3.9 PROVISIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CONTINGENT ASSETS
a. Provisions
The Company recognises provisions only when it has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and when a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made.
If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as finance cost.
i. Warranty provisions
The Company has an obligation by way of warranty to maintain the software during the period of warranty, as per the contractual requirements, for certain products/licenses. Costs associated with such sale are accrued at the time when related revenues are recorded and included in cost of service delivery.
The Company accounts for the provision for warranty on the basis of the information available with the Management duly taking into account the historical experience and current estimates.
ii. Onerous contracts
Provisions for onerous contracts are recognised when the expected benefits to be derived by the Company from a contract are lower than the unavoidable costs of meeting the future obligations under the contract. The provision is measured at the present value of the lower of the expected cost of terminating the contract and the expected net cost of continuing with the contract. Before a provision is established the Company recognises any impairment loss on the assets associated with that contract.
b. Contingent liability Contingent liability is:
i. Any possible obligation that arises from past events and the existence of which will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non¬ occurrence of one or more uncertain future
events not wholly within the control of the Company; or
ii. Present obligations that arise from past events but are not recognised because:
- It is not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation; or
- A reliable estimate of the amount of obligation cannot be made.
The Company does not recognise such obligations but are disclosed as contingent liabilities. These are assessed continually and only that part of the obligation for which an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits is probable, is provided for, except in the extremely rare circumstances where no reliable estimate can be made.
c. Contingent asset
Contingent assets are not recognised in the standalone financial statements since this may result in the recognition of income that may never be realised.
Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets are reviewed at each balance sheet date.
3.10 TREASURY SHARES
The Company has created a KPIT Technologies Limited Employees Welfare Trust ("EWT") which acts as a vehicle for distributing shares to employees under the share-based payment arrangements to its employees. EWT purchases the Company’s share from secondary market for issuance to the employees on exercise of the granted stock options. EWT is considered as an extension of the Company and the shares held by EWT are treated as treasury shares.
The treasury shares are recognised at the consideration paid including any directly attributable incremental cost and is presented as a deduction from equity, until they are sold or reissued. No gain or loss is recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss on purchase, sale, issuance, or cancellation of treasury shares. When treasury shares are sold or reissued, the amount received is recognised as an increase in equity, and the resulting surplus or deficit on the transaction is transferred to/from other equity.
3.11 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents comprises cash on hand, demand deposits and short term, highly
liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash, which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value and have a short maturity of three months or less from the date of investment.
3.12 REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company derives revenues primarily from providing engineering services which includes design engineering services, embedded software development with its related services and from the sale of licenses and products.
The following is the summary of significant accounting policies related to revenue recognition:
Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer. The Company recognises revenue when it transfers control over a good or service to a customer.
Arrangements with customers for such engineering and its related services are bifurcated into following key categories:
a. Revenue on time and material contracts for the reporting period is recognised as and when the related services are performed and billed to the end customers. If billing for the related services is not done during the reporting period, revenue is recognized as unbilled revenue at the end of the reporting period.
b. Revenue from fixed price contracts where the performance obligations are directly linked to costs expended and are satisfied over time and there is no uncertainty as to measurement or collectability of consideration, is recognised as per the percentage-of-completion method. Percentage of completion is determined based on project costs incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated project costs required to complete the project. Costs expended have been used to measure progress towards completion as generally there is a direct relationship between input and output in respect of work completed.
c. Maintenance revenue is recognised ratably over the term of the underlying maintenance arrangement.
d. Revenue from internally developed software product licenses where the customer obtains a “right to use” the license is recognised at the time the license is made available to the customer. Revenue from licenses where
the customer obtains a “right to access” is recognised over the access period.
e. Revenue from sale of third party licenses is recognised only when the sale is completed by passing ownership.
f. Revenue from sale of hardware products is recognized upon actual delivery of goods along with transfer of control and significant risks and rewards to the customers.
The following are the details of key significant
accounting policies related to revenue recognition
for all the above mentioned categories:
a. Revenue in excess of invoicing is classified either as contract asset (unbilled revenue) or financial asset (unbilled revenue), while invoicing in excess of revenue is classified as contract liabilities (unearned revenue).
b. Unbilled revenue is classified as contract asset when there is a right to consideration in exchange for goods or services which is conditional on something other than the passage of time. Whereas, it is classified as financial asset when such right to consideration in exchange for goods or services is conditional only on passage of time.
c. Amount billed in advance, without services being rendered, is classified as unearned revenue (contract liabilities).
