this assignment is generally related to finance in which profile of the company is there, history of the company, companies 2014-2015 income statement and their footnotes.
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3. Profile of the Company
HCL Technologies Limited is an Indian global IT services company
headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It offers services including software consulting,
enterprise transformation, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D
services, and business process outsourcing (BPO).
HCL has offices in 31 countries to provide services across industry verticals, including
aerospace & defense, energy & utilities, independent software vendors, manufacturing,
professional services, servers & storage, automotive, financial services, industrial
manufacturing, media & entertainment, retail & consumer, telecom, consumer
electronics, government, life sciences & healthcare, medical devices, semiconductors,
and travel, transportation & logistics.
HCL Technologies is on the Forbes Global 2000 list and is one of Asia’s Fab 50
Companies. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues
of $5 billion in 2013 (Calendar Year).
HCL Technologies Limited (HCL) is a global technology company. The Company’s
operations consist of providing Software services, infrastructure services, including sale
of networking equipment and business processing outsourcing services, which are in
the nature of customer contact centers and technical help desks. HCL is a provider of
business transformation, enterprise and custom applications, infrastructure
management, business process outsourcing (BPO), and engineering services. The
Company delivers solutions across a range of verticals, such as financial services,
manufacturing, consumer services, public services and healthcare. The principal
geographical segments include America, Europe and others. During the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2011 (fiscal 2011), the Company sold certain portion of its Telecom
Expense Management Services business. In March 2013, it divested its entire (49%)
stake in NEC HCL System Technologies (NHST).
4. History of the Company
1991 - HCL Technologies Limited was originally incorporated on 12th November, as
"HCL Overseas Limited". The Company changed its name to "HCL Technologies
Limited" on 6th October 1999 to better reflect the line of activities of the Company.
1998- The Company started addressing the markets in Europe and Asia Pacific.
The company has a rich heritage in technologies like the Internet and e-Commerce,
networking and internetworking, Internet telephony, telecom, embedded software,
satellite communication, wireless communication etc.
2000 - The Company set up a dedicated offshore development centre in Chennai, a
supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and
related microelectronics industry.
HCL Technologies, the Shiv Nada controlled software major, has invested in five
venture capital funds that specialise in high technology, particularly internet technology,
related areas.
HCL Technologies also has entered into a tie-up with BroadVision Inc, a provider of
personalised e-business applications, to act as a distributor for the latter's customised
software, services, support, maintenance and other related activities.
It has also acquired equity stake in an Indian networking product company as part of its
incubation programme.
Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Technologies Ltd as its looking at the possibility of opening a
software technology development centre in China.
5. 2003- Partners with Alayance, a USA based company, to enhance Enterprise
Application Integration expertise.
It signed a multi- year, multi- million dollar collaborative IT co-sourcing contract with
AMD, a leading supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer
and communications markets.
US firm acquires HCL's equity in Joint Venture.
HCL Technologies Ltd has informed that Ambassador Richard Burt, Director of the
company, has retired by rotation at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held
on December 20, 2003 and it was furthur resolved at the meeting not to fill in the
vacancy caused by his retirement.
2006 -HCL Tech joins hand with Wavesat.HCL Technologies Launches RoHS
Compliance Management System For Medical Device Users.
It also signed Alliance to develop Private Wealth Management Solutions
HCL Technologies Ltd has inked pact with Canada based electronics manufacturing
services company Celestica Inc to jointly design and manufacture electronic products
for global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
2008 -HCL to acquired British BPO firm. HCL Technologies Launched First-of-its-Kind
on-Demand Software Testing Lab 2009
It entered into a five-year transformational IT infrastructure management engagement
with the Energy Future Holdings Corporation (EFHC), a Texas-based, privately-held
energy company.
HCL signed a Rs 393 crore, 7 year end-to-end IT Services engagement with National
Insurance Company.
HCL Signs a five year engagement with Energy Future Holdings for IT Infrastructure
Management Services.
7. Outstanding Options (in equivalent no of
shares) 30-Jun-13 31-Mar-14 30-Jun-14
Options at marketprice 3,716,148 1,598,036 1, 382,108
Options at less than marketprice 8,867,364 7,243,484 6,877,544
Footnotes
Direct Costs-
It refers to direct materials, labour and expenses which directly relates to the production
and manufacturing of the company such as raw material, fuel, power , wages etc.
Gross Profits-
It is the difference between the income or revenues to the expenses of the company. It
indicates how efficiently management uses labor and supplies in the production
process.
SG & A
It represents the Selling , General & Administrative expenses of the company. It
includes the sum of all the direct and indirect selling , general & administrative expenses
of the company. Direct selling expenses are expenses that can be directly linked to the
sale of a specific unit such as credit, warranty and advertising expenses. Indirect selling
expenses are expenses which cannot be directly linked to the sale of a specific unit, but
which are proportionally allocated to all units, such as telephone, interest and postal
charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel,
rent, heat and lights.
