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ASTEC LIFESCIENCES LTD.

01 August 2025 | 12:00

Industry >> Agro Chemicals/Pesticides

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ISIN No INE563J01010 BSE Code / NSE Code 533138 / ASTEC Book Value (Rs.) 215.98 Face Value 10.00
Bookclosure 04/07/2025 52Week High 1278 EPS 0.00 P/E 0.00
Market Cap. 1971.26 Cr. 52Week Low 667 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 4.07 / 0.00 Market Lot 1.00
Security Type Other

AUDITOR'S REPORT

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Year End :2025-03 

We have audited the standalone financial statements of Astec LifeSciences Limited (the “Company”) which comprise the standalone balance sheet
as at 31 March 2025, and the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), standalone statement of changes
in equity and standalone statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including material
accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements
give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025, and its loss and other comprehensive
income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under
those SAs are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We
are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the
ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder,
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit
evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.

Key Audit Matter

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements
of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming
our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

See Note 29 to standalone financial statements

The key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

Revenue from sale of goods is recognised when the
control of the goods has passed, which is usually on
delivery of the goods. We have considered that there is
a risk of fraud on account of revenue being overstated
on account of it being recognised in the wrong period or
before the control has passed.

We have identified the existence of revenue recognition
from sale of products as a key audit matter. The Company
focuses on revenue as key performance measure, which
could create an incentive for revenue to be recognized
before control has been transferred.

In view of the importance of the matter we applied the following audit procedures in

this area, among others to obtain sufficient audit evidence:

i. We have assessed the appropriateness of the Company’s accounting
policies in respect of revenue recognition by comparing with applicable
accounting standards;

ii. We have evaluated the process followed by the company for revenue
recognition including understanding and testing of key controls including
general IT controls relating to recognition of revenue in correct period;

iii. Tested design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the Company’s
internal controls including general IT controls and key IT application controls
over recognition of revenue;

iv. Performed substantive testing of revenue transactions recorded during the
year on a sample basis by verifying the underlying documents which included
sales invoices, dispatch documents and proof of delivery, depending on the
terms of contracts with customer;

v.

Performed testing for samples of revenue transactions recorded closer to
the year-end by verifying underlying documents, to determine the accuracy
of the period in which revenue was recognized;

vi.

Tested any unusual non-standard journal entries that impacted revenue
recognized during the year; and

vii.

Evaluating adequacy of disclosures given in notes to the financial statements.

Other Information

The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information
included in the Company's annual report, but does not include the financial statements and auditor’s reports thereon. The Company's annual report
is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor’s report.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance conclusion
thereon.

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it
becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or
our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

When we read the Company's annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the
matter to those charged with governance and take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.

Management's and Board of Directors Responsibilities for the Standalone Financial Statements

The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the
preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/ loss and other comprehensive
income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and
other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and
fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless
the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is
not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise
from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and
perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may
involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.
Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal
financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made
by the Management and Board of Directors.

Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting in preparation
of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or
conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty
exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such
disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s
report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the
standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant
audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence,
and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where
applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of
the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report
unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should
not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest
benefits of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section

143(11) of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent

applicable.

2 A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:

a. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for
the purposes of our audit.

b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law relating to preparation of the aforesaid financial statements have been
kept so far as it appears from our examination of those books except for the matter stated in the paragraph 2B(f) below on reporting
under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.

c. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), the standalone
statement of changes in equity and the standalone statement of cash flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books
of account.

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.

e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 1 April 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

f. The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in the paragraph 2A(b)
above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 2B(f) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.

g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company and the
operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.

B. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)

Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:

a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2025 on its financial position in its standalone financial
statements - Refer Note 46 to the standalone financial statements.

b. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable
losses.

c. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.

d (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 13 to the standalone
financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium
or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities
(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall 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 provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(ii) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 13 to the standalone
financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign
entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall directly
or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding
Parties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(iii) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances performed,
nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule
11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.

e. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.

f. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of
account which, along with access management tools, as applicable, have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the
same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, we did not come across any
instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail in respect of the previous year has been preserved
by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention except for the logs generated within access management tool.

C. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company 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 approval as mandated by the provision of Section 197 of the Act read with schedule V to the Act . The Ministry of Corporate
Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.

For B S R & Co. LLP

Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No.:101248W/W-100022

Rahul Choudhary

Partner

Place: Mumbai Membership No.: 408408

Date: 23 April 2025 ICAI UDIN:25408408BMKUFG2133