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SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LTD.

31 July 2026 | 03:59

Industry >> Pharmaceuticals

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ISIN No INE398R01022 BSE Code / NSE Code 539268 / SYNGENE Book Value (Rs.) 119.90 Face Value 10.00
Bookclosure 26/06/2026 52Week High 729 EPS 7.85 P/E 49.19
Market Cap. 15577.59 Cr. 52Week Low 375 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 3.22 / 0.32 Market Lot 1.00
Security Type Other

ACCOUNTING POLICY

You can view the entire text of Accounting Policy of the company for the latest year.
Year End :2026-03 

i. Recognition and initial measurement

Trade receivables are initially recognised when they are originated and are measured at the transaction price. All other
financial assets and financial liabilities are initially recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual
provisions of the instrument.

A financial asset (unless it is a trade receivable without a significant financing component) or financial liability is initially
measured at fair value plus, for an item not at fair value through profit and loss (FVTPL), transaction costs that are directly
attributable to its acquisition or issue.

ii. Classification and subsequent measurement
Financial assets

On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at

— amortised cost;

— Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income (FVOCI) - equity investment; or

— Fair Value through Profit or Loss (FVTPL).

Financial assets are not reclassified subsequent to their initial recognition, except if and in the period the Company
changes its business model for managing financial assets.

A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at
FVTPL:

— the asset is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cash flows; and

— the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of
principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

A debt investment is measured at FVOCI if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL:

— the asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and
selling financial assets; and

— the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of
principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

All financial assets not classified as measured at amortised cost as described above are measured at FVTPL. This includes
all derivative financial assets. On initial recognition, the Company may irrevocably designate a financial asset that
otherwise meets the requirements to be measured at amortised cost or at FVOCI or at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or
significantly reduces an accounting mismatch that would otherwise arise.

Equity investments

All equity investments in scope of Ind AS 109 are measured at fair value. Equity instruments which are held for trading
and contingent consideration recognised by an acquirer in a business combination to which Ind AS 103 applies are
classified as at FVTPL. For all other equity instruments, the Company may make an irrevocable election to present in
other comprehensive income subsequent changes in the fair value. The Company makes such election on an instrument-
by-instrument basis. The classification is made on initial recognition and is irrevocable. If the Company decides to classify
an equity instrument as at FVOCI, then all fair value changes on the instrument, excluding dividends, are recognised in
the OCI. There is no recycling of the amounts from OCI to the Statement of Profit and Loss, even on sale of investment.
However, the Company may transfer the cumulative gain or loss to retained earnings. Equity instruments included within
the FVTPL category are measured at fair value with all changes recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.

Investments in subsidiaries

Equity investments in subsidiaries are carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses, if any. Where an indication of
impairment exists, the carrying amount of the investment is assessed and written down immediately to its recoverable
amount. On disposal of investments in subsidiaries, the difference between net disposal proceeds and the carrying
amounts are recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.

Financial liabilities: Classification, subsequent measurement and gains and losses

Financial liabilities are classified as measured at amortised cost or FVTPL. A financial liability is classified as at FVTPL if it
is classified as held- for- trading, or it is a derivative or it is designated as such on initial recognition. Financial liabilities at
FVTPL are measured at fair value and net gains and losses, including any interest expense, are recognised in statement
of profit and loss. Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest
method. Interest expense and foreign exchange gains and losses classifiable as borrowing costs in accordance with
Ind AS 23, "Borrowing Costs" are recognised in statement of profit and loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is also
recognised in statement of profit and loss.

iii. Derecognition
Financial assets

The Company derecognises a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset
expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows in a transaction in which substantially all of the risks
and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred or in which the Company neither transfers nor retains
substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership and does not retain control of the financial asset.

When the Company has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a pass-through
arrangement, it evaluates if and to what extent it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership. When it has neither
transferred nor retained substantially all of the risks and rewards of the asset, nor transferred control of the asset, the
Company continues to recognise the transferred asset to the extent of the Company's continuing involvement. In that
case, the Company also recognises an associated liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured
on a basis that reflects the rights and obligations that the Company has retained.

