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DANUBE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Your Directors are pleased to present the 45^th Annual Report together with the Annual Financial Statement of Danube Industries Limited ("Company”) for the Financial Year ended on March 31, 2025.

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards ("Ind AS”) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules made thereunder. Financial performance of the Company, for the Financial Year ended on March 31, 2025 is summarized below:

With a view to conserve the resources for expansion of the business activities and working capital requirements of the Company, the board of directors of the Company have not recommended any dividend for the year under review (Previous Year: Nil). There is no unclaimed/unpaid Dividend within the meaning of the provisions of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Your director reports that during the year under review, the Company has recorded total sales of Rs. 10966.37 Lakhs as compared to Rs. 8703.38 Lakhs in the previous financial year. The Profit before tax for the period under review is Rs. 166.40 Lakhs as compared to Rs. 136.06 Lakhs in the previous financial year. The Profit after tax during the year under review is Rs. 121.73 Lakhs as compared to Rs. 97.26 Lakhs in the previous financial year.

There is no change in the nature of the business of the Company for the year under review. There has been no material changes and commitments, that affect the financial position of the Company from the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate till the date of the directors' report.

Management Discussion and Analysis for the year under review is presented in a separate section, which forms part of the Annual Report.

During the year the capital structure went below changes:

• The Company has increase in the Authorized Share Capital from existing Rs. 15,00,00,000 (Rupees Fifteen Crore only) divided into 7,50,00,000 (Seven Crore Fifty Lakh) equity shares of Rs. 2/- each to Rs. 20,00,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Crore only) divided into 10,00,00,000/- (Ten Crore) Equity Shares of Rs. 2/- each ranking pari passu in all respect with the existing Equity Shares of the Company as per the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company.

• The Company had issued and allotted 3,09,90,000 number of equity shares by way of Preferential Issue.

As a result, the issue, subscribed and paid up capital of the Company increased to Rs. 18,19,80,000/- divided into 9,09,90,000 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each.

Further, During the year under review, the Company has neither issued shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock options or sweat equity.

The Board of Directors of the Company does not propose to transfer any amount to the Capital Reserves for the year under review.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Act, the annual return of the Company as on March 31, 2025 is available on the website of the Company i.e. www.danubeindustries.com.

During the year, Nine Board meetings were held, with gap between Meetings not exceeding the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.

Board meeting dates are finalized in consultation with all directors and agenda papers backed up by comprehensive notes and detailed background information are circulated in advance before the date of the meeting thereby enabling the Board to take informed decisions. The applicable details of these Board meetings including the attendance of the Directors at those meetings are given in the report on Corporate Governance which forms part of the Annual Report.

During the year under review, neither the statutory auditors nor the secretarial auditor has reported any frauds as required under section 143(12) of the Act, any instances of fraud committed against the Company by its officers or employees, the details of which would need to be mentioned in the Directors' Report.

The Company does not have subsidiary company, joint venture or associate companies during the year.

There is no company, which has ceased to be Company's subsidiary, joint venture or associate company during the year.

The Board consists of Executive and Non-executive Directors including Independent Directors who have wide and varied experience in different disciplines of corporate functioning.

• Based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and their own consideration, the Board of Directors have approved the appointment of Mrs. Mayura Dinesh Marathe (DIN: 09680936) as an “Additional Director (Non-Executive and Independent Director)” w.e.f. July 01, 2024. Later on the Members has approved the appointment and she is regularized as Director of the Company.

• Based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and their own consideration, the Board of Directors have approved the appointment of Mr. Jayson Jacob Mathew (DIN: 10799640) as an “Additional Director (Non-Executive and Independent Director)” w.e.f. October 07, 2024. Later on the Members has approved the appointment and he is regularized as Director of the Company.

• Mrs. Shivani Joshi resigned from the Directorship w.e.f. June 22, 2024 citing personal commitment as reason of resignation.

