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Auditor Report of Heubach Colorants India Ltd.

Mar 31, 2023

To the Members of Heubach Colorants India Limited (formerly Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited)

REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Heubach Colorants India Limited (formerly Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited) (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2023, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (Including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant 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 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 the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2023, and profit, 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. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 (ICAI) 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 obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Sr.

No

Key Audit Matter

How the Key Audit matter was addressed in our audit

1.

Assessment of contingencies and provision relating to ongoing litigations for direct tax, Indirect tax and other matters

(Refer notes 8, 23 and 35 to the financial statements)

The Company has various ongoing Direct tax, Indirect tax and other matters under litigation. The assessment of the likely outcome of the tax and other matters and related outflow of resources that are probable, involve significant management judgment and uncertainty of assumptions, since they are based on the application and interpretation of law.

We have considered this to be a key audit matter because of the significant impact on the financial statements and uncertainty of the possible outcomes.

Our audit procedures in respect of this area included but are not

limited to following:

1. Obtained a detailed understanding of the managements process for determining provisions and contingent liabilities pertaining to tax claims and other litigation disputes.

2. Verified the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of controls in respect of assessment of direct tax, indirect tax, other matters and provisions related thereon, if any.

3. Obtained the details and understood the nature of tax positions and litigations pending against the Company by reading the minutes of various meetings and discussing the developments during the year for litigations with the Management, the Audit Committee and management expert for the future course of action by the Company.

4. Read the orders received by the Company from the tax authorities and opinions sought from the management''s experts.

5. Involved auditor''s tax experts to assist us in the assessment of the possible outcome of certain cases, evaluation of underlying assumptions in estimating the tax provisions and related expenses thereon.

6. Evaluated the evidence supporting the management''s judgment about possible outcomes and the reasonableness of the estimates made by them.

Sr.

No

Key Audit matter

How the Key Audit matter was addressed in our audit

7. Assessed and validated the appropriateness and adequacy of disclosures in the financial statements in compliance with Ind AS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets and Ind AS 12 Income Tax.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2023. This matter is addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on this matter.

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 financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon.

Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. When we read 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 under SA 720 ''The Auditor''s responsibilities Relating to Other Information''.

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 the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. 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 judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and 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 financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material 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 as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors 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 Financial Statements

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

We give in ''''Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor''s responsibilities for Audit of the Financial Statements.

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 “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.

2. 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 belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.

(b) In our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books including daily back-up of books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode. However, the servers for the back-up of books of accounts and other books and papers of the company maintained in

electronic mode are physically located outside India.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March 31, 2023 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 financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure C”.

(g) 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 explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note 35 to the 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 were no amounts which were required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

iv. 1. The Management has represented

that, to the best of it''s 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(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 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.

2. The Management has represented, that, to the best of it''s knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Parties), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, as on the date of this audit report, that the Company shall, 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.

3. Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, and according to the information and explanations provided to us by the Management in this regard 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 (1) and (2) above, contain any material mis-statement.

v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.

vi. As proviso to rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable for the company only w.e.f. April 1, 2023, reporting under this clause is not applicable.

3. In our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors is within the limits laid prescribed under Section 197 of the Act and the rules thereunder.

For M S K A & Associates

Chartered Accountants ICAI Firm Registration No. 105047W Vishal Vilas Divadkar

Partner

Place: Mumbai Membership No. 118247

Date: May 16, 2023 UDIN: 23118247BGYDKV6637


Mar 31, 2018

Report on the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2018, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Ind AS Financial Statements

2. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements to 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 specified in the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) under Section 133 of the Act. 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 judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and 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 Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder including the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder.

5. We conducted our audit of the Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Ind AS financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Ind AS financial statements.

Opinion

8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements give the information required by 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, 2018, and its total comprehensive income (comprising of profit and other comprehensive loss), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

9. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016, issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (“the Order”), and on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

10. 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 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, except that the back up of books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained over servers physically located in India.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2018 from being appointed as a director in 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 our comment in Paragraph 10 (b) above that the back up of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in the electronic mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to Ind AS financial statements of the 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 Auditors’ Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact, if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2018 on its financial position in its Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note 34.

ii. The Company has long-term contracts including derivative contracts as at March 31, 2018 for which there were no 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 during the year ended March 31, 2018.

iv. The reporting on disclosures relating to Specified Bank Notes is not applicable to the Company for the year ended March 31, 2018.

Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Act

1. We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited (“the Company”) as of March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the Ind AS Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

2. The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to Company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act.

