We have audited the accompanying Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements of Primo Chemicals Ltd ("the Company"),which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (includingthe Standalone statement of Other Comprehensive Income),the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and theStandalone Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on thatdate, and a summary of the significant accounting policies andother explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "theStandalone Ind As financial statements")
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalone IndAS financial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards 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, the profit and totalcomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year ended on that date.
We have conducted our audit of the Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Codeof Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia (ICAI) together with the independence requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the Standalone Ind AS financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouraudit opinion on the Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these StandaloneInd AS financial statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance including othercomprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of theCompany in accordance with accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards(Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act., read with Rule7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.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; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and the design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls that were operating effectively forensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of theStandalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fairview and are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing thecompany's financial reporting process
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement whenit exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these Standalonefinancial statements.
An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness ofaccounting policies used and the reasonableness of theaccounting estimates made by the Company's Directors, aswell as evaluating the overall presentation of the StandaloneInd AS financial statements. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements.
As required by the Companies (Auditor's report) Order, 2020("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we givein the "Annexure A" statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
As required by section 143 (3) of the Act, 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 purpose of our audit;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books;
c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss statement includingthe Statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the CashFlow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equitydealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Ind AS financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
e) On the basis of written representations received from thedirectors as on March 31,2025, and taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors of the company isdisqualified as on March 31,2025, from being appointedas 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, refer to ourseparate Report in "Annexure B" to this report;
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofSection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
h) Based on our examination, which included test checks, theCompany has used accounting software's for maintainingits books of account for the financial year ended March31,2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in the software.Further, during our audit we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
i) In accordance with proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 and as required under Rule 11(g)of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014company had preserved audit trail as per the statutoryrequirements for record retentions.
j) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended,in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigation on its financial position in its StandaloneInd AS financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no amount which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company during the yearended 31st March 2025.
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 other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directlyor indirectly 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.
(b) The Management has represented, that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or inthe aggregate) have been received by theCompany from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"),with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
Chartered AccountantsICAI Firm Registration Number 006388N/N500433ICAI UDIN: 25518893BMKRPV5241
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Nipun Rastogi
Place of Signature: Chandigarh Partner
Date: May 30, 2025 Membership No 518893