We have audited the financial statements of Panasonic Energy India Company Limited (the “Company”) whichcomprise the balance sheet as at 31 March 2025, and the statement of profit and loss (including othercomprehensive income), statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended,and notes to the financial statements, including 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 aforesaidfinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the stateof affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025,and its profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity andits cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) ofthe Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Codeof Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinionon the financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thefinancial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters.
See Note 21 to financial statements
The key audit matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
The Company's revenue is derived from the sale of dry cellbatteries and other batteries. The Company recognisesrevenue when the control is transferred to the customer.We identified the recognition of revenue (overstatement) asa key audit matter during the year and as at year endbecause revenue is one of the key performance indicatorsof the Company. Therefore, it is subject to risk ofmisstatement to meet the targets and expectations of thestakeholders.
Our procedures included, amongst others:
1. Assessed the appropriateness of the revenuerecognition accounting policies and compliance withapplicable accounting standards;
2. Evaluated the design and implementation of keyinternal financial controls with respect to revenuerecognition and tested operating effectiveness of suchcontrols on selected transactions;
3. Performed substantive testing on samples selectedusing statistical sampling of revenue transactions,recorded during the year by testing the underlyingdocuments to assess whether criteria for revenuerecognition are met;
4. We tested, on a sample basis using statisticalsampling, specific revenue transactions recordedaround the year end date to check whether revenuehas been recognised in the correct reporting period bytesting the underlying documents.
5. Assessed the adequacy of disclosures made in thefinancial statements with respect to revenuerecognised during the year as required by applicableInd AS.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Company's annual report, but does not include thefinancial statements and auditor's report thereon. The Company's annual reportis 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 will not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the 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 financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Company's annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we arerequired to communicate the matter to those charged with governance and take necessary actions, asapplicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) ofthe Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state ofaffairs, profit/ loss and other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) 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 theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate 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 forensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directorsis also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or 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 inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expectedto influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, 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 thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for
y 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 accountingestimates and related disclosures made by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concernbasis of accounting in preparation of financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained,whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, ifsuch 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 theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters thatmay 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 ofmost significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2 A. 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 ourknowledge 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 asit appears from our examination of those books except for the matters stated in the paragraph 2B(f)below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c. The balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), thestatement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors between 16 April 2025 to 05May 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31March 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f. the modifications relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in the paragraph 2A(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) of the Act andparagraph 2B(f) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statementsof the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in“Annexure B”.
B. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2025 on its financialposition in its financial statements - Refer Note 30 to the financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
c. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
d (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in theNote 41 to the financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in theNote 41 to the financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above,contain any material misstatement.
e. As stated in Note 15 to the financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Companyhasproposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuingAnnual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
f. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which does not have the feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility. Consequently, we are unable to comment on audit trail feature of the said software.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of theAct. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of theAct. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Actwhich are required to be commented upon by us.
Chartered AccountantsFirm's Registration No.:128510WSulabh Kumar Kedia
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No.: 066380
Date: May 21, 2025 ICAI UDIN:25066380BMRJRD3615