To
The Members,
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 33rd Annual Report together
with Audited Financial Statements which includes Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Account
and Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended on 31st March, 2024.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
Your Company's financial performance for the year ended 31st March, 2024 is summarized
below:
(Amount in Lakhs)
Particulars |
FY 2023-24 |
FY 2022-23 |
Total Revenue |
17,416.60 |
1,969.67 |
Expenses |
15,752.08 |
2,063.59 |
Profit / (Loss) before Exceptional items and tax |
1,664.52 |
(93.92) |
Exceptional Items |
- |
(13.66) |
Profit / (Loss) before tax |
1,664.52 |
(107.58) |
Tax Expenses |
- |
- |
Profit / (Loss) for the year from Continuing Operations |
1,664.52 |
(107.58) |
Other Comprehensive Income |
- |
- |
Total Comprehensive Income/ (Loss) for the year |
1,664.52 |
(107.58) |
2. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
During FY 2023-24, the Company's total revenue is Rs. 17,416.60 Lakh as against Rs.
1,969.67 Lakh in the previous year, thereby increase of 784.23%. Total Comprehensive
Income for the year of the Company is Rs. 1,664.52 as against Rs. 107.58 lakhs loss in the
previous year.
3. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
The Board of Directors have decided to retain the entire amount of profit under
Retained Earnings. Accordingly, your Company has not transferred any amount to General
Reserves for the year ended March 31, 2024.
4. DIVIDEND
Considering the accumulated losses and requirement of more working capital, the Board
has not recommended dividend for the current financial year.
5. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS
There was no change in the nature of the business of the Company during the financial
year ended 31st March, 2024.
6. COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to Meetings of
the Board of Directors' and 'General Meetings', respectively have been duly complied by
your Company during the period under review.
7. HUMAN RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company continues to have excellent employee relations. Your Directors acknowledge
and thank the employees for their continuous support. The Company has strong commitments
to follow the best of the HR practices and believes in up-lifting the overall competence
of its employees through regular training, workshops and seminars. The total number of
employees and workforce at the end of the year was 5 as against 6 employees including
permanent and irregular work force at the end of the previous year.
8. SHARE CAPITAL AND LISTING OF SHARES
As on 31st March, 2024, the authorized share capital of the Company is Rs. 2,000 lakhs
and subscribed & paid-up equity share capital of the Company is Rs. 783.56 lakhs.
The Company's equity shares are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE). The
equity shares are actively traded on BSE and have not been suspended from trading.
During the year company has issued and allotted 8,08,00,000 warrants convertible into
equivalent number of equity shares, having face value of Rs. 1 per equity shares, within a
period of 18 months from the date of allotment i.e., December 12, 2023, upon payment of
remaining 75% amount at the time of exercising the Convertiable warrant at an issue price
of Rs. 5 (including premium of Rs. 4 each). The Company has received Rs. 1,010 Lakhs
being 25% of the total amount payable towards subscription of the warrants from all the
allotees.
9. SUBSIDIARY, JOINT VENTURE AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
As on 31st March, 2024 Company does not have any Subsidiary and Joint
Venture Company.
10. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, one-third of Directors as
are liable to retire by rotation, shall retire by rotation every year and, if eligible,
offer themselves for re-appointment at every Annual General Meeting (AGM). Consequently,
Ms. Pallavi Lalwani (DIN: 07444062) retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself
for re-appointment. A resolution seeking shareholders' approval for her re-appointment
forms part of the notice of 33rd AGM.
During the year under review, the non-executive directors of the Company had no
pecuniary relationship or transactions with the Company. None of the Directors of the
Company are disqualified under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made
there under.
During the FY 2023-24, the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Harish Kumar Arora as
CFO, Mr. Anil Pratap Singh Parihar [DIN: 10255661] and Ms. Sushmaa Ssharma [DIN: 10090244]
as Independent Additional Director of the company w.e.f. 14.08.2023.
The members of the Company at their 32nd Annual General Meeting held on 30th
September, 2023 approved the appointment of Mr. Umesh Kumar Dhingra (DIN: 06471233) &
Ms. Pallavi Lalwani (DIN: 07444062) as a Non- Executive Director of the Company and Mr.
Anil Pratap Singh [DIN: 10255661] & Ms. Ssushma Ssharma [DIN: 10090244] as Non-
Executive Independent Director of the company.
