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Message from the Non-Executive Chairman-Interim 5
Message from the MD and CEO 6
Message from the CFO 7
Green Shoots 8
Board of Directors 9
Directors’ Report 10
Management Discussion and Analysis 39
Report on Corporate Governance 55
Auditors’ Report 72
Will there be a contagion effect? That was the question frequently asked of every microfinance industry professional following the promulgation of the Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Ordinance, 2010.
Your Company has always maintained that there would be no contagion effect, given your Company’s understanding of the ground realities in 17 non-Andhra Pradesh states where your Company has operations. None of these non-Andhra Pradesh states have been facing any demand-side issues, and even in Andhra Pradesh the credit gap of Rs. 4,000 crore created by the exit of microfinance institutions post October 2010 has not been met.
Consistent with the public statements made by your Company regarding the robust non-Andhra Pradesh demand, your Company registered a 11 percent quarter-on-quarter non-Andhra Pradesh portfolio growth to Rs.1,320 crore in Q4-FY12, reversing the declining trend over the previous five quarters. Your Company continues to maintain its high collection efficiencies in 17 non-Andhra Pradesh states with the collection figure for the quarter ending March 2012 standing at 95 percent.
As for Andhra Pradesh, the situation post promulgation of ordinance has deteriorated considerably. The sector owes a lot to the macro level political and financial sector leadership, which has resulted in greater clarity as to the emerging regulatory landscape for this sector. Some of the changes actual and on the anvil include:
• May22,2012-IntroductionoftheMicroFinanceInstitutions(DevelopmentandRegulation)Bill,2012inParliament,whichwill make Reserve Bank of India the regulator for the sector. The Law on approval by Parliament and its enactment will govern microfinance institutions.• December2,2011-RBI’sNBFC-MFIDirections,2011creatingaseparatecategoryofNBFCsi.e.,NBFC-MFIs.• May3,2011-TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)clarificationoneligibilityrequirementsforprioritysectorloanstoMicrofinance Institutions as a separate category.
These changes at the macro level have seen a re-rating of the MFI sector, flow of private equity capital and credit to MFI institutions including to your Company.
I believe that these regulatory changes promise a frame work which will provide an opportunity to usher greater value for all your Company’s stakeholders. I am particularly thankful to all shareholders who have stood with the Management of the Company during this turbulent phase.
P.H. RavikumarNon-Executive Chairman-Interim
Message from the Non-Executive Chairman-Interim
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Rationalization, Reinvention and Revitalization -- the three R approach has been driving change at your Company with the steadfast support of all key stakeholders like you.
Your Company has heralded a new chapter in customer grievance redressal and customer protection in the Indian microfinance industry when it had integrated globally bench marked Customer Protection Practices (CPP) into the business plan. Among the other key initiatives on the CPP front are:
• CappingReturnonAssetsat3percentforthecoremicrofinancebusiness(announcedonDecember7,2011).• AppointmentofMr.VergheseJacob,aseasonedcorporateandsocialsectorexpertwiththreedecadesofexperience,asyour Company’sOmbudsmanonJanuary31,2012.• InvestmentofRs.15croreinthenextthreeyearsforitscustomergrievanceredressalandCPPinitiatives.• Network-wide training for all employees in globally benchmarked CPP and realigning the employee incentive system by integrating customer grievance redressal and CPP into the KRAs.
On the business front, consolidation of customer base, cross sell initiatives and diversification have been the key focus areas. The customer base has seen a consolidation from 77.2 lakh in Q3-FY11 to 53.5 lakh in Q4-FY12. Your Company plans to service 15,000 Sangam Stores (present number: 10,742) and extend loans for purchase of 5.5 lakh mobile handsets this year (2.8 lakh loans advanced so far).
In the core microfinance space, your Company had registered a 11 percent quarter-on-quarter portfolio growth to Rs.1,320 crore in Q4-FY12 in its non-Andhra Pradesh operations reversing the declining trend over the previous five quarters. Your Company continued to maintain its high collection efficiencies in 17 non-Andhra Pradesh states with the collection figure for the quarter ending March 2012 standing at 95 percent. The achievements are consistent with your Company’s public statements that microfinance does not face any demand-side issues in any Indian state.
However, in Andhra Pradesh, the plight of 92 lakh rural women borrowers needs immediate attention. These women have been labeled as defaulters on account of non-payment of microfinance loans for over a year, as indicated by data available with three credit information bureaus. Such women would be denied formal credit facilities or they would have to pay higher interest cost.
In this regard, a research report of MicroSave, an independent international organization and a close affiliate of CGAP which is housed at the World Bank, is an eye-opener for all concerned. The report is based on 76 sessions using participatory methods like focus group discussions,relativepreferencerankingandfinancialsectortrendanalysisduringJuly-August,2011intheTelangana,Rayalaseemaand Coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh covering the districts of Anantapur, Krishna, Nizamabad and Adilabad. MicroSave also interviewed Government officials. The key findings are:
• MFImembershavetakenloansatexorbitantinterestratesfrommoneylendersintheabsenceofloansfromMFIs.Moneylenders have increased lending in the past eight to 10 months in areas with higher penetration of MFIs.• Manymembershadreducedthescaleoftheirbusinessbecauseoflackofaccesstoalternatesourcesofcredit.Membershave sold their assets such as house, vehicle, cattle, jewellery, etc., to meet their productive as well as essential non-productive expenditure which have to be met.• Mostofthemembersstoppedrepayingasothermembersofthegroupandthecommunitystoppedrepaying.• Mostof themembersdeniedanyharassment from theMFIs,andsaid that theyarewilling to repay their loans ifMFIsstart disbursing fresh loans and if other members in the community also start repaying.• MemberswouldliketocarryforwardtheirrelationshipwithMFIs,giventhefactthatitisaneconomicalandconvenientcredit option for them.
In order to end the miseries of lower middle class women and to meet part of the credit gap of Rs. 4,000 crore created in Andhra Pradesh post the exit of microfinance companies, your Company has been working with the State Government and others concerned to restore business normalcy in Andhra Pradesh. Your Company is confident of an early resolution to the Andhra Pradesh situation. Your Company is also confident of generating greater value for all stakeholders through consolidation, cross sell and CPP.
M.R. RaoManaging Director and CEO
Message from the Managing Director and CEO
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FY12 was the most difficult year in your Company’s corporate life because of the Andhra Pradesh MFI crisis. However, your Company was able to manage the crisis given its commitment to deliver all its promises. Your Company met all its financial obligations in a timely manner and repaid more than Rs. 3,800 crore to the credit grantors. Your Company decided against Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) and the same was highly appreciated by credit grantors. The long wait did come to an end in Q4-FY12. Your Company obtained sanction for incremental debt of Rs.1,360 crore and drew down Rs. 998 crore which is 2.4 times larger than the draw-downs in the first nine months of FY12. The difficult task of cleaning the AP exposure had been carried out with a write-off of Rs. 1,130 crore without igniting a crisis of confidence among various stakeholders. The write-off was accelerated when benchmarked with applicable provisioning norms and your Company did not avail deferred tax asset (DTA) of Rs. 460 crore. However, DTA of Rs. 460 crore is an economic value available for the shareholders in the near future. Your Company chose prudence over profitability.
Branch network and headcount were rationalised in a non-disruptive manner to optimize the cost structure and deliver an ROA of 4 percent (3 percent from MFI operations and the rest from non-MFI operations) even under the regulated interest rate regime upon the portfolio outstanding reaching the optimal level.
Your Company adopted the principle that, in a crisis period, cash flows are more important than Balance Sheet and Balance Sheet is more important than P&L. As you could see, your Company’s cash flows were healthy and it ended the year with a cash and bank balance of Rs. 690 crore. The huge write-off on AP portfolio cleansed the B/S. Now the focus is on P&L and hence the headcount and branch network rationalization. Your Company’s immediate priority is to return to the path of profitability and, with the planned capital raise, it should reach there sooner than later.
The comprehensive regulatory framework laid down by RBI on December 2, 2011 has provided the much-awaited regulatory clarity and the final piece will be the passage of the Central MFI bill. In a sectoral crisis, even a leader cannot avoid the painful transition but your Company, having survived the crisis, should reap the fruits of consolidation.
S. Dilli RajCFO
Message from the CFO
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Green Shoots in Q4-FY12
Fund inflow (Rs. in Crore)* Disbursement (Rs. in Crore)
Loan portfolio outstanding (Rs. in Crore) Cost of borrowing (%)
Headcount and No. of branches Operating cost (Rs. in Crore)
* Amount draw-down from Banks/ FIs
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Board of Directors
V. Chandrashekaran*Independent Director
Tarun KhannaIndependent Director
Paresh PatelSandstone Capital
P.H. RavikumarNon-Executive Chairman-Interim
Geoffrey Tanner WoolleyIndependent Director
M.R. RaoManaging Director and CEO
Sumir ChadhaWestBridge Capital
*SIDBIhaswithdrawntheappointmentofV.ChandrasekaranwitheffectfromJune8,2012.
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Directors’ ReportDear Members,
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the Ninth Annual Report of your Company together with the audited statement of accounts for the year ended March 31, 2012.
The year was momentous for the microfinance industry in India in general and your Company in particular due to the significant regulatory changes. The following are the major developments on the regulatory front:
• OnMay3,2011theReserveBankofIndia(RBI)acceptedtherecommendationsoftheMalegamCommittee,setuptostudy issues and concerns in the microfinance sector. Also, the RBI re-affirmed priority sector status for microfinance.
• OnDecember2,2011,theRBIcreatedanewcategoryoffinancecompanies,theNon-BankingFinanceCompanies-Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs), and released operational guidelines for these firms which will be regulated by the RBI. The guidelines lay considerable emphasis on the financial stability of MFIs and prescribe prudential norms for capital adequacy, asset classification and provisioning for bad assets. Further, ceilings have also been imposed on individual interest rates and realizable margins. Also, certain norms have been stipulated in relation to fair collection practices and transparency in pricing.
• OnMay22,2012,theMicroFinanceInstitutions(DevelopmentandRegulation)Bill,2012wasintroducedinParliament.
Your Company has already adopted several aspects of the new regulatory framework and has applied to the RBI for the classification of your Company as an NBFC-MFI.
Your Company continues to be one of the largest microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India in terms of the total value of loans outstanding and the number of borrowers, as of March 31, 2012, and the only MFI listed in India.
Financial highlights
The financial performance for fiscal ended March 31, 2012 is summarized in the following table:(Rs. in Crore)
Year ended March 31 2012 2011
Total revenue 472.3 1,269.5
Less: Total expenditure 1,796.1 1,098.6
Profit (Loss) Before Tax (1,323.7) 170.9
Profit (Loss) After Tax (1,360.6) 111.6
Surplus brought forward 309.3 220.0
Amount available for appropriation - 331.6
Appropriation has been made as under:
Transfer to Statutory Reserve - 22.3
Surplus carried to Balance Sheet (1,051.3) 309.3
Earnings Per Share (EPS) (188.06) 16.1
Diluted EPS (188.06) 15.2 - Your Company’s total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2012 has recorded a reduction of 62.8 percent from Rs. 1,269.5 crore to Rs. 472.3 crore.
- Net Profit After Tax for the year declined from Rs. 111.6 crore to a loss of Rs. 1,360.6 crore in FY12.
Operational highlights
The following table summarizes the operational performance of your Company for the year ended March 31, 2012:
Year ended March 31 2012 2011 Percentage change
Number of branches 1,461 2,379 (38.6)
Number of members (in Lakhs) 53.5 73.1 (26.8)
Number of employees 16,194 22,733 (28.8)
Amount disbursed (Rs. in Crore) 2,737 7,831 (65.1)
Portfolio outstanding (Rs. in Crore) 1,669 4,111 (59.4)
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During the year under review, your Company’s member base has decreased by 26.8 percent to 53.5 lakh (5.35 million) as compared to 73.1 lakh (7.31 million) for the previous year, which is primarily due to Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Institutions (Regulation of Money-Lending) Act, 2010 (AP MFI Act). Consequently, loan disbursement decreased by 65.1 percent from Rs. 7,831 crore to Rs. 2,737 crore. Your Company has closed or merged 918 branches as part of its business rationalization policy.
Unique strengths
Your Company continues to be recognized as one of the largest MFIs in India with unique achievements and strengths. Among these are:
• YourCompanyhasrepaidmorethanRs.3,800croretothebankingsystemsincetheAndhraPradeshmicrofinancesituation without even a day’s delay and did not join CDR.
• YourCompanyhashealthycashandbankbalancesofRs.690crorewithanetworthofRs.435croreandstrongcapital adequacy of 35.4 percent (as against the 12 percent stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India) as of March 31, 2012. In addition, the unavailed deferred tax benefit stands at Rs. 460 crore.
• YourCompanyhasalsobroughtaboutasignificantreductioninoperatingcostsfromRs.106croreinQ4-FY11toRs.81 crore in Q4-FY12 on account of branch consolidation from 2,379 in Q4-FY11 to 1,461 in Q4-FY12.
• YourCompanyhasnotlostasingleCoreManagementTeammembervoluntarilysincetheAndhraPradeshmicrofinance situation.
• In order to protect members from over-indebtedness, your Company has been playing a leading part in pioneering industry-wide efforts on creating and sharing credit-related information with Credit Bureaus. Between September 2011 and April 2012, your Company obtained Credit Bureau reports for 44 lakh members, while loans have been given to only 26percent of them.
• YourCompany’spoliciesandprocessesalongwithdocumentationhavebeenmodifiedtocomplywith:
1. RBI guidelines of December 2, 2011. 2. RBIFairPracticeCodeguidelinesofJuly2,2012. 3. Guidelines and codes of industry bodies like Sa-Dhan and MFIN.
• Your Company disclosed on December 7, 2011 that it would invest Rs. 15 crore in the next three years in order to align its customer grievance redressal and Customer Protection Practices (CPP) with globally recognized benchmarks.
• Your Company announced on December 7, 2011 that it will cap Return on Assets at 3 percent for the core microfinance business. Your Company’s present interest is 24.55 percent as against the Reserve Bank of India prescribed limit of 26 percent. • Mr.VergheseJacob,aseasonedcorporateandsocialsectorexpertwiththreedecadesofexperience,wasappointedas yourCompany’sOmbudsmanonJanuary31,2012.
• Your Company commissioned EDA Rural Systems, a reputed development sector consultancy, to develop a training programme encompassing the seven principles (avoidance of over-indebtedness, transparency, responsible pricing, appropriate collection practices, ethical staff behavior, privacy of client data and grievance redressal mechanism) of CPP and also certify several staff members after imparting Train-The-Trainer coaching to them.
On account of such distinctions, your Company has been appreciated by key stakeholders including banks and financial institutions. Your Company completed 23 transactions with leading banks and financial entities and obtained sanction for incremental debt ofRs. 1,360 crore in Q4-FY12. During the fiscal, your Company also accomplished the largest rated pool assignment transaction ofRs. 354 crore in the Indian microfinance history.
Andhra Pradesh microfinance situation
The achievements should be viewed in the backdrop of the sensitive Andhra Pradesh situation post the promulgation of the Andhra PradeshMicroFinanceInstitutions(RegulationofMoney-Lending)Ordinance,2010.Subsequently,onJanuary1,2011,theGovernmentof Andhra Pradesh introduced the AP MFI Act to replace the AP MFI Ordinance. Prior to the promulgation of the new law, Andhra Pradesh was India’s largest microfinance market accounting 30 percent of borrower accounts and loan outstanding of microfinance institutions. Post the promulgation, the Indian microfinance industry faced its worst crisis ever with the lower middle class borrower bearing the brunt of the situation.
“The Andhra Pradesh Government’s stated aim was to protect the poor and yet its actions have resulted in a 600-fold decrease in financingtotheverypoorestofIndia’scitizens,”accordingtoLegatumVentures’report,‘MicrofinanceinIndia:ACrisisattheBottomof the Pyramid’. “This should make everyone pause. The rural poor depend on access to consistent and dependable finance to help
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smooth patchy income streams and avert financial crisis. The Andhra Pradesh Government’s actions have effectively shut off finance to these most vulnerable of India’s citizens. Indeed, as this paper discusses, the very premise of the AP MFI Act was fundamentally flawed. Quite apart from protecting the poor, the AP MFI Act does just the opposite and risks creating a near term financial and human crisis amongst the rural poor in Andhra Pradesh, while also potentially jeopardizing the Indian Government’s broader financial inclusion agenda.”
The impact of the new law could be summed up on the following lines:
• InthefirsthalfofFY11,priortothepromulgationofthenewlaw,MFIsinAndhraPradeshdisbursedRs.5,000croreto borrowers. This dropped to Rs. 8.5 crore in the second half of FY11.
• TheexitofmicrofinancecompanieshadcreatedacreditgapofRs.4,000croreinAndhraPradesh,TheHindunewspaper quoted a senior official of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development as saying.
• Close to 9.2 million customers or almost one in three microfinance borrowers (almost equal to Mumbai’s suburban population) have defaulted on loan repayment, according to Business Standard and The Economic Times. These members would appear as defaulters in Credit Bureau lists.
• MicrofinancerecoveryratesinAndhraPradeshhadfallento10percentfrom95percent.
• Your Company has also brought down the residual Andhra Pradesh exposure (Net) to Rs. 236 crore from a high of Rs. 1,491 crore in October 2010 by writing off/ provisioning Rs. 1,129 crore.
MicroSave report: No harassment
The report of MicroSave, an independent international organization and a close affiliate of CGAP which is housed at the World Bank, is aneye-openerforallconcerned.Thereport,‘WhatareClientsdoingPosttheAndhraPradeshMFICrisis?’,isbasedon76sessionsusingparticipatorymethodslikefocusgroupdiscussions,relativepreferencerankingandfinancialsectortrendanalysisduringJuly-August 2011 in the Telangana, Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh covering the districts of Anantapur, Krishna, Nizamabad and Adilabad. MicroSave also interviewed several government officials, who are involved in SHG movement, bank officials, who have experience in SHG-bank linkage, field staff of SHG federations, field staff of MFIs and their borrowers and SHG members. Below are the extracts from the same:
Key findings of MicroSave study are:
• MFI members have taken loans at exorbitant interest rates from moneylenders in the absence of loans from MFIs. Moneylenders have increased lending in the past eight to 10 months in areas with higher penetration of MFIs.
• Manymembershadreducedthescaleoftheirbusinessbecauseoflackofaccesstoalternatesourcesofcredit.Members have sold their assets such as house, vehicle, cattle, jewellery, etc., to meet their productive as well as essential non- productive expenditure which have to be met.
• Mostofthemembersstoppedrepayingasothermembersofthegroupandthecommunitystoppedrepaying.
• MostofthemembersdeniedanyharassmentfromtheMFIs,andsaidthattheyarewillingtorepaytheirloansifMFIsstart disbursing fresh loans and if other members in the community also start repaying.
• MemberswouldliketocarryforwardtheirrelationshipwithMFIs,giventhefactthat it isaneconomicalandconvenient credit option for them.
One of the key recommendations (for the State Government/ MFIs): As the majority of the clientele of MFIs are members of SHGs promoted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, there are chances of issues of conflict between MFIs and the local machinery of the Government. The Government and MFIs should take initiative to establish a forum at both district and state level to resolve any conflicts.
Ex Andhra Pradesh Sarpanches back MFIs
The grassroots Andhra Pradesh perspective too reflects the plight of the lower middle classes. In view of their plight, eminent ex Sarpanches and other grassroots opinion leaders from 15 districts of Andhra Pradesh have urged the State Government to restart microfinance loans for the poor.
Media reports, featuring such requests, have been published regularly by leading regional newspapers including Andhra Bhoomi, AndhraJyothi,AndhraPrabha,Eenadu,NamastheTelangana,Sakshi,SuryaandVaarthaduringthelatterhalfofthefiscal.Themediareports focus on the following aspects:
• Repeal Ordinance: Sakshi has reported that the State Ordinance against MFI loans had caused the people in Shadnagar area to again depend on usurious moneylenders to run their small businesses since they were unable to find easy credit after MFIs stopped offering loans due to the Ordinance.
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• Uncertainty due to lack of MFI loans leading to problems: Andhra Prabha has reported that there was an urgent need for the Government to reinstate MFI loans to farmers and the poor classes, who have been badly affected by the lack of credit. The report went on to note that non-availability of bank loans in villages could create a drop in farm output, which could have an adverse impact on the state economy.
• Poor in the vortex of debt: Namasthe Telangana has pointed out that farmers had been caught in the vortex of debt as the exit of MFIs has forced them back into the clutches of moneylenders. It reported that the previous year had seen farmers utilize loans from MFIs in a proper manner and benefiting from them. The MFI ordinance had once again increased their reliance on moneylenders, this year.
• Interest rates should be reduced: Eenadu has emphasized on the increased interest burden on the lower income classes as a result of the Government’s MFI Ordinance and subsequent dependence on moneylenders. The article highlighted the hardships faced by the rural poor on account of the exit of MFIs and lack of alternative credit options at hand.
• Need for microfinance loans: Andhra Prabha has explained the indispensable role that microfinance loans had played not just in agricultural businesses but also in other important small businesses such as the purchase of buffaloes and selling of milk to villagers. Microfinance loans had benefitted a number of people and families improving their living standards. The article emphasized on the advantages of microfinance loans compared to loans from moneylenders in villages.
The validity of the AP MFI Act has been challenged by several MFIs, including your Company. The matter is currently pending in the Honorable High Court of Andhra Pradesh.
The Sa-Dhan 2011 report had stated that concerted action from all the stakeholders, viz, the Central Government, the RBI, the Government of AP, banks, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), in addition to involvement from industry associations such as the Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan (the Association of Community Development Finance Institution), is important for resolution of the AP microfinance crisis.
InJuly2011,theCentralGovernmentreleasedthedraftMicroFinanceInstitutions(DevelopmentandRegulation)Bill,2011(“draftMFI Bill”) for public comments. The Draft MFI Bill was subsequently replaced by the Micro Finance Institutions (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2012 (“MFI Bill 2012”). The MFI Bill 2012, which was presented before the Indian Parliament on May 22, 2012, attempts to regulate the entire microfinance sector, irrespective of the form of institutions involved. The MFI Bill 2012 states that its provisions shall be effective notwithstanding anything inconsistent contained in any other law. The MFI Bill 2012 will require the approval of the Indian Parliament as well as the assent of the President of India and publication in the Official Gazette before becoming law. The draft MFI Bill, among other things, states that its provisions shall be effective notwithstanding anything inconsistent contained in any other law and that microfinance services extended by any MFI registered with the RBI shall not be treated as money-lending for the purpose of any state enactments relating to money-lending and usurious loans. The introduction of the draft MFI Bill is being seen by the MFI industry as a key step towards resolving the uncertainty created by the AP MFI Act.
No contagion effect
The sensitive Andhra Pradesh situation has not shown any contagion effect with non-Andhra Pradesh operations of SKS Microfinance registering a 11 percent quarter-on-quarter portfolio growth to Rs. 1,320 crore in Q4-FY12 reversing the declining trend over the previous five quarters. Your Company continued to maintain its high collection efficiencies in 17 non-Andhra Pradesh states with the collection figure for the quarter ending March 2012 standing at 95.1 percent.
New business initiatives
Your Company has built a large distribution network in rural India. As of March 31, 2012, your Company has 13,596 branch managers, assistant branch managers and Sangam Managers who comprise 84 percent of it’s total workforce, across 1,461 branches in 18 states. Your Company can leverage this network to distribute financial and non-financial products of other institutions to the borrower-members at a cost lower than the market price. Your Company’s network also allows such distributors to access a segment of the market to which many do not otherwise have access to.
Your Company intends to diversify into other businesses while retaining the core microfinance business focus. Your Company is scaling up certain pilot projects involving fee-based services and secured lending, gradually converting them into separate business verticals. Your Company’s objective in these non-microfinance businesses is to focus on lending that will sustain high repayment rates, increase borrower-members’ loyalty and also provide economic benefits to the borrower-members and their families. Such non-microfinance products and services offer higher operating margins and thus may help your Company to increase the overall Return on Assets (ROA).
Your Company currently offers certain loan products that borrower-members can use to purchase products that will increase the productivity of borrower-members and their businesses. Your Company is selective about the products for which loans are issued. To ensure the loans are used for the purchase of the specified product, your Company first enters into a strategic relationship with a selected supplier of the product and specifies the loan disbursement will be made directly to the supplier of the product rather than to the borrower-member.
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Your Company has two programmes under this category, namely Mobile Phone Loans and Sangam Store Loans.
Mobile Phone Loans
After a successful pilot programme with Nokia during FY10 and FY11 for financing of mobile phones for the borrower-members, your Company extended this initiative to 11 states in India. The following are the features of MBL:
• TheannualeffectiveinterestrateoftheMobilePhoneLoansprogrammeis26.0percentandtheloanprocessingfeeis1.0 percent. • Aprocessing/referralfeeispaidtoyourCompanybyNokiaanditsdistributors. • Thetermofthisloanistypically25weeks. • ThepriceofthemobilephonesfinancedbyyourCompanyrangesfromRs.1,800toRs.3,000. • Principalandinterestpaymentsaredueonaweeklybasisduringthetermoftheloan.
As of March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, Mobile Phone Loans constituted 0.4 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, of your Company’s total outstanding loan portfolio.
Sangam Store Loans
Your Company has also undertaken a pilot project involving a business-to-business loan programme with Metro to fund the working capitalrequirementsoftheborrower-membersandcertainnon-borrower-members,whoownandoperate‘kirana’orSangamStores.
• This programme allows Sangam Stores to purchase their inventory of consumer goods and groceries fromMetro at wholesale prices. • LoanamountsrangefromRs.2,500toRs.12,500andareinterestfree. • Thetermoftheloanissevendays. • Non-membersareservicedonthebasisofcash-on-delivery. • Your Company also offers credit to non-borrower-members upon satisfactory credit appraisals and obtaining requisite approvals. • YourCompanyreceivesafixedcommissionfromMetroforthetotalpurchasesastoremakesfromit,whileutilizingthe productivity loan.
Dividend
Your Directors have not recommended any dividend as your Company reported losses during the year under review.
Change in Registered Office
The Registered Office of your Company was shifted from Ashoka Raghupathi Chambers, D. No. 1-10-60 to 62, Opp. Shoppers Stop, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016, Andhra Pradesh, India to 3rd Floor, My Home Tycoon, Block - A, 6-3-1192, Kundanbagh, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016, Andhra Pradesh, India with effect from May 7, 2012.
Further, the Board in its meeting held on May 7, 2012 recommended shifting of the Registered Office from Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra, by amendment to the Situation Clause of the Memorandum of Association of your Company, subject to approvals of the Members and Statutory Authorities.
Your Company is in the process of obtaining necessary approvals.
Management Discussion and Analysis
The Management Discussion & Analysis Report for the year under review is presented in a separate section on Page 39 in this Annual report.
Corporate Governance
Your Company adopts the corporate best practices and is committed to conducting its business in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Your Company follows the highest standards of business ethics. A report on Corporate Governance is provided on Page 55 in this Annual Report.
Resources and liquidity
Your Company, being a Systemically Important Non-Deposit Accepting NBFC, is subject to the capital adequacy requirements prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India. Your Company has to maintain a minimum ratio of 15 percent as prescribed under the Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007 (as amended from time
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to time) based on total capital to risk weighted assets. Your Company maintained Capital to Risk Asset Ratio (CRAR) of 35.4 percent and 45.4 percent respectively as on March 31, 2012 and as on March 31, 2011 respectively, which is higher than the statutory 15 percent requirement.
During the year, your Company has received ratings for various instruments to raise funds and a summary of the ratings is presented in the following table:
Agency Item Rating
CARE Rating Short Term Debt CARE A1*
CARE Rating MFI Grading MFI 2+
CARE Rating Assignment CARE A1+ (SO)
CARE Rating Securitization CARE A1+ (SO)
*Rating withdrawn in May 2012 as no instrument is outstanding.
Fixed deposits
Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits and, as such, no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as of the Balance Sheet date.
Increase in share capital
During the year under review, 32,985 equity shares were issued under the ESOP plans of your Company. Thus, the issued, subscribed and paid-up equity share capital increased from 72,323,910 to 72,356,895 as on March 31, 2012.
Post the Balance Sheet date, your Company issued 906,734 Equity Shares under ESOP 2007 on May 4, 2012 and opened QIP issue onJuly12,2012forissueofEquitySharespursuanttoandinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofChapterVIIIoftheSEBI(IssueofCapital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, as amended. The said QIP issue is being carried out in accordance with the resolution passed by the shareholders of your Company through Postal Ballot on December 7, 2011. Further, in terms of Regulations 81(c)ofChapterVIIIoftheSecuritiesandExchangeBoardofIndia(IssueofCapitalandDisclosureRequirements)Regulations,2009,theBoardhasfixedJuly12,2012asthe‘RelevantDate’forthepurposeandaccordinglythefloorpriceisRs.75.40perEquityShareasperthepricingformulaunderRegulation85ofChapterVIIIoftheSEBIICDRRegulations,2009.
RBI guidelines
The Reserve Bank of India, based on the recommendations of the Malegam Committee, notified the directions, inter alia, for the introduction of new category for MFIs, known as Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs).
Following is the criteria for classifying an NBFC as an NBFC- MFI:
• MinimumnetownedfundsofRs.5crore. • Notlessthan85percentofitsnetassetsareinthenatureof‘qualifyingassets’. • Further the income an NBFC-MFI derives from the remaining 15 percent of assets shall be in accordance with the regulations specified in this regard. • AnNBFC,whichdoesnotqualifyasanNBFC-MFIshallnotextendloanstothemicrofinancesector,whichinaggregate exceed 10 percent of its total assets.
‘Qualifyingasset’shallmeanaloan,whichsatisfiesthefollowingcriteria:
• LoandisbursedbyanNBFC-MFItoaborrowerwitharuralhouseholdannualincomenotexceedingRs.60,000orurban and semi-urban household income not exceeding Rs. 1,20,000. • LoanamountdoesnotexceedRs.35,000inthefirstcycleandRs.50,000insubsequentcycles. • TotalindebtednessoftheborrowerdoesnotexceedRs.50,000. • Tenure of the loan not to be less than 24months for loan amount in excess of Rs. 15,000with prepayment without penalty. • Loantobeextendedwithoutcollateral. • Aggregateamountofloans,givenforincomegeneration,isnotlessthan75percentofthetotalloansgivenbytheMFIs. • Loanisrepayableonweekly,fortnightlyormonthlyinstallmentsatthechoiceoftheborrower.
Capital requirement
All new NBFC-MFIs shall maintain a capital adequacy ratio consisting of Tier I and Tier II Capital, which shall not be less than 15 percent of their aggregate risk weighted assets. The total of Tier II Capital at any point in time shall not exceed 100 percent of Tier I Capital.
