Dear Shareholders,
Your Directors have pleasure to present the Twenty Fifth Annual Report together with
the Audited Statement of Accounts of Senbo Industries Limited for the year ended
March 31, 2019
Financial Performance
The summarized financial results of your Company for the year are given in the table
below.
| Particulars |
2018-19 |
2017-2018 |
|
(Rs.) |
(Rs.) |
| Profit / (Loss) before Finance Charges, Depreciation |
(41,41,138) |
(8,54,246) |
| Depreciation and Amortization |
14,69,863 |
14,93,268 |
| Finance Charges |
7,36,429 |
6,015 |
| Profit / (Loss) before exceptional items |
(98,39,225) |
(19,63,243) |
| Tax Expenses of earlier year |
- |
3,84,271 |
| Profit / (Loss) from Continuing operation |
(98,39,225) |
(23,47,514) |
| Profit / (Loss) for the period |
(98,39,225) |
(23,47,514) |
| Accumulated (Loss) brought forward |
(37,71,23,839) |
(37,47,76,325) |
| (Loss) carried forward to Balance Sheet |
(38,69,63,064) |
(37,71,23,839) |
Business Review/State of the company's affairs and Industry Scenario
Inspite of its best effort, your Company has not been able to find out any business
avenue. The factory at Sonarpur, as such could not be re-opened as on date.
The Board has been constantly keeping a close watch on the various industries and
sectors of the economy in order to identify the business opportunities. However, no
workable area of new venture could be found out as yet by your Board.
Reserves
Due to loss during the year no amount is proposed to be transferred to reserves.
Dividend
The Company has not declared any dividend during the financial year.
Changes in the nature of business, if any
There is no change in the nature of the business of the Company.
Details of significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or
tribunals impacting the going concern status and company's operations in future
It may, however, be relevant to mention here that notice of petition filed under
section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was presented by Oriental Bank of
Commerce against the company before the National Company Law Tribunal Kolkata Bench and
the Bench also issued a notice dated 5th April,2019 to the Company to this
effect.
Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the
company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the company to which
the financial statements relate and the date of the report
There were no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the
Company occurring between March 31st, 2019 and the date of this Report of the Directors
following important events took place:
Changes in Board and KMP
a. Appointment of CFO
Ms. Amrita Bhattacharya was appointed w.e.f. as on 23rd April, 2019 as CFO
of the Company pursuant to section 203 read with rule made there under and other
applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
b. Appointment of Women Director
Ms.Monika Bhattacharjee was inducted in the Board as Additional Director w.e.f. 10th
May, 2019 in compliance with the section 152 read with Schedule IV of the Companies
Act,2013 and all other applicable provisions if any of the Companies Act, 2013.
c. Appointment of Director
Mr. Dipak Chandra Ray was inducted in the Board as Additional Director w.e.f 30th May,
2019 in compliance with the sections 149, 150 and 152 read with Schedule IV of the
Companies Act,2013 and Section 161(1) read with Companies (Appointment and Qualification
of Directors) Rules, 2014 and other applicable provisions.
d. Resignation of Director
Mr. Harijiban Banerjee resigned from the directorship of the Company w.e.f 31st May,
2019 and Mr. Badal Modak resigned from the directorship of the Company w.e.f. 21st December,
2018.
Subsidiary/ Joint Ventures/ Associates
Company does not have any Subsidiary/ Joint Ventures/ Associates.
Share Capital
The paid up Equity Share Capital as on March 31, 2019 was Rs. 106,212,000/-. During the
year under review the company has not issued any shares or any convertible instruments.
