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Pioneer Cables Limited
Annual Report 1999
Contents
Company Profile
Notice of Meeting
Chairman's Review
Directors' Report 
Pattern of Shareholdings 
10 Years at a Glance
Auditors' Report 
Balance Sheet 
Profit and Loss Account 
Cash Flow Statement 
Notes to the Accounts 
Company Profile
Board of Directors Mr. Said Ahmed (Chairman)
Mr. Rashid Zakaria Bawany (Chief Executive)
Mr. Zakaria A, Bawany
Mrs. Mobina A. Dada
Mr. Zahid Zaheer
Dr. Amjadl Waheed (Nominee of NIT)
Ms. Aaliya K, Dossa (Nominee of NIT)
Company Secretary Mr. Asif A, Sattar
Chief Accountant Mr. Vail Muhammad A, Rehman
Legal Adviser Mr. Rao M, Shakir Naqshbandi
Advocate
Bankers Bank AI-Habib Ltd.
Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd.
Bank Al-Falah Ltd.
Albaraka Islamic Bank B.S.C. (E.C.)
Auditors Rahim Iqbal Rafiq & Co,
Chartered Accountants
Registered Office 27/3/1, Mauza Bairut,
Main RCD Highway, Hub Chowki,
Distt: Lasbela, Balochistan.
Phones: 0202-32360, 0202-33679
Fax: 0202-32369
Head / Sales Office 1001-Uni Towers,
I.I. Chundrigar Road, P.O, Box 6643,
Karachi- 74000, Pakistan,
Phones: 2416511-14, 2410553, 2413528
Fax: (92-21) 2415815, (92-21) 2411804
E-Mail: pioneer@bawany. com
WEBSITE: http://www. bawany.com
Lahore Office 24/25 Associated Chambers, Patiata Ground,
Link Mcleod Road, Lahore,
Phones: (042) 7235741 -43
Fax: (042) 7235712
Islamabad Office 3rd Floor, Ally Plaza,
44 West Blue Area,
Islamabad,
Tel/Fax: (92-51) 822915
Mobile: 0351-7356342
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Nineteenth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Pioneer
Cables Limited will be held on Monday the 27th December, 1999 at 2,00 p.m. at the Liaison Office
of the Company at Uni Towers, 10th Floor, Room No. 1001, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi to transact
the following business:
1. To confirm the minutes of Eighteenth Annual General Meeting held on Thursday the 17th
December, 1998.
2. To receive, consider and adopt the Statement of Accounts for the year ended June 30,
1999 together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
3. To approve cash dividend as recommended by the Directors.
4. To appoint Auditors for the ensuing year and to fix their remuneration, Messrs. Rahim Iqbal
Rafiq & Co, Chartered Accountants, retire and being eligible, have offered themselves for
re-appointment.
5. To transact any other business which may legally be transacted at an Annual General
Meeting with the permission of the Chair.
By Order of the Board
ASIF A. SATTAR
Karachi: November 22, 1999 Company Secretary
NOTES:
1. The Share Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 27th December, 1999 to 3rd
January, 2000 (both days inclusive), Transfers received in order at the Shares Department
of the Company at Uni Towers, 10th Floor, Room No, 1001, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi
by close of business on 24th December, 1999 will be treated in time.
2. A member entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting is entitled to appoint another
member as his/her proxy to attend and vote on his/her behalf.
3. The instrument appointing a proxy, together with the power of attorney under which it
is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof, should be deposited at the Liaison Office
/ Shares Department of the Company not less than 48 hours before the time of holding
of the meeting.
4.    The members are requested to advise the change in address, if any.
Chairman's Review
Dear Shareholders
On behalf of the Board, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you at the 19th Annual General
Meeting of the Company.
Company's Performance:
During the year under review, the economy has remained under recession. It has been plagued
with huge debts, deficits of trade and balance of payments and enormous balance of irrecov-
erable rupee assets.
In the six monthly review that I made in February this year, I had forecasted a marginal improve-
ment in the year end results. This has come true and the sales for the year ending June 30, 1999
at Rs. 239 million are considerably higher than the Rs. 189 million achieved last year, and show
a 26% growth, but still not enough to generate operating surplus for your Company.
At the operating level, your Company has posted a notional loss of Rs. 0.716 million against Rs.
24.5 million losses in the previous year. The situation at the pre-tax level is a little better reducing
the loss to Rs. 87,860/- only, mainly due to non-operating income of Rs. 0,628 million.
Your Company has not made provision for debts amounting to Rs. 11,982 million outstanding since
1995, as it has instituted legal suits for recovery and has been granted decree and award in one
case while another is in process. The auditors have also commented in their report in this matter.
The administration expenses have been contained and are lower than the previous year.
However, the selling expenses for the year are Rs. 3.7 million higher than last year. This is primarily
due to change in the selling policy, whereby your Company has discontinued the distribution
arrangement and adopted direct selling for the Karachi area. This necessitated additional ad-
vertising &-promotional expenses for your Company of about Rs..2.0 million, and also include
advertising cost associated with ISO 9002 Certification and disseminating of this information, This
will hopefully improve the acceptance of the products of your Company and will result in higher
sales in future years. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that your Company has now been
awarded. ISO 9002 Certification covering its full range of manufacturing facility including XLPE
Cables upto 33 KV High Voltage Cables which is the highest electrical rating manufacturing and
testing facility in Pakistan to cover ISO 9002 Certification. This achievement represents great stride
towards our quality management and higher commitment of our of employees. Direct selling has
also resulted in increase of additional costs associated with transportation and handling of products
in the Karachi area. However, there has been a proportionately larger' sale in the northern region,
as a result of which the handling & cartage charges for the year have increased by about Rs.
1.0 million.
The financial charges are well contained and despite higher sales have reduced from Rs. 9.01
million to Rs. 7.74 million.
Despite a loss, your Company has to suffer a taxation burden of Rs. 1.2 million. This is as a result
of the Government's policy to charge a minimum turnover tax, even to loss making companies.
Dividend:
Under the circumstances, although the operating results of the Company do not warrant pay-
ment of any dividend, your Board has however agreed to draw down in the reserves of the
Company and pay a 5% dividend to the Shareholders.
Y2K Compliance:
The Company has taken appropriate steps to ensure that all the systems are Y2K complaint. Con-
tingencies of adequate stock have also been taken care of to ensure uninterrupted operations.
Future Prospects:
Due to the prevailing uncertainty it is extremely difficult to forecast the future prospects of your
Company.
The domestic economy has been in slumber because of poor domestic demand as a result of
the large cuts in Government's development expenditure, and erosion of the purchasing power
of the rupee. Large segments of the industry continue to operate inefficiently in our unjust taxation
system which puts more burden of taxes on local manufacturing than on the corresponding imported
product. The orders booked for products of your Company are marginally higher than the pre-
vious year.
Until such time as the business environment changes, the prospects of future growth for the products
of your Company remain under pressure.
Staff & Valued Customers:
Our relationship with the employees at all level remains satisfactory, I wish to record the Company's
appreciation to all our valued customers for the confidence and support reposed in us.
Karachi: November 22, 1999 Said Ahmed
Chairman
Directors' Report
Your Directors are pleased to submit 19th Annual Report and 16th since the Company was listed on
Stock Exchange of Pakistan, alongwith audited accounts for the year ended June 30, 1999 and the
Auditors Report thereon:
The operating results of your Company are summarised below:
June 30, 1999 June 30, 1998
Rupees Rupees
Loss before taxation (87,860) (24,210,817)
Reversal of provision for doubtful debts -- 1,500,000
Taxation
Current- minimum tax (1,202,465) (954,082)
Prior years' refunds -- 5,168,000
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( 1,202,465) 4, 213, 918
Loss after taxation (1,290,325) (18,496,899)
Balance brought forward from last year (30,167,892) (11,670,993)
Transfer from General reserve 1,775,000 --
Proposed dividend @ 5% (1998: Nil) (1,773,750) --
Unappropriated balance carried forward (31,456,967) (30,167,892)
The present Auditors M/s. Rahim Iqbal Rafiq & Co., Chartered Accountants retire and offer themselves
for re-appointment.
The Chairman's Review covering the significant activities of the Company is provided with this Annual
Report.
The pattern of shareholdings is annexed.
On behalf of the Board
Karachi: November 22, 1999 RASHID ZAKARIA BAWANY
Chief Executive
Pattern of Shareholdings
As At June 30, 1999
No. of Total Shares
Shareholders Shareholding held
217 1 to 100 5,700
263 101 to 500 49,985
77 501 to 1,000 49,935
125 1,001 to 5,000 233,012
12 5,001 to 10,000 76,479
4 10,001 to 15,000 47,085
3 15,001 to 20,000 51,857
1 20,001 to 25,000 23,650
2 25,001 to 30,000 53,362
1 35,001 to 40,000 35,561
2 55,001 to 60,000 117,942
2 60,001 to 65,000 125,345
2 90,001 to 95,000 184,243
1 105,001 to 110,000 106,048
1 110,001 to 115,000 112,821
2 130,001 to 135,000 264,804
1 145,001 to 150,000 147,661
1 155,001 to 160,000 156,197
1 235,001 to 240,000 237,988
1 375,001 to 380,000 379,646
1 1,085,001 to 1,090,000 1,088,179
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720 3,547,500
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CATEGORIES OF SHAREHOLDERS
S. No. Categories                       Number Shares held Percentage
1 Individuals 702 1,434,525 40.43
2 Investment Companies 3 59,053 1.67
3 Insurance Companies 2 15,750 0.44
4 Joint Stock Companies 5 27,157 0.77
5 Financial Institutions 4 1,128,577 31.81
6 Associated Companies 3 752,009 21.20
