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Frontier Ceramics Limited
Annual Report 2001
CONTENTS
COMPANY INFORMATION
NOTICE OF MEETING
DIRECTORS' REPORT
AUDITORS' REPORT
BALANCE SHEET
PROFIT& LOSS ACCOUNT
CASH FLOWS STATEMENT
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
PATTERN OF SHAREHOLDING
COMPANY INFORMATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr. S.U. Durrani Chairman
Mr. Shahid Mehboob (B.E.L)
Mr. Asadullah Khawaja (I.C.P.)
Mr. Humayun Raza (NDFC)
Mr. Shamsul Hassan Chief Executive & Company Secretary
Mr. Azhar Amin
Mr. M. Fayyaz Khan
BANKERS
National Bank of Pakistan
United Bank Limited
The Bank of Khyber
Banker's Equity Limited
Pakistan Industrial Credit 8, Investment Corporation Limited
National Development Finance Corporation
AUDITORS
Messrs Rahim Jan & Co. Chartered Accountants.
LEGAL ADVISOR
Mian Noor ul Ghani Advocate
REGISTRAR AND SHARE TRANSFER OFFICE
Saeed Methani Mushtaq & Co., Chartered Accountants, Suite # 23C, Block B, 2nd Floor,
Cantonment Plaza, Fakhr-e-Alam Road, Peshawar Cantt.
HEAD OFFICE / REGISTERED OFFICE
Industrial Estate, Jamrud Road, Peshawar, N.W.F.P.
Tel: 92-91-812360, 812746 Fax: 92-91-812757
ZONAL OFFICES
PESHAWAR Industrial Estate, Jamrud Road, Peshawar
Tel: 92-91-812360, 812746
RAWALPINDI 82-A, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi.
Tel: 92-51-4410998 Fax: 92-51-4425523
KARACHI 1st Floor, Kashif Centre,
Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi.
Tel: 92-21-5673006
LAHORE 186-A/I, Township Lahore
Tel & Fax: 042-5118081
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Nineteenth Annual General Meeting of FRONTIER CERAMICS LIMITED
will be held at 29-Industrial Estate, Jamrud Road, Peshawar on Thursday, December 27, 2001 at 9:00 a.m.
to transact the following business:
1. To confirm the minutes of the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company held on December
23, 2000.
2. To receive, consider and approve the Audited Accounts together with the Directors' & Auditors'
Reports for the year ended June 30, 2001.
3. To approve payment of cash dividend for the year ended June 30,2001 as recommended.
4. To appoint Auditors for the year ending June 30, 2002 and fix their remuneration. The present Auditors,
M/s Rahim Jan & Co. Chartered Accountants, being eligible have offered themselves for reappointment.
5. To elect Directors of the Company, including the Chief Executive, for a period of three years,
commencing from 16th January 2002, under Section 178 of the Companies Ordinance 1984.
5.1 Pursuant to section 178 2(b) and 3 of the Companies Ordinance 1984, names of the retiring
Directors are as under and they have offered themselves for re-election:
i) Mr. S.U Durrani v) Mr. Humayun Raza
ii) Mr. Shamsul Hassan vi) Mr. M. Fayyaz Khan
iii) Mr. Asadullah Khawaja vii) Mr. Azhar Amin
iv) Mr. Shahid Mehboob
To transact any other business with the permission of the chair.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Peshawar.
December 5, 2001 (Company Secretary)
NOTES:
1. The register of Member of the company will be closed from December 20, 2001 to December 27,
2001 (both days inclusive).
2. A member entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend
and vote on his/her behalf. Proxy Forms must be deposited at the Company's Registered Office, at
least than 48 hours before the meeting.
3. Members are requested to notify the company or the Registrar of the Company M/s. Saeed Methani
Mushtaq & CO., Chartered Accountant, Suite No. 23-c, 2nd Floor, New Canto Plaza, Saddar Road,
Peshawar for any change in their address.
DIRECTORS' REPORT
The Directors are pleased to present the Nineteenth Annual Report together with the audited accounts of
the company for the year ended June 30, 2001.
TURN AROUND
We are grateful to Almighty ALLAH that after sustaining losses for four years and in spite of serious operational
difficulties, your company has been able to achieve a turnaround during the year under review. Operating
profit increased to Rs.32.316 million from Rs. 30.05 million earned during the preceding year. Net
profit for the year, including prior year adjustment amounted to Rs. 10.218 million against loss of Rs.
(22.680) million incurred during 1999-2000. The profit was earned on sales of Rs. 150. I million which
were 8.25% lower than the previous year sales of Rs. 163.6 million.
The above profits have been earned after paying Rs.31 million to the Federal Government as customs duty
and sales tax. Your company has by now contributed over Rs. 477 million to the national exchequer as
excise duty and sales tax, from the start of commercial production to date.
The above results speak for the efforts made by management in cutting down cost of production and
improving the operating results of the company. I am also pleased to inform you that the company has
recently obtained ISO-9001:2000 certification, the first company to achieve this in the ceramics sector in
Pakistan.
