Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Plc
Distilleries Company of sri lanka plC annual report 2008/09 nature’s nectar : arrack, the world’s only naturally fermented liquor Contents 2 About Us 4 Story of Arrack 5 Accolades 6 Our Brands 8 Chairman’s Message 12 Board of Directors 16 DCSL Management Team 19 Group Management Team 20 Corporate Governance 23 Board Committee Reports 25 Enterprise Risk Management 27 Financial Highlights 28 Management Discussion and Analysis 32 Annual Report of the Board of Directors Financial Reports 38 Statement of Director’s Responsibility 39 Report of the Auditors 40 Income Statements 41 Balance Sheets 42 Statements of Changes in Equity 43 Cash Flow Statements 44 Accounting Policies 50 Notes to the Financial Statements General Information 81 Statements of Value Added 82 Shareholder Information 84 Value of Real Estate 85 Ten Year Summary 86 Group Directory 88 Glossary 89 Notice of Meeting 90 Attendance Slip 91 Form of Proxy Standing on a glorious past, breathing a vibrant present and pledging a resplendent future The ‘past’ is the favoured territory of a historian. Things past are rarely assumed to be alive, capable of transformation and growth - and yet, who we are and what we have become is linked to what we were. The Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (DCSL) is a company that can reference a history that is close to a century. What this inscribes on our corporate DNA is experi - ence, maturity, innovation, fortitude and the will to succeed. Our origin can be traced as far back as the year 1923, when the Excise Department of Ceylon which was initially created as the enforcement authority and to distribute and sell liquor products in Sri Lanka, branched out into the distillation and manufacture of liquor products.
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