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Note:
i. Among the existing NBFCs to be classified as NBFC-MFIs, those with asset size less than Rs. 100 crore will be required to comply with this norm w.e.f April 01, 2012. Those with asset size of Rs. 100 crore and above are already required to maintain minimum CRAR of 15 percent. ii. The CRAR for NBFC-MFIs, which have more than 25 percent loan portfolio in the state of Andhra Pradesh will be at 12 percent for the year 2011-2012 only. Thereafter, they have to maintain CRAR at 15 percent.
Asset classification norms: With effect from April 01, 2013:
i. Standard asset means the asset in respect of which no default in repayment of principal or payment of interest is perceived and which does not disclose any problem nor carry more than normal risk attached to the business. ii. Non-performing asset means an asset for which interest/ principal payment has remained overdue for a period of 90 days or more.
Provisioning norms: With effect from April 01, 2013
The aggregate loan provision to be maintained by NBFC-MFIs at any point in time shall not be less than the higher of:
• 1percentoftheoutstandingloanportfolio,or • 50percentoftheaggregateloaninstallments,whichareoverdueformorethan90daysandlessthan180daysand • 100percentoftheaggregateloaninstallments,whichareoverduefor180daysormore.
The RBI has, through its circular dated March 20, 2012, deferred the implementation of the asset classification and provisioning norms prescribed for NBFC-MFIs until April 1, 2013.
Pricing of credit:
i. All NBFC-MFIs shall maintain an aggregate margin cap of not more than 12 percent. The interest cost will be calculated on the basis of average fortnightly balances of outstanding borrowings, and interest income is to be calculated on the basis of average fortnightly balances of outstanding loan portfolio of qualifying assets. ii. Interest on individual loans will not exceed 26 percent per annum and the same will be calculated on a reducing (diminishing) balance basis. iii. Processing charges shall not be more than 1 percent of gross loan amount. Processing charges need not be included in the margin cap or the interest cap. iv. NBFC-MFIs shall recover only the actual cost of insurance for group, or livestock, life, health for borrower and spouse. Administrative charges, where recovered, shall be as per Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) guidelines.
Fair Practices Code
The Reserve Bank of India on March 26, 2012 amended the Fair Practices Code for all NBFCs including MFIs and Gold Loan companies, requiring NBFC-MFIs and Gold Loan companies to comply with certain additional norms with respect to their lending practices and recovery methods.
Your Company has revised the Code of Conduct for field staff, who have been involved in microfinance activities and Gold Loans along with relevant policies and documents in line with the RBI guidelines on Fair Practices Code for NBFCs.
On December 21, 2011, your Company submitted an application to the RBI for classification as an NBFC-MFI and is awaiting necessary approval from the RBI.
Credit bureau for MFIs
In order to address the issue of multiple lending or over-indebtedness, various Micro Finance Institutions/ NBFCs have come together to invest in the Credit Information Bureau, namely High Mark Credit Information Services Private Limited via Alpha Micro Finance Consultants Private Limited. In order to facilitate the collective investment in High Mark as well as undertake other collective steps for building the technology infrastructure for credit information sharing among themselves, and to educate their staff in ensuring good Customer Protection Practices are followed, Alpha has been established as a collective entity by 25 NBFC-MFIs which together have about 70 percent of the total portfolio of the microfinance loans. Your Company invested Rs. 20 lakh in Alpha.
Self-regulations for MFIs
Your Company is a member of both Industry Associations viz., Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan (the Association of Community Development Finance Institution) that aim to work with various stakeholders, including regulators to promote microfinance as a tool for achieving larger financial inclusion goals. These self-regulatory organisations have defined an Unified Code of Conduct for microfinance institutions in India, which seek to create social benefits and promote financial inclusion by providing affordable services
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to un-served and underserved households. The Code, in addition to reiterating the regulatory guidelines, defines core values and fair practices for the sector so as to ensure that microfinance services through MFIs are provided in a manner that benefit borrowers-members. Ethical approach and dignity for borrowers-members are the key elements of the Code.
Globally benchmarked Customer Protection Practices
In view of the concerns raised during the Andhra Pradesh situation, your Company has been rolling out several initiatives in order to make Client Protection Principle (CPP) a strategic priority as also to integrate the same into the business plan. Among the initiatives are:
Credit bureaus and over-indebtedness: In order to protect members from over-indebtedness, your Company has been playing a leading part in pioneering industry-wide efforts on creating and sharing credit-related information with Credit Bureaus. Between September 2011 and April 2012, your Company obtained Credit Bureau reports for 44 lakh members, while loans have been given to only 26 percent of them.
Regulatory compliance: Your Company’s policies and processes along with documentation have been modified to comply with: 1. RBIguidelinesofDecember2,2011;2.RBIFairPracticeCodeguidelinesofJuly2,2012;3.Guidelinesandcodesofindustrybodieslike Sa-Dhan and MFIN.
Third-party verification and endorsement: Your Company has been seeking external validation for compliance. Accordingly, M-Cril, awell-knownratingagency,conductedastudyduringOctober2011-December2011acrossfivestatesandissueda‘fullycomplaint’report.AsimilarstudyfortheperiodJanuary2012-June2012coveringeightstatesisbeingcommissioned.
Rs. 15 crore investment for CPP: Your Company disclosed on December 7, 2011 that it would invest Rs. 15 crore in the next three years in order to align its customer grievance redressal and CPP with globally recognized benchmarks.
Cap on Return on Asset: Your Company announced on December 7, 2011 that it will cap Return on Assets at 3 percent for the core microfinance business. Your Company’s present interest is 24.55 percent as against the Reserve Bank of India prescribed limit of 26 percent.
Ombudsman:Mr.VergheseJacob,aseasonedcorporateandsocialsectorexpertwiththreedecadesofexperience,wasappointedasitsOmbudsmanonJanuary31,2012.
CPP training and certification: Your Company commissioned EDA Rural Systems, a reputed development sector consultancy, to develop a training programme encompassing the seven principles (avoidance of over-indebtedness, transparency, responsible pricing, appropriate collection practices, ethical staff behavior, privacy of client data and grievance redressal mechanism) of CPP and also certify several staff members after imparting Train-The-Trainer coaching to them.
CPP assessment: Your Company has volunteered for an independent assessment of its current practices by Smart Campaign Team of Accion International. Their initial comments capture the best practices being implemented by your Company. The final report is awaited.
Upgradation of Customer Grievance Redressal systems and processes: Your Company was the first microfinance company in India tostartaToll-freeHelpline(180030010000),whichisoperationalineightIndianlanguagessinceJuly6,2009.AcoupleofnewCustomer Grievance Redressal initiatives are being implemented to ensure faster complaint resolution.
Integrating CPP into employee KRAs: Zero-tolerance policies have been rolled out specifying severe penalties including termination for non-compliance of the regulatory guidelines.
The above-mentioned measures will align your Company’s CPP with globally benchmarked best practices, helping your Company’s customer satisfaction levels while addressing policy-makers’ concerns, if any.
Information technology
Your Company is focused on technology solutions that drive growth. Initiatives are being taken in the following areas:
• Cost-effectivetotalbranchconnectivitysolutionandstrengthenexistingcommunicationchannels. • Centralizationofdataforreal-timedecisionmaking. • Buildingstrongbusinessintelligencereportingandanalyticscapability. • Consolidation of network, storage and hardware infrastructure by using Cloud and virtualization services to drive economies of scale. • Useofadvancedcommunicationchannelslikevideoconferencingtoincreaseproductivityandefficiencies. • Buildrobustframeworktostrengthentechnologyassets,artifactsanddata.
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The execution of the above-mentioned initiatives will help your Company in achieving its goals.
Human Resource Management
The Human Resources function has been implementing several initiatives to attract and retain talent. In this regard, the function has been implementing various programmes in the areas of manpower planning and optimization, devising development plans, employee engagement as also indiscipline. A key initiative in this regard is CARE built on the four pillars of: Creative communication, Appreciation for all, Reward and recognition and Energy and enthusiasm.
The function has been playing a critical role in ensuring that the field employees follow a standardized set of processes and policies resulting in minimization of business risks and enhancing customer satisfaction. It plays a pivotal role in disseminating Client Protection Practices, Code of Conduct and Staff Ethical Behavior across the organization enabling the human capital of your Company to gear up for future with a special focus on rapid changes pertaining to internal and external environment.
Your Company continues to implement various industry first initiatives in the areas of role-based training and certification, performance differentiation and value-based approaches. Building leaders from within will continue to be a priority and your Company continues to strengthen its efforts to build the pipeline. Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) and Employee Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS)
Presently, stock options have been granted or shares have been issued under the following schemes:
A. SKS Microfinance Employee Share Purchase Scheme 2007 (“ESPS 2007”)B. SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan 2007 (“ESOP 2007”) C. SKS Microfinance Employees Stock Option Plan 2008 (Independent Directors) (“ESOP 2008 (ID)”)D. SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan 2008 (“ESOP 2008”)E. SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan 2009 (“ESOP 2009”)F. SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan 2010 (“ESOP 2010”)G. SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan 2011 (“ESOP 2011”)
The disclosures with respect to each of the above-mentioned Employee Share Purchase Schemes (ESPS) and Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), as required by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme), Guidelines, 1999, are appended as Annexure - 1 and form part of this report.
Particulars of employees
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in Annexure - 2 to the Directors’ Report.
Directors
During the year under review, following are the changes:
1. Mr. Suresh Gurumani and Mr. Pramod Bhasin resigned as Directors from the Board of Directors of your Company with effect from May 27, 2011 and August 12, 2011 respectively. 2. Dr.VikramAkularesignedastheExecutiveChairmanofyourCompanywitheffectfromNovember23,2011. 3. Mr.V.Chandrasekaran’snominationontheBoardwaswithdrawnbySmallIndustriesDevelopmentBankofIndia(SIDBI) witheffectfromJune8,2012.
The Board places on record its appreciation for the contribution made by the above-mentioned Directors to your Company and industry during their tenure.
YourCompanyisintheprocessofappointinganewincumbentinplaceofMr.V.ChandrasekaranasSIDBInomineeontheboardofyour Company on completion of certain formalities.
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar and Mr. Paresh Patel will retire by rotation and are eligible to offer themselves for re-appointment in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. A brief profile of the Directors is given in the Notice of the Ninth Annual General Meeting.
Directors’ Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors confirm as under:
i) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards read with requirements set out under ScheduleVItotheCompaniesAct,1956hadbeenfollowedandtherearenomaterialdeparturesfromthesame.
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ii) Your Company has 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 your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of your Company for that year.
iii) Your Company has taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv) YourCompanyhaspreparedtheannualaccountsofyourCompanyona‘goingconcern’basis.
Auditors
The Statutory Auditors of your Company, M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, retire at the ensuing Ninth Annual General Meeting and have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to accept office of the Auditors, if appointed. The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors have recommended reappointment of M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co., as Statutory Auditors of the Company for the FY2012 - 2013 for your approval.
Response of the Board to the Auditors’ Comments
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(3) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Board would like to place on record an explanation to the Auditors’ comments in their Audit Report dated May 8, 2012:
S. No. Auditors’ Comments Response
1. The Company’s accumulated losses at the end of the financial year are more than fifty percent of its net worth and it has incurred cash losses in the current financial year. The Company had not incurred any cash losses in the immediately preceding financial year.
Due to the impact of the Andhra Pradesh Microfinance (Money-lending) Regulation Act on the field operations in Andhra Pradesh, the Company has prudently written off substantial part of the loans outstanding in the state during the FY2011-12. Your Company has reduced its net exposure in AP to Rs. 236.0 crore as on March 31, 2012 from Rs. 1,303.2 crore as on March 31, 2011. The net exposure is post provisions and write-offs of Rs. 1,007.2 crore on the AP portfolio during the financial year, which have contributed primarily to the losses reported by your Company for the first time in its history. Notably, the total provisions and write-offs of Rs. 1,173.5 crore made during the financial year 2011-12 exceed the accumulated losses of Rs. 1,051.3 crore at the end of the financial year. The Company has a strong networth of Rs. 434.7 crore even after adjusting the accumulated losses and capital adequacy is 35.4 percent.
The regulatory uncertainty created by the AP MFI Act led to reduced bank lending to the sector and for your Company resulting in a decline in the non-AP outstanding loan portfolio during the first three quarters of the financial year 2011-12. Subsequently, with clarity from the NBFC-MFI directions issued by the RBI and the Central Micro Finance Institutions (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2012, your Company accessed higher funds in the fourth quarter of financial year 2011-12, resulting in quarter-on-quarter growth in the non-AP portfolio. The Company expects this trend to continue into the next financial year. However, lower revenues, due to the reduction in non-AP portfolio over the full year, coupled with less than proportionate decrease in expenses, resulted in cash losses in the financial year 2011-12. To control costs, your Company has initiated several measures and also steps to ensure AP operations are cash neutral.
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2. We have been informed that during the year there were instances of cash embezzlements by the employees of the Company aggregating Rs. 25,091,317; and loans given to non-existent borrowers on the basis of fictitious documentation created by the employees of the Company aggregating Rs. 133,313,975. The services of all such employees involved have been terminated and the Company is in the process of taking legal action. The outstanding balance (net of recovery) aggregating Rs. 142,440,656 has been written off.
Employee fraud is an inherent risk in the business the Company operates in, since all the transactions are cash-based. In case of cash embezzlements, your Company has recovered an amount of Rs. 10,859,714 including the insurance cover. Cash embezzlement is 0.09percent of disbursement during the year.
To mitigate this risk to a large extent, the management has put in place several preventive control measures as under: - Procuring indemnity bond from every field staff, with personal guarantee of a third person. - Every bank transaction (deposit/ withdrawal) is to be executed by minimum of two staff comprising a bank signatory and a confirmed staff.- The strongbox at every branch is controlled by two keys and the keys are held by two different employees in the branch.- Surprise visits are conducted by managerial employees, at the time of carrying out cash/ bank transactions by field employees.- Minimizing the cash balances at various branches to the lowest level possible (50,000 + next day disbursement)
There are also several detective controls, as follows:- Employee-wise daily reconciliation of cash balances by the managerial employees at each branch- Frequent surprise visits by accountants and internal auditors, which covers verification of physical cash and bank balances- The following is the action taken in such cases:•Terminatingservicesofalltheemployeesinvolvedincashembezzlementsandtaking legal action against them •RecoveringmoneyfromsuchemployeesAlso, your Company has taken fidelity insurance to minimize the losses from cash embezzlements.In case of loans given to non-existent/ fictitious borrowers, your Company has recovered an amount of Rs. 7,397,648 against these cases including insurance cover. These cases are 0.49percent of disbursement during the year.The following are the various preventive control measures included in the loan process to mitigate the risk of loans to non-existent borrowers/ fictitious borrowers:- All the loans disbursed have a maker/ checker control; wherein all the loans processed by sangam managers are approved by branch managers/ assistant branch managers.- Sangam managers are not deployed in their home towns, so as to prevent collusion with the local people there.- Employee rotation every six months, where in the sangam managers manage different centres at the end of every six months.- Transfer of sangam manager/ branch manager in a span of 9 to 12 months- Developed internal processes to restrict loan disbursements to inactive membersDetective controls:- The branch managerial employees perform Loan Utilization Check for every loan disbursed.- The internal audit team, on a test basis, verifies the loan documents and performs Loan Utilization Check for the loans disbursed.Actions taken:- Terminating services of all the employees involved in fake loan transactions and taking legal action against them - Recovering money from such employeesThe net impact of frauds comes to around 0.51 percent of the total amount disbursed during the year. Your Company is working towards reducing this percentage to the least possible by making process improvements, covering the loss by having an adequate insurance policy and by increasing opportunities for direct contact with our members. During the year, your Company has recovered an amount of Rs. 1.30 crore against fraud amount written off in previous years.
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Energy Conservation, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo
The particulars required to be furnished under sub section (1) (e) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are set out in the Annexure – 3 to this report. Green initiatives
During the previous fiscal, your Company started a sustainability initiative with the aim of going green and minimizing the environmental impact. Like last year, this year too your Company has published the Annual Report prepared in compliance with provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the Listing Agreement.
Intellectual property
Your Company has 11 trademarks registered in its name, including the trademark registrations for “SKS Microfinance”, the composite trademark for “SKS” in English and eight other Indian languages, and the “Swarna Pushpam” logo in English. Our trademark registration application for the “Swarna Pushpam” logo in Telugu language as well as our application for registration of a composite trademark for “SKS Microfinance” in Bengali language are currently pending.
YourCompanyalsohascopyrightcertificationofouranthemsongtitled“UdhteJaayenBadteJaayen”.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors express their sincere appreciation of the cooperation and assistance received from Sangam Members, shareholders, bankers, and other stakeholders during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the commitment displayed from all executives, officers and field employees resulting in the successful performance of your Company during the year.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Hyderabad SD/- SD/-Date:July14,2012 P.H. Ravikumar M.R. Rao Non-Executive Chairman-Interim Managing Director and CEO
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Employee Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS) and Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)
The disclosures with respect to your Company’s Employee Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS) and Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) are set out hereunder:
A. SKS Microfinance Employee Share Purchase Scheme 2007 (ESPS 2007) Your Company instituted ESPS 2007 pursuant to a special resolution dated February 9, 2007, passed at an EGM of your Company. The ESPS 2007 was implemented by the Compensation Committee and the SKS Microfinance Employee Welfare Trust (EWT). The EWT was constituted on March 28, 2007, pursuant to a resolution passed by the Board of Directors dated March 5, 2007. The effective date of the ESPS 2007 was March 31, 2007 and it shall be in effect till March 31, 2020.
Under ESPS 2007, 1,849,750 Equity Shares were issued for the benefit of the eligible employees and, in the event an employee is terminated or has resigned from the service of your Company, then the unreleased Equity Shares to the said employee stand transferred to the EWT. The same is used for the other eligible employees of your Company.
The following table sets forth the particulars of the Equity Shares granted under the ESPS 2007 as of date:
Particulars Details of Tranche I Details of Tranche II Details of Tranche III
Shares issued 818,000 514,250 517,500
Date of issue March 31, 2007 November 20, 2007 August 25, 2008
Allotment price of share (Rs.) 10.00 49.77 70.67
Person-wise details of shares granted to
i) Directors and key managerial employees Refer below
ii) Any other employee who was allotted Equity Shares amounting to 5 percent or more of the Equity Shares allotted during the year
Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable
iii) Identified employees who were allotted Equity Shares, during any one year equal to exceeding 1 percent of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of allotment
Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable
Fully diluted EPS Rs. (188.06) as on March 31, 2012
Difference between employee compensation cost using the intrinsic value method and the employee compensation cost that shall have been recognized if your Company has used fair value and impact of this difference on profits and EPS of your Company
Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable
Details of Equity Shares allotted/ transferred to Directors and key managerial employees are set forth below:
Name of Director/ key managerial personnel
Number of Equity Shares
Date of Allotment/Transfer
Mr. M.R. Rao* 4,56,666 200,000 Equity Shares allotted on March 31, 2007.163,750 Equity Shares allotted on August 25, 2008.86,250 Equity Shares have been transferred from EWT on August 25, 2008.6,666EquitySharestransferredfromEWTonJuly29,2009.
Mr. S. Dilli Raj** 1,02,666 100,000 Equity Shares have been transferred from EWT on February 1, 2008.2,666EquitySharestransferredfromEWTonJuly29,2009.
* Mr. M.R. Rao holds 2,94,166 equity shares as on March 31, 2012.** Mr. S. Dilli Raj holds 77,666 equity shares as on March 31, 2012.
B. SKS Microfinance Employees Stock Option Plan 2007 (ESOP 2007)
Your Company instituted ESOP 2007 pursuant to a special resolution dated September 8, 2007 passed at an AGM of your Company and was further amended pursuant to the resolutions passed through Postal Ballot on December 7, 2011.
The total number of shares (which mean Equity Shares of your Company and securities convertible into Equity Shares) that may be issued under ESOP 2007 are 18,52,158 Equity Shares. The ESOP 2007 came into effect on September 8, 2007 and is valid up to September 7, 2011, or such other date as may be decided by the Board of Directors. The ESOP 2007 was implemented by the Board
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of Directors and the Compensation Committee. Unless otherwise specified, the vested options were to be exercised prior to the expiry of 48 months from the date of vesting.
Your Company has granted 18,52,158 options convertible into 18,52,158 Equity Shares of face value of Rs. 10 each on various dates as tabulated below and the following table sets forth the particulars of the options granted under ESOP 2007 as on March 31, 2012:
Particulars Details
Options granted 18,52,158
Date of grant October 15, 2007
Exercise price of options (in Rs.) 49.77
Total options vested 18,52,158
Options exercised* 18,52,158
Total number of Equity Shares that would arise as a result of full exercise of options already granted 18,52,158
Options forfeited/ lapsed/ cancelled -
Variationintermsofoptions -
Money realized by exercise of options (in Rs.) 9,21,81,904
Options outstanding (in force) -
Person-wise details of options granted to
i) Directors and key managerial employees 18,52,158
ii) Any other employee who received a grant in any one year of options amounting to 5 percent or more of the options granted during the year
-
iii) Identified employees who are granted options, during any one year equal to exceeding 1 percent of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of grant
-
Diluted EPS on issue of shares on exercise calculated as per AS 20 Rs. (188.06) as onMarch 31, 2012
Method of calculation of employee compensation cost FairValueMethod
Weighted average exercise price of options 49.77
Weighted average fair value of options 7.28
The details of ESOP 2007 as on March 31, 2012 have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
9,06,734 49.77 9,06,734 49.77
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* 9,06,734 49.77 - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year - - 9,06,734 49.77
Exercisable at the end of the year - - 9,06,734 49.77
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
- - 0.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 7.28 - 7.28
* Notice of exercise received for 9,06,734 options. However, allotment is pending as on March 31, 2012. These shares have been subsequently allotted on May 4, 2012. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise wasRs. 214.66 (Previous year: Rs. Nil).
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Details of options granted to Directors and key managerial employees are set forth below:
Name of Director/ key managerial personnel
Total No. of options granted
No. of options exercised
Total No. of options outstanding
No. of Equity Shares held
Dr.VikramAkula 18,52,158 18,52,158* - 18,52,158
*Dr.VikramAkulahasexercised906,734stockoptionsvideNoticeofExercisedatedOctober13,2011and906,743equityshareswereallottedtoDr.VikramAkulaonMay4,2012.
C. SKS Microfinance Employees Stock Option Plan 2008 (Independent Directors) (ESOP 2008 (ID))
YourCompanyinstitutedESOP2008(ID)pursuanttoaspecialresolutiondatedJanuary16,2008passedatanEGMofyourCompany.TheESOP2008(ID)wasamendedpursuanttotheresolutionspassedatEGMheldonJanuary8,2010andwasfurtheramendedpursuant to the resolutions passed through Postal Ballot on December 7, 2011.
The total number of Equity Shares that may be issued under ESOP-2008 (ID) are 1,95,000 Equity Shares (as amended, pursuant to aresolutionoftheshareholdersdatedJanuary8,2010.TheESOP-2008(ID)cameintoeffectonJanuary16,2008andisvaliduptoJanuary15,2015,orsuchotherdateasmaybedecidedbytheBoardofDirectors.TheESOP2008(ID)wasimplementedbytheBoard of Directors. Unless otherwise specified, the vested options were to be exercised prior to the expiry of 60 months from the date of vesting.
The following table sets forth the particulars of the options granted under the ESOP 2008 (ID) as on March 31, 2012:
Particulars Tranche I Tranche II Tranche III Tranche IV Tranche V
Options granted 30,000 15,000 6,000 18,000 90,000
Date of Grant February 1, 2008 February 1, 2008 November 10, 2008 July29,2009 February 1, 2010
Exercise price of options (in Rs.)
70.67 70.67 70.67 300.00 300.00
Total options vested
30,000 15,000 6,000 18,000 -
Options exercised
30,000 - 2,000 - 4,500
Total number of Equity Shares that would arise as a result of full exercise of options already granted
30,000 15,000 6,000 18,000 90,000
Options forfeited/ lapsed/ cancelled
- - - - 36,000
Variationintermsof options
- - - - -
Money realized by exercise of options (in Rs.)
2,120,100 - 1,41,340 - 13,50,000
Options outstanding (in force)
- 15,000 4,000 18,000 49,500
Person-wise details of options granted to
i) Directors and key managerial employees
30,000 15,000 6,000 18,000 90,000
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ii) Any other employee who received a grant in any one year of options amounting to 5 percent or more of the options granted during the year
- - - - -
iii) Identified employees who are granted options, during any one year equal to exceed-ing 1 percent of the issued capital (exclud-ing outstanding warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of grant
- - - -
Diluted EPS on issue of shares on exercise calculated as per AS 20
Rs. (188.06) as on March 31, 2012
Method of calculation of employee compensation cost
FairValueMethod
Weighted average exercise price of options
Rs. 70.67 Rs. 70.67 Rs. 70.67 Rs. 300.00 Rs. 300.00
Weighted average fair value of options
- Rs. 17.72 Rs. 52.14 Rs. 21.57 Rs. 72.53
The details of Tranche I have been summarized below:
ParticularsAs at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
- - 30,000 70.67
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* - - 30,000 70.67
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year - - - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
- - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- - - 15.28
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* Includes notice received for exercise of 5,000 options. However, allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs. 664.94.
The weighted average share price on the date of exercise of other 25,000 stock options was Rs.1,180.65.
The details of Tranche II have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
15,000 70.67 15,000 70.67
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* - - 15,000 70.67
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 15,000 70.67 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year 15,000 70.67 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)**
0.8 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 17.72 - 17.72
* Notice of exercise received for 15,000 options. However, allotment of shares was pending as on March 31, 2011. Subsequently, in the current year, your Company refunded the share application money received towards such options, within 180 days of its receipt and the options are outstanding and exercisable as on March 31, 2012. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs. 664.94.** Original exercise period ending on February 1, 2011, extended up to February 1, 2013.
The details of Tranche III have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
4,000 70.67 6,000 70.67
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* - - 2,000 70.67
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 4,000 70.67 4,000 70.67
Exercisable at the end of the year 4,000 70.67 4,000 70.67
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)**
0.8 - 0.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 52.14 - 52.14
* Includes notice received for exercise of 1,000 options. However, allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs. 664.94.** Original exercise period ending on November 10, 2011, extended up to February 1, 2013.
The weighted average share price on the date of exercise of other 1,000 stock options was Rs. 1,166.54.
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The details of Tranche IV have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
18,000 300.00 18,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 18,000 300.00 18,000 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 18,000 300.00 12,000 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
0.3 - 1.3 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 21.57 - 21.57
The details of Tranche V have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
85,500 300.00 90,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 36,000 300.00 - -
Exercised during the year* - - 4,500 300.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 49,500 300.00 85,500 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 22,500 300.00 18,000 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
2.8 - 3.8 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 72.53 - 72.53
* Notice received for exercise of 4,500 options. However, allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs. 664.94.
Details of options granted to Independent Directors are set forth below:
Name of Director Plan Total No. ofoptions granted
No. of options exercised
Total No. of op-tions outstanding
No. of Equity Shares held
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley
TrancheIV 18,000 - 18,000 -
TrancheV 18,000 - 18,000 -
Mr. Gurcharan Das* Tranche I 15,000 15,000 - 5,500
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar Tranche I 15,000 15,000 - 15,400
Tranche III 3,000 2,000 1,000
TrancheV 18,000 4,500 13,500
Mr. Pramod Bhasin** TrancheV 36,000 - - -
Dr. Tarun Khanna Tranche II 15,000 - 15,000 -
Tranche III 3,000 - 3,000
TrancheV 18,000 - 18,000
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*ResignedwitheffectfromJanuary5,2010.** Resigned with effect from August 12, 2011 and options granted to him have lapsed.
D. SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan 2008 (ESOP 2008)
Your Company instituted ESOP 2008 pursuant to a special resolution dated November 8, 2008 passed at an EGM of your Company. The ESOP 2008 was amended pursuant to the resolutions passed through Postal Ballot on December 7, 2011.
The total number of shares (which mean Equity Shares of your Company and securities convertible into Equity Shares) that may be issued under ESOP 2008 are 26,69,537 Equity Shares. The ESOP 2008 came into effect on November 10, 2008 and is valid up to November 9, 2014, or such other date as may be decided by the Board of Directors. The ESOP 2008 was implemented by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. Unless otherwise specified, the vested options were to be exercised prior to the expiry of 60 months from the date of vesting.
The following table sets forth the particulars of the options granted under ESOP 2008 as on March 31, 2012:
Particulars Details of Tranche I Details of Tranche II Details of Tranche III*
Options granted 17,69,537 9,00,000 4,49,897
Date of grant November 10 , 2008 December 8, 2008 September 7, 2011
Exercise price of options (in Rs.) 300.00 300.00 229.40
Total options vested 17,69,537 2,25,000 -
Options exercised - 2,25,000 -
Total number of Equity Shares that would arise As a result of full exercise of options already granted
17,69,537 9,00,000 4,49,897
Options forfeited/ lapsed/ cancelled
- 4,50,000 71,228
Variationintermsofoptions - - -
Money realized by exercise of options (in Rs.)
- 6,75,00,000 -
Options outstanding (in force) 17,69,537 2,25,000# 3,78,669
Person-wise details of options granted to
i) Directors and key managerial employees
17,69,537 9,00,000 -
ii) Any other employee who received a grant in any one year of options amounting to 5 percent or more of the options granted during the year
- - -
iii) Identified employees who are granted options, during any one year equal to exceeding 1 percent of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of grant
- - -
Diluted EPS on issue of shares on exercise calculated as per AS 20
Rs. (188.06) as on March 31, 2012
Method of calculation of employee compensation cost
FairValueMethod
Weighted average exercise price of options
300.00 300.00 229.40
Weighted average fair value of options
2.92 1.81 146.37
# Options lapsed on May 25, 2012.
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*The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the year was Rs. 146.37. The Black-Scholes Model has been used for computing the weighted average fair value considering the following:
Particulars Tranche vesting in FY 2012-13 Tranche vesting in FY 2013-14
Share price on the date of grant (Rs.) 229.55 229.55
Exercise price (Rs.) 229.40 229.40
Expected volatility (%) 72.96 72.96
Life of the options granted (years) 4 5
Risk-free interest rate (%) 8.30 8.29
Expected dividend rate (%) 0 0
Fair value of the option 140.08 153.38
The details of Tranche I have been summarized below:
ParticularsAs at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
17,69,537 300.00 17,69,537 300.00
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 17,69,537 300.00 17,69,537 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 17,69,537 300.00 17,69,537 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
1.6 - 2.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 2.92 - 2.92
The details of Tranche II have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
6,75,000 300.00 6,75,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 4,50,000 300.00 - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 2,25,000 300.00 6,75,000 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 2,25,000 300.00 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
0.2 - 1.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 1.81 - 1.81
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The details of Tranche III have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year
- - - -
Granted during the year 4,49,897 229.40 - -
Forfeited during the year 71,228 229.40 - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 3,78,669 229.40 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.4 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 146.37 - -
Details of options granted to Directors and key managerial personnel are set forth below:
Tranche Name of Director/ key managerial
personnel
Total No. of options granted
No. of optionsexercised
Total No. of options outstanding
No. of Equity Shares held
I Dr.VikramAkula 17,69,537 - 17,69,537 -
II Mr. Suresh Gurumani 9,00,000 2,25,000 4,50,000* -
III - - - - -
* Mr. Suresh Gurumani resigned as Director with effect from May 27, 2011, consequent to which 4,50,000 unvested options were forfeited during the financial year ended March 31, 2012 and 2,25,000 vested options lapsed as on May 25, 2012.
