Audited Financial Results For The Year Ended 31.12.2009

         
(Rs in Lacs)
   
Quarter
Ended
31.12.2009
(Unaudited)
Quarter
Ended
31.12.2008
(Unaudited)
Year
Ended
31.12.2009
(Audited)
Year
Ended
31.12.2008
(Audited)
Gross Sales  
13,867
15,591
61,796
67,475
Less: Excise & Sales Tax  
830
1,312
4,027
6,266
Net Sales / Income from Operations  
13,037
14,279
57,769
61,209
Other Operating Income  
116
204
657
868
Total Income  
13,153
14,483
58,426
62,077
Expenditure  
  (Increase)/ Decrease In Stock In Trade  
(769)
481
(277)
194
  Consumption of Raw & Packing Materials  
9,411
9,409
38,531
42,436
  Staff Costs  
1,001
1,300
4,933
5,093
  Depreciation & Amortisation
 
829
708
3,115
2,862
  Other Expenditure  
1,872
1,690
7,461
7,249
Total Expenditure  
12,344
13,588
53,763
57,834
Foreign Exchange (-)Loss/ (+) Gain (Refer Note B)  
84
(266)
154
(1,320)
Profit from Operations before Other Income & Interest  
893
629
4,817
2,923
Other Income  
31
27
133
152
Profit before Interest  
924
656
4,950
3,075
Interest (Net ) (Refer Note C)  
14
41
(7)
98
Profit from Ordinary Activities Before Tax  
910
615
4,957
2,977
Provision for  - Current Taxes (Refer Note D)
 
160
290
1,219
960
                     - Deferred Taxes  
26
(65)
(12)
(162)
                     - Fringe Benefits Tax  
-
9
12
50
Profit from Ordinary Activities After Tax  
724
381
3,738
2,129
Dividend recommended/paid per Equity Share (Rs.)       2.00 1.80
One TIme Dividend recommended per Equity Share (Rs.)
1.00
Paid Up Share Capital - Equity Face Value Rs.2  
1,254
1,254
1,254
1,254
Reserves (Excl. Revaluation Reserve)  
24,625
23,087
Basic & Diluted EPS (Not Annualised) (Rs.)  
1.15
0.61
5.96
3.40
Public Shareholding  
-Number of Shares  
22,641,258
22,734,830
22,641,258
22,734,830
-Percentage of Shareholding  
36.12%
36.27%
36.12%
36.27%
Promoters & Promoter Group Shareholding          
a. Pledged / Encumbered -Number of Shares   Nil NA Nil NA
-Percentage of Shares ( as a % of the total shareholding of the promoter   Nil NA Nil NA
& promoter group)          
-Percentage of Shares ( as a % of the total share capital of the company)   Nil NA Nil NA
b.Non-Encumbered -Number of Shares
40,045,932
NA
40,045,932
NA
-Percentage of Shares ( as a % of the total shareholding of the promoter
100.00%
NA
100.00%
NA
& promoter group)          
-Percentage of Shares ( as a % of the total share capital of the company)
63.88%
NA
63.88%
NA






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

Forex loss includes loss for mark to market valuation of forex contracts entered into to hedge the forecast transactions. Such forex loss for Q4-08 & Y-08 involved reversal of loss of Rs. 173 lacs & booking of loss of Rs.402 lacs respectively.

C. 
Interest Expense is net of interest income received on income tax refunds. Interest income received for Q4-09, Y-09, Q4-08 & Y-08 is Rs. Nil, Rs.108 lacs, Rs.Nil & Rs.145 lacs respectively.
D. 
Provision for current taxes is net of write back of excess provision for earlier periods. Write back of excess income tax provision for Q4-09, Y-09, Q4-08 & Y-08 have been Rs. Nil, Rs103 lacs, Rs.Nil & Rs.62 lacs respectively.
E.
There were no investor complaints pending at the beginning & at the end of the quarter. No Investor complaint was received during the quarter.
F.
The Company has implemented Oracle ERP system which has gone live in October 2009. Due to the black out period, teething issues, sales in the month of Oct 2009 were severely affected. Since then the system is stablilising and the company is moving towards normalised sales level.
G.
The Board of Directors has proposed a one time Platinum Jubilee dividend of Rs.1 per share in addition to dividend of Rs.2 per share.
H.
The above results were reviewed by the audit committee & taken on record by the board at it's meeting held on 27th January 2010.
Mumbai   
 
27th January, 2010  
For The Paper Products Ltd.
(Visit us at our website: www.pplpack.com)
             Suresh Gupta - Managing Director