Details of Board Meetings
During the year Seven (7) number of Board meetings were held, details of which are
given below:
| Date of the meeting |
No. of Directors attended the meeting |
| 30.05.2018 |
6 |
| 15.07.2018 |
4 |
| 14.08.2018 |
5 |
| 14.11.2018 |
5 |
| 21.12.2018 |
4 |
| 12.02.2019 |
4 |
| 28.03.2019 |
4 |
Capital/ Finance
As on 31st March, 2019, the share capital structure of the Company is as
follows:
| Particulars |
Amount (Rs.) |
| Equity Share Capital |
|
| Issued Share Capital : 1,10,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each |
110,000,000 |
| Subscribed Share Capital : 1,10,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each |
110,000,000 |
| Subscribed & Fully paid up : 1,06,20,200 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each |
106,202,000 |
| Subscribed but not fully paid up : 3,79,800 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each |
2,277,000 |
| Total Equity Share Capital |
108,479,000 |
* Cumulative Redeemable Preference of Rs. 191,800,000 of Rs.100 Each has been treated
as Non Current Liability.
Extract of Annual Return
Pursuant to section 92 (3)of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act') and rule 12(1) of
the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, extract of the annual return is
Annexed as Annexure 1.
Committees of the Board
The details of composition of the Committees of the Board of Directors are as under:-
a. Audit Committee
| Sl. No. |
Name |
Chairman/ Members |
| 1. |
Dr. Shaibal Kumar Chakraborty |
Chairman |
| 2. |
Harijiban Banerjee |
Member |
| 3. |
Badal Modak |
Member |
| 4. |
Pradip Kumar Chakravorty |
Member |
| 5. |
Kingshuk Sengupta |
Member |
During the year, the Committee had met on 14.08.2018, 14.11.2018, 21.12.2018,
01.01.2019, 28.03.2019 Shri Badal Modak resigned with effect from 21.12.2018 and Shri
Kingshuk Sengupta has been inducted in the Audit Committee on 01.01.2019.
b. Nomination & Remuneration Committee
| Sl. No. |
Name |
Chairman/ Members |
| 1. |
Pradip Kumar Chakravorty |
Chairman |
| 2. |
Dr. Shaibal Kumar Chakraborty |
Member |
| 3. |
Badal Modak |
Member |
| 4. |
Harijiban Banerjee |
Member |
Nomination and Remuneration Committee headed by Shri Pradip Kumar Chakravorty, has been
vested with the powers to determine the terms of appointment of Executive Directors, CEO,
CFO, CS etc. and the policy on remuneration package of the Executive Directors and
revision in sitting fees as paid to the Directors for attending meetings of the Board or
Committees thereof. However directors have not been paid any remuneration or sitting fees
during the year considering the financial position of the Company. Shri Badal Modak
resigned with effect from 21.12.2018
c. Stakeholders Relationship Committee
| Sl. No. |
Name |
Chairman/ Members |
| 1. |
Dr. Shaibal Kumar Chakraborty |
Chairman |
| 2. |
Pradip Kumar Chakravorty |
Member |
| 3. |
Badal Modak |
Member |
| 4. |
Harijiban Banerjee |
Member |
The terms of reference of the Committee are to look into redressal of investors
complaints like transfer of shares, non receipt of annual report etc and to oversee the
performance of the Registered and Share Transfer agent. The details of complaints received
and attended to during the year are given below:
| No. of Shareholders' complaints received so far (As on 31.10.2018) : |
1 |
| No. of Complaints pending/ unresolved : |
NIL |
| No. of Complaints duly Solved (Disposed of as on 18.02.2019) : |
1 |
Vigil mechanism
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Fraud and Risk Management (FRM) Policy to deal
with instance of fraud and mismanagement, if any. The FRM Policy ensures that strict
confidentiality is maintained whilst dealing with concerns and also that no discrimination
will be meted out to any person for a genuinely raised concern. The policy has been
uploaded in the website of the company at www.senboindustries.co.in.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the
Companies Act, 2013, your Directors confirm that:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had
been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(b) the directors selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and
made judgments and estimates that were reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and
fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of
the profit and loss of the company for that period;
(c) the directors took proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the
assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) the directors prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
(e) the directors laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company
and that such internal financial controls were adequate and operating effectively;
(f) the directors devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of
all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Related Party Transactions
The details of transactions entered into with the Related Parties are enclosed as Annexure
2
Statutory Auditors, their Report and Notes to Financial Statements
In the 23rd Annual General Meeting held on 22nd March, 2018, and
M/s. Agrawal & Kothari (Regn No: 323424E), Chartered Accountants were appointed as the
Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of five(5) years.
Explanation to the Qualifications contained in the Auditors' Report
The observations made in the Auditors' Report have been duly covered in the relevant
Notes to the Financial Statements which form part of the Accounts and are self
explanatory.
Secretarial Audit
In terms of Section 204 of the Act and Rules made there under, R. N. Goswami & Co.,
(CP No.: 2267) Company Secretaries were appointed Secretarial Auditors of the Company. The
report of the Secretarial Auditors is enclosed as Annexure 3 to this report. The
report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. As per Secretarial
Audit Report it is mentioned that company has not paid the Annual Listing fee of BSE. Due
to financial crisis and acute financial crunch the Company unable to pay the listing fees.
Risk Management Policy
Your Directors are seized with the problem of closure of the factory for the last few
years and the threat of slow deterioration of the value of some of the immovable
properties of the Company. These two issues are the two risks the management is facing
now.
Declaration by Independent Directors
Dr. Shaibal Kumar Chakraborty, Shri Pradip Kumar Chakraborty and Shri Badal Modak are
the Independent Directors on the Board of your Company. In the opinion of the Board and as
confirmed by these Directors, they fulfil the conditions specified in section 149 of the
Act and the Rules made thereunder about their status as Independent Directors of the
Company. However, Badal Modak has expressed his desire not to continue as a director of
the Company. Accordingly the Board has accepted his resignation in the Board Meeting dated
21.12.2018.
Company's policy on appointment and remuneration
Remuneration of the Executive Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Company
Secretary, and immediately one level below Senior Employees of the Company is determined
by the Board of Directors (‘Board') o f the Company within the broad policy
formulated by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprising only Non-Executive
Directors and in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and
also subject to the required approval of the Shareholders in their General Meeting.
The Directors, considering the financial crunch of the Company, have unanimously
resolved to waive the fees for attending the meetings of the Company including the past
dues of the fees.
Internal Financial Controls
The internal financial controls with reference to the Financial Statements are
commensurate with the size and nature of business of the Company.
Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
The KMP of the Company as on 31/03/2019 are as follows:-
1. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) : Shri Kajal Sengupta
2. Company Secretary (CS) : Ms. Amrita Bhattacharya had been appointed as a Company
Secretary and Compliance Officer w.e.f. 21st December, 2018 in place of Smt
Paulami Mukherjee who resigned from the services w.e.f. 14th November, 2018.
3. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) : Ms. Amrita Bhattacharya (w.e.f. 23.04.2019)
Transfer of Amounts to Investor Education and Protection Fund
There was no amount required to be transferred to IEPF.
Public Deposits
Your Company has not accepted any deposits from public in terms of Section 73 to 76 of
the Companies Act, 2013.
Management Discussion & Analysis and Corporate Governance
The Corporate Governance and Management Discussion & Analysis Report, which forms
an integral part of this Report, is set out as Annexure-4, together with the
Certificate from the Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with the requirements of
Corporate Governance as stipulated in SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
Disclosure under Section 197(12) and Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment &
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
Information in accordance with the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act,
2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014,
as amended, regarding employee is given in Annexure-5 forming part of the
Directors' Report.
Details of conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and
outgo
(a) Conservation of energy
Since the factory is closed and there was no production during the financial year. The
consumption of energy during the year was very low. However, the management has taken
utmost care in conserving energy and power in order to keep the expenses to the minimum
level.
(b) Technology absorption
As there was no production or any sort of operation in the factory during the financial
year there is no question of technology absorption.
(c) Foreign exchange earnings and outgo
During the year, there was neither any outgo nor any earning of the foreign exchange.
Board Evaluation:
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee laid down the policy and process of
evaluation of Board of Directors. Under this policy a set of parameters to be used in the
evaluation process has been determined for:
i. Self evaluation of the Board Members.
ii. Evaluation of Non-Independent Directors' performance by Independent Directors.
iii. Assessment of quality, quantity and timeliness of information to the Board.
Meeting of Independent Directors:
A separate meeting of Independent Directors was held on 28.03.2019 to evaluate
performance of the Chairman of the Board, the Directors and the Board as a whole.