7 Charitable Institutions 1 130,429 3.68
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720 3,547,500 100.00
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10 Years at a Glance
(Rs in '000)
1998-99  1997-98  1996-97 *1995-96 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Sales 238,952 189,532 330,166 772,297 358,729 300,157 247,878 312,480 316,850 292,046
Profit/(loss) after tax  (1,290) (18,497) (12,332) 15,269 10,709 6,026 2,737 11,027 12,089 10,226
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Tangible fixed assets 71,246 75,880 81,917 65,962 63,891 65,750 69,861 73,898 60,058 61,577
Long term investment/
deposits  444 11,324 11,324 11,314 11,304 11,233 11,219 11,251 2,553 2,513
Working capital 82,980 2,925 17,199 47,132 42,824 35,886 35,791 32,606 50,596 47,818
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Net assets employed 154,670 90,129 110,440 124,408 118,019 112,869 116,871 117,755 113,207 111,908
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Issued Capital 35,475 35,475 35,475 35,475 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 33,000
Reserve and retained
earnings 42,768 45,832 64,329 76,661 71,849 64,440 64,189 64,452 53,483 46,832
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Shareholders' equity 78,243 81,307 99,804 112,136 104,849 97,440 97,189 94,452 86,483 79,832
Long term loans 67,622 -- 1,768 3,310 8,174 10,910 15,102 18,679 23,576 29,106
Deferred liabilities 8,805 8,822 8,868 8,962 4,996 4,519 4,580 4,624 3,148 2,970
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Capital employed 154,670 90,129 110,440 124,408 118,019 112,869 116,871 117,755 113,207 111,908
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Financial ratios:
Current assets:
Current liabilities        1.87:1 1.02:1 1.07:1 1.19:1 1.37:1 1.37:1 1.49:1 1.43:1 1.66:1 1.78:1
Turnover: Total assets     0.96:1 0.75:1 96:1 2.08:1 1.53:1 1.42:1 1.31:1 1.61:1 1.67:1 1.68:1
Long term loans: Equity 0.86:1 N.A 0.02:1 0.03:1 0.08:1 0.11:1 0.16:1 0.20:1 0.27:1 0.36:1
Earning/Share after tax Rs. N.A N.A N.A 4.30 3.25 1.83 0.83 3.34 3.66 3.10
Net earning/Rupee
of sales   Rs. N.A N.A N.A 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04
Break up value/share Rs. 22.06 22.92 28.13 31.61 31.77 29.53 29.45 28.62 2,621 24.19
Net return on equity %. N.A N.A N.A 13.62 10.21 6.18 2.82 11.67 13.98 12.81
Net return on capital
employed % N.A N.A N.A 12.27 9.07 5.34 2.34 9.36 10.68 9.14
Net return on total
assets % N.A N.A N.A 4.11 4.56 2.86 1.44 5.68 6.38 5.90
Cash dividend/share % 5.00 -- -- 22.50 10.00 17.50 -- 17.50 17.50 15.00
Bonus issue/share %  -- -- -- -- 7.50 -- -- -- -- --
* Figures are for eighteen months ended June 30, 1996.
Auditors' Report to the Members
We have audited the annexed Balance Sheet of PIONEER CABLES LIMITED as at June 30, 1999 and
the related Profit and Loss Account and Statement of Changes in Financial Position, (cash flow state-
ment) 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 agree-
ment 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, investment 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, except for the financial effects of the matter referred to in Note No. 14.1 to the accounts
  which if charged the loss would be higher for the year by Rs. 11.982 million, the Balance Sheet
  and Profit and Loss Account and Statement of Changes in Financial Position, (cash flow state-
  ment) 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, 1999; and of the Loss and Changes in Financial
  Position (cash flow position) for the year then ended, and
(d) in our opinion, Zakat deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980, was deducted
by the Company and deposited in the Central Zakat Fund established under section 7 of that
Ordinance.
Karachi: RAHIM IQBAL RAFIQ & CO.
Date: November 23, 1999 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Balance Sheet
As At June 30, 1999
Note 1999 1998
Rupees Rupees
SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Authorized Capital
4,000,000 ordinary shares of Rs. 10/- each 40,000,000 40,000,000
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Issued, subscribed and paid up capital 3 35,475,000 35,475,000
General reserve 4 74,225.,000 76,000,000
Unappropriated loss (31,456,967) (30,167,892)
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78,243,033 81,307,108
LONG TERM LOANS 5 67,622,351 --
DEFERRED LIABILITIES
Taxation 8,500,000 8,500,000
Staff gratuity 304,574 321,966
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8,804,574 8,821,966
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current maturity of long term loans -- 1,767,632
Short term finances 6 19,948,099 86,351,893
Creditors, accrued and other liabilities 7 71,341,429 74,922,799
Taxation 2,156,547 954,082
Proposed dividend 1,773,750 --
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95,219,825 163,996,406
CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS 8
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249,889,783 254,125,480
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FIXED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Operating fixed assets 9 53,563,699 58,108,349
Capital work-in-progress 10 17,682,246 17,771,999
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71,245,945 75,880,348
LONG TERM INVESTMENT 11 -- 10,900,000
LONG TERM SECURITY DEPOSITS 444,355 424,355
CURRENT ASSETS
Stores and spares 12 265,603 276,333
Stock-in-trade 13 74,145,351 48,107,363
Trade debts