63 Moons Technologies Ltd. के निदेशक की रिपोर्ट

Mar 31, 2025

Your Directors present the Thirty-seventh Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Financial Statements
for the year ended March 31, 2025.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Financial Results Standalone and Consolidated

The financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2025 has been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting
Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the 2013 Act") read with the Companies
(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and the relevant provisions of the 2013 Act, as applicable.

(? in lakhs, except per share data)

	Standalone		Consolidated
Particulars	Current Year 2024-25	Previous Year 2023-24	Current Year 2024-25	Previous Year 2023-24
Total Income	27,425.05	59,293.41	32,692.65	62,007.95
Total Operating expenditure	22,987.31	26,113.87	36,148.58	37,491.81
EBITDA	4,437.74	33,179.54	-3,455.93	24,516.14
Finance costs	93.85	89.26	105.33	97.11
Depreciation/amortization	1,406.14	1,287.83	3,229.59	3,029.12
Profit / (Loss) before exceptional item and tax	2,937.75	31,802.45	-6,790.85	21,389.91
Exceptional Item	-2,150.29	-4,750.00	2,349.71	0.00
Profit / (Loss) before tax	787.46	27,052.45	-4,441.14	21,389.91
Provision for taxation	192.61	130.82	406.70	154.84
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	594.85	26,921.63	-4,847.84	21,235.07
Add: Net share of profit / (Loss) of associates	-	-	120.75	-259.13
Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries	-	-	-1,410.05	-1,274.65
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	594.85	26,921.63	-3,317.04	22,250.59
Earnings per share
Basic	1.29	58.43	-7.20	48.29
Diluted	1.29	58.43	-7.20	48.29

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY''S AFFAIRS
Standalone Financials (including discontinued operations)

The total revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2025 was at ? 11,816.02 lakhs as compared to ? 45,526.88
lakhs for the year ended March 31, 2024.

For the year under review, your Company has reported profit before finance cost, depreciation, exceptional items and tax
of ? 4,437.74 lakhs compared to profit of ? 33,179.54 lakhs in the previous year. Profit before tax was ? 787.46 lakhs
compared to ? 27,052.45 lakhs in the previous year.

The net Profit after tax was ? 594.85 lakhs as compared to profit of ? 26,921.63 lakhs in the previous year.

Consolidated Financials (including discontinued operations)

The consolidated Net loss for the year ended March 31, 2025, was at Rs. 4,487.84 lakhs as against profit of Rs. 22,250.59
lakhs in the previous year ended March 31, 2024. Shareholders'' funds as at the year ended March 31, 2025, was at

Rs. 3.43.555.95 lakhs as against Rs. 3,31,810.87 lakhs as at
March 31, 2024. Shareholders'' fund includes non¬
controlling interest of Rs. 2,122.41 lakhs as compared to
negative of ?2,952.77 lakhs in previous year.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: FISCAL YEAR 2024-25

In an era of emerging technologies and an ever-evolving
environment of next-generation technologies of Web3,
Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Blockchain, Cybersecurity and
other fields, your Company is progressing well ahead with
its plans and is in pursuit of a better future. Your Company''s
efforts have broadened its horizon during the year by
adopting newer technologies in its existing operations
and upcoming ventures.

Your Company has ventured into new areas through its
subsidiary 63SATS, in the direction of providing
Cybersecurity - the Gold of the Digital Economy. your
Company is providing an umbrella of Cybersecurity
technology solutions across various layers: individual-level,
enterprise-level, and government level to combat cyber
threats. Our Cybersecurity technology is powered by
avant-garde Cybersecurity, in alliance with the world''s
leading 10 best digital security firms from Israel to USA.
Your Company is expanding its operations with current
tools and by acquiring new technological advancements
and is determined to surpass the benchmarks it has set in
the past.

SALE OF ODIN, MATCH AND STP-GATE BUSINESS
UNDERTAKINGS

During the year under review, your Company as per
Hon''ble MPID Court Order dated 18.11.2024, after
obtaining all the Regulatory, Statutory and Shareholders
approval, sold the ODIN and MATCH Business Undertaking
on slump sale basis on January 20, 2025. The revenue of
your Company has been affected for part of the year due
to the aforesaid sale.

Further, the sale of STP Gate Business Undertaking is
subject to fulfilment of Condition Precedent (CPs) and is
yet to be completed.

