Rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to Equity Shares
The Company has equity shares having a par value of Rs.10/- each. Each holder of equity shares is entitled to one vote per share and in the event of liquidation,the shareholders of Equity shares of the company are eligible to receive the remaining assets of the company after distribution of all preferential amounts in proportion to their shareholding.
The Company has authorised Preference Share Capital which are non convertible redeemable of 100/- each. Such Shareholders have right to receive fixed preferential dividend. However no preferential shares are outstanding on the date of Balance Sheet.
The description, nature and purpose of each reserve within equity are as follows:
(a) Capital Reserve: Capital reserve will be utilised in accordance with provisions of the Act
(b) Share Premium: The amount received in excess of face value of the equity shares is recognised in Share Premium.
(c) General Reserve: The Company has transferred a potion of the net profit of the company before declaring dividend to general reserve persuant to the earlier provisions of Companies Act 1956. Mandatory transfer to general reserve is not required under the Companies Act 2013.
(d) Capital Redemption Reserve: The Company has recognised Capital Redemption Reserve on redemption of Preference Shares from its retained earnings. The amount in Capital Redemption Reserve is equal to nominal amount of the Preference Shares redeemed.
(e) Retained earnings: It comprise of accumulated profit/ (loss) of the Company. The movement is on account of following
(i) Rs. 10,914.12 lacs (31st March 2022: Rs. 15,705.23 lacs) was on account of profit/ (loss) incurred by the Company.
(ii) Rs. 190.72 lacs (31st March 2022: 190.72 lacs) was on account of dividend distribution
Nature of security and other terms
Working Capital Loan are secured by first hypothecation on entire current assets of the Company including stocks, book debts and other Current Assets of all the units both present and future ranking pari-passu basis with working capital lending Banks under consortium and Personal guarantee of promoter directors and second charge on fixed assets (movable and immovable) of the Company
(A) Secured loan - terms of repayment
1. Allahabad Bank: Working capital loan amounting to Rs. Nil (31st March 2022: Rs.(-) 3.93 lacs).
2. State Bank of India: Working capital loan amounting to Rs. 5563.10 lac (31st March 2022: Rs. 4956.60 lac). Interest is payable at the rate of (6M MCLR 0.85%)
3. Punjab National Bank: Working capital amounting to Rs. 728.05 lac (31st March 2022: Rs. 2524.47 lac). Interest is payable at the rate of (12M MCLR 1.05%).
4. Yes Bank: Working capital amounting to Rs. 3617.65 lac (31st March 2022: Rs. 5097.98 lac). Interest is payable at the rate of ( 6M MCLR 0.50%)
Disclosures of payables to vendors as defined under the ” Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Act, 2006) is based on the information available with the Company regarding the status of registration of such vendors under the said Act, as per the intimation received from them on requests made by the Company. There are no overdue principal amounts/interest payable amounts for delayed payments to such vendors at the Balance Sheet date. There are no delays in payment made to such suppliers during the year or for any earlier years and accordingly there is no interest paid or outstanding interest in this regard in respect of payment made during the year or on balance brought forward from previous year.
Defined benefits - Gratuity
The Company's gratuity benefit scheme for its employees in India is a defined benefit plan (funded).
The Company provides for gratuity from employees in India as per the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Employees who are in continuous service for a period of 5 years are eligible for gratuity. The amount of gratuity payable on retirement/ termination is the employees last drawn basic salary per month computed proportionately for 15 days salary multiplied for the number of years of service. The gratuity plan is a funded plan and the company makes contributions to recognised funds in India. The Company does not fully fund the liability and maintains a target level of funding to be maintained over a period of time based on estimation of expected gratuity payments.
The DBO calculated as on 31st March, 2023 does not allow for the impact of the new definition of Wages under the proposed Code on Wages, 2019 issued by the Government of India.The revised wages applicable to the Gratuity Scheme have not been finalized by the Company and hence the results as well as the long term salary escalation rate assumption are based on the existing salary definition (Basic DA)
These defined benefit plans expose the Company to actuarial risks, such as currency risk, interest risk and market (investment) risk.
The Company expects to pay Rs 37,90,306 /- in contribution to its defined benefit plans during the year 2022-23 Inherent risk
The plan is defined benefit in nature which is sponsored by the Company. In particular, this exposes the Company, to actuarial risk such as adverse salary growth, change in demographic experience, inadequate return on underlying plan assets. This may result in an increase in cost of providing these benefits to employees in future. Since the benefits are lump sum in nature, the plan is not subject to longevity risk.
The following tables analyse present value of defined benefit obligations, expense recognised in Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss, actuarial assumptions and other information.
35.2 Fair value measurement
The fair values of the financial assets and liabilities are included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchange in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in forced or liquidation sale.
The Company has established the following fair value hierarchy that categories the value into 3 levels. The inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value of financial instruments are:
Level 1: The hierarchy uses quoted (adjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. The fair value of all bonds which are traded in the stock exchanges is valued using the closing price or dealer quotations as at the reporting date.
Level 2: The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example traded bonds, over the counter derivatives) is determined using valuation techniques which maximise the use of observable market data and rely as little as possible on company specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in Level 2.
