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National Development Leasing Corporation Limited
Annual Report 1998
Contents
Company Information
Notice of Meeting
Ten Years at a Glance
Directors' Report
Auditors' Report
Balance Sheet
Profit and Loss Account
Statement of Changes in Financial Position
Notes to the Accounts
Pattern of Shareholding
Company Information
Board of Directors
Mr. Mohammad Naseem Chairman
Mr. Mohammad Salim Director
Mr. S.M. Saleem Director
Mr. Mohammad Sharif Director
Mr. Zahid Haleem Sheikh Director
Mr. Farrukh Hussain Sheikh Director
Mr. Shahid Hassan Director
Mr. Mubashir A. Akhtar Managing Director & Chief Executive
Company Secretary
Mr. Abdul Ghafoor Ateeq
Auditors
Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow
Chartered Accountants
Legal Advisors
Orr. Dignam & Company, Advocates
Liaquat Merchant Associates
Sajjad Law Associates
Consultants
M. Yousuf Adil Saleem & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Share Registrar
THK Associates (Pvt) Limited,
Ground Floor, Sheikh Sultan Trust Building No.2,
Beaumont Road,
Karachi-75530
Bankers
Allied Bank of Pakistan Limited
American Express Bank Limited
Askari Commercial Bank Limited
Bank of Punjab Limited
Citibank, N.A.
Deutsche Bank A.G.
Faysal Bank Limited
Mashreq Bank psc.
Muslim Commercial Bank Limited
National Bank of Pakistan
National Development Finance Corporation
Platinum Commercial Bank Limited
Standard Chartered Bank
Correspondent Banks
Chase Manhattan Bank
Deutsche Bank A.G.
Head Office and
Registered Office
Karachi
NIC Building, 10th Floor
Abbasi Shaheed Road
Tel: 5660671-78 Fax: 5680454
E-mail: ndlckar @cybcracess.com.pk
Branches
KARACHI CLIFTON
BC-1, Block-5,
Kchkashan Scheme # 5, Main Clifton Road
Tel: 5875666-777 Fax: 5875888
Contact: Mr. Ahmed Noor
LAHORE
7/4, E-3, Main Boulevard,
Gulberg III
Tel: 5754111,5754122 Fax: 5754166
E-mail: leasepk @ ndlclhr. lhr. erum.com.pk
Contact: Mr. Tahir Rizwan
LAHORE CANTT
Unit No. 3, Cantonment Commercial Complex,
Abid Majeed Road,
Tel: 6652317-8 Fax: 6652310
Contact: Mr. Shahzad Afzal
FAISALABAD
The Mall Regency Shopping Arcade,
Ground Floor.
Tel: 617946-67 Fax: 612890
E-mail: leasepk @ ndlc fsb. fsd.erum.com.pk
Contact: Mr. Salim-ul-Haque
ISLAMABAD
State Life Building, Ground Floor
Jinnah Avenue, Phase II,
Blue Area.
Tel: 277362-64 Fax: 277365
E-mail: leasepk @ ndlcisl. isb.erum.com.pk
Contact: Mr. Fuad Rasul
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of National Development Leasing Corpo-
ration Limited will be held at FTC Auditorium, Finance and Trade Centre, Sharea Faisal, Karachi on Tuesday,
December 15, 1998 at 12:30 hours to transact the following business:
1. To confirm the Minutes of the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting held on December 29, 1997.
2. To receive and adopt the Audited Accounts of the Corporation for the year ended June 30, 1998 together
with Directors' and Auditors' Report thereon.
3. To approve 10% cash dividend as recommended by the Directors.
4. To appoint Auditors and fix their remuneration. The present Auditors, Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow,
Chartered Accountants, retire and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
5. To transact any other business with the permission of the Chair.
By Order of the Board
Abdul Ghafoor Ateeq
Karachi: September 28, 1998 Company Secretary
Notes:
a. The share transfer books of the Corporation will remain closed from December 9, 1998 to December 22,
1998 (both days inclusive). Transfers received in order at the office of Share Registrar of the Corporation
i.e. THK Associates (Pvt) Limited, Ground Floor, Sheikh Sultan Trust Building No. 2, Beaumont Road,
Karachi-75530, by December 8, 1998 will be treated in time for the purpose of entitlement of cash
dividend in respect of the year ended June 30, 1998.
b. A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting may appoint another member as his/her proxy to
attend and vote on his/her behalf. The proxy, in order to be effective, must be received at the registered
office of the Corporation duly stamped, signed and witnessed not later than 48 hours before the time of
the meeting.
c. Members are requested to immediately inform of any change in their addresses.
