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Directors Report of TeamLease Services Ltd.

Mar 31, 2018

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have the pleasure in presenting the Eighteenth (18th) Annual Report of your Company on business and operations along with the audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements and the Auditor’s Report for the year ended March 31, 2018. Consolidated performances of the Company, its subsidiaries and associate companies have been referred to wherever required.

Financial Highlights

Rs. in Lakhs

Particulars

Consolidated

Standalone

2017-18

2016-17

2017-18

2016-17

Revenue from Operations

362,411.54

304,129.41

344,074.08

299,025.35

Other Income

1,563.39

2,166.87

2,438.05

2,337.41

Total Income

363,974.93

306,296.28

346,512.13

301,362.76

Profit before finance cost, depreciation, amortisation and taxes

8,441.62

5,870.77

7,545.42

5,374.37

Depreciation and Amortisation

915.84

610.47

372.34

398.94

Profit before Finance Cost and Taxes

7,525.78

5,260.30

7,173.08

4,975.43

Finance Cost

246.67

109.71

110.22

88.68

Profit before share of profit/(loss) from associates

7,279.11

5,150.59

7,062.86

4,886.75

Share of (loss)/ profit from associates

(25.74)

-

NA

NA

Profit before tax

7,253.37

5,150.59

7,062.86

4,886.75

Income Tax (credit)/expense

(92.22)

(606.45)

(192.84)

(67.60)

Net Profit for the year

7,345.59

5,757.04

7,255.70

4,954.35

Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the year

23.06

45.54

18.90

8.02

Total Comprehensive Income for the year

7,368.65

5,802.58

7,274.60

4,962.37

Earnings Per Equity Share of RS.10 each: -Basic & Diluted (in Rs.)

42.96

33.67

42.44

28.98

Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements

The Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements of your Company have been prepared in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards (‘Ind AS’) notified under the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.

Review of Business Operations and Future Prospects

Your Directors wish to present the details of Business Operations done during the year under review:

The Company’s revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2018 on a consolidated basis increased to RS.362,411.54 lakhs from RS.304,129.41 lakhs during the previous year. The Company achieved an EBIDTA (including other income) of RS.8,441.62 lakhs during the current year as against the previous year EBIDTA (including other income) of RS.5,870.77 lakhs. The net profit after tax of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2018 was RS.7345.59 lakhs as against the previous year profit after tax of RS.5757.04 lakhs. Net profit for the year was positively impacted by the organic growth and the contribution from recently acquired subsidiaries.

Number of associate employees as on the date of close of financial year of the company was ~181,000 (including the NETAP trainees of~43,000) as against the previous year Associate employees of ~151,000 (including the NETAP trainees of ~23,000). Your Directors express their satisfaction on the overall financial performance and the progress made on different areas by the Company during the year under review.

The Company has the policy on the employment diversity which states the equal opportunity to everyone without any discrimination of gender, region, caste or religion.

Dividend and Reserves

Your Directors would like to use the profits earned for purpose of enhancing business and hence do not propose any dividend for the financial year under review. No amount has been transferred to reserves and the profit for the year has been retained in the surplus forming part of the reserves of the Company.

Transfer of Unclaimed Dividend to Investor Education and Protection Fund

There were no unpaid/unclaimed dividends declared and paid in previous years and hence the provisions of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 do not apply.

Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Associate Companies

Your Company has formulated a Policy for determining ‘Material’ Subsidiaries pursuant to the provisions of SEBI Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement (LODR) Regulations, 2015. The said Policy is available on the Company’s website https://www.teamleasegroup.com/policy-documents.

The Company has 5 direct and indirect subsidiaries and 2 Associate Companies as on March 31, 2018. The Company does not have Joint Venture with any company. During the year under review, the following subsidiary was acquired:

1. Evolve Technologies & Services Private Limited (Evolve)

The following is the list of Associate Company(ies) wherein investments are made during the year:

1. Cassius Technologies Private Limited

2. School Guru Eduserve Private Limited

The details of major subsidiaries and associates are given below.

11JT Education Private Limited (IIJT) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. During the year under review, the Company had leased out its property and the income for the Company was from the lease rent received on property.

TeamLease Education Foundation (TLEF) is a Section 8 Company (Originally registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956). TLEF is the sponsor of the TeamLease Skills University (“TLSU”), the country’s first Skills University, established under the provisions of the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009.

TLSU, a Public-Private Partnership, with the Governmentof Gujarat, was among the few Universities selected by the United Kingdom Education Research Initiative (UKERI). In terms of the said initiative, the University has received grants that are to be utilized for faculty development.

TLEF is a National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM’) Agent as approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). NEEM is an employability initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. TLEF has operationalized the NEEM initiative as National Employability through Apprenticeship Programme (NETAP) through TLSU.

TLEF, being a wholly owned subsidiary, is provided financial support by your Company till the operations stabilize. The loan advanced to this subsidiary is at arm’s length and will be charged with the appropriate rate of interest. TLEF, has in-turn, advanced monies to TLSU and the same is interest bearing.

TeamLease Digital Private Limited [Formerly known as TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited] (TDPL) was incorporated under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 for the purpose of entering into the IT staffing business. TDPL is wholly-owned subsidiary of your Company.

During the year, the Company acquired Evolve Technologies & Services Private Limited (Evolve), IT and telecommunication staffing Company. The Company was acquired as a step-down subsidiary of your Company through TDPL w.e.f. November 01, 2017.

ASAP Info Systems Private Limited (“ASAP”) and Nichepro Technologies Private Limited, wholly owned subsidiaries of TDPL have been merged into TDPL vide approval of NCLT Chennai dated November 30, 2017 and NCLT Mumbai dated November 16, 2017. Subsequent to the merger, the name of TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited was changed to TeamLease Digital Private Limited w.e.f. March 08, 2018.

Keystone Business Solutions Private Limited (Keystone) is engaged in the business of providing information technology staffing solutions and consulting.

Evolve Technologies & Services Private Limited (Evolve) is wholly-owned subsidiary of Company through TDPL w.e.f. October 31, 2017. Evolve is engaged in the business of staffing (predominantly temporary staffing) to clients in Telecom and IT sector

Cassius Technologies & Services Private Limited (“Freshersworld”) was an Associate Company w.e.f. June 01, 2017 with an investment of 30% stake in Freshersworld. Your Company further acquired additional 21% stake and pursuant to such an investment, Freshersworld becomes subsidiary Company w.e.f. August 01, 2018. The Bangalore headquartered Freshersworld (www.freshersworld.com) is the leading job site for entry level hiring in India with about 4 million unique visits every month. It has a database of 1 crore resumes with over 2 lakh resumes added every month. Freshersworld dominates its competitors in fresher hiring segment with an organic traffic of over 90% and is ranked among the Top 5 hiring portals in India in terms of traffic (per Alexa). It has over 60,000 registered employers/ recruiters witRs.4,000 subscribed customers and conducts 100 virtual recruitment drives every month. Freshersworld is one of the very few online portals with positive margins and operating cashflows.

Schoolguru Eduserve Private Limited is an Associate Company w.e.f. December 01, 2017. Established in 2012, it is India’s premier technology-led specialized academic services organization. The company partners with Indian Universities to help them provide premium online and virtual courses for their students. Schoolguru solicits partnerships only from State / Central universities that are either an Open University (meant to run Distance Education Programs only) or have a significant Distance Education activity. Their managed technology platform provides all the components that a University may need to run their Information and Communication Technology services for their students ranging from the hosting platform, the underlying ERP, admission and fee management, the content, the streaming services, student engagement and communication, student servicing and the expertise to manage the platform. The platform is mobile native and is designed to adopt innovations in machine learning, multi-reality, and analytics to offer personalized and effective learning to millions.

A report on the performance and financial position of the subsidiary companies as per the Companies Act, 2013 in the Form AOC-1 is annexed to the Consolidated Financial Statement and hence not repeated here for the sake of brevity.

Management Discussion and Analysis Report

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of the SEBI LODR, Regulations 2015 the Management Discussion and Analysis is set out in this Annual Report.

