Audited Financial Results For The Year Ended 31.12.2008

         
(Rs in Lacs)
   
Quarter
Ended
31.12.2008
(Unaudited)
Quarter
Ended
31.12.2007
(Unaudited)
Year
Ended
31.12.2008
(Audited)
Year
Ended
31.12.2007
(Audited)
Gross Sales  
15,591
15,869
67,475
60,279
Less: Excise & Sales Tax  
1,312
1,640
6,266
7,073
Net Sales / Income from Operations  
14,279
14,229
61,209
53,206
Other Operating Income (Refer Note D)  
204
278
868
969
Total Income  
14,483
14,507
62,077
54,175
Expenditure  
  (Increase)/ Decrease In Stock In Trade  
481
(37)
194
(752)
  Consumption of Raw & Packing Materials  
9,409
9,825
42,436
37,480
  Staff Costs (Refer Note E)  
1,300
1181
5,093
4,394
  Depreciation & Amortisation
 
708
752
2,862
2,886
  Other Expenditure  
1,690
1,662
7,249
6,499
Total Expenditure  
13,588
13,383
57,834
50,507
Foreign Exchange (-)Loss/ (+) Gain ( Refer Note F )  
(266)
37
(1320)
108
Profit from Operations before Other Income, Interest & Exceptional Items  
629
1,161
2,923
3,776
Other Income  
27
20
152
93
Profit before Interest & Exceptional Items  
656
1,181
3,075
3,869
Interest (Net ) (Refer Note G)  
41
66
98
173
Profit after Interest but before Exceptional Items  
615
1,115
2,977
3,696
Exceptional Items(+Income/ (-) Loss) (Refer Note H)
 
-
-
-
(318)
Profit from Ordinary Activities Before Tax
 
615
1,115
2,977
3,378
Provision for  - Current Taxes (Refer Note I)  
290
195
960
482
                     - Deferred Taxes  
(65)
(7)
(162)
12
                     - Fringe Benefits Tax  
9
11
50
47
Profit from Ordinary Activities After Tax  
381
916
2,129
2,837
Dividend recommended/ paid per Equity Share (Rs.)  
1.80
1.80
Paid Up Share Capital - Equity Face Value Rs.2  
1,254
1,254
1,254
1,254
Reserves (Excl. Revaluation Reserve)  
23,087
22,279
Basic & Diluted EPS (Not Annualised) (Rs.)  
0.61
1.47
3.40
4.53
Aggregate of Public Shareholding  
 
- Number of Shares  
22,734,830
22,734,830
22,734,830
22,734,830
- Percentage of Shareholding  
36.27%
36.27%
36.27%
36.27%






Notes:          
A. Inter Unit Sales (not included in Net Sales & Raw Materials Consumed above)
1,326
1,098
5,210
3,853
 
From the current year inter unit sales have not been included in net sales & raw material consumed, and consequently the audit qualification has been dropped. This treatment has no impact on profits for the year or reserves.
B.
There were no investor complaints pending at the beginning & at the end of the quarter. No investor complaint was received during the quarter.
C. 

The company's sole business segment is consumer packaging & all activities of the company are incidental to this business segment.

D. 
Other Operating Income for 2008 includes Profits of Rs. 137 Lacs on sale of Transferable Development Rights received as compensation for compulsory acquisition of a portion of vacant land at Thane plant by Thane Municipal Corporation accounted in Q2 2008. Other Operating income for Y 2007 incluides an amount of Rs. 69 Lacs received on account of settlement of claims accounted in Q4-2007 & profit of Rs. 95 Lacs realised on sale of residential property accounted in Q3-2007.
E.
Personnel Expenses for 2008 include a one time charge of Rs.130 Lacs accounted in Q2-2008 towards settlement compensation paid to employees of Nagpur Unit which ceased manufacturing operations on 27th April 2008.
F. Foreign Exchange (Loss) / Gain includes realised & unrerealised exchange gain / losses. A book loss reversal & a book loss of Rs. 173 Lacs & Rs. 402 Lacs has been taken in Q4-2008 & Y 2008 respectively, for mark to market valuation of forex contracts which have been entered into to hedge the forecast transactions, consequent to the ICAI Announcement of 29th March 2008 on accounting for Derivatives.
G.
Interest Expense for 2008 is net of Interest Income of Rs. 145 Lacs received on Income Tax Refunds.(accounted in Q1-2008 of Rs.117 Lacs & Q2-2008 of Rs.28 Lacs respectively)
H.
Exceptional item of Rs. 318 Lacs in 2007 had arisen out of the Supreme Court judgement received by the company on a contested matter on excise duty which was shown as contingent liability in the past years' financial statements.
I.
Provision for current taxes for 2008 is net of write back of excess provision for earlier periods of Rs.62 Lacs accounted in Q1-2008. Provision for current taxes for 2007 is net of write back in Q3-2007 of excess provision for earlier periods of Rs.150 Lacs.
J.
Reconstruction of Thane Plant is ongoing & relocation of operations in a phased manner is in progress.
K. Previous year/period figures have ben appropriately reclassified to conform with current year's classification
L.
The above results were reviewed by the audit committee & taken on record by the board in it's meeting held on 28th January 2009.
Mumbai   
 
28th January, 2009  
For The Paper Products Ltd.
(Visit us at our website: www.pplpack.com)
             Suresh Gupta - Managing Director