employees who were granted options during any one year equal to or exceeding 1% of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of grant. The details of employee stock option schemes and grants made in three years prior to the Initial Public Offering under each scheme of the Company are available on the website of the Company www.ufomoviez.com The details of employee stock options form part of the notes to accounts of the financial statements in the Annual Report. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS Loans, guarantees and investments covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 form part of the notes to the financial statements provided in the Annual Report. FIXED DEPOSITS Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 and, as such, no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as of the Balance Sheet date. PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARTIES Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed Form AOC-2, is appended as "Annexure-1" to this report. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Your Company prepares its financial statements in compliance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in India. The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis. The estimates and judgments relating to the financial statements are made on a prudent basis, so as to reflect in a true and fair manner, the form and substance of the underlying transactions and reasonably present the Company's state of affairs, profits and cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2015. The auditors have modified the consolidated audit report under the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2015 ('the Order') to the extent of stating that the controls relating to customer contracting and tracking of amounts billable in the joint venture of your Company (viz. Mukta VN Films Limited) need to be strengthened. The operating management of that entity has assured the Company's management that requisite corrective steps are being taken to strengthen the internal controls in the area of contracting and invoicing and this will be monitored by the nominee directors of your Company in that joint venture's Board of Directors. Apart from the above, there is no other qualification in the standalone or in the consolidated financial statements by the statutory auditors for the year under review. The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with relevant Accounting Standards (AS) viz. AS 21, AS 23 and AS 27 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India form part of the Annual Report. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and the Company's operations in future. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS In terms of the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges, the Management discussion and analysis is set out in the Annual Report. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING During the year under review, your Company was an unlisted public limited company. On April 28, 2015, the Company made an Initial Public Offering of 96,00,000 equity shares of a face value of Rs. 10 each for cash at a price of Rs. 625 per equity share including a share premium of Rs. 615 per equity share aggregating to Rs. 600 crore through an 'Offer For Sale' by certain existing shareholders of the Company. The equity shares of the Company was listed with the BSE Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) on May 14, 2015. SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES At the beginning of the year, your Company had 5 direct subsidiaries, 10 step-down subsidiaries, 4 associates and 1 joint venture. As on March 31, 2015, your Company has 6 direct subsidiaries, 10 step-down subsidiaries, 4 associates and 1 joint venture. During the year under review, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiaries. The consolidated financial statements of the Company and all its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, and form part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statements of the subsidiaries of the Company in the prescribed format AOC-1 is attached as annexure to the financial statements. The statement also provides the details of performance and financial position of each of the subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. In accordance with Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements and related information of the Company and audited accounts of each of its subsidiaries, are available on the Company's website www.ufomoviez.com These documents are also available for inspection during business hours at the Company's registered office in New Delhi, India. During the year under review, the Company had made investments in Valuable Digital Screens Private Limited, which consequently become a subsidiary of your Company. Further, the Company had also made investments in its subsidiaries Scrabble Entertainment Limited and Southern Digital Screenz India Private Limited. The details of these investments are available in the financial statements provided in the Annual Report. During the year under review, the Company was a foreign owned and controlled company in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and notifications / circulars issued by the Reserve Bank of India and was hence required to obtain a certificate from the statutory auditors regarding the status of compliance with the instructions on downstream investments of the Company under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. The statutory auditors of the Company have issued a certificate that the Company is in compliance with the instructions governing downstream investments of the Company and in compliance with Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 provisions for the year ended March 31, 2015 except that the Company did not notify the Foreign Exchange Promotion Board and Secretariat for Industrial Assistance, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of its downstream investments within 30 days of such investment. However, the Company has subsequently notified these agencies of its downstream investments in the prescribed format. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The Corporate governance report for the financial year ended March 31, 2015 forms part of the Annual Report. BOARD DIVERSITY Your Company recognizes and embraces the benefits of having a diverse Board that possesses a balance of skills, experience, expertise and diversity of perspectives, appropriate to the requirements of the businesses of the Company. The Company sees increasing diversity at the Board level as an essential element in maintaining competitive advantage. A truly diverse Board will include and make good use of the differences in the skills, regional and industry experience, background, race, gender and other distinctions between directors. These differences are considered in determining the optimum composition of the Board and wherever possible balanced appropriately. The Board has adopted a Board Diversity Policy which sets out its approach in this regard. The Board Diversity Policy is available on the Company's website www. ufomoviez.com NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD The Board met 10 times during the financial year, the details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report that forms part of the Annual Report. The intervening gap between any two board meetings was within the period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013. POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION The current policy is to have an optimum combination of executive and non-executive directors with an independent nonexecutive chairman to maintain the independence of the Board, and separate the functions of governance and management in the Company. As on March 31, 2015, the Board consisted of nine members, two of whom are executive and the balance seven are nonexecutive directors. Out of the seven non-executive directors, three are independent directors. The Board periodically evaluates the need for change in its composition and size. The policy of the Company on directors' appointment and remuneration, including the criteria for determining the qualifications, the positive attributes, independence and other matters, provided under Sub-section (3) of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, adopted by the Board, is appended as "Annexure-2" to this report. The remuneration paid to the directors is as per the terms laid out in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the Company. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS The Company has received the necessary declaration from each independent director under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that he/she meets the criteria of independence laid down in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges. BOARD EVALUATION Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges mandates that the Board shall monitor and review the Board evaluation framework. The Companies Act, 2013 states that a formal annual evaluation needs to be made by the Board of its own performance and that of its committees and individual directors. Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013 states that the performance evaluation of independent directors shall be done by the entire Board of Directors, excluding the director being evaluated. The performance evaluation of all the individual directors, the Board as a whole and that of its committees was conducted based on the criteria and framework adopted by the Board. The Board approved the evaluation results as collated by the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. None of the independent directors are due for re-appointment. TRAINING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS Every new independent director of the Board attends an orientation program. To familiarize the new inductees with the strategy, operations and functions of your Company, the executive directors / senior managerial personnel make presentations to the inductees about the Company's strategy, operations, product and service offerings, markets, organization structure, finance, human resources, technology, quality, facilities and risk management. The details of such familiarization programme are available on the Company's website www.ufomoviez.com Further, at the time of appointment of an independent director, the Company issues a formal letter of appointment outlining his/ her role, function, duties and responsibilities as a director. The terms and conditions of their appointment are available on the Company's website www.ufomoviez.com INDUCTIONS On the recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board appointed Mr. Sanjeev Aga, Mr. S. Madhavan and Ms. Lynn de Souza as Independent members of the Board for a period of three consecutive years with effect from November 20, 2014. The Board has also appointed Mr. Sanjeev Aga as the Chairman of the Board for a period of three consecutive years with effect from November 20, 2014. We thank the shareholders for their support in confirming Mr. Sanjeev Aga, Mr. S Madhavan and Ms. Lynn de Souza's appointment at the Extra-ordinary General Meeting held on November 20, 2014. RETIREMENT AND RE-APPOINTMENTS In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and in terms of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Raaja Kanwar retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment. The Companies Act, 2013, provides for the appointment of independent directors. Sub-section (10) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides that independent directors shall hold office for a term of up to five consecutive years on the board of a company; and shall be eligible for re-appointment on passing a special resolution by the shareholders of the Company. Accordingly, all the independent directors, were appointed by the shareholders at the general meeting as required under Section 149(10) for a period of three years. Further, according to Sub-section (11) of Section 149, no independent director shall be eligible for appointment for more than two consecutive terms of five years. Sub-section (13) states that the provisions of retirement by rotation as defined in Sub-sections (6) and (7) of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall not apply to such independent directors. None of the independent directors will retire at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. RESIGNATIONS During the year under review, the following Directors resigned from the directorship of the Company. Mr. Tushar Agarwal resigned as non-executive director with effect from October 31, 2014. Mr. John Carl Hahn resigned as non-executive director with effect from November 7, 2014. Mr. Manu Chandra and Mr. Samir Palod resigned as non-executive directors with effect from November 10, 2014. These Directors have resigned from the directorship of the Company during the process of restructuring of the Board for complying with the listing requirements regarding Board's composition for the purposes of the Company's Initial Public Offering. The Board has placed on record its appreciation for the outstanding contributions made by Mr. Tushar Agarwal, Mr. John Hahn, Mr. Manu Chandra and Mr. Samir Palod during their respective tenures in office. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS' MEETING During the year under review, the Independent Directors met on July 23, 2015 inter alia, to: (a) review the performance of the Non-Independent Directors and the Board of Directors as a whole; (b) review the performance of the Chairman of the Company, taking into account the views of Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors; (c) assess the quality, content and timeliness of the flow of information between the Company Management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform its duties. All the Independent Directors were present during the Meeting INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS Your Company has adopted the policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business including adherence to the Company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information. COMPOSITION OF AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE The Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Company as on March 31, 2015 comprised of two independent Directors, namely Mr. Sanjeev Aga and Mr. S. Madhavan and one Non Executive Non-Independent Director namely Mr. Varun Laul. Mr. Sanjeev Aga is the Chairman of the Committee. All members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee possess strong knowledge of accounting and financial management. For further details on the Audit and Risk Management Committee, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report forming part of the Annual Report. WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY The Company has a whistleblower policy to report genuine concerns or grievances. The details of the Whistleblower policy are available on the Company's website www.ufomoviez.com For further details, refer to the Corporate Governance Report forming part of the Annual Report. RISK MANAGEMENT During the year under review, the Company has adopted a Risk Management Policy in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges. The Risk Management Policy defines the risk management approach of the Company and includes a periodic review of such risks and also the documentation, mitigating measures and reporting mechanism of such risks. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 134(3) (C) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 Based on the framework of internal financial controls and compliance systems established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the Internal, Statutory and Secretarial Auditors and the reviews performed by the Management and the relevant Board Committees, including the Audit Committee, the Board is of the opinion that the Company's internal financial controls were adequate and effective during the financial year 2014-15. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 134 (3) (c) and 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that: a) the financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2015 have been prepared on a going concern basis following the applicable accounting standards, and there is no material departure from the accounting standards; b) the accounting policies selected were applied consistently and the judgments and estimates related to financial statements have been made on a reasonable and prudent basis 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 of the Company for that period; c) proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and d) proper systems have been devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems were adequate and operating effectively. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The Board has constituted a CSR Committee headed by Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad as Chairman with Ms. Lynn de Souza and Mr. Kapil Agarwal as Members. The Committee is responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR policy of the Company. The Company has adopted a CSR policy in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. The average net profit of the Company, computed as per Section 198 of the Companies Act, 2013, during the three immediately preceding financial years was Rs. 2155.13 lacs. It was hence required to spend a minimum of Rs. 43.10 lacs on CSR activities during the Financial Year 2014-2015, being 2% of the average net profits of the three immediately preceding financial years. As part of its efforts under the CSR initiative, during the year under review, the Company had contributed to the Swachh Bharat Mission Campaign of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India by screening the Swachh Bharat Mission Campaign, free of cost, in the cinema theatres under its digital cinema distribution network empaneled with the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity for a total value of Rs. 165.94 Lacs. The screening of the Swachh Bharat Mission Campaign in the cinema theatres is in accordance with Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company's CSR Policy. The annual report on CSR activities as required under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as 'Annexure-3" forming party of this Report. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO The particulars as prescribed under Sub-section (3) (m) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, are enclosed as 'Annexure-4" to this report. GREEN INITIATIVES Your Company is publishing only the statutory disclosures in the print version of the Annual Report. Additional information is available on the Company's website www.ufomoviez.com Electronic copies of the Annual Report 2014-15 and Notice of the 11th Annual General Meeting are sent to all members whose email addresses are registered with the Company / Depository Participant(s). For members who have not registered their email addresses, physical copies of the Annual Report 2015 and the Notice of the 11th Annual General Meeting are sent in the permitted mode. Members requiring physical copies can send a request to the Company. AUDITORS Statutory Auditors At the Annual General Meeting held on September 4, 2014, S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as statutory auditors of the Company to hold office till the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held in the calendar year 2018. In terms of the first proviso to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, the appointment of the auditors shall be placed for ratification at every Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, the appointment of S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants, as statutory auditors of the Company, is placed for ratification by the members of the Company. In this regard, the Company has received a certificate from the auditors to the effect that if they are reappointed as auditors of the Company for financial year 2015-16, it would be in accordance with the provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013. Secretarial Auditor Mr. Chetan Anant Joshi, Practicing Company Secretary was appointed to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company for the financial year 2014-15, as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules thereunder. The secretarial audit report for financial year 2014-15 forms part of the Annual Report as 'Annexure-5" to this report. There are no qualifications or observations by the Secretarial Auditors of the Company for the year under review. The Board has appointed Mr. Chetan Anant Joshi, Practicing Company Secretary, as Secretarial Auditor of the Company for the financial year 2015-16. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN In accordance with Section 134(3) (a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an extract of the annual return in the prescribed format is appended as 'Annexure-6" to this report. HUMAN RESOURCES Your Directors believe that the key to success of any company are its employees. Your Company has a team of able and experienced professionals, whose dedicated efforts and enthusiasm has been an integral part of your Company's growth. Your Directors would like to place on record their deep appreciation of their continuous effort and contribution to the Company. Particulars of employees The table containing the names and other particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 disclosing the ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median employee's remuneration and such other details is appended as 'Annexure-7" to this report. A statement containing the names of every employee employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of ^ 60 lakh or more, or employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 5 lakh or more a month, under Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is enclosed as 'Annexure-7" to this report. Policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at workplace The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace, and has adopted a policy against sexual harassment at the workplace in line with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules there under. The Policy aims to provide protection to employees at the workplace and prevent and redress complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected or incidental thereto, with the objective of providing a safe working environment, where employees feel secure. The Company has also constituted an Internal Complaints Committee to inquire into complaints of sexual harassment and recommend appropriate action. The Company has not received any complaint of sexual harassment during the financial year 2014-15. SHIFTING OF REGISTERED OFFICE During the year under review the registered office of the Company was shifted from 1-B, First Floor, Sagar Apartments, 6, Tilak Marg, New Delhi 110001 to Office No. 12, 3rd Floor, 312 Surya Kiran Building, 19 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110 001. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT Statements in this Report and the Management Discussion & Analysis describing the Company's objectives, projections, estimates, expectations or forecasts may be forward-looking within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the statement. Important factors that could influence the Company's operations include economic conditions affecting demand/supply and price conditions in the domestic and overseas markets in which the Company operates, changes in government regulations, tax laws, economic developments within the country and other incidental factors. ACKNOWLEDGMENT We thank all our stakeholders viz. customers, vendors, investors and bankers and other business partners for their excellent support received during the year. We place on record our appreciation of the contribution made by our employees at all levels for their commitment and continued contribution to our Company. We also take this opportunity to place on record our appreciation for continued co-operation and unstinted support received from the film producers, distributors, exhibitors and advertisers who have contributed to the success of our Company. We thank the Central Government and the various State Governments and other Government agencies/bodies for their support, and look forward to their continued support in the future. For and on behalf of the Board of Directors Sanjay Gaikwad Managing Director DIN: 01001173 Kapil Agarwal Joint Managing Director DIN: 00024378 Place: Mumbai Date: July 23, 2015 |