Corporate Governance

Your Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance. We believe sound corporate governance is critical to enhance and retain investor trust. Our disclosures seek to attain the best practices in corporate governance as prevalent globally. We have implemented several best corporate governance practices in the Company to enhance long-term shareholder value and respect minority rights in all our business decisions. Corporate Governance Report for FY 201718 forms part of this Annual Report. The requisite certificate from the Secretarial Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with the conditions of corporate governance as stipulated under SEBI LODR Regulations 2015 is annexed to the Corporate Governance Report.

Deposits

Your Company has not accepted any deposit and as such no amount of principal and interest were outstanding as at the Balance Sheet date.

Loans, Guarantees or Investments

Details of loans, guarantees and investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 form part of the notes to the Financial Statements.

Declaration by Independent Directors

The Company has received necessary declaration from each Independent Director under Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that he/she meets the criteria of independence laid down in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 25 of SEBI LODR Regulations 2015.

Board Evaluation

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 19 of SEBI LODR, Regulations 2015 the Board has carried out the Annual Performance Evaluation of its own performance, the Directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its various committees. A structured questionnaire was prepared after taking into consideration inputs received from the Directors, covering various aspects of the Board’s functioning such as adequacy of the composition of the Board and its Committees, Board culture, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations, independence, governance, ethics and values, adherence to corporate governance norms, interpersonal relationships, attendance and contribution at meetings etc. A separate exercise was carried out to evaluate the performance of individual Directors including the Chairman of the Board, who were evaluated on parameters such as participation and contribution by a Director, commitment, including guidance provided to the senior management outside of Board / Committee meetings, effective deployment of knowledge and expertise, effective management of relationship with various stakeholders, independence of behaviour and judgement etc. The Performance Evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the entire Board. The Performance Evaluation of the Chairman and Managing Director was carried out by the Independent Directors. The evaluation process has been explained in the Corporate Governance Report. The Board reviewed the evaluation results as collated by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Committees of the Board and Committees

Currently, the Board has four Committees i.e., Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. As required under the provisions of Section 177(8) of the Companies Act, 2013, the composition of the Audit Committee is disclosed as under:

Mrs. Latika Pradhan

Chairperson (Independent

Director)

Mr Narayan Ramachandran

Member (Independent

Director)

Mr Raghunathan V

Member (Independent

Director)

A detailed note on the composition of the Board and other Committees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report section of this Annual Report.

Meetings of the Board

The meetings of the Board are scheduled at regular intervals to decide and discuss on business performance, policies, strategies and other matters of significance. The schedules of the meetings are circulated in advance, to ensure proper planning and effective participation in meetings. In certain exigencies, decisions of the Board are also accorded through circulation.

The Board during the financial year 2017-18 met five times. The maximum interval between any two meetings did not exceed 120 days, as prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013. Detailed information regarding the meetings of the Board are included in the report on Corporate Governance, which forms part of the Board’s Report.

Auditors Statutory Auditor

As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act 2013,M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration Number 101049W/E300004), Bangalore were appointed as Statutory Auditor of the Company in the Annual General Meeting held on July 07, 2017 subject to ratification at every subsequent Annual General Meeting.

Pursuant to Notification issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on May 7, 2018 amending Section 139 of the Act, the mandatory requirement for ratification of appointment of Statutory Auditor by the Shareholders at every AGM has been omitted. Accordingly, the yearly ratification of appointment of the Statutory Auditor would not be done at every intervening Annual General Meeting as the requirement has been removed in the Companies Act, 2013

The Auditors’ Report on the Financial Statements of the Company for the year ending March 31, 2018 is unmodified i.e. it does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Auditors’ Report is enclosed with the Financial Statements forming part of the Annual Report.

Secretarial Auditors

Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, inter-alia, requires every listed company to annex with its Board’s Report, a Secretarial Audit Report given by a Company Secretary in practice, in the prescribed form. The Board of Directors appointed M Siroya & Company, Practicing Company Secretaries, as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for financial year 2017-18 and their report is annexed to this Board Report as Annexure-I. The Board has also appointed M Siroya & Company as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for Financial Year 2018-19.

Explanation or Comments on Qualifications, Reservations or Adverse Remarks or Disclaimers made by the Auditors and the Practicing Company Secretary in their Reports

In connection with the Statutory Audit of the financial statements for the year under review, there was no qualification, reservation or adverse remark in the report by the Statutory Auditor, save and except disclaimer made by them in discharge of their professional obligation.

No frauds are reported by the Statutory Auditor under sub section (12) of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Material changes and commitment if any affecting the financial position of the Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which this Financial Statements relate and the date of the Report.

No material changes and commitments have occurred after the closure of the financial year 2017-18 till the date of this Report, which would affect the financial position of your Company.

Extension of 18th Annual General Meeting

Your Company had made an application to the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai for the extension of due date for holding the 18th Annual General meeting of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 on August 21, 2018 and the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai vide the Order dated September 11, 2018 granted the approval for extension of holding the Annual General Meeting of the Company by two months from due date. Therefore the Annual General Meeting of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 was scheduled to be held on or before November 30, 2018.

Your Company has further made an application to the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai on October 25, 2018 for extension of additional 1 month for holding AGM. which is expected shortly as on date of signing this Report.

Shifting of Registered Office of the Company

The members of the Company have approved the shifting of the Registered Office of the Company from the State of Maharashtra to the State of Karnataka i.e., from “Office No. 6, 3rd Floor, C Wing, Laxmi Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400051” to “6th Floor, BMTC Commercial Complex, 80 Ft Road, Koramangala, Bangalore - 560095”. The Company has received order from Regional Director, Western Region on October 25, 2018 and filed the same respective authority as on October 27, 2018. The Company is yet to file Form INC-22 as on date of signing this Report subject to approval of Form INC-28 as on date.

Acquisition of additional 21% stake in Cassius Technologies Private Limited

Your Company has made an additional investment of 21% stake in Cassius Technologies Private Limited and pursuant to such an investment; Cassius becomes subsidiary Company w.e.f. August 01, 2018. The Company as on date of report holds 51% equity stake in Cassius.

Agreement to acquire stake in Avantis Regtech Private Limited

Your Company has signed a definitive agreement under which the Company will invest RS.700 lakhs in Avantis Regtech Private Limited (“Avantis”). Avantis has deep expertise in Governance, Risk and Compliance Automation and has helped hundreds of organisations migrate from manual and people dependent processes to automated, framework based solutions. It has credibility across large enterprises and SMEs with implementations across 29 states and 7 union territories in India with quick and easy on-boarding and a Mobile App based compliance tracking and management. Avantis’s SAAS (Software as a Service) Platform covers over 1200 Acts and over 55,000 compliances in India. Avantis’s strong compliance assessment and research capabilities leverage cutting edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

Amalgamation of Wholly Owned Subsidiary Companies and Name Change

ASAP Info Systems Private Limited (“ASAP”) and Nichepro Technologies Private Limited (“Nichepro”) merged with TeamLease Digital Private Limited (formerly TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited) (“TDPL”) vide approval of NCLT Chennai dated November 30, 2017 and NCLT Mumbai dated November 16, 2017. Subsequent to merger, name of TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited was changed to TeamLease Digital Private Limited w.e.f. March 08, 2018.

Acquisition of Companies / Investment in Associates

During the year under review, your Company has acquired 100% stake in Evolve Technologies & Services Private Limited (“Evolve”), an IT and telecommunication staffing Company through its wholly owned subsidiary, TeamLease Digital Private Limited. The control got transferred on November 01, 2017.

The Company also made investments in two Associate Companies with direct investment of 30% in Cassius Technologies Private Limited for RS.600 lakhs and 22.19% equity stake in Schoolguru Eduserve Private Limited for RS.750 lakhs. The Company also subscribed to the Compulsory Convertable Preferance Shares (CCPS) of School Guru to an extent of RS.1350 lakhs.

As on the date of reporting, the business integration of the acquired companies with the holding Company has been completed and all the financial data of these companies have been considered in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2018.

Utilisation of IPO Proceeds

The proceeds of the IPO were to be utilised for funding existing and incremental working capital requirements, acquisitions and other strategic initiatives, up-gradation of the existing IT infrastructure and general corporate purposes as outlined in the prospectus. The Board of Directors in their meeting held on August 08, 2017 approved to seek the shareholder’s approval through Postal Ballot for the variation/deviation in the utilisation of the un-utilised portion of the IPO proceeds. The resolution was passed by the shareholders with requisite majority on September 18, 2017.

The entire proceeds have been utilised as at the end of the year. The summary of utilisation of net IPO proceeds as on March 31, 2018 are as follows:

Sl. No.

Particulars

Projected Utilisation of funds as per prospectus

Alteration in the objects of the IPO for which the amount was raised

Utilisation of funds up to March 31, 2018

Un-utilised amount as at March 31, 2018

A

Funding existing and incremental working capital requirements

800.00

(180.00)

620.00

B

Acquisitions and other strategic initiatives

250.00

490.92

740.92

“

C

Upgradation of the existing IT infrastructure

150.00

(133.52)

164.71

-

D

General corporate purposes

184.10

(177.40)

67.00

-

Total

1,384.10

-

1,384.10

-

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The Company being in the service industry does not have any power generation units and did not produce/generate any renewable or conventional power. However, Company has taken all steps to conserve Energy in the work places by using energy saving lamps at all work stations and educating the employees to conserve energy.

The Company being in Service Sector has adopted all new technology in terms of software and hardware for the better working and efficient reporting. The Company has an in house Information Technology team which constantly works on the adoption and implementation of new technology into the businesses of the Company.

During the year under review the Company on standalone basis has incurred RS.123.35 Lakhs towards expenditure in foreign currencies and earned RS.180.39 Lakhs towards export of services. Total foreign exchange outflow during the year was RS.107.66 Lakhs.

Research and Development

The Company has not undertaken any Research and Development activity in any specific area during the year under review, and hence no cost has been incurred towards same.

Vigil mechanism / Whistle Blower Mechanism

The Company has adopted a Whistle Blower Policy and has established the necessary Vigil Mechanism as defined under Regulation 22 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 read with Section 177(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 for Directors, employees and all stakeholders of the Company to report genuine concerns, to provide for adequate safeguards against victimization of persons who use such mechanism and make provision for direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. No person has been denied access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The said Policy has been also put up on the website of the Company at the following link https://www.teamleasegroup.com/policy-documents

Statement concerning development and implementation of Risk Management Policy of the Company

The Board of the Company has formed a Risk Management committee to frame, implement and monitor the Risk Management plan for the Company. The committee is Responsible for reviewing the risk management plan and Ensuring its effectiveness. Major risks identified by the Businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuous basis.

The Company does not fall under the ambit of top 100 listed entities, determined on the basis of market capitalisation as at the end of the immediately preceding financial year. Hence, compliance under Regulation 21 of SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015 is not applicable.

Insider Trading Regulations

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the code of conduct for prohibition of insider trading, as approved by the Board is in force by the Company. The Company also adopts the concept of Trading Window Closure, to prevent its Directors, Officers, designated employees, their relatives and other employees from trading in the securities of the Company at the time when there is unpublished price sensitive information. Mr. Mruthunjaya Murthy Company Secretary was the Compliance Officer under the Code during the year Mr. Mruthunjaya Murthy has resigned from the office of Compliance Officer w.e.f. May 31, 2018.

Ms. Alaka Chanda has been appointed as Compliance Officer of the Company by the Board of the Company w.e.f. October 30, 2018.

Policies on Appointment of Directors and Remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Employees

In accordance with the provisions of Section 134(3) (e) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) read with Section 178(2) of the Act and Regulation 17 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, your Company has adopted a Policy on Appointment of Directors and Senior Management and succession planning for orderly succession to the Board and the Senior Management, which inter alia, includes the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of Directors.

The Company’s current policy is to have an appropriate mix of Executive and Independent Directors to maintain the independence of the Board and separate its functions of governance and management. As on March 31, 2018 the Board consists of 5 Directors, majority of them being Independent Directors. Besides the Chairman and Managing Director who are the Promoters, the Board comprises of 3 Independent Directors. The Board periodically evaluates the need for change in its composition and size. The Policy of the Company on Director’s Appointment and Remuneration, including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a Director and other matters as required under sub-section (3) of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 are formulated by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Your Company has also adopted the Policy on appointment of directors and senior management and Policy on Remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Employees of the Company in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 178, and the same are available on website under link: https://www.teamleasegroup.com/compliance-documents

Details of Policy Developed and Implemented by the Company on its Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

The Companies Act, 2013 has mandated, under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, and Schedule VII of the Act, to form a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee for certain classes of Private Limited Companies and unlisted Public Limited Companies and has made it compulsory for all the listed Companies. In this regard your Directors in their Meeting held on July 09, 2015 have duly constituted the Committee, TeamLease Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. The committee now comprises Mr. V Raghunathan (Chairman and Independent Director), Mr. Manish Mahendra Sabharwal (Member) and Mr. Ashok Reddy (Member). During the year under review, the Committee met on August 08, 2017 and January 30, 2018. The Board of Directors in their meeting held on January 30, 2018 unanimously decided not to incur any expenditure on Corporate Social Responsibility activity for the year under review. Your board members wish to state here that the Company’s core objective is to provide Education, Employment and Employability through skill development and training which is a mainstream to eradicate poverty promotion of education, employment enhancing vocational skills, all of which are covered under the Act/Schedule as CSR activities. The Board discussed the matter in detail and has consented not to spend any amount towards CSR activity for financial year 2017-18 considering the ongoing business objects of the Company. However the Board advised the Company and CSR Committee to review any activity/ies that drives the modalities for Corporate Social Responsibility other than the core activities of the Company mentioned above and should it fit within any of the other activity listed in the Schedule VII the same can be considered for the financial year 2018-19.

The statutory disclosures with respect to CSR activities forms part of this Annual Report and is annexed herewith as Annexure-II.

Business Responsibility Report

The Business Responsibility Report (“BRR”) of your Company for the year 2017-18 forms part of this Annual Report as required under Regulation 34(2) (f) of the SEBI LODR Regulations 2015

Particulars of Contracts or Arrangements made with Related Parties

All transactions entered into with Related Parties as defined under Companies Act, 2013 during the year were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm’s length basis. The Company has formulated a Policy on “Materiality of Rela ted Pa rty Tra nsa ctions” a nd the process of dealing with such transactions, which are in line with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI LODR Regulations 2015. The same is also available on the web-link: https://www. teamleasegroup.com/policy-documents

Prior omnibus approval from the Audit and Risk Committee are obtained for transactions which are repetitive and also normal in nature. Further, disclosures on related party contracts and arrangements are made to the Audit Committee and the Board on a quarterly basis. During the year under review, there were no material related party transactions under Regulation 23 (4) of SEBI LODR Regulations 2015 entered into by the Company which necessitates approval of shareholders. Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed Form AOC - 2, is appended herewith as Annexure-III to the Board’s Report.

Extracts of Annual Return

The extracts of Annual Return pursuant to the provisions of Section 92 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (Form MGT-9) is furnished in Annexure-IV and is attached to this Report.

Directors’ Responsibility Statement

Based on the framework of internal financial controls established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal, statutory and secretarial auditors and external agencies, the reviews performed by Management and the relevant Board Committees, the Board, with the concurrence of the Audit Committee, is of the opinion that the Company’s internal financial controls were adequate and effective as on March 31, 2018.

Accordingly pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors to the best of their knowledge and ability confirm:

a) that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) that we have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act,

2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;

e) that proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively;and

f) that proper internal financial controls were laid down and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

Secretarial Standards

The Company complies with all applicable secretarial standards.

Details of Directors or Key Managerial Personnel who were appointed or have resigned during the year

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and in terms of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Ashok Kumar Nedurumalli aka Ashok Reddy (DIN:00151814), Managing Director of the Company retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The details of Mr. Ashok Reddy are provided in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting.

During the year, below mentioned Director and Key Managerial Personnel have tendered their resignation:

Name

Designation

Effective date

Mr. Gopal Jain

Non-Executive

August 08, 2017

Director

Mr. C

Company Secretary

May 31, 2018

Mruthunjaya

& Compliance

Murthy

Officer

Ms. Alaka Chanda is appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer w.e.f. October 30, 2018.

Receipt of any commission by MD / WTD from Company or from its holding or subsidiary Company

The Company has not paid any commission to any of its Directors. Further, none of the subsidiaries of the Company has paid any commission/remuneration to any of the Directors of the Company.

Internal Financial Control

The Company has laid down certain guidelines, processes and structures, which enable implementation of appropriate internal financial controls across the organisation. Such internal financial controls encompasses policies and procedures adopted by the Company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of business, including adherence to its policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial information. These include control processes both on manual and IT applications wherein the transactions are approved and recorded. Appropriate review and control mechanisms are built in place to ensure that such control systems are adequate and are operating effectively. Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements in financial reporting due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, evaluations of the internal financial controls are subject to the risk that the internal financial control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. The Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system and such internal financial controls were operating effectively based on the internal control criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Details in respect of adequacy of Internal Financial Controls with reference to the Financial Statements

Your Company has in place adequate financial controls with reference to financial statements. During the year under review, such controls were reviewed and it did not observe any reportable material weakness in the design or operation of financial controls.

Details of Significant and Material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals Impacting the Going concern status and Company’s operations in future

During the year under review, there were no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company’s operations in future.

Shares

a. Buy Back of Securities

The Company has not bought back any of its securities during the year under review.

b. Sweat Equity

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review

c. Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)

Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board, inter alia administers and monitors the Company’s Employees’ Stock Option Plan (ESOP Plan) in accordance with SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 (SBEB Regulations). The Plan is implemented through TeamLease ESOP Trust (ESOP Trust). During the year ended March 31, 2018, a total of 36,221 Equity Shares of RS.10/- each were transferred from the ESOP Trust to the eligible employees under the Company’s prevailing ESOP plan.

As at March 31, 2018, the ESOP Trust held 72,715 Equity Shares of the Company. During the year ended March 31, 2018, there has been no material change in the Company’s existing plan and the plan is in compliance with SBEB Regulations. Note 32 of Standalone financials statements to be referred for information as required under SBEB Regulations read with SEBI Circular CIR/CFD/POLICY CELL/2/2015 dated June 16, 2015. In addition to the above, options granted to Senior Management Personnel are as mentioned below:

Employee wise details (name of employee, designation, number of options granted during the year, exercise price) of options granted to -

(a) senior managerial personnel; : NIL

(b) any other employee who receives a grant in any one year of option amounting to 5% or more of option granted during that year; and : NIL

(c) identified employees who were granted option, during any one year, equal to or exceeding 1% of the issued capital (excluding outstanding warrants and conversions) of the company at the time of grant. : NIL

Company has received a certificate from the Statutory Auditor that the scheme has been implemented in accordance with SEBI Share Based Employee Benefits (SBEB) Regulations and the resolutions passed by the shareholders. The certificate would be placed at the Annual General Meeting for inspection by the Members.

Particulars of Employees

The information required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided in the Annexure-V forming part of this Report.

As required pursuant to Rule 5(2) and Rule 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 the particulars of the top 10 employees in terms of remuneration drawn are given in Annexure-VI is attached herewith. There were two employees during the financial year drawing remuneration of RS.1.02 crore per annum or more whose details are forming part of Annexure-VI. There were no employees who were employed for a part of the financial year and have drawn a remuneration of more than RS.8.5 lakhs per month.

Disclosure under Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

At TeamLease Services Limited, all employees are of equal value. There is no discrimination between individuals at any point on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, political opinion, national extraction, social origin, sexual orientation or age. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary and trainees) are covered under this policy. The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

The following is a summary of sexual harassment complaints received and disposed off during the year:

- No. of complaints received: 3

- No. of complaints disposed off: 3

Maintenance of Cost Records

The Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Companies Act 2013.

CEO and CFO Certification

As required by SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015, the CEO and CFO have given appropriate certifications to the Board of Directors.

General

During the year under review, no revision was made in the Financial Statement of the Company except for compliance with the Ind-AS applicable for the Company w.e.f. April 01, 2017. Kindly refer the Notes to Accounts to the Financial Statements for additional details.

No penalties/strictures were imposed on the Company by Stock Exchanges or SEBI or any statutory authority on any matter related to capital market since the listing of the Company’s Equity Shares.

Human Resources

The Company has all required policies under the required laws for the time being in force and as required under the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015 the policies pertaining the code of conduct for employees, senior management team and directors, policy on succession plan and harassment free policy as required under the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, Policy on insider trading as required under SEBI Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, 1992 and subsequent amendments made thereon, whistle blower policy has been uploaded in the website of the Company https://www.teamleasegroup.com/policy-documents.

Statutory Disclosures

None of the Directors of your Company are disqualified as per the provisions of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013. Your Directors have made necessary disclosures, as required under various provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI LODR Regulations 2015.

Change in nature of business

There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company. Your Company continues to one-stop provider of human resources services to various industries and diverse functional roles, offering staffing, payroll processing, recruitment, compliance and training services. Your Company set in motion the larger company mission of Putting India to Work’ by focusing on its vision of 3 E’s - Employment, Employability and Education

Acknowledgements

We thank our customers, vendors, investors, bankers and the Ministry of Labour for their continued support during the year

We place on record our appreciation of the contribution made by our employees at all levels. Our consistent growth was made possible by their hard work, solidarity, co-operation and support.

For and on Behalf of Board of Directors

Ashok Reddy Latika Pradhan

Managing Director Director

DIN: 00151814 DIN:07118801

Place: Bangalore

Date: October 30, 2018


Mar 31, 2017

To the Members,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of your Company along with the standalone and consolidated summary financial statements for the year ended March.31, 2017. Consolidated performances of the Company and its subsidiaries have been referred to wherever required.

Financial Results

Rs. in million

Standalone

Consolidated

2016-17

2015-16

2016-17

2015-16

Revenue from Operations Other Income Total Revenue

Profit before finance cost, depreciation and taxes

Less: Provision for Depreciation

Profit before Finance Cost and Tax

Less: Finance Cost

Profit Before Tax

Less: Provision for Tax

Profit After Tax

Surplus carried to Balance Sheet Earnings Per Share:

- Basic & Diluted (Rs.)

29,910.82

239.60

30,150.42

609.72

39.89

569.83

8.87

560.96

(5.39)

566.35

566.35

33.13

25,049.18

147.68

25,196.87

407.08 30.08

377.00

3.92

373.08 130.22

242.86

242.86

15.59

30,418.68

223.92

30,642.61

666.91

42.85

624.06

10.97

613.09

(50.35)

663.44

663.44

38.80

25,049.18

154.40

25,203.59

412.21 30.08 382.13

3.92

378.21

130.22

247.99

247.99

15.92

Dividend and Reserves

Your Directors would like to use the profits earned for purpose of enhancing business and hence do not propose any dividend for the financial year under review.

No amount has been transferred to reserves and the profit for the year has been retained in the profit and loss account.

Transfer of Unclaimed Dividend to Investor Education and Protection Fund

There were no unpaid/unclaimed dividends declared and paid in previous years and hence the provisions of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 do not apply.

Review of Business Operations and Future Prospects

Your Directors wish to present the details of Business operations done during the year under review:

The Company s total revenue for the year ended March.31, 2017 on a consolidated basis increased to RS.30,642.61 mn from RS.25,203.59 mn during the previous year. The Company achieved an EBIDTA (including other income) of RS.666.91 mn during the current year as against the previous year EBIDTA of RS.412.21 mn. The profit before Tax for the financial year under review was RS.613.09 mn as against RS.378.21 mn for the previous financial year. The profit after tax of the Company for the year ended March.31, 2017 was RS.663.44 mn as against the previous year profit after tax of RS.247.99 mn. Profit After

Tax was positively impacted by the tax benefits availed under section 80JJAA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and deferred tax benefits availed from the recently acquired subsidiaries.

Number of associate employee as on the date of close of financial year of the company was 1,51,085 (including the NETAP trainees of 23,439) as against the previous year Associate employee of 1,20,434 (including NETAP trainees of 11,574). Your Directors express their satisfaction on the overall financial performance and the progress made on different areas by the Company during the year under review. The company has the policy on the employment diversity which states the equal opportunity to everyone without any discrimination of gender, region, caste or religion.

Material Changes and Commitment if any affecting the Financial Position of the Company occurred between the end of the Financial Year to which this Financial Statements relate and the Date of the Report

Incorporation of New Subsidiary Company

During the year under review the company has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary company, TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited, for the purpose of entering into IT staffing business.