Key Managerial Personnel
During the FY 2023-24, Ms. Juhi Sen resigned from the office of Company Secretary and
Compliance officer of the Company w.e.f. 15.04.2023 designated as Key Managerial
Personnel's of the Company. Further Mr. Ashish was appointed as Company Secretary and
Compliance officer of the company w.e.f. 04.09.2023.
11. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO
Information in respect of conservation of energy, technology absorption, and foreign
exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is annexed herewith as
Annexure-1.
12. DEPOSITS
The Company has neither invited nor accepted any deposits from public within the
meaning of the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014, during the last financial
year.
13. EVALUATION OF THE BOARD'S PERFORMANCE
In compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the performance evaluation of the Board was
carried out during the year under review. The Board adopted a formal mechanism for
evaluating its performance and as well as that of its Committees and individual Directors,
including the Chairman of the Board based on the criteria laid down by Nomination and
Remuneration Committee which includes attendance, contribution at the meetings and
otherwise, independent judgement, safeguarding of minority shareholders interest,
adherence to Code of Conduct and business ethics, monitoring of regulatory compliance,
risk management and review of internal control system etc.
14. DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149 of the Act, the independent directors have
submitted declarations that each of them meet the criteria of independence as provided in
Section 149(6) of the Act along with Rules framed thereunder and Regulation 16(1)(b) of
the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
("Listing Regulations"). There has been no change in the circumstances affecting
their status as independent directors of the Company.
The Independent Directors have complied with the Code for Independent Directors
prescribed under Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Regulations. The
Board is of the opinion that the Independent Directors of the Company possess requisite
qualifications, experience and expertise and they hold highest standards of integrity.
15. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 134 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2015
On the basis of the discussions with the Statutory Auditors / Internal Auditors of the
Company from time to time, and as required under Section 134(3)(c) read with the provision
of section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors state 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 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 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 had taken 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 had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and
e) the directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the
Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating
effectively.
f) 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.
16. STATUTORY AUDITORS
M/s. O P Bagla & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.
000018N/N500091), were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 31st
AGM held on 29th September, 2022, to hold office for a period of 5 (five) consecutive
years from the conclusion of 31st AGM till the conclusion of the 36 th AGM but M/s. O P
Bagla & Co. LLP submitted their resignation from the office of Statutory Auditors
w.e.f. 10th May, 2024.
Consequently, the Board of Directors in its meeting dated 20th June, 2024
appointed M/s A T K & Associates Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 018918C)
as Statutory Auditors of the Company to fill the casual vacancy created due to resignation
of M/s. O P Bagla & Co. LLP (Firm Registration No. 000018N/N500091) to hold the office
till conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting.
The Statutory Auditor has issued Audit Reports on the Financial Statements of the
Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024. Notes on the Financials Statement referred to
in the Audit Report are self-explanatory and therefore, do not call for any further
explanation or comments from the Board under Section 134(3)(f) of the Companies Act, 2013
since it does not contain any qualification, reservation, adverse remarks or observation.
17. SECRETARIAL AUDIT
In terms of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder, M/s.
Mahesh Gupta & Company, Practicing Company Secretary (CP No. 1999) was appointed to
conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year 2023-24. Further,
there has some observation made by the secretarial auditor in his report and directors
view on such reservations are part of this director report. The Audit Report of the
Secretarial Auditor is attached as Annexure 2.
The Board of Directors view on secretarial auditor's observations are as follows:
a) There is no updation of Website
- The Board of Directors took note of the above observation made by Secretarial Auditor
and will take required action to maintain website of the company up to date.
b) The Company has necessary software to maintain structured digital database However,
during the Review Period, no UPSI entry has been maintained.
- The Board of Directors took note of the above observation made by Secretarial
Auditor. The Company has not maintained the prescribed database of unpublished price
sensitive information (UPSI) due to technical issue in the computer system in which SDD
software was installed. The company has reinstalled the SDD software and renewed the
software license. The company will comply with the provisions of SDD.
c) There is resignation of Auditor on 10.5.2024 and new Auditor appointed on 20.06.2024
and has not complied with paragraph 6.1 and 6.2 of section V-D of chapter V of the Master
Circular on compliance with the provisions of the LODR Regulations by the Company.
