1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Greaves Cotton Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31,2026, and the standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), the standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the standalone Statement of CashFlows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including material accounting policy informationand other explanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2026, and total comprehensive income (comprising of profit and other comprehensiveincome), and its cash flows for the year then ended.
BASIS FOR OPINION
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) 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 theFinancial Statements” section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Key Audit Matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Impairment Assessment of carrying value of
Our audit procedures included the following:
investment in subsidiaries
• Understood the management's process for
Refer to Note 3(e) to the standalone financial statements
impairment assessment of carrying value of
- “Critical accounting judgements and key sources
investments and evaluated the design, and tested
of estimation uncertainty - Impairment of Investment
the operating effectiveness of the Company's internal
in Subsidiaries”,
controls around such impairment assessment.
Note 6 A to the standalone financial statements
• Examined the Company's accounting policy in
- “Investments”.
respect of impairment assessment of investment
Investments in subsidiaries are carried at cost.
in subsidiaries.
The Company reviews their carrying values at everybalance sheet date and performs an impairmentassessment in accordance with Ind AS 36 ‘Impairmentof Assets', and with the involvement of independentvaluation experts (management's expert), when there isany indication of impairment to the carrying value.
• Evaluated the independence, competence,capabilities, and objectivity of management's expert.
• Compared the prior year's cash flow forecasts withactual results to assess the historical accuracyof forecasting.
During the year, impairment indicators were identified by
•
Assessed the reasonableness of cash flow forecasts,
the management for investments in certain subsidiaries.Management's assessment for impairment of investmentsin subsidiaries requires estimation and judgement aroundassumptions used, including the recoverable value of
including underlying economic growth rate bycomparing them with approved budgets and ourunderstanding of the internal and external factors.
Involved the auditor's expert to assist in evaluatingthe appropriateness of the valuation model and key
underlying tangible and intangible assets.
The assessment of carrying value of investments hasbeen considered a key audit matter as determiningthe recoverable value of these investments involves
assumptions and judgements, such as discount rateand terminal growth rate.
Performed a sensitivity analysis on the forecasts byvarying the key assumptions within a reasonablyforeseeable range.
significant management judgement and estimation.Such judgment and estimation include assumptionsrelating to the future expected level of operations, related
forecast of cash flows, market conditions, discount rate,
Tested the mathematical accuracy of the
growth rate and terminal growth rate.
computations used in the discounted cashflow projections.
Assessed the adequacy of disclosures made in thestandalone financial statements.
OTHER INFORMATION
5. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.The Annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matter to those charged with governance and take appropriate action as applicable under the relevantlaws and regulations.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
6. 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 standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguardingof the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
7. In preparing the financial statements, Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
8. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
9. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial 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 withSAs will always detect a 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 to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
10. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud 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 areappropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
11. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
12. 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 bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
13. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period 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 matteror when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication.
OTHER MATTER
14. The standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31,2025, were audited by prior auditorsunder the Act who, vide their report dated April 30, 2025, expressed an unmodified opinion on those standalonefinancial statements.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
15. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of Indiain terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure B a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
16. 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 appearsfrom our examination of those books, except that the backup of certain books of account and other books andpapers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained on a daily basis on servers physically located inIndia during the year and the matters stated in paragraph 16(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended).
(c) The standalone Balance Sheet, the standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the standalone Statement of Cash Flows dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2026, taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2026, from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith, reference is made to ourremarks in paragraph 16(b) above and paragraph 16(h)(vi) below.
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”.
(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 tothe explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements - Refer Note 36 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company was not required to recognise a provision as at March 31, 2026 under the applicable law orIndian Accounting Standards, as it does not have any material foreseeable losses on long-term contract.The Company did not have any long term derivative contracts as at March 31,2026.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company during the year.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed
in Note 7 (2) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note41 (vii) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that we 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 dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect of the prior year ended March 31, 2025 is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
Further, as stated in Note 14E to the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Companyhas proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies todeclaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility that has operatedduring the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software, except that the audit log is not maintainedin case of modification by certain users with specific access. Further, the audit trail feature has not beenenabled at the database level to log any direct data changes. During the course of performing our procedures,other than the aforesaid instances of audit trail not enabled/ maintained where the question of our commentingdoes not arise, we did not notice any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with. Further, the audittrail, to the extent maintained in the prior year, has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
17. The Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated bythe provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
For Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP
Firm Registration Number: 012754N/N500016
Neeraj Sharma
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership Number: 108391
Date: May 06, 2026 UDIN: 26108391UMLJXX1204