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    Submitted To: Submitted By:

    Dr. JASPAL SINGH HEMANT KALIA

    Mba Sem (II)

    Roll No. 41

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    INTRODUCTION

    Hindalco Industries Ltd. is one of the world's largest Aluminum manufacturing company and is

    a subsidiary of theAditya Birla Group. It is run by one of the world's youngest billionaires,

    Mr. K.M. Birla.

    Financial information

    The company has annual sales of$ 5 billion and employs 13,675 people and is listed on Forbes

    2000. A metals powerhouse with a turnover of US$ 14 billion, Hindalco is one of the world's

    largest aluminum rolling companies and one of the biggest producers of primary aluminum in

    Asia.

    History

    The Hindustan Aluminum Corporation Limited was established in 1958 by the Aditya BirlaGroup. In 1962 the company began production in Renukoot in Uttar Pradesh making 20,000

    million metric tons per year of aluminum metal and 40,000 million metric tons per year

    ofalumina. In 1989 the company was restructured and renamed Hindalco.Sz

    Novelis acquisition

    On February 11, 2007, the company entered into an agreement to acquire

    the Canadian company Novelis for U$6 billion, making the combined entity the world's largest

    rolled-aluminum producer. At 2007 Novelis was the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum

    and a major recycler of aluminum cans. On May 15, 2007, the acquisition was completed with

    Novelis shareholders receiving $44.93 per outstanding share of common stock.

    Hindalco, through its wholly owned subsidiary AV Metals Inc., acquired 75,415,536 common

    shares of Novelis, representing 100 percent of the issued and outstanding common shares.

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    Immediately after closing, AV Metals Inc. transferred the common shares of Novelis to its

    wholly owned subsidiary AV Aluminum Inc.

    When Hindalco made this bid in 2007 this became the largest Indian investment in North

    America and the second-largest overseas investment by an Indian company (behind Tata SteelEurope's purchase of Corus two weeks earlier) to this time.

    The day after Hindalco announced the acquisition its stock fell by 13% resulting in a USD $600

    million drop in market capitalization. Shareholders criticized the deal but K.M. Birla responded

    that he had offered a fair price for the company and stated, "When you are acquiring a world

    leader you will have to pay a premium.

    Other acquisitions and takeovers

    In July 2007, Hindalco announced it is acquiring the stake ofAlcan Inc.'s in the Utkal AluminaProject located in Orissa.

    In June 2000, acquisition of controlling stake in Indian Aluminum Company Limited (Indal) with74.6 per cent equity holding.

    Forbes ranking

    Hindalco is listed on the 2011 Forbes Global 2000 at the position 643.

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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

    GOVERNANCE PHILOSOPHY

    The Aditya Birla Group is committed to the adoption of best governance practices and its

    adherence in the true spirit, at all times. Our governance practices are a product of self-desire

    reflecting the culture of the trusteeship i.e. deeply ingrained in our value system and reflected in

    our strategic thought process. At a macro level, our governance philosophy rests on five basic

    tenets viz., Board accountability to the Company and shareholders, strategic guidance and

    effective monitoring by the Board, protection of minority interests and rights, equitable treatment

    of all shareholders as well as superior transparency and timely disclosure.

    In line with this philosophy Hindalco Industries Ltd continuously strives for excellence through

    adoption of best governance & disclosure practices.

    Compliance with Corporate Governance

    Guidelines

    The Company is fully compliant with the requirements of the prevailing and applicable

    Corporate Governance Code. Your Companys compliance with requirements is presented in the

    subsequent sections of this Report. All the Directors have intimated periodically about their

    Directorship and Membership in the various Board committees of other companies, which are

    within permissible limits of the Companies Act, 1956 and Corporate Governance Code.

    Public Member Chairman

    1. Independent Director means a director defined as such under Clause 49 of the Listing

    agreement.

    2. Mr. A. K. Agarwal was an Executive Director till 10th September 2003. Thereafter, he has

    moved to other responsibilities in the Aditya Birla Group.

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    3. Excludes Directorship held in Private Companies, Foreign Companies and Companies

    incorporated under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956.

