Terms/rights attached to equity shares
In case of equity shares, each equity shareholder is eligible for one vote per share held. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing annual general meeting, except in case of interim dividend, if any. 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 respective shareholding.
(i) Securities premium is used to record the premium received on issue of shares. It will be utilised in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
(ii) Retained earnings represents accumulated balances of profits over the years after appropriations for general reserves and adjustments of dividend.
(iii) Newgen ESOP Trust has been treated as an extension of the Company and accordingly shares held by Newgen ESOP Trust are netted off from the total share capital. Consequently, all the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of the trust are accounted for as assets and liabilities of the Company, except for profit / loss on issue of shares to the employees and dividend received by trust which are directly adjusted in the Newgen ESOP Trust reserve.
(iv) The Company has established various equity-settled share-based payment plans for certain employees of the Company. Refer to note 35 for further details on these plans.
(v) Refer Statement of Changes in Equity for analysis of other comprehensive income, net of tax.
(vi) Capital reserve created on account of merger of Number Theory Software Private Limited ("Number Theory”)
The Company does not face a significant liquidity risk with regard to its lease liabilities as the current assets are sufficient to meet the obligations related to lease liabilities as and when they fall due.
Rental expense recorded for short-term leases was INR 110.03 lakhs for the year ended 31 March 2024 (31 March 2023: INR 108.50 lakhs)
For detail regarding the undiscounted contractual maturities of lease liabilities. (refer note 43 C (iii))
Performance obligations and remaining performance obligations
The remaining performance obligation disclosure provides the aggregate amount of the transaction price yet to be recognised as at the end of the reporting period and an explanation as to when the Company expects to recognise these amounts in revenue. Applying the practical expedient as given in Ind AS 115, the Company has not disclosed the remaining performance obligation related disclosures for contracts where :
(i) The performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.
(ii) The revenue recognised corresponds directly with the value to the customer of the entity's performance completed to date, typically those contracts where invoicing is on time and material basis.
Remaining performance obligation estimates are subject to change and are affected by several factors, including terminations, changes in the scope of contracts, periodic revalidations, adjustment for revenue that has not materialised and adjustments for currency.
The aggregate value of performance obligations that are completely or partially unsatisfied as at 31 March 2024, other than those meeting the exclusion criteria mentioned above is INR Nil ( 31 March 2023 INR Nil).
(i) Defined contribution plans:
The Company makes contributions, determined as a specified percentage of the employee salaries in respect of qualifying employees towards provident fund, which is a defined contribution plan. The amount recognised as an expense towards contribution to provident fund for the year aggregated to INR 1,618.57 lakhs (31 March 2023: INR 1,327.25 lakhs). The amount recognised as an expense towards employee state insurance aggregated to INR 0.10 lakhs (31 March 2023: INR 0.09 lakhs).
(iii) Defined Benefit Plan:
Gratuity scheme - This is an unfunded defined benefit plan and it entitles an employee, who has rendered atleast 5 years of continuous service, to receive one-half month's salary for each year of completed service at the time of retirement/exit.
i) On normal retirement / early retirement / withdrawal / resignation: As per the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 with vesting period of 5 years of service.
ii) On death in service: As per the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 without any vesting period. Gratuity payable to employee in case (i) and (ii), as mentioned above, is computed as per the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 except the Company does not have any limit on gratuity amount.
(iv) Defined Benefit Plan-Dubai office:
The gratuity benefit payable in the case of termination, retirement, or death is 21 days' Scheme Salary for each of the first five years of service and 30 days' Scheme Salary for each year thereafter. Partial years count towards a period of service. This benefit is payable only after completing one year of service. In the case of the resignation of an employee, he/she is entitled to the following benefit:
No gratuity benefits are payable to any employee who is dismissed/terminated from service for misconduct, disobedience or violation of any existing rules and regulations of Newgen. The Scheme is unfunded.
Sensitivities due to mortality & withdrawals are not material & hence impact of change not calculated. Sensitivities as to rate of inflation, rate of increase of pensions in payment, rate of increase of pensions before retirement and life expectancy are not applicable being a lump sum benefit on retirement.
Although the analysis does not take account of the full distribution of cash flows expected under the plan, it does provide an approximation of the sensitivity of the assumptions shown.
Based on the actuarial valuation obtained in this respect, the following table sets out the status of the gratuity plan and the amounts recognised in the Company's financial statements as at balance sheet date:
34 Earnings per share (EPS)
Basic EPS amounts are calculated by dividing the profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year.