Revenue is measured based on the transaction price, which is the consideration, adjusted for volume discounts, service level credits, performance bonuses and incentives, if any, as specified in the contract with the customer. Expenses reimbursed by customers during the project execution are recorded as reduction to associated costs.
d. The Company accounts for volume and/or trade discounts to customers as a reduction of revenue. Also, when the level of discount varies with increases in levels of revenue transactions, the Company recognises the liability based on its estimate of the customer's future purchases. The Company recognises changes in the estimated amount of obligations for discounts in the period in which the change occurs. The discounts are passed on to the customer either as direct payments or as a reduction of payments due from the customer.
e. When there is an uncertainty as to measurement or ultimate collectability, revenue recognition is postponed until such uncertainty is resolved.
f. In accordance with Ind-AS 37, provision for onerous contract/ estimated losses, if any, on uncompleted contracts are recorded in a period in which such losses become probable based on the expected contract estimates at the period end date. The Company recognises an onerous contract provision when the unavoidable costs of meeting the obligations under a contract exceed the economic benefits to be received.
g. The Company presents revenues net of indirect tax in its Statement of Profit and Loss.
Significant judgments in revenue recognition:
a. The Company’s contracts with customers could include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer. The Company assesses the products/services promised in a contract and identifies distinct performance obligations in the contract. Identification of distinct performance obligation involves judgment to determine the deliverables and the ability of the customer to benefit independently from such deliverables.
b. Judgment is also required to determine the transaction price for the contract. The transaction price could be either a fixed amount of customer consideration or variable consideration with elements such as volume discounts, service level credits, performance bonuses, price concessions and incentives. The transaction price is also adjusted for the effects of the time value of money if the contract includes a significant financing component. The estimated amount of variable consideration is adjusted in the transaction price only to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur and is reassessed at the end of each reporting period. The Company allocates the elements of variable considerations to all the performance obligations of the contract unless there is observable evidence that they pertain to one or more distinct performance obligations.
c. The Company uses judgment to determine an appropriate standalone selling price for a performance obligation. The Company allocates the transaction price to each performance
obligation on the basis of the relative stand¬ alone selling price of each distinct product or service promised in the contract. Where standalone selling price is not observable, the Company uses the expected cost plus margin approach to allocate the transaction price to each distinct performance obligation.
d. The Company exercises judgment in determining whether the performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time or over a period of time. The Company considers indicators such as how customer consumes benefits as services are rendered or who controls the asset as it is being created or existence of enforceable right to payment for performance to date and alternate use of such product or service, transfer of significant risks and rewards to the customer, acceptance of delivery by the customer, etc.
e. Revenue from fixed price contracts where the performance obligations are directly linked to costs expended and are satisfied over time and there is no uncertainty as to measurement or collectability of consideration, is recognised as per the percentage-of-completion method. The Company uses judgment to estimate the future cost-to-completion of the contracts which is used to determine the degree of the completion of the performance obligation.
3.13 OTHER INCOME
Other income primarily consist of interest income, dividend income, net gain on investments carried at fair value through profit or loss, insurance claim and net foreign exchange gain. Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method. Dividend income is recognised when right to receive payment is established.
3.14 BORROWING COSTS
Borrowing cost includes interest, other costs incurred in connection with the borrowing of funds and exchange differences arising from foreign currency borrowings to the extent they are regarded as an adjustment to the interest cost.
Borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale are capitalised as part of the cost of that asset. All other borrowing costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.
3.15 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
a. Defined benefit plan
The Company’s gratuity scheme is a defined benefit plan. For defined benefit plans, the cost of providing benefits is determined using the Projected Unit Credit Method, with independent actuarial valuations being carried out at each Balance Sheet date. Remeasurement of net defined benefit liability, which comprise actuarial gains and losses, the return on plan assets (excluding interest) and the effects of asset ceiling (if any, excluding interest) are recognised in other comprehensive income for the period in which they occur. Net interest expense and other expenses related to defined benefit plans are recognised in Statement of Profit and Loss. Past service cost is recognised as an expense at the earlier of (a) when the plan amendment or curtailment occurs; and (b) when the entity recognises related restructuring costs or termination benefits.
The retirement benefit obligation recognised in the Balance Sheet represents the present value of the defined benefit obligation as adjusted for unrecognised past service cost, and as reduced by the fair value of scheme assets, if any. Any asset resulting from this calculation is limited to the present value of available refunds and reductions in future contributions to the scheme.
b. Defined contribution plan
A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which an entity pays specified contributions to a separate entity and has no obligation to pay any further amounts. The Company makes specified monthly contributions towards Government administered provident fund scheme and Employees’ State Insurance Scheme in India which are defined contribution plans. The Company’s contribution is recognised as an expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss during the period in which the employee renders the related service.
c. Compensated absences
The employees can carry-forward a portion of the unutilized accrued compensated absences and utilize it in future service periods or receive cash compensation on termination of employment.
