m. Provisions and contingent liabilities
Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Contingent liability is disclosed for all:
i. possible obligations that arise from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Company (or)
ii. present obligations arising from past events where it is not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation or a sufficiently reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation cannot be made.
n. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash represents of cash on hand and demand deposits with banks. Cash equivalents represents short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into cash without significant risks of changes in value. Other bank balances comprise amounts which are restricted in nature, held as margin money against guarantee, balances held in unpaid dividend bank accounts and unspent CSR accounts.
Cash flow statement
Cash flow statements are reported using the indirect method, whereby profit for the period is adjusted for the effects of transactions of non-cash nature, any deferrals or accruals of operating cash receipts or payments and items of income or expenses associated with investing or financing cash flows. The cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities of the Company are segregated based on the nature of transactions.
o. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the profit after tax by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year.
Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing the profit after tax as adjusted for dividend, interest and other charges to expense or income (net of any attributable taxes) relating to the dilutive potential equity shares, by the weighted average number of equity shares considered for deriving basic earnings per share and the weighted average number of equity shares which would have been issued on the conversion of all dilutive potential equity shares.
Potential equity shares are deemed to be dilutive only if their conversion to equity shares would decrease the net profit per share from continuing operations. Potential dilutive equity shares are deemed to be converted as at the beginning of the period, unless they were issued later. The dilutive potential equity shares are adjusted for the proceeds receivable had the shares been issued at average market value of the outstanding shares. Dilutive potential equity shares are determined independently for each period presented. The number of equity shares and potentially dilutive equity shares are adjusted for share splits / reverse share splits and bonus shares, as appropriate.
p. Dividend to shareholders
Final dividend distributed to Equity shareholders is recognised in the period in which it is approved by the members of the Company in its Annual General Meeting. Interim dividend is recognised when approved by the Board of Directors at the Board Meeting. Both final dividend and interim dividend are recognised in the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity.
q. Derivative financials instruments
The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to hedge its risks associated with foreign currency fluctuations relating to certain firm commitments.
Forward contracts are initially recognised at fair value on the date the contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at fair value at each reporting date. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in the statement of profit and loss.
r. Fair value measurement
Some of the Company's accounting policies or disclosures require the measurement of fair value for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the time of measurement. When measuring fair value, the Company takes into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if the market participants would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.
The Company has an established framework with respect to the measurement of fair values. Fair values are recognised into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques which are as follows:
i. Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
ii. Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).
iii. Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
s. Financial instruments
Recognition and initial measurement
Trade receivables and debt securities issued are initially recognised when they are originated. All other financial assets and financial liabilities are initially recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
A financial asset or financial liability is initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. However, trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component is measured at transaction price.
Transaction costs directly attributable to the
acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities
at fair value through profit or loss are recognised
immediately in the statement of profit and loss.
Classification and subsequent measurement
Financial assets
i. On initial recognition, financial assets are measured at
- Amortised cost and
- Fair value through profit and loss. (FVTPL)
ii. A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss (FVTPL):
- The asset is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual flows; and
- The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.
iii. All financial assets not classified as measured at amortised cost as described above are measured at FVTPL. This includes all derivative financial assets. On initial recognition, the Company may irrevocably designate a financial asset that otherwise meets the requirements to be measured at amortised cost as at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch that would otherwise arise.
iv. Financial assets at FVTPL - These are subsequently measured at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend income, are recognised in profit or loss.
v. Financial assets at amortised cost - These assets are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. The amortised cost is reduced by impairment losses. Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment losses are recognised in statement of profit and loss.
vi. Financial assets are not re-classified subsequent to their initial recognition, except if and in the period the Company changes its business model for managing its financial assets.
Financial liabilities
i. Financial liabilities are classified as measured at
a. Amortised cost and
b. Fair Value through Profit and Loss. (FVTPL)
ii. A financial liability is classified as at FVTPL if it is classified as held-for-trading, or it is a derivative or it is designated as such on initial recognition. Financial liabilities at FVTPL are measured at fair value and net gains and losses, including any interest expense, are recognised in statement of profit and loss.
iii. Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Interest expense, foreign exchange gains and losses are recognised in profit and loss. Any gain or loss on de¬ recognition is also recognised in statement of profit and loss.
De-recognition
Financial assets
The Company de-recognises a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows in a transaction in which substantial risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred, or in which the Company neither transfers nor retains substantial risks and rewards of ownership and does not retain control of the financial asset.
If the Company enters into transactions whereby it transfers assets recognised on its balance sheet but retains either all or substantially all of the risks and rewards of the transferred assets, the transferred assets are not derecognised.
On de-recognition of a financial asset in its entirety, the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable is recognised as gain or loss in the statement of profit and loss.
Financial liabilities
The Company de-recognises a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or cancelled or gets expired. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability de¬ recognised and the sum of consideration paid and payable is recognised as gain or loss in the statement of profit and loss.
The Company also de-recognises a financial liability when its terms are modified and the cash flows under the modified terms are substantially different from before they were modified. In this case, a new financial liability based on modified terms is recognised at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability extinguished and the new financial liability with modified terms is recognised in statement of profit and loss.
Offsetting
Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the balance sheet when, and only when, the Company currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and it intends either to settle them on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Impairment of financial assets
The Company recognises loss allowances for expected credit loss (“ECU’) on financial assets measured at amortised cost. At each reporting date, the Company assesses whether such financial assets carried at amortised cost are credit impaired. A financial asset is credit-impaired when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset have occurred.
The Company measures loss allowance at an amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses which are measured as 12 month expected credit losses for which credit risk has not increased significantly since initial recognition.
Loss allowances for trade receivables are always measured at an amount equal to life time expected credit losses.
Lifetime expected credit losses are the expected credit losses resulting from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. The 12-month ECL is a portion of the ECL which results from default events that are possible within 12 months after the reporting date.
Measurement of expected credit losses:
Expected credit losses are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses.
The impairment losses and reversals are recognised in the statement of profit and loss.
Loss allowance for financial assets measured at amortised cost are deducted from gross carrying amount of the assets. The gross carrying amount of financial assets is written off (either partially or in full) to the extent that there is no realistic prospect of recovery.
t. Borrowing cost
Borrowing costs are recognised as expenses in the period in which they are incurred. Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are added to the cost of those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.
u. Goods and Service tax
Goods and Service Tax input credit is accounted for in the books in the period in which the underlying products and services received is accounted and when there is reasonable certainty in availing / utilising the credits.
v. Insurance
I nsurance claims are accounted for on the basis of claims admitted / expected to be admitted and to the extent that the amount recoverable can be measured reliably and it is reasonable to expect ultimate collection.
The sensitivity analysis presented above may not be representative of the actual change in the defined benefit obligation as it is unlikely that the change in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another as some of the assumptions may be correlated. There was no change in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis from prior years.
Furthermore, in presenting the above sensitivity analysis, the present value of the defined benefit obligation has been calculated using the projected unit credit method at the end of the reporting period, which is the same as that applied in calculating the defined benefit obligation liability recognised in the balance sheet.
New Labour code:
On November 21,2025, the Government of India notified four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, collectively referred to as the ‘New Labour Codes', consolidating 29 existing labour laws. The Ministry of Labour & Employment published draft Central Rules and FAQs on December 30, 2025, to facilitate assessment of the financial impact arising from these regulatory changes.
Based on the Company's assessment, the impact of the notification is not material and has been appropriately accounted for in the Standalone financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2026. The Company will continue to monitor the finalisation of State Rules and government clarifications to recognise any financial impact as appropriate.
i. Secured by pari passu charge on inventories and trade receivables, both present and future.
ii. The facility is unsecured and the maximum amount outstanding at any time during the year was ' 1,426.15 Crores (previous year: ' 1,868.80 Crores). The Company's commercial papers were listed on the bourses of BSE Limited. The funds raised from the commercial paper were utilised for working capital purposes.
iii. Quarterly returns and statements of current assets filed by the Company with banks or financial institutions agree with the books of accounts.
Defined Contribution Plans
The Company makes contributions, determined as a specified percentage of employee salaries, in respect of qualifying employees towards Provident Fund (PF) and Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Scheme which are defined contribution plans. The Company has no obligations other than to make the specified contributions. The contributions are charged to the Statement of Profit and Loss as they accrue. The amount recognised as an expense towards contribution to provident fund is ' 14.19 Crores (Previous year - ' 12.74 Crores).
b) As a lessor
Operating leases
The Company leases out certain assets and has classified these leases as operating leases, because they do not transfer substantially all of the risks and rewards incidental to the ownership of the assets.
The rental income recognised by the Company during year ended March 31, 2026 was ' 1.14 Crores (March 31, 2025: ' 1.06 Crores) is disclosed as rental income under Other income (Refer note 30)
The following table sets out a maturity analysis of lease payments, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be received after the reporting date
Finance leases
The Company has leased an asset which is classified as finance lease, as risks and rewards are incidental to the ownership of the assets are substantially transferred.
The finance income recognized by the company amounting to ' 0.65 Crores (March 31,2025 - ' 0.28 crs) is disclosed under Other income (Refer note 30). Lease receivable as on 31.03.2026 amounts to ' 7.51 crs (March 31, 2025 - ' 7.82 crs) (Refer note 18).
The following table sets out a maturity analysis of lease payments, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be received after the reporting date:
Sensitivity analysis
Sensitivity analysis is carried out for un-hedged foreign exchange risk as at the reporting dates. For every 1 % strengthening of Indian Rupees against all relevant uncovered foreign currency transactions profit before tax would be impacted by gain of ' 0.26 Crores (previous year loss of ' 0.08 Crores). Similarly, for every 1% weakening of Indian Rupee against these transactions, there would be an equal and opposite impact on the profit before tax.
b. Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.
The Company borrows funds to meet its short-term requirements which are at fixed interest rates. Hence, the Company is not exposed to any significant interest rate risk.
c. Credit risk
Credit risk is a risk of financial loss to the Company, if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, arises principally from the Company's receivables from customers, loans, and other financial assets. The carrying value of financial assets represents the maximum amount of credit risk.
The Company mitigates credit risk by strict receivable management, procedures and policies. The Company has a dedicated independent team to review credit and monitor collection of receivables on a pan India basis. Credit insurance is resorted to most of the receivable and in such cases the credit risk is restricted upto 15 % of the receivable value.
The concentration of credit risk is limited due to the customer base being large and unrelated. Further, the Company constantly evaluates the quality of trade receivable and provides allowance towards impairment of trade receivables.
I n addition to the historical pattern of credit loss, the Company closely monitors its customers and assesses conditions such as change in payment terms, inability of the customer to pay etc. depending on severity of each case. Basis this assessment, the allowance for impairment of trade receivables as at the reporting dates is considered adequate.
Refer note 15 for the movement in the allowance of trade receivables.
d. Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset.
The Company has built an appropriate liquidity risk management framework for its short, medium, and long-term funding and liquidity requirements. The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities and un-availed borrowing facilities, by continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and matching the maturity profiles of financial liabilities.
Note for ratios having variance > 25%:
- Decrease in Finance cost by ' 16.82 crs resulted in increase in Debt-service coverage ratio
All the above ratios have been computed after eliminating one-offs such as dividend income in March 31, 2026 and March 31,2025.
Formulas for above ratios:
a. Current ratio = Current assets/ current liabilities
b. Debt equity ratio = (Total Debt - Cash and cash equivalents)/ (Total equity - Investments in subsidiaries)
c. Debt service coverage ratio = (Profit before tax - Dividend income Finance cost) / (Finance cost Repayment of long¬
term loans during the year)
d. Inventory turnover ratio = (Purchase of traded goods Changes in inventories of traded goods)/ Average inventories
e. Trade receivables turnover ratio = Revenue from operations/ Average trade receivables
f. Trade payables turnover ratio = (Purchase of traded goods Changes in inventories of traded goods)/ Average trade payables
g. Net capital turnover ratio = Revenue from operations/ (Average inventories Average trade receivables - Average trade payables)
h. Net profit % = (Net profit after tax - Dividend income - Tax expenses in respect of earlier years)/ Revenue from operations
i. Return on equity % = Profit after tax/ (Average equity - Investments in subsidiaries)
j. Return on capital employed (Net of cash) % = (Profit before tax Finance costs)/ (Average capital employed - Investment in subsidiaries - cash and cash equivalents) where Capital employed = Equity Borrowings.
k. Return on capital employed (Gross) % = (Profit before tax Finance costs)/ (Average capital employed - Investment in subsidiaries)
l. Return on investment % = Income generated from invested funds/ Average invested funds in treasury investments.
iv. Liquidated during the year
v. The stepdown subsidiary of our company, Arena Bilgisayar Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S, Turkey (“Arena”), a company listed in Istanbul, Turkey, has, pursuant to scheme of internal restructuring, transferred 100% of the ownership of Arena Connect Teknoloji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (“Arena Connect”, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arena) to Arena Mobile Iletisim Hizmetleri ve Tuketici Elektronigi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (“Arena Mobile”, also a wholly owned subsidiary of Arena) and Arena Mobile was merged with Arena Connect, the subsisting entity, effective February 09, 2026.
44. Segment Reporting
Since the Company prepares consolidated financial statements, segment information has been disclosed in the consolidated financial statements as per Ind AS-108 “Operating Segment”.
a) Provision for gratuity and compensated absences are based on an actuarial valuation performed on an overall company basis and hence excluded above.
b) The above remuneration cost includes cost incurred by the Company on behalf of the other group entities.
43. Corporate social responsibility
As per Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, a company, meeting the applicability threshold, needs to spend at least 2% of its average net profit for the immediately preceding three financial years on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. A CSR committee has been formed by the company as per the Act. The CSR funds were primarily utilized throughout the year on activities which are specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 through the ‘Foundation for CSR @ Redington' trust formed to carry out the Company's CSR activities.
46. Additional regulatory information
I. The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
(a) Directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(b) Provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries
II. The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
(a) Directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(b) Provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
47. The Company has audit trail feature enabled and the same has been operating effectively during the financial year. The company has established and maintained adequate internal control over its financial reporting. The audit trail that was enabled and operated for the year ended March 31, 2025 has been preserved as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
48. Events after the reporting period
The Board has recommended a dividend of ' 6/- (300%) per equity share of ' 2/- each for the year ended March 31, 2026, subject to the approval of shareholders of the company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (‘AGM'). The dividend will be paid within 30 days from the date of the ensuing AGM of the Company. The Record date for payment of dividend, as recommended by the Board, is fixed as July 03, 2026.
49. These standalone financial statements were approved for issue by the Board of Directors on May 13, 2026.
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