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Keva August 18, 2020 To To The Manager The Manager The Department of Corporate Services The Listing Department BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Floor 25, P. J. Towers, Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Dalal Street, Mumbai — 400 001 Bandra (East), Mumbai — 400 051 Scrip Code: 539450 Scrip Symbol: SHK Dear Sir/ Madam, Sub: Submission of Annual Report for the financial year 2019-20 Pursuant to Regulation 34 (1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we had filed Annual Report of S H Kelkar and Company Limited for the financial year 2019-20 with the stock exchanges on August 08, 2020. However, while attaching the file, the file comprising of incorrect version of AGM notice got uploaded. We enclose herewith annual report file with correct version of AGM notice. We request you to take this version of Annual Report on record and ignore the earlier one. Inconvenience is deeply regretted. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For SH Kelkar and Company Limited Deepti Chandratre Company Secretary & Compliance Officer End: As above SH Kelkar And Company Limited Gi Lal Bahadur Shashtri Marg, Mulund (West). Mumbai - 400 O80. Tel : +91 22 2167 7777 Regd, Office : Devkaran Mansion, 36, Mangaldas Road, Mumbai - 400 002. (INDIA) Phone : (022) 2206 96 O09 & 2201 91 30 / Fax : (022) 2208 12 04 WWW.KeV4.CO.IN CIN No. L74999MHIS55PL COO09594 S H Kelkar and Company Limited Annual Report 2019-20 OVERVIEW CORPORATE Resilient Present Resurgent Future 03 Message from the Whole-time Director & corpora Group CEO T E overv To download or to read the report online, please log on to I www.keva.co.in ew Contents Corporate Overview 1 01 Message from the Whole-time Director & Group CEO Statutory Reports 2 06 Management Discussion & Analysis 20 Board's Report 54 Report on Corporate Governance 70 Business Responsibility Report Financial Statements 3 79 Auditors' Report on Consolidated Dear Shareholders, Financial Statements I present our Annual Report for FY 2019-20 with the promise 86 Consolidated Financial Statements 158 Auditors' Report on Standalone that the resilience we have displayed in this challenging Financial Statements present will take us towards a future that is resurgent and 166 Standalone Financial Statements filled with opportunities. 228 Notice 01 Annual Report 2019-20 Message from the Whole-time Director & Group CEO CORPORATE OVERVIEW CORPORATE "With processing and packaging of FMCG becoming more advanced and companies competing to enhance their product appeal, we remain at the centre of the dynamic fragrances and flavours industry, building on our strong brand proposition, global reach, and established presence in all the key segments." Our facilities were back at 70% to 100% production capacity by The lockdown imposed nationally towards the end of the end of April 2020. FY 2019-20 prevented us from executing ourorders, causing an As we speak, there has been turbulence behind us and there Our measures to tighten the bottom line and increase operational estimated ` 30 Cr loss in the last 10 days of March 2020. Our may be some turmoil ahead of us, too. But what we deliver to the efficiency include the following: We revamped our Mumbai headquarters and built a state- growth was undoubtedly interrupted by the pandemic but we world are fragrances and flavours, which appeal to human senses of-the-art laboratory for flavours. This will enhance our Across the Keva business divisions, we set up strategic business are moving towards the next phase by identifying new avenues even more than sight and sound. We create unique olfactory image and credibility in a space where the entry barriers are units, with each SBU given full control over its own costs, of growth. experiences that drive sales for a range of fast-moving consumer high and new entrants have to make a huge effort to grow. revenues, and resource allocation for research & development. goods (FMCG). Local at heart and global in mindset, our extremely There are great opportunities here and we have already won FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Besides making the divisions self-sufficient and more driven agile way of working places us in a unique position to partner noteworthy business from major names in the packaged food Though impacted by the COVID-19 disruption, the year ended to produce results independently, this move also makes with major multi-nationals as well as domestic companies. Our and beverages industry. on 31 March 2020, gave us a Total Income of ` 1,122.06 Cr, up our Company more agile and better prepared to respond to rich legacy and global growth are equally important to us and we by 4.72% from ` 1,071.48 Cr for the year ended on 31 March every business opportunity, present and future. The increased We had our first sampling of an Ayurvedic product for a have dedicated sales and creative teams to