We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of FEDDERS ELECTRIC ANDENGINEERING LIMITED, ("the Company") which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement ofChanges in tquity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and notes tothe financial statements, including a summary of the significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory 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,except for effects of the matters described in Basis for Qualified Opinion section of our report, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian 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 principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, the profitand total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
1. The Company has not maintained proper records ( Fixed Assets Register ) with respect toFixed Asset owned by the company also the calculation of depreciation is based on the bestestimates of the management of the company.
2. Sum of amount Rs. 47.65 lakhs to be transferred by the company to Investor protectionFund which is not transferred yet till the balance sheet date.
3. The public shareholding in a listed company should be minimum of 25% which is notcomplied with the provisions of SEBI circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD/CIR/P/43/2018.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standardson Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the standalone
Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with theindependence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statementsunder the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Inaddition to the matter described in the " Basis for Qualified Opinion" section we have determinedthe 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 thestandalone Ind AS financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters.Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to ourassessment of risks of a material misstatement of standalone Ind AS financial statements. Theresults of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below,provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying standalone Ind AS financialstatements.
Key Audit Matter
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is measured taking into account discounts and rebates earned by the customers on sales.These arrangements result in deductions to gross sales in arriving at turnover and give rise toobligations for the Company to provide customers with rebates, discounts, allowances.
Auditor's Response
Principal Audit Procedures
Obtained an understanding of the policies and procedures applied to revenue recognition includingtesting the design and operating effectiveness of controls related to revenue recognition processesemployed by the Company.
• Performed procedures by analysing the cost of sales related to discounts, incentives, rebates andmargins to total revenue recognized as compared with prior year.
• Assessed the relevant estimates made by the management in connection with discountsincentives and rebates at year's end.
• Performed procedures for a sample of revenue transactions at the year end to assess whetherthey were recognized at the correct period by corroborating the date of revenue recognition tothird party support such as bills of lading, lorry receipt etc.
• Analysed other adjustments and credit notes issued after the reporting date.
Information Other than the standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Board’s Report includingAnnexure to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance andShareholder's Information, but does not include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and wedo not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the courseof our 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 thisother information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends toliquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta 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 toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order todesign 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 hasadequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in thestandalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. 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 tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that,
individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably
knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider
quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and inevaluating the results of our 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, theplanned scope and timing of the audit 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 statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships 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 thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of thecurrent year and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor'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 inour report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Other Matters
1. The company is having investment in wholly owned subsidiary ( Fedders Lloyd Trading FZE ),management have written off investment in the said company and surplus/deficit istransferred to the exceptional items in profit and loss account. Further management is inthe view that there is no need of consolidation of books for financial year ended 31, march2024.
2. Our report is subject to the observations mentioned in Secretarial audit report.
3. During the year internal auditor were appointed for the year, whereas the audit is notcompleted as the auditor firm is proprietorship firm and during the Audit period the signingprofessional passed away, management is in process of reappointing new internal auditorand will do required compliance.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"') issued by theCentral Government in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the"Annexure A" 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 that
a) We have sought and except for the possible effects, if any, of the matterdescribed in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, we have obtained all theinformation and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b) Except for the possible effects, if any, of the matter described in the Basis ofQualified Opinion paragraph. In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examinationof those books also except for the matters stated in paragraph 2(i)(vi) below onreporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014;
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, the Standalone Statement of Changes inEquity and the Standalone statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the relevant books of account;
d) Except for the possible effects, if any, of the matter described in the Basis ofQualified Opinion paragraph above, In our opinion, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act,read with relevant rule issued there under.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the Directors as on March31, 2024, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2024, from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connectedtherewith, reference is made to our remarks in the paragraph 2(b) above onreporting under Section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 2(i)(vi) below onreporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
g) With respect to the adequacy of Internal financial controls over financialreporting of the company and the operating effectiveness of such control, referto our separate report in "Annexure B" to this report.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with requirement of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
I) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section197of the Act.
i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanation given to us:
I. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financialposition in its standalone financial statements.
II. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
III. There has been delay in transferring amounts(Rs.47.65 lacs), which wererequired to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
IV. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person or entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)have been received by the Company from any person or entity, includingforeign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(C) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that hascaused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause iv(a) and iv(b)contain any material misstatement.
V. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year. Hencethe compliances with section 123 of Companies Act 2013, is not applicable.
VI. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company, inrespect of financial year commencing on April 1, 2023, has not used anaccounting software for maintaining its books of account which has featureof recording audit trail (edit log) and the same has not been operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software.
Further, as per proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014is applicable from April 1, 2023, thus reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail asper the statutory requirements for record retention is not applicable for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2024.
For Rajiv Malhotra & Associates.
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Date: 23-05-2024
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