The Directors present the Annual Report with the Audited Financial Statements of your Company for the year ended 31st March, 2018.

financial results

(Rs. in thousands)

OPERATIONS

the revenue earned by the Company during the year amounted to Rs. 48.54 Crores as against Rs. 51.87 Crores earned in the previous year which is primarily due to lesser dividend income earned as compared to the earlier year. the other income of Rs. 3.72 Crores represents mainly the provision for diminution in value of certain long term investments written back and recovery of certain bad debts written off in earlier years. The Company continues to have operational loss which was higher than the previous year on account of increased finance costs incurred during the year.

DIVIDEND

On account of the accumulated loss, your Directors regret their inability to recommend any dividend for the year under review.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT AND REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

In terms of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a Management Discussion and Analysis Report is attached as Annexure 1 and forms part of this Report.

REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

In terms of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a Report on Corporate Governance and the Auditors’ Certificate regarding Compliance of Conditions of Corporate Governance are attached as Annexure II and Annexure III respectively and form part of this Report.

The disclosure as required pursuant to Section II of Part II of Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013 regarding element of remuneration package, details of fixed and performance linked incentives along with performance criteria and stock option has been given in MGT - 9 attached to this Report. Apart from the said disclosures, Mr. Tuladri Mallick, Manager has a service contract of 3 (three) years and a notice period of 3 (three) months and there is no provision for any severance fees.

ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

During the year under review, the Company had four associate companies and one joint venture company as follows:-

i) Majerhat Estates & Developers Limited - Associate Company

ii) Kilburn Engineering Limited - Associate Company

iii) Eveready Industries India Limited - Associate Company

iv) McNally Bharat Engineering Co. Limited - Associate Company(ceased to be an Associate Company w.e.f. 31.03.2018)

v) D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Limited - Joint Venture Company

D1 WILLIAMSON MAGOR BIO FUEL LIMITED

D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Limited (D1WML) was incorporated under a 50:50 joint venture agreement between the Company and D1 Oils Trading Ltd. UK to facilitate development of Jatropha Plantation under contract farming arrangements for production of bio diesel from Jatropha oilseeds. Your Company presently holds 15.70% of equity capital of D1WML.

D1WML has concentrated its efforts towards convergence of existing jatropha plantations in the state of Jharkhand having abandoned its plantation in North East of India due to excessive weed growth.

The gestation period of the plantation being longer than estimated time, has been the major deterrent factor towards commercial production. In addition, the unprecedented fall in the price of petroleum crude oil globally has resulted in less potential price of biodiesel, though it may be a temporary phenomena.

The Company has, however, made appropriate provisions in the accounts based on the present situation.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As required under Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, its one Associate Company and one Joint Venture Company prepared in accordance with the applicable Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Auditors’ Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements are appended in the Annual Report.

A statement containing the salient features of the financial statements of the Company’s aforesaid three Associate Companies and one Joint Venture Company pursuant to the first proviso to sub-section (3) of Section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 prepared in Form AOC-1 is attached to the financial statements of the Company for your information.

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND THE DATE OF THIS REPORT

There are no material changes or commitments that have occurred between the end of the financial year and the date of this Report.

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

The Company has in place a satisfactory internal control system to ensure proper recording of financial and operational information and to exercise proper and timely compliance of all regulatory and statutory compliances as applicable to the Company.

The Internal Audit of the various operations of the Company is periodically conducted by an outside agency which submits its report to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Audit Committee takes the same into consideration for the purpose of evaluation of Internal Financial Controls in the Company.

The existing Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company monitors and reviews the risks associated with the Company’s business operations and manages them effectively in accordance with the risk management system of the Company.

DIRECTORS

There has been no change in the Directorship of the Company since the last Report of the Board of Directors of the Company.

In accordance with Article 100 of the Articles of Association of the Company read with Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’), Mr. R. S. Jhawar will retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

In terms of Regulation 17(1A) of Listing Regulations as inserted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendments) Regulations, 2018, which is effective form 1st April, 2019, the continuation of the directorship of Mr. B. M. Khaitan, Mr. T. R. Swaminathan, Mr. G. Momen, Mr. R. S. Jhawar, Dr. R. Srinivasan and Mr. H. M. Parekh who have already attained the age of 75 years is recommended for the approval of the Members by way of Special Resolutions at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

All the Independent Directors have confirmed and declared that they are not disqualified to act as an Independent Director in terms of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Board is also of the opinion that all of them fulfill all the conditions specified in the Act making them eligible to continue to act as Independent Directors of the Company.

All the Directors and both the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company as mentioned hereunder have confirmed compliance with the Code of Conduct as applicable to them and there are no other employees in the senior category.

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Mr. Tuladri Mallick continues as the Manager of the Company as well as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company for compliance of the relevant provisions of the Act and the erstwhile Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges and all the relevant regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Mr. H U Sanghavi, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company also continues as the other Key Managerial Personnel of the Company for compliance of the relevant provisions of the Act and the new Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges and all the relevant regulations of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

As stipulated in Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’) your Directors state that:

i) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, If any;

ii) the Directors had selected such 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 and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;

iii) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

iv) the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

v) the Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively;

vi) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

BOARD MEETINGS

During the year ended 31st March, 2018, four Board Meetings were held i.e on 30th May 2017, 8th August, 2017, 9th November, 2017 and 6th February, 2018.

SEPERATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

In terms of requirements of Schedule IV to the Companies Act, 2013, the Independent Directors had a separate meeting on 30th May, 2018 without the attendance of non-independent directors and members of management. Five out of the Six Independent Directors were present at the said Meeting. The evaluation process prescribed in paragraph VII of Schedule Iv to the Act was carried out at the said Meeting.

BOARD EVALUATION

The formal evaluation of the performance of the Independent Directors, Non - Independent Directors, Chairperson and the Board of Directors as a whole and all Board Committees was carried out by the Board for the financial year ended 31st March, 2018 in accordance with the relevant provisions of Section 134 of the Act read with the Rule related thereto and Section 178 of the Act and Schedule IV to the Act and also in accordance with the guidance note issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) vide its circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CIR/P/2017/004 dated 5th January, 2017 and the same was found to be satisfactory.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company consists of Mr. T. R. Swaminathan, Dr. R Srinivasan, Mr. H. M. Parekh and Mr. G. Momen as its Members.

Mr. H. U. Sanghavi, Company Secretary acts as the Secretary of the Audit Committee. The Statutory Auditors and the Manager as well as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company are permanent invitees to the Audit Committee Meetings.

During the year ended 31st March, 2018 there were no instances where the Board of Directors of the Company had not accepted the recommendations of the Audit Committee. The Company has in place a vigil mechanism/whistle blower policy the details of which are available on the Company’s website www.wmtea.com. The Company has also provided direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee on reporting issues concerning the interests of the employees and the Company.

COMPANY’S POLICY ON DIRECTORS APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION INCLUDING CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS, POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES, INDEPENDENCE OF A DIRECTOR AND OTHER MATTERS

The particulars required to be furnished in this regard are given in the terms of reference of the Nomination and

Remuneration Committee as specified under section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 19 of the Listing Regulations as mentioned in the attached Report on Corporate Governance and also in the Remuneration Policy of the Company attached as Annexure IV to this Report.

AUDITORS AND AUDIT REPORT

Messrs. V Singhi & Associates, Chartered Accountants have been appointed as the Auditors of the Company in terms of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘The Section’) at the Sixty Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 22nd September, 2017 to hold office till the conclusion of the Seventy First Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year 2022.

The Company has received the relevant certificate in terms of the Section.

There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Auditors in their Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees or investments under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not disclosed in this Report because they form a part of the notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2018 and are accordingly disclosed in such notes forming part of the financial statements of the Company for the said financial year.

PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARTIES

There are no such particulars of Contracts or Arrangements made with Related Parties which require disclosure pursuant to clause (h) of sub - section (3) of section 134 of the Act and Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 in Form No. AOC - 2.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Company has not formed any Corporate Social Responsibility Committee because the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 relating to formation of such a Committee and the formulation of a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy do not apply to the Company.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

A Secretarial Audit was conducted during the year by the Secretarial Auditor, M. K. B & Associates, Company Secretaries in accordance with the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Secretarial Auditor’s Report is attached herewith as Annexure V and forms a part of this Report. There are no qualifications or observations or remarks made by the Secretarial Auditor in his Report.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

An extract of the annual return as provided under Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 is given in MGT - 9 which is attached as Annexure VI to this Report and has also been uploaded on the website of the Company www.wmtea.com and can be accessed at http://wmtea.com/images/extofar.pdf

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The relevant particulars required to be furnished pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Personnel) Rules, 2014 in this regard are attached as Annexure VII to this Report.

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

A statement giving details of conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo in terms of Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is attached as Annexure VIII to this Report.

PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING

Your Company has adopted and implemented a code of conduct for prevention of Insider Trading in compliance with the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015. All Directors, employees and other designated persons, who could have access to unpublished price sensitive information of the Company are governed by this code.

The trading window for dealing with equity shares of the Company is duly closed during declaration of financial results and occurence of any other material events as per the code. During the year under review there has been due compliance with the code.

GOING CONCERN STATUS

No significant and material orders have been passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status of the Company and the Company’s operations in future.

OTHER DISCLOSURE

In terms of requirements of Section 4 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Rehabilitation) Act, 2013, the Company has associated itself with the Internal Complaints Committee formed by Mcleod Russel India Limited, one of the Companies forming part of Williamson Magor group with regard to dealing with sexual harassment at workplace.

For and on behalf of the Board Kolkata

A. KHAITAN - Vice Chairman

10th August, 2018 R. S. JHAWAR - Director