We have audited the accompanying financial statements of
HeidelbergCement India Limited (“the Company”), which
comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2026, the
Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other
Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in
Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then
ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a
summary of 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
financial statements give the information required by the
Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required
and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian
Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the
Act (Ind AS) and other accounting principles generally
accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at
31 March 2026, and its profit and total comprehensive
income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year
ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the financial statements in
accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified
under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under
those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s
Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 (“the ICAI ”) together with
the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the
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 ICAI’s 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 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
financial statements of the current period. These matters
were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,
and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined the matters described below to be the
key audit matters to be communicated in our report.

Information Other than the Financial Statements and
Auditor’s Report Thereon

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises the
information included in the Management Discussion and
Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s
Report, and Corporate Governance, but does not include
the financial statements and our Auditor’s Report thereon.

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

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

If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that
there is a material misstatement of this other information,
we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report
in this regard.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged
with Governance for the Financial Statements

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the
matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to
the preparation of these financial statements that give a
true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance (including 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 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 financial statements
that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the 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 Financial
Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the 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 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 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 financial controls
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.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of the management
and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of
accounting 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 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 financial statements, including the disclosures,
and whether the 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 financial controls 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 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 sub-section (11) of Section 143 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. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to the
extent applicable 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 have been kept by the Company
so far as it appears from our examination of those
books.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and
Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),
the Statement of Changes in Equity and the
Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report
are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements
comply with the Indian Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on 31 March 2026
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of
the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2026

from being appointed as a director in terms of
Section 164 (2) of the Act.

(f) 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’.

(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in
the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the
requirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as
amended, in our opinion and to the best of our
information and according to the explanations
given to us, the remuneration paid by the
Company to its directors during the year is in
accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of
the Act.

(h) 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,
as amended in our opinion and to the best of our
information and according to the explanations
given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position in its
financial statements - Refer Note 33 to the
financial statements.

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

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

iv. (a) The management has represented that,

to the best of it’s knowledge and belief,
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 persons or entities, including
foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with
the understanding, whether recorded in
writi ng or oth erwise, th at 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.

(b) The management has represented, that,
to the best of it’s knowledge and belief,
no funds have been received by the

Company from any persons or entities,
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 Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)
or provide any guarantee, security or the
like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries.

(c) Based on the audit procedures
performed that have been considered
reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, 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
(a) and (b) above, contain any material
misstatement.

v. The final dividend paid by the Company during
the year, in respect of the same declared for the
previous year is in accordance with Section
123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment
of dividend.

As stated in Note 38 to the financial statements,
the Board of Directors of the Company has
proposed final dividend for the year which is
subject to the approval of the members at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting of the

Company. The amount of dividend proposed is
in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the
extent it applies to declaration of dividend.

vi. Based on our examination which included test
checks, the Company has used an accounting
software for maintaining its books of account
for the financial year ended 31 March 2026,
which has 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,
during the course of our audit we did not come
across any instance of audit trail feature being
tampered with.

Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved
by the Company as per the statutory
requirements for record retention.

For S.N. Dhawan & CO LLP

Chartered Accountants

Firm Registration No.: 000050N/N500045

Manish Surana

Partner

Membership No.: 503812

UDIN: 26503812NBOTQR5332

Place: Gurugram

Date: 25 May 2026