Acquisition of IT Staffing Companies

During the year under review your company has acquired the following IT staffing companies through its wholly owned subsidiary, TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited:

a. Asap Info Systems Private Limited

b. Nichepro Technologies Private Limited

c. Keystone Business Solutions Private Limited

As on the date of reporting the business integration of the acquired companies with the holding company has been completed and all the financial data of these three companies have been considered in the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the period ended March.31, 2017.

Consequent to the acquisitions of these three entities the base platform of staffing business has extended its arms to IT staffing business and your directors are confident that the IT staffing business will bring additional value in terms of revenue and profits.

Utilisation of IPO Proceeds

The proceeds of the IPO are being used for funding existing and incremental working capital requirements, acquisitions and other strategic initiatives, up-gradation of the existing IT infrastructure and general corporate purposes. The unutilised portion thereto has been invested in bank deposits. The summary of utilisation of net IPO proceeds as on March.31, 2017 are as follows:

H in million

Sl. No.

Particulars

Projected

Utilisation of funds up to March.31, 2017

Un-utilise amount as at March.31, 2017

Utilisation of funds

as per prospectus

A

Funding existing and incremental working capital requirements

800.00

620.00

180.00

B

Acquisitions and other strategic initiatives

250.00

250.00

-

C

Up gradation of the existing IT infrastructure

150.00

16.47

133.53

D

General corporate purposes

184.10

6.07

178.03

Total

1,384.10

892.54

491.56

Statutory Bonus and its Impact

During the previous year ended March.31, 2016, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (“the Act”) has been amended by the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015. The Company has recognized additional statutory bonus of RS.261,866,742 for the year ended March.31, 2016 forming part of salaries, wages and bonus with a corresponding amount included in provision for employee benefits payable as at March.31, 2016. Based on the contractual agreements with the customers, the amount in respect of associate employees is recoverable from them with the stated mark-ups and accordingly, revenue from sale of services to the tune of RS.266,732,063 (net of service tax) had been recognised with a corresponding amount included in unbilled revenue of RS.305,408,213 with service tax thereon as at March.31, 2016.

During the year ended March.31, 2017, the Company has invoiced for the aforesaid unbilled revenue of its clients. Out of the total invoice raised, RS.142,004,505 is recoverable from clients and also the corresponding amount of bonus liability appears as a provision for employee benefits payable in the Balance Sheet. There are stay orders from various High Courts on the applicability of the Act and considering the same, there have been delays on receipt of the said billed amounts from clients. The Company has obtained a legal opinion on the said matter and is confident of recovering the balance amounts as per the contractual agreements along with consequential payments to the respective employees on legal determination of the above matters by the judicial authorities.

Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The Company being in the service industry does not have any power generation units and did not produce/generate any renewable or conventional power. However, Company has taken all steps to conserve Energy in the work places by using energy saving lamps at all work stations and educating the employees to conserve energy.

The Company being in Service Sector has adopted all new technology in terms of software and hardware for the better working and efficient reporting. The Company has an in house Information Technology team which constantly works on the adoption and implementation of new technology into the businesses of the Company.

During the year under review the Company has incurred RS.18,331,794 towards expenditure in foreign currencies and earned RS.6,407,969 towards export of services during the year in foreign currency. Total foreign exchange outflow for the year is RS.18,412,678.

Statement Concerning Development and Implementation of Risk Management Policy of the Company

The Board of the Company has formed a risk management committee to frame, implement and monitor the risk management plan for the Company. The committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management plan and ensuring its effectiveness. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuous basis.

The Company does not fall under the ambit of top 100 listed entities, determined on the basis of market capitalisation as at the end of the immediately preceding financial year. Hence, compliance under Regulation 21 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable.

Insider Trading Regulations

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the code of conduct for prohibition of insider trading, as approved by the Board is in force by the Company. The Company also adopts the concept of Trading Window Closure, to prevent its Directors, Officers, designated employees, their relatives and other employees from trading in the securities of the Company at the time when there is unpublished price sensitive information. The Board has appointed Mr. Mruthunjaya Murthy, Company Secretary as the Compliance Officer under the Code.

Details of Policy Developed and Implemented by the Company on its Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

The Companies Act, 2013 has mandated, under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, and Schedule VII of the Act, to form a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee for certain classes of Private Limited Companies and unlisted Public Limited Companies and has made it compulsory for all the listed Companies. In this regard your Directors in their Meeting held on July 09, 2015 have duly constituted the Committee, TeamLease Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. The committee now comprises Mr. V Raghunathan (Chairman and Independent Director), Mr. Manish Mahendra Sabharwal (Member) and Mr. Ashok Kumar Nedurumalli (Member).

During the year under review, the Committee met on March.22, 2017 and adopted the policy of the Committee as per Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013. The Board of Directors in their meeting held on March.22, 2017 unanimously decided not to incur any expenditure on Corporate Social Responsibility activity for the year under review. Your board members wish to state here that the Company s core objective is to provide Education, Employment and Employability through skill development and training which is a mainstream to eradicate poverty, promotion of education, employment enhancing vocational skills, all of which are covered under the Act/Schedule as CSR activities. The Board discussed the matter in detail and has consented not to spend any amount towards CSR activity for financial year 2016-17 considering the ongoing business objects of the Company. However the Board advised the Company and CSR Committee to review any activity/ies that drives the modalities for Corporate Social Responsibility other than the core activities of the Company mentioned above and should it fit within any of the other activity listed in the Schedule VII the same can be considered for the financial year 2017-18.

The statutory disclosures with respect to CSR activities forms part of this Annual Report and is annexed herewith as Annexure-I

Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments made under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013

Details of loans, guarantees and investments made under Section 186 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.

Particulars of Contracts or Arrangements made with Related Parties

All contracts/arrangements/transactions entered into by the Company during the financial year with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm’s length basis. There were no transactions with related parties which could be considered material by the Board. Details of transaction during the year under review are given in Form AOC-2 [Annexure-II] as referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act 2013.

Explanation or Comments on Qualifications, Reservations or Adverse Remarks or Disclaimers made by the Auditors and the Practicing Company Secretary in their Reports

Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, inter-alia, requires every listed company to annex with its Board’s report, a Secretarial Audit Report given by a Company Secretary in practice, in the prescribed form. The Board of Directors appointed M Siroya & Company, Practicing Company Secretaries as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for Financial Year 2016-17 and their report is annexed to this Board report as Annexure-III. The Board has also appointed M Siroya & Company as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for Financial Year 2017-18.

In connection with the statutory audit of the financial statements for the year under review, there was no observation/qualification in the report by the Statutory Auditors.

Extracts of Annual Return

The extracts of Annual Return pursuant to the provisions of Section 92 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (Form MGT-9) is furnished in Annexure-IV and is attached to this Report.

Directors’ Responsibility Statement

Based on the framework of internal financial controls established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal, statutory, cost and secretarial auditors and external agencies, the reviews performed by Management and the relevant Board Committees, the Board, with the concurrence of the Audit Committee, is of the opinion that the Company’s internal financial controls were adequate and effective as on March.31, 2017.

Accordingly pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors to the best of their knowledge and ability confirm:

a) that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) that we have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d) that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;

e) that proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively; and

f) that proper internal financial controls were laid down and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Associate Companies

The Company had 6 direct and indirect subsidiaries as on March.31, 2017. The Company does not have Joint Venture with any company and also does not have any Associate Company.

During the year under review, the following 4 subsidiaries were formed or acquired during the year:

1. Team Lease Staffing Services Private Limited (TSSPL)

2. ASAP Info Systems Private Limited (ASAP)

3. Nichepro Technologies Private Limited (Nichepro)

4. Keystone Business Solutions Private Limited (Keystone)

During the year under review, following companies ceased to be the Company’s subsidiaries w.e.f December 27, 2016:

1. India Tourism & Hospitality Skills Education Private Limited (ITHS)

2. National Employability Apprenticeship Services (NEAS)

The details of major subsidiaries are given below:

IIJT Education Private Limited (IIJT) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. During the year under review, the Company had leased out its property and the income for the Company was from the lease rent received on property. Total revenue amounted to RS.4.24 mn and profit after tax of RS.2.61 mn.