Financial liabilities

The Company derecognises a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or cancelled or expire.
The Company also derecognises a financial liability when its terms are modified and the cash flows under the modified
terms are substantially different. In this case, a new financial liability based on the modified terms is recognised at fair
value. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability extinguished and the new financial liability
with modified terms is recognised in statement of profit and loss.

iv. Offsetting

Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the balance sheet when, and only
when, the Company currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and it intends either to settle them
on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

v. Derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting

The Company holds derivative financial instruments to hedge its foreign currency and interest rate risk exposures.
Embedded derivatives are separated from the host contract and accounted for separately if the host contract is not a
financial asset and certain criteria are met.

Derivatives are initially measured at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition, derivatives are measured at fair value,
and changes therein are generally recognised in statement of profit and loss.

The Company designates certain derivatives as hedging instruments to hedge the variability in cash flows associated
with highly probable forecast transactions arising from changes in foreign exchange rates and interest rates.

At inception of designated hedging relationships, the Company documents the risk management objective and strategy
for undertaking the hedge. The Company also documents the economic relationship between the hedged item and
the hedging instrument, including whether the changes in cash flows of the hedged item and hedging instrument are
expected to offset each other.

Cash flow hedges

When a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedging instrument, the effective portion of changes in the fair value
of the derivative is recognised in OCI and accumulated in other equity under 'effective portion of cash flow hedges'.
The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative that is recognised in OCI is limited to the cumulative
change in fair value of the hedged item, determined on a present value basis, from inception of the hedge. Any
ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognised immediately in statement of profit and loss.

If a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting or the hedging instrument is sold, expires, is terminated
or is exercised, then hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively. When hedge accounting for cash flow hedges is
discontinued, the amount that has been accumulated in other equity remains there until, for a hedge of a transaction
resulting in recognition of a non-financial item, it is included in the non-financial item's cost on its initial recognition or,
for other cash flow hedges, it is reclassified to profit or loss in the same period or periods as the hedged expected future
cash flows affect profit or loss.

If the hedged future cash flows are no longer expected to occur, then the amounts that have been accumulated in other
equity are immediately reclassified to statement of profit and loss.

vi. Treasury shares

The Company has created an Employee Welfare Trust (EWT) for providing share-based payment to its employees. Own
equity instruments that are acquired (treasury shares) are recognised at cost and deducted from equity. When the
treasury shares are issued to the employees by EWT, the amount received is recognised as an increase in equity and the
resultant gain / (loss) is transferred to / from securities premium.

The Company has adopted the policy to account for Employees Welfare Trust as a legal entity separate from the
Company but as a subsidiary of the Company. Any loan from the Company to the trust is accounted for as a loan in
accordance with its term.

vii. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet comprise cash at banks and on hand and short-term deposits with an
original maturity of three months or less, which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. For the purpose
of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term deposits, as defined above, net
of outstanding bank overdrafts as they are considered an integral part of the Company's cash management.

Cash dividend to equity holders

The Company recognises a liability to make cash distribution to equity holders when the distribution is authorised
and the distribution is no longer at the discretion of the Company. As per the corporate laws in India, a distribution is
authorised when it is approved by the shareholders. A corresponding amount is recognised directly in equity. Interim
dividends are recorded as a liability on the date of declaration by the Company's Board of Directors.

b. Property, plant and equipment

i. Recognition and measurement

Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment
losses, if any. The cost of a self-constructed item of property, plant and equipment comprises its purchase price including
import duty and non-refundable taxes or levies, any other costs directly attributable to bringing the item to working

condition for its intended use, and estimated costs of dismantling and removing the item and restoring the site on which
it is located.

Expenditure incurred on startup and commissioning of the project and/or substantial expansion, including the expenditure
incurred on trial runs (net of trial run receipts, if any) up to the date of commencement of commercial production are
capitalised.

If significant parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, then they are accounted for
as separate items (major components) of property, plant and equipment.

