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Dewan Sugar Mills Limited
(Annual Report 1996)
COMPANY INFORMATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
DEWAN ZIAUR REHMAN FAROOQUI
Chairman
DEWAN GHULAM MUSTAFA KHALID
Vice Chairman
DEWAN MOHAMMAD YOUSUF FAROOQUI
Managing Director / Chief Executive
DEWAN ABDUL REHMAN FAROOQUI
Deputy Managing Director
DEWAN MUHAMMAD AYUB KHALID
DEWAN ASIM MUSHFIQ FAROOQUI
DEWAN ABDULLAH AHMED SWALEH FAROOQUI
AUDITORS:
MESSRS. FARUQ ALI & CO.
Chartered Accountants
Habib Square,
M.A. Jinnah Road,
Karachi.
BANKERS:
MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED
HABIB BANK LIMITED
SOCIETE GENERALE,
    THE FRENCH & INTERNATIONAL BANK
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK
BANK OF AMERICA
CITI BANK
REGISTERED OFFICE
DEWAN CENTRE
3-A, Lalazar,
Beach Hotel Road,
Karachi - 74000,
Pakistan.
MILLS
JILLANIABAD, BUDHO TALPUR
Taluka: Mirpur Bathoro,
District: Thatta, Sindh,
Pakistan.
NOTICE OF FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Fifteenth Annual General Meeting of Dewan Sugar Mills
Limited will be held on Saturday, 28 June 1997 at 4.00 p.m. at Dewan Centre, 3-A Lalazar
Beach Hotel Road, Karachi, to transact the following business:
ORDINARY BUSINESS:
1. Recitation from HOLY QURAN.
2. To read and confirm the minutes of the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting held on
31 March 1996.
3. To receive, consider and adopt the annual audited accounts for the year ended 30
September 1996, together with the Directors' and Auditors' Report thereon.
4. To approve the declaration of 25% Cash Dividend.
5. To appoint Auditors of the Company for the year ending 30 September t997 and to fix
their remuneration.
SPECIAL BUSINESS:
6. To consider and approve shot term loans and advances out of surplus funds available with the
  Company to Dewan Textile Mills Limited and/or Dewan Khalid Textile Mills Limited and/or
  Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited, in compliance with the provisions of Section 208 of the
  Companies Ordinance, 1984.
7. To transact any other business with the permission of the Chairman.
    By Order of the Board
Date: 06 June 1997 (DEWAN MOHAMMAD YOUSUF FAROOQUI)
Place: Karachi. Managing Director/Chief Executive
NOTES:
1. The Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from 15th June, 1997 to
28th June, 1997 (Both days inclusive).
2. A member entitled to attend, speak and vote at the Annual General Meeting is entitled to
appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote for him/her, A proxy must be member of the com-
pany.
3. An instrument of proxy and a power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is
  signed or a notarilly certified copy of such power to attorney, in order to be valid must be
  deposited at the registered office of the Company not less than 48 hours before the time of the
  meeting.
4. Members are requested to notify the Company any change in their addresses immediately.
"Statement under section i60 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 is attached with the Annual
Report circulated to the members of the company".
STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 160
OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, 1984
This statement is annexed to the Notice of Fifteenth Annual General Meeting of Dewan Sugar Mills
Limited to be held on 28 June, 1997 and sets out the material fact concerning the Special Business to
be transacted at the Meeting. 
The Board of Directors considers to advance temporary short term financing to the following associ-
ated Companies out of the surplus funds available with the Company.
- Dewan Textile Mills Limited
- Dewan Khalid Textile Mills Limited, and
- Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited
The Directors of the Company have no other vested interest in the above named companies except that
some of them are also Shareholders and Directors in the said companies.
In this regard following resolution is proposed to be passed as a "SPECIAL RESOLUTION"
"RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company be and is hereby authorised
to make temporary short term loans/advances to the following associated companies at 1% above the
mark-up rate on which Dewan Sugar Mills Limited has made its own borrowings."
- Dewan Textile Mills Limited - upto a maximum limit of Rs. 50 Million.
- Dewan Khalid Textile Mills Ltd. - upto a maximum limit of Rs. 25 Million
  Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Ltd. - upto a maximum limit of Rs. 25 Million.
"FURTHER RESOLVED that these temporary loans/advances shall be adjusted as and when required by
the Company and shall not exceed 12 (Twelve) months period".
