AFT INDUSTRIES LIMITED

   



    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 


AFT INDUSTRIES LIMITED

(Assam Frontier Tea)
Registered Office :Talap 786 156, Assam

Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter / nine month ended December 31, 2003   
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rs in Lacs

Particulars
Three months ended Nine months ended Year ended
31.12.2003 (Unaudited) 31.12.2002 (Unaudited) 31.12.2003 (Unaudited) 31.12.2002 (Unaudited) 31.03.2003
(Audited)
1. Net Sales/Income from operations
6,723
3,035
6,723
7,668
9,316
2. Other Income
666
89
666
375
625
3. Total Expenditure
6,805
2,402
6,805
6,199
8,859
  (a) (Increase)/Decrease in stock
(1,285)
163
(1,285)
(1,240)
(78)
  (b) Consumption of Raw Materials (Note 3)
394
4
394
13
17
  (c) Staff Cost
4,288
1,168
4,288
4,123
5,198
  (d) Power and Fuel
1,161
268
1,161
950
1,077
  (e) Other Expenditure
2.307
799
2,307
2,353
2,645
4. Interest
271
63
271
220
323
5. Depreciation
244
109
244
299
356
6. Profit before Tax ( 1+2-3-4-5)
69
550
69
1325
403
7. Provision for Taxation (Note 4)
-
-
-
-
-
  - Current Tax
105
9
105
240
157
  - Deferred Tax (net)
(11)
16
(11)
4
(35)-
8. Net Profit ( 6-7)
508
254
161
556
281
9. Paid up Equity Share Capital
(Face value Rs 10/- per share)
600
600
600
600
600
10. Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserve
        -
    -
   -
  - 
7,789
11. Basic and Diluted EPS (Rs.)
8.48
4.23
2.68
9.27
4.68
12. Aggregate of Non Promoter Shareholdings
-
-
-
-
-
  - Number of Shares
   15,44,050
15,44,050
 15,44,050
 15,44,050
15,43,550
  - Percentage of Share holding
25.74
25.74
25.74
25.74
25.73

Reporting of Segmentwise Results and Capital Employed Under Clause 41
of the Listing Agreement 

                                                                                                                                                                                             Rs in Lacs

Particulars
Quarter ended
31.12.2003
Nine Months ended
31.12.2003
Year ended
31.03.2003
1. Segment Revenue (Sales/Income from Operations) - -  -
  a) Export
1,530
1,530
1546
  b) Domestic
5,193
5,193
7,770
  Total
6,723
6.723
9,316
  Less: Inter Segment Revenue
-
-
 -
  Net Sales / Income from operations
6,723
6,723
 9,316
    - -  -
 2. Segment Result (Profit before Interest and Tax from segment) - -  -
  a) Export
205
205
202
  b) Domestic
(459)
(459)
427
  Total
(254)
(254)
629
  Less: Interest
271
271
323
  Add: Unallocated Income net of unallocable expenditure
594
594
97
  Profit before Tax
69
69
403
                
 3. Capital Employed           
  a) Export
914
914
31
  b) Domestic
519
519
314
  Total
1,433
1,433
345
  Add: Unallocable corporate assets (net of corporate liabilities)
20,442
20,442
21,369
  Total Capital Employed
21,875
21,875
21,714


Notes:
1. The above results have been taken on record at the Board Meeting held on Tuesday, January 19, 2003, after due consideration of the same by the meeting of the Audit Committee held on the same date.
2. These Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

3. Consumption of raw material shown above represents cost of green leaf purchased from others .The value of consumption of green leaf harvested from the Company's own estates is not ascertainable because of integrated operation of harvesting green leaf to manufacture of black tea ; such disclosure is also exempted vide Notification No. S.O.954 ( E ) dated 25.09.2001 issued by the Department of Company Affairs.
4.
a) Provision for tax for the quarter ended Decemberr 31, 2003 is based on estimate of taxable profits of the relevant period after considering  depreciation on fixed assets on the basis of the Calcutta High Court in CIT vs Suman Tea & Plywoods Industries Private Limited reported in 204 ITR 719. The ultimate tax liability would be on the basis of taxable income for the year ending March 31, 2004.

  b) Deferred Tax Assets pertaining to Agricultural Income Tax Losses have not been recognised in the absence of virtual certainty of availability of  taxable Income in future years.
5. Status of investor grievances for the three months ended September 30, 2003

NO OF COMPLAINTS
Pending as at 01.10.03
Received during the quarter
Disposed during the quarter
Lying unresolved
as at 30.09.03
7
34
39
2

6.

Tea industry is seasonal in character and as such results for three months ended December 31, 2003 should not be construed as representative of
the likely result of the Company for the financial year ending March 31, 2004.

7. Comparative figures have been regrouped / rearranged wherever necessary.

  By Order of the Board

AFT INDUSTRIES LIMITED

  JIT PAUL
                               
 Director
Kolkata, January 19, 2003
                                         


# Audited Financial Results for the year ended March 31, 2004
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