    4. Represents only membership/chairmanship of Audit Committee and Shareholders / Investors

    grievance Committee of Indian Public Limited Companies.

    5. Ceased as a Director w.e.f 24th December, 2010 due to his demise.

    6. Appointed as an Additional director w.e.f 12th February, 2011.

    SWOT ANALYSIS OF HINDALCO

    Strengths

    Cost advantage

    Asset leverage

    Effective communication

    High R&D

    Innovation

    Online growth

    Loyal customers

    Market share leadership

    Strong management team

    Strong brand equity

    Strong financial position

    Supply chain

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    Pricing

    Real estate

    Reputation management

    Weaknesses

    Bad communication

    Diseconomies to scale

    Over leveraged financial position

    Low R&D

    Low market share

    No online presence

    Not innovative

    Not diversified

    Poor supply chain

    Weak management team

    Weak real estate

    Over leveraged financial position

    Strengths

    Cost advantage

    Asset leverage

    Effective communication

    High R&D

    Innovation

    Weaknesses

    all this is bull ***

    [*]Bad communication

    [*]Diseconomies to scale

    [*]Over leveraged fiancial position

    [*]Low R&D

    [*]Low market share

    [*]No online presence

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    Online growth

    Loyal customers

    Market share leadership

    Strong management team

    Strong brand equity

    Strong financial position

    Supply chain

    Pricing

    Real estate

    Reputation management

    Unique products

    [*]Not innovative

    [*]Not diversified

    [*]Poor supply chain

    [*]Weak management team

    [*]Weak real estate[*]Weak, damaged brand

    [*]Ubiquitiouegory, products, services

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    Opportunities

    Acquisitions

    Asset leverage

    Financial markets (raise money through debt,

    etc)

    Emerging markets and expansion abroad

    Innovation

    Online

    Product and services expansion

    Takeovers

    Threats

    Competition

    Cheaper technology

    Economic slowdown

    External changes (government, politics, taxes,

    etc)

    Exchange rate fluctuations

    Lower cost competitors or imports

    Maturing categories, products, or services

    Price wars

    Product substitution

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    Balance Sheet of Hindalco Industries

    Mar '11 Mar '10 Mar '09 Mar '08 Mar '07

    12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths

    Sources Of Funds

    Total Share Capital 191.46 191.37 170.46 122.65 104.33

    Equity Share

    Capital191.46 191.37 170.05 122.65 104.33

    Share Application

    Money4.47 3.99 3.17 139.50 0.00

    Preference Share

    Capital0.00 0.00 0.41 0.00 0.00

    Reserves 29,504.17 27,715.61 23,584.69 17,173.67 12,313.71

    Revaluation

    Reserves0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

    Networth 29,700.10 27,910.97 23,758.32 17,435.82 12,418.04

    Secured Loans 5,170.31 5,153.90 5,713.23 6,205.42 6,410.20

    Unsecured Loans 2,101.19 1,203.00 2,611.06 2,123.16 958.40

    Total Debt 7,271.50 6,356.90 8,324.29 8,328.58 7,368.60

    Total Liabilities 36,971.60 34,267.87 32,082.61 25,764.40 19,786.64

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    Mar '11 Mar '10 Mar '09 Mar '08 Mar '07

    12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths

    Application Of Funds

    Gross Block 14,287.32 13,793.35 13,393.07 12,608.46 11,252.66

    Less: Accum.

    Depreciation6,702.94 6,058.53 5,506.10 4,799.12 4,245.95

    Net Block 7,584.38 7,734.82 7,886.97 7,809.34 7,006.71

    Capital Work in

    Progress9,464.05 3,702.79 1,389.63 1,119.87 1,476.43

    Investments 18,246.75 21,480.83 19,148.84 14,107.99 8,675.32

    Inventories 7,652.19 5,921.41 4,070.14 5,097.91 4,315.31

    Sundry Debtors 1,268.99 1,311.87 1,201.22 1,565.02 1,504.50

    Cash and Bank

    Balance111.12 139.96 213.48 131.05 187.45

    Total Current

    Assets9,032.30 7,373.24 5,484.84 6,793.98 6,007.26

    Loans and

    Advances1,750.22 1,588.62 1,709.16 1,116.35 1,360.86

    Fixed Deposits 122.27 0.25 630.24 15.93 478.05

    Total CA, Loans &

    Advances10,904.79 8,962.11 7,824.24 7,926.26 7,846.17

    Deffered Credit 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

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    Current Liabilities 8,583.69 6,891.19 3,363.91 4,293.04 3,937.01