E. SKS Microfinance Employees Stock Option Plan 2009 (ESOP 2009)
Your Company instituted ESOP 2009 pursuant to a special resolution dated September 30, 2009 and, as amended, pursuant to a special resolution dated December 10, 2009 passed at an EGM of your Company. This was further amended pursuant to the resolutions passed through Postal Ballot on December 7, 2011.
The total number of Equity Shares that may be issued under ESOP 2009 (as amended, pursuant to a resolution of shareholders dated December 10, 2009) are 24,99,490 Equity Shares. The ESOP 2009 came into effect on September 30, 2009 and is valid up to November 30, 2014, or such other date as may be decided by the Board of Directors. The ESOP 2009 was implemented by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. The vested options were to be exercised prior to the expiry of six years from the date of grant of the options as may be determined by the Board/ Compensation Committee.
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The following table sets forth the particulars of the options granted under ESOP 2009 as on March 31, 2012:
Particulars Details of Tranche I Details of Tranche II Details of Tranche III Details of Tranche IV*
Options granted 5,14,750 18,81,160 10,340 4,70,332
Date of grant November 3, 2009 December 16, 2009 May 4, 2010 September 7, 2011
Exercise price of options Rs. 300.00 (a) 13,13,160 atRs. 150.00 per option;
and(b) 5,68,000 at
Rs. 300.00 per option
(a) 4,340 at Rs. 150 per option; and
(b) 6,000 at Rs. 300 per option
Rs. 229.40
Total options vested 265,038 (a) 368,543 at Rs. 150.00 per option; and
(b) 140,760 atRs. 300.00 per option
a) 618 at Rs. 150 per option; and
b) 600 at Rs. 300 per option
Nil
Options exercised 1,47,110 (a) 1,32,995 atRs. 150.00 per option;
(b) 67,360 at Rs. 300.00 per option;
a) 388 at Rs. 150 per option; and
b) Nil at Rs. 300 per option
Nil
Total number of Equity Shares that would arise as a result of fullexercise of optionsalready granted
5,14,750 18,81,160 10,340 4,70,332
Options forfeited/ lapsed/ cancelled
1,07,000 (a) 319,802 atRs. 150.00 per option;
and(b) 216,100 at
Rs. 300.00 per option
(a) 1,248 atRs. 150.00 per option;
and(b) 3,000 at Rs. 300.00
per option
95,810
Variationintermsofoptions
Nil Nil Nil Nil
Money realised byexercise of options
4,41,33,000 4,01,57,250 58,200 Nil
Options outstanding(in force)
2,60,640 (a) 7,88,363 atRs. 150.00 per option;
and(b) 2,84,540 at
Rs. 300.00 per option
(a) 2,704 at Rs. 150.00 per option;
and(b) 3,000 at Rs. 300.00
per option
3,74,522
Person-wise details of options granted to
i) Directors and keymanagerial employees
Nil Nil Nil Nil
ii) Any other employee who received a grant in any one year of options amounting to 5 percent or more of the options granted during the year
Nil Nil Nil Nil
iii) Identified employees who are granted options during any one year equal to exceeding 1 percent of the issued capital(excluding outstanding warrants and conver-sions) of your Company at the time of grant
Nil Nil Nil Nil
Diluted EPS on issue of shares on exercisecalculated as per AS 20
Rs. (188.06) as on March 31, 2012
Method of calculation of employee compensation cost
FairValueMethod
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Weighted averageexercise price of options
Rs. 300.00 a. Rs. 300.00b. Rs. 150.00
a. Rs. 300.00b. Rs. 150.00
Rs. 229.40
Weighted average fair value of options
Rs. 41.18 a. Rs. 115.30b. Rs. 69.29
a. Rs. 233.75b. Rs. 152.53
Rs. 146.37
*The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the year was Rs. 146.37. The Black-Scholes Model has been usedfor computing the weighted average fair value considering the following:
Particulars Tranche vesting in FY 2012-13 Tranche vesting in FY 2013-14
Share price on the date of grant (Rs.) 229.55 229.55
Exercise price (Rs.) 229.40 229.40
Expected volatility (%) 72.96 72.96
Life of the options granted (years) 4 5
Risk-free interest rate (%) 8.30 8.29
Expected dividend rate (%) 0 0
Fair value of the option 140.08 153.38
The details of Tranche I have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 3,19,840 300.00 5,02,250 300.00
Granted during the year - -
Forfeited during the year 57,000 300.00 37,500 300.00
Exercised during the year 2,200 300.00 1,44,910 300.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 2,60,640 300.00 3,19,840 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 1,17,928 300.00 40,990 300.00
Weighted average remainingcontractual life (in years)
2.6 - 3.6 -
Weighted average fair value ofoptions granted
- 41.18 - 41.18
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs. 394.87(Previous year: Rs. 690.46).
The details of Tranche II Options granted at Rs. 150.00 have been summarized below:
ParticularsAs at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 9,75,792 150.00 12,37,040 150.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 1,67,892 150.00 1,47,790 150.00
Exercised during the year 19,537 150.00 1,13,458 150.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 7,88,363 150.00 9,75,792 150.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 2,35,548 150.00 1,04,392 150.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
3.6 - 4.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 115.30 - 115.30
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs. 325.79(Previous year: Rs. 642.96).
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The details of Tranche II Options granted at Rs. 300.00 have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 4,01,000 300.00 5,62,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 1,16,100 300.00 94,000 300.00
Exercised during the year 360 300.00 67,000 300.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 2,84,540 300.00 4,01,000 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 73,400 300.00 26,600 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
3.6 - 4.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 69.29 - 69.29
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs. 374.27(Previous year: Rs. 634.98).
The details of Tranche III Options granted at Rs. 150.00 have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 3,990 150 - -
Granted during the year - - 4,340 150
Forfeited during the year 898 150 350 150
Exercised during the year 388 150 - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 2,704 150 3,990 150
Exercisable at the end of the year 230 150 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.1 - 5.1 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 233.75 - 233.75
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs. 399.32(Previous year: Rs. Nil).
The details of Tranche III Options granted at Rs. 300.00 have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 3,000 300 - -
Granted during the year - - 6,000 300
Forfeited during the year - - 3,000 300
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 3,000 300 3,000 300
Exercisable at the end of the year 600 300 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.1 - 5.1 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 152.53 - 152.53
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The details of Tranche IV have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year - - - -
Granted during the year 4,70,332 229.40 - -
Forfeited during the year 95,810 229.40 - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 3,74,522 229.40 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.4 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 146.37 - -
F. SKS Microfinance Employees Stock Option Plan 2010 (ESOP 2010)
YourCompanyinstitutedESOP2010pursuanttoaspecialresolutiondatedJuly16,2010passedatanAGMofyourCompany.TheESOP 2010 was amended pursuant to the resolutions passed through Postal Ballot on December 7, 2011.
The total number of shares (which mean Equity Shares of your Company and securities convertible into Equity Shares) that may be issuedunderESOP2010are12,00,000EquityShares.TheESOP2010cameintoeffectonJuly16,2010andisvaliduptoJuly15,2016, or such other date as may be decided by the Board of Directors. The ESOP 2010 was implemented by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. Unless otherwise specified, all grants made to any employee would vest not earlier than one year but not later than five years from the date of grant of options.
Your Company has granted 8,66,100 options convertible into 8,66,100 Equity Shares of face value of Rs. 10 each on various dates as tabulated below and the following table sets forth the particulars of the options granted under ESOP 2010 as on March 31, 2012:
Particulars Details of Tranche I* Details of Tranche II**
Options granted 5,66,100 3,00,000
Date of grant September 7, 2011 November 23, 2011
Exercise price of options (in Rs.) 229.40 109.95
Total options vested - -
Options exercised - -
Total number of Equity Shares that would arise as a result of full exercise of options already granted
5,66,100 3,00,000
Options forfeited/ lapsed/ cancelled 1,03,156 -
Variationintermsofoptions Nil Nil
Money realized by exercise of options (in Rs.)
- -
Options outstanding (in force) 4,62,944 3,00,000
Person-wise details of options granted to
i) Directors and key managerial employees Nil Nil
ii) Any other employee who received a grant in any one year of options amounting to 5 percent or more of the options granted dur-ing the year
Nil Nil
iii) Identified employees who are granted op-tions during any one year equal to exceeding 1 percent of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions) of your Company at the time of grant
Nil Nil
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Diluted EPS on issue of shares on exercise calculated as per AS 20
Rs. (188.06) as on March 31, 2012
Method of calculation of employeecompensation cost
FairValueMethod
Weighted average exercise price of options Rs. 229.40 Rs. 109.95
Weighted average fair value of options Rs. 146.37 Rs. 77.23
*The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the year was Rs. 146.37. The Black-Scholes Model has been used for computing the weighted average fair value considering the following:
Particulars Tranche vesting in FY 2012-13 Tranche vesting in FY 2013-14
Share price on the date of grant (Rs.) 229.55 229.55
Exercise price (Rs.) 229.40 229.40
Expected volatility (%) 72.96 72.96
Life of the options granted (years) 4 5
Risk-free interest rate (%) 8.30 8.29
Expected dividend rate (%) 0 0
Fair value of the option 140.08 153.38
** The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the year was Rs. 77.23. The Black-Scholes Model has been used for computing the weighted average fair value considering the following:
Particulars Tranche vesting in FY 2012-13 Tranche vesting in FY 2013-14 Tranche vesting in FY 2014-15
Share price on the date of grant (Rs.)
115.45 115.45 115.45
Exercise price (Rs.) 109.95 109.95 109.95
Expected volatility (%) 71.08 71.08 71.08
Life of the options granted (years)
4 5 6
Risk-free interest rate (%) 8.62 8.67 8.72
Expected dividend rate (%) 0 0 0
Fair value of the option 70.94 77.55 83.01
The details of Tranche I have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year - - - -
Granted during the year 5,66,100 229.40 - -
Forfeited during the year 1,03,156 229.40 - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 4,62,944 229.40 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.4 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 146.37 - -
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The details of Tranche II have been summarized below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year - - - -
Granted during the year 3,00,000 109.95 - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 3,00,000 109.95 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
5.7 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 77.23 - -
Details of options granted to Directors and key managerial personnel are set forth below:
Tranche Name of Director/ key managerial personnel
Total No. of options granted
No. of optionsexercised
Total No. of options outstanding
No. of Equity Shares held
II Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley 1,00,000 - 1,00,000 -
II Mr. P.H. Ravikumar 1,00,000 - 1,00,000 -
II Dr. Tarun Khanna 1,00,000 - 1.00,000 -
G. SKS Microfinance Employees Stock Option Plan 2011 (ESOP 2011)
Your Company instituted ESOP 2011 pursuant to a special resolution dated December 7, 2011 passed through Postal Ballot as per Section 192A of The Companies Act, 1956.
The total number of shares (which mean Equity Shares of your Company and securities convertible into Equity Shares) that may be issued under ESOP 2011 are 13,50,000 Equity Shares. The ESOP 2011 came into effect on December 7, 2011 and shall remain in effect until all options granted under the ESOP 2011 have been exercised or have expired or such other date as may be decided by the Board of Directors. No options have been granted under ESOP 2011.
Apart from the options granted under the ESOP 2007, ESOP 2008, ESOP 2008 (ID), ESOP 2009 and ESOP 2010, there are no outstanding financial instruments or any other rights which would entitle the existing promoters or shareholders or any other person any option to acquire your Company’s Equity Shares.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Hyderabad SD/- SD/-Date:July14,2012 P.H. Ravikumar M.R. Rao Non-Executive Chairman-Interim Managing Director and CEO
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Information under Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, and forming part of the Directors’ Report for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2012.
A. Employed throughout the year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 60,00,000/- and above:
S No. Employee Name
Designation Qualification Age Exp. (Years)
Joining Date
Gross Remunera-tion (Rs.)
Designation & Previ-ous Employment
1 M.R. Rao MD and CEO MMS 48 26 Oct. 24 ’06 *1,06,36,671 Head, Alternate Chan-nels,INGVysyaLife
2 S. Dilli Raj CFO B.Com, MBA 44 22 Jan.28’08 **1,24,79,850 CFO, First Leasing Co. of India Ltd.
3 Srinivasa ReddyVudumula
Sr.EVP– Human
Resources
BE, PGD PM&IR (XLRI)
44 20 Jun.7’10 75,36,279 Head - HR,Maytas Infra Ltd.
4 A.V.SateeshKumar
EVP–Mem-ber Services
PGDM (IIM) 46 21 Jul.8’10 66,44,670 President (LifeInsur-ance), India Infoline
* Includes variable pay of Rs. 54 .0 lakhs payable for the previous financial year. ** Includes variable pay of Rs. 37.5 lakhs payable for the previous financial year.
B. Employed partly during the year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 5,00,000/- per month and above:
S No. Employee Name
Designation Qualification Age Exp. (Years)
Joining Date
Gross Remunera-tion (Rs.)
Designation & Previ-ous Employment
1 Dr.VikramAkula(*)
Executive Chairman
B.A, M.A, Ph.D
45 12 Apr.1‘11 31,06,666 Deccan Development Society – Community Organizer; McKinsey
& Co.
2 Atul Takle EVP-Com-munication
Diploma, MMM
55 26 May18‘10 7,56,037 Pantaloon Retail-Head Corporate
Communication
* Resigned on November 23, 2011.
Notes:1. All appointments are contractual.2. No Director is related to any other Director or employee of the Company listed above.3. Remunerations received/ receivable includes Gross Salary (Fixed), Employers Contribution to PF, actual bonus and special incentive paid.4. None of the employees listed above, individually or along with his/ her spouse and dependent children holds 2 percent or more, of the Equity Shares of the Company.
Particulars pursuant to Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988:
A. Conservation of energy:
(a) Energy conservation measures taken •Maintained50roof-topSolarPhotovoltaicPanelsasanal-ternate source of electricity for your Company’s branches at different locations across India.• Distributed 14,408 D-Light solar lanterns during the yearamong your Company’s Sangam managers across the Re-gional Offices.
(b) Additional investments and proposals, if any, being implement-ed for reduction of consumption of energy
Cumulative expenditure on these initiatives isRs. 2,54,82,953.
(c) Impact of the measures at (a) and (b) above for reduction of energy consumption and consequent impact on the cost of production of goods
Saving of 120.8 MW energy per year.
(d) Total energy consumption and energy consumption per unit of production as per Form A of the Annexure in respect of indus-tries specified in the Schedule thereto.
- Not applicable -
B. Technology absorption:
(e) Efforts made in technology absorption as per Form B of the Annexure.
Refer Form B
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C. Foreign exchange earnings and outgo :
(f) Activities relating to exports; initiatives taken to increase ex-ports; development of new export markets for products and services; and export plans
- Not applicable -
(g) Earning 2011-2012 2010-2011
Rs. Nil Rs. Nil
(h) Outgo Rs. 24,50,519 Rs. 43,23,917
FORM B
Efforts, in brief, made towards technology absorption, adaptation and innovation
The Company designed specific tools, rules, and discipline for the organization, creating a unique identity in the microfinance industry, and helping the organization in terms of improving efficiency and productivity with low-cost valued solutions.
Key areas of improvement are:1) Developing enterprise core applications and business reporting & intelligence systems in managing the application portfolio for dif-ferent products 2) Setting up advanced data center and business continuity solutions for the organization and designing hybrid connectivity in connecting SKS branches across India3) Email - Messaging solutions with integrated knowledge and con-tent management helping employees in different dimensions across head office and regional offices.
2. Benefits derived as a result of the above efforts, e.g., product improvement, cost reduction, product development, import substitu-tion, etc.
Cost and time reduction in the operations of the Company.
3. In case of imported technology (imported during the last five years reckoned from the beginning of the financial year), following information may be furnished:a) Technology imported.b) Year of import.c) Has technology been fully absorbed?d) If not fully absorbed, areas where this has not taken place,reasons there for and future plans of action.
Not applicable
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Hyderabad SD/- SD/-Date:July14,2012 P.H. Ravikumar M.R. Rao Non-Executive Chairman-Interim Managing Director and CEO
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Management Discussion and AnalysisMICROFINANCE INDUSTRY
The AP MFI Act and the AP microfinance crisis
Background to the AP MFI Act
Andhra Pradesh is stated to have a unique leadership position in the Indian microfinance industry, as evidenced by the presence of the four largest MFIs in India in the state (Source: Sa-Dhan 2011 report). In March 2010, it accounted for more than 30.0 percent of all borrower accounts and outstanding loan portfolios in the case of MFIs (Source: SOS 2011 report).
The following table provides details regarding the microfinance industry in AP:
Even though the Government of AP made significant investments in subsidizing financial inclusion through Self-Help Group-Bank Linkage Programmes (SBL), MFIs had continued to increase lending to their customers. An added feature of this high level of MFI lending in the state was the low default rates with portfolio at risk being less than 1.0 percent for most of the MFIs. In contrast, the SBL programmes reported much higher default rates. The repayment rates under the SBL programmes were low (Source: SOS 2011 report and Indian Microfinance Crisis, 2010: Turf War or a Battle of Intentions, published by Intellecap in October 2010).
The AP MFI Act
On October 15, 2010, the Governor of AP promulgated the AP MFI Ordinance to protect the interests of Self-Help Groups (SHG) in AP by regulating money-lending transactions by MFIs and for achieving greater transparency with respect to such transactions in AP. Subsequently, on January 1, 2011, the Government of AP introduced the AP MFI Act. The AP MFI Ordinance and the AP MFI Act, among other things, provide for the registration of MFIs, impose a prohibition on security for loans provided to SHGs, require prior approval for the grant of further loans to SHGs or their members where the SHG has an outstanding loan from a bank and require that all repayments must be made only by monthly installments at the designated offices of the AP Government. The validity of the AP MFI Ordinance and the AP MFI Act has been challenged by several MFIs, including SKS Microfinance, in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. However, no final orders have been passed as yet and the matter is currently pending.
Impact of the AP MFI Act
The AP MFI Ordinance and the AP MFI Act had an immediate impact on the recoveries of MFIs. Without being able to hold centre meetings in which the customers were usually required to repay their loans, MFIs were unable to recover their loans. Recovery rates that were as high as 99.0 percent plummeted to as low as 10.0 percent (Source: SOS 2011 report).There was no effective way by which the MFIs could enforce repayments and this became a major concern for the MFI sector in AP. The main reasons for non-repayment of loans and alternative sources of funding after the exit of MFIs post the Andhra Pradesh crisis are setforth below:
Crores 2008 2009 2010 2011
SHG loans (Rs.) 5,385.7 8,902.1 11,739.5 12,869.4
MFI loans (Rs.) 1,944.5 3,565.2 5210.7 5,204.5
SHG members 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.2
MFI customers 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6
Total MF clients 1.4 2.1 2.4 2.8
(Source: SOS 2011 report)
Reasons for not paying MFI loans(Source: SOS 2011 Report.)
Sources of credit (in the absence of MFI loans)
According to the results of a study conducted by MicroSave titled, What are Clients doing Post the Andhra Pradesh MFI Crisis?, as quoted in the SOS 2011 report, 90 percent of the customers were willing to repay and the primary reason for customers not repaying their loans was that no new loans were being offered. The top three reasons why borrowers preferred MFIs were timely loans, convenient installments and low interest rates. The study further found that customers who borrowed from other sources, reduced the scale of their businesses, postponed expenditure or sold assets in the absence of availability of credit from MFIs. Some customers borrowed from moneylenders at exorbitantly high rates. Set out below are the effective interest rates that such borrowers agreed to pay to the moneylenders.
Type Loan amount (Rs.) Effective interest rate
Moneylender/ Pawn broker Up to 200,000 30% to 120%
Weekly loan – moneylender 2,000 to 10,000 160% to 225%
Daily Finance Corporations 2,000 to 10,000 78% to 120%
Outstanding loans to MFIs pertaining to around fifty lakhs borrowers aggregated approximately Rs. 7,000 crore. In the short run, this dampened the credit demand and encouraged credit indiscipline. The effect of falling repayment rates on MFIs’ businesses was severe and total. This drastic fall in disbursement very clearly conveys the manner in which business has been stunted by the rapidly falling repayment rates (Source: SOS 2011 report).
The situation after the AP microfinance crisis
MFIs have tried to continue with their businesses in other states after the promulgation of the AP MFI Ordinance and enactment of the AP MFI Act with the levels of liquidity they had and to the extent banks allowed them to draw from the already sanctioned limits. Disbursements by MFIs in the first half of Fiscal 2011 were consistent with prior periods and that might explain the growth even with a lacklustre second half. However, MFIs have since scaled down their operations and reduced both customers and loans outstanding in a bid to contain risks and maintain repayments to banks. The first quarter of Fiscal 2012 witnessed contraction in loan portfolios both on account of liquidity constraints and the compliance issues arising from regulatory guidelines of the RBI for NFBC-MFIs (Source: SOS 2011 report).
Banks restricted their lending to MFIs and stopped fresh disbursements. Rating agencies scaled down their ratings across the sector. The impact of re-rating of risk and denial of credit to MFIs has been felt in the first quarter of Fiscal 2012 (Source: SOS 2011 report).The Sa-Dhan 2011 Report considers action from the Central Government, the RBI, the Government of AP, banks, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), in addition to involvement from industry associations such as the Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and itself, as important for the resolution of the AP microfinance crisis.
The MFI Bill 2012
In July 2011, the Central Government released the Draft MFI Bill for public comment. The Draft MFI Bill was subsequently replaced by the MFI Bill 2012. The MFI Bill 2012 will require the approval of Indian Parliament as well as the assent of the President of India and publication in the Official Gazette before becoming a law. The MFI Bill 2012, which was presented before Indian Parliament on May 22, 2012, states that its provisions shall be effective notwithstanding anything inconsistent contained in any other law.
Competitive landscape
As of October 2010, a total of about Rs. 108.9 billion was outstanding in the hands of borrowers from the 10 largest MFIs in AP. Approximately 80.0 percent of the funding of this portfolio had come from banks and financial institutions. Faced with loan loss provisions to the extent of about Rs. 75.0 billion in respect of their lending to MFIs, banks were instrumental in developing a CDR package in respect of their larger MFI exposures (Source: SOS 2011 report). Of the larger MFIs in AP, SKS Microfinance and BASIX did not participate in the CDR package. Five MFIs – Spandana, SHARE, Asmita, Trident and Future Financial Services participated in the CDR package amounting to more than Rs. 70.0 billion (Source: SOS 2011 report). The debt composition of the major MFIs that participated in the CDR package is set forth below:
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Name of MFI Total CDR exposure(Rs. in Crore)
Non-CDR exposure(Rs. in Crore)
Total debt(Rs. in Crore)
Asmitha 1,234.0 140.5 1,374.5
Future Financial 98.9 60.6 159.5
Share Microfin 2,160.3 241.5 2,401.8
Spandana Sphoorthy 2,854.0 471.9 3,325.9
Trident Microfin 125.7 23.5 149.2
Total 6,473.0 938.0 7,411.0
(Source: SOS 2011 report)
The restructured loans are required to be repaid by the MFIs listed above over seven years after a one year moratorium. The restructured loans carry a rate of interest of 12.0 percent (Source: SOS 2011 Report). Some of the small and mid-sized MFIs, which are ineligible for the CDR package, are now facing bankruptcy and some have ended their operations (Source: Sa-Dhan 2011 report and SOS 2011 report).
Demand-supply scenario
The third edition of Inverting the Pyramid Report, published in 2009 by Intellecap, an independent industry research firm, estimates the total demand for microcredit to be approximately Rs. 330,050 crores and, as of 2009, MFIs met only 3.6 percent of this demand.
The credit demand-supply gap has further widened in AP as MFI disbursements in the second half of Fiscal 2011 were only Rs. 8.5 crore as against disbursements of Rs. 5,035.0 crore in the first half of Fiscal 2011. A large part of this gap is currently being met by informal sources including moneylenders (Source: SOS 2011 report).
However, this reduction does not reflect the fact that the demand for credit from poor households remains strong. NABARD estimates in its 2010 annual report that the AP microfinance crisis has created a credit gap of Rs. 4,000 crore in the state, which, if not fulfilled immediately, will have a serious impact on the productivity and financial strength of individuals. In relation to all other states in India, MFIs have collectively disbursed loans of Rs. 33,730 crore to clients and collected principal repayments of Rs. 27,320 crore during Fiscal 2011, with the top nine MFIs disbursing Rs. 26,920 crore during this period (Source: Sa-Dhan 2011 report).
The credit gaps in each state, provided in the Sa-Dhan 2011 report, on the basis of 2010 data, are as set forth below:
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Demand for credit in rural India
The demand drivers in rural India continue to be buoyant primarily due to following factors:
Doubled Government expenditure on rural projects during the last three years: The Government of India has focused on rural development in the last few years and this has been a boon to the rural economy. The Central Government’s various schemes have resulted in significantly higher disposable incomes for the rural population. These schemes have set a floor for wages of rural unskilled workers, leading to enhanced income and food demand in the rural economy. Set out below are details of allocation of Government resources under various rural schemes:
Union Budget /Schemes (Outlays) Fiscal 2009 Fiscal 2010 Fiscal 2011 Fiscal 2012
Revised estimates
Revised estimates
Revised estimates
Budgeted estimates
(Rs. in Crore) (Rs. in Crore) (Rs. in Crore) (Rs. in Crore)
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) 2,350 2,350 2,980 2,910
National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes 30,000 39,100 40,100 40,000
Rural Housing Schemes 8,800 8,800 10,340 10,000
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) 7,780 11,340 22,000 20,000
Three-fold increase in minimum support prices (MSP): The Government has consistently raised the MSPs for food grains which has resulted in increase in agricultural income and spending. MSP per quintal for items such as arhar, wheat and common paddy has seen a substantial rise at CAGRs of 14.8 percent, 12.0 percent and 11.2 percent, respectively, during the six-year period between Fiscal 2006 and Fiscal 2012 (on an advanced estimates basis). In comparison, the increase in MSP per quintal from Fiscal 1998 to Fiscal 2006 was 5.7 percent, 3.1 percent and 4.0 percent, respectively. (Source: RBI, available at http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/025T_HBS120911.pdf, as of January 25, 2012 and the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, available at http://www.indg.in/agriculture/msp/MSP-English.pdf/, as of January 25, 2012).
Record food production: The highest ever production of all food grains (including rice, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses) of around 24.2 crores tonnes was recorded in Fiscal 2011 (based on advance estimates), made possible due to a good monsoon, spread uniformly across the country (source: RBI, available at http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/017T_HBS120911.pdf, as of January 25, 2012).
Increase in food inflation supported by agricultural growth: Rural population contributes 75.0 percent to India’s total population and about the same proportion to the low-income groups in India. Approximately 70.0 percent of rural India’s workforce remains primarily involved in agriculture and allied activities. Agriculture and allied activities contributed approximately 18.5 percent to India’s GDP in Fiscal 2011 at prices prevailing as of November 1, 2011. Government data shows that the food inflation for Fiscal 2011 was 11.4 percent and the commodity price index increased by around 10.0 percent during Fiscal 2011. High food prices imply a considerable rise in disposable rural income (source: Himanshu et al, Non-Farm Diversification and Rural Poverty Decline: A Perspective from Indian Sample Survey and Village Study Data, India Observatory, UK Department of International Development, Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, available at www.lse.ac.uk/collections/AsiaResearchCentre, as of January 25, 2012, key economic indicators prepared by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, available at http://eaindustry.nic.in/Key_Economic_Indicators/Key_Economic_Indicators.pdf, as of February 23, 2012 and the Planning Commission, available at http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/datatable/0211/data%201.pdf and http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/datatable/0211/data%2021.pdf, as of January 25, 2012).
(Source: Sa-Dhan 2011 report, based on 2010-11 data)
(Source: Planning Commission, available at http://planningcommission.nic.in/, as of January 25, 2012 and annual reports of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, available at http://rural.nic.in/sites/annual-report.asp, as of January 25, 2012.)
Rural client outreach
Rural development is a key priority for the Government of India. As a result, MFIs focus on rural clients (Source:Sa-Dhan 2011 report).
According to the Sa-Dhan 2011 report, of 3.2 crores clients, rural clients constitute 52.0 percent. Rural client outreach is critical as financial exclusion in rural areas is a formidable challenge.
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NBFC-MFI directions and financial performance of MFIs
Anticipating that pursuant to the enactment of the AP MFI Act, other state governments could start enacting their own legislations to regulate MFIs creating plurality of regulation which may leave scope for regulatory arbitrage, the RBI exercised its power to regulate NBFCs (Source: RBI Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2010-11). The RBI, pursuant to its decision to accept the recommendations of the Malegam Committee, brought NBFC-MFIs under a separate regulatory framework, through NBFC-MFI directions. Many aspects of the NBFC-MFI directions are similar to the conditions introduced earlier on May 3, 2011, when the RBI decided to maintain the eligibility of MFIs for Priority Sector Lending (PSL).
Definition of NBFC-MFIs and qualifying assets
NBFCs are not allowed under the NBFC-MFI directions to extend microfinance loans in excess of 10.0 percent of their total assets without qualifying as NBFC-MFIs. NBFC-MFIs are required to have minimum net owned funds of Rs. 50 million. Further, at least 85.0 percent of their net assets (i.e., total assets other than cash and bank balances and money market instruments) of NBFC-MFIs should be ’qualifying assets’. Loans which satisfy the following criteria have been classified as ’qualifying assets’ under the NBFC-MFI directions:
• RuralhouseholdannualincomeofborrowersshouldnotexceedRs.60,000orurbanandsemi-urbanhouseholdincome of borrowers should not exceed Rs. 120,000. • LoanamountsshouldnotexceedRs.35,000duringthefirstcycleandRs.50,000forthesubsequentcycle,withtotal indebtedness of each borrower not exceeding Rs. 50,000. • TenorofloansaboveRs.15,000shouldnotbelessthan24monthswithprepaymentwithoutpenalty. • Atleast75.0percentofthetotalloansshouldbeutilizedbyborrowersforthepurposeofincomegeneration. • Loanshouldbeextendedwithoutcollateral. • Loanstoberepayableonweekly,fortnightlyormonthlyinstallments,atthechoiceoftheborrower.
