Auditor Report of Next Mediaworks Ltd.

Mar 31, 2025

We have audited the standalone financial statements of
Next Mediaworks Limited ("the Company"), which comprise
the Balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement
of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other
Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and the
Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended,
and notes to the Standalone 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 standalone
financial statements give the information required by the
Companies Act, 2013, as amended ("the 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 March 31, 2025, its profit
including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and
the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the standalone financial
statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
(SAs), as 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
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 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 audit opinion on the standalone
financial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone financial statements for the financial year ended
March 31, 2025. 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. For each
matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the
matter is provided in that context.

We have determined the matters described below to be the
key audit matters to be communicated in our report. We
have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor''s
responsibilities for the audit of the standalone financial
statements section of our report, including in relation to these
matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of
procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the
risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial
statements. The results of our audit procedures, including
the procedures performed to address the matters below,
provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying
standalone financial statements.

Key audit matters	How our audit addressed the key audit matter
A) Accounting for investment as explained in note 34. During the year, the Holding Company has lost control over its subsidiary, Next Radio limited (NRL), due to conversion of outstanding loan of NRL from the ultimate holding Company into equity and pursuant to which its holding of the Company decreased from 51.40% to 13.53%. As required under Ind AS 110 - Consolidated Financial Statements'',	Our audit procedures included the following: • Obtained and reviewed the transaction agreements, board resolutions, and correspondence related to the event leading to loss of control. • Evaluated management''s assessment of control prior to and after the transaction date.

Key audit matters	How our audit addressed the key audit matter
the accounting treatment in its standalone financial statements involves derecognizing the investment in the subsidiary Company. Also, as the parent retains an interest in the former subsidiary, this interest is accounted for as a financial asset in accordance with the relevant accounting standard Ind-AS 109 Financial Instruments''. This involved: • derecognizing the investment in the subsidiary company; • recognition of any retained interest at its fair value; • Assessment of control on retained interest: • the difference between the carrying amount of the investment derecognized and the proceeds received, if any, is recognized as a gain/loss in the parent company''s statement of profit or loss.	• Verified the timing of the transaction and key control indicators (e.g., voting rights, decision¬ making authority). • Assessed whether the date identified by management aligned with the substance of the transaction and the requirements of Ind AS 110. • Assessed the methodology and key assumptions used to determine the fair value of any retained investment. • Involved internal valuation specialists, where appropriate, to evaluate the reasonableness of the fair value estimates.

We have determined that there are no other key audit matters
to communicate in our report.

Other Information

The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises the
information included in the Company''s annual report, but
does not include the standalone financial statements and
our auditor''s report 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 such other information is
materially inconsistent with the 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.

Responsibilities of the Management for the
standalone 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 standalone financial statements that
give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance including other comprehensive income, cash
flows and changes in equity 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 read with the Companies
(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
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 the 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,
management is 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 management either
intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or
has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Board of Directors are 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 management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management''s 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 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 for the financial year ended March 31, 2025
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.

Other Matters

The financial statements of the Company for the year ended
March 31, 2024, included in these standalone financial
statements, have been audited by the predecessor auditor

who expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements
on May 03, 2024.

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 1" a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

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
except for the matters stated in the paragraph (vi)
below on reporting under Rule 11(g);

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss
including the Statement of Other Comprehensive
Income, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement
of Changes in Equity 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 Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,
2015, as amended;

(e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on March 31, 2025
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of
the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 paragraph (b) above on reporting
under section 143(3)(b) and serial number (vi) of
paragraph (i) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to standalone

financial statements and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in "Annexure 2" to this report;

(h) In our opinion and explanation given to us, there
are no directors to whom remuneration is paid /
payable in accordance with the provisions of
section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

(i) 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 standalone financial statements
- Refer Note 20 (i) to the standalone
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 were no amounts which were 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 its knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the Refer Note
33 (vi) 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, whether, 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 its knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the Refer Note
33 (vii) 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, whether, 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; and

c) Based on such 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 (a) and (b) contain any
material misstatement.

v. No dividend has been declared or paid
during the year by the Company.

vi. Based on our examination which included
test checks, the Company has used
accounting software for maintaining its books
of account 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, except
that the audit trail feature was enabled at
database level from June 1, 2024 (refer Note
35 to the standalone financial statements).
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 of prior year has
been preserved by the Company as per the
statutory requirements for record retention
to the extent it was enabled and recorded in
those respective year.