Auditors’ Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the “Guidance Note”) and the Standards on Auditing deemed to be prescribed under section 143(10) of the Act to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both applicable to an audit of internal financial controls and both issued by the ICAI. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

4. Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.

5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls system over financial reporting.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting

6. A Company’s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A Company’s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting

7. Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

8. In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2018, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified by the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have been noticed on such verification.

(c) The title deeds of immovable properties, as disclosed in Note 3A on property, plant and equipment to the financial statements, are held in the name of the Company.

ii. The physical verification of inventory excluding stocks with third parties have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) and (iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. The Company has not granted any loans or made any investments, or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185 and 186. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the Rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. Pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the Company is required to maintain cost records as specified under Section 148(1) of the Act in respect of its products. We have broadly reviewed the same, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.

vii. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect of income tax though there has been a slight delay in a few cases, and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, employees’ state insurance, sales tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, goods and service tax with effect from July 1, 2017 and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of duty of customs and goods and service tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income tax, sales tax, service tax, duty of excise and value added tax as at March 31, 2018 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:

Name of the statute

Nature of dues

Amount (Rs. in lacs)

#

Period to which the amount relates

Forum where the dispute is pending

Central Sales Tax and Local Sales Tax Acts

Sales Tax including interest and penalty, as applicable

2.27

1996-97 to 1998-99

High Court of Tamil Nadu

628.91

1999-00,

2002-03,

2004-05

Sales Tax Appellate Tribunals of Maharashtra

2,243.18

1992-93, 1998-99, 2001-02 to 2012-13

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

The Central Excise Act, 1944

Excise duty including interest and penalty, as applicable

415.63

2000-01 to 2008-09

Tribunals of various states

211.52

1994-95 to 1997-98, 2000-01

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

Service Tax under Finance

Service Tax including

131.77

1997-98, 2006-07 to 2010-11

High Court

Act, 1994

Interest and penalty, as

11.75

2005-06 to 2009-10

Tribunals of various states

applicable

59.78

1996-97, 2002-03 to 2004-05, 2007-08 to 2011-12

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax including interest and penalty, as applicable

2,041.54

1982-83 to 1986-87 1989-90, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98 to 2001-02, 2011-12, 2013-14

Income Tax

Appellate

Tribunal

24.85

2001-02 to

2002-03

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

565.77

2007-08

Deputy

Commissioner of Income Tax (TDS)

# net of amounts paid under protest.

viii. As the Company does not have any loans or borrowings from any financial institution or bank or Government, nor has it issued any debentures as at the balance sheet date, the provisions of Clause 3(viii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

ix. The Company has not raised any moneys by way of initial public offer, further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

x. During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

xi. The Company has paid/ provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014 are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiii. The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188 of the Act. The details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the Ind AS financial statements as required under Indian Accounting Standard 24- Related Party Disclosures specified in the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) under Section 133 of the Act.

xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xv. The Company has not entered into any non cash transactions with its directors or persons connected with him. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

For Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP

Firm Registration Number: 012754N/ N500016

Priyanshu Gundana

Place : Navi Mumbai Partner

Date : May 15, 2018 Membership Number: 109553


Mar 31, 2017

Report on the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2017, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary ofthe significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Ind AS Financial Statements

2. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements to 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 specified in the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) under Section 133 of the Act. 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 judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and 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 Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder including the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder.

5. We conducted our audit of the Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Ind AS financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Ind AS financial statements.

Opinion

8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements give the information required by 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, 2017, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Other Matter

9. The financial information of the Company for the fifteen months period ended March 31, 2016 and the transition date opening balance sheet as at January 1, 2015 included in these Ind AS financial statements, are based on the previously issued statutory financial statements for the fifteen months ended March 31, 2016 and the year ended December 31, 2014 prepared in accordance with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 (as amended) which were audited by us, on which we expressed an unmodified opinion dated May 20, 2016 and February 12, 2015 respectively. The adjustments to those financial statements for the differences in accounting principles adopted by the Company on transition to the Ind AS have been audited by us.

Our opinion is not qualified in respect of this matters.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

10. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016, issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (“the Order”), and on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

11. 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 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, except that the back up of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2017 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2017 from being appointed as a director in 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 our comment in Paragraph 11(b) above that the backup of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in the electronic mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the 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 Auditors’ Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact, if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2017 on its financial position in its Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note 37.

ii. The Company has made provision as at March 31, 2017, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts. The Company did not have any derivative contracts as at March 31, 2017.

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2017.

iv. The Company has provided requisite disclosures in the financial statements as to holdings as well as dealings in Specified Bank Notes during the period from 8th November, 2016 to 30th December, 2016. Based on audit procedures and relying on the management representation we report that the disclosures are in accordance with books of account maintained by the Company and as produced to us by the Management -Refer Note 49.