The management has made continuous efforts to optimize tile production and as a result the production
capacity of the kiln has been increased from 1308 Sqm. per day last year to 1482 Sqm. per day during the
year under review, against the rated capacity of 1388 Sqm. per day. This has had a positive impact on cost
of production, and the ratio of cost of goods sold to sales has come down from 63.50% to 61.25%.
Selling and administrative expenses have been reduced from Rs.29.725 million during last year to Rs. 25.861
million during the year under review. Financial charges have been reduced from Rs. 27.327 million in year
2000 To Rs. 14.933 million for the year under review.
APPROPRIATIONS
(Rs. in million)
2001
Sales 150.137
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Gross Profit 58.178
Less: Admin, Selling & Distribution Expenses 25.862
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Operating Profit/(Loss) 32.317
Add: Other Income 1.461
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33.777
Less: Financial Expenses & Depreciation 28.558
Workers Profit Participation Fund 0.223
Provision for Taxation 0.751
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Profit/(Loss) for the year 4.245
Prior Year Adjustment 5.973
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10.218
Proposed Dividend @ 5% 3.871
6.347
Accumulated Loss Brought Forward (66.540)
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Profit/(Loss) carried to Balance Sheet (60.192)
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DIVIDEND
Your Directors recommend the payment of a cash dividend @5% out of the current year's profit.
FUTURE OUTLOOK
With continuous innovation the company is able to increase both the production of tiles and the variety of
tile sizes. Work has also commenced on making value added decorative tiles, which will soon be introduced
in the market. The company plans to install a roller kiln which will increase production capacity by 1000
Sqm/day.
On the Sanitary Ware side the company will introduce at least two new designs and accessories.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Board acknowledges the dedication and hard work of the Company's staff during the year.
PATTERN OF SHAREHOLDING
The pattern of shareholding is given on page No. 28.
AUDITORS
The present Auditors, M/s Rahim Jan & Co. Chartered Accountants, retire and being eligible, offer themselves
for re-appointment.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
S.U. DURRANI
Chairman
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of FRONTIER CERAMICS LIMITED as at June 30, 2001 and the
related profit and loss account, cash flow statement and statement of changes in equity together with the
notes forming part thereof, for the year then ended and we state that we have obtained all the information
and explanations which, to the best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purposes of our
audit.
It is the responsibility of the company's management to establish and maintain a system of internal control,
and prepare and present the above said statements in conformity with the approved accounting standards
and the requirements of the Companies Ordinance, 1984. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards as applicable in Pakistan. These standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the above said
statements are free of any material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the above said statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting policies and significant estimates made by management, as well as, evaluating the overall
presentation of the above said statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our
opinion and, after due verification, we report that:-
(a) in our opinion, proper books of accounts 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 business; and
(iii) the business conducted, investments made and the expenditure incurred during the year were
in accordance with the object 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, cash flow statement and statement of changes in equity together
with the notes forming part thereof conform with approved accounting standards as applicable in
Pakistan, and, give the information required by the Companies Ordinance, 1984, in the manner so
required and respectively give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30th June
2001 and of the profit, its cash flow and changes in equity for the year then ended; and
(d) No Zakat was deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980.
RAHIM JAN & CO.
Date: 26, October 2001 Chartered Accountants.
BALANCE SHEET AS AT JUNE 30, 2001
NOTES 2001 2000
(Rs.) (Rs.)
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixed Assets - at cost less Depreciation 12 321,533,246 335,459,859
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321,533,246 335,459,859
Long term deposits 13 298,250 105,750
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321,831,496 335,565,609
Long term Loans (PICIC/NDFC) 7 69,203,047 80,382,764
Long term Loans BEL consortium 6 39,569,745 47,470,713
Deferred Liabilities 5 36,068,480 42,041,258
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144,841,272 169,894,735
CURRENT ASSETS
Stores, spares and loose tools - at cost 14 29,858,315 27,208,863
Stock in trade - at cost 15 170,948,428 155,881,632
Trade debts 16 71,625,864 67,561,765
Advances, Deposits, Pre-payments and
other Receivables 17 15,151,766 21,770,740
Cash and bank balances 18 9,121,415 11,852,645
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296,705,788 284,275,645
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Finance under Markup Arrangements 8 89,434,406 90,402,942
Current portion of long term loan liabilities 9 20,530,610 20,814,000
Creditors, accrual and other liabilities 10 587,144,001 43,931,365
Dividends 38,706,001 --
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172,550,016 155,148,307
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NET CURRENT ASSETS 124,155,772 129,127,338
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301,145,996 294,798,212
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REPRESENTED BY
Issued, Subscribed & Paidup Capital 3 77,412,000 77,412,000
Unappropriated Profit/(Loss) (60,191,780) (66,539,564)
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 17,220,220 10,872,436
Surplus on Revaluation of Fixed Assets 4 283,925,776 283,925,776
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Contingencies and Commitments 11 301,145,996 294,798,212
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The annexed notes form an integral part of these accounts.