For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 101049W/E300004

per Nikhil Aggarwal

Partner

Place of Signature: New Delhi Membership Number: 504274

Date: May 15, 2025 UDIN: 25504274BMOAWN9023

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Mar 31, 2024

We have audited the standalone financial statements of Next Mediaworks Limited (the "Company") which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31 March 2024, 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 2024, and its loss and other comprehensive loss, 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.

Impairment assessment of Investment in Subsidiary

See Notes 2 and 34 to the standalone financial statements

The key audit matter	How the matter was addressed in our audit
As at 31 March 2024, the carrying value of Investment in subsidiary is Rs. NIL (net of provision for Impairment of Rs. 4,192 lakhs). The Company periodically assess indicators of impairment pertaining to Investment. Where any such indication exists, the Company estimates the recoverable amount of Investment and where the recoverable amount is less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount is reduced to its recoverable amount. This reduction is recorded as impairment loss. The value in use (VIU) and/or fair value less cost of disposal (FVLCD) is considered while computing recoverable value. These valuation methods involve subjectivity and judgement in selection and application of assumptions.	Our audit procedures included: • Evaluated the design and implementation of key controls in relation to impairment assessment and tested the operating effectiveness of such controls; • We assessed the FVLCD as determined by the Company using the market price of the equity shares, wherever applicable; • We assessed the VIU as determined by the Company as under: i. Assessed the method of determining VIU and key assumptions used therein through historical information, budgets / projections, externally derived data and other relevant information.

The key audit matter		How the matter was addressed in our audit
Considering the inherent uncertainty, complexity and judgement involved and the significance of the value of the Investment, impairment assessment of the above mentioned Investment has been considered as a key audit matter.		ii. Challenged the key assumptions within the build up and methodologies used by the Company. iii. Assessed the sensitivity of the outcome of impairment assessment to changes in key assumptions.
		• Tested the adequacy of disclosures made in the standalone financial statements, as required by relevant accounting standards.

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 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 have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books except for the matters stated in the paragraph 2 B(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 31 March 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2024 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) 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 2024 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 20(i) 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 were no amounts which were 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 33(vi) 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 33(vii) 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 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 (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 has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility except that the audit trail was not enabled at the database level for accounting software to log any direct data changes.

For accounting software for which audit trail feature is enabled, the audit trail facility has been operating throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the

software and we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with during the course of our audit.

C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor''s Report under section 197(16) of the Act:

In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there are no directors to whom remuneration is paid/payable in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of CorporateAffairs 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 and Associates

Chartered Accountants Firm''s Registration No.:128901W

David Jones

Partner

Place: Gurugram Membership No.: 098113

Date: 03 May 2024 ICAI UDIN:24098113BKFLWU2886

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Mar 31, 2018

Report on the Standalone Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Next Mediaworks Limited (‘the Company’), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2018, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements

2. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs (financial position), profit or loss (financial performance including other comprehensive income), cash flows and changes in equity 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 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.

Auditor’s Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder.

5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether these standalone financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial controls relevant to the Company’s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on these standalone financial statements.

Opinion

8. 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 Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act, of the state of affairs (financial position) of the Company as at March 31, 2018, and its loss (financial performance including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Other Matter

9. The comparative financial information for the year ended March 31, 2017 and the transition date opening balance sheet as at April 1, 2016 prepared in accordance with Ind AS included in these standalone financial statements, are based on the previously issued statutory financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 respectively prepared in accordance with Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 (as amended), which were audited by the predecessor auditor whose reports dated May 4, 2017 and May 13, 2016, respectively, expressed unmodified opinion on those standalone financial statements, and have been adjusted for the differences in the accounting principles adopted by the Company on transition to Ind AS, which have been audited by us. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

10. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (‘the Order’) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the Annexure I a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

11. Further to our comments in Annexure I, 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 purpose 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 standalone financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account ;

d) in our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act;

e) on the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2018 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;

f) we have also audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting (IFCoFR) of the Company as on March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date and our report dated May 8, 2018 as per Annexure II expressed unmodified opinion;

g) 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, as detailed in Note 27 to the standalone financial statements, has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position;

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

iii. there were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company;

iv. the disclosure requirements relating to holdings as well as dealings in specified bank notes were applicable for the period from November 8, 2016 to December 30, 2016 which are not relevant to these standalone financial statements. Hence, reporting under this clause is not applicable.