Asset classification and provisioning
The aggregate loan provision to be maintained by NBFC-MFIs at any point in time shall not be less than the higher of:
• 1percentoftheoutstandingloanportfolio,or • 50percentoftheaggregateloaninstallments,whichareoverdueformorethan90daysandlessthan180daysand • 100percentoftheaggregateloaninstallments,whichareoverduefor180daysormore.
The RBI has, through its circular dated March 20, 2012, deferred the implementation of the asset classification and provisioning norms prescribed for NBFC-MFIs until April 1, 2013.
Fair Practices in lending and multiple lending
NBFC-MFIs are not allowed to collect any security deposit or margin. Further, more than two NBFC-MFIs are not allowed to lend to the same borrower or to borrowers who are members of a Joint Liability Group (JLG) or a SHG. NBFC-MFIs are also required to comply with the guidelines on Fair Practises Code prescribed by the RBI through its circular dated March 26, 2012.
The RBI’s policy measures have resulted in MFIs becoming more selective in client acquisition in order to lend only to low-income borrowers, lend within reasonable limits of their customer’s ability to service the loans, set up prudent practices in relation to recoveries and introduce grievance redressal mechanisms (Source: SOS 2011 report).
Pricing of credit
Pricing of loans must consist only of interest charges, processing charges and - insurance premium. NBFC-MFIs are also required to maintain a ceiling on their aggregate margin of 12.0 percent. Further, a ceiling of 26.0 percent has been placed on the interest on individual loans and processing charges have been capped at 1.0 percent of the gross loan amount.
Sources of funding
Lending by banks
The major form of funding remains loans from banks. Events in AP demonstrated the close relationship between asset quality of MFIs and the asset quality of banks. In effect, the bank loans to MFIs turned out to be pass-through funding, with the intervening institutional structure of MFIs with a balance sheet of their own becoming irrelevant. The defaults at the level of the customers of MFIs turned into potential (and in some cases, real) defaults to banks (Source: SOS 2011 report).
Following the AP crisis, banks did not sanction fresh loans, and stopped withdrawals from sanctioned loan accounts. Some banks recalled loans that were not due, ahead of the maturity date. Compared to 2010, loan disbursements by banks to MFIs in 2011 weremarkedly less by 30.0 percent. Only private sector banks increased their disbursements in 2011 by about 32.0 percent over 2010 (Source: SOS 2011 report).
The interest rate on loans availed by the microfinance industry ranged from 12.0 percent to 13.0 percent. Larger MFIs have been able to get loans at relatively lower rate of interest compared to their smaller counterparts (Source: Sa-Dhan 2011 report).
PSL funds
Historically, the microfinance industry has relied on PSL funds as a significant source of funds as compared to other bank funds. In early 2011, the RBI accepted the recommendations of the Malegam Committee and, in May 2011, the RBI decided to maintain the eligibility of MFIs for PSL funds, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions by MFIs. However, it withdrew the eligibility of certain other categories of NBFCs to obtain PSL funds from banks. A committee set up by the RBI and headed by Mr. M.V. Nair has suggested certain revised guidelines for priority sector lending by banks. The recommendations of this committee have not been accepted as yet by the RBI and are subject to comments from the public.
The conditions specified for access to PSL funds by MFIs related to qualifying assets and pricing guidelines and were similar to those covered under the NBFC-MFI directions.
External commercial borrowings
NBFC-MFIs are allowed to draw ECBs up to US$10 million (or its equivalent amount) in a financial year.
MFIN
MFIN is a self-regulatory organization of NBFC-MFIs and sets standards for good governance and accountability in the microfinance sector. MFIN has laid down a Code of Conduct that addresses issues related to transparency in pricing, responsible lending, ethical collection practices, sharing of credit information and fair recruitment practices. MFIN has also adopted a whistle-blower policy and appointed an enforcement committee to ensure its members abide by its Code of Conduct (Source: http://www.mfinindia.org/, as of January 25, 2012).
Highmark
Certain MFIN members, including SKS Microfinance, have invested in Alpha Micro Finance Consultants Private Limited, which in turn has set up a credit information bureau called High Mark Credit Information Services Private Limited (High Mark) to build credit information systems and to improve credit risk management within the MFI sector (Source: http://www.mfinindia.org/, available as of January 25, 2012). High Mark commenced its credit information services during 2011 and a large number of MFIs, both for-profit and not-for-profit, have signed up. Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited, or CIBIL, and Equifax Credit Information Services Private Limited, India, have also been active in this sphere (Source: SOS 2011 report).
OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS
Your Company is one of the largest MFIs in India in terms of the total value of loans outstanding and the number of borrowers, as of March 31, 2011, and the only such company to be publicly listed in India (Source: SOS 2011 report). Your Company is primarily engaged in providing microfinance services to low-income individuals in India.
Your Company’s core business is providing small value loans and certain other basic financial services to its Members. Your Company classifies Members with outstanding loans as its Borrowers. Your Company’s Members are predominantly located in rural areas in India and they are extended loans mainly for use in small businesses or for other income-generating activities and not for personal consumption. These individuals often have no, or very limited, access to loans from other sources, which your Company believes, typically charge very high rates of interest.
Your Company utilizes a village-centered, group lending model to provide unsecured loans to its Members. This model relies on a form of ‘social collateral’ and ensures credit discipline through peer support within the group. Your Company believes this model makes its Members prudent in conducting their financial affairs and prompt in repaying their loans. Failure by an individual Borrower to make timely loan payments will prevent other Members in the group from being able to borrow from your Company in future; therefore, the group will typically make the payment on behalf of a defaulting Borrower and the group will use peer support to encourage the delinquent Borrower to make timely payments, effectively providing an informal joint guarantee on the Borrower’s loan.
In addition to your Company’s core business of providing micro-credit, it uses its distribution channel to provide certain other financial products and services that its Members may need. Since Fiscal 2010, we have operated certain pilot programmes involving fee-based services and secured lending that your Company now intends to gradually convert into separate business verticals. These pilot programmes primarily relate to the making of loans to its Members for the purchase of certain productivity-enhancing products such
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as mobile handsets, loans for meeting the working capital requirements of small general stores known as Sangam Stores, and loans against gold as collateral. In addition, your Company has been administering a group endowment life insurance policy for its Members. Your Company intends to expand its involvement in these other financial products and services to the extent consistent with its strategic aspirations and margins. Your Company intends to operate some of these businesses through one or more subsidiaries in order to distinguish these businesses from your Company’s core business of providing micro credit.
As of March 31, 2012, your Company had approximately 54 lakh Members, including 43 lakh Borrowers across 1,461 branches in 18 states in India, with a gross loan portfolio of Rs. 1668.9 crore.
COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS
Your Company believes it has the following competitive strengths:
Market leadership
According to the SOS 2011 report, your Company is one of the largest MFIs in India in terms of the total value of loans outstanding and the number of borrowers, as of March 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2012, your Company had approximately 54 lakh Members, of which 43 lakh were our Borrowers. As of the same date, your Company had 1,461 branches with a presence in 18 states and gross loan portfolio of Rs. 1,668.9 crore. The average loan size per active Borrower during Fiscal 2012 and Fiscal 2011 was Rs. 3,920.6 and Rs. 6,585.3, respectively, as compared to an industry average of Rs. 5,709.0 during Fiscal 2011. The average number of Members per field level loan officer, or Sangam Manager, during the same periods was 517 and 477, respectively, as compared to an industry average of 363 during Fiscal 2011. The gross loan portfolio (which includes assigned loans and over-collateral towards assigned loans) per Sangam Manager, as of March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, wasRs. 16 lakh and Rs. 27 lakh, respectively. (Source: Sa-Dhan 2011 Report, in relation to the industry averages.)
Your Company believes that its leading position in the microfinance sector enhances its reputation and credibility with its Members and lenders. This enhanced reputation and credibility has numerous benefits, including the ability to secure capital at lower costs, recruit and retain skilled employees, optimize staff productivity, retain its existing Borrowers and add new Members, and expand into new regions and product areas.
Expertise in microfinance and ability to adapt to the changing regulatory environment
Your Company believes that its long standing experience in the microfinance industry has given it a specialized understanding of the needs and behavior of the individuals in this segment across India, the complexities of lending to these individuals and issues specific to the microfinance industry in India and its processes. Your Company believes its expertise gives it a competitive advantage in this sector.
As a result of its experience, your Company has developed skills in training its Members. Your Company uses its knowledge of its Members, including their culture, habits and education, to design customized financial products and pricing plans. Development of certain loan products is a result of its analysis of the capital requirements and cash flow of its Members’ businesses. Your Company believes this approach to developing the terms and components of its financial products gives it a competitive advantage.
Further, consultation and dialogue with regulators and policy-makers in the recent past has provided it with an opportunity to understand their concerns. Your Company has already adopted several aspects of the new regulatory framework under the NBFC-MFI directions within its operations and has applied to the RBI for classification as an NBFC-MFI on December 21, 2011. For example, the ticket size of its income generating and mid-term loan products is less than Rs. 15,000, which helps it mitigate risks related to increased exposure to a particular borrower over an extended period. In addition, your Company provides its Borrowers with an option to repay their loans in weekly, fortnightly or monthly installments, subject to compliance with any applicable local laws. Your Company discontinued the collection of group insurance administrative charges from its Borrowers in January 2011. Further, your Company presently charges an effective interest rate of 24.6 percent in relation to its micro credit products, which is less than the effective interest rate of 26.0 percent prescribed under the NBFC-MFI directions. In addition to interest rates, your Company charges its Borrowers a loan processing fee of 1.0 percent of the loan amount disbursed.
Well-capitalized balance sheet, low leverage and emphasis on asset and liability management
Although your Company’s financial condition has continued to deteriorate since the events in AP and it has incurred losses during Fiscal 2012 and relatively lower profits during Fiscal 2011, your Company believes that it has maintained sufficient financial discipline as well as a relative degree of financial strength during these periods. As of March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, your Company’s net worth was Rs. 1,780.5 crore and Rs. 434.6 crore, respectively. According to the SOS 2011 report, your Company’s net worth was the highest among MFIs as of March 31, 2011. Your Company’s capital adequacy ratio was 35.4 percent of risk-weighted assets as of March 31, 2012, which is well above the requirement of 15.0 percent of risk-weighted assets prescribed by the RBI under the NBFC-MFI directions. Further, your Company believes that it employs relatively lower levels of leverage in its operations (Source: SOS 2011 report). As of March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, your Company had a debt to equity ratio of 1.3 and 2.4, respectively. Your
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Company believes that these factors provide it with a competitive advantage when borrowing funds for its operations. Further, your Company believes that its relatively higher net worth enhances its ability to absorb unforeseen stresses that may arise during times of financial difficulty. For example, your Company believes that its higher net worth was the primary reason for it being able to withstand writeoffs of a portion of its loan portfolio and creation of loan loss provisions for non-performing loans in future financial periods aggregating to Rs. 1,173.5 crore during Fiscal 2012.
In addition to traditional cash flow management techniques, your Company also manages its cash flow through active asset and liability management strategies. The proportion of its liquid assets (i.e., cash and bank balances, including deposits placed as security against its borrowings) to its total assets was 41.1 percent as of March 31, 2012. Further, your Company has structured its model to primarily borrow on a long term basis while lending on short term basis. Your Company believes that this allows it to better meet the growing loan demands of an increasing membership even if external borrowings and funding sources face temporary disruption.
Access to multiple sources of capital
Your Company constantly strives to diversify its sources of capital. During Fiscal 2011, your Company raised Rs. 722.2 crore through its IPO and its aggregate incremental borrowing, or draw downs, from banks, and financial and other institutions was Rs. 2,733.4 crores for the same year. As of March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, your Company had outstanding loans of Rs. 2,236.1 cro and Rs. 1,021.3 crore, respectively, from more than 20 banks, and financial and other institutions.
Historically, the MFI sector has significantly relied on PSL funds from commercial banks. Your Company believes that the cost of such funds is considerably lesser than the cost of other bank funds. In early 2011, the RBI accepted the recommendations of the Malegam Committee and, in May 2011, the RBI decided to maintain the eligibility of MFIs to receive PSL funds, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Your Company complies with the conditions prescribed by the RBI and is, therefore, eligible for PSL bank funds. In addition, once your Company is registered as an NBFC-MFI, it will be eligible to access ECBs up to US$10 million (or its equivalent amount) in a financial year without requiring any prior approvals.
In addition to such funding, your Company has in the past demonstrated its ability to fund the growth of its operations and loan portfolio through issuances of equity, private and publicly traded debt securities such as redeemable non-convertible debentures, commercial paper, loans with various maturities raised from domestic and international banks, and the securitization of different components of its loan portfolio. During Fiscal 2012, your Company received Rs. 866.5 crore from assignment of loans of Rs. 1036.6 crore and also recognized income of Rs. 34.6 crore in this period. Assigned loans accounted for 41.1 percent of its total outstanding borrowed funds and funds from assignment of loans as of March 31, 2012. Your Company also borrows from diverse lenders such as public and private sector domestic banks, foreign banks and other institutional investors. As of March 31, 2012, no single creditor represented more than 15.4 percent of its total indebtedness.
CARE has provided your Company with a grading of MFI 2+ or MFI Two plus as an MFI, which is the second highest obtainable grading on an eight point scale with MFI 1 being the highest and MFI 5 being the lowest. Your Company has regularly obtained credit ratings for its debt securities to improve its access to, and reduce its cost of capital. Several of its assignment transactions during FY12 were provisionally rated by CARE at ‘A1+(SO)’, which is considered to indicate a strong capacity for timely payment of short-term debt obligations and carries the lowest credit risk for such securitized pools.
Established and scalable operating model
Your Company recognizes that establishing and growing a successful rural microfinance business in India involves the significant challenge of addressing a borrower base that typically lives in remote locations. To address this problem, your Company believes that it has designed a scalable model and developed systems and solutions for the following three components that it believes are required to effectively scale up its business:
• Capital:Despite thechallenges facing the industry,yourCompanyhasbeenable toobtain thecapital funds required to finance its lending operations in states outside AP. • Capacity:With itspan-Indiapresenceandextensivedistributionnetwork, yourCompanybelieves it has thecapacity to provide products and services to a large number of Members. • Costreduction:YourCompanybelievesithasimplementedtechnologyandprocessbasedsystemsthatreducethecostof conducting transactions across a widespread branch network and a substantial Member base.
Further, your Company has standardized its recruitment and training programmes and materials so that they can easily be replicated across the entire organization. This standardized approach also allows employees to efficiently move from region to region based on demand and growth requirements. Your Company business processes, from Member acquisition to cash collections, have been standardized and appropriately documented. Your Company branch offices are similarly structured, allowing for the quick rollout of new branches. In addition, the terms and conditions of your Company’s loan products are generally uniform throughout India.
Your Company has an internal audit department that conducts an appraisal of operational and financial procedures across the organization with the aim to monitor and strengthen internal controls, and to determine the level of compliance with internal and external policies. These internal audit procedures have received an ISO – 9001:2008 quality certification for quality management system of
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the audit processes. In addition, a leading accountancy firm conducts an internal audit every quarter of its operations based at your Company’s head offices in Hyderabad.
Your Company recognizes that conducting business through millions of transactions across thousands of rural locations involves substantial repeat interactions with its Members and its employees, thus increasing operating costs. To reduce its operating costs, your Company has deployed a sophisticated technology platform and continually makes improvements to it. This allows your Company to improve field-level productivity by simplifying data entry, improving the accuracy and efficiency of collections and improving fraud detection. Your Company also gathers data on items related to its Members and loan portfolio, which is used for management decision-making.
Pan-India presence and rural distribution network
As of March 31, 2012, your Company had approximately 54 lakh Members, including 43 lakh Borrowers and 1,461 branches across 18 states in India, with approximately 1,278 branches and 34 lakh Members in states other than AP. Further, as of March 31, 2012, your Company had 13,596 branch managers, assistant managers and Sangam Managers who comprised 84.0 percent of its total workforce. During Fiscal 2012, each of its Sangam Managers managed approximately 517 Members on the average. Your Company believes that its presence throughout India and its distribution network in rural India results in significant competitive advantages, particularly in the following areas:
• Distribution platform: Your Company’s pan-India presence allows it to lend across the country and enables it to mitigate its exposure to local economic factors and disruptions resulting from political circumstances or natural disasters. Furthermore, its well-developed distribution network in rural India gives it the capability to offer a variety of financial products nationally in areas that your Company believes most companies do not currently reach.
• Product pricing power: Your Company believes that its national presence and the ability to access a large Member base give it the leverage to negotiate favorable terms with institutions that want to distribute their products through its network, which results in lower pricing for the products that are distributed to its Members. For example, your Company collaborated with Nokia for financing of mobile phones for its Members. Your Company was able to finance 2.4 lakh and 3.1 lakh mobile phones during Fiscal 2011 and 2012, respectively.
Experienced management team and Board
Your Company’s Board is composed of experienced investors, industry experts and management professionals. Out of a total of six Directors on its Board, three are independent Directors. Your Company believes that it has a strong senior management team to lead it, which includes our Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr. M. Ramachandra Rao as well as our Chief Financial Officer,Mr. S. Dilli Raj. Your Company’s senior management team continues to have members who have significant experience in the microfinance and financial services industry. Substantially, all members of your Company’s senior management have over 20 years of experience with well-reputed national and multinational companies, particularly in the retail and commercial banking, and specialized lending and finance industries. The team has developed the knowledge to identify and offer products and services that meet the needs of its Members, while maintaining effective risk management and competitive margins. Your Company’s middle management personnel also have significant experience and in-depth industry knowledge and expertise.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Strengthen Client Protection Initiatives
Pursuing Client Protection Initiatives will be a strategic priority for your Company. Your Company intends to invest up to Rs. 15 crore over the next three years towards these initiatives. Your Company has identified five elements to this strategy, being strengthening protection of privacy of its client data, transparent and responsible pricing of loans, redressal of grievances of its Members, avoidance of over-indebtedness and multiple borrowing among its Borrowers, and establishing appropriate collection practices by its employees. Your Company expects that the key drivers to achieve this strategy, among others, will be the voluntary adoption and maintenance of a ceiling of 3.0 percent per annum on the ROA from its micro-credit business, appointment of an independent ombudsman and further steps towards establishment of a robust grievance redressal mechanism for its Members.
Your Company has appointed Mr. Verghese Jacob as the independent ombudsman in January 2012 and have established a dedicated toll free, customer care help-line to redress the grievances of its customers, in continuance of its efforts to establish a structure for customer protection and grievance redressal. Your Company intends to take further steps in this regard, such as conducting awareness campaigns about its recently established customer grievance redressal mechanisms, in order to increase the efficiency of these systems. Further, your Company has entered into an arrangement with ACCION International, a private, non-profit organization, to assess its client protection policies and processes through its SMART campaign and intend to enter into arrangements with other credible and independent agencies for this purpose. Your Company continues to place significant emphasis on compliance with corporate governance standards and has taken steps to realign the incentive system for its employees.
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Your Company has progressively reduced its interest rates whenever its costs have decreased and presently charges an effective interest rate of 24.6 percent in relation to its micro credit products, which is less than the effective interest rate of 26.0 percent prescribed under the NBFC-MFI directions. Further, your Company intends to increase the use of information provided by external credit information agencies to approve new loans, besides conducting its internal checks and processes, in order to prevent instances of multiple lending and over-borrowing among its Borrowers. While such measures may affect its growth rate in the near term, your Company believes that these measures will reduce risk and enhance its competitiveness and, as a result, its profitability.
Significant increase in lending activity in non-AP states to meet the unmet demand-supply gap
As a result of the adverse impact of the events in AP, five other large MFIs, which together commanded a significant market share in AP and other states recently entered into a CDR package amounting to over Rs. 7,000 crore (source: SOS 2011 report). Banks and financial institutions do not, in the ordinary course, provide additional lending to entities undergoing such debt restructuring. As such, your Company believes that bank funding will be more readily available to MFIs that are not subject to any debt restructuring, such as your Company, and particularly for use and expansion in states other than AP.
Industry sources estimate the total demand for micro-credit in India to be approximately Rs. 330,050 crore and as of 2009, MFIs met only 3.6 percent of this demand (source: Inverting the Pyramid Report, 3rd edition, published by Intellecap in 2009). The credit demand-supply gap has further widened in AP as MFI disbursements in the second half of Fiscal 2011 were only Rs. 8.5 crore as against disbursements of Rs. 5,040 crore in the first half of Fiscal 2011 (source: SOS 2011 report). In relation to all states in India, MFIs collectively disbursed loans of Rs. 33,730 crore to clients during Fiscal 2011, with the top nine MFIs disbursing Rs. 26,920 crore during this period (source: Sa-Dhan 2011 report). A large part of this gap is currently being met by informal sources, including moneylenders. Your Company believes this represents an attractive business opportunity for MFIs such as your Company.
Your Company primarily intends to provide loans to its existing 34 lakh Members in states other than AP and believes that it already has the network that it requires to distribute loans in these 17 states that it has been operating in for the last five years, in order to meet a portion of this credit demand-supply gap. As of March 31, 2012, it had 1,278 branches and a gross loan portfolio ofRs. 1,320 crore in states other than AP, which constituted 79 percent of its total outstanding loan portfolio. As of that date, future receivables (i.e., principal amounts falling due after March 31, 2012) from its gross loan portfolio was Rs. 1,262.1 crore, of which approximately 99.4 percent was attributable to its non-A.P. future receivables.
Diversification of revenue streams and cross selling of products and services
Your Company has built a large distribution network in rural India. As of March 31, 2012, we had 13,596 branch managers, assistant managers and Sangam Managers who comprised 84.0 percent of its total workforce, across 1,461 branches in 18 states. Your Company believes it can leverage this network to distribute financial and non-financial products of other institutions to its Members at a cost lower than that which its competitors can provide. Your Company’s network also allows such distributors to access a segment of the market to which many do not otherwise have access.
While your Company continues to focus on its core business of providing micro credit services, it intends to diversify into other businesses by scaling up certain pilot projects involving fee-based services and secured lending, gradually converting them into separate business verticals. Your Company’s objective in these other businesses is to focus on lending that will allow it to sustain high repayment rates, increase Member loyalty and also provide economic benefits to its Members and their families. Your Company believes that such other products and services offer higher operating margins as compared to micro credit under the new regulatory framework and may help it increase its overall ROA.
Your Company’s initiatives in relation to financial products and services other than micro credit include providing:
• loanstoitsMembersforthepurchaseofmobilehandsetsinassociationwithNokia.DuringFiscal2011andFiscal2012,your Company financed 2.4 lakh and 3.1 lakh mobile phones, respectively. Your Company intends to expand this business further in the near future. • loanstoitsMembersunderapilotprogrammewithMetrotooperatelocalretailshopscalledkiranaorSangamstoresto meet their working capital requirements, which in-turn were used to purchase supplies from Metro on a wholesale basis. Your Company had enrolled approximately 3,800 stores, including those operated by non-Members under this programme, as of March 31,2011. Your Company intends to further increase the number of stores in the near future and had enrolled 10,742 stores as of March 31, 2012. • securedloanstoitsMembersagainstgoldascollateral.Forthispurpose,uourCompanyhadstartedapilotgoldloanproject with five branches, which was subsequently increased to 49 branches as of March 31, 2012, primarily across the states of Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Your Company intends to further expand this business to other states in India and intends to pursue this business through a subsidiary, subject to successful results from the pilot projects and receipt of any required regulatory approvals.
Optimize the cost structure
Your Company provides collateral-free credit to a majority of its Members at their doorstep and its Sangam Managers assist with the
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processes related to credit verification. While this helps its Borrowers save on travel costs, it results in high operating expenses for your Company, particularly personnel and administrative costs. Personnel costs contributed 63.6 percent and 61.8 percent to your Company’s operating expenses during Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2012, respectively.
Your Company intends to optimize its cost structure by improving its ratio of Members per Sangam Manager, while realizing the benefits of economies of scale. Further, it intends to merge branches, both in AP and states other than AP. In addition, your Company intends to implement its growth objectives without adding a significant number of new branches or incurring substantial capital expenditure. Your Company intends to consolidate its Member base in the near future and expect to reduce costs associated with the acquisition of new Members, such as personnel costs, marketing and other administrative costs. There was a net reduction of approximately 918 branches during Fiscal 2012. Of these 918 branches, 384 were located in AP. In addition, your Company closed 78 branches in AP and terminated the services of approximately 1,200 employees in May 2012. As of March 31, 2012, your Company had 34 lakh Members in states other than AP and your Company’s consolidation strategy involves completing its disbursement targets with this Member base in states other than AP. Other factors that your Company intends to focus on in order to optimize its cost structure include enhancing the productivity of its employees, introducing technology for expedient reporting and re-engineering its internal processes.
Operational and financial highlights
Beginning late Fiscal 2011 and continuing throughout Fiscal 2012, your company suffered losses largely because of regulatory developments related to AP MFI Act affecting the microfinance industry. During this period, the reduced level of credit flow from banks, due to the legislative uncertainty on MFI bill and desire for greater regulatory clarity, led to disbursement of fewer loans to your Company’s members in states other than AP. As a result of the above, your Company’s outstanding loan portfolio in other than AP states decreased in Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2012. However, post the December 2, 2011 NBFC-MFI directions by RBI, your company obtained incremental draw-downs of Rs. 998 crore in Q4-FY12, which is 2.4 times larger than the sum of Rs. 417 crore obtained in 9M-FY12. Also, after a decline over the last 5 quarters in loan portfolio in states other than AP, your company registered quarter-on-quarter growth in the loan portfolio in states other than AP in Q4-FY12.
Despite, the aforementioned movements in loan portfolio in states other than AP, the average loan recovery rates in states other than AP stood at 95.5 percent for FY12.
Operational highlights Mar-09 Mar-10 Mar-11 Mar-12
No. of branches 1,353 2,029 2,379 1,461
No. of districts 307 341 378 329
No. of employees 12,814 21,154 22,733 16,194
No. of members (in Lakh) 39.5 67.8 73.1 53.5
Disbursements for the year (Rs. in Crore) 4,485 7,618 7,831 2,737
Gross loan portfolio (Rs. in Crore)* 2,456 4,321 4,111 1,669
Financial highlights Mar-09 Mar-10 Mar-11 Mar-12
Incremental borrowings* (Rs. in Crore) 3,762 5,132 5,338 1,823
Total revenue (Rs. in Crore) 554 959 1,270 472
Profit after tax (Rs. in Crore) 80 174 112 (1,361)
Total assets (Rs. in Crore) 3,039 4,047 4,326 1,681
Return on average asset 3.9% 4.9% 2.3% (46.7%)
Return on average equity 18.3% 21.5% 7.5% (118.9%)
*Includes assigned loan portfolio
*Amount of sanctions received from banks and financial institutions
Financial performance in 2011-12
Particulars 2011-12 2010-11
Rs. in Crore Per cent to Revenue
Rs. in Crore Per cent to Revenue
Increase/Decrease
Income from operations 435.7 92.3% 1,175.5 92.6% -62.9%
Other income 36.6 7.7% 94.1 7.4% -61.1%
Gross revenue 472.3 100.0% 1,269.5 100.0% -62.8%
Employee benefit expenses 261.1 55.3% 326.3 25.7% -20.0%
Finance costs 200.1 42.4% 349.5 27.5% -42.7%
Other expenses 151.3 32.0% 170.4 13.4% -11.2%
Depreciation and amortization 10.0 2.1% 16.1 1.3% -38.0%
Provisions and write-offs 1,173.5 248.5% 236.2 18.6% 396.8%
Total expenditure 1,796.1 380.3% 1,098.6 86.5% 63.5%
Profit before tax -1,323.7 -280.3% 170.9 13.5% -874.6%
Tax expense 36.9 7.8% 59.3 4.7% -37.8%
Profit after tax -1,360.6 -288.1% 111.6 8.8% -1318.8%
Income from operations: Income from operations decreased by 62.9 percent to Rs. 435.7 crore in fiscal 2012 from Rs. 1,175.5 crore in fiscal 2011. This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in average gross loan portfolio by 41.7 percent from Rs. 4,694.4 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 2,734.8 crore in fiscal 2012. The opening and closing gross loan portfolio for the fiscal 2012 was Rs. 4,110.7 crore (March 2011) and Rs. 1,668.9 crore (March 2012) respectively.
Other income: Other income decreased by 61.1 percent to Rs. 36.6 crore in fiscal 2012 from Rs. 94.1 crore in fiscal 2011. The fall in other income is primarily due to decrease in income from group insurance administrative charges by Rs. 53.8 crore. Your Company discontinued collection of group insurance administration charges from your Company’s borrowers in January 2011.
There is a decrease in income from insurance commission by Rs. 8.2 crore, as your Company stopped the pilot project of distribution of new life insurance policies from May 2010.
Interest income from fixed deposits increased by Rs. 4.3 crore in fiscal 2012 due to an increase in cash and bank balances from Rs. 557.9 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 689.9 crore in fiscal 2012. Other fee income increased by 46.3 percent from Rs. 3.9 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 5.7 crore in fiscal 2012. Other fee income relates to fee received from strategic alliance partners for financing their products, such as mobile phones and on the purchases made by the kirana stores owned by your Company’s borrowers.
Financial expenses: Your Company’s financial expense represents 11.1 percent of the total expenses for fiscal 2012. Financial expenses decreased by 42.7 percent from Rs. 349.5 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 200.14 crore in fiscal 2012 due to a decrease in average borrowings by 48.1 percent from Rs. 2,879.6 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 1,493.1 crore in fiscal 2012. The opening and closing borrowings for the fiscal 2011 was Rs. 2,236.1 crore (March ’11) and Rs. 1,021.3 crore (March ’12) respectively.
Employee benefit expenses: Personnel expenses consist of salaries and employee benefits. Personnel expenses decreased by 20 percent from Rs. 326.3 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 261.1 crore as of March 31, 2012, which was due to decrease in headcount from 22,733 at the end of fiscal 2011 to 16,194 at the end of fiscal 2012.
Other expenses: Other expenses decreased by 11.2 percent from Rs. 170.4 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs. 151.3 crore in fiscal 2012. This decrease is primarily due to merger of 918 branches and decrease in travelling and conveyance expenses.
Depreciation and amortization: Depreciation and amortization decreased by 38.0 percent to Rs. 10.0 crore in fiscal 2012 from Rs. 16.1 crore in fiscal 2011. The decrease was primarily due to the lower net addition of fixed and intangible assets such as computers, vehicles, software and furniture of Rs. 2.6 crore in fiscal 2012 from Rs. 22.1 crore in fiscal 2011.
