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Finolex Cables Limited 19-20 Annual Report WIRED to emerge stronger Inside this Report 01 01-20 02 21-89 03 90-212 Corporate Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements About Us 02 Board’s Report 21 Independent Auditor’s Report 91 Chairman’s Message 04 Management Discussion & Standalone Balance Sheet 100 31 Analysis Wired to Manage Manufacturing Standalone Statement of 06 101 SEBI COVID-19 disclosure Profit and Loss Wired to Enhance Product 44 08 Portfolio Corporate Governance 48 Standalone Statement of 102 Cash Flows Wired to Strengthen Access 10 Certificate of Compliance 64 Standalone Statement of Wired to Deepen Engagement 12 Secretarial Audit Report 65 104 Changes in Equity Wired to Protect our Employees Companies (Disclosure of 14 Notes to the Standalone and Operations particulars in the report of the 75 105 Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 Financial Statements Wired to Uplift Our Communities 16 Sec 197 Disclosure 78 Independent Auditor’s Report 151 Our Financial Metrics 18 Form AOC 1 79 Consolidated Balance Sheet 158 Ten-Year Financial Highlights 19 Consolidated Statement of Form AOC 2 80 159 Corporate Information 20 Profit and Loss CSR Report 81 Consolidated Statement of 160 Business Responsibility Report 84 Cash Flows Consolidated Statement of 162 Changes in Equity Notes to the Consolidated 163 Financial Statements Notice 213 pg# 04 pg# 06 pg# 10 Forward-looking Statements This report contains forward-looking statements, which may be identified by their use of words like ‘plans’, ‘expects’, ‘will’, ‘anticipates’, ‘believes’, ‘intends’, ‘projects’, ‘estimates’ or other words of similar meaning. All statements that address expectations or projections about the future, including but not limited to statements about the Company’s strategy for growth, product development, market position, expenditures and financial results, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations of future events. The Company cannot guarantee that these assumptions and expectations are accurate or will be realised. The Company’s actual results, performance or achievements could thus differ materially from those projected in any such forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no responsibility to publicly amend, modify or revise any forward-looking statements, on the basis Download this report or read online at of any subsequent developments, information or events. The Company has sourced the industry information www.finolex.com from the publicly available resources and has not verified those information independently. The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted lives and livelihoods worldwide. While it is still too early to predict the full severity of the pandemic, there is no getting away from the fact that the world is in uncharted waters. And yet, even while uncertainty grips us, one thing is certain: surviving this new normal will require greater adaptation and renewed collaboration. In this changed socio-economic environment, we, at Finolex, are reconfiguring our operations to make our Company more efficient and more focussed on serving the needs of our customers. We have implemented strict procedures and processes at our plant sites, offices, depots and stores to maintain productivity while help keeping our workforce and our communities safe. Our successful history of over half a century, wherein we have taken several challenges in our stride, also speaks volumes about our ability to not only withstand tough times but also to come back stronger after every setback. The challenges may keep changing but our Company’s DNA remains the same: to persevere and perform. This time, too, we shall overcome. Finally, while the external environment may alter our short-term plans, our goals remain the same. We will continue to invest in our future growth, well supported by our well-funded and financially secure business, while managing overheads in a prudent manner. By our wider response and recovery strategy, along with our strong business fundamentals, we are wired to emerge stronger. Finolex Cables Limited Annual Report 2019-20 About Us Established in 1958, Finolex Cables is India’s largest and leading manufacturer of electrical and telecommunication cables. We have recently diversified into the fast-moving electrical goods (FMEG) segment with the aim of becoming a complete electrical products company. Our over five-decade-long journey is anchored on the pillars of our manufacturing excellence, innovation focus and technology edge. By maintaining the highest standards of quality and service, we have built a strong relationship with institutional and retail customers. Finolex Cables is a debt-free Company and has a turnover exceeding Rs. 3,000 crores, 