Dear Members,
Your directors have pleasure in presenting the 45th Annual Report on business and
operations along with Audited Annual Accounts for the financial year ended March 31,
2025. The financial highlights for the said financial year are given below:
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Amount in Lacs
| Particulars |
Financial Year ended March 31, 2025 |
Financial Year ended March 31, 2024 |
| Total Income |
39,725.55 |
46,234.80 |
| Total Expenditure |
39,668.90 |
45,753.87 |
| Profit /(Loss) Before Tax |
56.66 |
480.92 |
| Effect of Extra Ordinary Item & Exceptional Items |
68.18 |
(586.88) |
| Provision for tax |
- |
- |
| Current Tax |
- |
- |
| Deferred Tax |
(961.11) |
(1,402.46) |
| Earlier Year Tax |
- |
- |
| Profit/(Loss) After Tax |
949.58 |
2,470.26 |
| Paid-up Share Capital |
|
|
| Equity Shares |
6641.13 |
5,888.63 |
| Preference Shares |
525.00 |
1,277.50 |
| Earnings Per Share - In Rs. |
|
|
| Basis |
1.45 |
5.04 |
| Diluted |
1.45 |
5.04 |
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS AND STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIR Year in Retrospect
During the year under review, total income of the Company was Rs. 39,725.55/- Lakh as
against Rs. 46,234.80/- Lakh in the previous year reflecting decline of 14%. During the
current reporting period, the Company's profit after tax is Rs. 949.58 Lakh.
Segments Paper Division
We are pleased to inform to our stakeholders that, at present, the Company is
manufacturing the following Products:
| Grey Board |
| \u2022 Newsprint |
| Duplex Board |
| N.S. Paper & Board |
| Kraft Paper & Board |
The Detail of Paper manufacture and sale during the Fiscal year 2023-24 and 2024-25 are
as under:
| Particular |
2024-25 |
2023-24 |
| Production |
81,443 MT |
81,034 MT |
| Sale |
72,223 MT |
81,842 MT |
Hotel Division
The Company owns a hotel unit in the name of Country Inn & Suites by Radisson,
Sahibabad. It is the first eco-friendly concept based five-star vegetarian hotel in Delhi
NCR, the second largest in the world under the brand of Country Inn & Suites.
The Hotel Division started its operation w. e. f. 15-02-2009 under the Brand
"Country Inn & Suites by Carlson". The brand owner Country Rezidor Hotel
Group has globally changed the name of the hotels to Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
and accordingly your Company has changed name of its hotel to "Country Inn &
Suites by Radisson" with effect from 17th January 2018. The change in name is done
globally as a strategy to allow the brand and the individual hotels to leverage the global
recognition and strength of the Radisson brand.
Change in the nature of business
There was no change in the nature of the business of the Company during the financial
year ended on March 31, 2025.
DIVIDEND & RESERVES
Your directors do not recommend any dividend for the financial year ended March 31,
2025.
Details of the amount which the Company carries to reserves are provided in Note No. 12
to the Financial Statements.
DIRECTORS AND KMPs
None of the Directors of your Company is disqualified as per provision of section
164(1) & (2) of Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder. Your directors have
made necessary disclosures as required under various provisions of the Companies Act,
2013.
(i) Retirement By Rotation:
In accordance with the provisions of section 152 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the
Company's Articles of Association, Mr. Parveen Jain (DIN: 00423833) Director of the
Company, who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
Your directors recommend forhis appointment/ re-appointment.
(ii) Appointment/Re-appointment/ Resignation of Independent Directors
There is no change in the Independent Directors of the Company during the financial
year 2024-25.
(iii) Appointment/ Resignation of Director and Key Managerial Personnel
There is no change in the Directors and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company during
the financial year 2024-25.
(iv) Declaration by Independent Directors
The Independent Directors have given their respective declarations to the Board
confirming that they meet the criteria of Independence to be appointed as Independent
Director under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and as per SEBI (LODR)
Regulations, 2015.
(v) Board Evaluation
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance,
Board committees and individual directors which include criteria for performance
evaluation of the Non-Executive Directors and Executive Directors pursuant to the
provisions of the Act and the Corporate Governance requirements as prescribed by
Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) under SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. The
Company has devised an evaluation matrix for the performance evaluation and collates the
evaluation results internally.
A meeting of Independent Director was held on 13th February 2025 without the attendance
of other directors (Non-Independent) to review the performance of Non-Independent
Directors, the Board as a Whole, Chairman of the Company/ Meetings, to assess the flow of
information between Company Management and the Board. It was noted that the Board is broad
based, information is timely provided, decisions are taken after due deliberations, Board
members are encouraged by the Chairman to participate and offer their independent advise
based on their experience and act in the best interest of the company and its
stakeholders. The Board is of the opinion that the independent directors appointed during
the year holds adequate integrity, expertise and experience (including the proficiency).
