1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Flexituff Ventures International Limited ('the Company'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended and notes to the financial statements including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "standalone financial statements").
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis of Qualified Opinion section of our report, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') specified under section 133 of the Act and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis of Qualified Opinion
3. We draw attention to the following matters:
(a) . The Company has recognized deferred tax asset (net)
of ? 528.82 million on its carried forward accumulated losses (including unabsorbed depreciation) and other temporary differences. In accordance with Ind AS 12 on Income Taxes, a deferred tax asset shall be recognised only to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses can be utilised. Due to the material uncertainty on account of financial and operational difficulties as stated in Note 41 to the standalone financial statements, we are unable to comment on the recoverability of deferred tax asset and consequential impact, if any, on the Statement.
(b) . The Company's Cash Generating Unit ("CGU") viz.
Kashipur cluster, has a carrying value of ?2,360.65
million as at 31 March 2025 comprising of tangible and intangible assets. The Company has performed an impairment assessment of the CGU as required under Ind AS 36 - Impairment of Assets. The Company is undergoing financial difficulties as stated in Note 56 to the standalone financial statements. We are unable to comment on the appropriateness of the assumptions for the projections used in the impairment assessment and consequential impairment provision, if any, to be made in the standalone financial statements with regard to the CGU.
4. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SA's) and other pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ('ICAI') specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ('ICAI') together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
5. We draw attention to Note 56 to the Statement, which states that the Company is facing operational and financial difficulties as at 31 March 2025 indicating several factors that a material uncertainty exists which casts doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Statement has been prepared on a going concern basis based on management's assessment of the Company's future prospects
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements is not modified in respect of this matter.
Emphasis of Matters
6. We draw attention to
(a). The Company has entered into one time settlement arrangement with IFCI LTD and FCCBs with TPG Growth II SF Pte. Ltd. and International Finance Corporation (IFC) and booked gain on one time
settlement of ? 1,658.51 million during the year ended 31 March 2025 on the payment of principle of FCCBs. (Refer note 55 to the Statement)
(b) . The Company had executed Business Transfer
Agreement (BTA) with Flexituff Technology International Limited (FTIL) on 28 August 2023 for sale of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) business of Pithampur units of the Company. The sale is completed on 30 April 2024 via slump sale for a lump sum consideration.
As per BTA sale consideration was ? 3,190.60 million considering transfer of bank limits of ? 839.50 million to (FTIL). However, consortium banks have sanctioned fresh limits to FTIL to the extent amount restructured and appropriated that amount disbursed for reduction of banks limits of the Company. By virtue of modus operandi adopted by banks, sale consideration as well as net assets transferred increased by ? 839.50 million.
The cost of acquisition of FIBC business comprises of net book value of assets and liabilities of FIBC business of Pithampur units as at 30 April 2024 amounting to ? 254.07 million.
The total profit on sale of business to the Company is ? 3,776.02 million (Refer note 57 to the Statement).
(c) . Due to implementation of restructuring of bank debt,
finance cost of ? 113.65 million which is being shown in prior period expense on account of change in interest rate during year ended 31 March, 2025 (Refer note 60 to the Statement).
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements is not modified in respect of these matters.
Key Audit Matters
7. Except for the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section, Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern section and Emphasis of Matters section, we have determined that there are no other key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Information other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
8. The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the
other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
9. The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation and presentation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
10. In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
11. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
12. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements
as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SA's will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
13. As part of an audit in accordance with SA's issued by ICAI, specified under section 143(10) of the Act, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control;
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(I) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Board of Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern;
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation;
14. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
15. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
16. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ('the Order') issued by the Central Government of India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act we give in the Annexure I a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
17. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) . We have sought and obtained all the information and
explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit of the accompanying standalone financial statements except as mentioned in the para ii(b) of Annexure I of this report;
b) . Except for the effects of the matters described in the
Basis of Qualified Opinion section above, in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) . The Balance sheet and the Statement of Profit and
Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account of the Company;
d) . Except for the effects of the matters described in the
Basis of Qualified Opinion section above, in our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act;
e) . The matter described in Material Uncertainty
Related to Going Concern section of our report, in our opinion, may have an adverse effect on the
functioning of the Company.
f) . On the basis of the written representations received
from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act;
g) . The qualification relating to the maintenance of
accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in the Basis for Qualified Opinion above; and
h) . With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial
controls with reference to standalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure II".
i) . With respect to the other matters to be included in the
Auditor's Report in accordance with rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position as at 31 March 2025 in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 43 to the standalone financial statements;
ii The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses as at 31 March 2025;
iii There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company;
iv a. The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief , no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or securities premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any person or entity, including foreign entities ('the intermediaries'), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ('the Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief , no funds have been received by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entities ('the Funding Parties'), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether 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 provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c. Based on such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the management representations under sub¬ clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividends during the year ended 31 March 2025.
vi Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the respective software.
Further, where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with during the course of our audit and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
18. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
a). According to information and explanations given to us, the Company has not paid or provided for any managerial remuneration during the year. Hence, reporting under section 197(16) of the Act is not applicable.
For Mahesh C. Solanki & Co.
Chartered Accountants Firm's Registration No.: 006228C
Mahesh Solanki
Partner
Membership No.: 074991 UDIN: 25074991BMJAJN9926
Place: Indore Date: May 30, 2025
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