Accumulated absences expected to be utilised within twelve months is treated as short-term employee benefit. The Company measures the expected cost of such accumulated absences as the additional amount that it expects to pay as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the end of the reporting period.
Accumulated absences expected to be carried forward beyond twelve months is treated as long¬ term employee benefit. The Company records an obligation for such compensated absences in the period in which the employee renders the services that increase this entitlement. The obligation is measured on the basis of independent actuarial valuation using the Projected Unit Credit Method. Remeasurement gains/losses are recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss in the period in which they arise.
d. Other employee benefits
The undiscounted amount of short-term employee benefits and discounted amount of long-term employee benefit, expected to be paid in exchange for the services rendered by employees, is recognised during the period when the employee renders the service. These benefits also include performance incentives.
3.16 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Costs incurred during the research phase of a project are expensed when incurred. Costs incurred in the development phase are recognised as an intangible asset in accordance with policy defined in 3.6.
3.17SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
The Company operates equity settled share-based plans for the employees. Employee stock options granted are measured at fair value of stock options at the grant date using the Black and Scholes options pricing model. The Company recognises employee compensation expense, using such grant date fair value, on straight-line basis over the vesting period, with a corresponding increase in equity (Share-based payment reserve).
When the terms of the share-based payment arrangement are modified, the minimum expense recognised is the expense had the terms not been modified. Additional expense is recognised on modification that increase the total fair value of the share-based payment arrangement or are otherwise beneficial to the employee as measured at the date of modification. Where the grant of equity instruments is cancelled by the entity, the remaining fair value is recognised immediately in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
For the stock options granted to the employees of the subsidiaries, the share-based compensation expenses are charged to the respective subsidiary. The said recovery is netted off from the Employee benefits expense.
3.18 DIVIDEND
The Company declares and pays dividends in Indian rupees. Final dividend on equity shares is recorded as a liability on approval by the shareholders and interim dividend is recorded as a liability on the date of declaration by the Company’s Board of Directors.
3.19 INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax expense is recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss except to the extent that it relates to items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in other comprehensive income.
Current income tax for current and prior periods is recognised at the amount expected to be paid to or recovered from the tax authorities, using the tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. The Company offsets current tax assets and current tax liabilities, where it has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and where it intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for all temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the Standalone Financial Statements. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of changes in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognised as income or expense in the period that includes the enactment or the substantive enactment date.
A deferred tax asset is recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences and tax losses can be utilized unless it arises out an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, affects neither accounting and taxable profit/loss at the time of
transaction. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilized.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences except in respect of taxable temporary differences associated with deferred tax liability arising from initial recognition of investments in subsidiaries, joint venture, associate and branches where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset, if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to the same taxation authority.
Minimum Alternate Tax
Minimum Alternate Tax ("MAT") under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is recognised as current tax in the Statement of Profit and Loss. The credit available under the Act in respect of MAT paid is recognised as an asset only when and to the extent there is convincing evidence that the Company will pay normal income tax during the period for which the MAT credit can be carried forward for set-off against the normal tax liability. MAT credit recognised as an asset is reviewed at each Balance Sheet date and written down to the extent the aforesaid convincing evidence no longer exists.
3.20 EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing the net profit for the year after tax by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the financial year, adjusted for treasury shares. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing the net profit for the year after tax by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the financial year as adjusted for treasury shares and the effects of all dilutive potential equity shares except where the results are anti-dilutive.
3.21 RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) notifies new standards or amendments to the existing standards under Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules as issued from time to time.
a. In May 2025, MCA notified amendments to Ind-AS 21 - The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates, applicable w.e.f. 1 April 2025. The Company does not have any significant impact of this amendment.
b. In August 2025, MCA notified the following amendments to:
i. Ind-AS 1 - Presentation of Financial
Statements (applicable w.e.f. 1 April 2025)
The amendment relates to classification of liabilities as current or non-current and non-current liabilities with covenants. In the context of classifying a liability as current, it removes the requirement of existence of a right to defer settlement for at least 12 months after the reporting date and instead requires that the said right should exist on the reporting date and have substance. The amendment also introduces guidance on classification of liabilities with covenants. The Company does not have impact of these amendments in its classification criteria of current and non-current liabilities.