MATERIAL CHANGES
During the financial year, the following material changes were reported:
(i) The operations of Paper Mill have been shut-down for an estimated period of one
month starting from 8th June 2024, for the purpose of repair, restoration, upgradation,
modification of existing machineries, annual maintenance of Paper Unit to improve the
quality and quantity of the product. Thereafter our Paper Unit (Paper Mill) has resumed
operations effective from 22nd July, 2024.
(ii) The Company has issued 3,000 (Three Thousand) listed, secured, rated, redeemable,
taxable, non-convertible debentures of face value of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakhs
Only) each on private placement basis for cash at par, aggregating to Rs. 30,00,00,000
(Rupees Thirty Crore Only). The issuance was made in two tranches of 1,500 debentures
each.
(iii) During the year under review, the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Central
Circle 15, New Delhi passed assessment orders under Section 147 read with Section 143(3)
of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the Assessment Years (AY) 2018 19 to 2022 23, and an order
under Section 143(3) for AY 2023 24. These orders allege unexplained expenditure under
Section 69C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and raised demands under Section 156 of the Act,
as detailed below: AY 2018-19: Rs. 1,83,38,293/-AY 2019-20: Rs. 7,25,54,526/-AY 2020-21:
Rs. 6,75,01,818/-AY 2021-22: Rs. 4,06,61,441/-AY 2022-23: Rs. 1,71,11,152/-. AY 2023-24:
Rs. 3,40,21,325/-The Company has filed appeals before the appropriate appellate
authorities against the above demands. As on the date of this Report, the matters are
pending adjudication, and no final outcome has been received. After the closure of the
financial year and up to the date of this Report, the Board of Directors has,
in-principle, considered and approved a proposal for restructuring of the Company by way
of demerger of its Paper Business into a separate company or through such other manner as
may be advised, in the best interest of the Company, its shareholders, and other
stakeholders.
The Board has further authorised the officials of a draft Scheme of Arrangement along
with other related documents, which shall be placed before the Board for its consideration
and approval in the forthcoming meetings.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted, renewed, and repaid any deposit from the public during
the period under review. Details relating to unpaid or unclaimed deposits or default in
repayment of deposit as on 31st March 2025 as covered under Chapter V of the Act are as
follows:
| 1. Accepted during the year |
NIL |
| 2. Remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year |
NIL |
| 3. Whether there has been any default in repayment of
deposits or payment of interest thereon during the year and if so, number of such cases
and the total amount involved- |
NIL |
| 4. At the beginning of the year |
NIL |
| 5. Maximum during the year |
NIL |
| 6 At the end of the year |
NIL |
| 7 Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the
requir ements of Chapter V of the Act |
NIL |
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Information required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with Rule 8(3) of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, with respect to conservation of energy, technology
absorption and foreign exchange earnings/ outgo is included in Annexure I to this Report.
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) and 5(2)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is
appended as Annexure II to this Report.
The Company does not have any employees who was: i. employed throughout the financial
year and in receipt of annualremuneration of Rs.1.02 Crore or more; ii. employed for part
of the year and in receipt of monthly remuneration of Rs. 8.5 Lakh or more ;
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
The Company has been successful in building a performance-oriented culture with high
levels of engagement and empowerment in an environment of teamwork. The focus has been on
creating reserves through cross functional and interdisciplinary exposure at all levels to
ensure redundancy and robustness in the organization. The morale of the team is at a high
level.
VIGIL MECHANISM
A vigil mechanism of the Company which also includes a Whistle Blower Policy pursuant
to Section 177(9) & 10 of Companies Act, 2013, has been established and can be
accessed on the Company website at www.magnumventures.in.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee as on 31st March 2025 comprises of the following Directors:
1. Ms. Aanchal Jain, Independent Director (Chairman);
2. Ms. Jyoti Bansal, Independent Director (Member);
3. Mr. Parveen Jain, Non-executive Director (Member)
4. Ms. Shalini Rahul, Independent Director (Member)
All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.
Further, details such as constitution and meetings, held during the financial year, etc.
of audit committee are included in the Corporate Governance Report.