Diluted EPS amounts are calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted average number of Equity shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential equity shares into equity shares.
35 Share-based payment arrangements*:
A. Description of share-based payment arrangements
i. Share option programmes (equity-settled)
The Company established Newgen Employees Stock Option Scheme 2014 (Newgen ESOP 2014) in the year 2014-15, administered through a new Trust 'Newgen ESOP Trust'. The maximum numbers of shares to be issued under this Scheme shall be limited to 3,783,800 equity shares of the Company. Pursuant to the scheme, during the year 2014-15, the Company has granted 3,653,525 options at an exercise price of INR 63 per option, to the employees of the Company. Further, during the year 2017-18 grant of options 353,000, 130,000, and 79,250 through grant II, III and IV on 1 Jul 2017, 1 Sep 2017 and 1 Oct 2017 respectively under the same scheme and with same vesting conditions was made. During the year 2020-21, the Company has granted 2,33,000 options through grant V under Newgen ESOP 2014 on 25 March 2021. During the year 2022-23, the Company has granted 20,000 options through grant VI under Newgen ESOP 2014 on 17 January 2023. During the year 2023-24, the Company has granted 5,000 options through grant VII under Newgen ESOP 2014 on 2 May 2023. Under the terms of the plans, these options are vested on a graded vesting basis over a maximum period of four years from the date of grant and are to be exercised either in part(s) or full, within a maximum period of five years from the date of last vesting. Consequent to bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1, all the outstanding options and excercise price before the record date of 12 January 2024 have been adjusted to consider the bonus issue impact.
During the year 2020-21, the Company has established Newgen Software Technologies Restricted Stock Units Scheme - 2021 (Newgen RSU - 2021), administered through a new trust "Newgen RSU Trust" The maximum numbers of shares to be issued under this Scheme shall be limited to 14,00,000 equity shares of the Company. During the year 2021-22, the Company has granted 12,11,500 and 1,73,500 options through grant I and II respectively under this scheme at an exercise price of INR 10 per option, to the employees of the Company. During the year 2022-23, the Company has granted 35,000 options through grant III under this scheme at an exercise price of INR 10 per option, to the employees of the Company. During the year 2023-24, the Company has granted 10,000 and 20,000 options through grant IV and V respectively under this scheme at an exercise price of INR 10 per option, to the employees of the Company.Under the terms of the scheme, these options are vested on a graded vesting basis over a maximum period of five years from the date of grant and are to be exercised either in part(s) or full, within a maximum period of five years from the date of last vesting. Consequent to bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1, all the outstanding options before the record date of 12 January 2024 have been adjusted to consider the bonus issue impact.
During the year 2022-23, the Company has established Newgen Employee Stock Option Scheme - 2022 (Newgen ESOP - 2022), administered through a trust "Newgen ESOP Trust" The maximum numbers of shares to be issued under this Scheme shall be limited to 14,00,000 equity shares of the Company. During the year 2022-23, the Company has granted 9,41,800 options through grant I under this scheme at an exercise price of INR 364.20 per option, to the employees of the Company. During the year 2023-24, the company has granted 1,58,750, 68150 and 3,86,500 options through grant II, III and IV on 2 May 2023, 19 July 2023 and 20 March 2024 under this scheme at an excercise price of INR 452, INR 615 and INR 640.10 per option, to the employees of the Company. Under the terms of the scheme, these options are vested on a graded vesting basis over a maximum period of four years from the date of grant and are to be exercised either in part(s) or full, within a maximum period of five years from the date of vesting. Consequent to bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1, all the outstanding options and excercise prices before the record date of 12 January 2024 have been adjusted to consider the bonus issue impact.
Newgen ESOP trust has been treated as an extension of the Company and accordingly shares held by Newgen ESOP Trust are netted off from the total share capital. Consequently, all the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of the trust are accounted for as assets and liabilities of the Company, except for profit / loss on issue of shares to the employees and dividend received by trust which are directly adjusted in the Newgen ESOP Trust reserve.