EXCHANGE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS

As you are aware, the Exchange Technology division
continues to serve to Metropolitan Stock Exchange of
India Ltd. It has forayed into developing Market Place
Technology software and has on boarded client resulting
in generation of revenue in 2024-25. It continues to explore
opportunities around the technology skills, that it has, so
that the existing Team can be leveraged for better revenue
realisation in the coming times.

RISK SOLUTIONS

During the FY25, the division successfully implemented its
services towards data validation utility in 12 more Housing
Finance Companies (HFCs). This utility supplements the
regulatory data collection application that the division had
developed for the domestic housing finance regulator.
The division is developing a Learning Management System
that will address certain shortcomings of the extant

applications available in the market. The system takes a
holistic view of the requirements of the students beyond
their classroom learning. It would allow them to practice
answering unlimited variation of a single question on a
single topic. Furthermore, one of the important use case
of the application is its capability to eradicate the paper
leakage curse effectively. It will open up a very big new
market. The division has already developed a proof-of-the
concept and awaiting go-ahead of the management.

The division is working to enable its flagship product
DataCollector (DC) address an enterprise''s data centric
workflow management system. Possible use cases are - an
organization''s internal data-centric workflow management
requirements like Performance Management System,
Leave Management System, etc. An enterprise can also use
the envisaged dynamic workflow of DataCollector for
managing recruitment process, Procurement process etc.
The system is capable of handling image-oriented data by
using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

The division is also exploring the possibility of incorporating
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Blockchain as
additional facilities in its two main products, namely DC
and Riskalculator.

ONE-TIME SETTLEMENT (OTS)

During the year under review, National Spot Exchange
Limited (NSEL) with the support of your Company i.e.
Holding Company 63 moons technologies limited had
filed a Scheme of Settlement before the Hon''ble National
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, for a one-time
amicable full and final settlement with 5682 traders. The
OTS was originally proposed by the NSEL Investors Forum
(NIF), an association representing large number of traders.
As per the Scheme of Settlement, an amount of Rs. 1,950
crores shall be paid to 5682 traders in proportion to their
outstanding as on July 31, 2024. This settlement would
mean closure of legal cases against the Group along with
assignment of all rights of traders in favour of 63 moons.
Hon''ble NCLT vide its order dated April 8, 2025 had ordered
e-voting of the traders on the proposed resolution for
approving the Scheme of Settlement. The voting
commenced on April 17, 2025 and concluded on May 17,
2025. The Report on results of e-voting submitted by the
Scrutinizer and approved by the Chairperson on May 19,
2025 states that a whopping 92.81% of traders in number
and 91.35% in value voted in favour of the resolution
thereby giving their assent to the Scheme of settlement.
This settlement would bring major relief for the traders
whose monies were stuck in the NSEL payment crisis
which happened in July 2013.

This will be the first-of-its-kind settlement and with
support from the Central and the State Government, your
Company is confident that the settlement will go through.
The Scheme shall be implemented as per NCLT directives.

NEW VISION

Your Company is vigorously pursuing its strategic vision,
directing its renewed energy into pioneering the next
generation of technology solutions. 2024-25 saw significant
advancements across critical domains in the realm of

emerging technologies, particularly in Web3, Cybersecurity
and LegalTech. These Group achievements are a direct
reflection of the dedication and brilliance of our talented
team. The people working at 63 moons are truly the
driving force behind every innovation, every leap forward,
and every successful endeavour we undertake. Their
expertise, passion, and unwavering commitment are the
bedrock of our progress.

Your Company have significantly strengthened the
offerings under 63SATS under the robust Cybersecurity
solution, developing a comprehensive suite of products,
services, and platforms designed to empower individuals,
enterprises, and critical infrastructure with the expertise
needed to defend against cyberattacks. Our feature-rich
solutions include CYBX for direct-to-consumer mobile
security, Cyber Security Force (CSF) providing robust
defence for enterprises and organisations, and Cyberdome,
delivering military-grade solutions for critical public
infrastructure. And with QiLegal, your company''s innovative
LegalTech solution, we are set to positively transform
India''s legal ecosystem by leveraging technology to fast-
track justice. Beyond these significant strides in
Cybersecurity and LegalTech, your Company is consistently
pushing the boundaries of innovation across the broader
emerging technologies landscape and coming out with
new offerings. Our journey has always been one of
evolution; from our origins as a product company,
transforming into an exchange powerhouse; and now
establishing ourselves as an emerging-technologies
pioneer.

