DIRECTORS' REPORT To The Members, Giiada Finance & Investments Limited 1.Your Directors ore pleased to present the Twenty-first Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts and the Auditors' Report of your company for the financial year ended, 31st March, 2015. 2. BUSINESS OVERVIEW: Your Company's revenue from operations increased to Rs.1,98,14,191.50 in 2014-2015 from Rs. 1,96,48,173.48 in the previous year at a growth rate of about 84%. Further, during the year under review your Company has earned a net profit after taxation of Rs. 1,00,38,961.82 /- as compared to Rs. 90,49,511.14 /- in the previous year. Your Directors are confident of further improving the performance and growth of the Company in the ensuing years to face new challenges and competitive environment. Your Company will respond to the competitive challenges by enhancing customer focus, by building more efficient network, by ensuring adequate preparedness to take'maximum advantage of new opportunities and aggressively pursuing them. 3. TRANSFER TO RESERVES Your Company has transferred a sum of Rs. 20,07,792 to Statutory Reserve as required under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Company has not transferred any amount to General Reserves during the year under review. 4. DIVIDEND: Your directors do not propose any dividend for the year ended 31st March 2015. 5. 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 i.e. AFTER 31ST MARCH 2015 BUT BEFORE DATE OF SIGNATURE OF DIRECTORS REPORT: There have been no material changes and commitments, that affect 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, 6. ANY CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS: There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company during the year under review. 7. NAMES OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURINGTHE YEAR ALONG WITH REASONS: The Company has no subsidiaries. Further during the year no joint ventures or associate companies were incorporated or ceased. 8. RBI GUIDELINES The Company fulfills all the norms and standards applicable to NBFCs as set out by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Your Company is well capitalized and has a capital adequacy ratio as required by non-deposit accepting NBFCs as prescribed by RBI. II. DEPOSITS: In terms of the disclosure required under Section 134(3) read with rule no. 8(5) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, it is hereby stated that: During the year, the Company has not accepted from the public any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. Further as the Company has not accepted any deposits from the public, the Company is not required to comply with the directions issued by Reserve Bank of India under Non-Banking Financial Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 1998 with respect to public deposits. III. NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS During the year, eight Board Meetings were convened and held, the details of which are furnished in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013. Ms. Bindu Rajgopal Giiada (DIN: 00392976) was appointed as Additional Director of the Company during the year and she holds office up to date of the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company has received notice under Section 160 of the Companies Act 2013, from a member along with requisite deposit proposing the candidature of the Additional Director to the office of directorship. Accordingly, necessary resolution in relation to the appointment of the Director is placed before the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Board recommends the appointment of Ms. Bindu Rajgopal Giiada as Director. Ms. Bindu Rajgopal Giiada is also the Woman Director appointed under the provisions of the law. The Company has received notices as required under Section 160 of the Act, from certain members proposing the candidature of Mr. Basantkumar Girdhardas Mohota (DIN:00269026), Dr. Mahesh Kataria (DIN: 00410370) and Mr. Narayan Das Jaju (DIN: 03166712) as Independent Directors of the Company for tenure as allowed under the provisions of the law. Accordingly, necessary resolutions in relation to appointment of Independent Directors are also placed before the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has received declarations from all the Independent directors confirming that they meet the criterion of independence as per law and have respectively consented for being appointed as an Independent Director. The Board noted with deep regret and sorrow that Mr. Ramesh Wamanrao Kamalapurkar, Director of the Company passed away on 4th April 2015. The Board recorded with appreciation the invaluable and immense contribution made by Mr. Ramesh Wamanrao Kamalapurkar during his illustrious association with the Company. V. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT Pursuant to the requirements under Section 134 sub section 3(c) and sub-section 5 of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors hereby state and confirm that: a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed, along with proper explanation relating to material departures. b) Such accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and judgements and estimates have been made that are reasonable and prudent to give a true and fair view of the Company's state of affairs as at March 31,2015 and of the Company's profit or loss for the year ended on that date. 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. d) The annual financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. e That internal financial controls were laid down to be followed and that such internal financial controls were adequate and were operating effectively. f) Proper systems were devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively. VI. A STATEMENT ON DECLARATION GIVEN BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS UNDER SUB-SECTION (6) OF SECTION 149. The independent directors (IDs) have submitted a declaration of Independence, as required pursuant to section 149(7) of the Act, stating that they meet the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6). In the opinion of the Board, these IDs fulfil the conditions specified in the Act and the rules made there under for appointment as IDs and confirm that they are independent of the management VII. RE-APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AFTER COMPLETION OF 5-YEAR TERM. The Company has not reappointed any Independent Director after completion of 5-year term. VIII. IN CASE OF A COMPANY COVERED UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 178, COMPANY'S POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION INCLUDING CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS, POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES, INDEPENDENCE OF A DIRECTOR AND OTHER MATTERS PROVIDED UNDER SUB-SECTION (3) OF SECTION The Company's policy on Directors' appointment and remuneration including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and other matters as provided under section 178(3) of the Act are covered in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Report. Further, information about elements of remuneration package of individual directors is provided in the extract of Annual Return pursuant to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed form MGT-9 and forms part of this Report. IX. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186 DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are furnished in the notes to the Financial Statements. Loans/Investments/Guarantees made to firms and companies under the same management are within the limits prescribed under RBI Directions, 1998to NBFC's and the limits prescribed under Sections 185 and 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 X. PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES REFERRED TO IN SECTION 188(1) All contracts / arrangements / transactions entered by the Company during the financial year with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis. During the year, the Company had not entered In to any contract / arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company an materiality of related party transactions. There are no materially significant related party transactions made by the Company with promoters, directors, key managerial personnel or other designated persons which may have a potential conflict with the interest of the Company at large. The Company has in place a policy on related party transactions as approved by the Board and the same is available an website of the Company. Your Directors draw attention of the members to Note 14 to the financial statement which sets out related party disclosures. XI. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES In accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the information In respect of the employees of the Company will be provided upon request, in terms of section 136 of the Act, the report and accounts are being sent to the members and others entitled thereto, excluding the aforesaid Information which is available for inspection by the members at the registered office of the Company during business hours on working days at the Company, if any member is interested in obtaining a copy, such member may write to the registered office address of the Company In this regard. During the financial year, the Company has not employed any person with the aggregate remuneration for Rs. 60, 00,000 per annum if employed throughout the year or Rs. 5,00,000 per month if emplayed for part of the year. XII. PARTICULARS OF REMUNERATION The remuneration to the employees and director are paid as per the remuneration policy of the Company: The number of permanent employees who were on the rolls of Company for the whole of financial year 2014-2015 is 8. During the year 2014-2015, the remuneration packages payable to the employees were enhanced in line with the Industry standards and the endeavours adopted by the Company to attract, retain, develop and motivate a high performance staff. There was no Increase In the remuneration payable to the executive director - Mr. Sampat Kumar Giiada during the year under review. The variable component of the salary of executive director is linked ta the performance targets for the Company in terms of revenue and for other employees, the Company has a defined performance targets linked to the consolidated statement of Profit and Loss, in addition to their performance. The Increments In the pay to the employees are In consonance to average Industry standards and requirement to recognize the critical talents. In order to ensure that remuneration reflects company performance, the performance pay to the employees is linked to the organization performance. There are no employees receiving remuneration In excess of the remuneration received by the executive director. The ratio of the remuneration of the executive director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the year ended 31st March 201S is given below. There was 35.7% increase In the median remuneration of the employees of the Company (who were in employment for the whole of financial year 2013- 14 and 2014-15) for the financial year 2014-2015 in comparison to the previous financial year. XIV. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT The Company has complied with requirements of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement regarding Corporate Governance. A report an the Corporate Governance practices, the Auditors' Certificate on compliance of mandatory requirements thereof are given as an annexure to this report. XV. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS A detailed report an the Management Discussion & Analysis is provided as a separate section in the Annual Report. Pursuant to provisions of Sections 139 (1), 142 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 (as amended or re-enacted from time to time) read with Rule 3 (7) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors} Rules 2014 M/s. Vishnukant Joju & Associates., (Firm Reg. No:014328W} Chartered Accountants, Bangalore the retiring auditors who have offered themselves for re-appointment and have confirmed their eligibility in terms of the provisions af Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 4 of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, be and are hereby reappointed as statutory auditors of the Company for a period of four (04) years (i.e. financial years: 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018,2018-2019) to hold office from the conclusion of this annual general meeting until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in the calendar year 2019 (subject to ratification of the appointment by the members of the Company at every Annual General Meeting as per the provisions of Section 139(1) the Companies Act, 2013) at a remuneration as may be decided by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Auditors Report to the shareholders for the year under review does not contain any qualification. XVII. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company had appointed Mr. S.P. Nagarajan, Company Secretary in Practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Report of the Secretarial Audit carried out is annexed herewith. The report does not contain any observation are qualification requiring explanation or comments from the Board under Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013. XVIII.CORPORATESOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The criteria for setting up Corporate Social Responsibility Committee as prescribed by the notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs dated 27th February 2014 read with Section 135 sub-section of the Companies Act, 2013 and Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014are presently not applicable ta the Company. XIX: DETAILS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF VIGIL MECHANISM The Company has a Vigil Mechanism to deal with the instances of fraud and mismanagement if any. The details of the policy are explained in the Corporate Governance Report and also pasted on the website of the Company. XX PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSALOF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ATWORK PLACE The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has formulated a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at the work place, in line with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Woman at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the rules there under. The policy aims to provide protection to employees at the work place and prevent and redress complaints of sexual harassment and far 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 sexuel harassment and recommend appropriate action. The Company has not received any complaint of sexual harassment during the financial year 2014-15 XXI. ISSUE OF EQUITY SHARES WITH DIFFERENTIAL RIGHTS The Company has not issued any equity shares with differential rights during the year under review. XXII. ISSUE OF SWEAT EQUITY SHARES The Company has not issued any sweat equity shares during the year under review. XXIII. EMPLOYEESSTOCKOPTIONSCHEME: The Company has not implemented any Employees Stock Option Scheme during the year under review. XIV. PROVISION OF MONEY BY COMPANY FOR PURCHASE OF ITS OWN SHARES BY EMPLOYEES OR BY TRUSTEES FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMPLOYEES. The Company has not made any provision of money for purchase of its was shares by employees or by trustees for the benefit of employees. XXV. A STATEMENT INDICATING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR THE COMPANY INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION THEREIN OF ELEMENTS OF RISK, IF ANY, WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD MAY THREATEN THE EXISTENCE OF THE COMPANY Your Company has been rendering services with respect to lending of loans and advances. The Company has to manage various risks. These risks include credit risk; liquidity risk, interest rate risk and operational risk. Being cognizant of this fact, the Company has robust risk governance and has built an effective risk management framework. The Company strongly believes that effective risk management can be a strategic differentiator and hence will remain focused on continuously strengthening its risk management processes. The Risk Management Committee review and monitor these risks at periodic intervals. The Company manages credit risk through stringent credit norms established through several years of experience in this line of business and continues to follow the time tested practice of personally assessing every borrower, before committing to a credit exposure. This process ensures that the expertise in lending operations acquired by the Company aver decades is put to best use and acts to mitigate credit risks. Liquidity risk and interest rate risk arising out of maturity mismatch of assets and liabilities are managed through regular monitoring of the maturity profiles. The Company also measures the interest rate risk by the duration gap method. XVI. AUDITORS: Operational risks arising from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events are adequately addressed by the internal control systems and are continuously reviewed and monitored by a dedicated team of people. Process improvements and quality control ore on-going activities and are built into the employee's training modules. XXVI. DETAILS OF COMMISSION/REMUNERATION RECEIVED BY A MANAGING DIRECTOR/WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY FROM THE COMPANY'S HOLDING OR SUBSIDIARY COMPANY The Company has no holding and subsidiary company. Consequently the question of receiving any commission/remuneration from the Company’s holding or subsidiary company by the Directors does not arise. XXVII. AUDIT COMMITTEE Details of the Audit Committee ore furnished in the Corporate Governance Report. XXVIII. OTHER DISCLOSURES a) SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIA L ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS There are no significant material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals which would impact the going concern status of the company and its future operations. b) INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS A robust system of maternal control, commensurate with the size and nature of its business, forms an integral part of the Company's corporate governance policies. Internal control framework including clear delegation of authority and standard operating procedures are available across all businesses and functions. These are reviewed periodically at oil levels. The risk and control matrices are reviewed on a quarterly basis and control measures are tested and documented These measures have helped in ensuring the adequacy of internal financial controls commensurate with the scale of operations of the Company. c) REVISION OF- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR BOARD'S REPORT MADE DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR Na revision of any financial statements or Board's report was made during the financial year. XXIX. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN AS PRESCRIBED IN FORM MGT-9 An extract of the annual return as provided under sub-section (3) of section 92 in Form MGT-9 forms part of the Board's Report. (ANNEXURE FORM MGT-9) XXX. BOARD EVALUATION The Board carried out on annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the individual Directors as well as the working of the Committees of the Board. The performance evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the entire Board. The performance evaluation of the Chairman and the Non- Independent Directors was carried out by Independent Directors. Details of the some ore given in the Report on Corporate Governance annexed hereto. XXXI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Your Directors wish to express a deep sense of gratitude for the continued support, co-operation and guidance received from the Central end State Government Departments, Reserve Bank of India, Registrar of Companies - Karnataka, Banks and customers during the year under review. The Directors wish to thank the Company's customers, vehicle manufacturers, vehicle dealers and shareholders for their continued support. The Directors also thank the employees of the Company for their contribution to the company’s operations during the year under review. FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RAJGOPAL GILADA MANAGING DIRECTOR DIN; 00307829 SHANKARLAL TULSIRAMGILADA CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR DIN:02016074 Date: 2nd September 2015 Place: Bangalore |