3.21 RECENT PRONOUNCEMENTS
b. In August 2025, MCA notified the following amendments to:
ii. Ind-AS 7 - Statement of Cash flows and Ind-AS 107 - Financial instruments (applicable w.e.f. 1 April 2025)
The amendment in Ind-AS 7 requires to inform users of financial statements of the existence of supplier finance arrangements and explain the nature of the arrangements, the carrying amount of liabilities and the range of payment due dates. Ind-AS 107 has amended to add supplier finance arrangements as a factor that may cause concentration of liquidity risk. The Company does not have any impact on its financial statements.
iii. Ind-AS 12 - International Tax Reform
MCA has notified amendments in relation to the OECD Pillar Two Model Rules on international tax reform. These amendments introduce a temporary mandatory exception from the recognition and disclosure of deferred taxes arising from the implementation of Pillar Two
“top-up tax”. The exception is required to be applied immediately and retrospectively. The amendments also require entities to disclose the application of this exception.
The Organization for Economic Co¬ operation and Development has issued the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Model Rules under the Pillar Two framework, which apply to multinational groups
meeting the prescribed consolidated revenue threshold. Based on the current assessment, as the Company does not meet the threshold for consolidated revenues prescribed under the OECD framework, the Company is not within the scope of Pillar Two legislation. Accordingly, the above amendments to Ind AS 12 are not applicable to the Company.
19.1 The Company has only one class of shares referred to as equity shares having a face value of 5 10. Each shareholder of equity shares is entitled to one vote per share.
19.2 In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive a share in the remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.
19.3 Reconciliation of the number of equity shares outstanding at the beginning and at the end of the year:
19.6 Aggregate number of shares issued for consideration other than cash during the period of five years immediately preceding the reporting date - Nil (Previous year Nil).
19.7 Refer note 38 for details relating to employee stock options.
19.8 Dividend
The Company declares and pays dividends in Indian rupees.
Proposed dividend:
The Board of Directors at its meeting held on 6 May 2026, has recommended a final dividend of 5 5.25 per equity share for the year ended 31 March 2026, which is subject to the approval of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.
19.9 Capital Management
The Company’s Capital Management policy is aimed at maintaining a stable capital base so as to ensure overall financial stability and operational efficiency. The Company will aim to strike the right balance between:
(a) Liquidity, required not only for the operations of the Company but also the investments required for future growth;
(b) Returns, by investing excess funds as per the board approved investment policy; and
(c) Distribution of dividends to the shareholders of the Company with an overall objective of consistently maximizing shareholder value over a long period of time.
The Company is predominantly equity financed and will always aim to be a Net Cash company.
20.3 Nature and purpose of reserves
(i) Capital reserve
Any profit or loss on purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of the Company’s own equity instruments is transferred to capital reserve. Any surplus or shortfall on account of merger/demerger within common control is also transferred to capital reserve. This reserve is not available for distribution of dividend.
(ii) General reserve
The general reserve is created by a transfer from one component of equity to another and is not an item of other comprehensive income. Items included in the general reserve will not be reclassified subsequently to the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss.
(iii) Retained earnings
Retained earnings comprises of the undistributed accumulated earnings after tax of the Company as on the balance sheet date. This amount can be used to distribute dividend to equity shareholders.
(iv) Share-based payment reserve
Share based payment reserve is used to recognise the grant date fair value of equity-settled share-based payment transactions with employees over the vesting period. This reserve is utilised upon exercise of options. Refer note 38 for the details of employee stock options scheme and restricted stock unit plan.
(v) Special Economic Zone Re-investment reserve
The Special Economic Zone Re-investment Reserve was created out of the profit of eligible SEZ units in terms of the provisions of Section 10AA(1)(ii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The reserve is utilized by the Company for acquiring new assets for the purpose of its business as per the terms of the Section 10AA(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
(vi) Effective portion of cash flow hedges (Refer note 34.3)
This comprises the effective portion of the cumulative net change in the fair value of cash flow hedging instruments related to hedged transactions that have not yet occurred. When a hedged transaction occurs or is no longer expected to occur, the net cumulative gain or loss recognised in this reserve is transferred to the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss.
(vii) Remeasurement of net defined benefit plan (Refer note 37)
This represents the cumulative gains and losses arising on the remeasurement of defined benefit plans in accordance with Ind AS 19 that have been recognised in other comprehensive income.
