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[ l~Gl PROUD TO BE INDIAN PRIVILEGED TO BE GLOBAL HEG/SECTI/2021 28 th June, 2021 1 BSE Limited 2 National Stock Exchange of India Limited P J Towers Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor Dalal Street Plot No.C/l, G Block, Bandra - Kurla Complex MUMBAI - 400 001. Bandra (E), Scrip Code: 509631 MUMBAI - 400 051. Scrip Code: REG - -- Sub: Regulation 34 - Notice of 49 th Annual General Meeting & Annual Report for the Financial Year 2020-21. Dear Sir I Madam, This is in continuation to our earlier letter dated June 26, 2021 with regard to intimation for 49th Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. through Video Conferencingl Other Audio Visual Means ("VCIOAVM") only . Please find enclosed copy of the Notice of the 49 th Annual General Meeting & Annual Report for the Financial Year 2020-21, which is also being uploaded on the website of the Company at www.hegltd.com Kindly take the same on your record. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For REG Limited audhary pany Secretary A-13263 [email protected] Encl : as above CCto: National Securities Depository Limited Central Depository Services (India) Limited U1 u1 Trade World, 4 Floor, /I A" Wing, Trade 17 Floor, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, World, Kamala Mills Compound, Senapati Dalal Street, Fort, Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 001 . MUMBAI - 400 013. HF~ lilMITFn Corporate Office: Regd. Office: Bhilwara Towers,A-12, Sector-1 Mandideep (Near Bhopal) Distt. Raisen - 462046 Noida - 201 301 (NCR-Delhi), India (Madhya Pradesh), India Tel. : +91-120-4390300 (EPABX) Tel. : +91-7480-405500, 233524 to 233527 Fax: +91-120-4277841 Fax: +91-7480-233522 Website: www.lnjbhilwara.com Website: www.hegltd.com Corporate Identification No. : L23109MP1972PLC008290 Annual Report 2021 The great aspect about tomorrow is that you always look forward Contents to it. 2 About the Company 6 Key Performance Indicators 8 From the Chairman’s desk Management Discussion & Analysis 12 For HEG, FY21 was tough. 26 Corporate Social Responsibility Declining demand. Dropping realisation. High-cost inventory. The pandemic and lockdowns. Health issues. Logistical challenges. 30 Board’s Report We braved and journeyed across this dismal period. Our numbers dropped. Our margins plummeted. We were pushed into the red. But, our 53 Business Responsibility Report performance was better than our peers. 63 Corporate Governance Report Now a new dawn beckons. Standalone Financial Statements One that heralds promising prospects for graphite electrode sector. One that will sustain healthy 88 demand. Provide superior realisations. And generate healthy returns. 155 Consolidated Financial Statements Nobody said this path would be easy. But certain journeys are worth the work! ANNUAL HEG LIMITED 2021 REPORT 2 3 HEG LIMITED Corporate Overview About HEG Limited Solidity Liquidity Possesses the 100% C 729 crore largest single Flexibility to manufacture Net cash flow from site plant in UHP electrodes operations the world. 36% Nil Sales to top 10 Long-term debt steel majors (growing further 80,000 TPA 842 members to 100,000 Installed capacity Team size tonnes in 178 ACRES 1 Land coverage Largest global single- 18 months) location plant C 1,369 crore C 54 crore Revenue EBITDA C 3,399 crore Networth ANNUAL HEG LIMITED 2021 REPORT 4 5 HEG LIMITED Corporate Overview Our presence Headquartered in New Delhi, India Manufacturing unit at Mandideep, Madhya Pradesh Vision Mission A vibrant globally acknowledged top-league player in Graphite To become a leading international player in Graphite Electrodes Global presence across 30 nations Electrodes and allied businesses with a commitment to growth, and related businesses by leveraging its core competence and innovation, quality and customer focus. thereby enhancing value to the customer, shareholder, employee Equity listed on The BSE Limited and and the society. The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Business strategy For our shareholder 509631 HEG BSE Code NSE Code Strive for leadership Strengthen our Enhance business in the global market competitive edge profitability C (6.56) C 881 Earnings per share Book value per share ANNUAL HEG LIMITED 2021 REPORT 6 7 HEG LIMITED Corporate Overview Key Performance Indicators 2016-17 903 2016-17 872 2017-18 2,771 2017-18 1,809 2018-19 6,702 2018-19 3,719 2019-20 2,293 2019-20 3,423 2020-21 1,369 2020-21 3,399 Net Revenue (I crore) Networth (I crore) 2016-17 88 2016-17 0.31 2017-18 1734 2017-18 * 2018-19 4,767 2018-19 * 2019-20 138 2019-20 * 2020-21 54 2020-21 * EBITDA (I crore) Debt-equity (x) * Long-term debt fully repaid 2016-17 (49) 2016-17 (12.54) 2017-18 1,081 2017-18 270.61 2018-19 3,050 2018-19 763.60 2019-20 53 2019-20 13.83 2020-21 (25) 2020-21 (6.56) Net Profit (I crore) Earnings per