Mrs. Meena Rajdev, Director of the Company, being longest in office, retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

The Company has received necessary declaration from each independent director under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that he/she meets the criteria of independence laid down in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

In compliance with the requirements of the Listing Regulations, the Independent Directors have been familiarized about the Company by the CFO of the Company which includes detailed presentations on the vision and mission of the Company, its operations, business plans, technologies and also future outlook of the entire industry. Details of familiarization programs extended to the Independent Directors are also disclosed on the Company website i.e. www.danubeindustries.com

The Board adopted the evaluation performed by the Independent Directors on the Board's performance carried out in accordance with the requirements of LODR Reg. 25(4)(a). which took into account factors like ‘compliances with the provisions of the applicable act(s), rules, regulations' and ‘corporate governance norms'. Satisfaction has been recorded about the performance based on the aforesaid criteria. The performance of the Committees was adjudged based on the criteria like ‘adequacy of composition, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations and governance, quorum, compliance with procedures applicable for the conduct of meetings, and review of the past recommendations and decisions of the committees. The Board records its satisfaction about the performance of all the committees of the Board. The performance evaluation of Chairperson and Managing Director of the Company has been carried out by the Independent Directors in accordance with LODR Reg. 25(4)(b) and stands duly adopted by the Board. The performance evaluation of non-independent directors has been carried out by the Independent Directors in accordance with LODR Reg. 25(4)(a) and it has been likewise adopted by the Board. The remaining members of the Board were evaluated at the Board Meetings based on various parameters like attendance, level of their engagement, contribution, independency of judgment, contribution in safeguarding the interest of the Company and other relevant factors.

The Board, on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, formulated criteria for determining Qualifications, Positive Attributes and Independence of a Director as also a Policy for remuneration of Directors, Key managerial Personnel and senior management. The aforesaid Policy is also available on the website of the Company i.e. www.danubeindustries.com

The Independent Directors of your Company, in a separate meeting held on February 12, 2025 to carry out the evaluation for the financial year 2024-25 and inter alia, discussed the following:

• Reviewed the performance of Non-Independent Directors of the Company and the Board as a whole.

• Reviewed the performance of the Chairman of the Company taking into account the views of Executive Directors and Non-executive Directors.

• Assessed the quality, quantity and timelines of flow of information between the Company management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonable perform their duties.

All Independent Directors of the Company were present at the Meeting.

M/s. V S S B & Associates, having Firm's Registration No. 0121356W, Statutory Auditors of the Company, were appointed at the 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 30, 2021, and will complete their term at the end of the ensuing 45th AGM of the Company. The Board has recommended the appointment of M/s. U B G & Company, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 141076W), as Statutory Auditors of the Company, for a period of five years from the conclusion of the ensuing 45th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of the 50th Annual General Meeting of the Company. M/s. U B G & Company have confirmed their eligibility and qualification required under the Act for holding the office as Statutory Auditors of the Company.

The Auditor's Report for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 does not contain any qualification, adverse remark, reservation or disclaimer and therefore, does not call for any further explanation or comments from the Board under Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013.

The Board, pursuant to Regulation 24A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 and Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules made thereunder has duly appointed M/s. Krushang Shah & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company to conduct Secretarial Audit as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for a period of five years commencing from FY 2025-26 to FY 2029-30.

M/s. Krushang Shah & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, is appointed as the Secretarial Auditors, to conduct the audit of secretarial records of the Company for the financial year ended on March 31,2025 pursuant to Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Secretarial Audit Report submitted by him in the prescribed form MR- 3 is annexed to this Report as Annexure-A.

With regards to the qualification of the Secretarial Auditor remark relating to delay in capturing information in structured digital database, we would like to inform that the same was happends due to technical difficulties in software. With reference to no intimation for appointment of Mrs. Mayura Marathe to the stock exchange, we would like to inform you that the Management takes note of the error / omission and ensure no such event in future. With reference to delay in submission of shareholding pattern for September, 2024, we would like to inform you that, due to delay in receipt of data from RTA, the late filling has been done. With reference to Noncompliance with the constitution of Audit and Nomination and Remuneration committee, we would like to inform you that the same was happens due to resignation of our Independent Director Ms. Shivani Joshi.

The Company is not required to comply with the requirements of maintaining the cost records, specified by the Central Government, under provisions of Section 148(1) of the Act and accordingly no such records are made or maintained by the Company.

The Company has an adequate system of the internal controls to ensure that all its assets are protected against loss from unauthorized use or disposition and further that those transactions are authorised, promptly recorded and reported correctly. The Company has implemented an effective framework for Internal Financial Controls in terms of the provisions stipulated under the explanation to Section 134(5)(e) of the Act for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information. The Board is of the opinion that the Company has an effective Internal Financial Controls which is commensurate with the size and scale of the business operations of the Company for the Financial Year under review.