    Provisions 644.68 721.49 803.16 906.01 1,284.14

    Total CL &

    Provisions 9,228.37 7,612.68 4,167.07 5,199.05 5,221.15

    Net Current Assets 1,676.42 1,349.43 3,657.17 2,727.21 2,625.02

    Miscellaneous

    Expenses0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.17

    Total Assets 36,971.60 34,267.87 32,082.61 25,764.41 19,786.65

    ContingentLiabilities

    11,333.90 18,607.32 9,775.80 17,660.42 1,362.42

    Book Value (Rs) 155.07 145.85 139.71 140.95 107.11

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    Profit & Loss account of

    Hindalco Industries ------------------- in Rs. Cr. ------------------

    Mar '11 Mar '10 Mar '09 Mar '08 Mar '07

    12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths

    Income

    Sales Turnover 25,255.01 20,516.43 19,641.40 20,943.69 19,921.40

    Excise Duty 1,497.87 1,059.45 1,481.59 1,825.68 1,608.47

    Net Sales 23,757.14 19,456.98 18,159.81 19,118.01 18,312.93

    Other Income 304.25 574.62 712.66 571.18 283.52

    Stock Adjustments 403.63 765.87 -537.81 141.80 443.89

    Total Income 24,465.02 20,797.47 18,334.66 19,830.99 19,040.34

    Expenditure

    Raw Materials 16,435.73 13,666.78 10,855.14 12,486.62 11,438.31

    Power & Fuel Cost 2,221.48 1,938.00 2,231.56 1,910.83 1,848.62

    Employee Cost 1,054.39 904.90 675.05 631.07 529.58

    Other Manufacturing Expenses 255.84 200.32 143.46 115.90 232.17

    Selling and Admin Expenses 552.73 535.63 447.53 444.65 381.11

    Miscellaneous Expenses 471.46 386.50 357.12 401.33 231.02

    Preoperative Exp Capitalised -390.30 -335.78 0.00 0.00 0.00

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    Total Expenses 20,601.33 17,296.35 14,709.86 15,990.40 14,660.81

    Mar '11 Mar '10 Mar '09 Mar '08 Mar '07

    12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths

    Operating Profit 3,559.44 2,926.50 2,912.14 3,269.41 4,096.01

    PBDIT 3,863.69 3,501.12 3,624.80 3,840.59 4,379.53

    Interest 610.26 613.78 336.93 280.63 242.39

    PBDT 3,253.43 2,887.34 3,287.87 3,559.96 4,137.14

    Depreciation 687.48 671.36 644.34 587.81 552.80

    Other Written Off 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.62 4.00

    Profit Before Tax 2,565.95 2,215.98 2,643.53 2,968.53 3,580.34

    Extra-ordinary items 39.63 157.60 198.55 597.74 9.54

    PBT (Post Extra-ord Items) 2,605.58 2,373.58 2,842.08 3,566.27 3,589.88

    Tax 468.66 462.10 610.88 705.34 940.30

    Reported Net Profit 2,136.92 1,915.63 2,230.27 2,860.94 2,564.33

    Total Value Addition 4,165.60 3,629.57 3,854.72 3,503.78 3,222.51

    Preference Dividend 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

    Equity Dividend 287.17 258.32 229.58 226.89 177.34

    Corporate Dividend Tax 46.59 42.90 39.03 38.56 24.87

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    Per share data (annualised)

