We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Kiri Industries Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the standalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, 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 prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, the net profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and the cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SA's) 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 made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
1. We draw attention to various court cases and judgments in relation to disputes between the Company and DyStar Global Holdings (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (DyStar) & Senda International Capital Ltd. (Senda)
The Singapore International Commercial Court ("SICC"), in its judgment dated March 3, 2023 (the "Valuation Judgment"), determined the fair value of the Company's 37.57% stake in DyStar to be USD 603.80 million, an increase of USD 122.20 million over the previously determined value of USD 481.60 million in the SICC's judgment dated June 21,2021.
Following Senda's failure to complete the buyout of the Company's stake in DyStar, the Company filed an alternate relief application on July 23, 2023, seeking enforcement of the Valuation Judgment. Hearings took place on January 24 and 25, 2024. Subsequently, on February 23, 2024, the SICC issued an interim order directing that the respective shareholdings in DyStar held by the Company and Senda (collectively, the "Shares") be sold en bloc, with Mr. Matthew Stuart Becker, Mr. Lim Loo Khoon, and Mr. Tan Wei Cheong of Deloitte & Touche LLP appointed as joint and several Receivers to manage and facilitate the sale.
On May 20, 2024, the SICC issued its final order and grounds of decision in continuation of the interim order, providing the following directives:
a) The en bloc sale of DyStar shall proceed without a reserve price.
b) The sale must be completed by the long-stop date of December 31, 2025.
c) The proceeds of sale, after deduction of receiver remuneration and sale expenses, shall be distributed as follows:
• Kiri Industries Limited shall receive USD 603.8 million in priority; and
• Senda shall receive any remaining balance.
d) The Court denied claims for interest on the buyout amount and for any advance payment from DyStar to the Company.
The Company has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal (Singapore Supreme Court) against the SICC's decision not
to award interest on the buyout amount. Senda has also filed an appeal challenging the SICC's decision to award priority payment of USD 603.8 million to the Company.
In a subsequent judgment dated August 29, 2024, the SICC ruled that:
a) Senda shall pay the Company S$360,050 in legal costs and reimburse disbursements totaling S$ 17,053.81 and USD 6,415.18.
b) The Company shall pay DyStar S$ 125,705 in legal costs and disbursements totaling S$8,126.91 and USD1,223.57.
In its judgment dated January 31, 2025, the Singapore Supreme Court:
a) Dismissed Senda's appeal against the priority payment;
b) Upheld the Company's entitlement to interest on the buyout amount at the rate of 5.33% per annum on USD 603.80 million, accruing from September 3, 2023 until the date of payment.
In the process of en bloc sale of DyStar, Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co., Ltd ("Purchaser") has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA") on May 29, 2025 with Mr. Matthew Stuart Becker, Mr. Lim Loo Khoon, and Mr. Tan Wei Cheong of Deloitte & Touche LLP, acting as court-appointed joint and several receivers ("Receivers"), and Kiri Industries Limited ("the Company").
Under the terms of the agreement, the Purchaser has agreed to acquire 2,623,354 equity shares, representing 37.57% of the paid-up share capital of DyStar held by the Company, for a base consideration of USD 676,260,000. An additional consideration of USD 20,287,800 is payable by the Purchaser to address any shortfall in the base consideration or to fulfil the Purchaser's obligations under the SPA. The total consideration for the transaction may also be further adjusted pursuant to the terms of the SPA. The long-stop date for the fulfilment or waiver of the last of the conditions in the SPA is scheduled for October 2, 2025, and may be extended, if required, up to November 3, 2025 (or such other date as the Receivers and Purchaser may agree in writing). This transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and, where applicable, regulatory approvals and hence dependent on purchaser's ability to fulfill the conditions required for execution of SPA.
2. We draw attention to Facility Agreement entered the Company with Claronex Holdings Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of the Company ("Borrower" / "Claronex"), Mr. Manishkumar P Kiri ("Promoter"), Meritz Securities Co., Ltd. and TCM Asia Private Credit Fund VCC (collectively, "Lenders") and BNP Paribas (acting through its Singapore branch) (as the "Agent" and "Security Agent
(Singapore)") and Catalyst Trusteeship Limited ("Security Agent (India)"), in relation to the credit facilities of USD130 Million availed by the Borrower.
The Company entered into following agreements for securing
credit facility provided to Borrower:
a) Corporate guarantee dated September 4, 2024 was executed by the Company in favour of the Security Agent (India) for guarantee amount of USD 169 million till 31st March, 2025 and USD178.10 million thereafter till date of repayment of the Facility;
b) Non-disposal undertaking dated September 4, 2024 was executed between the Company, Indo Asia Copper Limited, a step-down subsidiary of the Company ("IACL") and Security Agent (India) for non-disposal of shareholdings of the Company in IACL;
c) Security agreement dated September 4, 2024 was entered into by the Company with the Security Agent (Singapore) in relation to present and future shares of Dystar held by the Company and other rights in relation to such shares and First fixed charge over all present and future shares of the Borrower owned by the Company, together with all related rights thereto in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
d) A deed of hypothecation dated September 4, 2024 was entered into by the Company in favour of the Security Agent (India) together with a power of attorney in relation to the hypothecated assets such as First ranking charge by way of hypothecation over the escrow account in India, in favour of the Security Agent (India);
The aforesaid credit facility has been secured by following
security:
a) First fixed charge over the selected assets owned by the Company by the way of assignments and securities in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
b) First fixed charge over all present and future shares of the Borrower owned by the Company, together with all related rights thereto in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
c) First ranking charge by way of hypothecation over the escrow accounts in India for the purpose of the Facility Agreement and other documents in relation thereto (and all amounts lying to the credit of such escrow account including any fixed deposits etc.) held by the Company, together with a power of attorney in relation to the hypothecated assets, in favour of the Security Agent (India).
