Essar Oil reports a net loss of Rs 515 crore for Q4

14 May 2012 Evaluate

Essar Oil has reported results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2012

The Company posted a net loss of Rs 515 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012 whereas the same was at net profit of Rs 321 crore for the same quarter of previous fiscal. Company’s total income has registered 31.58% growth at Rs 17607 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 whereas the same was at Rs 13382 crore for March quarter of 2011. The quarterly performance of the company was hit by decline in gross refinery margin, reversal of sales tax benefits and provision of Rs 322 crore for Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) exit proposal.

For the full year ended March 31, 2012, the Company posted a net loss after tax of Rs 4199 crore against the net profit of Rs 654 crore for the year ended March 31, 2011. Company’s total income registered 24.38% growth at Rs 58766 crore for the year ended March 31, 2012 whereas the same was at Rs 47248 crore for the previous fiscal.

By virtue of the order of Honourable Supreme Court of India dated January 17, 2012 setting aside the order of the Honourable Gujarat High Court, the Company became ineligible to the deferred Sales Tax Incentive Scheme of Gujarat state.

Since, the Company was defeasing the deferred sales tax liability to a related third party and recognizing the income arising out of such defeasement in its income statement, the Company reversed this Income of Rs 4,015 crore recognised during the period May 2008 to December 2012 in December 2011 quarter as an exceptional item with corresponding suitable liability and did not undertake any further defeasement after this period.

In view of this, figures for the quarter and the year ended March 31, 2012 are not comparable with previous quarter and corresponding previous year quarter and year ended March 31, 2011.

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