SATYAM CASE

GAURAV SHARMA DIWAKAR CHUGH

PROFILE OF THE COMPANY

It was founded in June 1977 as a Private Ltd. Company by Ramalinga

Raju along with one of his brother-in-laws, D.V.S. Raju. In June 1991, Satyam Computers got its first fortune 500 client. Satyam went public in May 1992 and its issue was oversubscribed 17 times. In 1993, Satyam entered into a Joint Venture with Dun and Bradstreet. In May 1997, Satyam became the first Indian IT Company to get ITAA Certification for Y2K solutions. It was the first Company to enter Indian Internet Service market with the launch of Satyam Info ways ISP Service and was listed on NASDAQ. In 2001, Satyam became first ISO 9001:2000 Company in the world and was listed in NYSE.

Contd
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is one of the leading

global consulting and IT Services Company offering a range of expertise in the areas of IT, ERP Solutions and consulting . Specializes in customized IT Solutions for industries in the areas of Manufacturing, Insurance, Banking, Healthcare, Automotive, Financial Services, Media, Infrastructure, Entertainment, Telecom, Power . Satyam serves over 558 global companies including over 163 fortune 500 corporations. Satyam had nearly 6000 IT professionals who operated out of its state of the art software development centres located in India, U.S.A., U.K.

SATYAM SCAM
The Satyam computer services scam was publicly announced on January 7 , 2009 Chairman Ramlinga Raju confessed that the accounts were falsified . Satyam scam involves amount close to 10,000 crore According to the statement of Mr. Raju , the balance sheet shortfall is more than 7000 crore. Due to the overstating in the balance sheet , the inflated prices of the stock helped the management in earning money.

 Reports claim that insider trading prevailed in

the company. The registrar of the company said that the top management senior officials and officers had sold shares in the market. Raju also had made dummy accounts to trade in Satyam shares . In New York stock exchange , the shares peaked in 2008 at U.S $ 29.10

 Prime accused in the multi-crore accounting

fraud in Satyam Computers were former Company chairman Ramalinga Raju and 6 others which included the M.D. B. Rama Raju, Ex-Satyam CFO Srinivas, former employeesVenkatapati Raju, Srisaila and auditor of Satyam Subramani Gopalakrishnan. They are accused of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery and falsification of accounts.

 The balance sheet consisted of non existent

assets and cash reserves that have been recorded and liabilities are not recorded . In another report it is said that Raju and his family sought benefits and build its shareholding in the company .

SCAM DETAILS
The scam opened during the process of Maytas Acquisition.
However the investors aborted the process.

At this point the Board Members Resigned.

On 7th Jan., 09, Chairman resigned after announced involvement in fraud.

INFLATED FIGURES

Inflated cash and bank balance Rs.5040cr

Non existent accrued interest Rs376cr Understated liability of Rs.1230cr Overstated Debtor position of Rs.490cr Inflated staff by 12000 ( Actual were 40000) Revenue of Rs.2700cr (Actual were Rs.2112cr) Operating margin to be 6494 cr ( Actual were 61cr

SHARE POSITION

Auditors responsible in the Satyam scam

The audit firm PW (Price Waterhouse) has named the following accounting professionals responsible for satyam scam : 1. P Shiva Prasad 2. C .H Ravindranath 3. S Gopalakrishnan 4. Srinivas taluri

These auditors are held answerable for the 7000 crore corporate fraud .

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate Governance is typically perceived as dealing with problems that result from the separation of leadership & control.
Share Holder Board Management Employee

DEFINITION:Corporate Governance may be defined as holding a balance between economic & social goals & between individual & commercial goals. A good corporate governance is one where a firm commits & adopts ethical practices across its entire value chain & in all of its dealing with a wide group of stakeholders encompassing employee, customer, venders, regulators & shareholders in both good and bad times.

IMPACT
It is surely going to be more difficult for other Indian IT service players to win business. Undoubtedly, this is going to hurt the

prospects of foreign money flowing into India. Global perception about indian companies. Indian stock market slipped over 7% on 7th Jan., 09.

STEPS TO SAVE THE COMPANY

The Indian Government has stated that it may provide temporary direct or indirect liquidity support to the company Govt. has appointed new board of members for Satyam consisting of heavy weights from India's corporate sector. Satyam is seeking bank loans to help cover salaries and other operating expenses

Recent progress
Satyam computer services which has been acquired by Tech Mahindra , has filed a suit against the B.O.D ,certain employees and PW

. The suit is filed seeking damages for fraud , negligence in performance of duties.