c) Rights, Preferences and Restrictions attached to Equity Shares

The Company has one class of Equity Shares with face value of ' 5/- each. Each Shareholder has a voting right in proportion to his/her Holding of the paid-up Equity share capital of the Company. Where Dividend is proposed by the Board of Directors, it is subject to the approval of the Shareholders in the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and in the case of Dividend, it is ratified by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.

e) Information regarding issue of shares in the last five years

i) The Company has allotted 27,00,000 Equity Shares of ' 10/- each fully paid up were issued to the Equity share holders of the merged Companies, without payment being received in cash on May 26, 2018. Further the Company alloted bonus shares in the ratio of 7:1 (i.e. 2,04,28,800 bonus shares of ' 10/- each fully paid up) to its existing shareholders on August 16, 2018 by capitalisation of profits transferred from securities premium amounting to ' 204.29 million.

ii) The Company alloted bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1 (i.e. 4,66,94,400 bonus shares of ' 5/- each fully paid up) to its existing shareholders in it’s Board Meeting held on March 24, 2023.

a) Refer Note 32 for information on Company’s exposure to Interest rate, Foreign Currency and Liquidity risks.

b) Working Capital Loans from Bank are secured by hypothecation of all present and future Stock and Receivables, First exclusive charge on all present & future movable fixed assets.

c) Negative lien on immovable properties at:

Building at 708/1,708/2,708/3,708/4,708/6 & 709/12 &709 /18 Dabhel, District Daman owned by Flair Writing Industries Limited.

d) The Unsecured Loan taken from Directors and related parties is subject to interest @ 7.00% p.a. The same is repayable upto Financial Year ending March 31,2030.

e) The Company is fillng monthly statement for Inventories, Debtors and Creditors for Raw Material with Banks (Citi Bank N.A. & Axis Bank) for working capital facilities. The below is summary of reconciliation of quarterly statement filed with the banks and books of accounts:

The Company offsets tax assets and liabilities if and only if it has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets and current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority.

Significant management judgment is required in determining provision for income tax, deferred income tax assets and liabilities and recoverability of deferred income tax assets. The recoverability of deferred income tax assets is based on estimates of taxable income and the period over which deferred income tax assets will be recovered.

Given that the Company does not have any intention to dispose investments in subsidiaries in the foreseeable future, deferred tax asset on indexation benefit in relation to such investments has not been recognised.

(b) Defined benefit plan

Post employment and other long term employee benefits in the form of gratuity are considered as defined benefit obligation. The present value of obligation is determined based on actuarial valuation using projected unit credit method as at the Balance Sheet date. The Company has a unfunded defined benefit gratuity plan. The gratuity plan is governed by the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Under the Act, employee who has completed five years of service is entitled to specific benefit. The level of benefits provided depends on the member’s length of service and salary at retirement age. Every employee who has completed five years or more of service gets a gratuity on departure at 15 days salary (last drawn salary) for each completed year of service as per the provision of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.

The following tables summaries the components of net benefit expense recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss and the funded status and amounts recognised in the balance sheet for the Gratuity plan.

The estimates of rate of escalation in salary considered in actuarial valuation, take account of inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors including supply and demand in the employment market. The above information is certified by the actuary.

The overall expected rate of return on assets is determined based on the market prices prevailing on that date, applicable to the period over which the obligation is to be settled. There has been significant change in expected rate of return on assets due to change in the market scenario.

The gratuity liabilities of the Company are unfunded and hence there are no assets held to meet the liabilities.

The following payments are expected contributions to the defined benefit plan in future years

The financial instruments are categorised into three levels based on the inputs used to arrive at fair value measurements as described below:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2: Inputs other than the quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3: Inputs based on unobservable market data.

Valuation Methodology :

All financial instruments are initially recognised and subsequently re-measured at fair value as described below:

a) Fair valuation of Financial Assets and Liabilities with short-term maturities is considered as approximate to respective carrying amount due to the Short Term maturities of these Instrument.

b) The fair value is determined by using the valuation model/technique with observable inputs and assumptions.

c) The fair value of Forward Foreign Exchange contracts is determined using observable forward exchange rates and yield curves at the balance sheet date.

d) The fair value of investment in Mutual Fund is measured at cost quoted price or NAV.

e) All foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities are translated using exchange rate at reporting date.

f) The fair value of the remaining financial instruments is determined using discounted cash flow analysis.

32 | FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT Risk Management Framework

The Company’s Financial Risk Management is an integral part of how to plan and execute its business strategies. The Company’s Financial Risk Management Policy is set and governed by the Managing Director under the overall directions of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Market Risk is the risk of loss of future earnings, fair values or future cash flows, that may result from a change in the price of a Financial Instrument. The value of a Financial Instrument may change as a result of changes in the interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, equity prices and other market changes, that affect market risk sensitive instruments. Market Risk is attributable to all the market risk sensitive Financial Instruments including investments and deposits, foreign currency receivables, payables and loans and borrowings.

The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the day to day working of the management and the overall working of the Company’s Risk Management framework.

i) Credit Risk

Credit Risk is the risk that a customer or counterparty to a Financial Instrument fails to perform or pay the amounts due causing financial loss to the Company. Credit Risk arises from Company’s outstanding receivables from Customer.