share (I) 2016-17 0* 2016-17 157 2017-18 120 2017-18 594 2018-19 320 2018-19 1,488 2019-20 289 2019-20 739 2020-21 0 2020-21 729 Dividend payout (I crore) Net cash from operations (I crore) * During the FY 2018-19, the company also made a Buy back of Shares of D. 750 Crores. ANNUAL HEG LIMITED 2021 REPORT 8 9 HEG LIMITED Corporate Overview From the Chairman's desk I am not overtly concerned about these numbers because there is a positive undercurrent that gives me optimism for the future. We reported the highest capacity utilisation among our peer group. It suggests that we have sustained our competitive edge in the global marketplace leading to a growing acceptance of our graphite electrodes. Dear shareholders, I trust you are all well and safe. note as India stepped into a lockdown. But soon As I ink this statement, the India bounced back with second wave of the Covid-19 considerable momentum. Steel pandemic has ebbed leaving demand witnessed traction as behind a trail of pain and did steel prices which shot up suffering. My heart goes out in the second half of the year. to all the families who have India ended on a high note been impacted by this health which was considerably heart- emergency. warming. The year that was From HEG’s perspective, the year was challenging. The FY21 started on a dismal ANNUAL HEG LIMITED 2021 REPORT 10 11 HEG LIMITED Corporate Overview abruptness in the operating I am not overtly concerned electrode volumes and and supply, the additional prospects for the global steel While this health emergency • Our additional brownfield blueprint. My thanks to our ecosystem caught every player about these numbers because improved realisation in FY22. demand should improve the industry, especially the EAF will impact economic progress capacity of 20,000TPA will be other stakeholders, who in the industry off-guard. there is a positive undercurrent This is because the graphite prospects of the graphite steel sector (a considerably in the first quarter of FY22, commissioned by early 2023. continue to be our partners in that gives me optimism for the electrode industry generally electrode industry in FY22. lesser polluting route for a resilient India is sure to With no other new graphite growth. I also place on record On the one hand we had to future. We reported the highest lags demand recovery in manufacturing steel). These rebound with speed. Going electrode capacity on the my sincere appreciation to contend with reduced demand capacity utilisation among our the steel industry due to its Over the medium-term developments augur well for forward, I believe things will anvil, we should be able to all our shareholders for their owing to a slowdown in peer group. It suggests that we position in the steel producers the graphite electrode sector, only get better. service a larger share of the continued confidence and A global research house economic activity across the have sustained our competitive supply chain. Moreover, we and us. additional demand. support. suggests that China aspires world. edge in the global marketplace have exhausted our high-cost In closing to achieve net-zero carbon The immediate challenge While we refrain from making leading to a growing needle coke inventory in FY21. HEG appears perfectly On the other we needed to emissions by 2060. This would any predictions or estimates minimise losses. Graphite acceptance of our graphite This should improve business positioned to capitalise on require it to reduce/shut The more intense and for the coming years, we are Warm regards electrode prices dropped electrodes. profitability. emerging opportunities operations of high carbon aggressive second wave preparing ourselves for every sharply even as most graphite Ravi Jhunjhunwala emitting sectors. Steel, in all of Covid-19 significantly effectively electrode manufacturers The year that could be Growth impact: The steel eventuality. likelihood, could feature in this disrupted the progress of remained saddled with high- industry should report healthy • Our liquidity strength, a Chairman, Managing Director Before I end, I would like cost raw material inventory FY22 appears to be positive. growth in CY22 assuming that list. India and the confidence of deleveraged organisation and & CEO created in anticipation of My optimism stems from two the global GDP will grow by our fellow Indians. Thankfully, a gross cash pool of C 1521 to thank the entire HEG There appears to be substance healthy demand for graphite important realities. about 3% in CY22 (as per IMF the pandemic curve has been crore as on March 31, 2021 team who, once again, in this aspiration as Chinese electrode. estimates). The steel growth flattened largely owing to all provide strength to overcome have braved through the Lag effect: We witnessed a Authorities have recently being closely linked to GDP the brave hearts who have adversities.