DIRECTORS' REPORT
Your Directors take pleasure in presenting to you the 15th Annual Report of the Company together
with the audited accounts for the financial year ended on September 30, 1996.
Alhamdolillah, the Sales of the Company once again exceeded Rs. 1 billion mark. The Net Profit
came out to Rs. 69.3 million, after charging Rs. 61.8 million for Depreciation and making provision
for Taxation amounting to Rs. 38.8 million.
We once again humbly and gratefully bow our heads before Almighty Allah, the most gracious
and merciful, who has rewarded and blessed your Company with His bounties.
    IF YE GIVE THANKS, I WILL GIVE YOU MORE (HOLY QURAN)
Your Directors are pleased to propose appropriation of profit in the following manner:
Profit for the Year 1996 Rs. 69,382,751
Profit brought forward from previous year Rs. 28,250,195
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Total amount available for appropriation Rs. 97,632,946
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Appropriation
Proposed cash dividend @ 25% Rs. 31,432,500
Un-appropriated profit carried forward Rs. 66,200,446
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Total Rs. 97,632,946
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PLANT PERFORMANCE
The efficiency of the plant remained satisfactory. However, during the year under review, overall
drop of about 18% has been witnessed in sugar cane crushing all over Pakistan, resulting in 18%
decrease of sugar production, Sugar cane crushing by your Company has also decreased by 10%
compared to last year. However, due to improved cane procurement policy, average percentage of
recovery improved from 9.5% to 10.15%. Sugar production showed a decline by 3% over the last
year.
The sugar cane crushing season for 1995-96 started on October 18, 1995 and continued upto April,
14, 1996. During the season, the plant crushed 983,489 metric tons or 26,349,931 maunds of sugar
cane. Total white sugar produced was 100,008 metric tons at an average recovery of 10.15%. Total
quantity of molasses produced was 47,556 metric tons at an average recovery of 4.8%. Again due
to lower availability of sugar cane coupled with start up of new factories and expansion of existing
mills in the vicinity, we could not meet the target of crushing 3.5 crore maunds.
REVIEW ON ACCOUNTS
Alhamdolillah, despite reduced production and increased cost of sugar cane and other inputs, the
results may be termed as satisfactory. The sales figure has once again crossed Rs. 1 billion mark.
The gross profit and net profit margins show upward trend due to favourable prices. Your
Company has been able to achieve a Net Profit of Rs. 69.3 million against last year's profit of Rs. 48.9
million. The earning per share of the Company for the period works out to Rs. 5.52.
DIRECTORS' REPORT
The Sugar Industry of Pakistan is facing problems of low sugar cane yield and high cost of inputs
including cost of sugar cane and other incidentals. The growers have not only shifted to cotton
in last two years but the existing once are using old varieties of sugar cane seeds which are obso-
lete and need replacement to achieve better results for sugar cane production.
The Government should recognize the importance of Sugar Industry in Pakistan as it is con-
tributing heavily towards national exchequer, directly through various federal and provincial taxes
and indirectly by providing employment to thousands of people.
The Government should take steps to improve research and development work for sugar cane cul-
tivation, which was previously being carried out by sugar mills individually. Further, the present
area under cultivation is unable to cater the requirements due to increased capacities of existing
sugar mills as well as of new sugar mills which commenced production during last year.
During the period under review, the Government increased minimum sugar cane support price to
Rs. 21.75 per 40 Kg from Rs. 20.75 for last year. Despite the constant increase in minimum sugar cane
support price, the growers were demanding price higher than the fixed support price. In order to
achieve this objective, the growers intentionally curtailed supplies from time to time. Increased com-
petition and shortage of sugar cane forced your Company to pay higher prices to at least recover the
fixed costs. Besides, increase in utilities, tariffs, financial charges and wages, have also effected the
profitability of your Company.
PENDING DISPUTES OF EXCISE DUTY
As reported in our previous annual reports, two cases of excise duty are still pending in the court of
law, one for the amount of Rs. 31,220,741/- the provision of which has already been made in the
accounts of 1991-92; another is for the amount of Rs. 3,878,750/- the provision of which has also been
made in the accounts of 1993-94.
CURRENT YEAR PR0SPECTS
The present sugar cane crushing season (1996-97) started on October 30, 1996 and ended on April 12,
1997. The plant crushed 1,036,314 metric tons or 27,765,229 maunds of sugar cane at an average
recovery of 10.31% and produced. 106,900 metric tons of sugar and 51,430 metric tons of molasses.
The current sugar cane crushing season commenced with a further increase in minimum sugar cane
support price of Rs. 24/50 per 40 Kg as against last year's price of Rs. 21/75 per 40 Kg. This rise did
not seem to provide necessary incentive to the growers to make regular supplies to the mills, as there
was shortfall of over 15% in the crop. At the same time, crushing capacity in the Province has
increased, resulting in more tight availability of sugar cane to the mills, thus provoking another bout
of price warfare. This situation has been greatly exploited by the growers and they have adopted the
policy of withholding sugar cane supplies. Hence, it has become difficult for the sugar mills to oper-
ate at their optimum capacities. Besides, your Company has had to provide heavy transport subsidy
to the growers to optimize its crushing.
As this was not enough, State Bank of Pakistan imposed ban on providing finances to sugar mills
for procurement of sugar cane. Although the ban was lifted later but due to tight liquidity the sugar
mills were forced to sell sugar at much cheaper prices.
The national production is expected to touch 2.4 million tons against the total requirement of 2.7 mil-
lion tons which may result in shortfall of 0.3 million tons. The Government has also allowed free
import of sugar at import duty of just 10%. This makes the imported sugar much cheaper than the
cost of production of indigenous sugar. This bulk import has resulted in tremendous pressure on
selling prices. The Prospects of Current year are tough as glut of imported Sugar, high Cost of Sugar
cane and other inputs and pressure on selling prices are the odds which Sugar Industry is faced
with. Your Directors seek the blessings of Almighty Allah for His support and divine guidance to
effectively tackle the situation.
NOTE OF THANKS
The Board also express its thanks for the valuable services, loyalty and commendable efforts ren-
dered by the executives, staff members and workers of the Company, during the year under review,
and wish to place on record its appreciation for the same.
The Board also express its gratitude to its valued shareholders, Federal and Provincial Government
functionaries, bank and development financial institutions, sugar-cane farmers of the area whose
cooperation and continued support have enabled the Company to achieve the desired results.
AUDITORS
The Auditors of your Company, M/s. Faruq Ali & Company. Chartered Accountants, retire and offer
their services for re-appointment for the ensuing year on the same remuneration.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, we bow, beg and pray to Almighty Allah, Rahman-o-Rahim, in the name of our
beloved prophet. Muhammad, peace be upon him, for continued showering of His Blessings,
'Guidance, Strength, Health and Prosperity to us, our Company, Country and Nation; and also pray
to Almighty Allah to bestow peace, harmony, brotherhood and unity in true Islamic spirit to whole
of Muslim Ummah, Ameen, Summa-Ameen.
LO-MY LORD IS INDEED HEARER OF PRAYER (HOLY QURAN)
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Dewan Mohammad Yousuf Farooqui
Karachi: 21, May 1997 Managing Director/Chief Executive
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
We have audited the annexed Balance Sheet of Dewan Sugar Mills Limited, as at 30 September, 1996
and the related Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement together with the notes forming part
thereof, for the year then ended and we state that we have obtained all the information and explana-
tions which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit and,
after due verification thereof, we report that:
(a) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Company as required by the
  Companies Ordinance, 1984;
(b) in our opinion:
(i) the balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account together with the notes thereon have been
  drawn up in conformity with the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and are in agreement with
  the books of account and are further in accordance with accounting policies consistently
  applied;
(ii) the expenditure incurred during the year was for the purpose of the Company's busi-
  ness; and
(iii) the business conducted, investments made and the expenditure incurred during the year
  were in accordance with the objects of the Company;
(c) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to
  us, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement, together with the
  Notes forming part thereof, give the information required by the Companies Ordinance, 1784
  in the manner so required and respectively give a true and fair view of the state of the
  Company's affairs as at 30 September 1996 and of the profit and the Cash Flow for the year
  then ended and
(d) in our opinion Zakat deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980 was
  deducted by the Company and deposited in the Central Zakat Fund established under Section
  7 of that Ordinance.