8. EBITDA
Earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation & amortization. It is an indicator of a
company's financial performance.
Depreciation
It is the decrease in the value of an asset by unfavourable market condtions, wear &
tear, or has become obsolete. Company depreciate long-term assets for both tax and
accounting purposes.
Amortization
It is the paying off of a debt with a fixed repayment schedule in regular installments over
a period of time. It is basically used in amortization of loans and amortization of tangible
assets.
Provision of Tax
It is the amount which the company as a taxpayer will owe in income taxes for a
particular year. A provision basically represents a liability of the company.
Minority Interest
Minority Interest or the non controlling interest is the portion of a subsidiary company’s
stock that is not owned by the parent company. It is generally the ownership of less than
50% of a company's voting shares by either an investor or another company.
9. Balance Sheet
Particulars As on
30-Jun-13 30-Jun-14
Assets
1,020.6
Cash and Cash Equivalents 732.1
Accounts Receivables, net 4,464.0 5,684.3
Unbilled Receivables 1,712.7 2,024.3
Fixed Deposits 3,615.2 8,370.1
Investment Securities, held to maturity 44.3 212.0
Investment Securities, available for sale 589.6 397.1
Other Current Assets 1,907.0 2,124.5
Total Current Assets 13,064.9 19,833.0
Property and Equipments, net 2,728.3 3,146.5
Intangible Assets, net 4,958.1 5,149.2
Investment Securities, held to maturity 50.0 -
Investments in Equity Investee 4.1 15.6
Other Assets 2,238.9 2,346.2
Total Assets 23,044.2 30,490.4
Liabilities & Stockholders Equity
Current Liabilities 6,542.3 8,196.6
Borrowings 696.0 750.9
Other Liabilities 1,515.1 1,461.5
Total Liabilities 8,753.4 10,409.0
Total Stockholders Equity 14,290.8 20,081.4
Total Liabilities and Stockholders
Equity
23,044.2 30,490.4
10. Footnotes –
Cash and Cash equivalents-
Cash is cash in hand or Cash at bank. Cash equivalents are the assets that are readily
convertible into cash such as Marketable securities, Commercial paper etc. These are
highly liquid financial instruments that are near their maturity. And as per the
consolidated balance sheet there is no Cash balance available with the company.
Account Receivables-
It includes the bills receivables and the debtors of the company. As pe balance sheet,
the increase in account receivables means the company is in trouble generating or
collecting money from the customers. The company might shutdown if it does not write
off of some of its account receivables as bad debts.
Unbilled Receivables-
Unbilled receivables arise when revenue, though appropriately recorded, cannot be
billed yet under the terms of the contract. The increase during the reporting period of the
amount of revenue for work performed for which billing has not occurred, net of
uncollectible accounts.
Fixed Deposits-
A fixed deposit is a financial instrument provided by banks which provides investors
with a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity
date. According to the balance sheet , the company has increased its fixed deposits and
which may increase its stability.
11. Investment Securities –
Investment security held to maturity is a debt or equity security that is purchased with
the intention of holding the investment to maturity. This type of security is reported at
amortized cost on a company's financial statements and is usually in the form of a debt
security with a specific maturity date.
Investment security available for sale is a debt or equity security that is not classified
as a held-for-trading or held-to-maturity security. This type of security is reported at fair
value; changes in value between accounting periods are included in comprehensive
income until the securities are sold.
Other Current Assets-
It is the firm's assets that do not include cash, securities, receivables, inventory and
prepaid assets, and can be convertible into cash within one year.
Property , Equipments-
These are the Tangible assets of the company and as per the balance sheet , the
company has increased its tangible net worth in the year 2014.
Tangible Assets-
These are assets which are in physical form and includes both fixed assets such as
machinery, furniture, land etc.and current assets such as inventory of the company.
Investments Securities –
Investment Securities held to maturity are debt securities that management has the
positive intent and ability to hold to maturity. Securities classified as held to maturity are
reported at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and of discounts.
Investments in equity investee indicates the investments in joint ventures, affiliated
companies and alliances in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence,
12. generally represented by common stock ownership or partnership equity of at least
20 percent but not more than 50 percent.
Other Assets-
The assets which are not included in the above fixed assets and current assets are
other assets.It includes Prepaid expenses and accrued income.
Stockholders Equity-
It is that portion of the balance sheet that represents the capital received from investors
in exchange for stock (paid-in capital), donated capital and retained earnings.
Stockholders' equity represents the equity stake currently held on the books by a firm's
equity investors..
Current Liabillties-
These are the obligations which are due within one year. It includes short term debt,
accounts payables and other debts. As per the balance sheet the current liabilities of
the company has been increased which means the financial position of the company is
not sound.
Borrowings-
It is basically the amount of money which is a loan to the company. It includes Short
term borrowings such as short term loans taken for less than 12months and long term
borrowings such as debentures, bonds or loans which are taken for more than
12months.
Other Liabilities-
It includes outstanding expenses of the company and other liabilities which ae not
recorded in the current liabiltites.