Ten Years at a Glance Rupees in Million
18 months
Year June 30 June 30 June 30 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31
Ended 1998 1997 1996 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
FINANCIAL POSITION
Authorised Capital 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 100 100 100
Paid-up Capital 377 359 359 259 207 159 88 68 68 68
Reserves 823 828 780 687 620 595 479 378 158 90
Shareholders Equity 1,200 1,187 1,139 946 827 754 567 446 226 158
Long Term Loans-Foreign 802 910 690 821 569 651 469 506 212 99
-Local 502 367 304 154 220 247 223 507 501 419
Certificates of Investment 1,090 1,576 1,755 881 671 964 1,008 2,977 1,622 575
Net Investment in Lease Finance 3,650 3,767 3,971 2,739 2,344 2,044 1,789 1,709 1,214 793
Total Assets 4,924 5,312 5,272 3,644 2,878 3,071 2,666 5,061 3,011 1,542
OPERATING POSITION
Lease Income 614 625 807 398 299 255 243 193 120 69
Total Revenue 739 785 1,115 540 425 393 507 571 329 148
Total Expenditure 543 599 755 317 250 237 361 395 216 75
Operating Profit 196 186 360 223 175 156 146 176 113 73
Profit Before Taxation 78 130 266 187 165 149 146 176 113 73
Profit After Taxation 50 102 211 157 125 111 146 234 75 53
DISTRIBUTION
Cash Dividend 10.00% 15.00% 30.00% 15.00% 25.00% 20.00% 20.00% 20.00% 12.00% 18.00%
Stock Dividend -- 5.0012% -- 25.00% 25.002% 30.00% -- 30.00% -- --
RIGHT ISSUE -- -- -- 10.00% -- -- 30.00% 50.00% -- --
RATIOS
Current Ratio 1.01 1.00 0.81 1.17 1.25 1.52 1.19 0.97 0.96 0.88
Debt/Equity 1.28 1.38 1.25 1.42 1.34 1.76 1.69 4.00 5.54 4.73
Book Value Per Share (in Rupees) 15.90 16.52 15.85 18.29 20.00 23.71 32.12 24.06 12.18 9.45
Note: Prior years' figures have been rearranged, wherever necessary, for the purpose of comparison.
Directors' Report to the Shareholders
The Board of Directors are pleased to announce the financial results for the twelve months ended
June 30, 1998.
Board of Directors
The composition of the Board of Directors has changed since the last Annual General Meeting due to accep-     
tance of resignation of Mr. Abdul Shakoor and Syed Ghulam Abbas. The Board wishes to place on record its
appreciation for services rendered by the outgoing Directors. Mr. Zahid Haleem Sheikh and Mr. Farrukh
Hussain Sheikh have joined the Board. We welcome the new members and look forward to their support and
contribution.
Financials
Your Directors are pleased to report an after tax profit of Rs. 50.027 million during the twelve months ended
June 30, 1998 and propose that profit be appropriated as follows:
         (Rupees in 000's)
June 30 June 30
1998 1997
Profit before taxation 78,027 129,656
Provision for taxation 28,000 27,500
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Profit after taxation 50,027 102,156
Unappropriated profit brought forward 1,353 4,195
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Profit available for appropriation 51,380 106,351
APPROPRIATIONS
Proposed final dividend 10 % (1997: 15%) 37,740 53,914
Transfer to general reserve 10,000 28,000
Transfer to special reserve 2,501 5,108
Transfer for issue of bonus shares -- 17,976
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50,241 104,998
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Unappropriated profit carried forward 1,139 1,353
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The Economy
The Government has been following a combination of supply side and demand management policies to achieve
the twin objectives of macro economic stability and growth. The policies were successful in arresting the
declining trend, as a result GDP grew by 5.4% during financial year 1997-98 as compared to previous year's
growth of 1.3%. The Agriculture sector contributed 5.9% to the improved GDP. Although manufacturing sec-
tor also has shown growth, increased growth was mainly attributed to sugar output.
The bad debts and loan defaults of the financial sector have reportedly gone upto Rs. 210 billion. This includes
an increase of Rs. 70 billion during the last 18 months, inspite of incentives provided by the Government to
recover loans. The Government is drafting recovery laws and it is expected that the influential defaulters would
be made to pay the debts to improve health of the financial sector. Tight fiscal management by the Government
resulted in less recourse to borrowing for budgetary support. This has helped to contain inflationary pressures
and has improved credit available to the private sector.