Notes:
(i) Term loan from bank in the previous year included a loan secured against vehicle obtained under the loan arrangement. The loan carried interest up to 8.60 % p.a. and was repayable in equated monthly installments of 5 0.15 million each. This loan is fully repaid during the current year.
(ii) I nformation about the Company’s exposure to liquidity risk and market risk is disclosed in note 34.
Notes:
(i) This represents the dividend income on shares in Birlasoft Limited, held by KPIT Technologies Limited Employees Welfare Trust.
(ii) This includes dividend income of 5 709.79 million (Previous year Nil) and 5 500.00 million (Previous year Nil) from its wholly-owned subsidiaries KPIT Technologies GK, Japan and PathPartner Technology Private Limited, India respectively.
(iii) This represents the unrealised gain on fair valuation of:
a. investment in mutual fund units;
b. shares in Birlasoft Limited, held by KPIT Technologies Limited Employees Welfare Trust in the previous year.
(iv) Previous year included a one-time taxable gain of 5 450.00 million on settlement of an insurance claim.
(v) This includes sublease rental income of 5 0.13 million (Previous year 5 0.16 million).
34.2 FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY
Financial assets and liabilities include cash and cash equivalents, bank balances other than cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables (billed and unbilled), other financial assets, trade payables, borrowings and other financial liabilities, whose fair values approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. Fair value of lease liabilities approximate its carrying amount, as lease liabilities are valued using discounted cash flow method. Except for quoted investments, which are Level 1, rest of the financial assets and financial liabilities are classified as Level 2 or Level 3.
Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).
Level 3 - Inputs for the assets or liabilities that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
34.3 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The board of directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company’s risk management framework. The board of directors has established the Risk Management Committee, which is responsible for developing and monitoring the Company’s risk management policies. The Company has exposure to the following risks arising from financial instruments:
a. Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial losses to the Company if a customer or counterparty to financial instruments fails to discharge its contractual obligations. Credit risk includes the direct risk of default and the risk of deterioration of creditworthiness as well as concentration of risks. Financial instruments that are subject to credit risk consists of trade receivables (including unbilled receivables), deposits with banks and financial institutions, investments, cash and cash equivalents, other balances with banks and other financial assets.
The Company’s maximum exposure to its credit risk is primarily from trade receivables (including unbilled receivables).
i. Trade receivables (including unbilled receivables)
The management has established accounts receivable policy under which customer accounts are regularly monitored. The Company has a dedicated sales team at each geography which is responsible for collecting dues from the customer within stipulated period. The management reviews status of critical accounts on a regular basis.
ii. Other financial assets
The Company has limited credit risk on bank balances and deposits as they are held with banks and financial institutions which have high credit rating assigned by domestic and international credit rating agencies. Investments primarily includes investment in liquid mutual fund units. The Company mitigates the credit risk on these investments by investing in institutions with high credit rating.
iii. Guarantees
The Company’s policy is to provide financial guarantees in routine course of business and on behalf of subsidiaries/joint venture.
b. 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 has a view of maintaining liquidity and to take minimum possible risk while making investments. In order to maintain liquidity, the Company invests its excess funds in short-term liquid assets like liquid mutual funds. The Company monitors its cash and bank balances periodically in view of its short-term obligations associated with its financial liabilities.
c. Market risk
Market risk is a risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimizing the return.
i. Foreign currency risk
Significant portion of the Company’s revenues are in foreign currencies, while a significant portion of the costs are in Indian rupee i.e. functional currency of the Company. The foreign currencies to which the Company is majorly exposed to are US Dollars, Euros, Pound Sterling and Japanese Yen.
The Company evaluates net exchange rate exposure based on current revenue projections and expected volatility in the market and covers its exposure up to 90% on net basis. For this purpose the Company uses foreign currency derivative instruments such as forward contracts to mitigate the risk. The counterparty to these derivative instruments is a bank. The Company has designated certain derivative instruments as cash flow hedge to mitigate the foreign exchange exposure of highly probable forecasted cash flows.
