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BSE: 530207ISIN: INE899B01015INDUSTRY: Pharmaceuticals

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Year End :2015-03 
Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Thirtieth Annual Report of your Company on the business & operations and Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31s' March, 2015 along with the Auditor's Report thereon.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

The Financial Results of the Company for the year ended 31s1 March 2015 are as follows:

                                                   (Rs. in Thousands)

Particulars                                 Year ended    Year ended
                                            31.03.2015    31.03.2014

Gross Sales                                3,86,981.81   3,84,848.01
Profit before Depreciation & Interest 6,090.10 11,606.25

Interest                                      1,044.79      1,419.85

Depreciation                                    261.80        147.18

Profit/(Loss) before Tax                      4,783.52     10,039.21

Provision for Income Tax (MAT)                1,802.66      1,058.50
Creation of Deferred Tax Assets/(Deferred Tax 137.85 (228.78) Liabilities written back)

Net Profit/(Loss) from continuing operations 2,843.00 9,209.49

Extraordinary and exceptional items                  -      7,762.72

Profit/(Loss) for the year                    2,843.00      1,446.77

Profit/Loss brought forward                   (4400.78)    (5,847.55)

Adjustment of Dep. In ace. with sch. II of
Companies Act, 2013                            (266.50)            -
Amount Available for Appropriation (1,824.58) (4,400.78)

Appropriations

Transfer to General Reserve

Balance carried to Balance Sheet (1,824.58) (4,400.78)

OPERATIONS AND PERFORMANCE

During the year 2014-15, your Company's total sales and other income were Rs. 3,86,981.81 thousands and it earned profit before tax of Rs. 4,783.52 Thousands in contrast to previous year's sales of Rs. 3,84,848.01 Thousand in which it earned profits of Rs. 10,039.21 Thousands. It is apparent from the financials shown above that the sale of the Company has been approximately constant with the previous year. The net profits of the Company have also increased manifold and approximately 100% enhancement can be seen. The Company is dealing in Critical Care range of Products along with other Pharmaceutical products and also exporting the pharmaceutical goods to some foreign countries, which results in tremendous growth in sale and profits of the Company.

FUTUR PROSPECTS:

The Company has also entered into international market in few foreign countries. The Company is aggressively making efforts in enhancing the export sale, as a result of which, the sale and profits of the Company have been constant in the previous Financial Year. In the current year also the Company is expecting exceptional growth in the turnover and profits of the Company. DIVIDEND

Your Directors regret their inability to recommend any dividend for the year 2014-2015 to cover up the losses of the past years.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and pursuant to the company's new set of Articles of Association adopted at the 29"1 AGM, i.e. on 29.09.2014, the Independent Directors of the Company are not be liable to retire by rotation.

In view of the above, and pursuant to Section 152(6), the remaining directors, being Executive Directors, are now made liable to retire by rotation at every Annual General Meeting. Thus, Smt. Urmila Gupta, Director would be liable to retire by rotation.

Smt. Urmila Gupta, being longest in office, would retire at this Annual General Meeting.

Brief resume of Smt. Urmila Gupta, nature of her expertise in specific functional areas and the name of the public companies in which she holds the Directorship, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is given in the notice convening the Annual General Meeting. The Board recommends her appointment as such.

The Independent Directors have submitted their declaration that they fulfill the requirements as stipulated in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. Pursuant to clause VII (1)of Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013, the Independent Directors had a separate meeting on 13.02.2015.

Pursuant to Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, the company designated, Ms. Rati Garg, as Chief Financial Officer under the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company. Her consent along with all required disclosures as per the Act were duly obtained and recorded.

DIRECTORS'RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Based on the framework of internal financial controls and compliance systems established and maintained by the company; work performed by the internal, statutory and secretarial auditors and the reviews performed by the Board and its committees, the Board is of the opinion that the company's internal financial controls were adequate and effective during the financial year 2014-15.

Pursuant to Sec. 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013 the directors to the best of their knowledge and ability hereby report: that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures; ii. that the directors have selected 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 the company at the end of the financial year 2014-15 and of the profit of the company for the year; iii. that the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; iv. that the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; v. that the directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively. vi. that the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

AUDITORS AND AUDITOR'S REPORT: STATUTORYAUDITOR

The Statutory Auditors, M/s Satinder Saini & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi retires at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible offers themselves for re-appointment. The Company has received letter from the Auditors to the effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limit under Section 141 (3)(g) of the Companies Act, 2013 and that they are not disqualified for re-appointment.

The Board recommends their appointment as auditors from the conclusion of this AGM to the conclusion of next AGM. The notes on accounts are self-explanatory with regards to auditors' observations. There were no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Auditors for the year under review.

SECRETARIAL AUDITORS:

The Board had appointed M/s Guatam Goyal & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the secretarial audit of the company for the financial year 2014-15, pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Report of the Secretarial Auditor forms part of the Board's Report as Annexure 'A'. Their report does not contain any observation requiring explanation or comments from the Board under Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013.

The Board at its meeting held on 13.08.2015 reappointed M/s Guatam Goyal & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, as Secretarial Auditor for FY 2015-16.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Your Company believes in conducting the business with due compliance of all the applicable laws, rules and regulations. Although, the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement are not applicable on our Company, the Company has duly implemented the system of corporate governance as per the requirements of the Listing Agreement. Detail report appears in the Annexure forming part of this report.

VIGIL MECHANISM

The Company has established a vigil mechanism which is overseen by the Audit Committee for the genuine concerns expressed by the employees and the Directors. The Company has also provided adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and Directors who express their concerns. The Company has also provided direct access to the chairman of the Audit Committee on reporting issues concerning the interests of employees and the Company. The policy as approved by the Board is uploaded on the Company's website at http.7/www.brawnbiotech.com/pharmapdf/Whistle%20Blower%20POIicy.pdf

PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARTIES

All related party transactions are negotiated on an arrns-length basis and are in the ordinary course of business. None of the transactions with any of related parties were in conflict with the Company's interest. Suitable disclosures as required by the Accounting Standards AS 18) have been made in the notes to the financial statements. Therefore, the provisions of Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable. The policy on dealing with Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board is placed on the website at http://www.brawnbiotech.com/pharmapdf/Related%20Partv%20Transaction %20Policy.pdf

RISK MAN AGEMENT POLICY OF THE COMPANY

We have adopted a Risk management policy fo identify and categorize various risks, implement measures to minimize impact of these risks where it is deemed necessary and possible, and a process to monitor them on a regular basis.

REMUNERATION POLICY & BOARD EVALUATION

The Board has adopted a Remuneration Policy as recommended by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee. It provides for the following:

- Criteria for determining Qualifications, Positive Attributes & Independence of the Directors.

- The basis for determining remuneration of the Directors, KMP's and other senior managerial personnel.

Some of the criteria's are:

- Responsibilities & obligations of the personnel,

- Strategies followed & successfully implemented,

- Performance of the company,

- Annual targets to the extent achieved,

- In-depth knowledge skills required for the job, etc.

- Defining of the Roles and Responsibilities along with the Remuneration of the KMP's and Senior managerial personnel.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board has carried out an Annual Performance Evaluation of its own performance and the Directors individually. The manner of evaluation of Independent Directors, Chairman and the Board as a whole was done at a separate meeting held by Independent Directors. The performance evaluation of Independent Directors was done by entire Board, excluding Directors being evaluated. DISCLOSURES

a) Number of Board & Committee Meetings:

During the year under review, Fifteen Board meetings, Four Audit Committee meetings, Ten Stakeholders Relationship Committee meetings and One Nomination & Remuneration Committee meeting were convened and held. Details and attendance of such Board & Committees meetings are mentioned in Corporate Governance Report.

Pursuant to clause VII (1) of Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013, the Independent Directors had a separate meeting on 13.02.2015.

The Familiarization Program for the Independent Directors has been developed and has been uploaded on the website at http://www.brawnbiotech.com/pharmapdf/Familiarization%20Programme %20for%20lndependent%20Di rectors.pdf

b) Deposits -The Company has not accepted any deposit from public during the year under review.

c) Share Capital - There was no change in the Company's share capital during the year under review.

d) - Audit Committee - The Company has duly constituted an Audit Committee, whose detailed composition - and powers are provided in the Corporate Governance Report. There were no recommendations of the Audit Committee which have not been accepted by the Board during the financial year.

e) Extract Of Annual Return - The extracts of Annual Return pursuant to the provisions of Section 92 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 is furnished in Annexure 'B' and is attached to this Report.

f) Disclosure pertaining to Managerial Remuneration - Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1 )of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are provided as per Annexure "C

g) Particulars of Loans. Guarantees or Investments under Section 186 - There were no loans, guarantees or investments made by the company during the year under review.

h) Prevention of Sexual Harassment - The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace. A policy has been adopted in line with the Sexual harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under. During the year, no complaints pertaining to sexual harassment were received.

No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's operations in future.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO

The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, Foreign exchange Earnings and outgo as required under Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is furnished in Annexure "D" and is attached to this report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

As per ceilings provided under Section 135 and the Rules made thereunder of the Companies Act, 2013, the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility are not applicable on our Company.

PERTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The statement containing particulars of employees as required under section 197 of the Companies Act' 2013 read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are not applicable to the Company.

EMPLOYEES RELATION

Your Directors wish to express their sincere appreciation of the efficient services rendered by the employees at all levels throughout the company.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors wish to place on record their gratitude to the Government Authorities, Company's Bankers, Dealers, Customers and its Business Associates for their valued support extended to the company.

                           For and on behalf of the Board of Directors 
PLACE: New Delhi                                           (B.R.Gupta)

DATE : 13.08.2015                       CHAIRMAN-CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR