adani wilmar ltd Directors report


Dear Shareholders,

Your Directors are pleased to present the 25th Annual Report along with the Audited Financial Statements of your Company for the financial year ended 31 st March, 2023.

Financial Performance

The Audited Financial Statements of your Company as on 31st March, 2023 are prepared in accordance with the relevant applicable Ind AS and Regulation 33 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("SEBI Listing Regulations") and the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act").

The summarized financial highlights are depicted below: (Rs in Crore)

Particulars

Consolidated Standalone
2022-23 2021-22 2022-23 2021-22

Revenue from operations

58,184.81 54,154.82 55,262.45 52,302.27

Other Income

261.35 172.34 256.70 168.94

Total Income

58,446.16 54,327.16 55,519.15 52,471.21

Expenditure other than Depreciation and Finance cost

56,523.86 52,418.55 53,646.27 50,576.88

Depreciation and Amortisation Expenses

358.46 309.06 319.30 284.74

Finance Cost

774.92 540.79 728.93 525.21

Total Expenditure

57,657.24 53,268.40 54,694.50 51,386.83

Profit before share of Profit/ (Loss) from joint ventures, exceptional items and tax

788.92

1,058.76 824.65 1,084.38
Total tax expense

235.35

284.41 217.42 276.44

Profit after Tax and before share of Profit from joint

553.57

774.35 607.23 807.94

Venture entities

Share of profit from jointventures

28.55

29.38 - -

Profit for the year

582.12

803.73 607.23 807.94

Other Comprehensive income (net of tax)

(22.73)

(3.49) 3.20 (3.94)

Total Comprehensive Income for the year (net of tax)

559.39

800.24 610.43 804.00
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent

559.39

800.24 - -
Non-controlling interests

Notes:

1. There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of your Company, which have occurred between the end of the financial year and the date of this report.

2. Further, there has been no change in the nature of business of your Company.

FY 2022-23 At a Glance:

On a standalone business, your Companys volume grew by 13% and revenue stood at H 55,262 crore with a 6% YoY growth. Your Company faced several headwinds during the year that impacted its profitability, including TRQ (Tariff Rate Quota) disparity, decline in edible oil prices leading to high-cost inventory, inflation in operating expenses and higher interest cost as a result of increase in interest rates.

Your Company has been focused on improving the profitability of its businesses. The 5-year CAGR of EBITDA stands at 8%.

Your Company made good progress in all its business segments during the year. The largest business segment, edible oil witnessed 3% YoY volume growth.

Food & FMCG and Industry Essentials segment also witnessed very strong volume growth of 39% and 34% YoY, respectively.

In edible oils, packaged edible oil grew by 8% YoY.

In Foods, both wheat flour and rice businesses crossed the H 1,000 crore mark in sales. In Industry essentials,

Oleochemicals registered strong double digit growth rates.

In rice business, your Company launched premium regional variants in West Bengal to capture Non-Basmati market. Your Company also acquired the rights to the premium basmati rice brand, "Kohinoor" in India and swiftly re-introduced the brand in the market and has already crossed H 100 crore of sales in FY23. The brand is positioned in the premium to super premium segment and has a good brand recall in the market.

Your Company continued to bring value-added products to address the strong demand for Health and Convenience foods. It launched two new variants of Superfood Khichdi and two variants of Poha viz., Indori Poha and Thick Poha. It also launched a new product Fortune Xpert Total Balance Oil with three blended oils.

Your Company continued to invest in its branding activities across various advertisement media, both in the traditional and digital media. It launched two new TVCs - Fortune Soyabean Oil with Akshay Kumar and Fortune Sunlite Sunflower Oil with Samantha Prabhu as its brand ambassadors. Consumers were also engaged on social media by various contextual paid and organic campaigns, many of which were timed to coincide with various festivals in India. Your Company is focused on increasing the distribution reach of its products, both in the existing markets as well as to cover all rural towns having a population above 5000. As your Companys brand equity is well established and the Company already has a pan-India presence, the improved reach can be a key growth driver. Your Company is also investing in expanding its manufacturing facilities, both greenfield and brownfield, particularly in the Food business. Your Company will also be expanding its capacity in oleochemicals and castor oil business. In terms of the supply chain, your Company is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint by promoting usage of CNG vehicles and use of railways and water as supplementary mode of transport.

Your Company stays focused on the key financial areas, including cost management, financial controls and strength of its balance sheet and closely monitors and manages the commodity price risk, working capital, liquidity, debt levels and ROI of its capex.

Your Company firmly believes in giving back to the communities in which it operates and its CSR initiative. Fortune SuPoshan stands true to this philosophy. The project won the prestigious ‘CSR Project of the Year Award at the 8th CSR Impact Awards 2022 organized by CSRBOX, a Dalmia Bharat Foundation initiative.

The detailed operational performance of your Company has been comprehensively discussed in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

Credit Rating

Your Companys financial reflected in the strong credit rating ascribed by rating agency. The details of the credit rating are disclosed in Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of the Annual Report.

Dividend

Your Company is rapidly expanding in the direction from being an edible oil company to an integrated leading food FMCG company. Towards attainment of this goal, your Company is incurring capital expenditure on an ongoing basis for upgradation of its existing facilities and acquisition of new brands/plants. The internal accruals are ploughed back to partly fund the ongoing expansion and investment projects. Under the circumstances, the Directors do not recommend any dividend for the financial year under review and do not propose to carry any amount to reserves. The Dividend Distribution Policy, in terms of Regulation 43A of the SEBI Listing Regulations is available on the Companys website on https://www.adaniwilmar. com/-/media/Project/Wilmar/Investors/Corporate%20 Governance/Dividend%20Distribution%20Policy

Fixed Deposits

There were no outstanding deposits within the meaning of Section 73 and 74 of the Act read with rules made thereunder at the end of the FY23 or the previous financial years. Your Company did not accept any deposits during the year under review.

Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments

During the year under review, your Company has granted inter-corporate loans in compliance with the provisions of Section 186 of the Act, the details of which have been provided in the notes to the financial statements. No investment was made and no guarantee was provided by your Company during the year under review.

Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Associate

Companies

As on 31st March 2023, your Company had the following subsidiaries and joint ventures:

A. Subsidiaries:

1) Golden Valley Agrotech Private Limited, India

2) AWL Edible Oils and Foods Private Limited, India

3) Adani Wilmar Pte. Ltd., Singapore

4) Leverian Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore

5) Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited, Bangladesh

6) Shun Shing Edible Oil Limited, Bangladesh

B. Joint Ventures:

1) Vishakha Polyfab Private Limited, India

2) AWN Agro Private Limited, India

3) K.T.V. Health Food Private Limited, India

There has been no change in the nature of business of these subsidiaries and joint ventures. Your Company does not have any material subsidiaries pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 16(1) (c) of the SEBI Listing Regulations.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129, 134 and 136 of the Act read with rules made thereunder and Regulation 33 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, your Company has prepared consolidated financial statements and a separate statement containing the salient features of financial statements of subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in Form AOC-1, which forms part of the Annual Report.

The Annual Financial Statements and related detailed information of the subsidiary companies shall be made available to the shareholders of the holding and subsidiary companies seeking such information on all working days during business hours. The financial statements of the subsidiary companies shall also be kept for inspection by any shareholders during the working hours at your Companys registered office and that of the respective subsidiary companies concerned. In accordance with the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the audited financial statements, including consolidated financial statements and related information of your Company and audited accounts of each of its subsidiaries, are available on website of your Company https://www. adaniwilmar.com/Investors/other-downloads.

Your Company has formulated a policy for determining Material Subsidiaries. The policy is available on your Companys website and the link for the same is given in Annexure A of this report.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134 of the Act read with rules made thereunder, the details of developments of subsidiaries of your Company are covered in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Management Discussion and Analysis

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under the SEBI Listing Regulations, is presented in a section forming part of this Annual Report.

Directors and Key Managerial Personnels

As of 31st March, 2023, your Companys Board had 8 (eight) members comprising of one executive director, three non-executive and non-independent directors and four independent directors. The Board has one woman director. The details of the Board and committee composition, tenure of directors, areas of expertise and other details are available in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Act, read with rules made thereunder and the Articles of Association of your Company, Mr. Kuok Khoon Hong (DIN: 00021957) and Dr. Malay Mahadevia (DIN: 00064110) are liable to retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommends the re-appointment of the above Directors for your approval. Brief details of Directors proposed to be appointed/re-appointed, as required under Regulation 36 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, are provided in the Notice of the ensuing AGM. Your Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet with the criteria of independence as prescribed both under sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Act and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI Listing Regulations and there has been no change in the circumstances which may affect their status as an Independent Director.

Key Managerial Personnel:

Pursuant to provisions of Section 203 of the Act, Mr. Angshu Mallick, Managing Director & CEO, Mr. Shrikant Kanhere, Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Darshil Lakhia, Company Secretary are the Key Managerial Personnels of your Company as on 31st March, 2023.

Committees of Board

The details of various committees constituted by the Board, including the committees mandated pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act and SEBI Listing Regulations, are given in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Number of meetings of the Board

The Board met 4 (four) times during the year under review. The details of the board meetings and the attendance of the Directors are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Independent Directors Meeting

The Independent Directors met on 21st March, 2023, without the attendance of the Non-Independent Directors and members of the management. The Independent Directors reviewed the performance of the Non-Independent Directors, the Committees and the Board as a whole along with the performance of the Chairman of your Company, taking into account the views of Companys Executive Director and Non-Executive Directors and assessed the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform its duties.

Board Evaluation and Familiarization Programme Board Evaluation

The Board adopted a formal mechanism for evaluating its performance and as well as that of its Committees and individual Directors, including the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Chirag Shah, Partner of M/s. Chirag Shah & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad was engaged, to facilitate the evaluation and effectiveness of the process of the Board, its Committees and Individual Directors for the financial year 2022-23.

A detailed Board effectiveness assessment questionnaire was developed based on the criteria and framework adopted by the Board. The results of the evaluation confirmed a high level of commitment and engagement of the Board, its various Committees and the senior leadership. The recommendations arising from the evaluation process were discussed at the Independent Directors meeting held on 21st March, 2023, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee meeting held on 28th April, 2023 and the Board meeting held on 3rd May 2023. The same were considered by the Board with a view to optimize the effectiveness and functioning of Board and its Committees.

Familiarization Programme

Your Company has an orientation process/ familiarization programme for its Independent

Directors with an emphasis on:

Roles, Rights and Responsibilities - Board dynamics & functions

• Strategy, Operations and functions of the Company Additionally, all the new Directors are taken through a detailed induction and familiarization program when they join the Board. The induction program is an exhaustive one that covers the history and culture of Adani and Wilmar Group, background of the Company and its growth, various milestones in the Companys existence since its incorporation, the present structure and an overview of the businesses and functions.

The details of the familiarization programme are also available on the website of your Company https://www. adaniwilmar.com/-/media/Project/Wilmar/Investors/ Corporate%20Governance/ID%20Familiarization%20 Programme.

Policy on Directors Appointment and Remuneration

Your Companys policy on directors appointment and remuneration and other matters ("Remuneration Policy") pursuant to the provisions of Section 178(3) of the Act is available on the website of your Company at https:// www.adaniwilmar.com/-/media/Project/Wilmar/ Investors/Corporate%20Governance/Policy%20 on%20Directors%20Appt%20and%20Remuneration.

The Remuneration Policy for selection of directors and determining directors independence sets out the guiding principles for the Nomination and Remuneration Committee for identifying the persons who are qualified

Your Companys Remuneration Policy is directed towards rewarding performance based on review of achievements. The Remuneration Policy is fully aligned with the existing industry practice. The remuneration paid to your Companys Directors is as per the terms laid out in the Remuneration Policy.

Directors Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board, to the best of their knowledge and based on the information and explanations received from your Company, confirm that: a. in the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there are no material departures from these statements; b. they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year 2022-23 and of the profit of the Company for that period; c. they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; d. they have prepared the annual financial statements on a going concern basis; e. they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; f. they have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all the applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

Internal Financial control system and its adequacy

The details in respect of internal financial controls and their adequacy are included in Management Discussion and Analysis Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Risk Management

The Company has a structured Risk Management Framework, designed to identify, assess and mitigate risks appropriately. The Board has formed a Risk Management Committee (RMC) to frame, implement and monitor the risk management plan for the Company. The RMC is responsible for reviewing the risk management plan and ensuring its effectiveness. The Audit Committee has additional oversight in the area of financial risks and controls. The major risks identified by the businesses are systematically addressed through mitigation actions on a continuous basis. Further, details on the Risk Management activities, including the implementation of risk management policy, key risks identified and their mitigations, are covered in the Management Discussion and Analysis section, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Board policies

The details of various policies approved and adopted by the Board as required under the Act and the SEBI Listing Regulations are provided in Annexure – A to this report.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

The CSR activities and programs undertaken by your Company are in accordance with the provisions of Section 135 of the Act and rules made thereunder.

The CSR initiatives of the Company during the year under review focused on eradicating malnutrition and anemia, community and preventive health, sustainable livelihood, rural development and promoting education.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 135 of the Act, your Company was required to spend H 16.36 crore representing 2% of the average qualifying net profits of the last three financial years on CSR activities during the FY 2022-23. During the year under review, the Company has spent H 16.03 crore on CSR activities, H 0.59 crore towards administrative overheads and H 0.13 crore towards impact assessment, which is permissible under the CSR Rules. As such, the total spending on CSR activities for the FY 2022-23 taking into account the foregoing is H 16.75 crore against the CSR obligation of H 16.36 crore. The excess amount of H 0.39 crore shall be carried forward and available for set off in the succeeding financial years

The annual report on CSR activities is annexed and forms part of this report as Annexure-B. The brief details of the CSR Committee are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. The CSR policy is available on the website of your Company https://www.adaniwilmar. com/-/media/Project/Wilmar/Investors/Corporate%20 Governance/CSR%20Policy.