ANNEXURE B TO INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

Referred to in paragraph 10 of the Independent Auditors’ Report of even date to the members of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited on the Ind AS financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31,2017

i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified by the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have been noticed on such verification.

(c) The title deeds of immovable properties, as disclosed in Note 4 and 5 on fixed assets to the financial statements, are held in the name of the Company.

ii. The physical verification of inventory excluding stocks with third parties have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) and (iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. The Company has not granted any loans or made any investments, or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185 and 186. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the Rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. Pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of lndia, the Company is required to maintain cost records as specified under Section 148(1) of the Act in respect of its products. We have broadly reviewed the same, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.

vii. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect of provident fund, profession tax, sales tax and value added tax, though there has been a slight delay in a few cases, and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including employees’ state insurance, income tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of income tax, sales tax, service tax, excise duty and value added tax as at March 31, 2017 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:

Name of the statute

Nature of dues

Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

Period to which the amount relates

Forum where the dispute is pending

Central Sales Tax Act and Local Sales Tax Acts

Sales Tax including interest and penalty, as applicable

2.27

1996-97 to 1988-99

High Court of Tamil Nadu

17.88

1999-00

Sales Tax Appellate Tribunals of Maharashtra

13,804.11*

1992-93, 1998-99, 2001-02 to 2012-13

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

The

Central

Excise Act, 1944

Excise duty including interest and penalty, as applicable

415.63

2000-01 to 2008-09

Tribunals of various states

211.52

1994-95 to 1997-98, 2000-01

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

Service Tax under Finance Act, 1994

Service Tax including interest and penalty, as applicable

164.08

1997-98, 2005-06 to 2014-15

Tribunals of various states

62.56

1996-97, 2002-03 to 2004-05, 2007-08 to 2011-12, 2013-14

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax including interest and penalty, as applicable

331.93

1982-83 to 1986-87, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98 to 2001-02, 2004-05

Income Tax

Appellate

Tribunal

454.62

2006-07, 2001-02 to 2002-03

Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level

565.77

2007-08

Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (TDS)

* Subsequent to the year end, the Company has received revised order from the Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax based on which demand has decreased by Rs.8,077.52 lacs.

viii. As the Company does not have any loans or borrowings from any financial institution or bank or Government, nor has it issued any debentures as at the balance sheet date, the provisions of Clause 3(viii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

ix. The Company has not raised any moneys by way of initial public offer, further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

x. During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

xi. The Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014 are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiii. The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188 of the Act. The details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the Ind AS financial statements as required under Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS 24), Related Party Disclosures specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xv. The Company has not entered into any non cash transactions with its directors or persons connected with him. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

For Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP

Firm Registration Number: 012754N/ N500016

Arvind Daga

Partner

Membership Number 108290

Place: Navi Mumbai

Date: May 23, 2017


Mar 31, 2016

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited ("the Company"), which comprise
the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2016, the Statement of Profit and Loss for the 15 months period from January 1, 2015 to March
31, 2016 (the "period"), the Cash Flow Statement for the period then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies
and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

2. The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the
Act") with respect to the preparation of these financial statements to give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India,
including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014. 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 judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and 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 financial statements that give a
true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under including the accounting standards and
matters which are required to be included in the audit report.

5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other
applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and
pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial
statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material
misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers
internal financial control relevant to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view, in
order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
whether the Company has in place an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and the operating
effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on
the financial statements.

Opinion

8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial
statements give the information required by 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, 2016, and its
profit and its cash flows for the period ended on that date.


Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

9. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2015'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), and on the basis of such checks of the books
and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in
the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

10. 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 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, except that the back up of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic
mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement
with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the
Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2016 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2016 from being appointed as a director in 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 our comment in
Paragraph 10(b) above that the backup of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not
been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors'' Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit
and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and
explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact, if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2016 on its financial position in its
financial statements - Refer Note 30;

ii. The Company has made provision as at March 31, 2016, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for
material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts. The Company did not have any derivative contracts as at March
31,2016.

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
by the Company during the 15 months period ended March 31,2016.

i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.

(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items
over a period of three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its
assets. Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified by the Management during the
period and no material discrepancies have been noticed on such verification.

ii. (a) The inventory excluding stocks with third parties has been physically verified by the Management during the period. In
respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of
verification is reasonable.