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee as on 31st March 2025 comprises of the
following Directors:
1. Ms. Jyoti, Independent Director (Chairman);
2. Ms. Jyoti Bansal, Independent Director (Member);
3. Ms. A anchal Jain, Independent Director (Member);
4. Mr. Parveen Jain, Non-executive Director (Member)
All the recommendations made by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee were accepted
by the Board. Further, details such as constitution and meetings held during the financial
year, etc. are included in the Corporate Governance Report.
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy has also been framed by the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee including criteria for determining qualifications, positive
attributes, independence of a director and can be accessed on the Company website at
www.magnumventures.in.
STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE
The Stakeholders Relationship Committee as on date comprises of the following
Directors:
1. Ms. Jyoti Bansal, Independent Director (Chairman);
2. Ms. Jyoti, Independent Director (Member);
3. Mr. Parveen Jain, Non-executive Director (Member)
All the recommendations made by the Stakeholders Relationship Committee were accepted
by the Board. Further, details such as constitution and meetings held during the financial
year, etc. are included in the Corporate Governance Report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The provisions relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) were not applicable to
the Company during the financial year 2024-25. However, the Company has already formulated
a CSR Policy in earlier years, which is available on the Company's website at
www.magnumventures.in Further, the Annual Report on CSR activities for the financial year
2024-25, in the format prescribed under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility
Policy) Rules, 2014, forms part of this Report as Annexure III.
The Company affirms that all necessary compliances in relation CSR, as and when
applicable, will be duly adhered to .
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
The Board of Directors met seven times on 22nd April, 2024, 27th May, 2024, 13th July
2024, 7th August, 2024, 29th August, 2024, 13th November, 2024, and 13th February 2025
during the financial year 2024-25. Further, the Company had a meeting of Independent
Directors dated 13th February, 2025.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS
No disclosure or reporting is required in respect of loans, guarantees and investments
covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 as there was no such transaction
during the reporting period.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
All Related Party Transactions entered into during the financial year were on the arm's
length and in the ordinary course of business. All Related Party Transactions were placed
before the Audit Committee of the Board for their approval. The Company has formulated a
policy on materiality of Related Party Transactions and on dealing with Related Party
Transactions. The policy is available on the Company's website www.magnumventures.in. The
current and the future transactions will be deemed to be 'material' in nature as defined
in Regulation 23 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015 ("SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015"). All related party transactions and
subsequent material modifications shall require prior approval of the audit committee as
per Regulation 23 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 and all material related party
transaction shall require approval of shareholders through resolution and the related
party shall abstain from voting on such resolution whether the Company is a related party
to the particular transaction or not.
The related party transaction, referred to Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013,
entered and continued during the financial year are attached herewith in Form AOC-2
asAnnexure IV to this Report.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Your Company has established the Risk Management System to mitigate the risk faced by
the Company in the ordinary course of business. The Company has also formulated a Risk
Management Policy which is available on the Company's website www.magnumventures.in. The
factors that affect the Company's profitability and operations are regularly monitored and
offers/proposals submitted by the Company to its customers are modified accordingly. In
the opinion of the Board, there is no risk which may threaten the existence of the
Company.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to
financial statements. Please refer to the report on Internal Financial control, which
forms the part of Auditors' Report in Annexure B.
The Company is taking steps to further strengthen the internal financial controls
system in the financial year 2025-26.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is in compliance of all mandatory requirement of Corporate Governance as
stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
and amendments thereto (hereinafter referred to as 'SEBI Listing Regulations'), with the
Stock Exchanges. For the year ended March 31, 2025, the compliance status is provided in
the Corporate GovernancesectionoftheAnnualReport.ACertificateissued by CS Vijay Kumar
Sharma, Partner of Munish K
Sharma & Associates LLP, Company Secretaries confirming compliance of the
conditions of Corporate Governance stipulated in Regulations 17 to 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27
and clauses (b) to (g), (i) of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 46 and para C, D & E
of Schedule V of Regulation34 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("SEBI Regulations")
for the period April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 is annexed in Annexure V.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS' REPORT Statutory Auditors
M/s. Sahni Bansal & Associates, Chartered Accountants, resigned from the office of
Statutory Auditors of the Company vide their letter dated 12th August 2024, citing medical
grounds of CA Pardeep Surrinder Sahni and CA Gaurav Ahuja, who were primarily responsible
for conducting the statutory audit, hence to fill up the casual vacancy and based upon the
recommendation of the Audit Committee and the approval of the Board and the shareholders,
M/s. Manish Pandey and Associates, Chartered Accountants was appointed as the Statutory
Auditors of the Company for five years from the conclusion of the AGM held in the year
2024 till the AGM to be held in the year 2029.