Annexure I to the Independent Auditor’s Report of even date to the members of Next Mediaworks Limited, on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018

Based on the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting a true and fair view on the financial statements of the Company and taking into consideration the information and explanations given to us and the books of account and other records examined by us in the normal course of audit, and to the best of our knowledge and belief, we report that:

(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) The Company has a regular program of physical verification of its fixed assets under which fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over a period of two years, which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. In accordance with this program, certain fixed assets were verified during the year and no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) The title deeds of all the immovable properties (which are included under the head ‘Property, plant and equipment’) are held in the name of the Company.

(ii) The Company does not have any inventory. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(ii) of the Order are not applicable.

(iii) The Company has not granted any loan, secured or unsecured to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clauses 3(iii) (a), 3(iii)(b) and 3(iii)(c) of the Order are not applicable.

(iv) In our opinion, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 185 and 186 of the Act in respect of loans, investments, guarantees and security.

(v) In our opinion, the Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Sections 73 to 76 of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 (as amended). Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(v) of the Order are not applicable.

(vi) The Central Government has not specified maintenance of cost records under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Act, in respect of Company’s services. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(vi) of the Order are not applicable.

(vii) (a) The Company is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, employees’ state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of customs, value added tax, cess and other material statutory dues, as applicable, to the appropriate authorities. Further, no undisputed amounts payable in respect thereof were outstanding at the year-end for a period of more than six months from the date they become payable.

(b) The dues outstanding in respect of income-tax, sales-tax, service-tax, duty of customs, duty of excise and value added tax on account of any dispute, are as follows:

Statement of Disputed Dues (Amount in Rs. Lakhs)

Name of the statute	Nature of dues	Amount	Amount paid under Protest	Period to which the amount relates	Forum where dispute is pending
Income Tax Act, 1961	Income Tax	193.11	40.47	A.Y. 2009-10	Hon’ble High Court at Bombay

(viii) The Company has no loans or borrowings payable to a financial institution or a bank or government. The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the year.

(ix) The Company did not raise moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) and did not have any term loans outstanding during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable.

(x) In our opinion, no fraud by the Company or on the company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the period covered by our audit.

(xi) Managerial remuneration has been paid and provided by the company in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 of the Act read with Schedule V to the Act.

(xii) In our opinion, the Company is not a Nidhi Company. Accordingly, provisions of clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable.

(xiii) In our opinion all transactions with the related parties are in compliance with Sections 177 and 188 of Act, where applicable, and the requisite details have been disclosed in the financial statements etc., as required by the applicable IndAS.

(xiv) During the year, the company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures.

(xv) In our opinion, the company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with the directors or persons connected with them covered under Section 192 of the Act.

(xvi) The company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

Annexure II to the Independent Auditor’s Report of even date to the Members of Next Mediaworks Limited on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018

Independent Auditor’s Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Subsection 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’)

1. In conjunction with our audit of the financial statements of Next Mediaworks Limited (‘the Company’) as at and for the year ended March 31, 2018, we have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting (‘IFCoFR’) of the Company as at that date.

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

2. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the IFCOFR criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of IFCoFR issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“the ICAI”). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of the Company’s business, including adherence to the Company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act.

Auditor’s Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s IFCoFR based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (‘ICAI’) and deemed to be prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Act, to the extent applicable to an audit of IFCoFR, and the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (‘the Guidance Note’) issued by the ICAI. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate IFCoFR were established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

4. Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the IFCoFR and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of IFCoFR includes obtaining an understanding of IFCoFR, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.

5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company’s IFCoFR.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

6. A company’s IFCoFR is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s IFCoFR include those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

7. Because of the inherent limitations of IFCoFR, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the IFCoFR to future periods are subject to the risk that the IFCoFR may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

8. In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting and such controls were operating effectively as at March 31, 2018, based on the IFCoFR criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI.

For Walker Chandiok & Co LLP

Chartered Accountants

Firm’s Registration No.: 001076N/N500013

per Khushroo B. Panthaky

Place: Mumbai Partner

Date: May 8, 2018 Membership No.: 42423

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Mar 31, 2016

To

The Members of Next Media works Limited

Report on the Standalone Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Next Media works Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2016, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements

The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act,

2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. 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 and ensuring their operating effectiveness and 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.

Auditor''s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone financial statements based on our audit.

We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the standalone financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company''s preparation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.

Opinion

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 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 31st March, 2016, its loss and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

(1) As required by the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we give in "Annexure 1", 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 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 purpose 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, and the Cash Flow Statement 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 Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;

e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2016, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2016 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 over financial reporting of the

Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, we give our separate Report in "Annexure 2".

g. 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:

(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 20A on Contingent Liabilities to the standalone financial statements;

(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts. Hence, the question of any material foreseeable losses does not arise;

(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) During the year, the fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by the management and as informed, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets.