    Shares in issue (lakhs) 19,149.44 19,134.62 17,002.71 12,271.30 11,593.30

    Earning Per Share (Rs) 11.16 10.01 13.12 23.31 22.12

    Equity Dividend (%) 150.00 135.00 135.00 185.00 170.00

    Book Value (Rs) 155.07 145.85 139.71 140.95 107.11

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    Key Financial Ratios of

    Hindalco Industries

    Mar '11 Mar '10 Mar '09 Mar '08 Mar '07

    Investment Valuation Ratios

    Face Value 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Dividend Per Share 1.50 1.35 1.35 1.85 1.70

    Operating Profit Per Share (Rs) 18.59 15.29 17.12 26.64 34.60

    Net Operating Profit Per Share (Rs) 124.06 101.68 106.81 155.79 157.96

    Free Reserves Per Share (Rs) 108.11 98.72 86.31 138.43 103.16

    Bonus in Equity Capital 25.68 25.69 28.92 40.09 47.13

    Profitability Ratios

    Operating Profit Margin(%) 14.98 15.04 16.03 17.10 21.90

    Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin(%) 11.87 11.41 12.07 13.64 18.55

    Gross Profit Margin(%) 12.08 11.59 12.48 14.02 22.27

    Cash Profit Margin(%) 12.00 10.89 13.76 14.31 16.72

    Adjusted Cash Margin(%) 12.00 10.89 13.76 14.31 16.90

    Net Profit Margin(%) 8.83 9.69 11.87 14.56 13.76

    Adjusted Net Profit Margin(%) 8.83 9.69 11.87 14.56 13.91

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    Return On Capital Employed(%) 8.90 7.46 9.00 12.44 19.07

    Return On Net Worth(%) 7.19 6.86 9.38 16.54 20.65

    Adjusted Return on Net Worth(%) 7.45 5.30 8.16 12.83 20.88

    Return on Assets Excluding Revaluations 155.07 145.85 139.71 140.95 107.09

    Return on Assets Including Revaluations 155.07 145.85 139.71 140.95 107.09

    Return on Long Term Funds(%) 9.44 7.73 9.72 13.56 20.03

    Liquidity And Solvency Ratios

    Current Ratio 0.96 1.02 1.20 1.08 1.22

    Quick Ratio 0.34 0.39 0.88 0.53 0.66

    Debt Equity Ratio 0.24 0.23 0.35 0.48 0.59

    Long Term Debt Equity Ratio 0.17 0.19 0.25 0.37 0.52

    Debt Coverage Ratios

    Interest Cover 5.89 4.30 10.43 13.63 20.90

    Total Debt to Owners Fund 0.24 0.23 0.35 0.48 0.59

    Financial Charges Coverage Ratio 6.52 5.26 10.48 13.53 17.87

    Financial Charges Coverage Ratio Post Tax 5.63 5.21 9.53 13.30 13.88

    Management Efficiency Ratios

    Inventory Turnover Ratio 3.43 3.63 5.16 4.32 4.32

    Debtors Turnover Ratio 18.41 15.48 13.13 12.46 13.30

    Investments Turnover Ratio 3.43 3.63 5.16 4.32 4.89

    Fixed Assets Turnover Ratio 1.67 1.42 1.37 1.53 2.30

    Total Assets Turnover Ratio 0.64 0.57 0.57 0.74 0.93

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    Asset Turnover Ratio 1.67 1.42 1.37 1.53 1.64