Exposure to Currency Risk
The below figures are INR equivalent amounts of foreign currency.
ii. Derivative assets and liabilities designated as cash flow hedges
In accordance with its risk management policy and business plan the Company has hedged its cash flows. The Company enters into derivative contracts to offset the foreign currency risk arising from the amounts denominated in currencies other than in Indian rupees. The counter party to the Company’s foreign currency contracts is a bank. These contracts are entered into to hedge the foreign currency risks of firm commitments (sales orders) and highly probable forecast transactions. Hedge effectiveness is determined at the inception of the hedge relationship, and through periodic prospective effectiveness assessments to ensure that an economic relationship exists between the hedged item and hedging instrument, including whether the hedging instrument is expected to offset changes in cash flows of hedged items.
iii. Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company does not have any investments, deposits and borrowings which are variable interest rate bearing instruments. Therefore, the Company is not exposed to interest rate risk.
iv. Other price risk - Equity price risk
Equity price risk is the risk that the fair value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in equity prices. The Company is exposed to equity price risk arising from below mentioned financial instruments which are recognised at fair value through profit and loss:
35 DISCLOSURES FOR REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
35.1 DISAGGREGATE REVENUE INFORMATION
The Company disaggregates revenue from contract with customers by geography and contract type.
The Company believes that this disaggregation best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows are affected by industry, market and other economic factors.
35.5 PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS AND REMAINING PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS
The remaining performance obligation disclosure provides the aggregate amount of the transaction price yet to be recognized as at the end of the reporting period and an explanation as to when the company expects to recognize 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 the revenue recognized 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 obligations 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 materialized and adjustments for currency.
The aggregate value of performance obligations that are completely or partially unsatisfied as of 31 March 2026, other than those meeting the exclusion criteria mentioned above, is 5 5,241.75 million. Out of this, the Company expects to recognize revenue of around 76% within the next one year. This includes contracts that can be terminated for convenience without a substantive penalty, since based on current assessment, the occurrence of the same is expected to be remote.
36 EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
Statutory impact of New Labour Laws
On 21 November 2025, the Government of India notified the four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 - consolidating 29 existing labour laws. The Ministry of Labour & Employment published draft Central Rules and FAQs to enable assessment of the financial impact due to changes in regulations. The Company has assessed and disclosed the incremental impact of these changes on the basis of professional consultation obtained and the best information available, consistent with the guidance provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Considering the materiality and regulatory-driven, non-recurring nature of this impact, the Company has presented an incremental impact on gratuity and long-term compensated absences under “Exceptional items” in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31 March 2026. The Company continues to monitor the finalisation of Central / State Rules and clarifications from the Government on other aspects of the Labour Code and would provide appropriate accounting effect on the basis of such developments as needed.
37 GRATUITY
The Company has a defined benefit gratuity plan in India, governed by the Code of Social Security, 2020. Defined benefit gratuity plan entitles an employee, who has rendered at least five years of continuous service, to gratuity payable on termination of his employment at the rate of fifteen days wages for every completed year of service or part thereof in excess of six months, based on the rate of wages last drawn by the employee concerned.
These defined benefit plans expose the Company to actuarial risks, such as interest rate risk, salary risk, investment risk, asset liability matching risk and concentration risk.
The Company’s gratuity scheme is a defined benefit plan (funded). The Company manages the plan through a trust. Trustees administer contributions made to the trust.
a. The discount rate is based on prevailing yields of Indian Government Securities as at the Balance Sheet date for the estimated term of the obligation.
b. Salary Escalation Rate: The estimates of future salary increases takes into account the inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors.
c. Assumptions regarding future mortality rates are the rates as given under Indian Assured Lives Mortality 2012-14 (Urban).
(h) Sensitivity Analysis
Reasonably possible changes at the reporting date to one of the relevant actuarial assumptions, holding other assumptions constant, would have affected the defined benefit obligation by the amounts shown below:
38 SHARE BASED PAYMENTS
38.1 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION SCHEME - 2019A
The Board of Directors and the shareholders of the Company approved Employee Stock Option Scheme at their meetings held on 17 June 2019 and on 23 July 2019, respectively. Pursuant to this approval, the Company instituted ESOS 2019A in July 2019. The Nomination and Remuneration (HR) Committee of the Board of Directors (“Committee”) of the Company administers this Plan. Each option carries with it the right to purchase one equity share of the Company. The options approved under this scheme are 3,793,923.
The options would vest not earlier than statutory minimum vesting period of 1 year and up to the maximum period of 4 years from the date of grant of options or such period as may be decided by the Committee at the time of each grant of options. The exact proportion in which and the exact period over which the options would vest would be determined by the Committee, subject to the minimum vesting period of 1 year from the date of grant of options. The maximum exercise period is 5 years from the date of vesting.
(d) The Company recorded an employee compensation cost of 5 10.24 million (Previous year 5 26.72 million) in the Statement of Profit and Loss. This is net of recoveries from subsidiaries 5 (12.07) million (Previous year 5 30.76 million).
(e) The expected price volatility is based on the historic volatility, adjusted for any expected changes to future volatility due to publicly available information.