(c) The title deeds of immovable properties recorded in the books of account of the Company are held in the name of the Company.

(ii) The Company does not hold any inventory and hence this clause is not applicable to the Company.

(iii) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraph 3 (iii)(a), 3 (iii)(b) and 3 (iii)(c) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(iv) Based on information and explanation given to us in respect of loans, investments, guarantees and securities, the Company has complied with the provisions of Section 185 and 186 of the Act.

Name of the statute	Nature of dues	Amount (Rs,)	Period to which the amount relates	Forum where dispute is pending
Income Tax Act, 1961	Income Tax	152.65 lacs	AY 2009-2010	ITAT
Income Tax Act, 1961	TDS	66.84 lacs	AY 2007-2008 to AY 2015-16	ITO

(v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the provisions of Sections 73 to 76 of the Act and the rules framed there under.

(vi) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any of the products of the Company under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Act and the rules framed there under.

(vii) (a) The Company is generally regular in depositing with appropriate authorities, undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, income tax, sales tax, service tax, cess and any other material statutory dues applicable to it, however, there have been slight delay in few cases in payment of service tax. According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, income tax, sales tax, service tax, cess and any other material statutory dues applicable to it, were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(b) According to the information and explanation given to us, the dues outstanding with respect to, income tax, sales tax, service tax, value added tax, customs duty, excise duty on account of any dispute, are as follows:

(viii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans or borrowings to financial institution(s), bank(s), government(s) or dues to debenture holder(s).

(ix) The Company has neither raised money by way of public issue offer nor has obtained any term loans. Therefore, paragraph 3(ix) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.

(x) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of fraud by the Company or any fraud on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such instance by the management.

(xi) As per the information and explanations given to us, the Company had paid remuneration in excess of limits under Section 197 for the period 01-07-2013 to 31-03 2014 by Rs, 46.70 lacs and for which Central Government approval was sought. During the year the Central Government have approved payment of RS,23.35 lacs. The balance amount is recovered by the Company.

(xii) In our opinion, the Company is not a Nidhi Company. Therefore, paragraph 3(xii) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.

(xiii) As per the information and explanation given to us, all transactions entered into by the Company with the related parties are in compliance with Sections 177 and 188 of Act, where applicable and the details have been disclosed in the Financial Statements etc., as required by the applicable accounting standards.

(xiv) The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review. Therefore, paragraph 3(xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.

(xv) The Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with directors or persons connected with him.

(xvi) Based on the information and explanation given to us the Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

We have audited the internal financial controls of Next Media works Limited ("the Company" ) as of 31 March 2016 in conjunction with our audit of the financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.

Management''s Responsibility for Internal financial Controls

The Company''s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial controls over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (''ICAI''). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to Company''s policies, the Safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.

Auditors'' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company''s internal financial controls & financial reporting based on our audit. We Conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (the ''''Guidance. Note.''") issued by ICAI and the Standards on Auditing, and deemed to be prescribed under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and the Guidance note required that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial Controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide basis for our audit opinion on the Company''s internal financial control system over financial reporting.

Meaning of internal financial controls over Financial Reporting

A Company''s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A Company''s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company''s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Control Over Financial Reporting

Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions. Or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at 31 March 2016, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by The Institute of chartered Accountants of India.

For Haribhakti & Co. LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI Firm Registration No.103523W

Atul Gala

Partner

Membership No. 048650

Place : Mumbai

Date : May 13, 2016

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Mar 31, 2014

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Next Mediaworks Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2014, the Statement of profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"). This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control 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.

Auditors'' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company''s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our Qualified audit opinion.

Basis for Qualified Opinion:

1. The Company has recognized Deferred Tax Assets of Rs. 110.02 Lacs as on the Balance Sheet date, on unabsorbed Business Losses/unabsorbed Depreciation on the basis of expected profits in future. This is not in accordance with Accounting Standard 22 on "Accounting for Taxes on Income" which requires that such assets should be recognized to the extent that there is virtual certainty supported by convincing evidence that the future taxable income will be available against which such assets can be realized. In our opinion this expectation cannot be considered as virtual certainty to recognize such assets. Consequently the relevant asset and the reserves and surplus are overstated by Rs. 110.02 lacs.

2. The Company''s investment in its subsidiary Next Radio Limited ( formerly known as Radio One Limited ) by way of equity shares and preference shares is Rs. 15,602.86 Lacs. The networth of the subsidiary is substantially eroded. The Company has not made any provision for diminution in the value of such investments which is not in accordance with Accounting Standard 13 "Accounting for Investments". The consequential effect on the profit and asset for the above adjustment is not quantifable.

Qualified Opinion

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2014;

(b) in the case of the Statement of profit and Loss, of the loss for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Emphasis of Matter

We draw attention to Note No. 27 of the audited financial statements w.r.t. the Managerial remuneration paid to Managing Director by the Company during the period from July 01, 2013 to March 31, 2014 which is subject to approval of Central Government.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2003 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act, we give in the Annexure, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:

a. we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit, except for the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph;

b. in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

c. the Balance Sheet, Statement of profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

d. except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement comply with the accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;

e. on the basis of written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disQualified as on March 31, 2014, from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.

ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS'' REPORT

[Referred to in paragraph 1 under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' in the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Next Mediaworks Limited on the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2014]

(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets of the company have been physically verifed by the management during the year and no material discrepancies between the book records and the physical verifcation have been noticed. In our opinion, the frequency of verifcation is reasonable.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed off by the company during the year.

(ii) The Company does not hold any inventory and hence Clause 4(ii) (a), 4(ii) (b) and 4(ii) (c) is not applicable to the Company.

(iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the provisions stated in paragraph 4 (iii)(b),(c) and (d) of the order are not applicable.

(b) As informed, the Company has taken unsecured loans from two parties covered in the register main tained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. The maximum amount involved during the year is Rs. 1,234 lakhs and year end balance of loan taken from such parties is Rs. 1,209 lakhs.

(c) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(d) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the Company is regular in repaying the principal amounts as stipulated and has been regular in payment of interest.

(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchase of fixed assets and with regard to the sale of services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in internal control system of the Company.

(v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that need to be entered into the register maintained under Section 301 have been so entered.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements exceeding value of Rs. five lakhs have been entered into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

(vi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under.

(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the size and nature of its business.

(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the Act and we are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained.

(ix) (a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:

Amount Name of the statute Nature of dues (Rs. in Lacs)

Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 155.65

Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 1232.09



Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where the amount dispute is relates pending

Income Tax Act 1961 AY 2009-2010 ITAT

Income Tax Act 1961 AY 2010-2011 CIT- Appeal

(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses as on the Balance Sheet date. Further, the Company has incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit and the immediately preceding financial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial institution, bank or debenture holders.

(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on the documents and records produced to us, the company has not granted loans & advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi / mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause (xiii) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of clause (xiv) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xv) The Company has given counter guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions aggregating Rs. 1,771 lacs ( Rs. 1,890 lacs) as on balance sheet date, where the terms and conditions in our opinion are, prima facie, not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(xvi) The Company has not obtained any term loans during the year.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act.

(xix) The Company did not have any debentures outstanding during the year.

(xx) The Company has not raised money by way of public issue during the year.

(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of such case by the management.

For Haribhakti & Co. Chartered Accountants Firm Reg No. 103523W

Atul Gala Partner Place : Mumbai Membership No. 48650 Mumbai: April 29, 2014

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Mar 31, 2013

Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Next Mediaworks Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2013, and the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"). This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control 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.

Auditors'' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards reguire that we comply with ethical reguirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

¦,We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our qualified audit opinion.

Basis for Qualified Opinion:

1. The Company has recognized Deferred Tax Assets of Rs. 24.62 Lacs for. the year, and Rs. 110.02 Lacs as on the Balance Sheet date, on unabsorbed Business( Losses/unabsorbed Depreciation on the basis of expected profits in future. This is not in accordance with Accounting Standard 22 on "Accounting for Taxes on Income" which requires that such assets should be recognized to the extent that there is virtual certainty supported

by convincing evidence that the future taxable income will be available against which such assets can be realized. In our opinion such expectation cannot be considered as virtual certainty to recognize such assets. Consequently the loss for the year is understated by Rs. 24.62 Lacs- and relevant asset and the reserves and surplus are overstated by Rs. 110.02 Lacs.

2. The Company''s investment in its subsidiary Next Radio Limited (formerly known as Radio One Limited ) by way of equity shares and preference shares is Rs. 15,602.86 Lacs. The networth of the subsidiary is eroded substantially and it has been constantly incurring cash losses. The Company has not made any provision for diminution in the value of such investments which is not in accordance with Accounting Standard 13 "Accounting for Investments". The consequential effect on the profit and asset for the above adjustment is not quantifiable.

Qualified Opinion

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2013;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the loss for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2003 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Act, we give in the Annexure, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.

2. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:

a. we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit except for the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph;

b. in our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

c. the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;

d. except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement comply with the accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Act;

e. on the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2013, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2013, from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.

[Referred to in paragraph 1 under ''Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements'' in the Inde- pendent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Next Mediaworks Limited on the financial statements for the year ended March 31,2013]

(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets of the company have been physically verified by the management during the year and no material discrepancies between the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanatbns given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the y ir.

(ii) The Company does not hold any inventory and hence Clause 4(ii) (a), 4(ii) (b) and 4(ii) (c) is not applicable to the Company.

(iii) (a) As-informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 except loan amounting to Rs. 95.00 lacs to its subsidiary Next Radio Limited (formerly known as Radio One Limited). The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 1,584.09 lacs and the year- end balance of loan granted to such party was Nil.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(c) As informed to us in respect of the above loan given there have been no overdue amounts on account of principal or interest which are outstanding as on the balance sheet date.

(d) As informed, the Company has taken unsecured loans from two parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. The maximum amount involve during the year isRs. 1,290 lakhs and year end balance of loan taken from such parties is Rs. 685 lakhs.

(e) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(f) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the company is regular in repaying the principal amounts as stipulated and has been regular in payment of interest.

(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchase of fixed assets and with regard to the sale of services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct weakness in internal control system of the company.

(v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have been so entered.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements exceeding value of Rs. five lakhs have been entered into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

(vi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under.

(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the size and nature of its business.

(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the company in respect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the Act and we are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained.

(ix) (a) Except for delay in payment of income tax, the Company is regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, wealth- tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(x) In our opinion, the accumulated losses of the! company are not more than fifty percent of its net worth. Further, the company has incurred cash losse''S during the financial year covered by our audit and the immediately preceding financial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial institution, bank or debenture holders.

(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on the documents and records produced to us, the company has not granted loans & advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi / mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause (xiii) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of clause (xiv) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xv) The Company has given counter guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions aggregating Rs. 1890 lacs (2250 lacs) as on balance sheet date, where the terms and conditions in our opinion are prima facie not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(xvi) The Company has not obtained any term loans during the year.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that funds raised on short-term basis to the tune of Rs. 151.22 lacs have been used for long-term investment.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has made preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act. In our opinion, the prices at which shares have been issued is not prejudicial to the interest of the company.

(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the year.

(xx) The Company has not raised money by way of public issue during the year.

(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of such case by the management.

For Haribhakti & Co.

Chartered Accountants Firm Reg No. 103523W

Chetan Desai

Partner

Membership No. 17000

Mumbai: April 25, 2013

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Mar 31, 2012

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Next Media works Limited ("the Company"), (formerly known as Midday Multimedia Limited), as at March 31, 2012, the Statement of Profit and Loss and also the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

2. We conduct our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we report that:

(i) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

(ii) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

(iii) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956, except for

a) non compliance with Accounting Standard 13 "Accounting for Investments" with respect to non provisioning of permanent diminution in value of investments in subsidiaries more specifically explained in Note No.25 of notes to financial statement.

b) Recognition of Deferred Tax Assets on unabsorbed tax losses and depreciation amounting to Rs.8,540,663 based on expected profits in future. We are unable to comment whether these can be considered as 'virtual certainty' prescribed under Accounting Standard 22 - "Accounting for Taxes on Income", to recognize such assets.

(v) Based on the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of them are disqualified as on March 31, 2012 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956;

(vi) In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, they said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956, in the manner so required and subject to our observations in Para (iv) above, the said accounts give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the company as at March 31, 2012;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the loss for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.

(vii) Without qualifying our report we draw attention to Note No. 26 of notes to financial statements with respect to Managerial Remuneration paid during the year which is subject to approval of the members and Central Government as per the requirements of Schedule XIII to the Companies Act, 1956.

ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS' REPORT

[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors' Report of even date to the Members' of Next Media works Limited (formerly known as Mid Day Multimedia Limited) on the financial statements of the year ended March 31, 2012]

(i) (a) The Company have maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets of the company have been physically verified by the management during the year and no material discrepancies between the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed off by the Company during the year.

(ii) The Company does not hold any inventory and hence Clause 4(ii) (a), 4(ii) (b) and 4(ii) (c) is not applicable to the Company.

(iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 except loan amounting to Rs. 220.00 lacs to its subsidiary Radio One Limited (formerly known as Radio Mid-day West (India) Limited) . The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs.220 lacs and the year- end balance of loan granted to such party was Rs. 1489.08 lacs.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(c) According to the information and explanation given to us, the Company has not taken any loan, secured or unsecured, from companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act 1956 except loan of Rs. 50.00 lacs from two companies. The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 50 lacs and the year-end balance of loans taken from such parties was Rs. 1290.00 lacs.