Pursuant to Rule 8 of the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 the Company has undertaken an impact assessment of its Fortune Suposhan project at 6 (six) sites through an independent agency, Iotalytics Research and Analytics Solutions Private Limited. The impact assessment report for the FY 22-23 is available on the website of your Company https://www.adaniwilmar. com/Investors/other-downloads.

Further, the Chief Financial Officer of your Company has certified that the CSR spends of your Company for the FY2022-23 have been utilized for the purpose and in the manner approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Corporate Governance Report

Your Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance practices. The Corporate Governance Report, as stipulated by the SEBI Listing Regulations, forms part of this Annual Report along with the required certificate from a Practicing Company Secretary, regarding compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance, as stipulated. In compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements as per the SEBI Listing Regulations, your Company has formulated and implemented a Code of Conduct for all Board members and Senior Management Personnel ("Code of Conduct"), who have confirmed their compliance thereto. The Code of Conduct is available on the website of your Company https://www.adaniwilmar.com/-/media/Project/ Wilmar/Investors/Corporate%20Governance/Code%20 of%20conduct%20of%20BOD%20SMP.

Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)

In accordance with the Listing Regulations, the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, describing the initiatives taken by your Company from an environment, social and governance perspective for the year ended 31st March, 2023 forms part of this Annual Report.

Annual Return

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3) (a) of the Act, the draft annual return as on 31st March, 2023 prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Act is made available on the website of your Company and can be assessed using the link https://www.adaniwilmar.com/Investors/ other-downloads.

Transactions with Related Parties

All the transactions with related parties are placed before the Audit Committee for its approval. An omnibus approval from the Audit Committee is obtained for the related party transactions which are repetitive in nature.

All the transactions with related parties entered into during the financial year under review were at an arms length basis and in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the provisions of the

Act and the rules made thereunder, the SEBI Listing Regulations and your Companys Policy on Related Party Transactions. Your Company has not entered into any transactions withrelatedpartieswhichcouldbeconsideredmaterial in terms of Section 188 of the Act. Accordingly, the disclosure of related party transactions as required under Section 134(3)(h) of the Act, in Form AOC 2, is not applicable.

The Directors / members of the Audit Committee abstained from discussing and voting in the transaction(s) in which they were interested. Your Company has obtained prior approval of shareholders for material transactions entered into with its related parties for the financial year ended on 31 st March, 2023 as per Regulation 23 of the SEBI Listing

Regulations in the 24th Annual General Meeting held on 30th August, 2022. Your Company did not enter into any related party transactions during the year which could be deemed to be prejudicial to the interest of minority shareholders.

No loans / investments to / in the related party have been written off or classified as doubtful during the year under review. The Policy on Related Party Transactions is available on your Companys website and can be assessed using the link https://www.adaniwilmar.com/-/media/ Project/Wilmar/Investors/Corporate%20Governance/ RPT%20Policy.

Statutory Auditors & Auditors Report

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act read with rules made thereunder, as amended, M/s. S R B C & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 324982E/E300003) and M/s. Dharmesh Parikh & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 11204W/W100725) have been appointed as the Joint Statutory Auditors of your Company, for a term of five years till the conclusion of 29th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of your Company to be held in the year 2027. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the appointment of Statutory Auditors is not required to be ratified at every AGM. The Statutory Auditors have however confirmed that they are not disqualified to continue as Statutory Auditors and are eligible to hold office as Statutory Auditors of your Company.

Representatives of the Statutory Auditors of your Company attended the previous AGM of your Company held on 30th August, 2022.

The Notes to the financial statements referred in the Auditors Report are self-explanatory. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers given by Statutory Auditors of your Company and therefore do not call for any comments under Section 134 of the Act. The Auditors Report is enclosed with the financial statements in this Annual Report.

Secretarial Auditors

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, read with the rules made thereunder, the Board had re-appointed M/s. SPANJ & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, to undertake the Secretarial Audit of your Company for the FY 2022-23. The Secretarial Audit Report for the year under review is provided as Annexure-C of this report. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers in the said Secretarial Audit Report.