LEGAL MATTERS

In a civil suit filed by L.J. Tanna Private Limited & Ors.
relating to NSEL payment default, the Hon''ble Bombay
High Court passed an ad interim order restraining the
Company from distributing any dividend or depositing the
same in the dividend distribution account as per Companies
Act, 1956, until the final hearing and disposal of the Notice
of Motion. As a result, the Company has complied with the
order and has not distributed the final dividend to the
shareholders. . The matter is pending for hearing.

The Union of India, through the Ministry of Corporate
Affairs ("MCA") filed a Company Petition before the
Company Law Board, inter-alia seeking removal and
supersession of the Board of Directors of the Company. As
an interim arrangement, the NCLT, with consent, formed a
committee for certain matters. Upon appeal, the NCLT
dismissed MCA''s request for the removal and supersession
of the entire Board and instead ordered MCA to nominate
three directors to the Board. The NCLAT upheld the NCLT''s
order. The Company has appealed to the Hon''ble Supreme
Court, which has granted a stay on the appointment of
directors and the matter is pending for hearing.

The Company filed Writ Petitions before the Hon''ble
Bombay High Court, challenging the validity of certain
Notifications issued under MPID Act. The Hon''ble Bombay
High Court pleased to quash and set aside the said
Notifications. In appeal, the Hon''ble Supreme Court has
set aside the High Court''s order and upheld the validity of
Notifications . The Company is now pursuing its remedy
before the Designated Court against these Notifications.
The Directorate of Enforcement has attached properties of

Company by issuing provisional attachment orders under
the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The
Adjudicating Authority under PMLA had confirmed the
said provisional attachments. The Appellate Tribunal
quashed the provisional attachment orders subject to
conditions. Company has filed the appeal before the
Hon''ble Bombay High Court for limited purposes
challenging only the conditions mentioned in the
impugned order of the Appellate Tribunal. ED has also
filed cross appeal. Both appeals are pending for hearing.

Except as stated above, no material changes and
commitments have occurred after the close of the financial
year till the date of this Report, which significantly affects
the financial position of the Company.

EXPLANATION TO THE QUALIFICATIONS IN AUDITOR

REPORT

A. Audit Report on Standalone Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualification made
by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors
Report dated May 20, 2025 on the Standalone Financial
Statements for the year ended March 31, 2025 is as
under:

1) With respect to qualification A in Auditors Report,
explanation of the Management is as under:

a) Post July-2013, civil suits have been filed against
the Company in relation to the counter party
payment default occurred on the exchange
platform of NSEL, wherein the Company has been
made a party. In these proceedings certain reliefs
have been claimed against the Company, inter-alia,
on the ground that the Company is the holding
company of NSEL. These matters are pending
before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for
adjudication. The Company has denied all the
claims and contentions in its reply. There is no
privity of contract between the Company and the
Plaintiffs therein. The management is of the view
that the parties who have filed the Civil Suits would
not be able to sustain any claim against the
Company. These matters are pending for hearing
before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

b) First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered
against various parties, including the Company,
with the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai (EOW)
and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in
connection with the counter party payment default
on NSEL platform. After investigation, EOW, Mumbai
has presently filed various charge-sheets in the
matter including against the Company. CBI has
filed charge-sheets including against the Company
for alleged loss caused to PEC Ltd. & MMTC Ltd on
NSEL platform and aforesaid cases are pending for
trial before Court.

c) The SFIO has filed complaint with the Hon''ble
Sessions Court under various sections of IPC and
Companies Act against several persons/entities
including the Company relating to NSEL payment
default. The Company has challenged the issuance
of process order before the Hon''ble Bombay High
Court and the proceedings in the matter has been

stayed by the Hon''ble High Court. The matter is
pending for hearing before Hon''ble Bombay High
Court.

d) State Government attached various assets of the
Company under MPID Act by issuing Gazette
Notifications. The Company is in process of pursuing
its remedy before Hon''ble MPID Court against said
Notifications.

e) The Enforcement Directorate(''ED'') has attached
certain assets of the Company under the provisions
of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,
2002(PMLA). The Hon''ble Appellate Tribunal
quashed the provisional attachment orders and
imposed conditions with regard to the Company.
The Company has filed the appeal before the
Hon''ble Bombay High Court for the limited purpose
for challenging the conditions put by the Hon''ble
Appellate Tribunal. The Hon''ble Court was pleased
to admit the appeal. ED has also filed cross appeal,
which is tagged with the Company''s appeal. The
matters are pending for hearing. Meanwhile, ED
filed a prosecution complaint before the Spl. PMLA
Court, Mumbai against the Company and the same
is pending for trial.