Faruq Ali & Company
Chartered Accountants
Karachi:
Date: 21 May, 1997
BALANCE SHEET AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER, 1996
CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES 1996 1995
Notes Rupees Rupees
Share Capital
Authorized
15,000,000 Ordinary shares of Rs. 10 each 150,000,000 150,000,000
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Issued, Subscribed and Paid up
12,573,000 Ordinary shares of
Rs. 10 each. 3 125,730,000 125,730,000
Reserves and Surplus 4 256,200,446 218,250,195
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381,930,446 343,980,195
Liability Against Assets Subject to
Finance Lease 5 19,965,301 26,626,545
Deferred Liability for Staff Gratuity 16,637,866 13,393,765
Current Liabilities
Current Portion of Long Term Liabilities 6 14,072,716 14,745,785
Short Term Running Finances 7 41,707,153 141,584,128
Creditors, Accrued Expenses &
Other Liabilities 8 121,987,333 99,359,609
Provision for Taxation 56,445,409 135,227,904
Dividend Payable / Proposed 9 32,155,324 26,016,243
266,367,935 416,933,669
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Contingencies and Commitments 10
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684,901,548 800,934,174
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PROPERTY AND ASSETS
Fixed Assets (at cost less
accumulated depreciation) 11 455,751,636 449,794,982
Capital Work in Progress 12 6,973,758 18,024,467
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462,725,394 467,819,449
Current Assets
Stores and Spares 13 59,590,724 56,390,655
Stock in Trade 14 1,304,730 13,911,532
Advances, Deposits, Prepayments
and Other Receivables 15 154,291,171 256,641,198
Cash and Bank Balances 16 6,989,529 6,171,340
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222,176,154 333,114,725
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684,901,548 800,934,174
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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER, 1996
1996 1995
Notes Rupees Rupees
Sales 17 1,659,770,365 1,410,848,259
Less: Excise Duty & Sales Tax 210,016,800 185,491,714
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1,449,753,565 71,225,356,545
Cost of Sales 18 1,222,416,023 1,074,789,292
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Gross Profit 227,337,542 150,567,253
Operating Expenses
Administrative & General Expenses 19 20,970,290 20,098,603
Selling & Distribution Expenses 20 18,656,513 17,806,786
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39,626,803 37,905,389
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Operating Profit 187,710,739 112,661,864
Other Charges
Financial Expenses 21 54,894,133 52,389,538
Donation 9,710,000 909,500
Workers' Profit Participation Fund 6,155,330 3,053,914
Workers' Welfare Fund 2,544,104 410,000
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73,303,567 56,762,952
114,407,172 55,898,912
Other Income 22 3,180,800 1,710,461
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Profit before Taxation 117,587,972 57,609,373
Taxation
Current Year 38,838,440 16,227,904
Prior Year 9,366,781 (7,500,000)
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48,205,221 8,727,904
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Profit after Taxation 69,382,751 48,881,469
Unappropriated profit brought forward 28,250,195 4,514,726
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97,632,946 53,396,195
Appropriation
Transferred to General Reserve - -
Proposed Cash Dividend : @ 25% (1995: 20%) 31,432,500 25,146,000
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31,432,500 25,146,000
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Unappropriated profit carried forward 66,200,446 28,250,195
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DEWAN ZIAUR REHMAN FAROOQUI DEWAN MOHAMMAD YOUSUF FAROOQUI
Chairman Managing Director/Chief Executive
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1996
1996 1995
Rupees Rupees
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before tax 117,587,972 57,609,373
Adjustment to reconcile profit to cash generated in
operating activities;
Depreciation 61,794,039 59,190,482
Provision for gratuity 3,244,101 3,932,328
(Gain) on sale on fixed assets (614,566) (444,577)
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64,423,574 62,678,233
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182,011,546 120,287,606
(Increase) / Decrease in Stores and Spares (3,20(3,069) (9,390,756)
(Increase) / Decrease in Stock in Trade 12,606,802 26,540,642
(Increase) / Decrease in Advances, Deposits
Prepayments and Other Receivables (14,195,636) (48,490,443)
Increase / (Decrease) in Short Term Running Finance (99,876,975) 48,946,323
Increase / (Decrease) in Creditors, Accrued Expenses
and Other Liabilities 22,627,724 37,046,341
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(82,038,154) 54,652,107
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99,973,392 174,939,713
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Liability Against Assets Subject to Finance Lease (9,000,000) (55,000,000)
Payments for;
Taxes 10,442,053 37,443,842
Long Term Liabilities 16,334,313 65,173,119
Dividend 25,293,419 45,302,673
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