- The Board of Directors in its meeting dated 20th June, 2024 appointed M/s A T K &
Associates Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 018918C) as Statutory Auditors of
the Company to fill the casual vacancy created due to resignation of M/s. O P Bagla &
Co. LLP (Firm Registration No. 000018N/N500091) to hold the office till conclusion of
ensuing Annual General Meeting.
d) The declaration under the regulation 31(4) of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of
Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 not filed with the Stock Exchange within 7 working
days from the end of such financial year.
- The Board of Directors took note of the above observation made by Secretarial Auditor
regarding inadvertently missing the due date for such filing and will ensure timely filing
in future.
e) The Company filed Investor complaint for the quarter ended on 30 th June, 2023 and
30 th September, 2023 after the prescribed period under Regulation 13(3) of SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
- The Board of Directors took note of the above observation made by Secretarial Auditor
regarding inadvertently missing the due date for such filing and will ensure timely filing
in future.
f) There is no independent woman directors during the period under Regulation 17(1) of
SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
- The company was in search of eligible candidate for appointment and thereafter on
14.08.2023 appointed an Independent Woman Director on the Board.
g) There is no proper composition of Audit Committee till 14/08/2023 during the period
under Regulation 18(1) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015.
- The company has re-constituted the Audit Committee on 14.08.2023 w.e.f. 18.08.2023
with the required number of members.
h) There is no proper composition of NRC Committee till 14/08/2023 during the period
under Regulation 19(1) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015.
- The company has re-constituted the NRC on 14.08.2023 w.e.f. 18.08.2023 with the
required number of members
i) The Company has filed Shareholding pattern for the quarter ended 30 th June, 2023
after the prescribed period under Regulation 31(1) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
- The Board of Directors took note of the above observation made by Secretarial Auditor
regarding inadvertently missing the due date for such filing and will ensure timely filing
in future.
j) The Company has filed Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit for the quarter ended 30
th June, 2023 after the prescribed period under Regulation 55A/76 of SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
- The Board of Directors took note of the above observation made by Secretarial Auditor
regarding inadvertently missing the due date for such filing and will ensure timely filing
in future.
18. INTERNAL AUDITORS
In terms of the provisions of Section 138 read with Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 and
rules made thereunder and on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of
Directors of the Company have appointed M/s. S. Agarwal & Company, Chartered
Accountants (Firm Registration No.000808N) as Internal Auditors of the Company to perform
the internal audit for financial year 2023-24. Further, there has been no qualification,
reservation, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Internal Auditors in their report
for the financial year 2023-24.
19. DIRECTORS VIEW ON AUDITORS OBSERVATIONS
There is no adverse observation in the Statutory Auditors' Report which needs any
comments on the part of Board of Directors. The queries raised by the Statutory Auditors
have been explained to the satisfaction of the Statutory Auditors. The Statutory Auditors'
Report is selfexplanatory.
20. DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 5 OF COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL
PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014
All the directors of the company are Non-Executive and none of them draws remuneration
from the company hence disclosure under rule 5 of companies (Appointment and Remuneration
of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is not applicable.
21. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
With the enactment of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies
(Corporate Social Responsibility) Rules, 2014 read with the various clarifications issued
by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. As per the Financial Statements attached hereto, the
contents of Section 135 are not applicable to the Company.
22. VIGIL MECHANISM & WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
The Company has a vigil mechanism for Directors and Employees to report their concerns
about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company's Code of
Conduct. The mechanism provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of Directors
and Employees who avail the mechanism. In exceptional cases, Directors and Employees have
direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board. The whistle blower
policy is available at the Company's website https://www.vintroninformatic.com/policies.
23. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY
The Company follows a policy on nomination and remuneration for selection of directors
and determining director's independence, and the remuneration policy for directors, key
managerial personnel & other employees. The policy is approved by the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee of the Board.
24. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company has taken adequate steps to ensure compliance with the provisions of
Corporate Governance as prescribed under Listing Regulations. A separate report of the
Board of Directors of the Company on Corporate Governance is included in the Annual Report
as Annexure-3 and the certificate from SMK & Associates, practicing Company
Secretary confirming the compliance with the requirements of Corporate Governance as
stipulated in the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
is attached as annexure-4.
25. LOANS & INVESTMENT BY THE COMPANY
The Board declares that it has neither made any loan or investment to any person or
other body corporate(s) nor given any guarantee or security in connection with a loan to
any other body corporate(s) or person(s). It is further declare that the Company has not
acquired, whether by way of subscription, purchase or otherwise, the securities of any
other Body Corporate(s).
26. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
All the contracts/ arrangements/ transactions etc. entered into by the Company with
related parties were in ordinary course of business and on arm's length basis in terms of
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
Omnibus approval from the Audit Committee is obtained for all transactions with related
parties and all such transactions are reviewed by the Audit Committee every quarter. Also
all transactions with related parties are entered in accordance with the Policy on dealing
with and materiality of related party transactions, formulated by the Company.
The details of the related party transactions as per Indian Accounting Standards (IND
AS) are set out in Notes No. 29 to the Financial Statements of the Company and Form AOC-2
is annexed as Annexure-.5 The policy in respect of Related Party Transactions is
disseminated on the Company's website https://www.vintroninformatic.com/policies.
27. AUDIT COMMITTEE
During the year all the recommendations of the Audit Committee were accepted by the
Board. Detailed information of the Audit Committee is provided in the Report on Corporate
Governance forming part of this Annual Report.
28. ANNUAL RETURN
In terms of Section 92(3) and Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12
of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, copy of the Annual Return
for the FY 2023-24 of the Company will be available on the website of the Company at the
following link: https://www.vintroninformatic.com/annual-returns.
29. MEETININGS OF BOARD AND COMMITTEES
During the year eight (8) Meetings of Board; Three (3) Meetings of Audit Committee and
Two (2) meetings of Nomination and Remuneration Committee were convened and held. The
details of which are given in Corporate Governance Report.
30. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
During FY 2023-24, Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on Saturday, 30th
September, 2023.
31. MATERIAL CHANGES AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITIONS OF THE COMPANY
During the previous financial year your company shifted its focus from manufacturing
activities to IT enabled Services and Trading in IT products and also disposed of its
plant and machinery.
During the current financial Year ended on 31st March, 2024 there is no
material changes in the company affecting financial positions of the company
32. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS
There is no order passed by any regulator or Court or Tribunal against the Company,
impacting the going concern concept or future operations of the Company.
33. EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLANS/ SCHEMES
No Employee Stock Options were granted to the Directors or Employees of the Company
during the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024.
34. INSIDER TRADING POLICY
During the year under review, the Company reviewed compliance with the provisions of
Regulation 9A of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 with respect to
"Institutional Mechanism for Prevention of Insider trading" and found the
systems for internal control are adequate and are operating effectively, in accordance
with the amendments to the applicable provisions of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading)
Regulations, 2015.
35. LISTING FEES
The Equity Shares of the Company continue to be listed at the Stock Exchange(s) of
Bombay and Calcutta, and as on the date of signing of this report, the listing fees for
both the Stock Exchange(s) is paid for the current financial year i.e. 2023-2024.
36. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION
AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013
The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a
Policy on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment in line with the
requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act') and the rules framed thereunder. Internal
Committees have been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. To
build awareness in this area, the Company has been conducting induction / refresher
programmes in the organization on a continuous basis.
During the year under review, no complaint of sexual harassment was received by the
Company, so no complaint was pending to resolve at the end of the FY 2023-24 and on the
date of such report.
37. BUSINESS AFFAIRS & PHILOSOPHY
Your Company and its management has always been cautious of its brand and corporate
image apart from its corporate social responsibility. Even within the limitation of having
limited resources and infrastructure available at its disposal, the management of the
Company has worked out product basket considering the strength of the Company and market
acceptability and is consistently improving upon the same, so as to ensure that the
products of the Company command its respect and demand in the market in terms of quality,
service, acceptability, competitiveness etc. apart from giving maximum return on
investment thereby multiplying the investors fund. The Company has been consistently
making its efforts to re-establish its brand and product in the market. With emphasis on
quality, competitiveness and service, the Company and its management is confident to
itself on the rapid growth path very shortly. The Company has always endeavoured to
provide innovative products with quality and the said approach of the management of your
Company stands more strengthened by every passing moment.
38. APPRECIATION
The Board of Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for assistance
and co-operation received from vendors and stakeholders, including financial institutions,
banks, Central and State Government authorities, customers and other business associates,
who continued to extend their valuable support during the year under review.
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For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of |
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Vintron Informatics Limited |
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Sd/- |
Sd/- |
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Umesh Kumar Dhingra |
Malvika Lalwani |
Date: 03.09.2024 |
Director |
Director |
Place: Delhi |
DIN: 06471233 |
DIN: 08673926 |