At present, the economy of Pakistan is in the process of major structural adjustments and the Government is
keen to continue with measures for deregulating, privatizing and liberalizing the economy. The commitment of
the Government to an increased role of the private sector and the industrial sector in the development of the
country represents ample opportunities for growth of the financial sector.
The Year under Review
During the financial year under review, uncertainties continued to prevail in almost all areas, which resulted in
further slowing down of the economy. The performance of the Company over the year has shown affects of the
general economic slowdown. However, the management this year made a conscious effort towards realigning
its focus from asset building to consolidation, vitalizing recovery efforts, curtailment of disbursements due to
slowdown in recoveries, liquidity management, solicitation of blue chip clients, risk sharing on specific leases
with other leasing companies and mobilization of long term domestic debts. The Company has stressed on the
composition of lease portfolio, as a consequence, the sectoral distribution of lease portfolio has consistently
improved over last few years.
The Company continued to make concerted efforts to improve recoveries especially from defaulters. Your
Company initiated several legal proceedings with positive results, where judgements have been decreed in
favour of National Leasing or the client has requested for out of court settlement. Steady progress is being
made in pending cases with final settlement expected within the ensuing year. The amended Banking Act
1997, has also played a key role in expediting court decisions and the Company is hopeful about the speedy
recovery of stuck up loans in view of Government of Pakistan's stance on defaulters. The emphasis on the
retail segment of the market continued with success. Retail clients are being targeted for general product
leasing in view of declining growth prospects in big ticket leasing. A retail branch was opened in Karachi in
October 1997 to tap the retail market.
The year under review witnessed a major change in the management of the Company. Mr. Mubashir
A. Akhtar has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Company in place of
Mr. Tayyab Afzal, who resigned from his position.
Regulatory Environment
Subsequent to events that occurred in May 1998 in the subcontinent, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has
made various changes in Foreign Exchange Regulatory Environment. The most significant development
being freezing of all foreign currency accounts, in order to avert financial collapse from a sudden flight of
foreign currency from the country. Forward cover fee has been enhanced in respect of old foreign currency
deposits mobilized under certificates of investment scheme and forward cover in respect of new foreign
currency deposits has been withdrawn. In the absence of forward cover, the mobilization of foreign cur-
rency deposits is no longer a viable option.
Stock Market Investment
The investors confidence in the capital market remained low for most part of the year. This was reflective in
the movements in the stock market. The KSE - 100 index registered all time low in June 1998 and closed at
880 points from 1566 points at the end of financial year 1997. Management has curtailed all new buying
activity at the stock exchange and has marked the prices of trading portfolio to market values. Thus, for the
year under review, a provision of Rs. 7.243 million was made to account for depressed market prices.
Review of Operations
The fiscal 1997/98 was a difficult year for the Company due to economic slow down. The challenges, the
Company is facing emanate from increasing competition, reduce margins, decrease market share and quality
of assets. Funds are becoming increasingly expensive in view of intense competition. Lending rates cannot
be increased beyond a certain limit as blue chip clients do not pay beyond a certain level of margin. Demand
for machinery and equipment remained low and overall volume of business contracted. Against this back-
drop, your Company has maintained a trend of profitable operations. Operating profit before provisions of
your Company was recorded at Rs. 196.025 million as against Rs. 185.536 million achieved in previous
year, an increase of 5.65%. This was mainly due to steady growth achieved by the Company over a number
of years. Lease income dropped from Rs. 628.985 million to Rs. 614.192 million due to lower disburse-
ments. Financial charges and return on certificates of investment were on the lower side in line with lower
requirement of borrowings. The administrative and operating expenses were tightly controlled to mitigate
the inflationary impact and were restricted to Rs. 85.304 million as against Rs. 82.364 million in 1997, an
increases of 3.57% over the previous year. Following a prudent policy, a provision of Rs. 110.755 million
was made for doubtful debts against Rs. 55.473 million in the previous year to safeguard against losses as
repayment capability of borrowers may be impaired due to economic downturn. The provision has been
made to strengthen the balance sheet and will be a source of comfort to the shareholders and lending institu-
tions. As a result, net profit after taxation amounted to Rs. 50.027 million as against Rs. 102.156 million in
the previous year.
Funding
Your Company has been able to generate funds in line with its marketing objectives. Financial institutions
and banks have demonstrated confidence by extending credit lines and enhancing existing credit facilities.