TeamLease Education Foundation (TLEF) is a Section 8 Company (Originally registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956). TLEF is the sponsor of the TeamLease Skills University (“TLSU”), the country’s first Skills University, established under the provisions of the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009.

TLSU, a Public-Private Partnership, with the Government of Gujarat, was among the few Universities selected by the United Kingdom Education Research Initiative (UKERI). In terms of the said initiative, the University has received grants that are to be utilized for faculty development.

TLEF is a National Employability Enhancement Mission (‘NEEM’) Agent as approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). NEEM is an employability initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. TLEF has operationalized the NEEM initiative as National Employability through Apprenticeship Programme (NETAP) through TLSU.

TLEF, being a wholly owned subsidiary, is provided financial support by your Company till the operations stabilize. The loan advanced to this subsidiary is at arm’s length and will be charged with the appropriate rate of interest. TLEF, has in-turn, advanced monies to TLSU and the same is interest bearing. Revenue from operations was RS.10.08 mn and Interest Income was RS.18.03 mn and the Profit after tax was RS.0.71 mn.

National Employability Apprenticeship Services is a Section 8 Company (Originally registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956) and was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary. During the year under review there were no operations and the Company did not register any income. NEAS ceased to be a subsidiary w.e.f December 27, 2016.

India Tourism & Hospitality Skills Education Private Limited (ITHS) was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary. During the year under review there were no operations and the Company did not register any income. ITHS ceased to be a subsidiary w.e.f December 27, 2016.

TeamLease Staffing Services Private Limited (TSSPL) was incorporated under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 for the purpose of entering into the IT staffing business. The company was incorporated on 4 July, 2016 and since then this company has acquired ASAP Infosystems Private Limited, NichePro Technologies Private Limited and Keystone Business Solutions Private Limited.

ASAP Info Systems Private Limited (ASAP) is a HR Services Company providing clients, solutions for their IT staffing requirements. The Company was acquired as a step-down subsidiary of TeamLease through TSSPL w.e.f. September 01, 2016. Post acquisition, Total revenue amounted to RS.386.15 mn and profit after tax of RS.35.29 mn.

Nichepro Technologies Private Limited (Nichepro) is primarily engaged in the business of providing information technology staffing solutions and consulting and other allied activities. The Company was acquired as a step-down subsidiary of TeamLease through TSSPL w.e.f. October 01, 2016. Post acquisition, Total revenue amounted to RS.112.36 mn and profit after tax of RS.74.00 mn.

Keystone Business Solutions Private Limited (Keystone) is

engaged in the business of providing information technology staffing solutions and consulting. The Company was acquired as a step-down subsidiary of TeamLease through TSSPL w.e.f. February 01, 2017. Post acquisition, Total revenue amounted to RS.15.26 mn and profit after tax of RS.3.56 mn.

A report on the performance and financial position of the subsidiary companies as per the Companies Act, 2013 in the Form AOC-1 is provided as an Annexure to the consolidated financial statement and hence not repeated here for the sake of brevity.

Deposits

Company did not accept any fixed deposits during the year and as such no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as on the Balance Sheet Date.

Details of Directors or Key Managerial Personnel who were Appointed or have resigned during the Year

In accordance with the provisions of section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and in terms of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Manish Mahendra Sabharwal (DIN: 00969601), Executive Chairman of the Company, retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. The details of Mr. Manish Mahendra Sabharwal are provided in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting.

There were no changes in the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company during the year.

Declaration of Independent Directors

During the year under review, the independent directors of the company have submitted their disclosures to the Board that they fulfill all the requirements as stipulated in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 so as to qualify themselves to be appointed as Independent Directors under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the relevant rules.

Statutory Auditors

As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act 2013, the term of office of M/s. Price Waterhouse & Co Bangalore LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company will conclude at the close of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Board of Directors place on record their appreciation for the services rendered by M/s. Price Waterhouse & Co Bangalore LLP, Chartered Accountants as the Statutory Auditors of the Company.

Subject to the approval of the Members, the Board of Directors of the Company have recommended the appointment of M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration Number 101049W/E300004) as the Statutory Auditors of the Company pursuant to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Members’ attention is drawn to a Resolution proposing the appointment of M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company which is included at Item No 3 of the Notice convening the Annual General Meeting.

The Company has received a certificate from the Statutory Auditors to the effect that their appointment would be in accordance with the provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Internal Financial Control

Your Board has adopted the policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the 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 disclosures. Your Directors express their satisfaction and states that the company is having the adequate Internal Finance Control System to the size of its operation.

Details of Significant and Material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals Impacting the Going Concern Status and Company’s Operations in future

During the year under review, there were no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company s operations in future.

Details in Respect of Adequacy of Internal Financial Controls with Reference to the Financial Statements

Your Company has in place adequate financial controls with reference to financial statements. During the year under review, such controls were reviewed and it did not observe any reportable material weakness in the design or operation of financial controls.

Shares

a. Buy Back of Securities

The Company has not bought back any of its securities during the year under review.

b. Sweat Equity

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review.

c. Employees Stock Option Plan

TeamLease Employee Stock Option Plan 2015 (ESOP 2015 scheme) has been placed before the shareholders for the ratification post listing of the Company’s shares as required under Regulation 12 of the SEBI (Share based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 as amended from time to time. During the year under review, the Board of Directors have effected transfer of 31,417 equity shares of RS.10 each from the ESOP Trust to the eligible employees who have exercised the rights on completion of vesting conditions against the options granted under the ESOP 2015 scheme. During the year under review, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee in their meeting held on February 02, 2017 has recommended for the fresh grants of 29,470 equity shares to one of the KMP and some of the senior management team members which is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. The details of the same are provided in the notice calling the 17th Annual General Meeting.

The applicable disclosures relating to the ESOP scheme as stipulated under Regulation 14 of the SEBI (Share based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 pertaining to the year ended March.31, 2017 is hosted on the Company’s website at http://www.teamlease.com/ compliance-documents and forms a part of this Report.

Corporate Governance

The complete report on Corporate Governance is annexed to this report.

CEO and CFO Certification

As required by SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, the CEO and CFO have given appropriate certifications to the Board of Directors in this Annual Report.

Human Resources

The Company has all required policies under the required laws for the time being in force and as required under the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure requirements) Regulations, 2015 the policies pertaining the code of conduct for employees, senior management team and directors, policy on succession plan and harassment free policy as required under the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, Policy on insider trading as required under SEBI Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, 1992 and subsequent amendments made thereon, whistle blower policy has been uploaded in the website of the Company http://www.teamlease.com/policy-documents.

During the year under review, company received 11 complaints during the year of whicRs.9 have been disposed off.

Particulars of Employees

The information required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided in the Annexure-V forming part of this Report.

As required pursuant to Rule 5(2) and Rule 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 the particulars of the top 10 employees in terms of remuneration drawn are given in Annexure-VI is attached herewith. There were no employees during the financial year drawing remuneration of RS.1.02 crore per annum or more and who were employed for a part of the financial year and have drawn a remuneration of more than RS.8.5 lakhs per month.

Acknowledgements

We thank our customers, vendors, investors, bankers and the ministry of labor for their continued support during the year. We place on record our appreciation of the contribution made by our employees at all levels. Our consistent growth was made possible by their hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support.

For and on Behalf of Board of Directors

Ashok Kumar Nedurumalli Latika Pradhan

Managing Director Director

DIN: 00151814 DIN: 07118801

Place: Bangalore

Date: May 18, 2017


Mar 31, 2016

To the Members,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of your Company along with the standalone and consolidated summary
financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2016. Consolidated performances of the Company and its subsidiaries have been
referred to wherever required.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Rs. in millions

PARTICULARS STANDALONE CONSOLIDATED

2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15

Revenue from
Operations 25,049.18 20,070.70 25,049.18 20,070.70

Other Income 147.68 148.15 154.40 113.90

Total Revenue 25,196.87 20,218.85 25,203.59 20,184.60

Profit before
finance cost,
depreciation
and taxes 407.08 368.72 412.21 354.43

Provision for
Depreciation 30.08 26.75 30.08 27.15

Profit before
Finance Cost
and Tax 377.00 341.97 382.13 327.28

Finance Cost 3.92 1.39 3.92 1.39

Profit Before Tax 373.08 340.58 378.21 325.89

Provision for Tax 130.22 18.04 130.22 18.04

Profit After Tax 242.86 322.54 247.99 307.85

Balance available
for appropriation 242.86 322.54 247.99 307.85

Surplus carried
to Balance Sheet 242.86 322.54 247.99 307.85

Earnings Per Share:

-Basic & Diluted 15.59 21.04 15.92 20.08

DIVIDEND AND RESERVES

Your Directors would like to use the profits earned for purpose of enhancing business and hence do not propose any dividend for
the financial year under review.