B. Audit Report on Consolidated Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualifications made
by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors
Reports dated May 20, 2025 on the Consolidated
Financial Statements for the year ended March 31,
2025 are as under:

1. With respect to item no. 1 which pertains to the
Company refer paragraph (A) above.

2. With respect to item no. 2 which are pertaining to
the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors
of a subsidiary viz National Spot Exchange Limited
(NSEL) in their Independent Auditors Report on
NSEL''s Consolidated Financial Statements for the
year ended March 31, 2025 which has been
reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the
Company (63moons) in their Independent Auditors
Report (Auditors Report) dated May 24, 2024 on
the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year
ended March 31, 2024, the explanation given by
the management of NSEL are as under: ("Company"
in the response below refer to NSEL)

(i) With respect to qualification 2a in Auditors
Report, explanation of NSEL''s Management is as
under:

NSEL is taking all steps to defend its position,
however since all matters are sub-judice, the
Company is unable to quantify the impact, if
any, of such legal proceedings on the financial
statements of the Company. There are no
claims/litigations/potential settlements

involving the Company directly or indirectly,
which may require adjustments in the
Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements.

(ii) With respect to qualification 2b in Auditors
Report, explanation of NSEL''s Management is as
under:

Majority value of the trade and other receivables
etc. are under litigation/subject to court orders.
Company has already made provision for
majority of the values or disclosed the reason
for non-provisioning. Company is making full
efforts for recovery of the amounts

DIVIDEND

Your Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs.1.20
per share (i.e. 60%) on the face value of Rs.2/- per share
for the F.Y. 2024-25 . The distribution of said dividend shall
be subject to the approval of shareholders at the
forthcoming Annual General meeting and appropriate
judicial orders.

As the Shareholders are aware, the following dividends are
pending for distribution due to the Hon''ble Bombay High
Court order dated September 30, 2015 in Notice of Motion
no. 1490 of 2015 in Suit no. 121 of 2014 - L.J. Tanna Shares
& Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., Vs. Financial Technologies
(India) Limited inter-alia directed that pending hearing and
final disposal of Notice of Motion "FTIL shall not distribute
any dividend amongst its shareholders and shall also not
deposit any amount in compliance with Section 123 sub
- clause (iv) of the Companies Act, 1956", (to be read as
Companies Act, 2013):

a. The final dividend of ? 5/- per share for the FY 2014-15,
approved by the shareholders at the Annual General
Meeting held on September 30, 2015,

b. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2016-17 approved

by the shareholders at the 29th AGM held on

September 27, 2017 is pending subject to appropriate
judicial orders.

c. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2017-18 approved

by the shareholders at the 30th AGM held on

September 27, 2018, is pending subject to appropriate
judicial orders.

d. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2018-19 approved

by the shareholders at the 31st AGM held on

September 18, 2019, is pending subject to appropriate
judicial orders.

e. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2019-20 approved

by the shareholders at the 32nd AGM held on

December 09, 2020, is pending subject to appropriate
judicial orders.

f. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2020-21 approved

by the shareholders at the 33rd AGM held on

September 18, 2021, is pending subject to appropriate
judicial orders.

g. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2022-23 approved by

the shareholders at the 35th AGM held on September
27, 2023, is pending subject to appropriate judicial
orders.

h. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2023-24 approved by

the shareholders at the 36th AGM held on September
27, 2024, is pending subject to appropriate judicial
orders.

The Company has informed the IEPF Authority about the
above pending dividends for distribution to shareholders
in view of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court Order as stated
above.

Prior to the above mentioned High Court order, your
Company has paid consecutive dividends for the past 38
quarters which is in accordance with the sustainable
dividend pay-out policy of the Company and linked to its
long term growth objectives. The Dividend Distribution
Policy is available on the website of the Company which
can be accessed at the link: https://www.63moons.com/
investors/corporate-governance/policies/Dividend-
Distribution-Policy.pdf

Pursuant to Finance Act 2020, dividend income will be
taxable in the hands of the Shareholders w.e.f. 01/04/2020.
As the payment of Dividend for FY 2024-25 is subject to
appropriate judicial order, relevant communication relating
to TDS would be sent to Shareholders after receipt of
applicable judicial order.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

We do not propose to transfer any sum to General Reserve
for the year under review.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company
during the year under review. As on March 31, 2025, the
paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at
? 921.57 lakhs comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of
? 2/- each. During the year under review the Company has
not issued any shares with differential voting rights nor
has it granted any Stock Option or Sweat Equity.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year
under review, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations
and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing
Regulations''), is provided in a separate section forming
part of this Annual Report.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND
ASSOCIATE COMPANIES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE
HIGHLIGHTS

