ABRIDGED DIRECTOR REPORT FOR SMALL COMPANY AND OPC

Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to

(A) a holding company or a subsidiary company;
(B) a company registered under section 8;
(C) a company or body corporate governed by any special Act;

Definition of One Person Company (OPC) : (u/s 2(62) of Companies Act, 2013

“One Person Company” means a company which has only one person as a member;
A company formed with just 1 Director and 1 member. It is a form of a company where the compliance requirements are lesser than that of a private company.

Abridges means to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense.

As per rule 8A “Matters to be included in Board’s Report for One Person Company and Small Company.

The Board’s Report of One Person Company and Small Company shall be prepared based on the stand-alone financial statement of the company, which shall be in abridged form and contain the following

a) the web address, if any, where annual return referred to in sub-section (3) of section 92 has been placed;
b) number of meetings of the Board;
c) Directors’ Responsibility Statement as referred to in sub-section (5) of section 134;
d) details in respect of frauds reported by auditors under sub-section (12) of section 143 other than those which are reportable to the Central Government;
e) explanations or comments by the Board on every qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the auditor in his report;
f) the state of the company’s affairs;
g) the financial summary or highlights;
h) material changes from the date of closure of the financial year in the nature of business and their effect on the financial position of the company;
i) the details of directors who were appointed or have resigned during the year;
j) the details or significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company’s operations in future.

The Report of the Board shall contain the particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section 188 in the Form AOC-2.