Provisions and write-offs: Provisions and writeoffs represented 65.3 percent of total expenses for fiscal 2012 and increased by 396.8 percent from Rs. 236.2 crore in fiscal 2011 to Rs 1,173.5 crore in fiscal 2012. This increase was primarily the result of an increase in bad debts written off of Rs. 1,089.8 crore or 1,381.0 percent, primarily due to additional write-offs in respect of the AP loan portfolio. Risk management
Risk is an integral part of your Company’s business and sound risk management is critical to the success of the organization. As a financial intermediary, your Company is exposed to risks that are particular to its lending and the environment within which it operates. Your
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Company has put in place an Enterprise-wide Risk Management (ERM) programme based on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework. Your Company has identified and implemented comprehensive policies and procedures to assess, monitor and manage risk throughout your Company. The risk management process is continuously improved and adapted to the changing global risk scenario. The agility of the risk management process is monitored and reviewed for appropriateness with the changing risk landscape. The process of continuous evaluation of risks includes taking stock of the risk landscape on an event-driven basis.
Your Company has an elaborate process for Risk Management. This rests on the three pillars of Business Risk Assessment, Operational Controls Assessment and Policy Compliance processes. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuing basis. These are discussed with both the Management Committee and the Audit Committee. Some of the risks relate to competitive intensity and changing legal and regulatory environment.
The Audit Committee of the Board reviews the risk management policies in relation to various risks and regulatory compliance issues.
Internal Audit and Internal Control
Your Company has well established Internal Audit Department in place, which sees to the adherence to systems, policies and procedures. The guidelines received on various issues of control from Reserve Bank of India, Government of India, Board and the Audit Committee of the Board have become part of the Internal Control System for better compliance at all levels. The Internal Audit Department comprises 328 employees, headed by a senior management personnel with reporting lines to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee of the Board and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The Internal Audit department carries out a regular independent appraisal of various activities undertaken by your Company through its branches, regional offices and conducts various purpose-based audits also as per the necessity/ periodicity as decided by the Audit Committee of Board from time to time. The scope of various audits is modified suitably on a continuous basis to cope with the ever changing scenario of the microfinance industry. The Internal Audit of the head office has been outsourced to KPMG with a view to having an external agency review the internal control process of your Company. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews the performance of the Internal Audit on a continuous basis, gives directions to its functionaries and reviews effectiveness of the Internal Control Systems. The Internal Audit function has been certified with ISO 9001:2008.
Your Company’s internal control systems are commensurate with the nature of its business and the size and complexity of its operations. These are routinely tested and cover all branches, regional offices and head office. Significant audit observations and follow-up actions thereon are reported to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews adequacy and effectiveness of your Company’s internal control environment and monitors the implementation of audit recommendations including those relating to strengthening of your Company’s risk management policies and systems.
Human Resources
Human Resources (HR) function’s focus during the year was Employee Engagement, Change Management and Building Human Capital. The fiscal was filled with major challenges of sustaining employee morale, change management and balancing growth aspirations of both individuals and organization. HR ably carved and implemented various interventions creating positive as well as supportive environment to overcome the challenges:
• HRfurtherstrengthenedtheprocessofinclusivecultureatyourCompanybyanalyzingfeedbackofemployeesacross18statesand resolving the same in a timely manner with minimal escalations. • YourCompanywasabletoattracttalenttofillgapsinleadershiproles. • HRhasensuredstrictcompliancetoapplicablelawsandreducedtheriskbyefficienthandlingofvariousnoticesandvisitsof officials. • HRhascontinuedinterventionsinbuildingconfidenceandboostingthemoraleofstaffduringthisyear,thusenablingemployeesto manoeuvre during the challenging period in a positive manner. • CumulativecoverageofESOPstoemployeesis77.0percentwithprimaryfocusonretention,productivityandco-creationof wealth as well as a sense of ownership in your Company. • HRsupportedfieldstaffforspeedymediclaimsandensuredpropercheckstoreducetheriskofrejections. • Strengthened the disciplinary process with focus to enhance employee conduct and reduce employee grievances while providing fair chance. • Totallearninghoursduringtheyearwererecordedas86,928acrossIndiawithprimaryfocustoenhancebehaviouralandmanagerial skills of employees. Also, aimed at building leadership pipeline to meet the future requirements within. • YourCompanyhasadedicatedteamof223trainerswhohavesuccessfullydelivered2,13,302hoursoftechnicaltrainingfor field force in nine major Indian languages. Training covers areas like processes, products and policies with a robust testing mechanism measuring the effectiveness of programmes. • Inadditiontothemandatoryprocesstrainings,yourCompanytrainedemployeesextensivelyonSa-DhanCodeofConduct, SMART principles of Customer Protection and Ethical Staff behavior (SKS CoC). • ConductedLeadershipTrainingProgrammeforBMs/UMs/AMs. • ImplementedCAREasoneofemployeeengagementinitiatives.Thismodelwasbuilttodescribesimpleyetpowerfulideasto motivate employees and build an energized and friendly work environment. This entire module is designed to deliver high-value programmes and boosting the spirits of the employees. CARE stands for: C- Creative Communication, A-Appreciation for All, R- Reward & recognition, E-Energy and Enthusiasm. • ConductedTeamBuildingWorkshopsforLeaderstodemonstrateteamspiritandanapproachofsharedvisionintheirwork.
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Continued Spoken English programmes for field staff to improve their language skills. This will enable them to interact effectively with senior management and external stakeholders. • HRhasbeenpromptlyprovidingservicestotheemployeebaseof16,194acrossIndiaasonMarch31,2012.Themanpower distribution is: field staff including regional office employees – 15,867 (98 percent) and head office staff - 327 (2 percent). • OverallemployeestrengthofyourCompanyis16,194asonMarch31,2012. • AttritionrateobservedduringFY11-12was37.3percent. • Productpricingpower:YourCompanybelievesthatitsnationalpresenceandtheabilitytoaccessalargeMemberbasegiveit the leverage to negotiate favorable terms with institutions that want to distribute their products through its network, which results in lower pricing for the products that are distributed to its Members. For example, your Company collaborated with Nokia for financing of mobile phones for its Members. Your Company was able to finance 2.4 lakh and 3.1 lakh mobile phones during Fiscal 2011 and 2012, respectively. Information Technology
Technology combined with business process change brings the greatest return. Information technology provides the opportunity to update and innovate business processes. Through such innovation, technology can become lever in creating the potential for an industry to achieve dramatic increases in scale. The value that technology delivers when it is used as a catalyst for change and an enabler of new business models has been seen repeatedly. Emerging markets require innovative, appropriate technologies that are designed for scale. Innovation should find a balance between the best that technology has to offer and the constraints of the local context. It also needs to find a balance between simply adhering to existing business practices and driving toward business model innovation.
Your Company is focused on technology solutions that drive us to exponential growth and it is actively working on following areas:
• Initiatecost-effectivetotalBranchconnectivitysolutionandstrengthenexistingcommunicationchannels. • Centralizationofdataforreal-timedecision-making. • Buildingstrongbusinessintelligencereportingandanalyticscapability. • Consolidationofnetwork,storageandhardwareinfrastructurebyusingcloudandvirtualizationservicestodriveeconomiesof scale. • Useofadvancedcommunicationchannelslikevideoconferencingtoincreaseproductivity&efficiencies. • Buildrobustaframeworktostrengthentechnologyassets,artifactsanddata. • YourCompanybelievestheexecutionoftheaboveinitiativeswillhelpittoachieveitsgoals.
Fund raising
Your Company’s debt funding sources are broad based and as of March 31, 2011, its total outstanding borrowings and funds from assignment of loans from public sector banks, domestic private banks, foreign banks, and financial and other institutions were 43.1 percent, 33.0 percent, 7.8 percent and 16.1 percent, of it’s total borrowed funds and funds from assignment of loans, respectively. As of March 31, 2012, its total outstanding borrowings and funds from assignment of loans from public sector banks, domestic private banks, foreign banks, and financial and other institutions were 56.9 percent, 27.4 percent, 5.2 percent and 10.5 percent of its total borrowed funds and funds from assignment of loans, respectively. Following the introduction of the AP MFI Ordinance and the AP MFI Act and the subsequent events in AP, lending banks have ceased to provide credit in respect of its outstanding AP loan portfolio. Funding for its non-AP loan portfolio continued, albeit at substantially reduced levels, given the regulatory uncertainty as well as the on going stress in our AP loan portfolio. However, as a result of greater regulatory clarity in the last quarter of Fiscal 2012 after the issuance of the NBFC-MFI directions by the RBI on December 2, 2011, your Company is able to access Rs. 997.5 crore in incremental funds from bank borrowings and loan portfolio assignments and was able to increase its new loan disbursements in non-AP states during the last quarter of Fiscal 2012 by 146.5 percent.
Furthermore, one of the key recommendations of the Malegam Committee was maintaining priority sector status for MFIs. In early 2011, the RBI accepted its recommendations of the Malegam Committee and, in May 2011, the RBI decided to maintain the eligibility of MFIs for PSL, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions in relation to qualifying assets and pricing by MFIs. However, it withdrew the eligibility of certain other categories of NBFCs to obtain PSL funds. Your Company expects this perceived change in its policy by the RBI to reduce some of the strain experienced by it in accessing bank funds as a result of the events in AP. In addition, in December 2011, the RBI has permitted NBFC-MFIs to access external commercial borrowings up to US$10 million (or its equivalent amount) in a financial year without requiring any prior approvals.
Cash management
All of your Company’s disbursements and collections from Borrowers are done in cash, making cash management an important element of the business. To reduce the potential risks of theft, fraud and mismanagement, your Company has implemented an integrated cash management system since July 2009 that was operational in approximately 1,365 of its branches as of March 31, 2012. The system utilizes an Internet banking software platform that interfaces with various banks to provide your Company with up-to-date real-time cash information for these branches and the loan activity in them. Your Company believes this integrated system augments its management information systems and facilitates its bank reconciliations, audits and cash flow management. The system also reduces errors. Your Company has adopted a cash investment policy that limits cash investments to interest-bearing fixed deposit accounts. Your Company does not invest our cash in any other instruments or securities.
Distribution network
Your Company’s fund-based and fee-based products are distributed by its branch managers, assistant managers and Sangam Managers, who use weekly Sangam meetings as a distribution platform. During FY12, each of its Sangam Managers managed approximately 517 Members on an average. As of March 31, 2012, your Company had 13,596 branch managers, assistant managers and Sangam Managers, who comprised 84.0 percent of our total workforce. As of March 31, 2012, we had 1,461 branches. Administrative support staff and management personnel at our area and regional offices provide support to our branches.
These personnel are typically locally hired and trained so that they have a strong understanding of the local areas in which they will work. We ensure, however, that they are not appointed to the same village or region of villages to avoid a conflict of interest. In many cases, our Sangam Managers come from the same villages our Members reside in. We believe this has the additional benefit of creating additional employment in the rural villages in which we operate. We train each employee through a two-month programme that covers both financing principles and field operations.
In addition, we also maintain a direct customer contact programme (Sangam Leader Meeting). As part of this programme, Members in a Sangam elect a Sangam leader to serve as the key contact and relationship person for the Sangam with our organization. We conduct Sangam Leaders’ Meetings to inform them of our current and historical events, which allow them to better communicate the objectives of our organization to our Members and better understand their expectations of our services.
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New initiatives
We have built a large distribution network in rural India. As of March 31, 2012, we had 13,596 branch managers, assistant managers and Sangam Managers who comprised 84.0 percent of our total workforce, across 1,461 branches in 18 states. We believe we can leverage this network to distribute financial and non-financial products of other institutions to our Members at a cost lower than that which our competitors can provide. Our network also allows such distributors to access a segment of the market to which many do not otherwise have access.
While we continue to focus on our core business of providing micro-credit services, we intend to diversify into other businesses by scaling up certain pilot projects involving fee-based services and secured lending, gradually converting them into separate business verticals. Our objective in these other businesses is to focus on lending that will allow us to sustain high repayment rates, increase Member loyalty and also provide economic benefits to our Members and their families. We believe that such other products and services offer higher operating margins as compared to micro-credit under the new regulatory framework and may help us increase our overall ROA.
We currently offer certain loan products that Members can use to purchase products that we believe will increase the productivity of Members and their businesses. We are selective about the products for which we issue such loans. To ensure our loan is used for the purchase of the specified product, we first enter in to a strategic relationship with the supplier of the product that we have selected and specify that the loan disbursement will be made directly to the supplier of the product rather than to the Member. We have two programmes under this category, namely Mobile Phone Loans and Sangam Store Loans.
Mobile Phone Loans
After a successful pilot programme with Nokia during FY10-11 for financing of mobile phones for our Members, we extended this initiative to 11 states in India. The annual effective interest rate of the mobile phone loans programme is 26.0 percent and the loan processing fee is 1.0 percent. We are also paid a processing/ referral fee by Nokia and its distributors. The term of this loan is typically 25 weeks. The price of the mobile phones financed by us ranges from Rs. 1,800 to Rs. 3,000. Principal and interest payments are due on a weekly basis during the term of the loan. As of March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, Mobile Phone Loans constituted 0.4 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively, of our total outstanding loan portfolio.
Sangam Store Loans
We are also undertaking a pilot project involving a business-to-business loan programme with Metro to fund the working capital requirements of our Members and certain non-members who own and operate ‘kirana’ or ‘Sangam’ stores. The programme allows these stores to purchase their inventory of consumer goods and groceries from Metro at wholesale prices. Loan amounts range from Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 12,500 and are interest free. The term of the loan is seven days. Non-members are serviced on the basis of cash-on-delivery. We may also offer credit to non-members upon completing satisfactory credit appraisals and obtaining requisite approvals. We receive a fixed commission from Metro for the total purchases a store makes from it while utilizing our productivity loan.
Gold Loans
For the year 2008, India was the world’s largest consumer of gold due to a strong preference for gold jewellry among Indian households and its widespread use as a savings instrument (Source: India Gems and Jewellery: A Sector Study published by Export-Import Bank of India in February 2010). During FY11, we launched a gold loan pilot product in five branches across the states of Gujarat and Karnataka under the name of ‘Swarnapushpam’ to provide personal or business loans to our Members to meet their short-term liquidity requirements. These loans are secured by gold jewellry. This programme was subsequently extended to 49 branches, primarily across the states of Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in India. As of March 31, 2012, we had 326 employees working at these 49 branches. The loan amount ranges from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 100,000. Loan repayments can be made in full at maturity, or equated monthly installments or quarterly installments and the tenure may be up to 12 months, at the option of the borrower. In addition, there are no penal or pre-closure charges and the borrower can choose to make partial prepayments. The annual effective interest rate of the gold loans typically varies between 12.0 percent and 25.3 percent, and is determined based on the loan-to-value ratio, tenure of the loan and the repayment frequency. As such, our gold loan products do not qualify as micro-credit products.
As of March 31, 2012, our gold loan portfolio was Rs. 26.5 crore, which constituted 3.5 percent of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of March 31, 2012. We intend to operate our gold loan business through a subsidiary, subject to successful results from the pilot projects and receipt of any required regulatory approvals.
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Report on Corporate Governance as onMarch 31, 2012 I. Company philosophy
SKS Microfinance Limited (your Company) is committed to conducting its business in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Your Company, which follows the highest standards of business ethics and ethical conduct, is known for adopting corporate best practices.
In line with this approach, your Company has been complying with Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement on Corporate Governance framed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
In addition, your Company complies with the Reserve Bank of India’s Master Circular on Corporate Governance issued vide DNBS(PD) CC No. 288/ 03.10.001/ 2012-13 dated July 2, 2012, as it has been registered with the apex regulator of the banking sector as an NBFC Non-Deposit Accepting Systematically Important (NBFC-ND-SI) under Section 45-IA of the RBI Act, 1934.
Adherence to the highest standards of integrity, transparency, fair practice and ethical behavior are fundamental to your Company’s business model. Your Company’s mission is to provide financial services to low-income households, and your Company believes that it can best be achieved by following our core values:
• Right focus - Customer first: Your Company’s products, processes and people are all focused on creating the highest value for the customer. This includes being respectful to customers, understanding the needs of customers and being transparent with customers.
• Right means - Ethics always: Your Company will follow ethical practices in all its relationships at all times, including following the law both in letter and spirit. This includes not offering bribes, not paying or taking commissions, and not taking any other short-cuts.
• Right way - Consistent quality: Your Company will have standardized processes as these will enable it to reach out to most customers cost effectively. Your Company will foster innovation but in a way that ensures consistent quality. II. Board of Directors
A. Composition of the Board
The Board of Directors has been implementing the principles of Corporate Governance as envisaged in Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement and RBI’s Master Circular. Your Company’s Corporate Governance framework is based on an effective, independent Board, separation of the supervisory role of the Board from the executive management team and proper constitution of Committees of the Board. The Board functions either as a full Board or through various Committees constituted to oversee specific operational areas. The management provides the Board with detailed reports on the performance of your Company periodically.
As the Chairman of your Company is a non-executive Director of your Company, at least one-third of the Board of Directors is required to consist of independent directors, as required under the Corporate Governance norms provided in Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreements. Currently, the Board consists of six members out of which except for the Managing Director, all the other members are Non-Executive Directors, including three Independent Directors.
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B. Directorships held by the members of the Board as on March 31, 2012
Name of the Director Indian PublicCompanies*
CommitteeMembership**
Chairperson ofCommittees**
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley Non-Executive-Independent Director
1 1 -
Mr. M.R. Rao, Managing Director and CEO 1 1 -
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar Non-Executive Chairman (Interim),Independent Director
7 4 4
Mr. Paresh Patel, Non-Executive Director 1 1 -
Mr. Sumir Chadha, Non-Executive Director 3 1 -
Dr. Tarun Khanna Non-Executive-Independent Director
2 1 1
Mr. V. Chandrasekaran# Nominee Director of SIDBINon-Executive-Independent Director
1 1 -
Note: There is no inter-se relationship amongst the Board members of your Company.* Directorships in Indian Public Companies (Listed and Unlisted Companies) including in SKS Microfinance Limited.** As required under Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement, the disclosure includes Membership/ Chairpersonship of Audit Committee; Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee and Remuneration & Compensation Committee in Indian Public Companies (Listed & Unlisted) including SKS Microfinance Limited.# Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) withdrawn its nomination of Mr. Chandrasekaran w.e.f. June 8, 2012 .
C. The Board procedures
The Board is presented with relevant information on various matters relating to the working of your Company especially those that require deliberation at a strategic level, ahead of each Board meeting. All statutory and material information is placed before the Board to enable them in effective and efficient decision-making. Different functional heads provide presentations to the Board on various issues concerning the operations of your Company from time to time. The Board has separate and independent access to the core management team all the time.
In addition to items which are required to be placed before the Board for their noting and/ or approval, the following information is also being provided to the Board:
1. Annual operating plans/ budgets and any updates.2. Capital budgets and any updates.3. Quarterly results of your Company and its operating divisions or business segments.4. Minutes of meetings of the Audit Committee and other Committees of the Board.5. The information on recruitment and remuneration of senior officers just below the Board level, including appointment/ removal of the Chief Financial Officer and the Company Secretary.6. Show-cause, demand, prosecution and penalty notices, which are materially important.7. Fatal or serious accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc.8. Any material default in financial obligations to and by the Company.9. Any issue which involves possible public or product liability claims of substantial nature.10. Details of any joint venture or collaboration agreement.11. Any significant development in Human Resources.12. Details of foreign exchange exposures and the steps taken by the management to limit the risks of adverse exchange rate movement, if material.13. Non-compliance of any regulatory, statutory or listing requirements and shareholders service such as non-payment of dividend, delay in share transfer, etc.
During the FY11-12, five (5) Board Meetings were held on May 6, 2011; July 26, 2011; November 7, 2011; November 23, 2011 and January 19, 2012. The gap between any two meetings has not been more than four months.
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Attendance of each Director at the Board meetings during the Financial Year 2011-12:
Name Meetings attendedduring 2011-12
Meetings participatedthrough electronic means incl. audio
Participation overall (including through electronic means)
Eighth AGM heldon July 20, 2011
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley
3 0 60% No
Mr. M.R. Rao 5 0 100% Yes
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar 4 0 80% Yes
Mr. Paresh Patel 4 1# 100% No
Mr. Pramod Bhasin * 2 0 100% No
Mr. Sumir Chadha 3 1# 80% No
Mr. Suresh Gurumani ** 0 0 0% N.A
Dr. Tarun Khanna 2 3# 100% No
Mr. V. Chandrasekaran 5 0 100% No
Dr. Vikram Akula *** 3 0 75% Yes
* Mr. Pramod Bhasin resigned with effect from August 12, 2011.** Mr. Suresh Gurumani resigned with effect from May 27, 2011.*** Dr. Vikram Akula resigned with effect from November 23, 2011.# Participated through audio conference and no sitting fee has been paid for participating through electronic means.
III. Board Committees In terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and RBI guidelines on Corporate Governance, your Company has constituted Board-level committees, namely:
(i) Audit Committee. (ii) Shareholders’ and Investors’ Grievance Committee. (iii) Remuneration & Compensation Committee. (iv) Nomination Committee. (v) Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management and Finance Committee.
The Board is responsible for constituting, assigning, co-opting members of the committee(s), fixing their terms of reference and also delegating their powers from time to time. The minutes of the meetings are circulated to the Board for its information and confirmation.
1. AUDIT COMMITTEE
With a view to complying with the various requirements under the Companies Act, 1956 as also codes of Corporate Governance as framed by the SEBI and the RBI, the Audit Committee has been set up with a majority of the members being Independent Directors. The Committee is headed by an Independent Director as the Chairman.
A) Terms of reference of the Audit Committee are as follows:
1. Duty of the Chairman: The Chairman of the Audit Committee shall be present at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to provide any clarification on matters relating to audit.
2. Invitation: The Audit Committee may invite such of the executives, as it considers appropriate, to be present at the meetings of the Committee. However, on occasions, it may also meet without the presence of any executives of the Company. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, Head of Internal Audit and a representative of the statutory auditor may be present as invitees for the meetings of the Audit Committee.
3. Role of the Company Secretary: The Company Secretary shall act as the Secretary to the Committee.
4. Meetings of the Audit Committee and Quorum: The Audit Committee should meet at least four times in a year and not more than four months shall elapse between two meetings. The quorum shall be either two members or one third of the members of the Audit Committee whichever is greater, but there should be a minimum of two Independent members present.
5. Powers of the Audit Committee: The Audit Committee shall have powers, which should include the following:
1. To investigate any activity within its terms of reference.
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2. To seek information from any employee. 3. To obtain outside legal or other professional advice. 4. To secure attendance of outsiders with relevant expertise, if it considers it necessary.
6. Role of the Audit Committee - The role of the Audit Committee shall include the following:
1. To oversee your Company’s financial reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensure that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible. 2. To recommend to the Board, the appointment, re-appointment and, if required, the replacement or removal of the statutory Auditor and the fixation of audit fees. 3. To approve payments to the statutory auditors for any other services rendered by the statutory auditors. 4. To review, with the management, the annual financial statements before submission to the Board for approval, with particular reference to:
a. Matters required to be included in the Director’s Responsibility Statement which will be part of the Board’s report in terms of clause (2AA) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956. b. Changes, if any, in accounting policies as also practices and reasons for the same. c. Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by the management. d. Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings. e. Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to the financial statements. f. Disclosure of any related party transactions. g. Qualifications in the draft audit report.
5. To review, with the management, the quarterly financial statements before submission to the Board for approval. 5A. To review, with the management, the statement of uses/ application of funds raised through an issue (public issue, rights issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated in the offer document/ prospectus/ notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency verifying the utilization of proceeds of a public or rights issue, and making appropriate recommendations to the Board to take up steps in this matter.6. To review, with the management, the performance of statutory and internal auditors, and adequacy of the internal control systems.7. To review the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department, staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure coverage and frequency of internal audit. 8. To discuss with internal auditors on any significant findings and follow-up there on. 9. To review the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters where there is suspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reporting the matter to the Board. 10. To discuss with the statutory auditors, before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well as post-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern.11. To look into the reasons for substantial defaults in the payment to the depositors, debenture holders, shareholders (in case of non-payment of declared dividends) and creditors.12. To review the functioning of the whistle-blower mechanism.13. To carry out any other function as mentioned in the terms of reference of the Audit Committee.
B. Composition and meetings during the year
The Audit Committee currently consists of the following members:
Name of Member Designation No. of Meetings attended during FY 2011-12
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar Chairman 7
Mr. Paresh Patel Member 5
Mr. V. Chandrasekaran Member 7
Seven meetings of the Committee were held during the year i.e. on April 13, 2011; May 4, 2011; July 22, 2011; July 26, 2011(adjourned); November 3, 2011; November 7, 2011; January 13, 2012 and January 18, 2012.
2. SHAREHOLDERS’/ INVESTORS’ GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
With a view to complying with various requirements under the Code of Corporate Governance framed by SEBI, the Board has set up its Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee with an Independent Director as its Chairman.
A. Terms of reference of the Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee are as follows:
a. To review and redress the Shareholders’ and Investors’ Grievances like transfer of shares, debentures, non-receipt of balance sheet and declared dividend.
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b. To deal with all aspects relating to the issue and allotment of shares and debentures and/ or other securities of your Company. c. To consider and approve sub-division, consolidation, transfer and issue of duplicate share and debenture certificates. d. Authority to take a decision in any other matter in relation to the above functions/ powers. e. To delegate any of the powers mentioned above to your Company executives. f. The Company Secretary of your Company shall act as Secretary to the Committee and shall keep the Board informed about the decisions of the Committee.
B. Composition and meetings during the year
The Committee currently consists of the following members:
Name of Member Designation No. of Meetings attended during FY2011-12
Mr. M.R. Rao Member 4
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar Chairman 3
Mr. Pramod Bhasin* Member 1
Dr. Tarun Khanna Member 2
*Ceased to be a member with effect from August 12, 2011.
Four meetings of the Committee were held during the year i.e. on May 6, 2011; July 26, 2011; November 7, 2011 and January 19, 2012.
The Committee was constituted on May 7, 2012 to include Mr. V. Chandrasekharan. However, SIDBI withdrew its nomination of Mr. Chandrasekharan w.e.f. June 8, 2012.
Mr. Sudershan Pallap, Company Secretary, is the Compliance Officer.
Number of investors including shareholders’ complaints received FY2011-12: 73 complaints.
Number solved to the satisfaction of investors including shareholders: During FY2011-12, 75 complaints were resolved to the satisfaction of the investors, including two complaints pending on March 31, 2011. The Committee was reconstituted on May 7, 2012.
Number of pending complaints: No complaints were pending as on March 31, 2012.
3. REMUNERATION AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
With a view to complying with various requirements under the Companies Act, 1956 and the Code of Corporate Governance as framed by SEBI, the Remuneration and Compensation Committee (RCC) was set up with all Non-Executive Directors. It is headed by an Independent Director as its Chairman.
The RCC was constituted to discharge the Board’s responsibilities relating to the compensation of your Company’s Executive Directors and senior management. The RCC has the overall responsibility of evaluating and approving the compensation plans, policies and programmes for Executive Directors and senior management of your Company.
A. Terms of reference of the RCC:
1. To determine on behalf of the Board and on behalf of the shareholders with agreed terms of reference, your Company’s policy on specific remuneration packages for Executive Directors including pension rights and any compensation payment.2. To determine the revenue matrix, salary and bonus to be paid to Whole-Time-Director(s) or Managing Director of your Company.3. To determine the sitting fee to be paid to the members of the Board.4. To determine the revenue matrix, salary and bonus to be paid to key management personnel of your Company. 5. To identify, appoint and review the performance of key management personnel of your Company.6. To make recommendation to the Board of Directors with respect to the compensation to be paid to the Executive Directors and key management personnel of your Company.7. To determine the criteria for the grant of options or shares under the Stock Option or Stock Purchase Scheme. 8. To consider any other matter as may be required under the Stock Option or Stock Purchase Scheme of your Company.9. To authorize to implement any matter in relation to the above functions/ powers.10. To delegate any of the powers mentioned above to your Company executives.11. Quorum of the Committee shall be three members of the Committee present personally.
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B. Composition and meetings during the year
The RCC currently consists of the following members:
Name of Member Designation No. of Meetings attended during FY11-12
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley Member 2
Mr. Pramod Bhasin* Member 2
Mr. Sumir Chadha Member 2
Dr. Tarun Khanna Chairman 1
* Ceased to be a member with effect from August 12, 2011.
Two meetings of the RCC were held during the year i.e. on May 6, 2011 and July 26, 2011.
C. Remuneration policy
The Remuneration and Compensation Committee determines and recommends to the Board the compensation payable to the Directors. All Board-level compensation (except sitting fee) is approved by the Shareholders and separately disclosed in the Financial Statements.
a. Criteria for making payments to Independent Directors
The Independent Directors of your Company play a crucial role in independent functions of the Board. They bring an external perspective to decision-making and provide leadership and strategic guidance while maintaining objective judgments. They also oversee Corporate Governance framework of your Company. Your Company does not pay any remuneration to the Independent Directors other than Sitting Fees for attending the meeting of the Board, as approved by the Board within the permissible limits of the Companies Act, 1956 and ESOPs as per Schemes of your Company.
Sitting fees paid to Independent Directors during FY2011-12:
Name of the Director # Sitting fees (Rs.)
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley 33,416
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar 70,000
Mr. V. Chandrasekhran 80,000
Dr. Tarun Khanna -
# No sitting fee has been paid to Directors for participation through electronic means.
B. Criteria for making payments to Executive Directors:
Payment of remuneration to Executive Directors is determined and recommended by the RCC to the Board for its approval, which is approved by the Shareholders of your Company.
Remuneration paid to Executive Directors: (Rs. in lakh)
Name Salary & Incentives Value of Perquisites Contribution to Provident Fund
ESOPs Total
Mr. M.R. Rao 99.96* 2.54 3.87 - 106.37
Dr. Vikram Akula** 31.06 - - 26,76,271# 31.06
* Includes variable pay of Rs. 54.00 lakh for the FY2010-11.** Resigned as Executive Director with effect from November 23, 2011.# 906,734 stock options under ESOP 2007 have been exercised by Dr. Vikram Akula as on March 31, 2012 and the same were subsequently allotted on May 4, 2012.
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The details of the equity shares/ ESOPs held by the Directors as on March 31, 2012 are as follows:
Name of the Director No of Shares held No. of ESOPs held and name of the Scheme
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley Nil 1,36,000 stock options under (ESOP 2008)(ID) and ESOP 2010.
Mr. M.R. Rao 2,94,166 Nil
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar 15,400 1,14,500 stock options under (ESOP 2008)(ID) and ESOP 2010.
Dr. Tarun Khanna 8,080 1,36,000 stock options under (ESOP 2008)(ID) and ESOP 2010.
4. NOMINATION COMMITTEE
With a view to complying with the requirements under the Code of Corporate Governance framed by the RBI, the Board has set up the Nomination Committee with all Non-Executive Directors to ensure that the general character of the management or the proposed management of the non-banking financial company shall not be prejudicial to the interest of its present and future stakeholders and to ensure ‘fit and proper’ credentials/ status of proposed/ existing Directors of your Company. The Committee is headed by an Independent Director as its Chairman.