38.2 KPIT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED - RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT PLAN 2022
The Board of Directors and the shareholders of the Company approved KPIT Technologies Limited - Restricted Stock Unit Plan 2022 (RSU 2022) at their meetings held on 25 July 2022 and on 24 August 2022, respectively. The Nomination and Remuneration (HR) Committee of the Board of Directors (“Committee”) of the Company administers this Plan. Each Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) carries with it the right to purchase one equity share of the Company. The RSUs approved under this scheme are 4,112,157.
The RSUs would vest not earlier than statutory minimum vesting period of 1 year and up to the maximum period of 4 years from the date of its grant or such period as may be decided by the Committee at the time of each grant. The exact proportion in which and the exact period over which the RSUs would vest would be determined by the Committee, subject to the minimum vesting period of 1 year from the date of grant of RSUs. The maximum exercise period is 5 years from the date of vesting.
(c) With effect from 1 April 2026, the Company has elected to opt for the concessional tax regime introduced by the Government of India under Section 200 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (corresponding to Section 115BAA of the Income-tax Act, 1961).
Under this regime, the Company is subject to a reduced corporate tax rate of 22%, plus applicable surcharge and cess, resulting in an effective tax rate of 25.17%. Consequent to this transition, the deferred tax expense for the year ended 31 March 2026 includes an impact of 5 47.61 million arising from the re-measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the revised tax rate applicable from 1 April 2026.
41 LEASE TRANSACTIONS
4.1 COMPANY AS A LESSEE
The Company’s lease asset classes primarily consist of leases for land, buildings, plant & equipment and vehicles. (a) Refer note 5 for changes in the carrying amount of right of use assets.
(i) Remuneration excludes provision for gratuity and compensated absences as separate actuarial valuation for the directors, key management personnel and close members of key management of personnel is not available.
(ii) Commission determined and paid to Non-Executive Directors for the current year pertains to the financial year 2024-25. The commission for the financial year 2025-26 will be paid after evaluation and approval by the Board of Directors in the next financial year.
(iii) This includes reimbursement of salary paid by KPIT Technologies Inc. on behalf of KPIT Technologies Limited, pertaining to Mr. Sachin Tikekar and Mr. Chinmay Pandit, amounting to Nil (Previous year 5 17.05 million) and 5 8.24 million (Previous year 5 8.24 million), respectively.
(iv) Previous year’s figures include variable performance incentive pertaining to Executive Directors, amounting to 5 23.00 million for the financial year 2023-24, determined and paid based on the Group’s policy for payment of variable performance incentive.
43.7 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
1 All the transactions with the related parties entered during the year were in ordinary course of the business and are priced on an arm’s length basis. Outstanding balances at the reporting dates are unsecured and settlement occurs in cash.
2 During the year ended 31 March 2026, the Company has reversed an amount of 5 71.02 million (Previous year recognised an amount of 5 99.52 million) as an allowance for bad and doubtful receivables due from related parties. As at 31 March 2026, an allowance for bad and doubtful receivables from related parties is 5 29.28 million (Previous year 5 100.30 million).
3 There have been no guarantees given or received for any related party receivables or payables.
Notes:
a. Debt includes current and non-current lease liabilities.
b. Earnings available for debt service = Net Profit after taxes Non-cash operating expenses like depreciation and other amortisations interest other adjustments like loss on sale of fixed assets etc.
c. Debt service includes lease payments for the year. It excludes working capital repayment (if any) during the year.
d. Capital Employed = Tangible net worth Total debt.
e. Trade payables include provision for expenses.
f. Income generated from investments include interest income, net gain on sale of investments and net fair value gain.
EXPLANATION FOR VARIANCES EXCEEDING 25%
i. Decrease in current ratio and increase in net capital turnover ratio is primarily due to reduction in current assets pursuant to the strategic deployment of funds into the wholly owned subsidiaries to support business expansion.
ii. Decrease in Debt service coverage ratio is primarily due to increased finance costs on lease liabilities, following the commencement of new leases and renewals during the year.
45 SEGMENT INFORMATION
Where a financial report contains both consolidated financial statements and separate financial statements of the parent, segment information needs to be presented only in case of consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, segment information has been provided only in the consolidated financial statements.
46 INVESTMENT IN QORIX GMBH
During the previous year, ZF Friedrichshafen AG (“ZF”) had invested EURO 1.35 million in Qorix GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KPIT Technologies Limited (KPIT), based on definitive terms of the Joint Venture Agreement entered into by KPIT and ZF, to make an independent company focused on the creation of worldclass automotive middleware stack. Consequently, effective 27 June 2024, Qorix GmbH became a Joint Venture Company of KPIT and ZF, having 50:50 ownership. ZF further invested EURO 13.65 million and assigned its relevant IP into Qorix GmbH.
