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1.The above Financial Results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board &lt;BR&gt; 
of Directors at the meetings held on 19th July 2025. &lt;BR&gt; 
2.The Company is primarily engaged in manufacture and marketing of cement and cement related &lt;BR&gt; 
products. &lt;BR&gt; 
3.During the quarter under review, &lt;BR&gt; 
i) the Company approved sale of its entire equity stake in its subsidiary, Industrial Chemicals &amp; &lt;BR&gt; 
Monomers Ltd (ICML). Accounts of ICML have been consolidated as held for sale and &lt;BR&gt; 
ii) the step-down subsidiary of the Company, PT Adcoal Energindo. Indonesia, approved sale of its &lt;BR&gt; 
entire stake in PT Mitra SetiaTanah Bumbu (MSTB), Indonesia, an Associate of the Company on 3rd &lt;BR&gt; 
July 2025.. &lt;BR&gt; 
4.Exceptional Items for the quarter include: &lt;BR&gt; 
i) impairment, recognized on consolidation of Subsidiary, ICML, upon treating the asset as held for &lt;BR&gt; 
sale, amounting to Rs.47.53 crores reflects the difference between the carrying amount of the net &lt;BR&gt; 
assets of the subsidiary and its fair value less costs to sell and &lt;BR&gt; 
ii)impairment recognized in consolidation due to proposed sale of stake in MSTB, amounting to &lt;BR&gt; 
Rs.76.24 crores reflects the difference between the carrying amount of the net assets of the &lt;BR&gt; 
investment (including goodwill) and its fair value less costs to sell. &lt;BR&gt; 
5.Certain assets of the Company having an aggregate carrying value of Rs.120.34 Crores were &lt;BR&gt; 
attached by a statutory authority in 2015. The Company has already appealed against the Order of the &lt;BR&gt; 
said attachment and the matter is presently sub-judice. Backed by legal opinions, the company believes &lt;BR&gt; 
it has a strong case against the said Order. The Auditors have continued to draw an emphasis on this &lt;BR&gt; 
matter in their Report &lt;BR&gt; 
6.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) vide its Order dated 31.08.2016 imposed a penalty of &lt;BR&gt; 
Rs.187.48 Crores on the Company. The Company filed an appeal before COMPAT (Presently NCLAT). &lt;BR&gt; 
The COMPAT in its interim order directed the Company to pay 10% of the penalty amount (Rs 18.75 &lt;BR&gt; 
Crores) before granting stay which was deposited by the Company. NCLAT vide its order dated 25th &lt;BR&gt; 
July, 2018 dismissed the appeal filed by the Company. Against this the Company has filed an appeal in &lt;BR&gt; 
the Supreme Court challenging the NCLAT order and the Supreme Court vide its Order dated 5th &lt;BR&gt; 
October,2018 admitted the Company's appeal and directed that the interim order passed by the &lt;BR&gt; 
Tribunal in the matter, will continue. Backed by legal opinions, the company believes it has a strong &lt;BR&gt; 
case against the said Order. The Auditors have continued to draw an emphasis on this matter in their &lt;BR&gt; 
Report. &lt;BR&gt; 
7.The Board in its meeting held on 26th April, 2025 approved amalgamation of the company's four &lt;BR&gt; 
wholly owned Indian Subsidiaries, viz, ICL Securities Ltd, ICL Financial services Ltd, ICL International &lt;BR&gt; 
Ltd and India Cements Infrastructures Ltd, with the company. The appointed date is 1st January, 2025. &lt;BR&gt; 
The above financial results do not include the impact of the contemplated amalgamation since the same &lt;BR&gt; 
is subject to regulatory approvals. &lt;BR&gt; 
8.(i) The Statutory Auditors have carried out review of financial results for the quarter ended 30th June &lt;BR&gt; 
2025. &lt;BR&gt; 
(ii) The previous periods' figures have been regrouped to conform to Current period's required &lt;BR&gt; 
classification. &lt;BR&gt; 
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