Rights, preferences and restrictions attached to equity shares

Equity Shares: The Company has one class of Equity shares having a par value of ' 10 per share. Each Shareholder is eligible for one vote per share held. All Equity Shareholders are eligible to receive dividends in proportion to their shareholdings. The dividends proposed by the Board of Directors are subject to the approval of the Shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In the event of liquidation, the Equity Shareholders are eligible to receive the remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts, in proportion to their shareholding.

General reserve

General reserve is a free reserve which is created by transferring fund from retained earnings to meet future obligations and purposes.

Capital redemption reserve

Capital redemption reserve was created for buy back of shares. The company may issue fully paid-up bonus shares out of the capital redemption reserve.

Employee stock options outstanding

The employee stock options outstanding is used to recognise the grant date fair value of options issued to employees under the Company’s stock option plan.

Securities Premium

Securities Premium is used to record the premium received on issue of shares. The reserve is utilised in accordance with the provisions of the

Note 18.1 : Term Loan from Bank amounting to '10,000 lakhs is repayable in quarterly installments commencing from January 01,2026 . Current interest rate of the loan is 7.85% (Previous year NIL)

Term loan from Bank during the previous year carries interest rate at 7.60% to 7.98% and is repayable over a period till FY 2024-25. During the current year, ' 942.92 lakh (previous year '4,503.93 Lakh) has been disclosed under current maturity of Long term Borrowing.

Note 18.2 Non convertible debentures (NCD) is repayable on August 21,2026 . Interest rate of NCD is 8.40%. During the current year interest of '250.78lakh (Previous year ' NIL) has been disclosed under current maturities of long term borrowings.

Note 18.3 Inter corporate deposits (ICD) from Godrej Agrovet Limited is repayable after three year in February, 2027. Interest rate of ICD is 8.5%. The Company does not have any continuing default as on the Balance Sheet date in repayment of loans and interest.

Note 23.1 : Cash Credit from banks are repayable on demand and carries interest at MCLR 0.25% (Previous year - MCLR 0.25%).

Note 23.2 : No Buyers Credit transaction as at year end. (Previous Year: Buyers Credit from banks are repayable on as per due dates rates between 7.46% pa to 8.05% pa)

Note 23.3 : Working capital loan (Rupee) from banks carries interest rate at 7.70% to 9.00%(Previous year 7.45% to 8.25%). These loans are repayable on different dates within six months from the date of Financial Statements.

Note 23.4 : Commercial Paper carries interest rate of 8.12% to 8.24% (Previous year - 7.56.% to 7.84%) and are repayable on different dates within 6 months from the date of the Financial Statements.

Note 25.2: Micro and small enterprises as defined under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) have been identified by the Company on the basis of the information available with the Company and the auditors have relied on the same. Accordingly, ' Nil is overdue as on March 31, 2024 (Previous year ' Nil) to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on account of principal or interest.

Note 38. 11 The Debt-Equity, Debt service coverage ratio(DSCR), Return on Equity, Net proft ratio and Return on Capital employed for the current financial year are less than that of previous financial year. The company was in losses due to challenging market conditions in the agro-chemical industry. The company’s debt has increased to meet its working capital requirements.Trade payables are down due to lower purchases in current year as compared to previous years.

Note 39 : Employee benefits

The Company contributes to the following post-employment plans in India.

Defined Contribution Plan:

The Company pays provident fund contributions to publicly administered provident funds as per local regulations and are recognised as expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss during the period in which the employee renders the related service. There are no further obligations other than the contributions payable to the appropriate authorities.

The Company recognised ' 220.14 lakh for the year ended March 31,2024 (Previous Year ' 187.78 lakh ) towards provident fund contribution in the Statement of Profit and Loss.

Defined Benefit Plan:

The Company’s gratuity scheme is defined benefit plan. The Company’s liability for the defined benefit scheme is actuarially determined based on the projected unit credit method. The Company’s net obligations in respect of such plans is calculated by estimating the amount of future benefit that the employees have earned in return for their services and the current and prior periods that benefit is discounted to determine its present value and the fair value of the plan asset is deducted. Actuarial gains and losses are recognised in Other Comprehensive Income.

In accordance with the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the Company has a defined benefit plan which provides for gratuity payments. The plan provides a lump sum gratuity payment to eligible employees at retirement or termination of their employment. The amounts are based on the respective employee’s last drawn salary and the years of employment with the Company.

Liabilities in respect of the gratuity plan are determined by an actuarial valuation, based upon which the Company makes annual contributions to the Group Gratuity cum Life Assurance Schemes administered by the LIC of India, a funded defined benefit plan for qualifying employees. Trustees administer the contributions made by the Company to the gratuity scheme.

The most recent actuarial valuation of the defined benefit obligation along with the fair valuation of the plan assets in relation to the gratuity scheme was carried out as at March 31, 2024. The present value of the defined benefit obligations and the related current service cost and past service cost, were measured using the Projected Unit Credit Method.