A. Terms of reference of the Nomination Committee are as follows:
1. To ensure fit and proper credentials of proposed/ existing Directors; 2. Appointment and re-appointment of Directors on the Board; 3. Filling a vacancy on the Board; and 4. Appointment of members to the Executive Committee of the Board.
B. Composition and meetings during the year
Nomination Committee currently consists of the following members:
Name of Member Designation No. of Meetings attended during FY11-12
Mr. Geoffrey Tanner Woolley Member 1
Mr. Sumir Chadha Member 1
Dr. Tarun Khanna Chairman 1
One meeting of the Committee was held during the year i.e. on May 6, 2011.
5. ASSET LIABILITY MANAGEMENT/ RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
With a view to complying with the requirements under the Code of Corporate Governance framed by the RBI, the Board has set up the Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management Committee for monitoring the asset liability gap and to strategize action to mitigate risks associated with your Company.
Further, the Board has previously constituted the Finance Committee with a view to catering to the various borrowing requirements of your Company and delegated its powers including reviewing and approving various kinds of loan facilities.
The Asset Liability Management and Risk Management and Finance Committee were re-constituted by the Board of Directors on November 7, 2011 by merging the Finance Committee with the Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management Committee. The Committee is headed by a Non-Executive Director as its Chairman.
A. Terms of reference of the Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management Committee are as follows:
1. Reviewing operational risk (including sub risk for operational risk), information technology risk and integrity risk.2. Addressing concerns regarding asset liability mismatches and interest rate risk exposure.3. Taking strategic actions to mitigate the risk associated with the nature of the business.4. Achieving optimal return on capital employed, while maintaining acceptable levels of risk including and relating to liquidity, market and operational aspects and adhering to the policies and regulations.5. Preparing a report on statement of short-term dynamic liquidity, structural liquidity and interest rate sensitivity to the RBI.6. Apprising the Board of Directors at regular intervals regarding the process for putting in place a progressive risk management system and risk management policy and strategy.7. Reviewing and approving the loan facilities (on-balance sheet and/ or off-balance sheet) and borrowings within the limits specified.8. Reviewing the facilities beyond their limits and, thereafter, propose to the Board.9. Nominating and designating representative(s) to carry out the required documentation for the facilities approved by the Committee.
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10. Reviewing the annual budget and revisions made to the business plan, and making specific recommendations to the Board on its adoption, including where desirable, comments on expense levels, revenue structures, fees and charges, adequacy of the proposed funding levels as also adequacy of provision for reserves.11. Reviewing the funding mix from time to time to ensure mitigation of risk concentration in terms of specific lender or lender class.12. Reviewing of cash flows in comparison to the liquidity metric.13. Reviewing the targeted credit limits (funnel).14. Power to open bank accounts in the name of your Company in and outside India. B. Composition and meetings during the year
Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management and Finance Committee consist of the following members:
Name of Member Designation No. of Meetings attended during FY2011-12
Asset Liability Management/ RiskManagement
Asset Liability Management/ RiskManagement and Finance Committee
Mr. M.R. Rao Member 2 3
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar Member 3 4
Mr. Paresh Patel Chairman 2 1
Three meetings of the Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management Committee were held during the year i.e. on May 4, 2011; July 22, 2011; November 3, 2011.
Three meetings of the revised Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management and Finance Committee were held on January 18, 2012; January 27, 2012, February 16, 2012 and March 14, 2012.
Further, the Committee was split on May 7, 2012 into two committees, namely A. Finance Committee; and B. Asset Liability Management / Risk Management Committee.
The Asset Liability Management/ Risk Management Committee was reconstituted on May 7, 2012 to include Mr. V. Chandrasekaran as member of the Committee. However, SIDBI has withdrawn the nomination of Mr. V. Chandrasekaran w.e.f. June 8, 2012.
IV. General Body Meetings
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the principal forum for interaction with shareholders, where the Board answers specific queries raised by the shareholders. The Board acknowledges its responsibility towards its shareholders and, therefore, encourages open and active dialogue with all its shareholders, be it individuals, domestic institutional investors or foreign investors.Details of the last three Annual General Meetings are given below:
Year Location Date & Time Whether any special resolutions were passed in the previous 3 AGMs
2008 - 09 # 2-3-578/1, Maruti Mansion, Kachi Colony,Nallagutta, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500 003.
September 30, 2009at 11.30 am
Yes (5 Special Resolutions)
2009 - 10 ‘Ashoka Raghupati Chambers’, 1-10-60 to 61,Opp. to Shoppers Stop, Begumpet,
Hyderabad - 500 016.
July 16, 2010at 4.30 pm
Yes (3 Special Resolutions)
2010-11 Sri Sathya Sai Nigamagamam, D.No.8-3-987/2, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad - 500 073.
July 20, 2011 at 1.00 pm
Yes (1 Special Resolution)
V. Postal Ballot
During the year, your Company conducted voting through Postal Ballot in accordance with Section 192A of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Passing of the Resolution by Postal Ballot) Rules, 2011 including any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force. Mr. K.V.S. Subramanyam, Practicing Company Secretary, acted as the Scrutinizer for conducting the postal ballot process. The results were announced on December 7, 2011 and the voting pattern of the same is as under:
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Item Nos. as given in Postal Ballot Notice Votes cast in favour
Votes cast against
Invalid votes Result
Item No. 1 as a Special Resolution for further issue of capital under section 81 (1A) of the Companies Act, 1956.
45806652 13808597 2127 Approved with the requisite
majority
Item No. 2 as an Ordinary Resolution for increase in the Authorized Share Capital from Rs. 95 crore to Rs. 135 crore and amendment to Capital clause in the Memorandum of Association of your Company.
51259137 8355494 2745 Approved with the requisite
majority
Item No. 3 as a Special Resolution for additional new objects in the main objects clause of the Memorandum of Association of your Company.
51258876 8355774 2726 Approved with the requisite
majority
Item No. 4 as a Special Resolution for amendments to all Employee Stock Option (“ESOP”) plans of your Company to extend the maximum permissible exercise period by three years, provided, however, that within this maximum permissible period the precise exercise period for specific stock options will be determined by the Board and/ or the Remuneration and Compensation Committee.
45772102 13842595 2679 Approved with the requisite
majority
Item No. 5 as a Special Resolution for institution of SKS Microfinance Employee Stock Option Plan – 2011.
45631496 13982112 3768 Approved with the requisite
majority
VI. Shareholders
Disclosures regarding the appointment or re-appointment of Directors
According to the Articles of Association, one-third of the Directors retire by rotation and, if eligible, seek re-appointment at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders. As per the provisions of Articles of Association, Mr. P.H. Ravi Kumar and Mr. Paresh Patel will retire in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Board has recommended the re-appointment of the retiring Directors. The detailed profiles of these Directors are provided in the Notice convening the Annual General Meeting.
Investor Grievances and Share Transfer System
The Board of Directors has constituted Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee to examine and redress complaints from shareholders and investors.
Share Transfer System
About 90.53 percent of the Equity Shares of your Company are in electronic form. Transfer of these Shares is done through the depositories with no involvement of your Company. As regards transfer of Shares held in physical form, the transfer documents can be lodged with the Registrar and Share Transfer Agent, Karvy Computershare Private Limited at the address given below. Transfer of shares in physical form is normally processed within 15 days from the date of receipt, if the documents are complete in all respects. The Company Secretary & Compliance Officer is empowered to approve transfers up to 500 number of shares and a single committee member of Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee up to 2,000 number of shares. The above limits are approved by the Shareholders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee in its meeting held on July 16, 2010.
Registrar & Share Transfer Agent
Address for correspondence
KARVY COMPUTERSHARE PRIVATE LIMITEDRegistrars and Share Transfer AgentsPlot No. 17 to 24, Near Image HospitalVittalrao Nagar, Madhapur,Hyderabad 500 081, Andhra Pradesh (India)Tel. : 91 40 2343 1595, Fax : 91 40 2342 0814E-mail : [email protected]
Outstanding GDRs/ ADRs/ Warrants or any Convertible instruments, conversion date and likely impact on equity. Your Company has not issued any GDRs/ ADRs, warrants or other instruments which are pending for conversion.
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Distribution of Shareholding as on March 31, 2012
Range of Equity Shares held
No. of Shareholders Percentage No. of Shares Amount Percentage
1 – 5,000 54307 96.55 31,55,483 3,15,54,830 4.36
5,001 – 10,000 1073 1.91 8,22,423 82,24,230 1.14
10,001 – 20,000 402 0.72 5,86,150 58,61,500 0.81
20,001 – 30,000 154 0.27 3,86,910 38,69,100 0.53
30,001 – 40,000 69 0.12 2,44,534 24,45,340 0.34
40,001 – 50,000 40 0.07 1,85,928 18,59,280 0.26
50,001 – 1,00,000 87 0.16 6,08,097 60,80,970 0.84
1,00,001 & Above 114 0.20 6,63,67,370 66,36,73,700 91.72
TOTAL 56246 100.00 7,23,56,895 72,35,68,950 100.00
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Dematerialization of shares and liquidity
Your Company’s shares are tradable compulsorily in electronic form and, through Karvy Computershare Private Limited, Registrars and Share Transfer Agents. Your Company has established connectivity with both the depositories, that is, National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) allotted to your Company’s Shares under the Depository System is INE180K01011. As on March 31, 2012, 90.53 percent of your Company’s shares were held in dematerialized form (demat) and the rest in physical form.
Shares held in demat and physical forms as on March 31, 2012 are as follows:
Category Number of Shareholders Number of Shares Percentage to total equity
Demat form: NSDL 37,694 62756058 86.73
Demat form: CDSL 18443 2752692 3.80
Total 56,137 65508750 90.53
Physical form 109 6848145 9.47
Grand Total 56246 72356895 100
VII. Disclosures
i. Disclosures on materially significant related party transactions that may have potential conflict with the interests of Company at large. There are no materially significant related party transactions with your Company’s promoters, Directors, key managerial personnel or their relatives, which may have potential conflict with the interest of your Company at large.
Disclosures on transactions with related parties, as required under the Indian Accounting Standard 18, have been incorporated in the Notes to the Accounts, being part of the Annual Report.
ii. Details of non-compliance:
There has been no instance of non-compliance with any legal requirements nor have there been any strictures imposed by any stock exchange, SEBI or any statutory authority, on any matters relating to the capital market over the last three years.
iii. Details of compliance with mandatory requirements and adoption of the non-mandatory requirements of this clause. Your Company has fulfilled the following non-mandatory requirements as prescribed in Annexure I D to Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreements with the stock exchanges:
a. The requirement regarding the Non-Executive Chairman is complied with by your Company. b. None of the Independent Directors on your Company’s Board have served for a tenure exceeding nine years from the date when the new Clause 49 has come into effect. c. Your Company has set up a Remuneration and Compensation Committee, details of which have been given earlier in this report. d. There are a few comments in the Audit Report which have suitably been addressed in the Directors’ Report. e. The Company has adopted a whistle-blower policy and has established the necessary mechanism for the employees to report their concerns about unethical behavior. No person has been denied access to the Audit Committee.
Your Company has established a mechanism for employees to report their concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud, or violation of your Company’s Code of Conduct or ethics policy. It also provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees who avail of the mechanism, and also allows direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases. Your Company further affirms that no employee has been denied access to the Audit Committee.
Compliance with Code of Conduct for the Members of the Board and senior management personnel
Your Company has adopted a Code of Conduct (Code) for the Members of the Board and senior management personnel as required under Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement. All the Board Members and the senior management personnel have affirmed compliance of the Code. The Annual Report of your Company contains a declaration to this effect signed by the Managing Director.
As required under Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement, the CEO/ CFO certification is provided in the Annual Report.
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Corporate Governance Compliance Certificate
M/s. BS & Company, Company Secretaries certified on the Corporate Governance requirement as per Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is given in the Annexure to the Directors’ Report section in the Annual Report.
Secretarial audit
A qualified practicing Company Secretary carried out secretarial audit to reconcile the total admitted equity capital with NSDL and CDSL as also the total issued and listed equity capital. The secretarial audit report confirms that the total issued/ paid-up capital is in agreement with the total number of Shares in physical form and the total number of dematerialized Shares held with the NSDL and the CDSL.
VII. Means of communication
The quarterly, half yearly and annual results of your Company are published in leading newspapers in India and in Andhra Pradesh including The Financial Express and Vaartha. The results are also displayed on your Company’s website, www.sksindia.com. Your Company’s press releases, issued from time to time, are displayed on the website. Presentations made to the institutional investors and analysts after the declaration of the quarterly, half yearly and annual results are also displayed on the website. A Management Discussion and Analysis statement is part of your Company’s Annual Report.
IX. General Shareholder Information (i) Annual General Meeting
Date : August 10, 2012 Time : 10.00 am Venue : Bhaskara Auditorium, B. M. Birla Science Centre, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad – 500 063
(ii) Financial Calendar
Year ending : March 31, 2012 AGM in : August 2012 (iii) Date of Book Closure/ Record Date : As mentioned in the Notice of the AGM to be held on August 10, 2012
(iv) Listed on
(1) National Stock Exchange of India Limited Stock Code : SKS MICRO Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051
(2) BSE Limited Stock Code : 533228 Floor 25, P. J. Towers, Dalal Street Mumbai 400 001
Listing Fees as applicable have been paid.
(vi) Corporate Identification Number (CIN) of your Company : L65999AP2003PLC041732
(viii) Market price data:
High, low (based on closing prices) and number of shares traded during each month in the FY11-12 since its listing on National Stock Exchange of India Limited and BSE Limited:
Monthly High, Low (based on closing prices) at Bombay Stock Exchange*
Month High Price Low Price Close Price No. of Shares
Apr-11 564 453 454.60 1515625
May-11 465.50 262 358.95 11500930
Jun-11 419.10 327.60 344.65 3064423
Jul-11 608.65 314 409.30 13683712
Aug-11 423 198.35 198.35 3453606
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Sep-11 320 188.45 246 3353057
Oct-11 238 190.25 200.70 1276876
Nov-11 218.30 93 93 4715653
Dec-11 123.90 90.20 93.30 3285391
Jan-12 105.40 85 88.85 4623165
Feb-12 149.80 88.25 134.15 11452131
Mar-12 149.40 110 118.65 5543779
* Source : www.bseindia.com
Monthly High, Low (based on closing prices) at National Stock Exchange @
Month High Price Low Price Close Price No .of Shares
Apr-11 564.90 405.00 453.05 2946849
May-11 458.00 255.00 395.15 24080190
Jun-11 420.00 327.65 344.45 6162017
Jul-11 604.40 314.30 410.8 28924750
Aug-11 428.00 198.10 198.1 6975252
Sep-11 320.45 190.05 246.05 7194545
Oct-11 238.40 190.00 201.85 3216773
Nov-11 219.35 93.40 93.4 10041055
Dec-11 124.00 89.30 93.65 8004135
Jan-12 104.75 82.00 88.9 10932760
Feb-12 151.35 88.15 133.95 24047403
Mar-12 148.70 110.50 118.4 12045688
@ Source: www.nseindia.com
(ix) Performance of the Share Price of your Company in comparison to:Source: www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com
Bombay Stock Exchange SENSEX
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National Stock Exchange NIFTY
Address for correspondence
As on March 31, 2012, your Company has 1,461 branches, 32 regional offices and operates from its Registered Office at Hyderabad.
Investors and shareholders can correspond at the Registered Office of your Company at the following address:
Mr. Sudershan PallapCompany SecretarySKS Microfinance Limited3rd Floor, My Home TycoonBlock A, 6-3-1192 Kundanbagh, BegumpetHyderabad - 500 016, Andhra Pradesh (India)email: [email protected]
CEO/ CFO CERTIFICATION
In accordance with Clause 49 (V) of the Listing Agreement, a certificate by CEO/ CFO was submitted to the Board.
CEO CERTIFICATION ON CODE OF CONDUCT
I, M.R. Rao, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SKS Microfinance Limited. hereby declare that all the Board members and senior managerial personnel have affirmed for the year ended March 31, 2012 compliance with the Code of Conduct of your Company laid down for them.
SD/-Place: Hyderabad M.R. RaoDate: May 7, 2012 Managing Director and CEO
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CERTIFICATE
To, The MembersSKS Microfinance LimitedHyderabad
We have examined all relevant records of SKS Microfinance Limited (your Company) for the purpose of certifying the compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and National Stock Exchange Limited for the financial year ended 31.03.2012 (i.e. 01.04.2011 to 31.03.2012). We have obtained all information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of certification.
The Compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance is the responsibility of the Management. Our examination was limited to the procedure and implementation thereof. This certificate is neither an assurance as to the future viability of your Company nor of the efficacy or effectiveness with which the Management has conducted the affairs of your Company.
On the basis of our examination of the records produced, explanations and information furnished, we certify that your Company has complied with all the mandatory conditions of the said Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
For BS & CompanyCompany Secretaries
SD/-(Nithyakalyani M)Associate PartnerC.P. No.: 10712
Place: HyderabadDate: 18.05.2012
Auditors’ Report
To The Members of SKS Microfinance Limited
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of SKS Microfinance Limited (‘the Company’) as at March 31, 2012 and also the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. 2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. 3. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) (‘the Order’) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (‘the Act’), we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 2(t)(i) to the financial statements, as regards regulatory matters affecting the Company, and consequent implications thereof on the financial statements.
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 above, we report that:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit; ii. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books; iii. The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account; iv. In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Act; v. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors, as on March 31, 2012, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2012 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Act
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Act, in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India;
a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2012;
b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the loss for the year ended on that date; and
c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.
SD/-For S. R. Batliboi & Co.Firm registration number: 301003EChartered Accountants
SD/-per Viren H. Mehta Partner Membership No.: 048749 MumbaiMay 8, 2012
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Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even dateRe: SKS Microfinance Limited (‘the Company’)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) All fixed assets have not been physically verified by the management during the year but there is a regular programme of verification which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. No material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) There was no disposal of substantial part of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) The Company is a Non-Banking Financial Company (‘NBFC’) engaged in the business of providing loans and does not maintain inventory. Therefore the provisions of clause 4(ii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(iii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(iii)(a) to (d) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(b) According to information and explanations given to us, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(iii)(e) to (g) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business, for the purchase of fixed assets and for rendering of services. The activities of the Company do not involve purchase of inventory and the sale of goods. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness or continuing failure to correct any major weakness in the internal control system of the Company in respect of these areas.
(v) In our opinion, there are no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(v)(b) of the Order is not applicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Act for the products of the Company.
(ix) (a) The Company is generally regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees’ state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees’ state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty cess and other material statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) According to the information and explanation given to us, there are no dues of income tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.
(x) The Company’s accumulated losses at the end of the financial year are more than fifty percent of its net worth and it has incurred cash losses in the current financial year. The Company had not incurred any cash losses in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial institutions and banks. The Company did not have any outstanding dues in respect of debenture-holders during the year.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on the documents and records produced before us, the Company has not granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
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(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provision of clause 4(xiv) of the Order, are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank or financial institutions.
(xvi) Based on the information and explanation given to us by the management, term loans were applied for the purpose for which the loans were obtained, though idle/ surplus funds which were not required for immediate utilization at relevant time were gainfully invested in liquid assets payable on demand.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the year.
(xx) The Company has not raised money by public issue during the year.
(xxi) We have been informed that during the year there were instances of cash embezzlements by the employees of the Company aggregating Rs.25,091,317; and loans given to non-existent borrowers on the basis of fictitious documentation created by the employees of the Company aggregating Rs.133,313,975. The services of all such employees involved have been terminated and the Company is in the process of taking legal action. The outstanding balance (net of recovery) aggregating Rs.142,440,656 has been written off.
SD/-For S. R. Batliboi & Co.Firm registration number: 301003EChartered Accountants
SD/-per Viren H. Mehta Partner Membership No.: 048749 Mumbai
May 8, 2012
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Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2012
Notes 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Equity and liabilitiesShareholders’ fundsShare capital 3 723,568,950 723,239,100 Reserves and surplus 4 3,578,132,812 17,081,975,642
4,301,701,762 17,805,214,742 Share application money pending allotment 5 45,128,151 2,973,120 Non-current liabilitiesLong-term borrowings 6 2,845,505,474 6,401,791,510 Long-term provisions 7 435,131,667 433,304,715
3,280,637,141 6,835,096,225 Current liabilitiesShort-term borrowings 8 1,309,056,001 4,411,306,403 Other current liabilities 9 7,623,351,712 13,828,100,236 Short-term provisions 7 245,333,837 381,614,090
9,177,741,550 18,621,020,729 TOTAL 16,805,208,604 43,264,304,816 AssetsNon-current assetsFixed assets Tangible assets 10 161,925,600 218,648,591 Intangible assets 11 42,611,110 64,341,582 Intangible assets under development 1,560,000 28,226,800 Non-current investments 12 2,000,000 2,000,000 Deferred tax assets (net) 13 - 357,098,519 Long-term loans and advances 14 3,039,234,447 1,144,812,607 Other non-current assets 15 220,167,425 411,358,867
3,467,498,582 2,226,486,966 Current assetsCurrent investments 16 - 35,560,993 Trade receivables 17 2,103,602 15,561,581 Cash and bank balances 18 6,691,815,468 5,195,795,574 Short-term loans and advances 14 6,456,695,947 35,365,267,645 Other current assets 15 187,095,005 425,632,057
13,337,710,022 41,037,817,850 TOTAL 16,805,208,604 43,264,304,816
Summary of significant accounting policies 2.1
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
As per our report of even date SD/-For S. R. Batliboi & Co. For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Firm Registration number : 301003E SKS Microfinance LimitedChartered Accountants per Viren H. Mehta Partner Membership No.048749 SD/- SD/- P.H. Ravikumar M.R.Rao Non-Executive Chairman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
SD/- SD/-Place: Mumbai S.Dilli Raj Sudershan Pallap Date: May 08, 2012 Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
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Statement of profit and loss for the year ended March 31, 2012
Notes 31-Mar-12
(Rupees)31-Mar-11
(Rupees)
Income
Revenue from operations 19 4,357,008,419 11,754,714,208
Other income 20 366,017,515 940,681,939
Total revenue (I) 4,723,025,934 12,695,396,147
Expenses
Employee benefit expenses 21 2,611,188,394 3,263,467,726
Finance costs 22 2,001,444,485 3,495,316,770
Other expenses 23 1,512,733,091 1,703,860,485
Depreciation and amortization expense 24 100,197,104 161,495,861
Provisions and write-offs 25 11,734,916,312 2,362,290,416
Total expenses (II) 17,960,479,386 10,986,431,258
(Loss)/ profit before tax (III)=(I)-(II) (13,237,453,452) 1,708,964,889
Tax expenses
Current tax - 725,000,000
Deferred tax 357,098,519 (134,466,101)
(Excess)/ short provision of tax relating to earlier years
11,417,193 2,123,039
Total tax expense (IV) 368,515,712 592,656,938
(Loss)/ profit for the year (III)-(IV) (13,605,969,164) 1,116,307,951
Earnings per equity share [nominal value of share Rs.10 (March 31, 2011: Rs.10)]
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Basic (Computed on the basis of total (loss)/ profit for the year) (188.06) 16.10
Diluted (Computed on the basis of total (loss)/ profit for the year) (188.06) 15.24
Summary of significant accounting policies 2.1
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
As per our report of even date SD/-For S. R. Batliboi & Co. For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Firm Registration number : 301003E SKS Microfinance LimitedChartered Accountants per Viren H. Mehta Partner Membership No.048749 SD/- SD/- P.H. Ravikumar M.R.Rao Non-Executive Chairman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
SD/- SD/-Place: Mumbai S.Dilli Raj Sudershan Pallap Date: May 08, 2012 Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
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Cashflow statement for the year ended March 31, 201231-Mar-12
(Rupees)31-Mar-11
(Rupees)
Cash flow from operating activities
(Loss)/ profit before tax (13,237,453,452) 1,708,964,889
Non-cash adjustment to reconcile (loss)/ profit before tax to net cash flows
Interest on shortfall in payment of advance income tax 14,681,565 15,353,133
Depreciation and amortization 100,197,104 161,495,861
Provision for employee benefits (2,891,638) (9,722,842)
Loss/ (profit) on sale of fixed assets (1,042,300) 682,100
Employee stock compensation expense 96,925,414 70,368,441
Contingent provision against standard assets (196,037,812) 168,527,595
Provision for non-performing assets (12,283,881) 357,457,452
Portfolio loans and other balances written off 11,686,774,593 789,125,768
Loss from assignment of loans 256,463,412 1,047,179,601
Other provisions and write offs 336,847,910 128,268,965
Operating (loss)/ profit before working capital changes (957,819,085) 4,437,700,963
Movements in working capital :
Increase/ (decrease) in other current liabilities (917,687,384) (2,504,474,125)
Decrease/ (increase) in trade receivables 11,060,282 10,320,366
Decrease/ (increase) in long-term loans and advances (1,906,858,668) (840,887,142)
Decrease/ (increase) in short-term loans and advances 16,976,800,657 (6,433,578,014)
Decrease/ (increase) in other current assets 238,537,052 (159,180,244)
Decrease/ (increase) in other non-current assets 5,445,661 (32,037,098)
Cash generated from /(used in) operations 13,449,478,515 (5,522,135,294)
Direct taxes paid (net of refunds) (42,236,100) (721,319,188)
Net cash flow from/ (used in) operating activities (A) 13,407,242,415 (6,243,454,481)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of fixed assets, including capital work in progress and capital ad-vances
(26,865,488) (231,655,238)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets 2,972,255 1,852,301
Purchase of current investments - (35,560,993)
Proceeds from sale of current investments 35,560,993 -
Margin money deposit (net) (690,759,820) 272,744,390
Net cash flow (used in)/ from investing activities (B) (679,092,060) 7,380,460
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of equity share capital (including share application money)
47,685,801 7,307,365,545
Share issue expenses - (366,862,160)
Long-term borrowings (net) (9,043,699,679) (4,654,712,278)
Short-term borrowings (net) (3,102,250,402) 66,962,390
Net cash flow (used in)/ from in financing activities (C) (12,098,264,280) 2,352,753,497
Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (A + B + C) 629,886,075 (3,883,320,524)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 3,891,476,905 7,774,797,430
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year (refer note 18) 4,521,362,980 3,891,476,906
Summary of significant accounting policies 2
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements
As per our report of even date SD/-For S. R. Batliboi & Co. For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Firm Registration number : 301003E SKS Microfinance LimitedChartered Accountants per Viren H. Mehta Partner Membership No.048749 SD/- SD/- P.H. Ravikumar M.R.Rao Non-Executive Chairman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
SD/- SD/-Place: Mumbai S.Dilli Raj Sudershan Pallap Date: May 08, 2012 Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
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1. Corporate information
SKS Microfinance Limited (‘the Company’) is a public company domiciled in India and incorporated under the provision of the Companies Act, 1956 (‘the Act’). The Company is a non-deposit accepting non-banking financial company or NBFC-ND registered with the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’). Its shares are listed on two stock exchanges in India.
The Company is engaged primarily in providing micro finance services to women in the rural areas of India who are enrolled as members and organized as Joint Liability Groups (‘JLG’). The Company has its operation spread across 18 states.
In addition to the core business of providing micro-credit, the Company uses its distribution channel to provide certain other financial products and services to the members. Programs in this regard primarily relate to providing of loans to the members for the purchase of certain productivity-enhancing products such as mobile handsets, loans for meeting the working capital requirements of small general stores known as ‘Sangam’ stores and loans against gold as collateral.
2. Basis of preparation
The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in India (Indian GAAP). The Company has prepared these financial statements to comply in all material respects with the Accounting Standards notified by Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006, (as amended), the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the provisions of the RBI as applicable to a non banking financial company. The financial statements have been prepared on an accrual basis and under the historical cost convention except interest on loans which have been classified as non-performing assets and are accounted for on realisation basis.
The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of financial statements are consistent with those of previous year, except for the change in accounting policy explained below.
2.1. Summary of significant accounting policies
a. Change in accounting policy
Presentation and disclosure of financial statements
During the year ended March 31, 2012, the revised Schedule VI notified under the Companies Act 1956, has become applicable to the Company, for preparation and presentation of its financial statements. The adoption of revised Schedule VI does not impact recognition and measurement principles followed for preparation of financial statements. However, it has significant impact on presentation and disclosures made in the financial statements. The Company has also reclassified the previous year figures in accordance with the requirements applicable in the current year. b. Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles requires the management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities, at the end of the reporting period. Although these estimates are based on the management’s best knowledge of current events and actions, uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in the outcomes requiring a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities in future periods.
c. Revenue recognition
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured.
i. Interest income on loans given is recognised under the internal rate of return method. Income including interest or discount or any other charges on non-performing asset is recognised only when realised. Any such income recognised before the asset became non-performing and remaining unrealised shall be reversed. ii. Interest income on deposits with banks is recognised on a time proportion accrual basis taking into account the amount outstanding and the rate applicable.
iii. Membership fees from members are recognised on an upfront basis. The Company has discontinued the collection of membership fees since January 2011.
iv. Loan processing fees are amortised over the tenure of the loan on straight-line basis.
v. In accordance with the RBI guidelines for securitisation of standard assets, the Company accounts for any loss arising from assignment/ securitisation immediately at the time of sale and the profit/ premium arising from securitisation is
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amortised over the life of the underlying portfolio loans/ securities.
vi. Commission income on insurance agency activities is recognised on accrual basis.
vii. Dividend income is recognised when the right to receive payment is established by the balance sheet date.
viii. All other income is recognised on an accrual basis.
d. Tangible fixed assets
All fixed assets are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, if any. Cost comprises the purchase price and any attributable cost of bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use.
e. Intangible assets
i. Goodwill is amortised using the straight-line method over a period of five years.
ii. Computer software costs are capitalised and amortised using the written down value method at a rate of 40% per annum.
f. Depreciation
i. Depreciation on tangible fixed assets is provided on the written down value method as per the rates prescribed under Schedule XIV of the Companies Act, 1956 which is also as per the useful life of the assets estimated by the management.
ii. Fixed assets costing up to Rs.5,000 individually are fully depreciated in the year of purchase.
g. Impairment
The carrying amounts of assets are reviewed at each balance sheet date if there is any indication of impairment based on internal/ external factors. An impairment loss is recognised whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the greater of the asset’s net selling price and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and risks specific to the asset.
After impairment, depreciation is provided on the revised carrying amount of the asset over its remaining useful life.
h. Leases
Finance leases, which effectively transfer to the Company substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership of the leased item, are capitalised at the lower of the fair value and present value of the minimum lease payments at the inception of the lease term and disclosed as leased assets. Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of the lease liability based on the implicit rate of return. Finance charges are recognised as finance costs in the statement of profit and loss. Lease management fees, legal charges and other initial direct costs are capitalised. A leased asset is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the asset or the useful life envisaged in Schedule XIV to the Companies Act, 1956, whichever is lower.