The notes on financialstatements referred to in the Auditor's report are
self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The Key audit matters/ Emphasis
of Matters/ qualification/ reservation/ adverse in the Auditor's Report and Directors'
response to the same is as follows:
Key Audit Matter a) We refer to the note number 13 of the financial statements, the
company has issued listed, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures of Rs. 3000
lacs on private placement basis.
Directors' Reply: The key audit matter is self- explanatory and does not required
further director's comments.
Emphasis of Matter: a) Balance of Debtors, Creditors & Advances as at March 31,
2025 are subject to confirmation and reconciliation consequential effect (if any) on the
financial statement remains unascertained.
Directors' Reply: The company regularly reconciling its account with its debtors,
creditors & advances and there is no deviation expected in the balances of debtors,
creditors & advances. b) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
and it upon the quantity, pricing and method being used for valuation of the inventory and
have relied upon the value and quantity certified by the management.
Directors' Reply: The Company do conduct Physical verification of inventory at regular
intervals through actual counting, weighing and measuring all items of stock, recording
the results and to ensure that the materials are according to the nomenclature,
description, specification shown in the stock records and the actual balances of such
stocks agree with balances. c) We have observed that the company has made deposits
amounting to Rs. 300.00 lakhs with Bank of Baroda. The company has informed that such
payment has been made to cover the expenses to be incurred by Bank of Baroda in order to
withdraw the cases filed by them against the company at various forums.
Directors' Reply: The Company has done OTS with Bank of Baroda, the Company paid OTS
amount of Rs.27 Crores to Bank of Baroda, thereafter Bank of Baroda issued the NOC. After
that Bank of Baroda has asked for Rs. 3 Crores for the reconciliation of account and said
it will be refunded after reconciliation. Now reconciliation has been done but Bank of
Baroda is not returning the additional deposited amount of Rs.3 Crores.
That's why the Company has filled the recovery suites for Rs.3 Crores with interest in
the High Court of Delhi vide case no. CS(COMM) 522/2024 the matter is sub judice. The
matter is listed for October 17, 2025. d) The Hon'ble Executive Director ('ED) of SEBI has
passed an order dated May 31, 2023 (bearing No. QJA/SP/CFID/FID-SEC4/26875/2023-24) in the
matter of M/s Magnum Ventures Limited and imposed penalty under section 15HA & 15HB of
the SEBI Act, 1992 amounting to Rs. 12,00,000 on the company and collectively a penalty of
Rs. 54,00,000 on directors and KMPs of the Company and restrained them from accessing the
securities market and further prohibited from buying, selling or dealing in securities,
either directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, for a period of one year from the
date of this Order. The provision of Rs. 12,00,000 has been made in the books of accounts.
Subsequent to the said order, the Company has appealed before the Hon'ble Securities
Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai ('Hon'ble SAT'), however Hon'ble SAT vide its order dated July
13, 2023 did not provide any interim relief to the company and directed the Company to
deposit the penalty amount which shall be subject to the result of the appeal. We observe
that the company had duly deposited the penalty amount in compliance to the order of
Hon'ble SAT and the matter was listed for April 7, 2025 wherein the matter has further
being adjourned to July 21, 2025. Directors' Reply: Pursuant to Order of Securities
Appellate Tribunal, the Company has already deposited the penalty amount. The matter was
listed before Hon'ble SAT on July 21, 2025, and was subsequently adjourned to September
22, 2025 for further proceedings.
e) Trade Receivables amounts to Rs. 5892.28 lakhs, out of which trade receivables
amounting to Rs. 919.29 lakhs are outstanding for more than six months. The trade
receivable of Rs. 46.04 lakhs are outstanding for more than six months, which are under
litigation.
Directors' Reply: The Company, through its management, follows an effectiverecovery
policy and is continuously pursuing recoveries from its debtors through regular
follow-ups. The receivables that are under litigation are sub judice and will be resolved
upon the final order of the Hon'ble Court.
Others:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has an internal financial controls system over financial reporting. However it is
needed to be further strengthened to commensurate with the size of the company and nature
of the business.
Directors' Reply: The primary purpose of internal controls system is to help safeguard
an organization and further its objectives. Internal controls function to minimize risks
and protect assets, ensure accuracy of records, promote operational efficiency, and
encourage adherence to policies, rules, regulations, and laws. To achieve, the management
have efficient internal control system. The company and management keep on strengthen
internal control system and procedures on regular basis.
COST AUDITORS
Rule 3 and 4 of the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014 mandates
Paper Industry to get the audit of its cost records after a prescribed turnover of the
product and the Company is required to get its cost record audited for the financial year
2024-25. M/s V.K. Dube & Co., Cost Accountants, were appointed as Cost Auditors of the
Company to audit the cost records of the Company for the financial year 2024-25.