The Company’s exposure to Credit Risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each Customer. Credit Risk is managed through credit approvals, establishing credit limits and continuously monitoring the creditworthiness of the Customers, to whom the Company grants credit in accordance with the terms and conditions and in ordinary course of its business.

The Risk Management Committee 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. Further for domestic sales, the Company segments its Customers into Super Stockiest/ Distributors and Others, for credit monitoring. For Trade Receivables, 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 Loan and advance given and makes any specific provision, as and when required.

The Company establishes an allowance for impairment that represents its estimate of expected losses in respect of Trade Receivables and Loans and Advances.

Sensitivity analysis is computed based on the changes in the receivables and payables in foreign currency upon conversion into functional currency, due to exchange rate fluctuations between the previous reporting period and the current reporting period.

v) Commodity Risk

The Company’s principle raw material(s) are a variety of Plastic Polymers which are primarily derivatives of Crude Oil. Company sources its raw material requirement from across the globe. Domestic market prices generally remains in sync with the International market prices.

Volatility in Crude Oil prices, Currency fluctuation of Rupee vis-a-vis other prominent Currencies coupled with demand-supply scenario in the world market, affect the effective price and availability of Polymers for the Company. Company effectively manages availability of material as well as price volatility by expanding its source base, having appropriate contracts and commitments in place and planning its procurement and inventory strategy. The Company financial risk management have developed and enacted a Risk Management strategy regarding Commodity Price Risk and its mitigation.

36 | SEGMENT REPORTING Description of Segment and principal activities

As per Ind AS-108, "Operating Segment" (specified under the section 133 of the Companies Act 2013 (the Act) read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rule 2015 (as amended from time to time) and other relevant provision of the Act) the Company chief operating decision maker, i.e. Managing Director ('CODM') has identified "Writing Instruments and its Allieds" as the reportable segments. Since the Company is having only one reportable segment hence disclosure requirement as per Ind AS 108 is not applicable.

35 | CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

For the purpose of the Company capital management, Capital includes equity attributable to the equity holders of the Company and all other equity reserves. The primary objective of the Company capital management is to safeguard its ability to continue as going concern and to ensure that it maintains an efficient capital structure and maximise shareholder value.

The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and the requirements of the financial covenants. The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements. No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the period/year ended March 31,2024 and March 31,2023. Capital gearing ratio is net debt divided by total capital plus net debt and Net debt is calculated as loans and borrowings less cash and cash equivalent. The Company policy is to keep the gearing ratio at optimum level.

The following table summarises the capital:

Information about major customers

No single customer has accounted for more than 10% of the Company revenue for the year ended March 31,2024 and March 31,2023.

37 | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY EXPENDITURE(CSR)

As per Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, the Company has formed a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee. The CSR Committee approved CSR Policy where certain focus areas out of list of activities covered in Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013, have been identified to incur CSR expenditure.

41 | ADDITIONAL REGULATORY INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE III OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013

1) The Company does not have any Benami property or proceeding is pending against the Company for holding any Benami Property.

2) The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:

i) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or

ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.

The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:

i) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or

ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.

3) The Company has complied with the number of layers prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.

4) There is no income surrendered or disclosed as income during the current or previous year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961, that has not been recorded in the books of account.

5) The Company has not traded or invested in crypto currency or virtual currency during the financial year.

6) The Company has not revalued its property, plant and equipment (including right-of-use assets) or intangible assets or

both during the current or previous year.

7) The Company is not declared as wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or government or any government authority.

8) The Company has no transactions with the companies struck off under Companies Act, 2013.

9) The Company do not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with Registrar of Companies beyond the statutory period.

10) The title deeds of all the immovable properties (other than properties where the Company is the lessee and the lease agreements are duly executed in favour of the lessee), as disclosed in note 1 to the financial statements, are held in the name of the Company.

11) The borrowings obtained by the Company from banks have been applied for the purposes for which it was taken.

42 | INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER

The Company has issued 24,01,315 Equity Shares of face value ' 5 each at an issue price of ' 304 per equity share to Volrado Venture Partners Fund III - Beta pursuant to the Pre Initial public offer (Pre-IPO) placement aggregating to ' 730 million on November 10, 2023. Subsequently The Company has completed an Initial Public Offer("IPO") by way of fresh issue of 96,05,263 equity shares of face value ' 5 each at an issue price of ' 304 per equity shares aggregating to ' 2,920 million and an Offer for Sale of 99,01,315 equity Shares of face value ' 5 each for at an issue price of ' 304 per equity share aggregating to ' 3,010 million. The Equity shares of the Company were listed on National stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and BSE Limited (BSE) (hereinafter collectively referred as "Stock Exchanges") on December 01,2023.

Out of net proceeds which were unutilised as at March 31,2024'1484.40 million were temporarily invested in deposit with banks.

43 No significant adjusting event occurred between the balance sheet date and date of the approval of these financial statements by the Board of Directors of the Company requiring adjustment or disclosure.

44 The figure for the corresponding previous year have been regrouped/reclassified wherever necessary, to make them comparable.

45 The financial statements were approved for issue by the Board of Directors on May 27, 2024 and are subject to approval of shareholders in their annual general meeting.