    Average Raw Material Holding 86.80 66.64 49.40 58.22 42.95

    Average Finished Goods Held 4.76 4.72 3.66 5.60 4.20

    Number of Days In Working Capital 25.40 24.97 72.50 51.35 51.60

    Profit & Loss Account Ratios

    Material Cost Composition 69.18 70.24 59.77 65.31 62.46

    Imported Composition of Raw Materials Consumed 88.47 89.76 86.35 90.35 89.50

    Selling Distribution Cost Composition 1.70 1.86 1.75 1.62 1.60

    Expenses as Composition of Total Sales 29.87 27.12 28.38 33.65 38.10

    Cash Flow Indicator Ratios

    Dividend Payout Ratio Net Profit 15.61 15.72 12.04 9.27 7.88

    Dividend Payout Ratio Cash Profit 11.81 11.64 9.34 7.68 6.47

    Earning Retention Ratio 84.94 79.67 86.16 88.05 92.20

    Cash Earning Retention Ratio 88.51 86.01 89.61 90.56 93.58

    AdjustedCash Flow Times 2.51 2.95 3.22 2.96 2.34

    Mar '11 Mar '10 Mar '09 Mar '08 Mar '07

    Earnings Per Share 11.16 10.01 13.12 23.31 22.12

    Book Value 155.07 145.85 139.71 140.95 107.11

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    Management - Hindalco

    Name Designation

    Kumar Mangalam Birla Chairman / Chair Person

    Rajashree Birla Non Executive Director

    Madhukar Manilal Bhagat Non Executive Director

    Askaran Agarwala Non Executive Director

    Ram Charan Non Executive Director

    Name Designation

    Debnarayan Bhattacharya Managing Director

    Chaitan Manbhai Maniar Non Executive Director

    Kailash Nath Bhandari Non Executive Director

    Narendra Jamnadas Jhaveri Non Executive Director

    Jagdish Khattar Independent Director

    Material developments in human resources industrial relations front, including number of people

    employed. Our Group has time and again is adjudged amongst the best employer in India by

    global agencies such as Hewitt . Our culture and reputation as a business leader in the industry

    enables us to recruit and retain the best available talent in India.

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    Human capital

    Our professionals are our most important assets. We are committed to remaining among the

    industrys leading employers. We have a pool of around 19,300 employees in our fold. The

    group has a well laid talent development plan that ensures attracting the talent and provides for

    nurturing and enhancement of talent.

    Training and Development

    Our training, continuing education and career development programs are designed to ensure that

    our professionals enhance their business skills. Our group initiatives and our learning campus

    provide continuous learning opportunities. Our in house faculty conducts integrated training for

    our new employees. Leadership development is a core part of our training program. Conclusion

    Yet again your Company recorded a strong performance in a year that witnessed strong

    commodity prices, but nevertheless was a very challenging year in many ways. Strong

    inflationary pressures leading to sharp rise in input prices, especially energy, appreciating rupee,

    rising coal prices in India these were some of the challenges faced by industry. In addition, your

    company also witnessed some of the one off unfortunate disruptions such as Hirakud outage and

    Dahej cooling tower failure that led to significant production loss and severe cost escalation. On

    this backdrop, this strong performance is testimony to the sound business models of our

    Aluminium and Copper businesses, the underlying strength of business operations, stable and

    capable processes, and successful implementation of a well thought out strategic plan foruantum growth supported by a strongbalance sheet and robust cash flows from existing

    operations. The year also witnessed a strong performance by Novelis and ABML two contrasting

    businesses operating in two entirely different geographies amidst different challenges. During the

    year, We not only tied up financing for our Greenfield projects (Utkal and Mahan) but through

    Novelis refinancing also successfully aligned our capital structure to the business needs thus

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    facilitating the future growth. Global economy is expected to continue its recovery; however this

    revival could be slow and may face strong headwinds. The upstream aluminum industry may

    continue to witness pricing pressure on account of large inventories while the cost push is

    expected to continue. The copper business too will continue to face challenges on account of cost

    inflation even as TC/RC s are expected to better in FY12.

    At present the focus is on

    Maintaining profitability in an uncertain, inflationary macro- economic environment

    Maximising Free Cash Flow from existing operations

    Ensuring planned progress on the projects in a challenging environment Your company has

    strengthened its balance sheet, has reduced our leverage and improved our capital structure. We

    also have achieved financial closure of two projects .This would allow us to progress on the

    Greenfield projects through a calibrated approach. The Brownfield expansions at Muri and

    Hirakud have been commissioned and will deliver the targeted cash flows to help finance our

    growth aspirations. We are working on five greenfield sites, in difficult terrains, in a challenging

    regulatory environment and have put in place the necessary organization to keep these projects

    on track.

    These plans will enable your Company to grow in a steady and robust manner. Some of these

    projects have gained a significant visibility and are on course to reinforce low-cost advantage.

    This low cost advantage, along with high end technology of Novelis and a considerable head

    start with respect to foot print expansion in the well understood emerging markets shall catapult

    your company to greater heights.