5 manufacturing sites and 1,762 employees. Our positive legacy Wired for innovation In our illustrious timeline, we have surmounted innumerable obstacles and redefined possibilities through our perseverance, innovation and agility. Be it in our initial years when our st founders had to brave the tumultuous times of India’s partition; in the 1950s when we pioneered the concept of using stranded conductors for the manufacture of electrical wires; in 1 First in India to make multi-strand wires the late 1980s when we became the First in India to manufacture auto cables first private sector company in India First in private sector to manufacture and supply JFTC to DoT to manufacture Jelly Filled Telephone First in India to launch FRLS wires and cables Cables (JFTC), or in the 1990s when we aggressively diversified our portfolio First in India to make co-axial cables using physical foam process to overcome the massive setback to First in India to make aerial cable designs our JFTC business due to the advent First in India to manufacture LAN cables with UL verification of mobile phones; we have risen to First and only company in India to manufacture power cables up to 500 kV every occasion. Our past is fascinating through Joint Venture and inspiring. Our future promises to First in the industry to be integrated backwards, capturing entire value chain build on this positive legacy of finding opportunities amid the challenges. Key Numbers Manufacturing sites Depots Channel Partners 5 28 5,000+ Market share in the organised Retailers Employees wires & cables industry 50,000+ 1,762 22% FY20 Revenue FY20 EBITDA FY20 PAT Rs. 3,049.2 Crores Rs. 541.8 Crores Rs. 402.5 Crores 02 Corporate Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements Diversified product portfolio with premium positioning in the wires and cables segment We have a broad suite of products comprising wires, cables, lighting solutions, electrical accessories, switchgear, fans and water heaters to serve diverse applications and end-users Strong financials Strong manufacturing prowess with zero net debt Our strong financial position combined with multi- underpins our potential in location advantage growing our business and We have five modern, well- creating long-term value for all equipped manufacturing sites our stakeholders. spread across strategic locations to serve customers pan-India while growing and de-risking our Sound operations. Technology collaborations fundamentals, Backward integration with the world’s robust future leading providers capturing the entire value chain We have partnered with global leaders to embed the latest We manufacture compounds, technology in our products copper rods, glass fibres and many and processes, empowering us other raw materials in-house, to bring the best solutions to giving us complete control over the Indian market. quality and enabling us to add value to our products. Widespread distribution Strong brand name network enhancing recall and reach with a strong focus on partnership approach Our brand has earned the trust of our customers through its commitment We are penetrating deeper into the to quality, safety and reliability, market through our growing distribution paving the way for continued growth. network, including a separate network for our FMEG products. Revenue segmentation 82% 14% 4% Electrical wires and cables Communication cables Electrical consumer products 03 Finolex Cables Limited Annual Report 2019-20 Chairman’s Message Against this tough operating backdrop, we recorded Rs. 3,049 crores as revenue in FY 2019-20 as against Rs. 3,200 crores in the previous year, a degrowth of 4.7%. Revenue investment. However, the nationwide Dear Shareholders, lockdown that ensued to contain Rs. 3,049.2 Crores As I write this year’s letter, the world the spread of the virus brought all is confronting a health crisis unlike economic activity to a grinding halt in any other in recent history, one that Q4 FY 2019-20. To steady the economy not only has upended human lives and contain the impact of the virus, PBT but is also having an extraordinary comprehensive interventions are impact on the global economy. In being rolled out on several fronts by these overwhelming and unchartered the government. Rs. 501.3 Crores times, we would like to reassure you that your Company remains confident As a manufacturing entity in the non- in its fundamentally strong business essential category, the unexpected model and growth prospects. By turn of events adversely impacted our PAT demonstrating unyielding resilience, fourth-quarter results, especially as we are determined to navigate the March is historically a month of high Rs. 402.5 Crores expected headwinds in the coming sales due to year-end targets given months and emerge from these to distributors. The ramifications