Based on the actuarial valuation obtained in this respect, the following table sets out the details of the employee benefit obligation and the plan assets as at balance sheet date:

Other long-term employee benefits:

Compensated absences are payable to employees at the rate of daily salary for each day of accumulated leave on death or on resignation or upon retirement. The charge towards compensated absences for the year ended March 31,2024 based on actuarial valuation using the projected accrued benefit method is ' 23.02 lakh (Previous year : ' 10.59 lakh).

Terminal Benefits: All terminal benefits including voluntary retirement compensation are fully written off to the Statement of Profit & Loss.

Note 40: Financial instruments - Fair values and risk management Note 40.1 : Accounting classification and fair values

Carrying amounts and fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities, including their levels in the fair value hierarchy, are presented below. It does not include the fair value information for financial assets and financial liabilities not measured at fair value if the carrying amount is a reasonable approximation of fair value.

The Company has exposure to the following risks arising from financial instruments:

• Credit risk ;

• Liquidity risk;

• Market risk;

• Currency risk;

i. Risk management framework

The Company’s board of directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company’s risk management framework. The board of directors has established the Risk Management Committee, which is responsible for developing and monitoring the Company’s risk management policies. The committee reports regularly to the board of directors on its activities.

The Company’s risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls and to monitor risks and adherence to limits. Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company’s activities. The Company, through its training and management standards and procedures, aims to maintain a disciplined and constructive control environment in which all employees understand their roles and obligations.

The audit committee oversees how management monitors compliance with the company’s risk management policies and procedures, and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risks faced by the Company. The audit committee is assisted in its oversight role by internal audit. Internal audit undertakes both regular and adhoc reviews of risk management controls and procedures, the results of which are reported to the audit committee.

Note 40.2 : Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations, and arises principally from the Company’s receivables from customers and loans and advances.

The carrying amount of following financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure:

Trade receivables and loans and advances

The Company’s exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer and the geography in which it operates. Credit risk is managed through credit approvals, establishing credit limits and continuously monitoring the creditworthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit terms in the normal course of business.

The Company has established a credit policy under which each new customer is analysed individually for creditworthiness before the Company’s standard payment and delivery terms and conditions are offered. The Company’s export sales are backed by letters of credit and Trade Credit Insurance policy from Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC).

The company individually monitors the sanctioned credit limits as against the outstanding balances. Accordingly, the Company makes specific provisions against such trade receivables wherever required and monitors the same at periodic intervals.

The Company monitors each loans and advances given and makes any specific provision wherever required.

The Company establishes an allowance for impairment that represents its estimate of expected losses in respect of trade receivables and loans and advances.

This comprises mainly of balances with banks, deposits with Government authorities and other receivables. Credit risk arising from these financial assets is limited and there is no collateral held against these because the counterparties are banks and government organizations. The Company considers that its balances with banks have low credit risk based on the external credit ratings of the counterparties. The Company has created the loss allowance for other receivables on specific identification basis.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company held cash and cash equivalents of ' 46.05 lakh at March 31,2024 (previous year ' 45.65 lakh) . The cash and cash equivalents are held with bank and financial institution counterparties with good credit rating.

Note 40.3 : Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they are due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company’s reputation.

Exposure to liquidity risk

The company has sufficient current assets to manage the liquidity risk, if any in relation to current financial liabilities.

The following are the remaining contractual maturities of financial liabilities at the reporting date. The amounts are gross and undiscounted, and include estimated interest payments and exclude the impact of netting agreements.

The gross outflows disclosed in the above table represent the contractual undiscounted cash flows relating to derivative financial liabilities held for risk management purposes and which are not usually closed out before contractual maturity. The disclosure shows net cash flow amounts for derivatives that are net cash-settled and gross cash inflow and outflow amounts for derivatives that have simultaneous gross cash settlement.

Note 40.4 : Currency Risk

Market risk

Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices - such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices - will affect the Company’s income or the value of its holdings of financial instruments. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimising the return. The Company uses derivatives to manage market risks. Generally, the Company hedge the financial instruments to manage volatility in profit or loss.

Currency risk

The company operates internationally and portion of the business is transacted in USD, EURO and CHF currencies and consequently the company is exposed to foreign exchange risk through its sales in overseas market and purchases from overseas suppliers in various foreign currencies. Foreign currency exchange rate exposure is partly balanced by purchasing of goods and services in the respective currencies and through derivative instruments.

The company evaluates exchange rate exposure arising from foreign currency transactions and the company follows established risk management policies, including the use of derivatives like foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge exposure to foreign currency risk.

Note 40.5 : interest rate risk

Interest rate risk can either be fair value interest rate risk or cash flow interest rate risk. Fair value interest rate risk is the risk of changes in fair values of fixed interest bearing financial assets or borrowings because of fluctuations in the interest rates, if such assets/borrowings are measured at fair value through profit or loss. Cash flow interest rate risk is the risk that the future cash flows of floating interest bearing borrowings will fluctuate because of fluctuations in the interest rates.

The Company’s weighted average tax rates for the year ended March 31,2024 and March 31,2023 were 24.06% and 26.77%, respectively.

The Company in its Income tax return for the previous year had claimed deduction of Research and Development based on the Capital expenditure incurred, but not in the books of accounts. Accordingly, current tax pertaining to previous period has been reduced while Deferred tax has increased correspondingly.