On 13 May 2024, Qorix GmbH incorporated a wholly-owned step-down subsidiary named “Qorix India Private Limited”.
Subsequently, in the previous year, Qualcomm Ventures LLC (“Qualcomm”) joined as a strategic minority shareholder in Qorix GmbH with KPIT and ZF as significant shareholders. This partnership further strengthened the position of Qorix GmbH as a leading provider of middleware solutions for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). Pursuant to this, Qualcomm had invested an amount of EUR 10.00 million, through an equity infusion, for a stake of 11.11% in Qorix GmbH.
47 INVESTMENT IN N-DREAM AG
During the financial year 2023-24, the Company had entered into Shareholders’ Agreement, Share Purchase Agreement, and Investment and Subscription Agreement for a strategic investment in N-Dream AG (N-Dream). N-Dream AG is a Cloud based Game Aggregation Platform company based in Switzerland. This strategic investment in N-Dream AG was part of Company’s roadmap to enable Automotive OEMs enhance the driver & passenger experience in the Cockpit of the Future.
In financial year 2023-24, the Company initially acquired a 13.01% stake in N-Dream for EUR 3.00 million. Subsequently, during the previous year, an additional 12.99% stake was acquired by the Company for EUR 3.00 million, resulting in a total shareholding of 26.00% as at 31 March 2025.
During the current year, KPIT Technologies (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired additional stake of 62.9% in N-Dream AG (“N-Dream”) for a total consideration of EUR 16.35 million. Pursuant to this acquisition, N-Dream has become a step-down subsidiary of the Company with the total Group’s shareholding of 88.9%. On 17 November 2025, KPIT Technologies (UK) Limited has acquired further stake of 1.1% at a consideration of EUR 2.82 million through equity infusion, taking the total of the Group’s shareholdings to 90% in N-Dream.
A derivative asset was recognised at the initial investment date, with an initial fair value adjustment to the cost of investment. As at 31 March 2025, the fair value of derivative asset was 5 40.32 million, which is settled during the current year. During the previous year, fair valuation impact of 5 60.43 million was recognised in the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss.
Subsequently, on 23 March 2026, the Company sold its holding in N-Dream AG, to its wholly-owned subsidiary, KPIT Technologies (UK) Limited for a total consideration of 5 750.71 million and a gain on sale of investment of 5 255.98 million is recognised under “Other income” in the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss account.
48 The scheme of amalgamation of PathPartner Technology Private Limited (“the Transferor Company”), with KPIT Technologies Limited (“the Transferee Company”), under Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, was approved by the Board of Directors of the Transferor Company at its meeting held on 25 April 2025 and by the Board of Directors of the Transferee Company at its meeting held on 28 April 2025. The Company has filed an application before the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal and the same is pending for it’s approval.
The scheme of amalgamation aims to simplify the group structure, drive synergies, and enhance stakeholder value through consolidated operations and unified financial strength.
49 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
49.1 The Company, as per section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, is required to spend towards CSR, in various activities as specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013, read with the Rules thereunder, as direct spend for purposes other than construction/acquisition of any asset.
51 ADDITIONAL REGULATORY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENT IN DIVISION II OF SCHEDULE III TO THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
(a) The Company does not have any Benami property, where any proceeding has been initiated or pending against the Company for holding any Benami property.
(b) The Company does not have any transactions with companies struck off.
(c) 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.
(d) The Company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year.
(e) The Company (other than as mentioned in note 50) has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
(i) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
(f) The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
(i) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
(g) The Company does not have 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.
(h) The Company has borrowings from banks on the basis of security of current assets. The quarterly returns or statements of current assets filed by the Company with banks are in agreement with the books of accounts. The Company does not have borrowings from financial institutions.
(i) None of the entities in the Company have been declared wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or government or any government authority.
(j) The Company has complied with the number of layers prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
(k) The Company has not entered into any scheme of arrangement which has an accounting impact on current or previous financial year.
52 The Company has established a system of maintenance of information and documents as required by the transfer pricing legislation under Section 92-92F of the Income Tax Act 1961. The Company is in the process of updating the documentation for the financial year 2025-2026.
The management is of the opinion that international transactions are at arm’s length and accordingly the aforesaid legislation will not have any impact on the financial statements, particularly on the amount of tax expenses and that of provision for taxation.
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