No amount has been transferred to reserves and the profit for the year has been retained in the profit and loss account.

TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND

There were no unpaid/unclaimed dividends declared and paid in previous years and hence the provisions of Section 125 of the
Companies Act, 2013 do not apply.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Your Directors wish to present the details of Business operations done during the year under review:

The CompanyRs,s total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2016 on a standalone basis increased to Rs.25,196.87 mn from
Rs.20,218.85 mn during the previous year. The Company achieved an EBITDA of Rs.407.08 mn during the current year as against the
previous year EBITDA of Rs.368.72 mn. The profit before Tax for the financial year under review was Rs.373.08 mn as against
Rs.340.58 mn for the previous financial year. The profit after tax of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2016 was Rs.242.86
mn as against the previous year profit after tax of Rs.322.54 mn. The decrease in profit after tax is due to the increase in the
tax expenses.


Your Directors are satisfied with the overall financial performance and the progress made on different areas by the Company
during the year under review. There are no material differences between standalone and consolidated financials.

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT IF ANY AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL
YEAR TO WHICH THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT

CONVERSION OF THE COMPANY FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC

The members in their Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on April 02, 2015 approved the change of status of the Company from a
Private Limited Company to a Public Limited Company and in this regard the Company received the consent from the Registrar of
Companies, Mumbai, by means of fresh certificate of incorporation dated of May 15, 2015. As on the date of reporting your
company is a Listed Company.

INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL

The members of the Company in the Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on April 02, 2015 approved the enhancement in the
Authorized Capital of the Company to Rs.15.00 Crores (Rupees Fifteen Crores) divided into 133,000,000 equity shares of Re. 1 each
and 170,000 12% Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100 and in the EGM held on June 25, 2015 the
Authorized Capital of the Company has been further enhanced to Rs.25.00 Crores (Rupees Twenty Five Crores) presently comprising
23,300,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each and 170,000 preference shares of Rs.100 each.

ISSUE OF BONUS SHARES

Your Board of Directors in their meeting held on June 01, 2015, recommended the issue of Bonus Shares to the existing members of
the Company in the ratio of 29 Equity Shares of the Company of Re. 1 each for every 1 Equity Share of the Company of Re. 1 each
and the members in their EGM held on June 25, 2015 approved the same by means of a special resolution. Accordingly, the Company
issued 148,209,952 equity shares of Re. 1 each as bonus shares. The total capitalization on account of this bonus issue is Rs.
148,209,952.

CONSOLIDATION OF FACE VALUE OF EQUITY SHARES FROM RE. 1 EACH TO RS. 10 EACH

Your Board of Directors in their meeting held on July 09, 2015 recommended for the consolidation of the face value of equity
shares of the Company from its existing Re.1 to Rs.10 per equity share. Accordingly total 153,320,640 shares of Re.1 each
post-bonus have been consolidated into 15,332,064 shares of Rs.10 each with effect from. July 10, 2015.

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

During the year under review, the Company completed its highly successful Initial Public Offering of 4,984,438 Equity Shares of
Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs. 840 per Equity Share aggregating to Rs. 850 per Equity Share. The total size of the issue was
Rs.4,236.77 million. The Initial Public Offer was oversubscribed to the extent ~39 times. The bid/issue was opened on February
02, 2016 and closed on February 04, 2016. Subsequently, the prospectus dated February 05, 2016 was filed with the jurisdictional
Registrar of Companies. The Equity shares of the Company have been listed on both National Stock Exchange of India Limited and
BSE Limited since February 12, 2016.

UTILISATION OF IPO PROCEEDS

The proceeds of the IPO are being used for funding existing and incremental working capital requirements, acquisitions and other
strategic initiatives, up-gradation of the existing IT infrastructure and general corporate purposes. The unutilized portion
thereto has been invested in bank deposits. The summary of utilization of net IPO proceeds as on March 31, 2016 are as follows:


Sl. Particulars Projected Utilization of Unutilized
No. Utilization of funds funds up to amount as at
as per
prospectus March 31, 2016 March 31, 2016

A Funding existing
and incremental
working capital
requirements 800.00 - 800.00

B Acquisitions
and other
strategic
initiatives 250.00 - 250.00

C Up gradation
of the existing
IT infras
tructure 150.00 - 150.00

D General
corporate
purposes 184.10 - 184.10

Total 1,384.10 - 1,384.10

STATUTORY BONUS AND ITS IMPACT

During the year under review, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (''the Act") was amended vide the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act,
2015. The Act, inter-alia, has been amended to take retrospective effect with effect from April 01, 2014 and accordingly the
revised bonus (including arrears related to the year ended March 31, 2015) is required to be paid to the eligible employees.
Based on expert legal opinion obtained by the Company and stay orders from various High Courts across the country, the amendment
to the Payment of Bonus Act to the extent that it gives retrospective effect from April 01, 2014 in respect of statutory bonus
has not been recognized and treated as contingent liability.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The Company being in the service industry does not have any power generation units and did not produce/generate any renewable or
conventional power. However, Company has taken all steps to conserve Energy in the work places by using energy saving lamps at
all work stations and educating the employees to conserve energy.

The Company being in Service Sector has adopted all new technology in terms of new software and hardware for the better working
and efficient reporting. The Company has an in-house Information Technology team which constantly works on the adoption and
implementation of new technology into the businesses of the Company.

During the year under review the Company has incurred Rs. 446,316 towards expenditure in foreign currency and there were no
export of services during the year. Total foreign exchange outflow for the year is Rs. 68,730.

STATEMENT CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY OF THE COMPANY

The Board of the Company has formed a risk management committee to frame, implement and monitor the risk management plan for the
Company. The committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management plan and ensuring its effectiveness. Major risks
identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuous basis.

The Company does not fall under the ambit of top 100 listed entities, determined on the basis of market capitalization as at the
end of the immediately preceding financial year. Hence, compliance under Regulation 21 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable.

INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the code
of conduct for prohibition of insider trading, as approved by the Board is in force by the Company. The Company also adopts the
concept of Trading Window Closure, to prevent its Directors, Officers, designated employees and other employees from trading in
the securities of the Company at the time when there is unpublished price sensitive information. The Board has appointed Mr.
Mruthunjaya Murthy, Company Secretary as the Compliance Officer under the Code.

DETAILS OF POLICY DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMPANY ON ITS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES

The Companies Act, 2013 has mandated, under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, and Schedule VII of the Act, to
form a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee for certain classes of Private Limited Companies and unlisted Public Limited
Companies and has made it compulsory for all the listed Companies. In this regard your Directors in their Meeting held on March
09, 2015 have duly constituted the Committee, Team Lease Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. The committee now comprises
Mr. V Raghunathan (Chairman and Independent Director), Mr. Manish Mahendra Sabharwal (Member) and Mr. Ashok Kumar Nedurumalli
(Member). During the year under review, the Committee met on July 20, 2015 and March 30, 2016 and adopted the policy of the
Committee as per Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013. The Board of Directors in their meeting held on March 30, 2016
unanimously decided not to incur any expenditure on Corporate Social Responsibility activity during the year under review since
the Board is yet decide on the areas of expenditure to be incurred towards the activity. The Board has also noted to implement
the scheme of expenditure once the same is determined.

The statutory disclosures with respect to CSR activities forms part of this Annual Report and is annexed herewith as Annexure-I

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

The particular of loans, guarantees, securities or investments made under Section 186 is furnished in Annexure-II and is attached
to this report.

PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARTIES

All contracts/arrangements/transactions entered into by the Company during the financial year with related parties were in the
ordinary course of business and on an arm''s length basis. There were no transactions with related parties which could be
considered material by the Board. Details of transaction during the year under review are given in Form AOC-2 [Annexure III] as
referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act 2013.