(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by the Management are reasonable and adequate
in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of
inventory. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register
maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a) and (iii)(b) of the said Order are
not applicable to the Company.

iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanation that, except
for certain items of inventory which are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources do not exist, there is an
adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the purchase of
inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and services. Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and
records of the Company, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across, nor have been
informed of, any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the
rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the rules
made by the Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been specified under sub- section (1) of Section 148
of the Act, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have
not, however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.

vii. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion,
except for service tax dues during the period in respect of the matter stated below, the Company is regular in depositing
undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, employees'' state insurance, income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, duty of
customs, duty of excise, value added tax, cess and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate
authorities. The extent of the arrears of statutory dues outstanding as at March 31, 2016, for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable are as follows:

Name Nature of Amount Period to Due DATE Date of
of the dues (Rs, Lakhs) which the payment
statute amount
relates

Service Service Tax 102.20 October Various 07-May-16
Tax under including 2014- dates
Finance interest and September
Act, 1994 penalty 2014

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of
dues of income tax, sales tax, service tax, excise duty and value added tax as at March 31, 2016 which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute, are as follows:

Name Nature of Amount Period to Forum where the
of the dues (Rs, Lakhs) which the dispute is pending
statute amount
relates

Central Sales Tax 2.27 1996-97 to High Court of Tamil
Sales Tax including 1998-99 Nadu
Act and interest and 1788 1999_00 Sa]es Tax Appellate
Local penalty, as Tribunals of
Sales Tax applicable Maharashtra

13356.73 1992-93 to Appellate
2011-12 Authority - up to
Commissioner''s
level

The Excise duty 437.58 1999-00 to Tribunal of various
Central including 2008-09 states
Excide interest and 324.98 1994-95 to Appellate
Act, 1944 penalty, as 1997-9^ Authority - up to
applicable 2000-01, and Commissioner''s
level
2010-11 to
2013-14

Service Service Tax 123.95 2005-06 to Tribunal of various
Tax under including 2010-11 states
Finance interest and ~ 2002-03to Appellate
Act, 1994 penalty, as 2004-05, Authority - up to
applicable 2007-08 to Commissioner''s
level
2012-13

Income Income Tax 438.25 1982-83 to Income Tax
Tax Act including 1986-87, Appellate Tribunal
1961 interest and 1989-90
penalty, as 1991-92,
applicable 1993-94,
1995-96,
1997-98 to
2004-05 and
2006-07
77.60 2001-02, Appellate
2011-12 to Authority - up
to 2012-13 Commissioner''s
level

655.50 2007-08 to Deputy
2014-15 Commissioner of
Income Tax (TDS)

(c) The amount required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund has been transferred within the stipulated
time in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules made there under.

viii. The Company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the period and it has not incurred any cash losses in the period
ended on that date or in the immediately preceding financial year.

ix. As the Company does not have any borrowings from any financial institution or bank nor has it issued any debentures as at the
balance sheet date, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

x. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for
loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the period. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(x) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.

xi. The Company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xi) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.

xii. During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally
accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across
any instance of material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the period, nor have we been informed of any such
case by the Management.

For Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP

Firm Registration Number: 012754N/ N500016


Arvind Daga

Partner

Membership Number: 108290

Place: Mumbai

Date: May 20, 2016


Dec 31, 2014

Report on the Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited (the "Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2014, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, which we have signed under reference to this report.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

2. The Company''s Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Accounting Standards notified under the Companies Act, 1956 (the "Act") read with the General Circular 15/2013 dated September 13, 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

4. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence, about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the Company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity''s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by Management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

6. In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the accompanying financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at December 31, 2014;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Other Matter

7 The financial statements of the Company as at December 31, 2013 and for the year then ended were audited by another firm of chartered accountants who, vide their report dated February 26, 2014, expressed an unmodified opinion on those financial statements.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

8. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003'', as amended by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), and on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.

9. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:

(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purpose of our audit;

(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

(c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the Accounting Standards notified under the Companies Act, 1956 read with the General Circular 15/2013 dated September 13, 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013;

(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on December 31, 2014, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31, 2014, from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Act.

ANNEXURE TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'' REPORT

(Referred to in paragraph 8 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited on the Financial Statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014)

i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing

full particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified by the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have been noticed on such verification.

(c) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed off by the Company during the year.

ii. (a) The inventory excluding stocks with third parties has

been physically verified by the Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by the Management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(iii)[(b),(c),

(d) ,(f) and (g)] of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanation that, except for certain items of inventory which are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources do not exist, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the purchase of inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and services. Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and records of the Company, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across, nor have been informed of, any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

v. (a) According to the information and explanations given

to us, we are of the opinion that the particulars of all contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been so entered.