Particulars of Cost Auditors' are as follows:
| Name of the Cost Auditor\u2019s Firm |
V.K. Dube & Co., Cost Accountants |
| Membership Number of Cost Auditor |
000343 |
| Address: |
R-8/90, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002 |
| E-mail id |
vkdubeco@gmail.com |
INTERNAL AUDITOR
M/s. GMB & Associates, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as the Internal
Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2024-25 in the Board Meeting held on 7th
August 2024. They have conducted the internal audit for the said financial year.
Further, the Board, in its meeting held on 13th August 2025, re-appointed M/s. GMB
& Associates, Chartered Accountants, as the Internal Auditors of the Company for the
period from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.
Particulars of Internal Auditors are as follows
| Name of the Internal Auditor |
M/s GMB & Associates, Chartered Accountants |
| Address |
D-25, First Floor, Vikas Marg, Metro Pillar No. 34, Laxmi |
|
Nagar, Delhi 110092 |
| E-mail Id |
vijaygauravfca@gmail.com |
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
The Board has appointed M/s. Munish K Sharma & Associates LLP, Company Secretaries,
to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for financial year 2024-25. The
Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 is herewith marked as
Annexure VI to this Report.
Further, the Board, in its meeting held on 13th August 2025, re-appointed M/s. Munish K
Sharma & Associates LLP, as the Secretarial Auditors of the Company for term of five
consecutive years commencing from financial year 2025-26 till financial year 2029-30,
subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Particulars of Internal Auditors are as follows
| Name of the Secretarial Auditor\u2019s Firm |
M/s Munish K Sharma & Associates LLP, Company Secretaries |
| Name & Membership Number of Secretarial Auditor |
Mr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, F-9924 |
| Address: |
AAF-14, Shipra Krishna Azure, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad, U.P.- 201010 |
| E-mail id |
munish_171@yahoo.com |
The Secretarial Auditor's report is self-explanatory and do not call for any further
comments except for the following observations:
1. The balances of debtors, creditors, and advances as confirmation 31 March
2025 are subject to and reconciliation. Any consequential impact on the financial
statements, if applicable, has not yet been determined. Directors' Reply: The company
regularly reconciling its account with its debtors, creditors & advances and there is
no deviation expected in the balances of debtors, creditors & advances.
2. Trade receivables amount to Rs. 5,892.28/- Lakhs as on 31 March 2025, out of which
Rs. 919.29 Lakhs have been outstanding for more than six months. The trade receivables of
Rs. 46.04/- Lakhs have been outstanding for more than six months and are currently under
litigation.
Directors' Reply: The Company, through its management, follows an effective recovery
policy and is continuously pursuing recoveries from its debtors through regular
follow-ups. The receivables that are under litigation are sub judice and will be resolved
upon the final order of the Hon'ble Court.
3. The Company has some identified enterprises that have supplied goods and services
qualifying as micro and small enterprises under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Act, 2006. The disclosure of amounts payable to such enterprises as on 31
March 2025 is based on information available with the Company. Interest amounting to Rs.
13,28,786/- has been computed in respect of delayed payments. The internal control system
related to the grant of advances and ensuring timely payments to MSME parties within the
stipulated 45 days requires strengthening. Directors' Reply: The Company has obtained
declarations from its MSME vendors wherein they have provided an unconditional waiver of
their right to claim interest on delayed payments. Based on these declarations, the
Company has reversed the interest charged on delayed payments to MSME parties during
Quarter 4 of the financial year 2024-25.
4. The Company's promoters and promoter group members acquired 75,25,000 equity shares
upon conversion of warrants, increasing promoter shareholding by 5.5%. This exceeded the
5% threshold, triggering an open offer obligation under Regulation 3(2) of the SEBI (SAST)
Regulations, 2011. Since no open offer was made, this resulted in non-compliance. The
promoters have filed a suo-moto settlement application (Settlement application no.
8124-8127/2024) with SEBI on 14 October 2024, and no regulatory action has been initiated
so far against the Company.
Directors' Reply: Upon becoming aware of the oversight, the promoters have submitted
the required disclosure under Regulation 29 of the SEBI SAST Regulations and proactively
filed a settlement application under the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018
with the Settlement Division of SEBI. As on the date of this Report, no action or penalty
has been initiated or imposed by SEBI or any other regulatory authority in relation to
this matter. The settlement application is presently under consideration by SEBI.