36 Contingent liabilities and commitments (to the extent not provided for) a) Claims against the Company (including unasserted claims) not acknowledged as debt:
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Demands raised by the income tax authorities :
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117.59 -
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67.55 -
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185.14 -
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The assessing officer passed an order dated 29 September 2023 and 30 December 2023 under section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in respect inadmissible foreign withholding tax adjustment claimed as business expenditure under Sec 37 of Income Tax Act, 1961 amounting to INR 336.51 lakhs and INR 193.31 lakhs for assessment year 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively. An appeal was filed with the commissioner of income tax (appeals) against the order of the assessing officer on 7 October 2023 and 23 January 2024 for assessment year 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively and order of CIT(A) is awaited .
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Capital Commitments
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31 March 2023
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422.57
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c) The Company is committed to operationally, technically and financially support the operations of its certain subsidiary companies.
37 Details of dues to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as defined under the MSMED Act, 2006
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has issued an Office Memorandum dated 26 August 2008 which recommends that the Micro and Small Enterprises should mention in their correspondence with its customers the Entrepreneurs Memorandum Number as allocated after filing of the Memorandum.
40 The Company has established a comprehensive system of maintenance of information and documents as required by the transfer pricing legislation under sections 92-92F of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Since the law requires existence of such information and documentation to be contemporaneous in nature, the Company has got the updated documentation for the international transactions entered into with the associated enterprises during the financial year. The management is of the opinion that its international transactions are at arm's length so that the aforesaid legislation will not have any impact on the financial statements, particularly on the amount of tax expense and that of provision for taxation.
The principal place of business of all the entities listed above is the same as the respective country of incorporation.
*The company incorporated a new subsidiary Newgen Software Technologies Company Limited during the year on 20 July 2023 in Saudi Arabia.
B. Transactions with Key Management Personnel
A number of key management personnel, or their related parties hold positions in other entities that result in them having control or significant influence over those entities.
Compensation of the Company's key managerial personnel includes salaries, non-cash benefits and contributions to post - employment defined benefit plan(see note 29)
Executive officers also participate in the Company's share option plan as per the conditions laid down in that scheme (see note 29 and note 35).
C. Related party transactions other than those with key management personnel
The transactions with related parties are made on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm's length transactions. Outstanding balances at the year-end are unsecured and settlement occurs in cash.
For the year ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023, the Company has not recorded any impairment of receivables relating to amounts owed by related parties. This assessment is undertaken at each reporting period.
There have been no transfers in either direction for the years ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023.
C. Financial risk management
The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk.
i. Risk management framework
The Company's board of directors has framed a Risk Management Policy and plan for enabling the Company to identify elements of risk as contemplated by the provisions of the Section 134 of the Companies Act 2013. 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 Company's 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.
ii. 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 partially from the Company's receivables from customers, loans and investment in debt securities. The carrying amount of financial assets represent the maximum credit risk exposure. The Company has credit policies in place and the exposures to these credit risks are monitored on an ongoing basis.
The carrying amount of financial assets represent the maximum credit risk exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting was:
To cater to the credit risk for investments in mutual funds and bonds, only high rated mutual funds/ bonds are accepted.
The Company has given security deposits to vendors for rental deposits for office properties, securing services from them, government departments. The Company does not expect any default from these parties and accordingly the risk of default is negligible or nil.
Trade receivables and contract assets are typically unsecured and derived from revenue earned from customers primarily located in India, USA, EMEA and APAC.
Credit risk has always been managed by the Company through credit approval, establishing credit limits and continuously monitoring the credit worthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit term in normal course of business. Credit limits are established for each customers and received quarterly.
The Company establishes an allowance for impairment that represents its expected credit losses in respect of trade receivables. The management uses a simplified approach for the purpose of computation of expected credit loss for trade receivables. In monitoring customer credit risk, customers are grouped according to their credit characteristics, including whether they are an individual or legal entity, industry and existence of previous financial difficulties, if any.
Trade and other receivables
The Company's exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. However, management also considers the factors that may influence the credit risk of its customer base, including the default risk of the industry and country in which customers operate.
The Company establishes an allowance for impairment that represents its expected credit losses in respect of trade and other receivables. The management establishes an allowance for impairment that represents its estimate of expected losses in respect of trade and other receivables. An impairment analysis is performed at each reporting date.
The impairment provisions for financial assets disclosed above are based on assumptions about risk of default and expected loss rates. The Company uses judgement in making these assumptions and selecting the inputs to the impairment calculation, based on the Company's past history, existing market conditions as well as forward looking estimates at the end of each reporting period.