Any gain or loss on disposal of an item of property, plant and equipment is recognised in statement of profit and loss.

Subsequent expenditure is capitalised only if it is probable that the future economic benefits associated with the
expenditure will flow to the Company.

Advances paid towards acquisition of property, plant and equipment outstanding at each Balance Sheet date, are shown
under other non-current assets and cost of assets not ready for intended use before the year end, are shown as capital
work-in-progress.

ii. Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated on cost of items of property, plant and equipment less their estimated residual values over their
estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Freehold land and land under perpetual lease are not depreciated.

The estimated useful lives of items of property, plant and equipment for the current and comparative periods are as
follows:

Depreciation method, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate.
Based on technical evaluation and consequent advice, the management believes that its estimates of useful lives as given
above best represent the period over which management expects to use these assets.

Depreciation on additions/(disposals) is provided on a pro-rata basis i.e. from/(upto) the date on which asset is ready for

iii. Reclassification to investment property

When the use of a property changes from owner-occupied to investment property, the property is reclassified as
investment property at its carrying amount on the date of reclassification.

c. Investment property

Investment property is property held either to earn rental income or for capital appreciation or for both, but not for sale in the
ordinary course of business, use in the production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes. Upon initial
recognition, an investment property is measured at cost. Subsequent to initial recognition, investment property is measured
at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any.

Based on technical evaluation and consequent advice, the management believes a period of 3 to 25 years as representing the
best estimate of the period over which investment property (which are quite similar) are expected to be used. Accordingly,
the Company depreciates investment property over a period of 3 to 25 years on a straight-line basis. The estimated useful life
of assets in investment property are different from the indicative useful lives of relevant type of asset mentioned in Part C of
Schedule II to the act as follows:

Any gain or loss on disposal of an investment property is recognised in statement of profit and loss.

d. Other intangible assets

Internally generated: Research and Development:

Expenditure on research activities is recognised in statement of profit and loss as incurred.

Development expenditure is capitalised as part of the cost of the resulting intangible asset only if the expenditure can be
measured reliably, the product or process is technically and commercially feasible, future economic benefits are probable, and
the Company intends to and has sufficient resources to complete development and to use or sell the asset. Otherwise, it is
recognised in statement of profit and loss as incurred. Subsequent to initial recognition, the asset is measured at cost less
accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Others

Other intangible assets are initially measured at cost. Subsequently, such intangible assets are measured at cost less
accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

i. Subsequent expenditure

Subsequent expenditure is capitalised only when it increases the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset
to which it relates. All other expenditure, including expenditure on brands, is recognised in statement of profit and loss
as incurred.

ii. Amortisation

Intangible assets are amortised on a straight line basis over the estimated useful life as follows:

— Computer software 5 years

— Intellectual property rights 5-10 years

Amortisation method, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at the end of each financial year and adjusted if
appropriate.

e. Business combination

In accordance with Ind AS 103, Business combinations, the Company accounts for business combinations after acquisition
date using the acquisition method when control is transferred to the Company. The cost of an acquisition is measured at the
fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange. The cost
of acquisition also includes the fair value of any contingent consideration and deferred consideration, if any. Any goodwill
that arises is tested annually for impairment. Any gain on a bargain purchase is recognised in OCI and accumulated in equity
as capital reserve if there exists clear evidence of the underlying reasons for classifying the business combination as resulting
in a bargain purchase; otherwise the gain is recognised directly in equity as capital reserve. Transaction costs are expensed as
incurred.

Business combinations - common control transactions

Business combinations involving entities that are controlled by the Company are accounted for using the pooling of interests
method as follows:

• The assets and liabilities of the combining entities are reflected at their carrying amounts.

• No adjustments are made to reflect fair values, or recognise any new assets or liabilities. Adjustments are only made to
harmonise accounting policies.

• The financial information in the financial statements in respect of prior periods is restated as if the business combination
had occurred from the beginning of the preceding period in the financial statements, irrespective of the actual date of
the combination. However, where the business combination had occurred after that date, the prior period information
is restated only from that date.

• The balance of the retained earnings appearing in the financial statements of the transferor is aggregated with the
corresponding balance appearing in the financial statements of the transferee or is adjusted against general reserve.

• The identity of the reserves are preserved and the reserves of the transferor become the reserves of the transferee.

• The difference, if any, between the amounts recorded as share capital issued plus any additional consideration in the
form of cash or other assets and the amount of share capital of the transferor is transferred to capital reserve and is

f. Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value. The cost of inventories is based on the first-in first-
out formula, and includes expenditure incurred in acquiring the inventories, production or conversion costs and other costs
incurred in bringing them to their present location and condition. In the case of manufactured inventories and work-in¬
progress, cost includes an appropriate share of fixed production overheads based on normal operating capacity. Provisions
are made towards slow-moving and obsolete items based on historical experience of utilisation.

Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated costs of completion
and selling expenses. The net realisable value of work-in-progress is determined with reference to the selling prices of related
finished products.

Chemicals, reagents and consumables held for use in the production of finished products are not written down below cost
except in cases where material prices have declined and it is estimated that the cost of the finished products will exceed their
net realisable value.

The comparison of cost and net realisable value is made on an item-by-item basis.

g. Impairment

i. Impairment of financial assets

In accordance with Ind AS 109 'Financial Instruments', the Company applies expected credit loss ("ECL") model for
measurement and recognition of impairment loss on financial assets measured at amortised cost.

Loss allowance for trade receivables with no significant financing component is measured at an amount equal to lifetime
expected credit losses. For all other financial assets, ECL are measured at an amount equal to the 12-month ECL, unless
there has been a significant increase in credit risk from initial recognition in which case those are measured at lifetime
ECL.

Loss allowance for financial assets measured at amortised cost are deducted from gross carrying amount of the assets.
The amount of ECL (or reversal) that is required to adjust the loss allowance at the reporting date is recognised as an
impairment gain or loss in the Statement of Profit and Loss.

ii. Impairment of non-financial assets

The Company assess at each reporting date whether there is any indication that the carrying amount may not be
recoverable. If any such indication exists, then the asset's recoverable amount is estimated and an impairment loss is
recognised if the carrying amount of an asset or cash-generating unit (CGU) exceeds its estimated recoverable amount
in the statement of profit and loss.

The recoverable amount of a CGU (or an individual asset) is higher of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell.
Value in use is based on the estimated future cash flow, discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate
that reflects current market assessment of the time value of money and the risks specific to CGU (or the asset).

The Company's non-financial assets, inventories and deferred tax assets, are reviewed at each reporting date to determine
whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset's recoverable amount is
estimated. For impairment testing, assets that do not generate independent cash inflows are grouped together into
cash-generating units (CGUs). Each CGU represents the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows that are

Impairment loss recognised in respect of a CGU is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated
to the CGU, and then to reduce the carrying amounts of the other assets of the CGU (or groups of CGUs) on a pro rata
basis.

An impairment loss in respect of assets for which impairment loss has been recognised in prior periods, the Company
reviews at each reporting date whether there is any indication that the loss has decreased or no longer exists. An
impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. Such
a reversal is made only to the extent that the asset's carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would
have been determined, net of depreciation or amortisation, if no impairment loss had been recognised.

h. Employee benefits

i. Short-term employee benefits

All employee benefits falling due within twelve months from the end of the period in which the employees render
the related services are classified as short-term employee benefits, which include benefits like salaries, wages, short
term compensated absences, performance incentives, etc. and are recognised as expenses in the period in which the
employee renders the related service and measured accordingly.

ii. Long-term employment benefit obligations:

Post-employment benefit plans are classified into defined benefits plans and defined contribution plans as under:
Gratuity

The Company provides for gratuity, a defined benefit plan ("the Gratuity Plan") covering the eligible employees of the
Company. The Gratuity Plan provides a lump-sum payment to vested employees at retirement, death, incapacitation or
termination of employment, of an amount based on the respective employee's salary and the tenure of the employment
with the Company.