(d) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are, prima facie, not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(e) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the Company is regular in repaying the principal amounts as stipulated and has been regular in payment of interest.

(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchase of fixed assets and sale of services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct major weakness in internal control system of the Company.

(v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been so entered.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements exceeding value of Rs. five lakhs have been entered into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under.

(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the size and nature of its business.

(viii) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of sub- section (1) of Section 209 of the Act for any of the products of the Company.

(ix) (a) Except for delays in payment of Income tax during the year, the Company is regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, and cess as at March 31, 2012 which have not been deposited with respective authorities on account of any dispute, are as follows:

Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which Forum where statute (in Lacs) the amount relates dispute is pending

Income Tax Act, Income Tax 183.11 2008-2009 CIT- Appeal 1961

(x) The Company does not have accumulated losses as on Balance sheet date. Further, the company has incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit. There were no cash losses in the immediately preceding financial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial institution, bank or debenture holders.

(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi / mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xv) The Company has given counter guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions aggregating Rs.2250 lacs (2240 lacs) where the terms and conditions in our opinion are prima facie not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(xvi) The Company has not obtained any term loans during the year.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act.

(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the year.

(xx) The Company did not raise any money by way of public issue during the year.

(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of such case by the management.

For Haribhakti & Co.

Chartered Accountants

Firm Reg No. 103523W

Chetan Desai

Partner

Membership No. 17000

Mumbai: May 8, 2012

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Mar 31, 2011

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Next Mediaworks Limited (formerly known as Mid-Day Multimedia Limited), as at 31st March 2011, the Profit and Loss Account and also the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

2. We conduct our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub- section (4A) of section 227 of the Companies Act. 1956 we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we report that:

(i) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

(ii) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

(iii) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(v) Based on the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of them are disqualified as on 31st March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956;

(vi) In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and subject to Note No. 5 of Schedule M with regard to non provision against fall in the value of investments of Rs. 138.25 crores in the subsidiary company, the said accounts give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the company as at 31st March 2011;

(b) in the case of the Profit & Loss account, of the loss for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date

Annexure to Auditors' Report

[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors' Report of even date to the Members' of Next Mediaworks Limited (formerly known as Mid-Day Multimedia Limited) on the financial statements of the year ended March 31, 2011]

i) (a) The Company have maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets of the company have been physically verified by the management during the year and no material discrepancies between the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(c) As mentioned in Note 2 of the Notes to Accounts the Company has demerged the print and publishing division during the year. However, we are of the opinion that such demerger has not affected the going concern assumption.

ii) The company does not hold any inventory and hence Clause 4(ii) is not applicable to the Company.

iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 except loan amounting to Rs. 1,308.00 lakhs to its subsidiary Radio One Limited (formerly known as Radio Mid-day West (India) Limited). The outstanding balance as on the balance sheet date is Rs. 1,324.08 lakhs.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(c) According to the information and explanation given to us, the company has not taken any loan, secured or unsecured, from companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act 1956 except loan of Rs. 1320.00 lakhs from two companies. The yearend balance is 1320.00 lakhs.

(d) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are, prima facie, not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(e) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the company is regular in repaying the principal amounts as stipulated and has been regular in payment of interest.

iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to sale of services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct major weakness in internal control system of the Company.

v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have been so entered.

vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under.

(vii) In our opinion, the Company have an internal audit system commensurate with the size and nature of its business.

(viii) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the Act for any of the products of the company.

ix) (a) (a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees' state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax, customs duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.

Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the amount of cess payable under section 441A of the Companies Act,1956, we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of the company in depositing the same.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees' state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, sales- tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) According to the information and explanation given to us, there are no dues of income tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.

x) The accumulated losses of the Company does not exceed fifty percent of its net worth. Further, the company has not incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our audit and the immediately preceding financial year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial institution, bank or debenture holders.

(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company have not granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi / mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.

(xv) The Company has given counter guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions aggregating Rs.2,240 lakhs (3,000 lakhs) where the terms and conditions in our opinion are prima facie not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

(xvi) The Company has not obtained any term loans during the year.

(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act.

(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the year.

(xx) The Company did not raise any money by way of public issue during the year.

(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of such case by the management.