Adequate internal financial controls with respect to financial statements are in place. The Company has documented policies and guidelines for this purpose. Its Internal Control System has been designed to ensure that the financial and other records are reliable for preparing financial and other statements and for maintaining accountability of assets.

The internal audit and the management review supplement the process implementation of effective internal control. The Audit Committee of the Board deals with accounting matters, financial reporting and internal controls and regularly interacts with the Statutory Auditors and Management in dealing with matters within its terms of reference. No reportable material weakness in the design or implementation was observed during the financial year under review.

The Audit Committee has been constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder and also in compliance with the provisions of Listing Regulations and more details on the Committee are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance. During the financial year under review, all the recommendations of the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Composition of the Audit Committee is as described in the Report on Corporate Governance.

There has been no complaint related to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, during the year. Further, the Company has not required to constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Woman at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

The Company is committed to upholding the rights and welfare of its women employees and has complied with the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and the rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time. All eligible women employees are provided maternity leave and other benefits in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. The Company has also ensured a safe and supportive working environment in line with statutory requirements.

The Company continues to remain in full compliance with the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and confirms that there have been no instances of non-compliance or adverse findings in this regard during the financial year under review.

The Company treats its employees as most valuable assets as it knows that without good employees the best of the business plans and ideas will fail. In today's dynamic and continuously changing business world, it is the human assets and not the fixed or tangible assets that differentiate an organization from its competitors. Improving employee efficiency and performance has always been the top most priority for the Company. The Company also aims to align human resource practices with its business goals. The performance management system enables a holistic approach to the issue of managing performance and does not limit to only an appraisal.

At present, the company has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the company. It has a comprehensive Risk Management system, which ensures that all risks are timely defined and mitigated in accordance with the Risk Management Policy. Internal auditors provide valuable insights.

The Board has approved and established a Vigil Mechanism and Whistle Blower Policy for the Directors and employees of the Company to report their genuine concerns and its details are explained in the Corporate Governance Report. The Company's Vigil Mechanism and Whistle Blower Policy entitle its Directors and employees to also report the instances of leak or suspected leak of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information. The aforesaid Policy is also available on the website of the Company i.e. www.danubeindustries.com

All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on an arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business and were placed before the Audit Committee and also before the Board for their review and approval. The requirement of disclosing the details of the related party transactions under Section 134(3)(h) of the Act read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, in Form AOC-2 is annexed as " Annexure - B”.

In line with the provisions of the Act and Listing Regulations, the Company has formulated a Related Party Transactions Policy for determining materiality of Related Party Transactions and also the manner for dealing with Related Party Transactions. The Related Party Transactions Policy is uploaded on the Company's website and can be accessed at: www.danubeindustries.com. Further, pursuant to the Listing Regulations, Related Party disclosures in compliance with the applicable Accounting Standards have been given in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

The information required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 forms part of this Report and statement of particulars of employees is annexed as "Annexure - C”.

Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments, if any covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Act are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.

The Company has not accepted deposits from the public during the year under review. No deposits were outstanding at the beginning or at the closure of the financial year under review.

To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your directors confirm:

a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed to the extent applicable to the Company and there are no material departures;

b) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;

c) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

e) The Directors, have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively; and

f) The Directors has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

In view of the nature of the business activities of the Company related to trading of goods, the information required under the provisions of section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 with respect to conservation of energy and technology absorptions is not applicable. There was no foreign exchange earnings and outgo during the financial year.

Corporate Governance Report for the year under review is presented in a separate section, which forms part of the Annual Report.

The equity shares of the Company are actively traded on BSE Limited.

The Company has complied with all the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India during the year under review.

I. There is no proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

II. There was no instance of onetime settlement with any Bank or Financial Institution.

III. The details about the policy developed and implemented by the company on corporate social responsibility initiatives taken during the year.

IV. Significant or material orders passed by the regulators, courts, tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.

Your directors express their sincere gratitude for the assistance and cooperation extended by Financial Institutions, Banks, Government Authority, Shareholders, Suppliers, Customers and Stakeholders. Your directors also wish to place on record their appreciation of the contribution made by the employees at their level towards achievements of the Companies goals.