(b) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

vi. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under.

vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.

viii. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the Act, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.

ix. (a) According to the information and explanations given to

us and the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company is regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of income tax, sales tax, service tax and excise duty as at December 31, 2014 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:

Name of Nature of Amount Period to Forum where the statute dues ( RS.in which the the dispute is lakhs) amount pending relates

Central Sales Tax 2.27 1996-97 to High Court of Sales Tax including 1998-99 Tamil Nadu Act and interest: 8,395.88 1999-00

Local Sales and 2004-05 Sales Tax Tax Acts penalty, as Appellate applicable Tribunals of various states

5,082.12 1996-97 to Appellate 1998-99 Authority - up to Commissioner''s level

The Excise 437.58 1999-00 to Tribunals of Central duty 2008-09 various states

Excise Act, including 213.37 1994-95 to Appellate 1944 interest: 1997-98, Authority and 2000-01 -up to penalty, as Commissioner''s aPPlicable level

Service Service 33.00 2002-03 to Tribunals of Tax under Tax 2004-05, various states Finance including 2007-08 to Act, interest 2012-13

1994 and 161.47 2005-06 to Appellate penalty,as 2010-11 Authority applicable - up to Commissioner''s level

Income Income 729.96 1983-84 to Income Tax Tax Tax 1987-88, Appellate Act, 1961 including 1990-91, Tribunal interest 1992-93, and 1994-95, penalty, as 1996-97, applicable 1999-00, 2001-02 to 2005-06 and 2007-08

112.21 1995-96, Appellate 1998-99 to Authority 2003-04, - up to 2005-06 Commissioner''s level

x. The Company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the financial year and it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that date or in the immediately preceding financial year.

xi. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture holders as at the balance sheet date.

xii. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiii. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the Company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvii. According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the company, we report that the no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

xviii. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xix. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year and does not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company

xx. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xxi. During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

For Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP Firm Registration Number: 012754N/ N500016 (Formerly Price Waterhouse, Firm Registration Number: 012754N)

Pradip Kanakia Partner Mumbai, February 12, 2015 Membership Number: 39985


Dec 31, 2013

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of CLARIANT CHEMICALS (INDIA) LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st December, 2013, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

The Company''s Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Accounting Standards notified under the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") (which continue to be applicable in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 in terms of General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the fnancial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these fnancial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company''s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st December, 2013;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the Company for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) of the Act, we give in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:

(a) We have 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, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement comply with the Accounting Standards notified under the Act (which continue to be applicable in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 in terms of General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs).

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st December, 2013 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st December, 2013 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the Act.

ANNEXURE TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'' REPORT

(Referred to in paragraph 1 under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' section of our report of even date)

(i) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s business / activities during the year, clauses vi, x, xii, xiii, xv, xvi, xviii, xix and xx of paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:

(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) The fixed assets disposed of during the year, in our opinion, do not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern status of the Company.

(iii) In respect of its inventories:

(a) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during the year by the Management except for stocks lying at third party locations for which confirmations have been obtained and for goods-in- transit. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.

(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in such internal control system.

(vi) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to Section 301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said Section have been so entered.

(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs. 5 lakhs in respect of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

(vii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during the year by firms of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(viii) We have broadly reviewed the cost records maintained by the Company pursuant to the Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Rules, 2011 prescribed by the Central Government under Section 209(1)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed cost records have been maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the cost records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.

(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us in respect of statutory dues:

(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.

(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31st December, 2013 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on 31st December, 2013 on account of disputes are given below:

Statute Nature of Forum where Relating to Amount Dues Dispute is pending various years involved comprise in the (Rs. in lakhs) period

Sales Tax Sales Tax 1996-97 to High Court 2.27 (Central and (Tax / 1998- 99 State) and Penalty/ Value Added Interest) Appellate Tribunal 1999- 00 17.88 Tax

1992-93, 1998- Commissionarate 99, 2001-02 to 5217.53 2009-10

Central Excise Duty 1999-00 to Appellate Tribunal 33.75 Excise Act, 2004- 05 1944

1993- 94 to Commissionarate 668.13 2008- 09

Service Service Tax 2002- 03 to Commissionarate 223.00 Tax under 2012-13 Finance Act, Deputy 1994 2010-11 3.67 Commissionarate

Income Tax Income Tax A.Y. Act, 1961 High Court 1998- 99 and 84.16 2003- 04

811.12 A.Y. 1987- 88 to Appellate Tribunal 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2008- 09

A.Y. 2000-01, 550.44 Commissionarate 2002-03 to 2005- 06 and 2009-10

Total 7611.95

(x) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to banks.

