Corporate Governance



Financial Indicators
Growth in revenue is a measure of how we are growing our business. Our goal is to achieve year-on-year growth. In addition our focus has been on increasing our market share and growing our new product revenues through the DAM initiative to digitise our licencing. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue is a measure of our profitability. We seek to maximise our gross margin through operational excellence in all aspects of our business. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation ("EBITDA"). It is a non-GAAP metric that is measured exactly as stated. All interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation entries in the income statement are reversed out from the bottom-line net income. It purports to measure cash earnings without accrual accounting, cancelling tax-jurisdiction effects, and cancelling the effects of different capital structures. Earnings per share ("EPS") is the amount of earnings attributable to each share in issue. Adjusted EPS excludes exceptional items and prior year tax which enables period-on-period comparisons to be made of our performance. We aim to achieve growth in adjusted EPS year-on-year.
 
Often referred to as the bottom line, net profit is calculated by subtracting a company's total expenses from total revenue, thus showing what the company has earned (or lost) in a given period of time (usually one year). A measure of a company's ability to repay all debt if it were called immediately. It is calculated by adding short-term and long-term debt and subtracting all cash and cash equivalents. Many investors use net debt in making investment decisions, as it gives them an idea of a company's financial health and its level of leverage/ gearing compared to liquid assets.  
 
Geographical Indicators*
India revenue has benefited by the growth of the multiplexes from 1,000 screens in 2010, expected to grow to 1,405 by 2013, coupled with the continued growth of India's middle class, which now measures over 350 million people. European revenues continue to grow based on the large Indian diasporas and the increased acceptance of Indian film content and its attraction to European audiences. Digital growth and the increased appreciation of "Bollywood" content has led to significantly better performance of films in the US market.
   
New markets such as South Korea and Taiwan should have an impact on the growth of this market in the near future.   * Source: 2011 KPMG FICCI report.
 

Kishore Lulla
Chairman & CEO


“Kishore Lulla, 50 years, is our Chairman & CEO of Eros International, the largest fully integrated film and Entertainment Company in India.

Mr. Lulla graduated with a bachelors' degree in Arts from Mumbai University and attended the School of Business and Law at the Government & Law College, Mumbai. As Chairman & CEO of the Eros International Group, he has been instrumental in spearheading the growth of Eros International Group and since the 1980'S expanding their presence in UK, USA, Europe, Middle East, Australia, Fiji and other international markets.

Mr Lulla has over 30 years of experience in the media and film industry. As well as spearheading the strategic direction and growth of Eros International, Mr Lulla, in 1999, with Lakshmi Mittal and Gokul Binani founded the B4U Network to provide Bollywood content online. Mr Lulla is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ("BAFTA") a member of the Young Presidents' Organisation and also a board member of the University of California, Los Angeles Film School ("UCLA"). Mr Lulla has been honoured at the Asian Business Awards 2007 and the Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 for his contribution in taking Indian cinema global. In 2010 he was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year at the GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards”