AGM 2020

Aug 31, 2020

Dear shareholders, I welcome all the members to the twenty first Annual General Meeting of the company. This meeting is being held through VC or OAVM on the platform provided by MSGN in compliance with the circular issued by MC and SEBI in this regard. Before starting the proceedings of the meeting, I would like to inform the members about the modalities for participation or process to be followed while attending this meeting. The facility of participation at the AGM through VC or OAVM have been made available to the members on first come first serve basis. Members participating in the meeting can post questions or feedback through question box option during the meeting. The questions were received may be taken up towards the end of the meeting. At this meet as this meeting is held through VC OAVM, the provisions relating to appointment of proxy is not applicable. Requisite arrangements have been made through e voting services provided by NSDL to enable its member to exercise their right to vote on chairman election and resolution set forth in the AGM notice. Mr. Shyaj Patakjan, practicing company secretary membership number F8621 and CP number 9515 has been appointed as the scrutinizer for the e voting during the AGM and remote e voting process. The results of the e voting on the resolution set forth in the AGM notice along with the report of scrutinizer shall be made available on the website of the company under the head of investor relations and also on the website of NSDL and the stock exchanges. That is NSC and BSC. We have with us, mister Dinesh Chandragarwal, managing director and CEO, mister Jayesh Kumar Agrawal, whole time director mister Vivek Narayan Gaur, independent director and chairman of the audit committee and stakeholders relationship committee miss Elizabeth Lucy Chapman, independent director and chairperson of the nomination and remuneration committee mister Dhruv Prakash, nonexecutive director, mister Rajesh Sani, independent director, and mister Prateek Chandra, CFO of the company present through video conferencing. Apart from the above, we have miss Kanika Kohli, representative of BSR and company, LLP statutory auditors, and Mr. Devesh Vishesh, representative of Sanjay Grover and associate secretarial auditors are also present through video conferencing. As there is no designated chairperson of the chairman of the board, the members present are required to elect chairman of the AGM from among his nominated directors to e voting in compliance with the requirement of circular issued by MCA. Mister Vivek Narayanghaur and mister Dhru Prakash are being nominated by the other directors present for being elected as the chairman of the meeting. The instructions of for election of chairman through evoting are shared on the screen. Members are requested to follow these instructions and cast their vote. The window for voting on election of chairman is now open and would be closed at 04:15PM. You may now cast your votes for the same. The statutory registrars and records as required to be placed at the AGM have been made available and kept open during the continuance of this meeting for inspection of the members electronically. Any members who wants to inspect the same can send their request to the email ID as mentioned in the AGM notice. The company is in receipt of two corporate representations along with board resolution authorizing the person's concern to attend and vote at the meeting on behalf of the respective entities, representing 2 lakh 52,214 equity shares constituting point eight seven percent of paid up equity share of capital of the company as on cutoff date that is 08/24/2020. Now the meeting is adjourned for enabling the members to cast their vote for the election of chairman of this meeting and shall be resumed at 04:50 04:20PM. Yeah. Dear shareholder, I once again extend a warm welcome to all the members of this meeting to the meeting. As per the poll results, mister Vivek Narayangal has been elected as the chairman of this meeting. Now I request chairman to preside over the chair and carry out the proceedings of this meeting. Thank you, Manoj. Ladies and gentlemen, I have immense pleasure in welcoming you all to the twenty first AGM of the company. The requisite for quorum being present, I now call the meeting to order. First, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all the members for being a part of the company's exciting and eventful journey, more particularly during the first year post listing. The financial year twenty nineteen-twenty twenty has been an eventful year for the company with its successful IPO listing. I am pleased to inform you that during the year twenty nineteen-twenty twenty, your company achieved consolidated revenue from operations of INR 6,389 million as compared to INR 5,074 million last year, resulting in a growth of 26%. EBITDA for this year stood at INR $1,689,000,000 and profit after tax of INR $1,418,000,000, thereby representing a margin of 2620% respectively. Further, the Board had declared an interim dividend of 100% on a face value of INR 10 per share during the year under review. At IndiaMart, we believe in creating a transformational ecosystem and facilitating the seamless shift of businesses from offline to online. The new business ethos of IndiaMart that captures the essence of our transformational ability, it endorses our strategy of facilitating the digitization of businesses, particularly the small and medium enterprises to help them grow their businesses online. Our recently launched lead management system has enabled the buyers and the sellers to talk to each other, thus giving them the power to manage their communication seamlessly. During the year, we have invested in Vyapar, a mobile based accounting software. This tech enabled and cost effective solution simplifies complex billing and accounting for small and medium enterprises with a mobile first approach, empowering them with a hands on tool to stay on top of their business operations. In addition to enabling SMEs and micro SMEs to scale up their businesses and contribute exponentially to the nation's economic progress, we remain focused on serving the bigger community through our CSR initiative as a responsible corporate. At last, I would like to say that our business is currently impacted by the disruptions caused due to COVID. However, as the ongoing pandemic is accelerating adoption of Internet and the behavioral shift on the part of the businesses to move online, we are optimistic of seeing long term benefits for our business despite challenges in the short term. I take this opportunity to thank you all for playing a vital role in building this organization and being our pillar of support and strength and wish for the well-being of all stakeholders of the company. I will now take up the formal part of the agenda of this Annual General Meeting. Ladies and gentlemen, notice of the AGM, along with the audited financial statements of the company and the reports of the Board of Directors and auditors thereon, including annexures thereof, for the financial year ended 03/31/2020, has already been circulated to members through email and the same is also available on the company's website. I now take notice of the AGM and the reports of the Board of Directors as read. As the auditors have not made any qualifications, observations or comments, their audit report for the financial year ended 03/31/2020, I now take it as read. All members of the company present at the Annual General Meeting who were eligible and could not exercise their right to vote during the remote e voting period can exercise their vote now through the e voting platform of NSDL by logging on to https:www.evoting.nsdl.com. The window for e voting is open now, and the same would close at 04:45PM today. Members need to follow the instructions mentioned in the notice of the meeting. And in case of any difficulties, you may connect on the helplines given helpline numbers given therein. The following resolutions are proposed to be passed in this meeting. First, adoption of the audited standalone and consolidated financial statements of the company together with the reports of the Board of Directors and auditors thereon for the year ended 03/31/2020. Second, confirmation of the payment of interim dividend of Rs. 10 per equity share already paid during the year as the final dividend for the financial year, twenty nineteen-twenty. Third, appointment of the Director in place of Mr. Brijesh Kumar Agarwal, who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for reappointment. Fourth, reappointment of Mr. Rajesh Sauni as an independent director for a second term of five years. Fifth, reappointment of Mrs. Elizabeth Lucy Chapman as an Independent Director for a second term of five years. Sixth, alteration of articles of association of the company. It is now time to take questions from the members. As there are a lot of questions being received, we would try and answer a few of them that we can, and we would collate any unanswered questions and respond to them individually within seven days of this meeting. Ladies and gentlemen, there being no other business to transact other than the Q and A, I hereby conclude the AGM of the company and thank you all for your participation and your dignified presence. We'll now look at the questions that are coming up. The first question from one of the shareholders is as per audited balance sheet, the company has a cash balance of 9,307 million. What is the intended use of this cash? I would request the Managing Director and Founder, Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, to answer this question. Mr. Dinesh Agarwal. Thank you, Vivek. We have a cash balance of rupees 930 crores as on thirty first March. We also have a deferred revenue liability of 685 crore. That is the money collected in advance from customers for the services due over the period of time. So part of this balance cash balance needs to be maintained as a reserve for company and remaining to be utilized in the following three things. Number one and two, being organic and inorganic expansion opportunities in the areas of b to b, software as a service, and financial technology such as accounting and payments. As part of this strategy, we have made investments in VAPA and in ModiC technology recently. We will continue to make such investments in the spaces that are more adjacent to us, that will add to the ecosystem and create a larger ecosystem for India market, the small, medium, and large businesses together. And third, we will continue to invest in payments of dividend for the cash utilization. Thank you very much. Thank you, Dinesh. The second question that I can see on my screen is this. As there has been a substantial increase in share price recently, will the company give bonus shares? I'll direct this question to Co Founder, Brijesh Agarwal and request for his remarks. Thank you, Vivek. So I think one important element here is that there are currently no plans for us to issue bonus shares. Secondly, know, as a company, we always have to keep in view what's the best possible capital structure. And that decision has to be taken irrespective of the price movements that we see in the stock market. We will continue to evaluate and look at what is the best capital structure that will help in the growth of the business. And we will continue to take decisions based on that in the times to come. Whenever a decision about Guna shares is taken, we will surely come back and let everyone know about it. Thank you, Brijesh. A third question I see on my screen is, what is the impact of COVID on the company's business? I'll request the founder and managing director, Dinesh Agarwal, to address this question. As I've already stated in our annual report also that the company is facing short term challenges and that are visible in the economy in general and reflected in our quarterly results of the first quarter also. However, we do believe that the pandemic presents certain long term opportunities as well apart from the challenges that are there. One, there has been a step function jump in the adoption of the Internet. There has been increased adoption of the Internet and shifting the businesses to move online, which makes India March value proposition stronger in times to come as more and more people join online businesses, as well as more and buyer more and more buyers rely on the online businesses. Thank you very much. I'd like to a confirmation from the company, and legal counsel, mister Manoj Agarwal, if there are any other points, to be covered. No, sir. Everything is done, sir. There are no further unique questions which we have been which has been received. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, there being no other business to transact, I hereby conclude the AGM of the company and thank all of you for your participation and dignified presence. Thank you.