(xi) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments.

(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the Company, we report that funds raised on short-term basis have, prima facie, not been used during the year for long- term investment.

(xiii) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.

For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS

Chartered Accountants

(Firm Registration No. 117365W)

Uday Neogi

Partner

MUMBAI, 26th February, 2014 (Membership No. 30235)


Dec 31, 2012

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of CLARIANT CHEMICALS (INDIA) LIMITED ("the Company") as at 31st December 2012, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended on that date, both annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company''s Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (CARO) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 above, we report as follows :

(i) we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

(ii) 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;

(iii) the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(iv) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956;

(v) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at31 December 2012;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the Company for the year ended on that date.

5. On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors as on 31st December 2012 taken on record by the Board of Directors, we note that none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st December 2012 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(l)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.

ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS'' REPORT

(Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012.)

(i) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s business/ activities/result, clauses (vi) and (xiii) of paragraph 4 of CARO are not applicable.

(ii) In respect of its fixed assets :

(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern status of the Company.

(iii) In respect of its inventory:

(a) The inventories have been physically verified during the year by the management except for stocks lying at third party locations for which confirmations have been obtained and for goods-in-transit. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.

(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in such internal control system.

(vi) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us :

(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said Section have been so entered.

(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs. 5 Lakhs in respect of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

(vii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during the year by firms of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government under Section 209(l)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 and are of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed cost records have been maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.

(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us in respect of statutory dues :

(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and othermaterial statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.

(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax, Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31st December 2012 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on 31st December 2012 on account of dispute are given below :

Statute Nature of Forum where Dues Dispute is pending

Sales Tax Sales Tax High Court (Central and (Tax/Penalty/ State) and Value Interest) Added Tax Appellate Tribunal

Commissionarate

Central Excise Excise Duty Appellate Tribunal Act, 1944 Commissionarate

Service Tax Service Tax Appellate Tribunal under Finance Act, 1994 Commissionarate

Deputy Commissionarate

Income Tax Act, Income Tax High Court 1961

Appellate Tribunal

Commissionarate

Total

Statute Relating to Amount various years involved comprise in (Rs. in Lakhs) the period

Sales Tax 1995-96 to 1998-99 2.27

1999- 00 17.88

1992-93 to 2008-09 4601.35

Central Excise Act, 1944 1999-00 to 2004-05 33.75

1994- 95 to 2008-09 668.13

Service Tax Under Finance Act, 1994 2004-05 5.12

2002- 03 to 2010-11 172.43

2010-11 3.67

Income Tax Act, 1961 A.Y. 1998- 99 and 2003- 04 110.05

A.Y. 1987- 88 to 2009-10 852.75

A.Y. 2001-02 to 2005-06 74.95

Total 6542.35

(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit and the immediately preceding financial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to banks and financial institutions.

(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments.

(xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions.

(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, no term loans were obtained during the year by the Company.

(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we report that funds raised on short- term basis have not been used during the year for long- term investment.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not issued any secured debentures during the year.

(xix) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issue during the year.

(xx) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.

For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS

Chartered Accountants

(Registration No. 117365W)

Uday Neogi

MUMBAI, 28th February 2013 (Membership No. 30235)


Dec 31, 2011

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of CLARIANT CHEMICALS (INDIA) LIMITED ("the Company") as at 31 December 2011, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended on that date, both annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (CARO) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 above, we report as follows:

(i) we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

(ii) 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;

(iii) the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(iv) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956;

(v) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 December 2011;

(b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the Company for the year ended on that date.

5. On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors as on 31 December 2011 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31 December 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.

Annexure to the Auditors' Report

(Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors' Report of even date to the members of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011.)

(i) Having regard to the nature of the Company's business/ activities/result, clauses (vi) and (xiii) of paragraph 4 of CARO are not applicable.

(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:

(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern status of the Company.

(iii) In respect of its inventory:

(a) The inventories have been physically verified during the year by the management except for stocks lying at third party locations for which confirmations have been obtained and for goods-in-transit. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.

(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in such internal control system.

(vi) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to Section 301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said Section have been so entered.

(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs.5 lakhs in respect of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time except in respect of certain purchases for which comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are unable to comment.

(vii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during the year by firms of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 in respect of certain products manufactured by the Company viz. Dyes and are of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determining whether they are accurate or complete. To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any other product of the Company.

(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us in respect of statutory dues:

(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.

(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax, Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31 December 2011 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on 31 December 2011 on account of dispute are given below:

Forum where Period to Amount Statute Nature of Dispute which the involved Dues is pending amount relates Rs in lakhs)

Central Sales Sales Tax High Court 1996-1999 2.27 Tax Act, 1956 (Central and and Sales Tax State) and Appellate Authorities 1999-2000 17.88 Act of various Value Added & Tribunal states Tax

Commission rate 1992-1993, 4799.39 2001-2009

Central Excise Excise Duty Appellate Authorities 1999-2000, 33.75 Act, 1944 & Tribunal 2000-2004 Commission rate 1994-1997, 2000-2001, 564.44

2003-2005,

2006-2009

Service Tax Service Tax Appellate Authorities 2004-2005 5.12 under Finance & Tribunal Act, 1994

Commission rate 2005-2006, 109.35 2009-2011

Income Tax Act, Income Tax Appellate Authorities A.Y. 1995-1996, 248.15 1961 & Tribunal 2000-2001, 2003-2004

Commission rate A.Y. 1987-1988, 633.69 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1998-2009

Total 6414.04

(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit and the immediately preceding financial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to banks and financial institutions.

(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments.

(xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions.

(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, no term loans were obtained during the year by the Company.

(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we report that funds raised on short-term basis have not been used during the year for long- term investment.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not issued any secured debentures during the year.

(xix) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issue during the year.

(xx) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.

For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS

Chartered Accountants

(Registration No. 117365W)

A.C. Khanna

Partner

(Membership No. 17814)

MUMBAI, 17 February 2012


Dec 31, 2010

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited ("the Company") as at 31st December, 2010, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended on that date, both annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (CARO) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 above, we report as follows:

(a) we have 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 Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956;

(e) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st December, 2010;

(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date and

(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the Company for the year ended on that date.

5. On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors as on 31st December, 2010 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st December, 2010 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.

Annexure to the Auditors Report

(Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors Report of even date to the members of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited on the financial statements for the year ended 31st December, 2010.)

(i) Having regard to the nature of the Companys business/activities/ result, clauses (x) and (xiii) of paragraph 4 of CARO are not applicable.

(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:

(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern status of the Company.

(iii) In respect of its inventory:

(a) The inventories have been physically verified during the year by the management except for stocks lying at third party locations for which confirmations have been obtained and for goods-in-transit. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.

(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the

items purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in such internal control system.

(vi) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to Section 301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said Section have been so entered.

(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs. 5 lakhs in respect of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time except in respect of certain purchases for which comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are unable to comment.

(vii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 58A and 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or the National Company Law Tribunal or the Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal.

(viii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during the year by firms of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(ix) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 in respect of certain products manufactured by the Company viz. Dyes and are of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determining whether they are accurate or complete. To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any other product of the Company.

(x) According to the information and explanations given to us in respect of statutory dues:

(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.

(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax, Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31st December, 2010 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on 31st December, 2010 on account of dispute are given below:

Forum where Statute Nature of Dispute Dues is pending

High Court Central Sales Sales Tax Tax Act, 1956 (Central and Appellate and Sales Tax State) and Authorities & Act of various Value Added Tribunal states Tax Commissionarate

Central Excise Excise Duty Appellate Act, 1944 Authorities & Tribunal

Commissionarate

Service Tax Service Tax Appellate under Finance Authorities Act, 1994 & Tribunal

Commissionarate

Appellate Authorities & Tribunal Income Tax Income Tax Commissionarate Act, 1961

Total



Statue Period to Amount which the involved amount relates (Rs. in lakhs)

1996-1999 2.27

Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and Sales Tax Act of various states 1999-2000 17.88

1992-1993 and 2300.61 2001-2007

Central Excise Act, 1944 1999-2000 33.75 and 2000-2004

1994-1997, 547.15 2000-2001, 2003-2005 and 2006-2007

Service Tax under Finance Act, 1994 2004-2005 5.12 2005-2006 and 29.23 2009-2010

A.Y. 1995-1996, 248.15 2000-2001 and

Income Tax Act, 1961 2003-2004

A.Y. 1987-1988, 1032.53 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1998-2002 and 2003-2008

Total 4216.69

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to banks and financial institutions.

(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments.

(xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions.

(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, no term loans were acquired during the reporting period by the Company.

(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we report that funds raised on short-term basis have not been used during the year for long- term investment.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not issued any secured debentures during the year.

(xix) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issue during the year.

(xx) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.

For Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Chartered Accountants

(Registration No. 117365W)

A. C. Khanna Partner

(Membership No. 17814)

Mumbai, 24th February, 2011


Dec 31, 2009

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited, as at December 31, 2009 and also the Proft and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. These fnancial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these fnancial statements based on our audit.