5. The Company undertook multiple share capital restructuring activities. In compliance
with the Companies Act, 2013, it filed the necessary Form SH-7 (for redemption of
preference shares) and Form PAS-3 (for return of allotment) for these events. However,
while filing Form SH-7 for Redemption of Preference Shares, the Company faced a technical
issue on MCA website. The existing capital structure auto-filled from the MCA database
could not be edited. As a result, when the new capital structure was entered, it did not
match the auto-filled data, leading to a validation failure with the system flagging the
form as "calculatively incorrect." Directors' Reply: The Company has been facing
a persistent technical issue on the MCA V-3 portal while filing Form SH-7 for redemption
of preference shares. Multiple complaints and representations have been lodged with the
MCA helpdesk and relevant authorities, but the matter remains unresolved. Owing to this,
the Company has not been able to file the said Form SH-7 despite its compliance readiness.
6. The listed entity has received a notice from BSE on 07 May 2024 for payment of SOP
fine for violation of Regulation 31 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015 for the period
June 2020 of Rs. 2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand Only). However, the listed entity has paid
the same on 09 May 2024.
Directors' Reply: The listed entity has paid the same.
7. the Hon'ble Executive Director ('ED') of SEBI has passed an Order No.
QJA/SP/CFID/FID-SEC4/26875/2023-24 dated 31 May 2023 in the matter of the listed entity
and imposed penalty under section 15HA and 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992 amounting to Rs.
12,00,000/- on the listed entity and collectively a penalty of Rs. 54,00,000/- on the
directors and KMPs of the listed entity and restrained them from accessing the securities
market and further prohibited from buying, selling, or dealing in securities, either
directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, for a period of one year from the date
of aforesaid order.
Subsequent to the aforesaid order, the listed entity has appealed before the Hon'ble
Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai ('Hon'ble SAT'), however Hon'ble SAT vide its order
dated 13 July 2023 did not provide any interim relief to the listed entity and directed
the listed entity to deposit the penalty amount which shall be subject to the result of
the appeal. We have observed that the listed entity had duly deposited the penalty amount
in compliance to the order of Hon'ble SAT and the matter has listed on 21 July 2025.
Directors' Reply: Pursuant to Order of Securities Appellate Tribunal, the Company has
already deposited the penalty amount. The matter was listed before Hon'ble SAT on July 21,
2025, and was subsequently adjourned to September 22, 2025 for further proceedings.
ANNUAL SECRETARIAL COMPLIANCE REPORT
In compliance with SEBI circular dated February 8, 2019, bearing reference no.
CIR/CFD/CMD1/27/2019, the Company has filed the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report for
the year 2023-24 with the BSE Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The
report was received from CS Vijay Kumar Sharma, Partner at M/s. Munish K Sharma &
Associates LLP, Company
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DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provisions of section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, and to the
best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations
obtained by them and save as mentioned elsewhere in this Report, the attached Annual
Accounts and the Auditors' Report thereon, your Directors confirm that: a. in preparation
of the annual accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, the applicable
Accounting Standards have been followed and there is no material departure from the same;
b. 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 affairsof the Company at the end of March 31, 2025 and of the profit
and loss of the Company for that period; c. the Directors had taken proper and
sufficientcare for the maintenance of adequate with the provisions of the Act for
safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities; d. the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis; e. the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the
Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating
effectively; and f. that the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance
with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and
operating effectively.
SIGNIFICANT & MATERIAL ORDERS: passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals
impacting the going concern Therearenosignificant status and Company's operations in
future.
However, during the year under review, the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Central
Circle 15, New Delhi passed assessment orders under Section 147 read with Section 143(3)
of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the Assessment Years (AY) 2018 19 to 2022 23, and an order
under Section 143(3) for AY 2023 24. These orders allege unexplained expenditure under
Section 69C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and raised demands under Section 156 of the Act,
as detailed below: AY 2018-19: Rs. 1,83,38,293/-AY 2019-20: Rs. 7,25,54,526/-AY 2020-21:
Rs. 6,75,01,818/-AY 2021-22: Rs. 4,06,61,441/-
AY 2022-23: Rs. 1,71,11,152/-. AY 2023-24: Rs. 3,40,21,325/-
The Company has filed appeals before the appropriate appellate authorities against the
above demands. As on the date of this Report, the matters are pending adjudication, and no
final outcome has been received.
MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS
Your Company maintains cost records as specified by the Central Government under
Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.
PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY
The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the
requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition
and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the policy is available on the Company's website
www.magnumventures.in. The company has complied with provisions relating to the
constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 During the year 2024-25, no
complaints were received by the Company related to sexual harassment and no complaints
were pending at the end of the reporting period.
| 1. Number of Complaints received |
Nil |
| 2. Number of Complaints disposed off |
Nil |
| 3. Number of pending beyond 90 days. |
Nil |
DISCLOSURES IN RELATION TO MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961 has complied with all applicable
provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Itisherebyconfirmed during the financial
year.
ANNUAL RETURN
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, Annual Return in
Form MGT-7 shall be made available at the Company's website at www.magnumventures.in after
filing with Registrar of Companies.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management Discussion and Analysis Report as required in terms of the SEBI Listing
Regulations, is annexed to this Report.
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
The Equity shares and Non-Convertible debentures of the Company are listed on the BSE
Limited (BSE Scrip Code: 532896 and 975493) and National Stock Exchange (NSE Symbol:
MAGNUM).
The listing fee for the financial year 2025-26 has already been paid to the BSE and
National Stock Exchange.
COMPLIANCE ON SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The provisions of the applicable Secretarial Standards have been duly complied with
during the financial year 2024-25.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HEALTH AND SAFETY
During the year, the Company enhanced its efforts to address Health, Safety and
Environment matters. The Safety & Health of employees and external stakeholders are
embedded in the core organizational values of the Company. The Health & Safety Policy
aims to ensure safety of public employees, plant & equipment, ensure compliance with
all statutory rules and regulations, imparting training to its employees, carrying out
safety audits of its facilities, and promoting eco - friendly activities. The Company
continues to maintain good track record on safety. MVL also has a Committee for the
safeguard of its workmen. This Committee meets at regular intervals to take measures for
worker's protection in order to make the Company a safe place to work.
DETAILS IN RESPECT OF FRAUDS REPORTED BY AUDITORS UNDER SUB- SECTION (12) OF SECTION
143
As per the explanations given by the Auditors in their report no material fraud on or
by the Company or any fraud in the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed
or reported during the year.
NAMES OF THE COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES / JOINT
VENTURES / ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE YEAR
No Company has become or ceased to be subsidiary/joint venture/associate company of the
Company during the year under review.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE:
During the financial year 2024-25 the following changes took place in the share capital
of the Company: (i) Increase in Authorised Share Capital
The Company has increased its Authorised Share Capital from Rs. 1,12,82,50,000/-
(Rupees One-Hundred and Twelve Crores Eighty-Two Lakhs Fifty Thousand Only) divided into
8,28,25,000 (Eight Crores Twenty-Eight Lakhs Twenty-Five Thousand) Equity Shares of Rs.
10/- (Rupees Ten) each and 30,00,000 (Thirty Lakhs) Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- (Rupees
One Hundred) each to Rs. 1,14,32,50,000/- (Rupees One Hundred and Fourteen Crores Thirty
-Two Lakhs Fifty Thousand Only) divided into 8,43,25,000 (Eight Crores Forty-Three Lakhs
Twenty-Five Thousand) Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each and 30,00,000 (Thirty
Lakhs) Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred) each in the Extra-Ordinary
General meeting held on 20th May, 2024.
(ii) Issuance of Warrants Convertible into Equity Share on preferential basis
The Company, pursuant to the approval of shareholders at the Extra-Ordinary General
Meeting held on 20th May 2024, issued 75,00,000 warrants convertible into equity shares on
a preferential basis to non-promoter category investors. The said warrants were duly
allotted on 5th June 2024 in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies
Act, 2013 and SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2018.
