We have audited the standalone financial statementsof Rane Holdings Limited (the "Company") whichcomprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31 March2025, and the standalone statement of profit and loss(including other comprehensive income), standalonestatement of changes in equity and standalonestatement of cash flows for the year then ended, andnotes to the standalone financial statements, includingmaterial accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation.
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give theinformation required by the Companies Act, 2013("Act") in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs ofthe Company as at 31 March 2025, and its profit andother comprehensive income, changes in equity andits cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAsare further described in the Auditor's Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statementssection of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the standalone financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and theRules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matter
Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements of thecurrent period. We have determined that there are nokey audit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company's Management and Board of Directorsare responsible for the other information. The other
information comprises the information included in theCompany's annual report, but does not include thefinancial statements and auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalonefinancial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whetherthe other information is materially inconsistent withthe standalone financial statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated. If, based on the work we haveperformed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to reportin this regard.
Management's and Board of Directors'Responsibilities for the Standalone FinancialStatements
The Company's Management and Board of Directorsare responsible for the matters stated in Section134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation ofthese standalone financial statements that give atrue and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/ lossand other comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, including the Indian Accounting Standards(Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the standalonefinancial statements that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, theManagement and Board of Directors are responsiblefor assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directorseither intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the standalone financial statements asa whole are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higherthan for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal controlrelevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of theAct, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the company has adequateinternal financial controls with reference tofinancial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of theManagement and Board of Directors use of thegoing concern basis of accounting in preparationof standalone financial statements and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report tothe related disclosures in the standalone financial
statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the dateof our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether thestandalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a mannerthat achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings,including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governancewith a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, andto communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear onour independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of Section 143(11)of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A" a statementon the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 ofthe Order, to the extent applicable.
2 A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, wereport that:
a. We have sought and obtained all theinformation and explanations which to thebest of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of accountas required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books except forthe matter stated in the paragraph 2B(f)below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of
the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014.
c. The standalone balance sheet, thestandalone statement of profit and loss(including other comprehensive income),the standalone statement of changes inequity and the standalone statement ofcash flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with the Ind ASspecified under Section 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on 14 April2025 and 15 April 2025 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on 31 March 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act.
f. the qualification relating to the maintenanceof accounts and other matters connectedtherewith are as stated in the paragraph2A(b) above on reporting under Section143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 2B(f)below on reporting under Rule 11(g) ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of theinternal financial controls with reference tofinancial statements of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
S. With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations as at 31 March 2025on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements - Refer Note 37 to thestandalone financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
c. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
d (i) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the Note 33.3 to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds have been
advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) bythe 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 directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the Note 33.3 to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds have beenreceived 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 directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Funding Parties ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (i) and (ii) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
e. The final dividend paid by the Companyduring the year, in respect of the samedeclared for the previous year, is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act tothe extent it applies to payment of dividend.
As stated in Note 20(d) to the standalonefinancial statements, the Board of Directorsof the Company has proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared isin accordance with Section 123 of the Actto the extent it applies to declaration ofdividend.
f. Based on our examination which includedtest checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which have a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and thesame has been operating throughout the
year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe respective software, except that:
- t he feature of audit trail was enabledat the database layer of the accountingsoftware from 7 June 2024 onwards.
- t he feature of audit trail was enabledfrom 4 June 2024 onwards at theapplication layer for the accountingsoftware used for maintaining booksof accounts for certain fields relating topayroll.
Further, for the periods where audit trail (editlog) facility was enabled for the respectiveaccounting softwares, we did not comeacross any instance of the audit trail featurebeing tampered with. Additionally, exceptwhere audit trail (editlog) facility was notenabled in the previous year, the audit trailhas been preserved by the company as perstatutory requirements for record retention.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in theAuditor's Report under Section 197(16) of theAct:
I n our opinion and according to the informationand explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during thecurrent year is in accordance with the provisionsof Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paidto any director is not in excess of the limit laiddown under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministryof Corporate Affairs has not prescribed otherdetails under Section 197(16) of the Act whichare required to be commented upon by us.
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Place : Chennai Membership No.: 203491
Date: 30 May 2025 ICAI UDIN:25203491BMLJSQ6299