We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS
financial statements of ITC Limited (“the Company”),
which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2026,
the Statement of Profit and Loss, including the Statement
of Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash
Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year
then ended, and notes to the standalone Ind AS financial
statements, including a summary of material accounting
policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended
(“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true
and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2026, its profit including other
comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in
equity for the year ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial
statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
(SAs), as 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 Ind AS 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 together with
the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit
of the financial statements under the provisions of the
Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our
other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these
requirements and the 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 Ind AS financial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone Ind AS financial statements for the financial year
ended March 31, 2026. These matters were addressed in
the context of our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,
and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
For each matter below, our description of how our audit
addressed the matter is provided in that context.

We have determined the matter described below to be
the key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone
Ind AS financial statements section of our report, including
in relation to this matter. Accordingly, our audit included
the performance of procedures designed to respond to
our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of
the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The results of
our audit procedures, including the procedures performed
to address the matter below, provide the basis for our
audit opinion on the accompanying standalone Ind AS
financial statements.

We have determined that there are no other key audit
matters to communicate in our report.

Information Other than the Financial Statements and
Auditor’s Report Thereon

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises the
information included in the Annual report, but does not
include the standalone Ind AS financial statements and
our auditor's report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone Ind AS 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 Ind AS
financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other
information and, in doing so, consider whether such other
information is materially inconsistent with the standalone
Ind AS financial statements or our knowledge obtained in
the 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 Management for the Standalone
Ind AS Financial Statements

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for
the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with

respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS
financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
financial position, financial performance including other
comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity
of the Company in accordance with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian
Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133
of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility
also includes maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Act
for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;
selection and application of appropriate accounting
policies; making judgements and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent; and the 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
Ind AS 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 Ind AS 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.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for
overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the standalone Ind AS 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 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 Ind AS financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgement and maintain professional
skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement
of the standalone Ind AS 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 control 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 with reference to financial
statements 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 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 Ind AS financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the standalone
Ind AS financial statements represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair
presentation.

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 Ind AS
financial statements for the financial year ended
March 31, 2026 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 (Auditor's Report) Order,
2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government
of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of
the Act, we give in the “Annexure 1” a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report,
to the extent applicable, 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 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 from our examination of those books;

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss
including the Statement of Other Comprehensive
Income, the Statement of Cash Flows and
Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this
Report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS
financial statements comply with the Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the
Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;

(e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on March 31, 2026
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of
the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2026
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 with reference to these standalone
Ind AS 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, 2026 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;

(h) 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 Ind AS financial statements - Refer
Note 29 (v)(a) to the standalone Ind AS financial
statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses;

iii. There has been no delay in transferring
amounts, required to be transferred, to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company;

iv. a) The management has represented that,

to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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 or entity, 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 its knowledge and belief, no
funds have been received by the Company
from any person or entity, 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 performed
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 (a)
and (b) contain any material misstatement.

v. The final dividend paid by the Company during
the year in respect of the same declared for the
previous year is in accordance with section 123
of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of
dividend.

The interim dividend declared and paid by
the Company during the year and until the
date of this audit report is in accordance with
section 123 of the Act.

As stated in Note B of Statement of Changes
in Equity to the standalone Ind AS financial
statements, the Board of Directors of the
Company have proposed final dividend for
the year which is subject to the approval of
the members at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance
with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies
to declaration of dividend.

vi. Based on our examination which included test
checks, 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 softwares. Further, during the
course of our audit we did not come across any
instance of audit trail feature being tampered
with. Additionally, the audit trail has been
preserved by the Company as per the statutory
requirements for record retention.

For S R B C & CO LLP
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 324982E / E300003

per Arvind Sethi
Partner

Membership Number: 89802

Place of Signature: Kolkata ^

Date: May 21, 2026 UDIN: 26089802LWFRUR1543