Outcome of the Board meeting held on Monday 5th May, 2025
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Gamco Ltd's board approved audited standalone and consolidated financial results for Q4 and FY ended March 31, 2025, with an unmodified auditor opinion from Pawan Gupta & Co. On a standalone basis, total income for FY25 dropped sharply to Rs 5,096.94 lakhs from Rs 21,155.27 lakhs in FY24 (~76% decline), and profit after tax fell to Rs 516.28 lakhs from Rs 3,312.72 lakhs (~84% decline). Q4 FY25 standalone swung to a loss of Rs 1,805.65 lakhs, hit by fair-value losses of Rs 2,521.28 lakhs. The board recommended a small dividend of Rs 0.10 per share (5%) and also alloted bonus shares in a 5:4 ratio during the quarter. Borrowings more than doubled to Rs 12,865.38 lakhs, pushing the debt-equity ratio from 1.23 to 2.33, and the company reported a negative operating cash flow of Rs 6,035.29 lakhs. The board also appointed a new secretarial auditor (Mr. Babu Lal Patni, 5 years) and internal auditor (M/s Kandoi & Associates for FY26), and noted a 33% investment in newly incorporated associate Shalimar Gamco Pvt Ltd (glass business), which is a related-party transaction at arm's length.
Shareholders should note a sharply weaker year — revenue and profits collapsed YoY, Q4 slipped into loss on fair-value hits, debt has surged and operating cash flow turned deeply negative, though the dividend and bonus issue signal confidence. The small new glass-related associate investment is a related-party transaction but is minor in size.