Debt securities
The Company limits its exposure to credit risk by investing only in liquid debt securities and only with counterparties that have a credit rating AA to AAA from renowned rating agencies.
The Company monitors changes in credit risk by tracking published external credit ratings. For its investment in bonds, Company also reviews changes in government bond yields together with available press and regulatory information about issuers
Basis experienced credit judgement, no risk of loss is indicative on Company's investment in mutual funds and government bonds.
Cash and cash equivalents and bank balances other than cash and cash equivalents
The Company held cash and cash equivalents of INR 4,990.98 lakhs at 31 March 2024 (31 March 2023: INR 4,721.82 lakhs) and bank balances other than cash and cash equivalents of INR 20,022.59 lakhs as at 31 March 2024 (31 March 2023: INR 9,729.32 lakhs). The cash and cash equivalents are held with bank and financial institution counterparties, which are rated AA- to AAA, based on renowned rating agencies.
iii. 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.
The Company's primary sources of liquidity include cash and bank balances, deposits, undrawn borrowings and cash flow from operating activities. As at 31 March 2024, the Company had a working capital of INR 82,748.05 lakhs (31 March 2023: INR 49,418.23 lakhs) including cash and cash equivalent of INR 4,990.98 lakhs (31 March 2023: INR 4,721.82 lakhs), bank balances other than cash and cash equivalents of INR 20,022.60 lakhs ( 31 March 2023: 9,729.32 lakhs) and current investments of INR 36,498.89 lakhs (31 March 2023: INR 13,138.80 lakhs). Consequently, the Company believes its revenue, along with proceeds from financing activities will continue to provide the necessary funds to cover its short term liquidity needs. In addition, the Company projects cash flows and considering the level of liquid assets necessary to meet liquidity requirement.
Interest payment on variable interest rate loan in the table above reflect market forward interest rates at the reporting dates and these amount may change as market interest changes.
iv. 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. Market risk is attributable to all market risk sensitive financial instruments including foreign currency receivables and payables and long term debt. We are exposed to market risk primarily related to foreign exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and the market value of our investments. Thus, our exposure to market risk is a function of investing and borrowing activities and revenue generating and operating activities in foreign currency. The objective of market risk management is to avoid excessive exposure in our foreign currency revenues and costs.
v. Currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company is exposed to currency risk on account of its receivables and other payables in foreign currency. The functional currency of the Company is Indian Rupee. The Management endeavours to minimize economic and transactional exposures arising from currency movements against the US Dollar, Euro, Great Britain Pound, Canadian dollar, United Arab Emirates Dhiram, Saudi Riyal, Singapore dollar, Australian dollar and Malaysian Ringgit making all the US dollar payments through EEFC account for avoiding exchange risk. The Company manages the risk by netting off naturally-occurring opposite exposures wherever possible, and then dealing with any material residual foreign currency exchange risks if any.
The Company has entered into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate the risks involved in foreign exchange transactions and has booked forward contracts for USD 32.5 million during the year from April 2023 to March 2024. The hedging gain of INR 165.44 lakhs is on account of mark to market gain (realised loss is 86.02 lakhs, unrealised gain is 68.47 lakhs and gain of 187.49 lakhs on account of reversal of last year mark to market loss) on foreign exchange forward contracts which do not qualify for hedge accounting as per Ind As-109, have been recognized in the profit and loss account in the financial statement for the period ended 31 March 2024.
Sensitivity analysis
A reasonably possible strengthening (weakening) of the Indian Rupee against US Dollar, Euro, Great Britain Pound, Canadian dollar, United Arab Emirates Dhiram, Saudi Riyal, Singapore Dollar, Australian Dollar and Malaysian Ringgit at reporting date would have affected the measurement of financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies and affected equity and profit or loss by the amounts shown below. This analysis assumes that all other variables, in particular interest rates, remain constant and ignores any impact of forecast sales and purchases.
II. Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk can be either 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 investments because of fluctuations in the interest rates. Cash flow interest rate risk is the risk that the future cash flows of floating interest bearing investments will fluctuate because of fluctuations in the interest rates.
a) Exposure to interest rate risk
The Company is exposed to both fair value interest rate risk as well as cash flow interest rate risk arising both on short-term and long-term floating rate instruments.
There is no balance in variable rate instruments. b) Sensitivity analysis
Fair value sensitivity analysis for fixed-rate instruments
The Company accounts for investments in government and other bonds as fair value through other comprehensive income. Therefore, a change in interest rate at the reporting date would have impact on equity.