The Company in its computation of Income tax had disallowed provision for inventory which was subsequently allowed at the time of tax audit and income tax retun for FY 2022-2023 (AY 2023-2024). Accordingly, current tax pertaining to previous period has been reduced while Deferred tax has increased correspondingly.

Note 43 : Capital Management

The Company’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. Management monitors the return on capital as well as the level of dividends to ordinary shareholders.

The board of directors seeks to maintain a balance between the higher returns that might be possible with higher levels of borrowings and the advantages and security afforded by a sound capital position. The primary objective of the Company's Capital Management is to maximise shareholder value. The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in the light of changes in the economic environment and the requirements of the financial covenants, if any.

The Company monitors capital using a ratio of ‘adjusted net debt’ to ‘equity’. For this purpose, adjusted net debt is defined as total borrowings, comprising interest-bearing loans and borrowings less cash and cash equivalents. Equity comprises all components of equity.

Note 44: Operating Segment

In accordance with Ind AS 108 “Operating Segments”, segment information has been given in the consolidated financial statements of Astec LifeSciences Limited and therefore no separate disclosure on segment information is given in these financial statements.

Note 45 : Share based payments

(a) Employee stock option scheme (ESOP, 2012 as amended by the Shareholders by way of a Special Resolution)

The Company had set up the Employees Stock Option Plan 2012 which was amended by the Shareholders by way of a Special Resolution obtained by way of Postal Ballot, whose results have been declared on September 27, 2021.

The Scheme applies to the Eligible Employees who are in whole time employment of the Company or its Subsidiary Companies. The entitlement of each employee would be decided by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the respective Company based on the employee’s performance, level, grade, etc.

The total number of Stock Option to be awarded under the ESOP Scheme are restricted to 1% of the issued equity share capital at the time of awarding the Stock Option, can be awarded to any one employee in any one year.

The Stock Options shall vest in the Eligible Employees pursuant to the ESOP Scheme in the proportion of 1/3rd at the end of each year from the date on which the Stock Options are awarded for a period of three consecutive years, or as may be determined by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, subject to the condition that the Eligible Employee continues to be in employment of the Company or the Subsidiary company as the case may be.

The Eligible Employee shall exercise her / his right to acquire the shares vested in her / him all at one time within 1 month from the date on which the shares vested in her / him or such other period as may be determined by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

(b) Employee stock option scheme (ESOS, 2015)

The Company has implemented Employees under Employee stock option scheme (ESOS, 2015) which was approved by the Shareholders at the 21st Annual General Meeting. The employee stock option scheme is designed to provide incentives to all the permanent employees to deliver long-term returns. Under the plan, participants are granted options which will vest in 4 years (40% in 1st year, 30% in 2nd year, 20% in 3rd year and 10% in 4th year) from the date of grant. Participation in the plan is at the discretion of the Compensation Committee / Board of Directors of the Company.

Once vested, the options remains exercisable for a period of three years.

Options are granted at the market price on which the options are granted to the employees under ESOS 2015. When exercisable, each option is convertible into one equity share.

(c) Employee stock option plan (ESOP, 2012)

The Company has implemented Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP 2012) which was approved by the Shareholders at the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the Company in the Year 2012. The employee stock option plan is designed to provide incentives to all the permanent employees to deliver long-term returns. Under the plan, participants are granted options which will vest in 4 years (40% in 1st year, 30% in 2nd year, 20% in 3rd year and 10% in 4th year) from the grant date. Participation in the plan is at the discretion of the Compensation Committee / Board of Directors of the Company.

Once vested, the options remains exercisable for a period of seven years.

Options are granted under ESOP 2012 at an exercise price of '34/- each. When exercisable, each option is convertible into one equity share.

Set out below is a summary of options granted under both the plans:

Employee stock option scheme (ESOP, 2012 as amended by the Shareholders by way of a Special Resolution)

Note 46.1 : Contingent liabilities represents estimates made mainly for probable claims arising out of litigation/ disputes pending with authorities under various statutes (Excise duty, Customs duty, Income tax, etc).The probability and timing of outflow with regard to these matters depend on the final outcome of litigations/ disputes. Hence, the Company is not able to reasonably ascertain the timing of the outflow.

Note 47

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (“SC”) by their order dated February 28, 2019, in the case of Surya Roshani Limited & others v/s EPFO, set out the principles based on which allowances paid to the employees should be identified for inclusion in basic wages for the purposes of computation of Provident Fund contribution. The company has started complying with this prospectively from the month of March 2019. In respect of the past period there are significant implementation and interpretative challenges that the management is facing and is awaiting for clarity to emerge in this

regard, pending which, this matter has been disclosed under the Contingent liability section in the financial statements. The impact of the same is not ascertainable.

Note 48 : Commitments

Note 49 : No Quarterly statements submitted with Banks for Borrowings

Company has no borrowings from banks on the basis of security of current assets and the Quarterly returns/ statements of current assets are not filed by the company.

Note 52: Additional regulatory information pursuant to the requirement in Division II of Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 The remuneration paid to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.The excess remuneration paid to a director is in accordance with the requisite approvals as mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.