Leases where the lessor effectively retains, substantially all the risks and benefits of ownership of the leased item, are classified as operating leases. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense in the statement of profit and loss on a straight- line basis over the lease term.
i. Investments
Investments which are readily realisable and intended to be held for not more than a year from the date on which such investments are made, are classified as current investments. All other investments are classified as long-term investments. Current investments are carried in the financial statement at lower of cost and fair value determined on an individual investment basis. Long-term investments are carried at cost. However, provision for diminution in value is made to recognise a decline other than temporary in the value of the investments. On disposal of an investment, the difference between the carrying amount and disposal proceeds are charged or credited to the statement of profit and loss.
j. Borrowing costs
All borrowing costs are expensed in the period they occur. Borrowing costs consist of interest and other costs that an entity incurs in connection with the borrowing of funds.
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k. Foreign currency transactions
i. All transactions in foreign currency are recognised at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of the transaction.
ii. Foreign currency monetary items are reported using the exchange rate prevailing at the close of the financial year.
iii. Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items or on the restatement of Company’s monetary items at rates different from those at which they were initially recorded during the year, or reported in previous financial statements, are recognised as income or as expenses in the year in which they arise.
l. Retirement and other employee benefits
i. Retirement benefits in the form of provident fund are a defined contribution scheme. The contributions to the provident fund are charged to the statement of profit and loss of the year when the contributions to the respective funds are due. There are no other obligations other than the contribution payable to the provident funds.
ii. Gratuity liability is a defined benefit obligation and is provided for on the basis of an actuarial valuation on projected unit credit method made at the end of each financial year. Actuarial gains/ losses are immediately iii. The Company treats accumulated leave expected to be carried forward beyond twelve months, as long-term employee benefit for measurement purposes. Such long-term compensated absences are provided for based on the actuarial valuation using the projected unit credit method at the year-end. Actuarial gains/ losses are immediately taken to the statement of profit and loss and are not deferred.
iv. Accumulated leave, which is expected to be utilised within the next 12 months, is treated as short-term employee benefit. The Company measures the expected cost of such absences as the additional amount that it expects to pay as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the reporting date.
m. Income taxes
Tax expense comprises of current and deferred tax. Current income tax is measured at the amount expected to be paid to the tax authorities in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 1961, enacted in India. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantively enacted, at the reporting date.
Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of timing differences between taxable income and accounting income originating during the current year and reversal of timing differences for the earlier years. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred income tax relating to items recognised directly in equity is recognised in equity and not in the statement of profit and loss.
Deferred tax assets are recognised for deductible timing differences only to the extent that there is reasonable certainty that sufficient future taxable income will be available against which such deferred tax assets can be realised. In situations where the Company has unabsorbed depreciation or carry forward tax losses, all deferred tax assets are recognised only if there is virtual certainty supported by convincing evidence that they can be realised against future taxable profits.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date. The Company writes-down the carrying amount of deferred tax asset to the extent that it is no longer reasonably certain or virtually certain, as the case may be, that sufficient future taxable income will be available against which deferred tax asset can be realised. Any such write-down is reversed to the extent that it becomes reasonably certain or virtually certain, as the case may be, that sufficient future taxable income will be available.
n. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net profit or loss for the year attributable to equity shareholders (after deducting preference dividend and attributable taxes) by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year. Partly paid equity shares are treated as fraction of an equity share to the extent that they were entitled to participate in dividends related to a fully paid equity share during the reporting year.
For the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per share, the net profit or loss for the year attributable to equity shareholders and the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year are adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential equity shares.
o. Provisions
A provision is recognised when the Company has a present obligation as a result of past event, it is probable that an outflow of
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resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. Provisions are not discounted to their present value and are determined based on the best estimate required to settle the obligation at the reporting date. These estimates are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimates.
p. Contingent liabilities
A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events whose existence will be confirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events beyond the control of the Company or a present obligation that is not recognised because it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation. A contingent liability also arises in extremely rare cases where there is a liability that cannot be recognised because it cannot be measured reliably. The Company does not recognise a contingent liability but discloses its existence in the financial statements.
q. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents for the purpose of cash flow statement comprise cash in hand and cash at bank and short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less.
r. Share based payments
In case of stock option plan, measurement and disclosure of the employee share-based payment plans is done in accordance with SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 and the Guidance Note on Accounting for Employee Share-based Payments, issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The Company measures compensation cost relating to employee stock options using the fair value method. Compensation expense is amortised over the vesting period of the option on the straight line basis.
s. Classification of loan portfolio i. Loans under JLG are classified as follows:
Asset classification Andhra Pradesh Other States
Standard assets Less than 180 days Less than 8 weeks
Non-performing assets
Sub-standard assets Overdue for 180 – 720 days Overdue for 8 weeks – 25 weeks
Loss assets Overdue over 720 days Overdue for more than 25 weeks
“Overdue” refers to interest and/ or installment remaining unpaid from the day it became receivable.
ii. All other loans and advances are classified as standard, sub-standard, doubtful, and loss assets in accordance with the extant Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007, as amended from time to time.
t. Provisioning policy for portfolio loans and loan assets under assignment/ securitisation
i. For the state of Andhra Pradesh:
The Government of Andhra Pradesh promulgated “The Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institution (Regulation of Money Lending) Ordinance 2010” on October 15, 2010, subsequently enacted the same as “The Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institution (Regulation of Money Lending) Act, 2011 (Act 1 of 2011)” on December 31, 2010 and notified by Gazette on January 1, 2011 (‘AP MFI Act’). In compliance with the said Ordinance/ Act, the frequency of the JLG loan repayments in the state of Andhra Pradesh changed from a ‘weekly’ to a ‘monthly’ basis.
In January 2011, a sub-committee of the Central Board of Directors of the RBI (‘the Malegam Committee’), in its recommendations, suggested that the provision for loan loss should be made with reference to the ageing of the overdue loan installments.
Subsequent to this, RBI vide its circular dated January 19, 2011, addressed to banks, stated that “the problems afflicting the Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) sector are not necessarily on account of any credit weakness per-se but were mainly due to environmental factors” and extended the special regulatory asset classification benefit to restructured MFI accounts as well.
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Due to the continued evolving environment, with no precedence, following the enactment of AP MFI Act and the resultant impact on the field operations in Andhra Pradesh the Company reassessed it estimate on the portfolio in the state of Andhra Pradesh as follows:
Asset classification Arrear period Provision (%)
Standard assets Less than 180 days 0.25%
Sub-standard assets Overdue for 180 - 720 days 10%
Loss assets Overdue over 720 days 100%
The above-mentioned estimates for the provisioning of the loan portfolio in the state of Andhra Pradesh are based on the asset classification and provisioning norms as prescribed in the Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007.
Further, on December 2, 2011, the RBI, vide its circular no. DNBS.CC.PD.No. 250/03.10.01/2011-12, introduced a new category of NBFCs - ‘Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions’ (NBFC-MFIs) whereby the directions for NBFCs to be registered as NBFC-MFI have been notified. These directions provide the regulatory framework, including the prudential norms for asset classification and provisioning, applicable to microfinance institutions on being registered as NBFC- MFIs. The norms relating to asset classification and provisioning were to be applicable with effect from April 1, 2012 to all NBFCs registered as NBFC-MFI.
However, subsequent to the above circular, the RBI (vide its circular dated March 20, 2012) deferred the implementation of the asset classification and provisioning norms, laid down in the NBFC-MFI Directions, to April 1, 2013.
The Company continues to apply the estimates given in the table above on the portfolio in the state of Andhra Pradesh as at March 31, 2012.
ii. For states other than Andhra Pradesh
Loans are provided for as per the management’s estimates, subject to the minimum provision required as per Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007 as amended from time to time. The provisioning norms adopted by the Company for JLG loans are as follows:
Asset Arrear period Estimated Provision adopted by the Company
Standard assets Less than 8 weeks Note 1
Sub-standard assets Over 8 weeks - 25 weeks 50%
Loss assets More than 25 weeks Write Off
Note 1: Standard asset provision is linked to the Portfolio at Risk (PAR) as shown below:
Portfolio at risk Estimated Provision adopted by the Company (% of Standard Assets)
0 – 1% 0.25%
Above 1% to 1.5% 0.50%
Above 1.5% to 2% 0.75%
Above 2% 1.00%
iii. Provision for losses under assignment arrangements is made as higher of the incurred loss and provision as per the Company provisioning policy for JLG loans subject to the maximum guarantee given to respective assignee bank or financial institution.
iv. All other loans and advances are provided for in accordance with the extant Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007, as amended from time to time.
v. All overdue loans where the tenure of the loan is completed and in the opinion of the management amount is not recoverable, are written off.
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
3. Share capital31-Mar-12
(Rupees)31-Mar-11
(Rupees)
Authorized shares
122,000,000 (March 31, 2011: 82,000,000) equity shares of Rs.10/- each 1,220,000,000 820,000,000
13,000,000 (March 31, 2011: 13,000,000) preference shares of Rs.10/- each 130,000,000 130,000,000
Issued, subscribed and fully paid-up shares
72,356,895 (March 31, 2011: 72,323,910) equity shares of Rs.10/- each fully paid up
723,568,950 723,239,100
Total issued, subscribed and fully paid-up share capital 723,568,950 723,239,100
(a) Reconciliation of the shares outstanding at the beginning and at the end of the reporting yearEquity shares
31-Mar-12 31-Mar-11
No. of Shares (Rupees) No. of Shares (Rupees)
At the beginning of the year 72,323,910 723,239,100 64,527,219 645,272,190
Issued during the year - Initial public offer - - 7,445,323 74,453,230
Issued during the year - Stock options 32,985 329,850 351,368 3,513,680
Outstanding at the end of the year 72,356,895 723,568,950 72,323,910 723,239,100
(b) Terms/ rights attached to equity shares The Company has only one class of equity shares having par value of Rs.10 per share. Each holder of equity shares is entitled to one vote per share. Any dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Dividend declared and paid would be in Indian rupees. In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders. Share capital includes 16,096,483 (March 31, 2011: 54,162,963) equity shares that are locked-in.
(c) Aggregate number of shares issued for consideration other than cash during the period of five years immediately preceding the reporting date: The Company has issued 1,554,777 shares (March 31, 2011: 1,521,792) during the period of five years immediately preceding the reporting date on exercise of options granted under stock option plans wherein part consideration was received in the form of services rendered to the Company.
(d) Details of shareholders holding more than 5% shares in the Company
Equity shares of Rs.10 each fully paid As at March 31, 2012
No. of Shares % holding in the class
Sandstone Investment Partners, I 8,341,792 11.53%
Kismet Microfinance 5,634,809 7.79%
Westbridge Ventures II,LLC (Formerly Sequoia Capital India II LLC) 5,105,847 7.06%
Sequoia Capital India Growth Investments I 4,951,474 6.85%
Vinod Khosla 4,238,866 5.86%
Kismet SKS II 3,660,500 5.06%
Equity shares of Rs.10 each fully paid As at March 31, 2011
No. of Shares % holding in the class
Sandstone Investment Partners, I 8,341,792 11.53%
Kismet Microfinance 5,634,809 7.79%
Westbridge Ventures II,LLC (Formerly Sequoia Capital India II LLC) 5,105,847 7.06%
Sequoia Capital India Growth Investments I 4,951,474 6.85%
Deutsche Securities Mauritius Ltd. 4,447,500 6.15%
Vinod Khosla 4,238,866 5.86%
Kismet SKS II 3,660,500 5.06%
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As per the records of the Company, including its register of shareholders/ members and other declarations received from shareholders regarding beneficial interest, the above shareholding represents both legal and beneficial ownerships of shares. Further, SKS Trust Advisors Private Limited, sole trustee for five trusts mentioned below, holds equity shares in the Company on behalf of these five trusts as the registered shareholder. These trusts individually hold less than 5% equity shares in the Company:
Name of the Trust 31-Mar-12No. of Shares
31-Mar-11No. of Shares
SKS Mutual Benefit Trust, Narayankhed 1,705,585 1,705,585
SKS Mutual Benefit Trust, Medak 1,662,266 1,662,266
SKS Mutual Benefit Trust, Sadasivpet 1,662,266 1,662,266
SKS Mutual Benefit Trust, Jogipet 1,662,266 1,662,266
SKS Mutual Benefit Trust, Sangareddy 1,662,266 1,662,266
(e) For details of shares reserved for issue under the employee stock option (ESOP) plan of the Company, refer note 32.
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
4. Reserves and surplus 31-Mar-12 31-Mar-11
(Rupees) (Rupees)
Securities premium account
Balance as per the last financial statements 13,124,632,991 6,143,323,329
Add: Additions on initial public offer - 7,147,510,075
Add: Additions on stock option exercised (cash premium) 5,200,920 78,915,440
Add: Transferred from stock options outstanding (non-cash premium) 2,659,559 21,056,906
Less: Share issue expenses (net of deferred tax) - (266,172,759)
Closing Balance 13,132,493,470 13,124,632,991
Stock options outstanding
Gross stock compensation for options granted in earlier years 178,832,237 223,596,198
Add: Gross compensation for options granted during the year 241,256,584 1,929,655
Less: Gross compensation for options lapsed/ forfeited during the year (74,663,006) (25,636,710)
Less: Deferred employee stock compensation (157,395,970) (87,727,806)
Less: Transferred to securities premium on exercise of stock options (2,659,559) (21,056,906)
Closing Balance 185,370,286 91,104,431
Statutory reserve
Balance as per the last financial statements 773,239,958 549,978,368
Add: Amount transferred from surplus balance in the statement of profit and loss - 223,261,590
Closing Balance 773,239,958 773,239,958
Surplus/ (deficit) in the statement of profit and loss
Balance as per last financial statements 3,092,998,262 2,199,951,901
Add: Profit/ (Loss) for the year (13,605,969,164) 1,116,307,951
Less: Transferred to Statutory Reserve [@ 20% of profit after tax as required by section 45-IC of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934]
- (223,261,590)
Net surplus/ (deficit) in the statement of profit and loss (10,512,970,902) 3,092,998,262
Total reserves and surplus 3,578,132,812 17,081,975,642
5. Share application money pending allotment 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Share application money pending allotment on exercise of options 45,128,151 2,973,120
45,128,151 2,973,120
The share application money represents the amount received towards exercise of options by employees and independent directors. The Company has received application for 906,734 equity shares (March 31, 2011: 25,994) of face value of Rs. 10 each at a total cash premium of Rs.36,060,811 (March 31, 2011: Rs.2,713,180). In addition to the cash premium, the allotment of these shares would also result in a non-cash premium of Rs.6,603,305, by way of stock option expenditure, which will be transferred to securities premium account from stock options outstanding.
The Company has sufficient authorized share capital to cover the share capital amount on allotment of shares out of share application money.
86
Non-current portion Current maturities
6. Long-term borrowings 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Term loans
Indian rupee loan from banks (secured) 2,162,889,450 5,176,790,853 5,016,477,846 9,072,099,988
Indian rupee loan from financial institutions (secured) 655,666,643 1,075,000,000 919,333,357 2,146,731,828
Indian rupee loan from non banking financial compa-nies (secured)
24,251,308 139,335,954 114,732,114 320,083,986
Other loans and advances
Finance lease obligation (secured) 2,698,073 10,664,703 7,916,834 6,957,991
2,845,505,474 6,401,791,510 6,058,460,151 11,545,873,793
The above amount includes
Secured borrowings 2,845,505,474 6,401,791,510 6,058,460,151 11,545,873,793
Unsecured borrowings - - - -
Amount disclosed under the head “other current liabilities” (note 9)
- - (6,058,460,151) (11,545,873,793)
Net amount 2,845,505,474 6,401,791,510 - -
Financial lease obligation is secured by the hypothecation of computers and laptops taken on lease. Refer note (b) of note 18 - cash and cash equivalents.
Nature of security 31-Mar-12 31-Mar-11
a) Loans secured by hypothecation (exclusive charge) of portfolio loans 5,067,028,496 12,340,239,532
b) Loans secured by hypothecation (exclusive charge) of portfolio loans and margin money deposits
3,826,322,223 5,589,803,077
Total outstanding 8,893,350,718 17,930,042,609
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
Long-term Short-term
7. Provisions 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Provision for employee benefits
Provision for gratuity (refer note 33) 41,846,383 27,624,087 - -
41,846,383 27,624,087 - -
Other provisions
Provision for taxation (Net of advance tax) - - 121,304,131 100,655,010
Contingent provision against standard assets (refer note 35)
82,902 194,365 45,627,591 241,553,940
Provision for non-performing assets (refer note 35) 393,202,382 405,486,263 - -
Provision for loss on assigned loans (refer note 2t (iii)) - - 78,402,115 39,405,140
393,285,284 405,680,628 245,333,837 381,614,090
435,131,667 433,304,715 245,333,837 381,614,090
8. Short-term borrowings 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Loan repayable on demand
Cash credit from banks (secured) 1,259,056,001 1,474,917,575
Other loans and advances
Indian rupee loan from banks (secured) 50,000,000 2,250,000,000
Commercial paper (unsecured) - 686,388,828
1,309,056,001 4,411,306,403
The above amount includes
Secured borrowings 1,309,056,001 3,724,917,575
Unsecured borrowings - 686,388,828
Cash credit from banks is secured by hypothecation of portfolio loans and margin money deposit and is repayable on demand.
Indian rupee loan from banks are term loans secured by hypothecation of portfolio loans.
9. Other current liabilities 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Trade payables (including acceptances) (refer note 38 for details of dues to micro and small enterprises)
- -
Other liabilities
Current maturities of long-term borrowings (note 6) 6,050,543,317 11,538,915,802
Current maturities of finance lease obligation (note 6) 7,916,834 6,957,991
Interest accrued but not due on borrowings 44,110,802 123,896,084
Interest accrued and due on borrowings 6,564,577 1,565,347
Provision for leave benefits 36,790,649 53,904,583
Employee benefit payable 214,659,305 306,783,275
Statutory dues payable 25,305,690 35,034,231
Expenses and other payable 264,843,629 240,843,072
Payable towards asset assignment/ securitisation transactions
873,167,059 1,272,142,817
Unamortized income
Unamortized interest income - 78,068,888
Unamortized loan processing fees 99,449,850 -
Unamortized group insurance administrative charges - 169,988,146
7,623,351,712 13,828,100,236
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
10. Tangible assets Furniture and fixtures
Computers Office equipments
Vehicles Assets on lease (Computers)
Total
(Rupees) (Rupees) (Rupees) (Rupees) (Rupees) (Rupees)
Cost
At April 1, 2010 120,303,324 239,138,355 41,710,884 2,791,150 - 403,943,713
Additions 44,078,880 71,457,551 23,735,803 - 22,581,051 161,853,285
Disposals (703,057) (4,069,412) (508,284) - - (5,280,753)
At March 31, 2011 163,679,147 306,526,494 64,938,403 2,791,150 22,581,051 560,516,245
Additions 12,823,920 793,297 6,839,730 - - 20,456,947
Disposals (11,599,763) (5,282,622) (5,947,600) - - (22,829,985)
At March 31, 2012 164,903,304 302,037,169 65,830,533 2,791,150 22,581,051 558,143,207
Depreciation
At April 1, 2010 95,269,996 109,399,778 10,220,455 535,872 - 215,426,101
Charge for the year 37,900,041 78,450,060 7,148,308 583,892 5,105,611 129,187,912
Disposals (605,890) (1,990,010) (150,459) - - (2,746,359)
At March 31, 2011 132,564,147 185,859,828 17,218,304 1,119,764 5,105,611 341,867,654
Charge for the year 8,802,591 48,627,857 7,386,710 433,908 7,527,017 72,778,082
Disposals (11,157,546) (4,678,792) (2,591,792) - - (18,428,130)
At March 31, 2012 130,209,192 229,808,893 22,013,222 1,553,672 12,632,628 396,217,606
Net Block
At March 31, 2011 31,115,000 120,666,666 47,720,099 1,671,386 17,475,440 218,648,591
At March 31, 2012 34,694,112 72,228,276 43,817,311 1,237,478 9,948,423 161,925,600
The Company does not have any other assets on lease except as disclosed above.
All assets have been recognized at cost
11. Intangible assets
Goodwill Computer software
Total
Gross block
At April 1, 2010 39,701,135 97,210,583 136,911,718
Purchase - 59,258,950 59,258,950
At March 31, 2011 39,701,135 156,469,533 196,170,668
Purchase - 5,688,550 5,688,550
At March 31, 2012 39,701,135 162,158,083 201,859,218
Amortization
At April 1, 2010 36,391,908 63,129,229 99,521,137
Charge for the year 3,309,227 28,998,722 32,307,949
At March 31, 2011 39,701,135 92,127,951 131,829,086
Charge for the year - 27,419,022 27,419,022
At March 31, 2012 39,701,135 119,546,973 159,248,108
Net block
At March 31, 2011 - 64,341,582 64,341,582
At March 31, 2012 - 42,611,110 42,611,110
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
12. Non-current investments 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Non-trade investments (valued at cost)
Investment in equity instruments (unquoted)
200,000 (March 31, 2011 : 200,000) Equity shares of Rs.10/- each fully paid-up in Alpha Micro Finance Consultants Private Limited
2,000,000 2,000,000
2,000,000 2,000,000
Aggregate amount of unquoted investments 2,000,000 2,000,000
13. Deferred tax asset (net) 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Deferred tax asset
Difference due to disallowance of expenses under section 43B of Income tax Act, 1961
- 17,489,342
Difference due to disallowance of provision against standard assets and non performing assets
- 230,514,662
Differences in depreciation and other differences in block of fixed assets and intangible assets as per tax and books of accounts
- 5,530,539
Effect of lease accounting - 1,295,008
Deferred tax created on unamortized preliminary expenses under section 35D of Income tax Act, 1961
- 102,268,968
Deferred tax asset (net) - 357,098,519
The Company has incurred a loss for the year ended March 31, 2012. The net deferred tax asset amounting to Rs.4,603,632,682 as at March 31, 2012 has not been recognized. The said sum of Rs.4,603,632,682 will be available to offset tax on future taxable income.
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
Non-current Current
14. Loans and advances 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
A. Portfolio Loans
Joint liability group loans
Unsecured, considered good* - - 4,495,337,719 33,847,211,151
Unsecured, considered doubtful** 2,795,320,317 842,920,094 - -
2,795,320,317 842,920,094 4,495,337,719 33,847,211,151
Individual loans
Unsecured, considered good* - - 2,401,279 3,214,908
Secured, considered good* 33,160,853 77,745,918 269,001,081 17,903,794
Secured, considered doubtful** 52,429,654 - - -
85,590,507 77,745,918 271,402,360 21,118,702
2,880,910,824 920,666,012 4,766,740,079 33,868,329,853
Joint liability group loans placed as collateral towards asset assignment/ securitisation transaction (refer note 27)
Unsecured, considered good - - 1,374,051,292 1,239,837,922
- - 1,374,051,292 1,239,837,922
(A) 2,880,910,824 920,666,012 6,140,791,371 35,108,167,775
* Represents standard assets in accordance with classification of assets as per RBI Prudential norms for NBFCs (refer note 35)
** Represents sub-standard assets in accordance with classification of assets as per RBI Prudential norms for NBFCs (refer note 35)
B. Security deposits
Unsecured, considered good 34,510,915 97,994,277 21,542,337 -
(B) 34,510,915 97,994,277 21,542,337 -
C. Advances recoverable in cash or kind
Unsecured, considered good 27,074,802 59,419,872 247,721,710 176,526,967
Unsecured, considered doubtful 65,402,387 16,179,096 - -
92,477,189 75,598,968 247,721,710 176,526,967
Provision for doubtful advances (65,402,387) (16,179,096) - -
(C) 27,074,802 59,419,872 247,721,710 176,526,967
D. Other loans and advances
Employee Loans (secured, considered good) - 43,423 - -
Loans to SKS Microfinance Employees Benefit Trust (unsecured, considered good) (refer note 37)
54,168,606 60,906,186 - -
Advance fringe benefit tax (net of provision) 937,183 937,183 - -
Advance income tax (net of provision) 41,632,117 4,845,654 - -
Prepaid expenses - - 46,640,529 80,572,903
(D) 96,737,906 66,732,446 46,640,529 80,572,903
Total (A+B+C+D) 3,039,234,447 1,144,812,607 6,456,695,947 5,365,267,645
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
Non Current Current
15. Other assets 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Non-current bank balances (note18) 207,950,000 383,324,000 - -
Interest accrued on investments - - - 1,768,891
Interest accrued but not due on portfolio loans - - 16,315,407 67,727,564
Interest accrued and due on portfolio loans - - 11,925,236 7,423,071
Income accrued but not due on asset assignment/ securitisation transactions
- - 81,998,455 286,597,318
Interest accrued but not due on deposits placed with banks 12,217,425 28,034,867 65,853,805 51,356,954
Others-unsecured, considered good - - 11,002,102 10,758,258
Others-unsecured, considered doubtful 14,374,012 4,002,231 - -
234,541,437 415,361,098 187,095,005 425,632,056
Provision for others, considered doubtful (14,374,012) (4,002,231) - -
220,167,425 411,358,867 187,095,005 425,632,056
16. Current investments 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Current investments (valued at lower of cost and fair value,unless stated otherwise)
Other than trade - Unquoted
Investment in pass through certificate of India Microfinance Loan Receivable Trust (IMLRT) August 2010 - Series A2
- 35,560,993
- 35,560,993
Aggregate amount of unquoted investments - 35,560,993
Current
17. Trade receivables 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Other receivables (Outstanding for a period less than six months from the date they are due for payment)
Unsecured, considered good 2,103,602 15,561,581
Doubtful 6,054,893 3,657,196
8,158,495 19,218,777
Provision for doubtful trade receivables (6,054,893) (3,657,196)
2,103,602 15,561,581
The Company does not have any trade receivables outstanding for a period exceeding six months from the date they are due for payment
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Non-current Current
18. Cash and bank balances 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Cash and cash equivalents
Balances with banks: (refer note (a & b) below)
On current accounts - - 1,681,936,086
3,326,045,754
Deposits with original maturity of less than three months - - 2,825,665,753
550,000,000
Cash on hand - - 13,761,141 15,431,151
- - 4,521,362,980 3,891,476,905
Other bank balances
Margin money deposit (refer note (c) below) 207,950,000 383,324,000 2,170,452,488 1,304,318,668
207,950,000 383,324,000 2,170,452,488 1,304,318,668
Amount disclosed under non-current assets (note 15) 207,950,000) (383,324,000)
- - 6,691,815,468 5,195,795,573
Note (a): Includes collections amounting to Rs.72,027,445, received towards loans given as collateral which are to be placed as a margin money deposit subsequently, in accordance with assignment agreement. Note (b): Owing to lower amount of primary security (i.e.portfolio loans) available and the time given to create specific securities, the Company has ear-marked bank balance amounting to Rs.3,047,722,987 as security which will be utilized for creation of portfolio loans subsequently. Note (c): Represent margin money deposits placed to avail term loans from banks, financial institutions and as cash collateral in connection with asset assignments/ securitization transactions.
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
19. Revenue from operations 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Interest income
Interest income on portfolio loans 3,588,690,548 10,308,543,947
Income from assignment/ securitisation of loans (refer note 27) 346,033,272 1,193,928,139
Other operating revenue
Loan processing fees 89,659,729 -
Membership fees - 99,481,848
Recovery against loans written off 224,822,026 56,140,867
Interest on margin money deposits* 107,802,844 96,619,407
4,357,008,419 11,754,714,208
* Represents interest on margin money deposits placed to avail term loans from banks, financial institutions and on deposits placed as cashcollateral in connection with asset assignments/ securitization.
20. Other income 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Interest on fixed deposits 108,636,938 66,002,618
Insurance commission 23,777,405 105,608,467
Other fee income 56,583,650 38,668,418
Group insurance administration charges 169,988,146 708,467,266
Profit on sale of assets 1,042,300 -
Miscellaneous income 5,989,076 21,935,170
366,017,515 940,681,939
21. Employee benefit expenses 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Salaries and bonus/ incentives 2,249,405,840 2,844,478,814
Leave benefits 24,540,280 48,325,732
Contribution to Provident Fund 82,965,293 102,619,867
Contribution to Employee State Insurance Corporation 41,781,519 49,242,698
Gratuity expenses (refer note 33) 14,222,296 30,335,931
Staff welfare expenses 105,961,298 121,374,931
Stock option expenditure 92,311,868 67,089,753
2,611,188,394 3,263,467,726
22. Finance costs 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Interest
On term loans from banks 1,390,902,135 2,317,690,430
On term loans from financial institutions 247,701,971 543,661,397
On term loans from non banking financial companies 37,127,705 67,571,174
On other loans 13,611,172 186,220,705
On bank overdraft facility 139,013,833 111,610,511
On debentures - 68,469,859
On shortfall in payment of advance income tax 14,681,565 15,353,133
Finance charges for leased assets 1,965,099 1,099,504
Other finance costs 146,976,895 153,569,614
Bank charges 9,464,110 30,070,443
2,001,444,485 3,495,316,770
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Notes to financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2012 (Amount in Rupees unless otherwise stated)
23. Other expenses 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Rent 203,480,583 199,879,997
Rates and taxes 10,183,886 11,349,318
Insurance 96,984,397 60,786,289
Repairs and maintenance
Plant and machinery 7,244,317 19,229,786
Others 86,055,454 108,791,694
Electricity charges 31,380,694 35,660,616
Travelling and conveyance 443,314,795 630,837,648
Communication expenses 70,548,134 117,629,416
Printing and stationery 35,513,881 131,073,728
Legal and professional fees 161,852,133 153,936,392
Directors' sitting fees 183,416 355,000
Directors stock option expenditure 4,613,546 3,278,688
Auditors' remuneration (refer details below) 7,531,416 7,190,825
Other provisions and write off 336,847,910 128,268,965
Loss on sale of fixed assets - 682,100
Miscellaneous expenses 16,998,529 94,910,023
1,512,733,091 1,703,860,485
Payment to auditors 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
As auditor:
Audit fee 4,200,000 4,200,000
Limited review 2,250,000 1,650,000
In other capacity:
Other services (certification fees) 200,000 120,000
Reimbursement of expenses 881,416 1,220,825
7,531,416 7,190,825
An amount of Rs.Nil (March 31, 2011: Rs.4,358,229) has been paid for services rendered in connection with the initial public offer which was included in share issue expenses and adjusted against the securities premium account.