2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the fnancial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the fnancial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and signifcant estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall fnancial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2003 (the ‘Order’) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the annexure a statement on the matters specifed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order to the extent applicable to the Company.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 above, we report that:

(a) we have 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 appears from our examination of the books;

(c) the Balance Sheet, Proft and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Proft and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956;

(e) on the basis of the written representations received from the directors, as on December 31, 2009 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of the directors of the Company is disqualifed as on December 31, 2009 from being appointed as a director, in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956; and

(f) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956, in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at December 31, 2009;

(ii) in the case of the Proft and Loss Account, of the proft of the Company for the year ended on that date; and

(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash fows for the year ended on that date.

Annexure to the Auditors’ Report

[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors’ Report of even date to the members of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited on the fnancial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.]

(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars including quantitative details and situation of fxed assets.

(b) The Company has a programme of physical verifcation of fxed assets. As per the said programme, certain assets were physically verifed during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of verifcation is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verifcation.

(c) In our opinion, fxed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(i)(c) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(ii) (a) The inventories have been physically verifed during the year by the management except for stocks lying at third party locations for which confrmations have been obtained and for goods-in-transit. In our opinion, the frequency of verifcation is reasonable.

(b) The procedures of physical verifcation of inventories followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The discrepancies noticed on verifcation between the physical stocks and the book records were not material and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.

(iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to Companies, frms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, sub-clause (b), (c) and (d) of clause 4(iii) of the Order are not applicable.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from companies, frms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, sub-clause (f) and (g) of clause 4(iii) of the Order are not applicable.

(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items purchased are of a special nature and suitable alternatives do not exist for obtaining comparable quotations, there are adequate internal control systems commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of inventory and fxed assets and with regard to the sale of goods and services. Further, the basis of our examination and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor have we been informed of any instance of major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control systems.

(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been entered in the register required to be maintained under that Section.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts and arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been made at the prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time except in case of some transactions where alternate source of supply did not exist and therefore, no comparison of prices was possible.

(vi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. As informed to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal.

(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the size of the Company and nature of its business.

(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company pursuant to the Rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 and are of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed records have been maintained and the prescribed accounts are in the process of being made up. We have not, however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determining whether they are accurate or complete.

(ix) (a) According to the records of the Company, Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Custom duty, Excise duty, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it have been generally regularly deposited during the year with the appropriate authorities. According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of above were in arrears, as at December 31, 2009 for a period of more than six months from the date on which they became payable.

(b) According to the records of the Company, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Excise duty and Cess as applicable which have not been deposited on account of dispute are as follows:

(Rs. In Lakhs)

Forum where dispute is pending Name of Period to Statute which the Commissio- Appellate High Total (Nature of amount narate authorities Court Amount Dues) Relates & Tribunal

1992-93, 2001-02, 354.25 -- -- 354.25 2002-03, 2003-04 Sales Tax (Tax/ Penalty/ 1999-00 -- 17.88 -- 17.88 Interest) 1996-97,1997-98, -- -- 2.27 2.27

1998-99

Total 354.25 17.88 2.27 374.40

1994-97, 2000- The Central 2001, 2004-2005, 408.64 -- -- 408.64 Excise Act 2006- 2007 (Tax/ Penalty/ Interest)

1999-00, 2000-04 -- 33.75 -- 33.75

Total 408.64 33.75 -- 442.39

2005-06 0.52 -- -- 0.52 Service Tax 2004-05 -- 5.12 -- 5.12

Total 0.52 5.12 -- 5.64

A.Y. 1987-88, 1992-93 , 1994-95, 2000-01, 2001-02, 602.23 -- -- 602.23

Income 2003-04,2004-05, Tax (Tax/ 2005-06 & 2006-07 Interest) A.Y. 1995-96, -- 248.15 -- 248.15 2000-01, 2003-04

Total 602.23 248.15 -- 850.38

(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the fnancial year and has not incurred cash losses during the fnancial year covered by our audit and in the immediately preceding fnancial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to fnancial institution, banks or debenture holders.

(xii) Based on our examination of the records and the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/ mutual beneft fund/ society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or fnancial institutions.

(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, no term loans were acquired during the reporting period by the Company.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(xix) The Company has not issued any secured debentures. Therefore the provisions of clause 4(xix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(xx) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issue during the year. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xx) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(xxi) According to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the course of our audit.

For Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Chartered Accountants

Registration No. 117365W

A. C. Khanna

Partner

Membership No. 17814

Mumbai: February 19, 2010

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