We have audited the financial statements of Mold-Tek Packaging Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balancesheet as at 31 March, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statementof Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements includingmaterial accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with 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 inIndia, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March, 2025, and its profit (including other comprehensive income),changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilitiesin accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financialstatements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determinedthe matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
1.
Revenue recognition
Revenue from the sale of goods (hereinafterreferred to as “Revenue”) is recognised when theCompany performs its obligation to its customersand the amount of revenue can be measured reliablyand recovery of the consideration is probable. Thetiming of such recognition is when the control overgoods is transferred to the customers, which ismainly upon delivery.
The timing of revenue recognition is relevant tothe reported performance of the Company. Themanagement considers revenue as a key measurefor evaluation of performance. There is a risk ofrevenue being recorded before the control overgoods is transferred.
Refer Note 2(c) to the financial statements -Material Accounting Policies and Note 21 of thefinancial statements
Principal Audit Procedures
Our audit approach was a combination of tests of internal
controls and substantive procedures including:
• Assessed the appropriateness of Company’s revenuerecognition in line with Ind AS 115 - Revenue fromContracts with Customers.
• Evaluated the design and implementation of Company’scontrols in respect of revenue recognition.
• Tested the effectiveness of such controls over revenue cut offat the year end.
• On a sample basis tested the supporting documentation forsales transactions recorded during the year which includessales invoices, customer contracts and shipping documents
• Performed an increased level substantive testing in respectof sales transactions recorded closer to the year-end andsubsequent to the year-end to determine whether revenuewas recognised in the correct period.
• Compared revenue with historical trends and whereappropriate, conducted further inquiries and testing.
• Assessed disclosures in financial statements in respect ofrevenue as specified in Ind AS 115.
2.
Appropriateness of capitalisation of costs as perInd AS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment
During the year, the Company capitalised anamount of ?12,300.03 lakhs as Property, plantand equipment which includes ?3,336.28 lakhs,?2,670.87 lakhs and ?1,288.56 lakhs are inrespect of its plants located at Unit-1, Annaram(Sangareddy), Unit-17 and 10 at Sulthanpur,Hyderabad, respectively.
Given the significance of the capital expenditure,there is a risk that elements of costs that areineligible for capitalization in accordance withthe recognition criteria provided in Ind AS 16 -Property, Plant and Equipment are capitalized.
Refer Note 2(g) to the financial statements -Material Accounting Policies and Note 4.1 of thefinancial statements
We have performed the following procedures in relation to
testing of capitalization of costs:
• Understood, evaluated and tested the design and operatingeffectiveness of key controls relating to capitalization ofvarious costs incurred in relation to Property, Plant andEquipment.
• Performed test of details with focus on those items that weconsidered significant due to their amount or nature andtested a number of items capitalized during the year againstunderlying supporting documents to ascertain nature of costsand whether they meet the recognition criteria provided inInd AS 16 in this regard.
• Reviewed the other costs which are debited to Statement ofProfit and Loss, to ascertain whether these meet the criteriafor capitalization.
• Assessed disclosures in financial statements in respect ofProperty, Plant and Equipment as specified in Ind AS 16.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information in the annual report doesnot include the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The other information is expected to be made availableto us after the date of this auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the other information included in 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.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changesin equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe Indian Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor 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 adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue asa going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative butto do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance isa high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe Company has adequate internal financial controls system with reference to the financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are requiredto draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’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 financial statements, including the disclosures, and whetherthe financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of ourwork; 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 theaudit 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 requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought tobear 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 significancein the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these mattersin our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing 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 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 beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books except for the matter stated in paragraph 1(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected there with are as stated inparagraph 1(b) above and paragraph 1(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”.
h) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 and readwith Schedule V of the Companies Act, 2013.
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, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements(Refer Note 30 of the financial statements);
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses;
iii. There is no delay in transferring amounts, which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, (Refer Note No.42 of the Financial Statements), to the best of its
knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity (“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 byor on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented that, (Refer Note No.42 of the Financial Statements), to the best of itsknowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenreceived by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i)and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. As stated in Note 38B to the financial statements:
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the date of this report isin compliance with Section 123 of the Act.
vi. Based on our examination, including test checks, the Company has used an accounting software for maintainingits books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of ouraudit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. As per the independentservice auditor’s report of the third-party service provider for the period from 1 April, 2024 to 30 September,2024, the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled at database level to log any direct datachanges and not tampered with during the said period. In the absence of the independent service auditor’sreport of the third-party service provider for the period from 1 October, 2024 to 31 March, 2025, we are unableto comment on whether the audit trail was enabled for the said period or tampered with.
Further, the audit trail in respect of the previous year has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020, (“the Ordef’) issued by the Central Government of Indiain terms of Section 143 (11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order.
Chartered accountants(Firm Registration No.000125S)
Sd/-
B.V. Suresh Kumar
Partner
Place: Hyderabad Membership No.212187
Date : 19 May, 2025 UDIN: 25212187BMKXYI6924