We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of Panama Petrochem Limited (“the Company”),
which comprises of the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement ofCash Flows for the year ended on that date and notes to financialstatements, including a summary of the significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referredto as “the Standalone Financial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements gives a true and fair view in conformity,with the aforesaid Ind AS and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS") and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025 and its profit, totalcomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SA"s) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standardsare further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Auditof the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI")together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtainedby us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key audit mattersto be communicated in our report.
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No.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1
Inventory Existence:
The Company recognized inventory of H 326.02 crores as
We
have attended inventory counts at locations, which are
at 31 March 2025. Inventory is held at various locations
selected based on financial significance and risk.
across India.
For locations attended, we performed the following procedures
Within each location, inventory is stored in warehouses,
at each site:
tanks, containers and tanks attached to the Bonded CustomWarehouse.
•
Selected a sample of inventory items and compared thequantities we counted with the book balance.
This is a key audit matter because of the
Observed a sample of managements inventory count
• Significance of the inventory balance to the statement of
procedures to assess compliance with Company Policy and
financial position and,
Made enquiries regarding obsolete inventory items andinspected the condition of items counted.
Tested whether necessary adjustments are recorded in thefinancial statements for all material differences arisingfrom physical stock counts.
Evaluated the design and implementation of the controlsover physical verification of inventories and tested theoperating effectiveness of the controls during the year.
Auditor’s Response
• Complexity involved in determining inventory quantities
For stocks at third party warehouses, obtained
on hand due to the number, conversion from Ltr. to Kgs.,
confirmations, and as appropriate performed roll-back
location and diversity of inventory storage locations,
procedures to tally with stock quantities at the year end, on
inventories lying with third parties etc.
a sample basis.
Verified the analytical reviews performed by themanagement such as consumption analysis and stockmovement analysis for the year for raw material andfinished goods at factories, on a sample basis.
2
Assessment of contingent liabilities and provisions related to Taxation, Litigations and claims:
• The company has material uncertain tax positions
Our audit procedure included following:
including matters under dispute relating to direct taxand indirect tax which involves significant judgment todetermine the possible outcome of disputes.
Obtaining from the management details of matters underdispute including ongoing and completed tax assessments,demands and other litigations.
• Assessment of contingent liabilities disclosure requiresManagement to make judgments and estimates inrelation to the issues and exposures. Whether theliability is Inherently uncertain, the amounts involved arepotentially significant and the application of accountingstandards to determine the amount, if any, to be provided
Evaluation and testing of the design of internal controlsfollowed by the Company relating to litigations, open taxpositions for direct and indirect taxes and other mattersand process followed to decide provisioning for the saidliabilities or disclosure as Contingent Liabilities.
as liability, is inherently subjective.
Discussing with Company's legal and taxation consultant
• The assessment of the existence of the present legalor constructive obligation, analysis of the probability ofthe related payment and analysis of a reliable estimate,
for sufficient understanding of on-going and potentiallegal matters impacting the Company and the possibleoutcomes for the same.
requires management's judgement to ensure appropriate
We also involved our firm's internal experts to evaluate
accounting or disclosures.
the management's underlying judgements in making their
• Due to the level of judgement relating to recognition,
estimates with regard to such matters.
valuation and presentation of provisions and contingent
We have relied on the opinions of the Company where
liabilities, this is considered to be a key audit matter.
Company has considered that the possibility of cashoutflow is remote.
We discussed the status and potential exposures in respectof significant litigation and claims with the Company'sManagement including their views on the likely outcomeof each litigations, claims and the magnitude of potentialexposure and sighted any relevant opinions given by theCompany's advisors.
We assessed the adequacy of disclosures made.
The Company's Management and the Board of Directors areresponsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in theCompany's Annual Report, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and auditor's report thereon. TheCompany's Annual Report is expected to be made available to usafter the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information
is materially inconsistent with the Standalone FinancialStatements or our knowledge obtained during the course of ouraudit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information;we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to reportin this regard.
The Company's Management and the Board of Directors areresponsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of theCompanies Act,2013 (“the Act") with respect to the preparationand presentation of these standalone Ind AS financial statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance (including other comprehensive income), cash
flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section133 of the Act, read with relevant rules issued thereunder.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standaloneInd AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue asa going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing
our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
• Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in theStandalone Financial Statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisionsof a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scopeof our audit work and in evaluating the results of ouraudit work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expectedto outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. 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 andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss(including Other Comprehensive Income), Statementof Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flowdealt with by this Report are in agreement with therelevant books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e. On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements..
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the remuneration paidby the Company to its directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of Section 197 of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with schedule V of the Act.
h. 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, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individuallyor in the aggregate) have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Companyto or in any other person or entity, includingforeign entity (“Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate) have beenreceived by the Company from any personor entity, including foreign entity (“FundingParties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditor's) Rules,2014 as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
v. As stated in Note 9 (e) to the StandaloneFinancial Statements:
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previousyear, declared and paid by the Company
during the year is in accordance withSection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The interim dividend declared and paid bythe Company during the year and until thedate of this report is in compliance withSection 123 of the Act.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Companyhave proposed final dividend for the yearwhich is subject to the approval of themembers at the ensuing Annual GeneralMeeting. The amount of dividend proposedis in accordance with section 123 of theAct, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account forthe financial year ended 31 March 2025 whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software. Further, during the course ofour audit we did not come across any instance
of audit trail feature being tampered withand the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2016(“the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, we give in the “Annexure B” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No. 106912W / W100300
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No. 114003
Date: 26 May, 2025 UDIN: 25114003BMNTTZ6283