GAMMON INDIA LIMITED
GAMMON INDIA LIMITED
GAMMON INDIA LIMITED
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during summer months and during the monsoon season, each of which may restrict our ability to carry on<br />
construction activities and fully utilize our resources. During periods of curtailed activity due to adverse<br />
weather conditions, we may continue to incur overhead expenses, but our revenues from operations may be<br />
delayed or reduced.<br />
Competition. Our results of operations could be affected by competition in the civil engineering and<br />
construction sector in India in the future. We expect competition to intensify due to possible new entrants in<br />
the market, existing competitors further expanding their operations and our entry into new markets where<br />
we may compete with well-established construction companies. We believe that new competitors may<br />
adversely affect our financial condition and operations. However, we are not affected by competition in the<br />
short-term due to our arrangements under our concession and licence agreements.<br />
Our bidding and execution capability. Civil engineering and construction development for large projects in<br />
India involves pre-qualifying interested companies based on their technical and financial strengths. The<br />
nature of the Government‘s process is such that the pre-qualifications obtained in the past play an important<br />
role in allowing companies to bid for the new projects. Also, project management capability (including our<br />
management of sub-contractors' performance) affects our profitability. Additionally, a large number of<br />
infrastructure projects by the Government and government agencies are being tendered on a BOT and<br />
BOOT basis. These types of projects typically require the contractor or construction company to invest in<br />
building the project and maintaining the project for a specified period of time while allowing the contractor<br />
to obtain a toll fee, annuity or grant based consideration, which does not begin to accrue until the project<br />
achieves commercial operation. As a result, these projects have greater capital needs that increase our<br />
finance costs. Further, the ability to strategically partner with other strategic players may also determine the<br />
success in award of projects for which we bid.<br />
Cost management. Our project costs mainly comprise costs of construction related materials, such as steel,<br />
cement, bitumen, oils and lubricants and other mechanical items. Increases in the prices of these<br />
commodities during the execution of our projects may adversely affect the profitability of our contracts,<br />
where such increases are not covered by suitable cost escalation clauses. Our ability to undertake<br />
construction projects in a cost effective manner, our ability to accurately estimate the cost of fixed-price<br />
projects, business development costs in periods where we are looking for new contracts and fluctuations in<br />
the price of labor and property, plant and equipment affect our results of operations.<br />
Availability of cost effective funding sources. Our ability to grow in the infrastructure sectors depends<br />
largely on cost effective avenues of funding, which will be primarily met through debt/loan borrowing from<br />
external sources. Our debt service costs as well as our overall cost of funds depends on many external<br />
factors, including developments in the Indian credit markets and, in particular, interest rate movements and<br />
the existence of adequate liquidity in the debt markets. With the growth of our operations we have had to<br />
increasingly access commercial borrowings and we have benefited in the past due to lower interest rates on<br />
our borrowings. We believe that going forward the availability of cost effective funding sources could affect<br />
our business operations and financial performance.<br />
Availability of labor. We are heavily dependant on highly trained engineers and other skilled labor. We<br />
have generally been successful in recruiting the talent we need in India. However, many factors could make<br />
it more difficult, or more expensive, for us to recruit and retain the personnel we need, particularly as we<br />
grow our business. Any inability to attract and retain suitable skilled personnel could affect both our<br />
profitability and our ability to expand our operations.<br />
Tax benefits and incentives. Our project SPVs are eligible for certain tax benefits and incentives that accord<br />
favorable treatment to infrastructure-related activities. In the future, we believe that any change in the<br />
existing tax benefits and incentives may affect our financial condition.<br />
Significant Accounting Policies<br />
Our consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of our Company and our<br />
subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures in the form of jointly controlled entities. The consolidated<br />
financial statements have been prepared using uniform policies for like transactions and other events in<br />
similar circumstances.<br />
Principles of consolidation<br />
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