SHAMSUL HASSAN MUHAMMAD FAYYAZ
Chief Executive Director
PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001
NOTES 2001 2000
(Rs.) (Rs.)
Sales - Net 19 150,137,255 163,600,945
Cost of Sales 20 91,959,069 103,816,370
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Gross Profit 58,178,186 59,784,575
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OPERATING EXPENSES
Administrative Expenses 21 14,120,326 17,450,344
Selling and Distribution Expenses 22 11,741,347 12,275,055
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25,861,673 29,725,399
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Operating Profit / (Loss) 32,316,513 30,059,176
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Gain/(Loss) on disposal of fixed assets 1,428,103 6,395,887
Profit on PLS Saving Account 32,921 400,489
Other Income -- 18,138
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1,461,024 6,814,514
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33,777,537 36,873,690
Financial Charges 24 14,933,935 27,327,713
Depreciation 12 13,623,966 29,454,385
Worker Profit Participation Fund 223,449 --
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28,781,350 56,782,098
Profit before Taxation 4,996,187 (19,908,408)
Taxation: Current - Turnover Tax 25 750,686 1,025,264
Prior year adjustment 5,972,883 (1,746,592)
Profit after Taxation 10,218,384 (22,680,264)
Appropriations:
Proposed Dividend @ 5% (3,870,600) --
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6,347,784 (22,680,264)
Accumulated loss brought forward (66,539,564) (43,859,300)
Accumulated loss carried over to Balance Sheet (60, 191,780) (66,539,564)
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Earning per Share 27 1.32 (2.92)
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The Annexed Notes form an integral part of these accounts.
SHAMSUL HASSAN MUHAMMAD FAYYAZ
Chief Executive Director
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION
(CASH FLOW STATEMENT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001
2001 2000
(Rs.) (Rs.)
Cash collected from customers 146,073,156 168,814,011
Cash paid to suppliers (90,438,817) (103,816,370)
Administrative Expenses paid (13,644,508) (16,808,785)
Selling & Distribution expenses paid (11,741,347) (12,275,055)
Bank Charges paid (444,321) (640,523)
Other Income received 1,461,024 6,814,514
Decrease / (Increase) in pre-payments and
other receivables 6,618,977 6,848,438
Increase/Decrease in accruals and other liabilities 12,717,368 (2,526,523)
(Decrease) / Increase in loan (net) (3,066,539) 5,689,608
(Decrease) / Increase in finance under
mark-up arrangements (968,536) 215,775
Decrease / (Increase) in inventory (17,716,248) 4,479,198
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Cash generated from operation 28,850,209 56,794,288
CASH (OUTFLOWS) INFLOWS FROM
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Addition in fixed assets (2,005,073) (117,400)
Change due to sale of fixed assets 1,831,897 1,469,301
Long Term Deposits (192,500) 646,950
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(365,676) 1,998,851
CASH (OUTFLOWS) INFLOWS FROM
FINANCE ACTIVITIES
Deferred Mark-up -- (7,187,364)
Long Term Loan PICIC (11,535,720) (11,535,720)
NDFC -- (4,272,000)
BEL & Consortium (8,184,358) (10,547,340)
Interest Expenses (11,495,685) (27,761,412)
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(31,215,763) (61,303,836)
Net - Increase/(Decrease) in Cash & Cash equivalent (2,731,230) (2,510,697)
Cash and Cash equivalent as at July 1st 11,852,645 14,363,342
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Cash and Cash equivalent as June 30th 9,121,415 11,852,645
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SHAMSUL HASSAN MUHAMMAD FAYYAZ
Chief Executive Director
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001
Issued
Subscribed and Revaluation Accumulated Total
Paid-up Capital Reserve Profit / (Loss)
Balance at 30th June 1999 77,412,000 283,925,776 (43,859,300) 317,478,476
Issue of Shares Capital -- -- -- --
Profit/(Loss) after taxation -- -- (22,680,264) (22,680,264)
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Balance at 30th June 2000 77,412,000 283,925,776 (66,539,564) 294,798,212
Proposed Dividend -- -- (3,870,600) (3,870,600)
Profit/(Loss) after taxation -- -- 10,218,384 218,384
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Balance at 30th June 2001 77,412,000 283,925,776 (60,191,780) 301,145,996
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SHAMSUL HASSAN MUHAMMAD FAYYAZ
Chief Executive Director
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001
1. THE COMPANY AND ITS OPERATIONS
Frontier Ceramics Limited was incorporated in Pakistan in July 1982 as a Public Limited Company, and
was listed on the Karachi and Lahore Stock Exchange in March 1992.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
2.01 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
These financial statement have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting
standard as applicable in Pakistan, and under the historical cost convention as modified by
capitalisation of certain exchange difference in the cost of relevant assets without any
adjustments for the effects of inflation, except plant and machinery which has been re-valued
(Note No.4)
2.02 Staff Retirement Benefits
The Company operat