EXPLANATION OR COMMENTS ON QUALIFICATIONS, RESERVATIONS OR ADVERSE REMARKS OR DISCLAIMERS MADE BY THE AUDITORS AND THE PRACTICING
COMPANY SECRETARY IN THEIR REPORTS

Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, inter-alia, requires every listed company to annex with its Board''s report, a Secretarial
Audit Report given by a Company Secretary in practice, in the prescribed form. The Board of Directors appointed M Siroya &
Company, Practicing Company Secretaries as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for Financial Year
2015-16 and their report is annexed to this Board report as Annexure IV. The Board has also appointed M Siroya & Company as
Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for Financial Year 2016-17.

In connection with the statutory audit of the financial statements, there was no observation/qualification in the report by the
Statutory Auditors.

EXTRACTS OF ANNUAL RETURN

The extracts of Annual Return pursuant to the provisions of Section 92 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and
Administration) Rules, 2014 is furnished in Annexure-V and is attached to this Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Based on the framework of internal financial controls established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal,
statutory, cost and secretarial auditors and external agencies, the reviews performed by Management and the relevant Board
Committees, the Board, with the concurrence of the Audit Committee, is of the opinion that the Company''s internal financial
controls were adequate and effective as on March 31, 2016.

Accordingly pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors to the best of their knowledge and
ability confirm:

a) that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper
explanation relating to material departures;

b) that we have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year
and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;

d) that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;

e) that proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and that such systems were
adequate and operating effectively; and

f) that proper internal financial controls were laid down and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were
operating effectively.

SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES

The subsidiaries of the Company are:

1. IIJT Education Private Limited

2. Team Lease Education Foundation

3. National Employability Apprenticeship Services

4. India Tourism & Hospitality Skills Education Private Limited

IIJT Education Private Limited (IIJT) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. During the year under review, the Company had
leased out its property and the income for the Company was from the lease rent received on property. Total revenue amounted to
Rs. 6.96 mn and expenses during the year under review were Rs. 1.82 mn, thereby resulting in a profit before tax of Rs. 5.14 mn.

Team Lease Education Foundation (TLEF) is a Section 8 Company (Registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956). TLEF is
the sponsor of the Team Lease Skills University ("TLSU"), the country''s first Skills University, established under the provisions
of the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009.

TLSU, a Public-Private Partnership, with the Government of Gujarat, commenced operations during the year under review and was
among the few Universities selected by the United Kingdom Education Research Initiative (UKERI). In terms of the said initiative,
the University has received grants that are to be utilized for faculty development.

TLEF is a National Employability Enhancement Mission (''NEEM'') Agent as approved by the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE). NEEM is an employability initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. TLEF operational
zed the NEEM initiative as National Employability through Apprenticeship Programme (NETAP) through TLSU.

TLEF, being a wholly owned subsidiary, is provided financial support by your Company till the operations stabilize. The loan
advanced to this subsidiary is at arm''s length and will be charged with the appropriate rate of interest. TLEF, has in-turn,
advanced monies to TLSU and the same is interest bearing. Revenue from operations was Rs. 2.71 mn and Interest Income was Rs.
13.01 mn and the Profit before tax was Rs. 0.3 mn.


National Employability Apprenticeship Services is a Section 8 Company (Registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956)
and is a wholly owned subsidiary. During the year under review there were no operations and company did not register any income.

India Tourism & Hospitality Skills Education Private Limited (ITHS) is a wholly owned subsidiary. During the year under review
the Company did not carry out any operation.

A report on the performance and financial position of the subsidiary companies as per the Companies Act, 2013 in the Form AOC-1
is provided as an annexure to the consolidated financial statement and hence not repeated here for the sake of brevity.

The Company does not have Joint Venture with any company and also does not have any Associate Company.

DEPOSITS

Company did not accept any fixed deposits during the year and as such no amount of principal or interest was outstanding as on
the Balance Sheet Date.

DETAILS OF DIRECTORS OR KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL WHO WERE APPOINTED OR HAVE RESIGNED DURING THE YEAR

During the year under review Mr. K. Ravindra, Nominee Director resigned from his position with effect from. July 9, 2015. Mr.
Mohit Virendra Gupta, a Promoter and Director of the Company, also resigned from the office of directorship due to personal
reasons with effect from July 31, 2015. Your Board places on record its sincere appreciation of the valuable contribution and
services provided by Mr. K. Ravindra and Mr. Mohit Virendra Gupta. Consequent to the change in the status of the Company during
the year under review, the Company has appointed Mr. Mruthunjaya Murthy as the Company Secretary with effect from. May 7, 2015
and confirmed the appointment of Mr. Narayanaswamy Ravi Vishwanath as the Chief Financial Officer under the Companies Act, 2013
with effect from. May 7, 2015.

During the year under review, Mrs. Latika Pradhan was appointed as Additional (Woman) Director – Independent and Mr. V.
Raghunathan and Mr. Narayan Ramchandran as Additional Directors (Independent), on July 9, 2015 as required under the provisions
of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013. Their appointment as Independent Directors was confirmed by the shareholders in their
extraordinary general meeting held on July 10, 2015.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

During the year under review, the Company has appointed independent directors on July 10, 2015 and accordingly the independent
directors have submitted their disclosures to the Board that they fulfill all the requirements as stipulated in Section 149(6) of
the Companies Act, 2013 so as to qualify themselves to be appointed as Independent Directors under the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the relevant rules.

STATUTORY AUDITORS

M/s. Price Waterhouse & Co Bangalore LLP, Chartered Accountants were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company at the Annual
General Meeting held on September 30, 2014. In terms of the first proviso to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, the
appointment of auditors shall be placed for ratification at every Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s.
Price Waterhouse & Co Bangalore LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company, is placed for ratification by
the shareholders.

The Company has received a certificate from the Statutory Auditors to the effect that their appointment would be in accordance
with the provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.


INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL

Your Board has adopted the policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including
adherence to the 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 disclosures.

DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND
COMPANY''S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE

The Board has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence
to the 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 disclosures.

DETAILS IN RESPECT OF ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Your Company has in place adequate financial controls with reference to financial statements. During the year under review, such
controls were reviewed and it did not observe any reportable material weakness in the design or operation of financial controls.

SHARES

a. BUY BACK OF SECURITIES

The Company has not bought back any of its securities during the year under review.

b. SWEAT EQUITY

The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year under review.

c. EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN

The Board of Directors of the Company on August 03, 2015 approved to cancel the previous ESOP Scheme which was issued by the
Company on July 27, 2011 and to implement the new "Team Lease Employee Stock Option Plan 2015" which has been formulated and the
existing ESOP Trust has been re-constituted in line with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share based employee
benefits) Regulations, 2014, provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company and Companies Act, 2013 and Rules there
under. The shareholders of the Company approved the ESOP 2015 Scheme on July 10, 2015. All unvested and unexercised ESOPs granted
to employees under the previous ESOP scheme have been cancelled with effect from August 03, 2015.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The complete report on Corporate Governance is annexed to this report.

CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATION

As required by SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, the CEO and CFO have given appropriate
certifications to the Board of Directors in this Annual Report.

HUMAN RESOURCES

During the year under review the Company has structured a harassment free policy as required under the provisions of Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act. The company during the year did not receive any
complaints in this regard. The harassment free policy has been uploaded in the website of the Company http://www.Team
Lease.com/compliance-documents.


PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

As required pursuant to Rule 5(2) and Rule 5 (3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules,
2014 the particulars of employees who were in the employment of the Company during the financial year drawing remuneration of
Rs.60 lakhs or more and who were employed for a part of the financial year and have drawn a remuneration of more than Rs. 5 lakhs
per month are given in Annexure - VI is attached herewith.

The information required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided in the Annexure VII forming part of this Report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank our customers, vendors, investors, bankers and the ministry of labor for their continued support during the year. We
place on record our appreciation of the contribution made by our employees at all levels. Our consistent growth was made
possible by their hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support.

FOR AND ON BEHALF OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Manish Mahendra Sabharwal Ashok Kumar Nedurumalli

Chairman Managing Director

DIN: 00969601 DIN: 00151814

Place: Bangalore

Date: June 13, 2016

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