A reasonably possible change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased (decreased) equity by INR 39.81 lakhs after tax (31 March 2023: INR 40.25 lakhs). and PBT by INR 61.19 lakhs (31 March 2023: INR 61.86 lakhs).
Cash flow sensitivity analysis for variable-rate instruments
There is no variable rate linked instrument and therefore, there is no cash flow sensitivity.
Market price risk
a) Exposure
The Company's exposure to mutual funds and bonds price risk arises from investments held by the Company and classified in the balance sheet as fair value through profit and loss and at fair value through other comprehensive income respectively.
To manage its price risk arising from investments, the Company diversifies its portfolio. Diversification of the portfolio is done in accordance with the limits set by the Company.
b) Sensitivity analysis
Company is having investment in mutual funds, government bonds, other bonds and investment in subsidiaries.
For such investments classified at Fair value through other comprehensive income, a 2% increase in their fair value at the reporting date would have increased equity by INR 79.62 lakhs after tax (31 March, 2023: INR 80.50 lakhs ) and PBT by INR 122.38 lakhs (31 March, 2023: INR 123.73 lakhs). An equal change in the opposite direction would have decreased equity by INR 79.62 lakhs after tax (31 March, 2023: INR 80.50 lakhs ) and PBT by INR 122.38 lakhs (31 March, 2023: INR 123.73 lakhs).
For such investments classified at Fair value through profit or loss, the impact of a 2% increase in their fair value at the reporting date on profit or loss would have been an increase of INR 391.78 lakhs after tax (31 March, 2023: INR 90.47 lakhs ) and PBT by INR 602.18 lakhs (31 March, 2023: INR 139.05 lakhs) . An equal change in the opposite direction would have decreased profit or loss by INR 391.78 lakhs after tax (31 March, 2023: INR 90.47 lakhs ) and PBT by INR 602.18 lakhs (31 March, 2023: INR 139.05 lakhs).
44 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 equity shareholders.
The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it as and when required. To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the company may pay dividend or repay debts, raise new debt or issue new shares. No major changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the year ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023.
The Company monitors capital using a ratio of 'adjusted net debt' to 'adjusted equity'. For this purpose, adjusted net debt is defined as total liabilities comprising interest bearing loans and borrowings and obligations under finance leases, less cash and cash equivalents. Adjusted equity comprises all components of equity
As a part of its capital management policy the Company ensures compliance with all covenants and other capital requirements related to its contractual obligations.
45 Segment reporting A. Basis for segmentation
An operating segment is a component of the Company that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with any of the Company's other components, and for which discrete financial information is available.
The Company's board of directors have been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Makers (CODM) since they are responsible for all major decisions in respect of allocation of resources and assessment of the performance on the basis of the internal reports/ information provided by functional heads. The board examines the performance of the Company based on such internal reports which are based on operations in various geographies and accordingly, have identified the following reportable segments:
• India
• Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
• Asia Pacific and Australia (APAC)
• United States of America (USA)
D. Information about major customers
No customer individually accounted for more than 10% of the revenues in the year ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023.
E. Unallocated assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses
Certain assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses are not specifically allocable to individual segments as the underlying services are used interchangeably. The Company believes that it is not practicable to provide segment disclosures relating to such assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and accordingly such assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses are separately disclosed as 'unallocated'.
F) In accordance with Ind AS-108 ""Operating Segments"" and based on ""Management Evaluation"", the Company during the year ended 31 March 2023 used to allocate AI platforms cost related to employees of Number Theory Software Private Limited to India Segment, however, keeping in view the changes to the internal reporting, the management has allocated this cost to all the regions considering this to be a common cost.
3. Debt service = Interest payment for lease liabilities principal repayments.
4. Credit sales = Total Revenue opening contract assets - closing contract assets - opening deferred revenue closing deferred revenue.
5. Earnings before interest and taxes = profit before tax finance cost - other income
6. Capital Employed = Average tangible net worth Total debt Deferred tax.
7. Average is calculated on the basis of opening and closing balances.
Schedule III require explanation where the change in the ratio is more than 25% as compared to the preceding year. Since there are only two instances where the change is more than 25% i.e. Debt Service Coverage ratio and Return on Investment, hence explanation is given only for the said ratios.