Loans, Guarantees and Investment:
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been provided in the notes to
the financial Statements of the Company.
Listing:
The shares of the company have been listed in Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE Ltd)
and Calcutta Stock Exchange Limited (CSE Ltd).
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace:
In terms of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013, the Company has an internal complaints committee in place, which
registers the complaints made by any aggrieved woman for upholding the Justice.
Outstanding Annual Listing Fees of BSE
Due to acute Financial crisis of the company the required Annual Listing Fees of BSE
for the year 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 total into Rs. 6,93000 could not
be paid inspite of best efforts of the company.
Cost Audit & Cost Records
The provisions for conducting cost audit and / or maintaining cost records as per the
Act, does not apply to your Company during the financial year under report.
Fraud
There was no case of any fraud reported during the financial year under report.
Secretarial Standards
The Board of Directors hereby affirms that your Company has adhered to the Secretarial
Standards as prescribed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India during the
financial year under report.
Acknowledgement:
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation of assistance and
co-operation received from bankers, lenders, suppliers, customers, Govt. authorities,
employees and other stake holders.
|
For and on behalf of the Board |
|
Senbo Industries Limited |
|
(Kingshuk Sengupta) |
(Dipak Chandra Ray) |
| Date: 27th June, 2019 |
Director |
Director |
| Place: Kolkata |
DIN: 00329102 |
DIN:01341928 |
Annexure 2
FORM NO. AOC-2
(Pursuant to clause (h) of sub-section 134 of the Act and Rule 8(2) of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014)
Disclosure of particulars of contracts/arrangements entered into by the company with
related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013
including certain arms length transactions under third proviso thereto
1. Details of contracts or arrangements or transactions not at arm's length basis- NIL
2. Details of contracts or arrangements or transactions at arm's length basis:
| S. No |
Particulars |
Information |
| (a) |
Name(s) of the related party and nature of relationship |
Senbo Engineering Limited having common directors and two common promoters |
| (b) |
Nature of contracts/ arrangements/ transactions |
Taking Godown Property on rent from Senbo Industries Limited |
| (c) |
Duration of the contracts / arrangements/ transactions |
9 months (31.12.2018) |
| (d) |
Salient terms of the contracts or arrangements or transactions including the value, if
any |
Rent of Rs. 2,25,000/- per quarter commenced from 1st July, 2016. |
|
|
90% of the Electricity charges of the rented space will be borne by the Senbo
Engineering Ltd. |
| (e) |
Date(s) of approval by the Board |
30th May,2018 |
| (f) |
Amount paid as advances, if any: |
NIL |
|
For and on behalf of the Board |
|
Senbo Industries Limited |
| Place: Kolkata |
Kingshuk Sengupta |
Dipak Chandra Ray |
| Date: 27th June, 2019 |
Director |
Director |
|
DIN: 00329102 |
DIN: 01341928 |
ANNEXURE-5
DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 197 (12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT,2013 READ WITH RULE 5 (1)OF THE
COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) AMENDMENT RULES, 2016
| Name of the Director / CEO / CFO / Company Secretary / Manager |
Designation |
(i) Ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the
employees of the Company for the financial year 2018-19 |
(ii) Percentage increase in Remuneration during 2018-19 |
| Kajal Sengupta |
CEO |
NA |
NA |
| Kingshuk Sengupta |
Non Executive Director |
NA |
NA |
| Pradip Kumar Chakravorty |
Independent Director |
NA |
NA |
| Shaibal Kumar Chakraborty |
Independent Director |
NA |
NA |
| Harijiban Banerjee |
Non Executive Director |
NA |
NA |
| Badal Modak |
Independent Director |
NA |
NA |
| Sl. No. |
Description |
Remarks |
| iii. |
the percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year; |
N.A |
| iv. |
the number of permanent employees on the rolls of company; |
0 |
| v. |
average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the
managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile
increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there
are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration; |
N.A |
vi. It is hereby affirmed that the remuneration to managerial personnel referred to
above is as per the remuneration policy of the Company.
|