Level 3: If one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in Level 3.
The management assessed that trade receivables, cash and cash equivalent, other bank balances, trade payable and other financial assets and liabilities approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short term maturities of there instruments.
The fair value of the financial instruments is determined using net asset value at the respective reporting date
353 Financial risk management
The Company has exposure to the following risks arising from financial instruments:
(i) Credit risk
(ii) Liquidity risk
(iii) Market risk
Risk management framework
The Company's principal financial liabilities comprises of borrowings, trade and other payables. The main purpose of these financial liabilities is to finance the Company operations. The Company's principal financial assets include trade and other receivables, investments and cash and cash equivalents that derive directly from its operations.
The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks, including market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Company's primary risk management focus is to minimise potential adverse effects of market risk on its financial performance. The Company's exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristic of each customer and the concentration of risk from the top few customers. The Company's risk management assessment and policies and processes are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls, and to monitor such risks and compliance with the same. Risk assessment and management policies and processes are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company's activities.
This note presents information about the Company's exposure to each of the above risks, the Company's objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk.
(i) Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss of the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, and arises principally form the Company receivables from customers and loans. Credit arises when a customer or counterparty does not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The Company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables) and from its financing/investing activities, including deposits with bank. The Company has no significant concentration of credit risk with any counterparty. The carrying amount of financial assets represent the maximum credit risk exposure.
Trade receivable
The risk management committee has established a credit policy under which each new customer is analysed individually for creditworthiness before the Company's standard payment and delivery terms and conditions are offered. The Company's review includes external ratings, if they are available, financial statements, credit agency information, industry information and in some cases bank references.
Trade receivables are primarily unsecured and are derived from revenue earned from customers. Credit risk is managed through credit approvals, establishing credit limits and by continuously monitoring the creditworthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit terms in the normal course of business. As per simplified approach, the Company makes provision of expected credit loss on trade receivables using a provision matrix to mitigate the risk of default payments and makes appropriate provisions at each reporting date whenever is for longer period and involves higher risk.
(ii) Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Company will not be able to settle or meet its obligations on time or at reasonable price. Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities and the availability of funding through an adequate amount of credit facilities to meet obligations when due. The Company's finance team is responsible for liquidity, funding as well as settlement management. In addition, Processes and policies related to such risks are overseen by senior management. Management monitors the Company's liquidity position through rolling forecasts on the basis of expected cash flows.
The Company's approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they are due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company's reputation.
Exposure to liquidity risk
The table below provides details regarding the remaining contractual maturities of financial liabilities at the reporting date based on contractual undiscounted payments
(iii) Market risk
Market risk is the risk of loss of future earnings, fair value or future cash flows that may result from a change in the price of a financial instrument . The value of a financial instrument may change as a result of changes in the interest rates and other market changes that effect market risk sensitive instruments. Market risk is attributable to all market risk sensitive financial instruments including investments, receivables, payables and borrowings.
(a) Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates related primarily to the Company's borrowings with floating interest rates. The Company constantly monitors the credit markets and rebalances its financing strategies to achieve an optimal maturity profile and financing cost.
Sensitivity analysis
Fixed rate instruments that are carried at amortised cost are not subject to interest rate risk for the purpose of sensitive analysis.
(b) Equity price risk
The Company is not exposed to equity risks arising from equity investments. Equity investments are held for stratergic rather than trading purposes. The Company does not actively trade these investments.
(c) Currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk impact related to fair value or future cash flows of an exposure in foreign currency, which fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company's exposure to the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates relates primarily to import of raw materials and spare parts, capital expenditure, exports of finished goods. The currency in which these transaction are primarily denominated as USD.
The Company evaluates exchange rate exposure arising from foreign currency transactions. The Company follows established risk management policies and standard operating procedures.
36 Capital management
The Company's policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain furture development of the business. The management monitors the return on capital, as well as the level of dividends to equity shareholders.
The Company's objective when managing capital are to: (a) to maximise shareholders value and provide benefits to other stakeholders and (b) maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.
For the purpose of the Company's capital management, capital includes issued equity share capital and other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders.
The Company monitors capital using debt-equity ratio, which is total debt less investments divided by total equity.
In addition the Company has financial covenants realting to the banking facilities that it has taken from all the lenders like interest service coverage ratio, Debt to EBITDA, current ratio etc. which is maintained by the Company.
37 Leases: Company as lessee
The Company has entered into agreements in the nature of lease/leave and license agreement with different lessors/licensors for the purpose of establishment of office premises/residential accommodations etc. These are generally in the nature of operating lease/leave and license. Period of agreements are generally up to three years amd renewable at the option of the lessee.
39 The Company has one operating business segment viz, maufacturing, selling, processing and conversion of steel and all other activities are identical to the same and this is in accordance with Ind AS-108 ” Operating Segments” notified pursuant to Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.
40 Events occurred after the Balance Sheet date
The Board of Dierctors has recommended Equity Dividends of Re.1/- per Share (Previous year Re.1/-) for the financial year 2022-23
41 The Financial statements were authorized for issue by the Directors on 29th May, 2023
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