47 Business Combination
On 18 January 2022, Newgen Software Technologies Limited (NSTL or '"'the Holding Company””) entered into Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with existing shareholders of Number Theory Software Private Limited ('"'Number Theory””) to acquire 100% stake. Pursuant to SPA, the Holding Company has made investment of INR 1405.47 Lakhs in Number Theory (which become wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company effective from 28 January 2022).
Number Theory Software Private Limited ('Number Theory') was engaged in providing Artificial Intelligence ('A0 platforms to various enterprises through its enterprise AI platform and data science capabilities.
The goodwill comprises the value of expected synergies arising from the acquisition, customer contracts / relationships,non-compete agreement and Number Theory's Artificial Intelligence that do not qualify for separate recognition. None of the goodwill recognised is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.
A Scheme of Amalgamation u/s 230-232 of the Companies Act, 2013 which provides for the merger of Number Theory Software Private Limited (NTSPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, was filed with the Delhi Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). NCLT through its Order dated 27th September 2023 approved the aforesaid Scheme. Upon the sanction becoming effective from the appointed date i.e. 01.04.2022 as provided under the Scheme, NTSPL stands dissolved without undergoing the process of winding up. The Company has accounted for the merger under the Pooling of Interest method retrospectively as prescribed in the IND AS 103-Business Combination of entities under common control. Previous year numbers have been accordingly restated. There are no material impact on the financial statements of the company for the comparative year.
48 As at 31 March 2024, the Company has gross foreign currency receivables amounting to INR 20,027.40 lakhs (previous year INR 23,999.99 lakhs). Out of these receivables, INR 1,955.12 lakhs (previous year INR 3,363.91 lakhs) is outstanding for more than 9 months. As per FED Master Direction No. 16/2015-16, receipt for export goods should be realized within a period of 9 months from the date of export. The Company must file extension with AD Bank & as per the requirements, in one calendar year, the Company is allowed to seek extension for an amount equivalent to USD one million or 10% of the average export collection of the last 3 years only, whichever is higher and pursuant to the same, the company has applied for an extension of all the foreign currency receivables outstanding for more than 6 months. The management is of the view that the Company will be able to obtain approvals from the authorities for realizing such funds beyond the stipulated timeline without levy of any penalties as it had Bonafide reasons that caused the delays in realization.
49 Other statutory informations
i. The Company do not have any Benami property, where any proceeding has been initiated or pending against the Group for holding any Benami property.
ii The Company do not have any transactions with companies struck off.
iii The Company do not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with ROC beyond the statutory period.
iv The Company have not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year.
v The Company have 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
(a) 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
(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
vi The Company have 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
(a) 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
(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
vii The Company have not any such transaction which is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (such as, search or survey or any other relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
viii The company has sanctioned working capital amounts from banks on the basis of security of Trade Receivables and Fixed Deposits. The quarterly returns being filed by company with banks are in line with the books of accounts.
ix All title deeds of Immovable Property are held in the name of the Company.
x The Company has not defaulted on any of the loan taken from banks, financial institutions or other lender.
xi 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.
xii The Company has complied with the number of layers prescribed under Companies Act, 2013.
50 Pursuant to the Board approval on 27 November 2023 and shareholder's approval on 2 January 2024, through Postal Ballot, the Company has allotted 7,00,69,401 bonus shares of INR 10/- each (fully paid up) on 13 January 2024 to the eligible members of the Company whose names appear in the Register of Members of the Company /List of Beneficial Owners as on the Record Date i.e., 12 January 2024 in the ratio of 1:1. The said bonus shares shall rank pari passu in all respects with the existing equity shares of the Company, including dividend. As a result of the bonus issue, the paid-up capital of the Company has increased to INR 14,013.88 lakhs from INR 7,006.94 lakhs. Consequent to the above increase in paid-up capital, the earnings per share (Basic and Diluted) have been adjusted for year ended 31 March 2023.
51 On 8th March 2024, the Company reported a Cyber security incident (the "incident') that affected a few of the Company's IT assets. The Company engaged with independent cyber security consulting firms, for comprehensive analysis, providing immediate recommendations and remediation steps. The management took all the necessary measures to prevent damage to the IT systems of the Company. It was concluded that the incident did not result in any ransom and the Management believes that there is no financial, legal, or regulatory impact of the incident reported herein.
52 Previous period's figures have been regrouped/reclassified wherever necessary to correspond with the current period's classification/disclosure, which are not considered material to these financial statements.
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