Liability with regard to the Gratuity Plan are determined by actuarial valuation, performed by an independent actuary, at
each balance sheet date using the projected unit credit method.

The Company recognises the net obligation of a defined benefit plan as a liability in its balance sheet. Gains or losses
through re-measurement of the net defined benefit liability are recognised in other comprehensive income and are not
reclassified to profit and loss in the subsequent periods. The actual return of the portfolio of plan assets, in excess of
the yields computed by applying the discount rate used to measure the defined benefit obligation is recognised in other
comprehensive income. The effect of any plan amendments are recognised in the statement of profit and loss.

Provident Fund

Eligible employees of the Company receive benefits from provident fund, which is a defined contribution plan. Both
the eligible employees and the Company make monthly contributions to the Government administered provident fund
scheme equal to a specified percentage of the eligible employee's salary. Amounts collected under the provident fund
plan are deposited with in a government administered provident fund. The Company has no further obligation to the
plan beyond its monthly contributions. The Company's contribution to the provident fund is charged to Statement of
Profit and Loss.

iii. Compensated absences

The Company has a policy on compensated absences which are both accumulating and non-accumulating in nature.
The expected cost of accumulating compensated absences is determined by actuarial valuation performed by an
independent actuary at each balance sheet date using the projected unit credit method on the additional amount
expected to be paid/availed as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the balance sheet date.
Expense on non-accumulating compensated absences is recognised is the period in which the absences occur.

The liability in respect of all defined benefit plans and other long term benefits is accrued in the books of account on
the basis of actuarial valuation carried out by an independent actuary using the Projected Unit Credit Method. The
obligation is measured at the present value of estimated future cash flows. The discount rates used for determining the
present value of obligation under defined benefit plans, is based on the market yields on Government securities as at
the Balance Sheet date, having maturity periods approximating to the terms of related obligations.

Remeasurement gains and losses on other long term benefits are recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss in the
year in which they arise. Remeasurement gains and losses in respect of all defined benefit plans arising from experience
adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are recognised in the period in which they occur, directly in other
comprehensive income. They are included in other equity in the Statement of Changes in Equity and in the Balance
Sheet. Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation resulting from plan amendments or curtailments
are recognised immediately in profit or loss as past service cost. Gains or losses on the curtailment or settlement of
any defined benefit plan are recognised when the curtailment or settlement occurs. Any differential between the plan
assets (for a funded defined benefit plan) and the defined benefit obligation as per actuarial valuation is recognised as a
liability if it is a deficit or as an asset if it is a surplus (to the extent of the lower of present value of any economic benefits
available in the form of refunds from the plan or reduction in future contribution to the plan).

Past service cost is recognised as an expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss on a straight-line basis over the average
period until the benefits become vested. To the extent that the benefits are already vested immediately following the
introduction of, or changes to, a defined benefit plan, the past service cost is recognised immediately in the Statement of
Profit and Loss. Past service cost may be either positive (where benefits are introduced or improved) or negative (where
existing benefits are reduced).

iv. Share-based compensation

The grant date fair value of equity settled share-based payment awards granted to employees is recognised as an
employee expense, with a corresponding increase in equity, over the period that the employees unconditionally become
entitled to the awards. The amount recognised as expense is based on the estimate of the number of awards for
which the related service and non-market vesting conditions are expected to be met, such that the amount ultimately
recognised as an expense is based on the number of awards that do meet the related service and non-market vesting
conditions at the vesting date. The grant date fair value of options granted (net of estimated forfeiture) to employees of
the Company is recognised as an employee expense.

The expense is recorded for each separately vesting portion of the award as if the award was, in substance, multiple
awards. The increase in equity recognised in connection with share based payment transaction is presented as a separate
component in equity under "share based payment reserve". The amount recognised as an expense is adjusted to reflect
the actual number of stock options that vest. For the option awards, grant date fair value is determined under the
option-pricing model (Black-Scholes-Merton). Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in
subsequent periods if actual forfeitures materially differ from those estimates.