Annual Report 2009/2010 - Colombo Stock Exchange

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
26 EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE
Subsequent to the Balance Sheet date, no circumstances have arisen which required adjustment to or disclosure
in the Financial Statements.
27 COMPARATIVE FIGURES
Certain comparative figures have been restated to conform to the classifications and presentations as at 31st
March 2010.
28 SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
The Company does not distinguish its products into significant components for different geographical segments
as the differentiations are insignificant.
29 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
(I) Contingent liabilities as at 31st March 2010 amount to Rs. 37,138,035/- (2009 - Rs.21,870,806/-), being
bank guarantees given to government bodies for operational purposes.
(ii) Following legal matters are outstanding against the company and no provision has been made in the
financial statements to this regard.
(a) The Customs Department instituted a prosecution in the Magistrate's Court of Kaduwela in Case No.
11303/Customs against the company and its directors to recover Excise Duty amounting to Rs.
58,753,582/94 comprising of disputed Excise Duty of Rs. 29,376,791/47 and its penalty of Rs.
29,376,791/47. The Company and the directors have filed an application for Writ in the Court of Appeal to
quash the Certificate Excise Duty in Default issued by the DG of Customs and Excise Duty to recover the said
sum and obtained a Stay Order in respect of the proceedings of the MC Kaduwela Case. The Court of Appeal
matter is currently pending.
Fi n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t s
(b) 14 cases have been filed in the District Court of Balapitiya against the Company and two others (Case
numbers 2816/M to 2819/M, 2682/MR, 3031/M to 3038/M and 3058/M) claiming damages for injuries
and deaths caused due to a road accident which occurred at Induruwa, Balapitiya on 10th April 2007
involving a truck transporting products of the company and a passenger bus. The aggregate of all the claims of
said 14 cases amounts to Rs 46,000,000/-. All the cases are currently pending.
(iii) The gratuity liability as at 31st March 2010 amounting to Rs. 34,715,186/- (2009 - Rs. 28,828,548/-) is
based on an Actuarial Valuation carried out by Mr M Poopalanathan, AIA, Messrs. Actuarial Management
Consultants ( Pvt) Limited. If the Company had provided for gratuity for employees on the basis of a half month
salary for each completed year of service, the liability would have been Rs.39,207,862/- (2009 - Rs.
33,960,404/-). A contingent liability of Rs.4,492,676/- (2009 - Rs.1,995,997/-) would arise if the Company
ceases to be a going concern; as in that event the amount payable as per the Payment of Gratuity Act would be
Rs. 34,658,834/- (2009 - Rs.30,824,544/-). The principle assumptions made are given under Note 21 to
these financial statements. The Company is of the view that no provision is required for the contingent liability.
Apart from the above, there were no other material contingent liabilities which would require adjustments to or
disclosure in the Financial Statements.
30 CONTRACTS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
As at the Balance Sheet date, the Company had no contracts entered in to with regard to capital expenditure
c ommitments. However the company has incurred an amount of Rs.227,449,531/- (2009 - Rs.184,694,714/-)
being the payments made on capital work in progress.
31 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
(A) Transactions with parent company - Ceylon Brewery PLC
Messrs. L.C.R.de C.Wijetunge, H.Selvanathan, M.Selvanathan (Resigned w.e.f. 02.09.2009), S.K.Shah,
D.C.R.Gunawardena, Directors of the Company are also Directors of Ceylon Brewery PLC, with which the
following contracts / transactions have been entered into during the year by the Company in the normal course of
business.
(I) The Company has paid Rs.61,949,353/- (2009 - Rs.53,974,735/-) as royalty in accordance with the licensed
brewing agreement with the Company.
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