optimally service both 2019. However, Total Expenses also increased during the autonomy lets every SBU take its decision-making still closer major MNC client, which was a breakthrough for us. There is the segments. corresponding period, from ` 956.63 Cr to ` 1,032.28 Cr. The to the market. Our fabric care studio in Singapore is a global huge scope in the natural ingredients and immunity-boosters impairment of plants and machineries and manufacturing As long as the consumer economy exists and grows, new and centre of excellence, one that will take our 3I-3C strategy business after this contagion and we are exploring several facilities in the Netherlands, along with other closure costs unique business opportunities would continue opening up for forward. The studio proves our commitment to investing in opportunities here. in respect of the Netherlands facility, resulted in a one-time us. With processing and packaging of FMCG becoming more research to create market-leading products. While growth in fine fragrances became muted following exceptional expense of ` 36.5 Cr. Profit after Tax, after the advanced and companies competing to enhance their product Assessing the market scenario and growth pockets, we the pandemic and its economic impact, we are confident abovementioned exceptional item and including the share of appeal, we remain at the centre of the dynamic fragrances and focussed on the consolidation of our advantages and the of offsetting this by catering to the increasing demand for profit (net of depreciation on assets comprised in the purchase flavours industry, building on our strong brand proposition, streamlining of each vertical, rather than on new initiatives, a hygiene products, including soaps, hand wash, sanitisers, and price paid) in Creative Flavours & Fragrances SpA, Italy, and global reach, and established presence in all the key segments. move that we consider prudent. household cleaning products. Our R&D pipeline was ready other joint ventures was ` 35.9 Cr as against ` 88.3 Cr during Going forward, we shall keep the 3I (India, Italy, Indonesia) - 3C with ingredients and fragrances for soaps and sanitisers, the previous year. (categories) strategy at the centre of our operations. The seamless relocation of our operations from Barneveld, which enabled us to quickly partner with several sanitiser in the Netherlands, to Mahad, in Maharashtra (India), was Despite the dividend payment of ` 13.4 Cr and the raw material During the year under review, we were set for a double-digit manufacturers to tap into the climbing demand. concluded and led to a significant lowering of expenses. crisis during the year under review, our net debt position is growth, but for the sudden impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown Key emerging markets in the SAMEA region (South Asia, maintained at ` 299 Cr in line with the previous year ` 299 Cr. across India and many other countries. Our very strong order Our Mahad facility began operating at full capacity by Middle East, Africa) continued to give us significant business in book for March 2020 alone could have propelled us to a 12% year- December 2019, within one year of commencing operations, We believe that our recent cost rationalisation efforts will bring 2019, even as the domestic market in India saw a slowdown. on-year growth. We also achieved cost efficiencies after moving which is exceptional for bulk chemical manufacturing, and it down expenses and help us control the bottom line, while we some operations from Europe to India and by giving each division continued to do so up to February 2020, right until the point Our fragrance division went beyond FMCG products and made continue with our efforts to penetrate new territories and new within Keva more autonomy. when COVID-19 really made its impact. inroads into industrial applications. areas of fragrances and flavours. 02 S H Kelkar and Company Limited 03 Annual Report 2019-20 Message from the Whole-time Director & Group CEO CORPORATE OVERVIEW CORPORATE PASSING ON THE BATON Growth in the economy, with its resultant preference for A major internal change in the Company was the transition trustworthy brands and fine fragrances and natural flavours, is of our Managing Director Mr. Ramesh Vaze to the position highly beneficial for our Company. If MNCs shift their sourcing of Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in September 2019. of FMCG chemicals from China to India following the pandemic, Consequently, I have taken on additional responsibilities in then we are at the forefront of seizing that opportunity. The my capacity as the CEO. With 50+ years in the service of Keva, European fragrance operations now coming fully under our Mr. Ramesh Vaze has given us an unparalleled repository of control has put us in a better position to nimbly strategise and knowledge and values that will guide us in the years to come, redraw the route map if the market so requires.