Cost Auditors

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 148 of the Act, M/s Dalwadi & Associates, Practicing Cost Accountants have been appointed as Cost Auditors of the Company for the FY 2023-24. Pursuant to the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 the cost audit report for the FY 2022-23 will be filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) within the statutory time frame.

Secretarial Standards

During the year under review, your Company has complied with all the applicable provisions of Secretarial Standard-1 and Secretarial Standard-2 issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Reporting of frauds by auditors

During the year under review, the Statutory Auditors and secretarial auditor of your Company have not reported any instances of fraud committed in your Company by its officers or employees, to the Audit Committee under section 143(12) of the Act.

Particulars of Employees

Your Company had 2,600 employees on roll as of 31st March, 2023.

The percentage increase in remuneration, ratio of remuneration of each Director and key managerial personnel (KMP) (as required under the Act) to the median of employees remuneration, as required under Section 197 of the Act, read with rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are set out in Annexure-D of this report.

The statement containing particulars of employees, as required under Section 197 of the Act, read with rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided in a separate annexure forming part of this report. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the Annual Report is being sent to the shareholders and others entitled thereto, excluding the said annexure, which is available for inspection by the shareholders at the Registered Office of your Company during business hours on working days of your Company. If any shareholder is interested in obtaining a copy thereof, such shareholder may write to the Company Secretary in this regard.

Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace

As per the requirement of The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder, your Company has constituted an Internal Complaints Committees (ICs) at all relevant locations across India to consider and resolve any complaints related to sexual harassment. During the year under review, your Company has not received any complaint pertaining to sexual harassment.

All new employees go through a detailed orientation and sign-off on the anti-sexual harassment policy adopted by the Company.

Vigil Mechanism

Your Company has adopted a whistle blower policy and has established the necessary vigil mechanism for Directors and employees in confirmity with the provisions of Section 177 of the Act and Regulation 22 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, to facilitate the reporting of genuine concerns about unethical or improper activity, without any fear of retaliation. The vigil mechanism of your Company provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of directors and employees who avail of the mechanism and also provides for direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases. The said policy is uploaded on the website of your Company https://www.adaniwilmar.com/-/media/ Project/Wilmar/Investors/Corporate%20Governance/ Vigil%20Mechanism%20Policy. During the year under review, your Company had received 1(one) complaint under the whistle blower mechanism and the same was suitably resolved by the Company.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, as amended is provided as Annexure-E of this report.

General Disclosures

Neither the Non- Executive Chairman nor the CEO of your Company received any remuneration or commission from any subsidiary of your Company. Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items, as there were no transactions/events of similar nature during the year under review:

1. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

2. Issue of Shares (Including Sweat Equity Shares) to employees of your Company under any scheme.

3. Significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and your Companys operations in future.

4. Voting rights which are not directly exercised by the employees in respect of shares for the subscription/ purchase for which a loan was given by your Company (as there is no scheme pursuant to which such persons can beneficially hold shares as envisaged under section 67(3)(c) of the Act).

5. Application made or any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

6. One time settlement of loan obtained from the Banks or Financial Institutions.

7. Revision of financial statements and Directors Report of your Company.

Disclosure about utilization of initial public offer (IPO) proceeds

Your Company discloses to the Audit Committee the uses/application of proceeds/funds raised from the initial public offer (IPO) as part of the quarterly review of financial results. Your Company has appointed HDFC Bank Limited as the Monitoring Agency in terms of Regulation 41 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations 2018 ("ICDR Regulations"), as amended from time to time, to monitor the utilization of IPO proceeds. The Company has obtained monitoring reports from the Monitoring Agency on a quarterly basis confirming no deviation or variation in the utilization of IPO proceeds from the objects stated in the Prospectus dated 1st February, 2022.The Company has submitted the statement(s) and Monitoring Agency Report as required under Regulation 32 of the SEBI Listing Regulations to both the exchanges where the equity shares of the Company are listed, namely the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and BSE Limited (BSE).

Insurance

Your Company has taken adequate insurance for all its assets and its operations against foreseeable perils.

Acknowledgement

Your Directors are deeply grateful for all the guidance, support and assistance received from the Government of India, Governments of various states in India, concerned Government departments, Financial Institutions and Banks. Your Directors thank all the esteemed shareholders, customers, suppliers and business associates for their faith, trust and confidence reposed in the Company.

Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for the dedicated efforts and consistent contributions made by the employees at all levels, to ensure that your Company continues to grow and excel.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Dorab E. Mistry

Date: 3rd May, 2023

Chairman

Place: Ahmedabad (DIN: 07245114)