For Haribhakti & Co. Chartered Accountants Firm Reg No. 103523W

Chetan Desai Partner Membership No. 17000

Place : Mumbai Date : 5th May, 2011

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Mar 31, 2010

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of MidDay Multimedia Limited, as at 31st March 2010, the Profit and Loss Account and also the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

2. We conduct our audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

3. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2003 issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Companies Act. 1956 we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.

4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we report that:

(i) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

(ii) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

(iii) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956.

(v) Based on the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of them are disqualified as on 31st March 2010 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub- section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956;

(vi) In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the company as at 31st March 2010;

(b) in the case of the Profit & Loss account, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date

ANNEXTURE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR REPORT OF EVEN DATE TO THE MEMBERS OF MID-DAY MULTIMEDIA LIMITED.

I. Fixed Assets:

1. The company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

2. We are informed that management at reasonable intervals has physically verified all the fixed assets of the company. As per the information and explanations given to us the discrepancies found on such verification were not material.

3. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the year.

II. Inventories:

4. The company does not hold any inventory and hence Clause 4(ii) is not applicable to the Company.

III. Internal Controls:

5. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchase of fixed assets and with regard to the sale of services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct weakness in internal control system of the company.

IV. Transaction with parties under section 301 of the Companies Act 1956:

6. On the basis of our examination of relevant records and on the basis of representation received from the management, transaction that need to be entered in the register pursuant of the section 301 of the Act have been so far entered.

7. As per the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or arrangements entered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 and exceeding the value of rupees five lakhs in respect of any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to prevailing market prices at the relevant time.

V. Loans and Advances:

8. The Company has not granted any loan to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act except for loans granted to Radio Mid Day West India Limited its subsidiary company amounting to Rs. 583.75 lacs during the year and the year end balance is Rs. 2,529.09 lacs, the other terms and conditions of which are prima facie not prejudicial to the interest of the company.

9. According to the information and explanation given to us, the Company has accepted loan from one company listed in the Register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act 1956. The amount involved is Rs. 4848.09 lacs and the year end balance is Rs. Nil. As per the information and explanations given to us the terms and conditions of the same are, prima facie, not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.

10. In respect of loans and advances in nature of loans given and accepted by the company to its subsidiaries we have been informed that there are no stipulations for repayment of principal and interest thereon. As informed to us there are no over due amounts as on the Balance Sheet date.

11. The Company has not granted any loans or advances on the basis of securities by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.

VI. Deposits:

12. During the year the company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 58A or Section 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956.

VII. Internal Audit:

13. In our opinion, the Company’s internal audit system is commensurate with the size and nature of its business.

VIII. Statutory Payments:

14. According to the books and records as produced and examined by us in accordance with generally accepted auditing practices in India and also based on the management representations, undisputed Statutory Dues in respect of Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, and

other Statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited by Company during the year with appropriate authorities in India.

As regards Service Tax, the Company has not been recovering and paying to the authorities such taxes in respect of relevant transactions with related parties the amount of which is not quantifiable.

15. As at March 31, 2010 there have been no disputed dues that have not been deposited with respective authorities in respect of Income Tax, Wealth Tax, Excise Duty and Service Tax.

16. According to the records of the Company, the company has not defaulted in the payment to any financial institution or Banks.

IX. Losses:

17. The Company has neither accumulated losses as at March 31, 2010 nor it has incurred any cash loss, either during the financial year ended on that day or in the immediately preceding financial year.

X. Guarantees:

18. The company has given counter guarantees for loan taken by others from the banks and financial institutions, aggregating Rs. 6,715.00 lakhs, where the terms and conditions in our opinion, are prima facie not prejudicial to the interest of the company.

XI. Utilization of Funds:

19. The Company has not obtained any term loan during the year.

20. On the basis of review of utilization of funds, which is based on overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the company, related information made available to us and as represented to us by the management, funds raised on short basis have not been used for long-term Investments.

XII. Preferential Allotment:

21. During the year the company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties or companies covered under Section 301 of the Act.

XIII.Miscellaneous:

22. The Company has issued unsecured non convertible debentures which are redeemable in parts within a year.

23. As per information and explanation given to us and on the basis of examination of records, no material fraud on or by the company was noticed or reported during the year.

24. We are informed that the Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under section 209(1)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 for the activities carried on by the company.

25. The provisions of chit funds and/or those applicable to nidhi/mutual benefit societies are not applicable to the Company.

26. The Company has not raised any funds by way of public issue.



For Haribhakti & Co.

Chartered Accountants

Firm Reg No.103523W

Place: Mumbai Chetan Desai

Date : May 5, 2010 Partner

Membership No.17000