(iii) Issuance of Equity Shares upon conversion of Warrants
The Company issued and allotted 75,25,000 equity shares pursuant to the conversion of
an equal number of warrants in the meetings of the Allotment Committee held on 5th June
2024, 20th June 2024, 4th July 2024, and 12th July 2024. In each of the said meetings,
18,81,250 warrants were converted into 18,81,250 equity shares and duly allotted. (iv)
Redemption of Preference Shares The Company has redeemed 7,52,500 Unlisted Zero Percent
Coupon Rate, Non-Convertible, Non-Cumulative Redeemable Preference Share of Rs. 100/- each
on 5th June, 2024, 20th June 2024, 5th July 2024 and 13th July, 2024 respectively pursuant
to the terms attached to such shares. On each date, 1,88,125 Preference Share were
redeemed.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE AS ON 31 ST MARCH 2025:
| S. No. Particulars |
No. of Shares |
Face Value per share |
Amount |
| 1. Authorised Share Capital |
|
|
|
| Equity |
8,43,25,000 |
Rs. 10/- |
Rs. 84,32,50,000 |
| Preference |
30,00,000 |
Rs. 100/- |
Rs. 30,00,00,000 |
| 2. Issued, paid up and subscribed Share Capital |
|
|
|
| Equity |
6,64,11,317 |
Rs. 10/- |
Rs. 66,41,13,170/- |
| Preference |
5,25,000 |
Rs. 100/- |
Rs. 5,25,00,000/- |
RECEIPT OF AMOUNT FROM DIRECTORS:
During the financial year 2024-25, the Company has received following amounts from the
Directors as referred in sub-clause (viii) of clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 2 of The
Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 along with declarations thereof:
| S. No. Name of Director |
Amount Received by the Company |
| 1. Mr. Abhay Jain |
INR 3,08,89,000/- |
| 2. Mr. Pardeep Kumar Jain |
INR 10,59,35,300/- |
UTILIZATION OF FUNDS RAISED
During the financial year 2024-25, the funds raised have been utilized as per the
objects of the issue. The details of Funds utilization are as follows:
FUNDS RAISED AMOUNTING RS. 11,25,00,000 (BEING 25%) THROUGH ISSUE OF 75,00,000 WARRANTS
ON PRIVATE PLACEMENT BASIS
| S. Funds Utilized during the FY 2024-25 |
Amount |
| 1. Capital expenditure towards tangible and intangible assets
|
Rs. 8,58,30,500 |
| 2. Renovation, renewal, repair, restoration, and upgrade of
Hotel Unit and Paper Unit; |
Rs. 2,62,74,700 |
| 3. General corporate purposes |
Rs. 3,94,800 |
FUNDS RAISED AMOUNTING RS. 14,10,93,750 (BEING 75%) THROUGH CONVERSION OF 75,25,000
WARRANTS (ISSUED ON PRIVATE PLACEMENT BASIS) INTO EQUITY SHARES
| S. No. Funds Utilized during the FY 2024-25 |
Amount |
| 1. Repayment of all or a portion of certain outstanding
borrowings including interest thereon availed by Company |
Rs. 93,68,937 |
| 2. Redemption of Redeemable, Non-Convertible and
Non-Cumulative Pr eference Shares issued by the Company |
Rs. 7,52,50,000 |
| 3. Capital expenditure towards tangible and intangible assets
|
Rs. 3,90,81,500 |
| 4. General corporate purposes |
Rs. 1,73,93,311 |
FUNDS RAISED AMOUNTING RS. 30,00,00,000 THROUGH ISSUANCE OF 3,000 18% LISTED, SECURED,
RATED, REDEEMABLE, TAXABLE NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES ON PRIVATE PLACEMENT BASIS
| S. No. Funds Utilized during the FY 2024-25 |
Amount |
| 1. Capital Expenditure Requirements |
Rs. 29,42,00,000 |
| 2. Transaction expenses |
Rs. 58,00,000 |
FUNDS RAISED AMOUNTING RS. 48,92,09,382 THROUGH RIGHTS ISSUE OF EQUITY SHARES
| S. No. Funds Utilized during the FY 2024-25 |
Amount |
| 1. Funding purchase of new equipment and modification of
existing machinery installed in the pulp section to rewinding section manufacturing unit
to improve the quality and quantity of newsprint paper, kraft paper and cup stock natural
shade paper |
Rs. 21,75,25,382 |
| 2. Issue related expenses |
Nil |
| 3. General Corporate Purposes |
Rs. 5,49,74,000 |
CREDIT RATING
Acuite Ratings & Research Limited vide their press release dated 13th December 2024
has assigned long term rating of 'ACUITE BB' (Stable) on the Rs. 30.00 Cr. Non-Convertible
Debentures of Magnum Ventures Limited and upgraded long term rating of 'ACUITE BB'
(Stable) on the Rs. 150.00 Cr. Non-Convertible Debentures of Magnum Ventures Limited.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your directors take this opportunity to place on record their sincere appreciation for
the co-operation and assistance the Company has received from Bankers and various
Government Departments. The Board also places on record its appreciation of the devoted
services of the employees, support and co-operation extended by the valued business
associates and the continuous patronage of the customers of the Company.
| For and on Behalf of the Board |
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| Magnum Ventures Limited |
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Sd/- |
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Pardeep Kumar Jain |
Abhay Jain |
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Managing Director |
Managing Director |
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DIN: 00024879 |
DIN: 01876385 |
| Date: 13th August, 2025 |
Add: 113/3-4, Ansari Road, |
Add: 113/3-4, Ansari Road, |
| Place: Ghaziabad |
Darya Ganj, Delhi-110002 |
Darya Ganj, New Delhi -110002 |
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