24. Depreciation and amortization expense 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Depreciation of tangible assets 72,778,082 129,187,912
Amortization of intangible assets 27,419,022 32,307,949
100,197,104 161,495,861
25. Provisions and write-offs 31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Contingent provision against standard assets (refer note 35) (196,037,812) 168,527,595
Provision for non-performing assets (refer note 35) (12,283,881) 357,457,452
Portfolio loans and other balances written off 11,686,774,593 789,125,768
Loss from assigned loans 256,463,412 1,047,179,601
11,734,916,312 2,362,290,416
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26. Earnings per share (EPS)The following reflects the (loss) / profit and share data used in the basic and diluted EPS computations:
31-Mar-12(Rupees)
31-Mar-11(Rupees)
Net (loss)/ profit for calculation of basic EPS (13,605,969,164) 1,116,307,951
Net (loss)/ profit for calculation of diluted EPS (13,605,969,164) 1,116,307,951
No. of shares No. of shares
Weighted average number of equity shares in calculating basic EPSEffect of dilution:
72,349,449 69,343,888
Stock options granted under ESOP* Nil 3,919,448
Weighted average number of equity shares in calculating diluted EPS 72,349,449 73,263,336
*For the period April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, since the impact of conversion of potential equity shares is anti-dilutive in nature, the same has not been considered in calculation of diluted EPS.
27. Assignment/ securitisation of loans
During the year the Company has sold loans through direct assignment/ securitisation. The information on direct assignment activity of theCompany as an originator is as shown below:
Particulars For the year endedMarch 31, 2012
For the year endedMarch 31, 2011
Total number of loans assigned/ securitised 1,049,285 1,108,982
Total book value of loans assigned/ securitised 8,664,779,356 8,110,873,573
Sale consideration received for loans assigned/ securitised 8,664,779,356 8,110,873,573
Income recognised in the statement of profit and loss 346,033,272 1,193,928,139
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Credit enhancements provided and outstanding:
Interest subordination 81,998,455 481,676,008
Principal subordination 1,362,917,707 1,239,837,922
Cash collateral* 1,116,228,254 988,333,533
* Includes collections amounting to Rs.72,027,445, received towards loans given as collateral which are to be placed as amargin money deposit subsequently, in accordance with assignment agreement.
Under the agreement for the assignment/ securitisation of loans, the Company has transferred all the rights and obligations relating to such loan assets assigned/ securitised as shown above. The credit enhancements given by the Company under these asset assignment/ securitisation transactions have been disclosed in note 31 below.
28. Segment information
The Company operates in a single reportable segment i.e. lending to members, which have similar risks and returns for the purpose of AS 17 on ‘Segment Reporting’ notified under the Companies (Accounting Standard) Rules, 2006 (as amended). The Company operates in a single geographical segment i.e. domestic.
29. Related parties
a. Names of the related parties with whom transactions have been entered
Key Management Personnel Dr. Vikram Akula, Executive Chairman from April 1, 2011 to November 23, 2011 (Non-executive Chairman upto March 31, 2011)
Mr. Suresh Gurumani, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (till 03.10.2010)
Mr. M.R.Rao, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from October 4, 2010 (Chief Operating Officer upto October 3, 2010)
Mr. S. Dilli Raj, Chief Financial Officer
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b. Related party transactions
Key Management Personnel
Particulars 31-Mar-12 31-Mar-11
Transactions during the year
Salary, incentives & perquisites – Mr. Suresh Gurumani - 13,452,853
Salary, incentives & perquisites – Mr. M.R. Rao* 10,636,671 14,776,648
Salary, incentives & perquisites – Mr. S. Dilli Raj* 12,479,850 10,130,744
Commission – Dr. Vikram Akula - 17,501,643
Salary – Dr. Vikram Akula 3,106,666 -
Receipt of share application money – Dr. Vikram Akula** 45,128,151 -
Balances as at year end
Incentive payable – Mr. M.R. Rao 5,400,000 -
Incentive payable – Mr. S. Dilli Raj 3,750,000 -
Loans & advances – Dr. Vikram Akula 1,800,883 -
Share application money pending allotment – Dr. Vikram Akula** 45,128,151 -
* Salary, incentives and perquisites for Mr.M.R.Rao and Mr.S.Dilli Raj include amounts of Rs.5,400,000 and Rs. 3,750,000 respectively, which were duly approved as variable pay for the financial year 2010-11. Such variable pay amounts were relinquished by Mr.M R Rao and Mr.S Dilli Raj voluntarily, given the general liquidity concerns post the enactment of the AP MFI Act. However, given the increase in the liquidity in the fourth quarter of financial year 2011-12, Mr.M R Rao and Mr.S Dilli Raj requested the Company for reinstatement of the said variable pay, which was approved by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors were notified. Accordingly, the said amounts of variable pay, which were relinquished in financial year 2010-11, have been charged in the current year and paid thereafter. The Company has been advised that a specific approval from the Central Government is not required for such payment to Mr.M R Rao given that it relates to financial year 2010-11, year in which the Company reported profits.
** Represents share application money received by the Company from Dr. Vikram Akula towards 906,734 options out of 2,676,271 stock options held by him. The allotment of options exercised was pending as on March 31, 2012 and the same were subsequently allotted on May 4, 2012.
30. Capital and other commitments
Estimated amounts of contracts remaining to be executed on capital account (net of capital advances) and not provided:
Particulars March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
For purchase/ development of computer software 915,000 6,135,400
For purchase of fixed assets - 22,900
31. Contingent liabilities not provided for
Particulars March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Credit enhancements provided by the Company towards asset assignment/ securitisation (including cash collaterals, principal and interest subordination)
2,479,983,502 1,952,301,516
Tax on items disallowed by the Income Tax department not acknowledged as debt by the Company*
30,302,298 48,549,551
* Based on the expert opinion obtained by the Company, crystallisation of liability on these items is not considered probable.
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rious
sha
re-b
ased
pay
men
t sch
emes
to it
s Di
rect
ors
and
Empl
oyee
s. T
he p
lans
in o
pera
tion
are
Plan
I (M
anag
ing
Dire
ctor
), Pl
an II
(Oth
er In
depe
nden
t Dire
ctor
s) a
nd P
lan
III (E
mpl
oyee
s)
whi
le ‘a
’, ‘b
’, ‘c
’, ‘d
’, ‘e
’ are
the
diffe
rent
gra
nts
mad
e un
der t
hese
pla
ns.
Durin
g th
e ye
ar e
nded
Mar
ch 3
1, 2
012,
the
follo
win
g se
ries
wer
e in
ope
ratio
n:
Part
icul
ars
Plan
I (a
)Pl
an I
(b)
Plan
I (c
) Pl
an II
(a)
Plan
II (b
)Pl
an II
(c)
Plan
II (d
) Pl
an II
(e)
Plan
II (f
)
Date
of g
rant
Oct
15,
200
7No
v 10
, 200
8De
c 8,
200
8Fe
b 1,
200
8Fe
b 1,
200
8No
v 10
, 200
8Ju
ly 2
9, 2
009
Feb
1, 2
010
Nov
23, 2
011
Date
of B
oard
ap
prov
al J
uly
31, 2
007
Oct 3
0, 2
008
Oct 3
0, 2
008
Oct 1
5, 2
007
Oct 1
5, 2
007
Oct 1
5, 2
007
Oct 1
5, 2
007
Jan
5, 2
010
Nov
23, 2
011
Date
of
shar
ehol
der's
ap
prov
al
Sept
8, 2
007
Nov
8, 2
008
Nov
8, 2
008
Jan
16, 2
008
Jan
16, 2
008
Jan
16, 2
008
Jan
16, 2
008
Jan
8, 2
010
Jan
8, 2
010,
Jul 1
6, 2
010
Num
ber o
f opt
ions
gr
ante
d1,
852,
158
1,76
9,53
790
0,00
030
,000
15,0
006,
000
18,0
0090
,000
300,
000
Exer
cise
pric
eRs
.49.
77Rs
.300
Rs.3
00Rs
.70.
67Rs
.70.
67Rs
.70.
67Rs
.300
Rs.3
00Rs
.109
.95
Met
hod
of
settl
emen
t Eq
uity
Equi
tyEq
uity
Equi
tyEq
uity
Equi
tyEq
uity
Equi
tyEq
uity
Vest
ing
perio
dIm
med
iate
Imm
edia
te25
% e
qual
ly a
t th
e en
d of
eac
h ye
ar
*Im
med
iate
**Im
med
iate
*Im
med
iate
*Im
med
iate
25%
equ
ally
at t
he
end
of e
ach
year
En
d of
yea
r 1 –
33
%
End
of y
ear 2
–
33%
End
of y
ear 3
–
34%
Exer
cise
per
iod
48 m
onth
s fro
m
the
date
of v
estin
g 60
mon
ths
from
th
e da
te o
f ves
ting
48 m
onth
s fro
m
the
date
of g
rant
36 m
onth
s fro
m
the
date
of v
estin
g 36
mon
ths
from
th
e da
te o
f ves
ting
36 m
onth
s fro
m
the
date
of v
estin
g36
mon
ths
from
th
e da
te o
f ves
ting
60 m
onth
s fro
m
the
date
of g
rant
36 m
onth
s fro
m
the
date
of v
estin
g
Vest
ing
cond
ition
sRe
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1
Nam
e of
the
plan
ESOP
200
7ES
OP 2
008
ESOP
200
8ES
OP 2
008-
IDES
OP 2
008-
IDES
OP 2
008-
IDES
OP 2
008-
IDES
OP 2
008-
IDES
OP 2
008
– ID
ES
OP 2
010
104
Part
icul
ars
Plan
III (
a)Pl
an II
I (b)
Plan
III (
c)
Plan
III (
d)
Plan
III (
e)
Plan
III (
f)
Date
of g
rant
Nov
3, 2
009
Dec
15, 2
009
Dec
15, 2
009
May
4, 2
010
May
4, 2
010
Sep
7, 2
011
Date
of B
oard
app
rova
lJu
ly 2
9, 2
009
Nov
4, 2
009
Nov
4, 2
009
May
4, 2
010
May
4, 2
010
Sep
7, 2
011
Date
of s
hare
hold
er's
appr
oval
Sep
30, 2
009
Dec
10, 2
009
Dec
10, 2
009
Dec
10, 2
009
Dec
10, 2
009
Nov
8, 2
008,
Sep
30, 2
009,
July
16,
201
0
Num
ber o
f opt
ions
gra
nted
514,
750
1,31
3,16
056
8,00
04,
340
6,00
01,
486,
329
Exer
cise
pric
eRs
.300
Rs.1
50Rs
.300
Rs.1
50Rs
.300
Rs.2
29.4
0
Met
hod
of s
ettle
men
t Eq
uity
Equi
tyEq
uity
Equi
tyEq
uity
Equi
ty
Vest
ing
perio
dEn
d of
yea
r 1 –
40%
End
of y
ear 2
– 2
5% E
nd o
f yea
r 3 –
25%
End
of y
ear 4
– 1
0%
20 %
equ
ally
at t
he e
nd o
f ea
ch y
ear
20 %
equ
ally
at t
he e
nd o
f ea
ch y
ear
20 %
equ
ally
at t
he e
nd o
f ea
ch y
ear
20 %
equ
ally
at t
he e
nd o
f ea
ch y
ear
50 %
equ
ally
at t
he e
nd o
f ea
ch y
ear
Exer
cise
per
iod
60 m
onth
s fro
m th
e da
te
of g
rant
72
mon
ths
from
the
date
of
gra
nt72
mon
ths
from
the
date
of
gra
nt72
mon
ths
from
the
date
of
gra
nt72
mon
ths
from
the
date
of
gra
nt36
mon
ths
from
the
date
of
ves
ting
Vest
ing
cond
ition
sRe
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1Re
fer n
ote
1
Nam
e of
the
plan
ESOP
200
9ES
OP 2
009
ESOP
200
9ES
OP 2
009
ESOP
200
9ES
OP 2
008
ESOP
200
9ES
OP 2
010
* 1/
3rd
of th
e op
tions
can
be
exer
cise
d w
ithin
firs
t tw
elve
mon
ths
from
gra
nt d
ate;
ano
ther
1/3
rd o
f the
opt
ions
can
be
exer
cise
d w
ithin
twen
ty fo
ur m
onth
s fro
m g
rant
dat
e an
d th
e re
st b
eing
exe
rcis
ed
with
in th
irty
six
mon
ths
from
gra
nt d
ate.
** 1
/2 o
f the
opt
ions
can
be
exer
cise
d w
ithin
twen
ty fo
ur m
onth
s fro
m g
rant
dat
e; a
noth
er 1
/2 o
f the
opt
ions
can
be
exer
cise
d w
ithin
thirt
y si
x m
onth
s fro
m g
rant
dat
e.
Note
1: O
ptio
n ho
lder
s ar
e re
quire
d to
con
tinue
to h
old
the
serv
ices
bei
ng p
rovi
ded
to th
e Co
mpa
ny a
t the
tim
e of
exe
rcis
e of
opt
ions
.
105
The details of Plan I (a) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 906,734 49.77 906,734 49.77
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* 906,734 49.77 - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year - - 906,734 49.77
Exercisable at the end of the year - - 906,734 49.77
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
- - 0.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 7.28 - 7.28
* Notice of exercise received for 906,734 options; however the allotment is pending as on March 31, 2012. These shares have been subsequently allotted on May 4, 2012. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs.214.66 (Previous year: Rs.Nil).
The details of Plan I (b) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 1,769,537 300.00 1,769,537 300.00
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 1,769,537 300.00 1,769,537 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 1,769,537 300.00 1,769,537 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
1.6 - 2.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 2.92 - 2.92
The details of Plan I (c) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 675,000 300.00 675,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 450,000 300.00 - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 225,000 300.00 675,000 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 225,000 300.00 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
0.2 - 1.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 1.81 - 1.81
106
The details of Plan II (a) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year - - 30,000 70.67
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* - - 30,000 70.67
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year - - - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
- - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- - - 15.28
* Includes notice received for exercise of 5,000 options; however allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs.664.94.
The weighted average share price on the date of exercise of other 25,000 stock options was Rs.1,180.65.
The details of Plan II (b) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 15,000 70.67 15,000 70.67
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* - - 15,000 70.67
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 15,000 70.67 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year 15,000 70.67 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)**
0.8 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 17.72 - 17.72
* Notice of exercise received for 15,000 options; however the allotment of shares was pending as on March 31, 2011. Subsequently, in the current year, the Company refunded the share application money received towards such options, within 180 days of its receipt and the options are outstanding and exercisable as on March 31, 2012. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs.664.94.
** Original exercise period ending on February 1, 2011, extended upto February 1, 2013.
107
The details of Plan II (c) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 4,000 70.67 6,000 70.67
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year* - - 2,000 70.67
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 4,000 70.67 4,000 70.67
Exercisable at the end of the year 4,000 70.67 4,000 70.67
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)**
0.8 - 0.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 52.14 - 52.14
* Includes notice received for exercise of 1,000 options; however allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs.664.94.
** Original exercise period ending on November 10, 2011, extended upto February 1, 2013.
The weighted average share price on the date of exercise of other 1,000 stock options was Rs.1,166.54.
The details of Plan II (d) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 18,000 300.00 18,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 18,000 300.00 18,000 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 18,000 300.00 12,000 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
0.3 - 1.3 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 21.57 - 21.57
* Notice of exercise received for 15,000 options; however the allotment of shares was pending as on March 31, 2011. Subsequently, in the current year, the Company refunded the share application money received towards such options, within 180 days of its receipt and the options are outstanding and exercisable as on March 31, 2012. The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs.664.94.
108
The details of Plan II (e) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 85,500 300.00 90,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 36,000 300.00 - -
Exercised during the year* - - 4,500 300.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 49,500 300.00 85,500 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 22,500 300.00 18,000 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
2.8 - 3.8 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 72.53 - 72.53
* Notice received for exercise of 4,500 options; however allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011.The weighted average share price on the date of receipt of such notice for exercise was Rs.664.94.
The details of Plan II (f) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year - - - -
Granted during the year 300,000 109.95 - -
Forfeited during the year - - - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 300,000 109.95 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
5.7 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 77.23 - -
The details of Plan III (a) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 319,840 300.00 502,250 300.00
Granted during the year - -
Forfeited during the year 57,000 300.00 37,500 300.00
Exercised during the year 2,200 300.00 144,910 300.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 260,640 300.00 319,840 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 117,928 300.00 40,990 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
2.6 - 3.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 41.18 - 41.18
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs.394.87 (Previous year: Rs.690.46).
109
The details of Plan III (b) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 975,792 150.00 1,237,040 150.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 167,892 150.00 147,790 150.00
Exercised during the year 19,537 150.00 113,458 150.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 788,363 150.00 975,792 150.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 235,548 150.00 104,392 150.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
3.6 - 4.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 115.30 - 115.30
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs.325.79 (Previous year: Rs.642.96).
The details of Plan III (c) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 401,000 300.00 562,000 300.00
Granted during the year - - - -
Forfeited during the year 116,100 300.00 94,000 300.00
Exercised during the year 360 300.00 67,000 300.00
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 284,540 300.00 401,000 300.00
Exercisable at the end of the year 73,400 300.00 26,600 300.00
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
3.6 - 4.6 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 69.29 - 69.29
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs.374.27 (Previous year: Rs.634.98).
The details of Plan III (d) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 3,990 150 - -
Granted during the year - - 4,340 150
Forfeited during the year 898 150 350 150
Exercised during the year 388 150 - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 2,704 150 3,990 150
Exercisable at the end of the year 230 150 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.1 - 5.1 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 233.75 - 233.75
110
The weighted average share price for the period during which stock options were exercised on a regular basis was Rs.399.32 (Previous year: Rs.Nil).
The details of Plan III (e) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 3,000 300 - -
Granted during the year - - 6,000 300
Forfeited during the year - - 3,000 300
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 3,000 300 3,000 300
Exercisable at the end of the year 600 300 - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.1 - 5.1 -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 152.53 - 152.53
The details of Plan III (f) have been summarised below:
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Number of options Weighted average exercise price (Rs.)
Outstanding at the beginning of the year - - - -
Granted during the year 1,486,329 229.40 - -
Forfeited during the year 270,194 229.40 - -
Exercised during the year - - - -
Expired during the year - - - -
Outstanding at the end of the year 1,216,135 229.40 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year - - - -
Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)
4.4 - - -
Weighted average fair value of options granted
- 146.37 - -
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Details of exercise price for stock options outstanding as at March 31, 2012:
Series Range of exercise prices
Number of options
outstanding(31-Mar-12)
Number of options
outstanding(31-Mar-11)
Weighted average
remaining contractual life of options (in
years)(31-Mar-12)
Weighted average
remaining contractual life of options (in
years)(31-Mar-11)
Weighted average
exercise price
Options outstanding as on 31-Mar-11 and 31-Mar-12:
Plan I (a) 49.77 - 906,736 - 0.6 49.77
Plan I (b) 300.00 1,769,537 1,769,537 1.6 2.6 300.00
Plan I (c) 300.00 225,000 675,000 0.2 1.6 300.00
Plan II(a) 70.67 - - - - 70.67
Plan II(b)* 70.67 15,000 - 0.8 - 70.67
Plan II (c) 70.67 4,000 4,000 0.8 0.6 70.67
Plan II (d) 300.00 18,000 18,000 0.3 1.3 300.00
Plan II (e) 300.00 49,500 85,500 2.8 3.8 300.00
Plan III (a) 300.00 260,640 319,840 2.6 3.6 300.00
Plan III (b) 150.00 788,363 975,792 3.6 4.6 150.00
Plan III (c) 300.00 284,540 401,000 3.6 4.6 300.00
Plan III (d) 150.00 2,704 3,990 4.1 5.1 150.00
Plan III (e) 300.00 3,000 3,000 4.1 5.1 300.00
Options granted during the year and outstanding as on 31-Mar-12:
Plan II (f) 109.95 300,000 - 5.7 - 109.95
Plan III (f) 229.40 1,216,135 - 4.4 - 300.00
* Notice of exercise for 15,000 options was received on March 11, 2011; however the allotment was pending as on March 31, 2011. Subsequently, in the current year, the Company refunded the share application money received towards such options, within 180 days of its receipt and the options are outstanding and exercisable as at March 31, 2012.
Stock options granted during the year:
Plan II (f): The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the year was Rs.77.23. The Black-Scholes Model has been used for computing the weighted average fair value considering the following:
Particulars Tranche vesting in FY 2012-13 Tranche vesting in FY 2013-14 Tranche vesting in FY 2014-15
Share price on the date of grant (Rs.)
115.45 115.45 115.45
Exercise price (Rs.) 109.95 109.95 109.95
Expected volatility (%) 71.08 71.08 71.08
Life of the options granted (years)
4 5 6
Risk-free interest rate (%) 8.62% 8.67% 8.72%
Expected dividend rate (%) 0% 0% 0%
Fair value of the option 70.94 77.55 83.01
Plan III (f): The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the year was Rs.146.37. The Black-Scholes Model has been used for computing the weighted average fair value considering the following:
Particulars Tranche vesting in FY 2012-13 Tranche vesting in FY 2013-14
Share price on the date of grant (Rs.) 229.55 229.55
Exercise price (Rs.) 229.40 229.40
Expected volatility (%) 72.96 72.96
Life of the options granted (years) 4 5
Risk-free interest rate (%) 8.30% 8.29%
Expected dividend rate (%) 0% 0%
Fair value of the option 140.08 153.38
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Volatility of the share price of the Company has been calculated as the standard deviation of the closing prices for a period of one year ending on the date of grant.
Effect of the share-based payment plans on the statement of profit and loss and on its financial position:
Particulars For the year ended March 31, 2012 For the year ended March 31, 2011
Directors stock option expenditure 4,613,546 3,278,688
Employees stock option expenditure 92,311,868 67,089,753
Subtotal 96,925,414 70,368,441
Total compensation cost pertaining to equity-settled employee share based payment
96,925,414 70,368,441
Particulars As at March 31, 2012 As at March 31, 2011
Stock options outstanding (gross) 342,766,257 178,832,237
Deferred compensation cost outstanding (157,395,971) (87,727,806)
Stock options outstanding (net) 185,370,286 91,104,431
33. Retirement benefits
The Company has a defined benefit gratuity plan. Every employee who has completed five years or more of service is eligible for gratuity on cessation of employment and it is computed at 15 days salary (last drawn salary) for each completed year of service. The scheme is funded with an insurance Company in the form of a qualifying insurance policy.
The following tables summarise the components of net benefit expense recognised in the statement of profit and loss and the funded status and amounts recognised in the Balance Sheet for the gratuity plan.
Statement of profit and loss
Net employees benefit expense (recognised in personnel expenses):
Particulars For the year ended March 31, 2012 For the year ended March 31, 2011
Current service cost 26,256,016 20,840,971
Interest cost on benefit obligation 5,717,340 4,728,753
Expected return on plan assets (2,986,886) (3,452,663)
Net actuarial (gain)/ loss recognised in the year (16,198,555) 6,692,887
Past service cost 1,434,381 1,525,983
Net employee benefit expense 14,222,296 30,335,931
Actual return on plan assets 1,838,326 1,407,990
Balance SheetDetails of provision for gratuity:
ParticularsGratuity
March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Defined benefit obligation 79,421,404 68,883,615
Fair value of plan assets (37,575,021) (39,825,147)
Unrecognised past service cost - (1,434,381)
Plan liability 41,846,383 27,624,087
Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation are as follows:
ParticularsGratuity
March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Opening defined benefit obligation 68,883,615 36,483,997
Interest cost 5,717,340 4,728,753
Past service cost - 2,960,364
Current service cost 26,256,016 20,840,971
Benefits paid (4,088,452) (778,684)
Actuarial (gains)/ losses on obligation (17,347,115) 4,648,214
Closing defined benefit obligation 79,421,404 68,883,615
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Changes in the fair value of plan assets are as follows:
ParticularsGratuity
March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Opening fair value of plan assets 39,825,147 34,887,552
Expected return 2,986,886 3,452,663
Contributions by employer - 4,308,289
Benefits paid (4,088,452) (778,684)
Actuarial gains/ (losses) (1,148,560) (2,044,673)
Closing fair value of plan assets 37,575,021 39,825,147
The Company expects to contribute Rs.2,500,000 to gratuity in the next year.
The major categories of plan assets as a percentage of the fair value of total plan assets are as follows:
ParticularsGratuity
March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Investment with insurer 100% 100%
The overall expected rate of return on assets is determined based on the average long term rate of return expected on investment of the fund during the estimated term of the obligations.
The principal assumptions used in determining gratuity:
ParticularsGratuity
March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Discount rate 8.50% 8.30%
Expected rate of return on assets 8.50% 7.50%
Salary escalation rate per annum10% for the first two years and 7%
there after10% for the first two years and 7%
there after
Rates of leaving service 15%
Age (Yrs)21-3031-4041-59
Rates5%3%2%
The estimates of future salary increases, considered in actuarial valuation, take account of inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors.
Amounts for the current and previous three years are as follows:
Particulars Gratuity
31-Mar-12 31-Mar-11 31-Mar-10 31-Mar-09 31-Mar-08
Defined benefit obligation 79,421,404 68,883,615 36,483,997 19,642,037 5,480,291
Plan assets 37,575,021 39,825,147 34,887,552 17,822,480 5,398,173
Surplus/ (deficit) (41,846,383) (29,058,468) (1,596,445) (1,819,557) (82,118)
Experience adjustments on plan liabilities
(17,347,115) 4,648,214 4,582,747 5,137,920 2,213,180
Experience adjustments on plan assets
(1,148,560) (2,044,673) (1,549,280) 431,324 (93,594)
34. Expenditure in foreign currency (on accrual basis)
ParticularsFor the year ended
March 31, 2012For the year ended
March 31, 2011
Professional fees 419,741 3,049,215
Travelling expenses* 1,839,316 723,350
Membership and subscriptions 191,642 206,194
Staff Training - 161,984
Software Development - 183,174
Total 2,450,519 4,323,917
*Expense for the year ended March 31, 2011 includes an amount of Rs.365,796 incurred in connection with the public offer of equity shares included in miscellaneous expenditure which was adjusted against the securities premium account in accordance with section 78 of the Companies Act, 1956.
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35.
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36. Leases
Finance Lease:The Company has obtained computers on finance lease. The lease term is for three years, there is no escalation clause in the lease agreement. There are no restrictions imposed by lease arrangements. There are no subleases.
Description March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Total minimum lease payments at the year end 11,155,038 20,079,069
Less : amount representing finance charges 1,114,602 3,089,769
Present value of minimum lease payments (4,088,452) (778,684)
(Rate of interest: 13% p.a.) 10,040,436 16,989,300
Contingent rent recognised in the statement of profit and loss - -
Minimum Lease Obligations
Not later than one year [Present value of Rs. 6,799,311 as on March 31, 2012 (Rs. 7,729,847 as on March 31, 2011)]
8,924,031 8,924,031
Later than one year but not later than five years year [Present value of Rs.1,567,868 as on March 31, 2012 (Rs. 8,367,179 as on March 31, 2011)]
2,231,008 11,155,038
Later than five years - -
Operating Lease
Office Premises:
Head office and the branch office premises are obtained on operating lease. The branch office premises are generally rented on cancellable term for less than twelve months with no escalation clause and renewable at the option of the both the parties. However, the head office prem-ise was obtained on a non-cancelable lease term of twenty four months with an escalation clause of five percent after every twelve months. There are no restrictions imposed by lease arrangements. There are no subleases. Lease payments during the year are charged to statement of profit and loss.
Description March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Operating lease expenses recognised in the statement of profit and loss on a straight line basis
203,480,583 199,879,997
Minimum lease obligations
Not later than one year - 32,130,036
Later than one year but not later than five years - -
Later than five years - -
Vehicles:
The Company has taken certain vehicles on cancellable operating lease. Total lease expense under cancellable operating lease during the year was Rs. 10,439,969 (Previous year: Rs.8,276,680).
37. The Company has given interest free collateral free loan to an employee benefit trust under the Employee Stock Purchase Scheme to provide financial assistance to its employees to purchase equity shares of the Company under such scheme. The loan is repayable by the Trust under a back to back arrangement by the Trust with the employees of the Company. The year-end balance for the total loan granted is Rs.54,168,606 (March 31, 2011: Rs. 60,906,186).
38. Dues to micro, small and medium enterprises
There are no amounts that need to be disclosed in accordance with the Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development Act, 2006 (the ‘MSMED’) pertaining to micro or small enterprises.
For the year ended March 31, 2012, no supplier has intimated the Company about its status as micro or small enterprises or its registration with the appropriate authority under MSMED.
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39. Additional disclosures required by the RBI
a. Capital Risk Adequacy Ratio (‘CRAR’):
Item March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
CRAR (%) 35.39% 45.39%
CRAR – Tier I Capital (%) 34.42% 44.85%
CRAR – Tier II Capital (%) 0.97% 0.54%
b. The Company has no exposure to the real estate sector directly or indirectly in the current and previous year.
c. Outstanding of loans against security of gold as a percentage to total assets is 1.58% (March 31, 2011: 0.01%).
d. Information on instances of fraud:
Nature of fraud No. of cases Amount of fraud Recovery Amount written-off
Cash embezzlement 580 25,091,317 10,859,714 14,231,603
Loans given against fictitious documents 234 133,313,975 7,397,648 125,916,327
e. Asset Liability Management
Maturity pattern of assets and liabilities as on March 31, 2012(Rs. in Crores)
Particulars Upto 1 month
1 to 2 months
2 to 3 months
3 to 6 months
6 months to 1 year
1 to 3 years
3 to 5 years
Over 5 years
Total
Liabilities
Borrowings from banks 167.6 54.6 63.5 139.4 207.4 216.3 0.0 0.0 848.8
Market borrowings 12.4 17.7 12.4 36.3 24.7 67.9 0.1 0.0 171.5
Assets
Advances 117.8 109.3 61.1 129.3 229.9 17.4 284.8 0.0 949.5
Investments - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Maturity pattern of assets and liabilities as on March 31, 2011:(Rs. in Crores)
Particulars Upto 1 month
1 to 2 months
2 to 3 months
3 to 6 months
6 months to 1 year
1 to 3 years
3 to 5 years
Over 5 years
Total
Liabilities
Borrowings from banks 282.8 162.0 179.5 234.7 420.8 505.4 12.2 - 1,797.4
Market borrowings 17.6 19.7 86.1 93.4 99.8 110.8 10.6 - 438.1
Assets
Advances* 575.6 570.5 439.7 1041.8 732.7 287.3 6.9 0.4 3,654.9
Investments 3.6 - - - - - - 0.2 3.8
* Monthly recovery of 5% had been estimated on the overdue loan portfolio in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
40. Till the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company was using pre-revised Schedule VI to the Companies Act 1956, for preparation and presentation of its financial statements. During the year ended March 31, 2012, the revised Schedule VI notified under the Companies Act 1956, has become applicable to the Company. The Company has reclassified previous year figures to conform to this year’s classification.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors ofSKS Microfinance Limited
SD/- SD/- SD/- SD/-P.H. Ravikumar M.R.Rao S.Dilli Raj Sudershan PallapNon-Executive Chairman Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary Chief Executive Officer
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