Additional line of Rs. 100 million was negotiated with a local commercial bank during the year under
review. The Company continued its excellent relations with the multilateral agencies. However, Company
was unable to draw approved lines of US $ 13.5 million and GBP 7.5 million due to non availability of
foreign exchange risk cover and hedging mechanism at a reasonable cost. State Bank of Pakistan has how-
ever, recently agreed to provide foreign exchange risk cover for the undrawn approved lines.
Credit Rating
The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has updated the Company's credit rating for the year to June
30, 1998 and has maintained entity rating at A for long term and AI for short term which is encouraging in
the present economic scenario. These ratings are applicable to the unsecured creditors of the Company.
Future Prospects
The Management of National Leasing expects 1998 -1999 to be a year of consolidation and improvement.
Looking ahead, the Company recognizes the challenges of the future and the steps, both immediate and long
term, that are needed to propel the Company through the onset of economic stagnation and slowdown. More
emphasis is being laid on quality customer service, retention of risk free clientele through provision of a
range of services, focus marketing efforts with a view to attain optimum market penetration. This will nec-
essarily mean product line extensions, product development and improvement of internal structure to ser-
vice the increased level of business activity on both sides of the balance sheet. Company is also focussing on
the development of human resources and information technology in an effort to maintain an environment
conducive to professional growth and development of team members.
Mission Statement
National Leasing will continue to play its role as the premier leasing Company. The Company will continue
to conduct business with prudence, be a proactive player in the financial industry and lead the industry
standards for business practices and compliance to regulatory requirements.
Auditors
The retiring auditors Messrs Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow, Chartered Accountants, being eligible, offer
themselves for reappointment.
Acknowledgment
We acknowledge with deep gratitude the support and cooperation extended by our customers, clients, bank-
ers and shareholders and record our sincere recognition for imposing faith and trust and for their patience
and understanding in dealing with us.
We extend our appreciation to the Board of Directors, for their continued support and guidance and
knowledge the contribution of all team members towards meeting the objectives of the Company.
Shareholding Pattern
A statement reflecting the pattern of shareholding is attached to the Annual Report..
On behalf of the Board
Sd/-
Mubashir A. Akhtar
Karachi: September 28, 1998 Managing Director & Chief Executive
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEASING
CORPORATION LIMITED as at June 30, 1998 and the related profit and loss account and
statement of changes in financial position (cash flow statement), together with the notes forming
part thereof, for the year then ended and we state that we have obtained all the information and
explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of
our audit and, after due verification thereof, we report that:
a) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the company as required by
the Companies Ordinance, 1984;
b) in our opinion:
i) the balance sheet and profit and loss account together with the notes thereon have
been drawn up in conformity with the Companies Ordinance, 1984, and are in
agreement with the books of account and are further in accordance with accounting
policies consistently applied;
ii) the expenditure incurred during the year was for the purpose of the company's
business; and
iii) the business conducted, investments made and the expenditure incurred during the
year were in accordance with the objects of the company;
c) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given
to us, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and the statement of changes in financial
position (cash flow statement), together with the notes forming part thereof, give the
information required by the Companies Ordinance, 1984, in the manner so required and
respectively give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at June 30,
1998 and of the profit and the changes in financial position for the year then ended; and
d) in our opinion Zakat deductible at source under Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980, was
deducted by the company and deposited in the Central Zakat Fund established under
section 7 of that Ordinance.
FORD, RHODES, ROBSON, MORROW
Karachi: September 28, 1998 Chartered Accountants
Balance Sheet as at June 30, 1998
          (Rupees in 000's)
Note June 30 June 30
1998 1997
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Authorised Capital
100,000,000 Ordinary Shares of Rs 5 each 500,000 500,000
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Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Capital 3 377,400 359,424
Reserves 4 822,551 828,240
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Shareholders' Equity 1,199,951 1,187,664
DEFERRED LIABILITIES
Provision for Gratuity 4,294 4,417
LONG TERM FINANCE AND LIABILITIES
Long Term Finances 5 1,004,047 1,012,420
Certificates of Investment 6 105,807 139,957
Deposits on Lease Contracts 7 421,876 480,282
Obligation under Finance Lease 8 -- 1,551
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1,531,730 1,634,210
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short Term Finances 9 446,977 423,512
Current Maturity
Long Term Finances 5 300,486 265,222
Certificates of investment 6 984,569 1,436,454
Deposits on Lease Contracts 7 133,727 51,688
Obligation under Finance Lease 8 1,551 1,027
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities 10 277,959 252,965
Provision for Taxation 11 4,719 904
Proposed Final Dividend 37,740 53,914
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2,187,728 2,485,686
CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS 12
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4,923,703 5,311,977
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