d) Security by way of assignment by the Borrower of all its rights under any definitive agreements pertaining to subscription or transfer of IACL shares to be held by it and any disposal proceeds of the Borrower over the shares of IACL in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
e) First fixed charge over the escrow account of the Borrower in Singapore and any other accounts of the Borrower held with any bank or financial institution in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
f) First fixed charge over all permitted financial investments of the Borrower, as set out in the Facility Agreement, in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
g) First floating charge by the Borrower over all its assets (excluding the shares of IACL) in favour of the Security Agent (Singapore);
h) Non-disposal undertaking by the Company over all the shares held / to be held by it in IACL;
i) Non-disposal undertaking by the Borrower over all the shares to be held by it in IACL;
j) Unconditional and irrevocable corporate guarantee by the Company;
k) Unconditional and irrevocable personal guarantee by Mr. Manish Kiri, promoter of the Company;
Our Opinion is not modified in respect of the above matters.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Against Key audit matter, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone financial statements.
The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures
performed to address the matter below, provide the basis of our audit opinion on the accompanying financial statement.
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Inventory of Raw material and Finished Goods
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We refer to material accounting policies on inventory and Note No. 1.12.
Inventories are considered as Key Audit Matter due to nature of business, technical indicators governing inventory valuation, size of Balance sheet and because inventory valuation involves management judgement. According to accounting policy followed by the company, inventories are valued at lower of cost or market value. Cost comprise in addition to other things, overheads related to material, labour and other overheads. The company has specific procedures to identify risk for obsolescence and valuation of inventories.
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To address the matter our audit procedure included
amongst others:
> Assessing the compliance of accounting policies over inventory with applicable accounting standards.
> Assessing the inventory valuation process and practices.
> Assessing the analysis and assessment made by management with respect to slow moving or obsolete stock.
> Discussion with those charged with responsibility of overlooking inventory management process.
> Expert opinion obtained by the company on the technicalities of matter.
> Justification of management estimates and Judgements.
> Assessing the effectiveness of perpetual and physical inventory verification process.
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Assessment of Trade Receivables
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We refer to material accounting policies on trade receivables and Note No.1.13.
Trade receivables amounting to ' 9,535.76 lakhs are considered as Key Audit Matter as they represent approx. 30.16 % of the current assets of the company. Significant management judgement is required to assess the recoverability of trade receivables.
Management performed a detailed analysis considering customer's ageing profile, existence of disputes, credit history, increase in competition, historical payment pattern, forward-looking information for the estimation of expected credit losses on its trade receivables and any other available information concerning the creditworthiness of counterparties. Management uses this information to determine whether a provision for impairment is required either for a specific transaction or for a customer's balance overall. The accounting policies, accounting judgements and estimates and disclosures of trade receivables are included in Note No. 10 to the financial statements.
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To address the matter our audit procedure included
amongst others:
> Obtaining an understanding of and evaluating the company's process and control over the collection and the assessment of the recoverability of trade receivables.
> We evaluated the management's assessment on the expected credit loss of trade receivables with reference to the historical payment records, credit history of the company's customers and the correspondence with customers.
> We tested the ageing of trade receivables at the end of the reporting period on a sampling basis.
> We assessed the ageing of trade receivables and advances, the customer's historical payment patterns and whether any post year-end payments have been received up to the date of completing our audit procedures.
> We also obtained evidence of any disputes between the parties involved, attempts by management to recover the amounts outstanding and on the credit status of significant counterparties wherever available.
> We also tested the subsequent settlements and the latest amounts of revenue certified by customers on a sampling basis.
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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
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Director's Report including Annexures thereto, Business Responsibility & Sustainbility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
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 during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of the management for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS 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 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.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is 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 management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
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 Standards on Audit (SAs) 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.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Audit (SAs), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
> I dentify 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 financial controls 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 system 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 management's 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. Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
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. 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.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors' Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by Central Government in terms of sub-Section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in "Annexure-1", a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, 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;
b. In our opinion, proper books of accounts 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, Statement of Profit and Loss including statement of other comprehensive income, Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of accounts;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015, as amended;
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March 31, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company with reference to these standalone financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in "Annexure-2" to this report.
g. In our opinion the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2025 has been paid/ provided by the company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
(B) 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 in its standalone financial statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses on long-term contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred to the Investors Education and Protection Fund by the company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that,
to the best of it's knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("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 ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("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 considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused them to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any material mis-statement.
v. The company has not declared dividend or paid during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, except for the instances mentioned below, the Company has used accounting softwares for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the respective softwares.
The feature of recording audit trail was not enabled at the database layer to log any direct data changes for the accounting software used for maintaining the books of accounts
The audit trail was not enabled for certain changes which were performed by users having privilege access rights
related to debug access, for the accounting software used for maintaining the books of accounts. Further, for the period where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated through-out the year for the respective accounting softwares, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
For, Pramodkumar Dad & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Abhishek Dad
Partner MRN: 131918
Place: Ahmedabad FRN: 115869W
Date: May 30, 2025 UDIN: 25131918BMGXRU4100
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