The Company has 17 subsidiaries (including step-down
subsidiaries) as on March 31, 2025. There is one Associate
company and no joint venture company within the
meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013. There
has been no material change in the nature of business of
the subsidiaries, except one subsidiary viz., 63SATS
Cybertech Limited (earlier 63SATS Global Cyber Technologies
Networks Limited), wherein the business of providing cyber
security related products and services has been started and
the main Object Clause was also changed to align with
cyber security products and services activities. During the
year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the
subsidiaries. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of
the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"), a statement containing
salient features of the financial statements of Company''s
subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures is
given in Form AOC-1 as Annexure - I and the same forms
part of this report. The statement also provides the details
of highlights of performance of subsidiaries. The financial
statements of each of the subsidiaries may also be accessed
on the website of the Company www.63moons.com. The

voluntary liquidation process of IBS Forex Ltd. is yet to be
completed.

Ticker Limited, has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary
viz., 9Point Capital Private Ltd. resulting in creation of one
more step down subsidiary for 63 moons technologies
limited. Further, Ticker Limited is in the process of Merger
with Baron Infotech Limited, a company listed on BSE and
which is under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution
Process, (CIRP) pending with NCLT, Hyderabad.

As the shareholders are aware that as per the terms of the
Agreement NTT Data Corporation, Japan has to acquire
balance 21,00,86,610 equity shares of NTT Data Payment
Services India Private Limited (Formerly ATOM Technologies
Limited) held by 63 moons, the closure of the said
transaction would be subject to the appropriate Board and
judicial approvals. During the FY 2023-24, the Company has
signed first Supplemental Agreement to Shareholders
Agreement with NTT Data Group Corporation (formerly
NTT Data Corporation) w.r.t. the Call Options relating to
acquiring of aforesaid balance equity shares of NTT Data
Payment Services India Limited by NTT Data Group
Corporation. NTT Data has approached MPID Court for
seeking direction in the matter, to release the shares after
depositing the consideration amount in the Court. Your
Company has filed Application under Sec 9 of the MPID
Act, 1999, in the matter.

The Policy for determining material subsidiaries as approved
by the Board may be accessed on the Company''s website
at the link: https://www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-
governance/policies/Material-subsidiarv-policv.pdf

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest
standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the
Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The
report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the
Listing Regulations is annexed hereto, and forms part of this
Annual Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the
Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance
norms is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

In terms of Regulation 34(2)(f) of SEBI (Listing Obligations
and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing
Regulations'') the Business Responsibility and Sustainability
Report, in the prescribed format, forms an Integral Part of
the Annual Report.

CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED
PARTIES

In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013
and Listing Regulations, as amended, your Company has
formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which
can be accessed on Company''s website at https://
www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/
policies/Related-Party-Transactions-Policy.pdf. The Policy is
to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure
processes are in place for all transactions between the
Company and Related Parties.

All arrangements / transactions entered by your Company

with its related parties during the year were in ordinary
course of business and on an arm''s length basis. During
the year, the Company has made investments in its
subsidiary i.e. NSEL amounting to ? 4500 lakhs in terms of
the shareholders'' approval obtained in 2022. Except the
aforesaid transaction, the Company did not enter into any
arrangement / transaction with related parties which
could be considered material, in accordance with
Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations. Further,
during the year, your Company has also invested Rs. 2500
lakhs In Ticker Limited and Rs. 2000 lakhs in 63SATS
Cybertech Limited. All transactions with related parties
were reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee.
Prior omnibus approvals are granted by the Audit
Committee for related party transactions which are of
repetitive nature, entered in the ordinary course of
business and are on arm''s length basis in accordance with
the provisions of the Act read with the Rules issued
thereunder and the Listing Regulations. Pursuant to
Regulation 23 (9) of the Listing Regulations, your Company
has filed the reports on related party transactions with the
Stock Exchanges.

There were no material related party transactions during
the year under review with the Promoters, Directors or Key
Managerial Personnel. The details of the transactions with
related parties are provided in the accompanying financial
statements.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The CSR activities of the Company are as per the
requirements of Section 135 of the Act which has been
approved by the Board.

For details regarding the CSR Committee, please refer to
the Corporate Governance Report, which is part of this
report. The CSR policy is available on the website of the
Company which can be accessed at the link: https://
www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/
policies/csr-policy.pdf.

The Report on CSR activities as required under Companies
(Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set
out as Annexure - II and the same forms part of this report.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board of Directors of the Company has formed a Risk
Management Committee to monitor the risk management
plan for the Company.

The risk management system identifies and monitors risks
which are related to the business and over all internal
control systems of the Company. The Audit Committee has
oversight responsibility in the areas of financial risks and
controls. The risk management committee is responsible
for reviewing the risk management policy and ensuring its
effectiveness and assist the Board in ensuring that all
material Compliances, Control, Safety and Operations and
Financial risks have been identified and adequate risk
mitigations are in place to address these risks.

The Audit Committee and the Board has also noted the
risks prevailing in respect of what is stated in the paras
relating to legal matters and explanation to the
Qualifications in Auditors Report above that may affect the
business of the Company.

CYBER SECURITY

Cybersecurity is an important part of your Company''s risk
management processes. The Risk Management Committee
regularly reviews and discusses the Company''s
cybersecurity framework and programs. The Company''s
cybersecurity risk management program is managed by a
separate department headed by Chief Information Security
Officer. In view of the increased cyberattack threats, the
cybersecurity is reviewed periodically and the processes
and technologies are enhanced on regular basis to
mitigate the probable risk arising out of cyberattacks. Your
Company''s robust cybersecurity risk management
framework is implemented to identify, evaluate, monitor
and report cyber risks for Company''s IT infrastructure.
There were no cyber security incidents or breaches, or loss
of data or documents occurred / happened, during the
year under review.

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR
ADEQUACY

Your Company has in place internal financial control
systems, which are commensurate with its size and the
nature of its operations. The Internal control system is
reviewed and modified on an on-going basis to meet the
changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory
requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that
all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the
transactions are authorized, recorded and reported
properly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the
adequacy of internal controls. The findings and
recommendations of the Internal Auditors are reviewed by
the Audit Committee and followed up till implementation
wherever required. Further, as per requirement of clause

(i) of sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Companies Act,
2013 (''the Act''), the statutory auditors have reported on
the internal financial controls and opined that 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 March 31, 2025.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

As on March 31, 2025, the Company has eight Directors
comprising of two Executive Directors and six Non¬
Executive Directors, out of which three are Independent
Directors. There is one Women Director. Based on the
recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration
Committee (NRC) the Board of Directors at its meeting
held on May 20, 2025, appointed Mr. Maheswar Sahu (IAS,
Retd.) (DIN:00034051) as an Additional Director (Non¬
executive, Non-independent) of the Company, Further, the
Shareholders have also approved the appointment of Mr.
Sahu, as Director (Non-executive, Non-independent), by
way of postal ballot, effective from July 24, 2025. At the
Annual General Meeting of the Company held on
September 27, 2024, Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332)
and Mr. Devender Singh Rawat (DIN: 02587354) who were
liable to retire by rotation were re-appointed as the
Directors of the Company.

The Company has received declarations from all the
Independent Directors confirming that they meet the

criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of
Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Listing
Regulations. In terms of Regulation 25(8) of the Listing
Regulations, the Independent Directors have confirmed
that they are not aware of any circumstance or situation,
which exist or may be reasonably anticipated, that could
impair or impact their ability to discharge their duties. The
Board is of the opinion that all the Independent Directors
are having good integrity and possess the requisite
expertise and experience. All the Independent Directors
have confirmed that they are in compliance with Rules 6(1)
and 6(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification
of Directors) Rules 2014, with respect to registration with
the data bank of Independent Directors maintained by the
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. During the year under
review, the Non-Executive Directors of the Company have
no pecuniary relationship or transactions with the
Company, other than sitting fees, commission and re¬
imbursement of expenses, if any.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the Company''s Articles of
Association, Mr. Sunil Shah (DIN:02569359) and Mr. Venkat
Chary (DIN: 00273036) retire by rotation at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting and being eligible offers
themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommend
their re-appointment for the consideration of the Members
of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The other Directors continue to be on the Board of your
Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the
Key Managerial Personnel of the Company as on March
31, 2025 are -

1. Mr. S. Rajendran, Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer

2. Mr. Devendra Agrawal, Whole-time Director and Chief
Financial Officer

3. Mr. Hariraj Chouhan, Company Secretary.

BOARD EVALUATION

The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation
of its own performance, Board committees and individual
directors taking into consideration the various aspects of
the Board''s functioning, execution and performance of
specific duties, obligations and governance. The
performance of the Board, Chairman and Independent
Directors was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs
from all the Directors. The criteria for performance
evaluation of the Board included aspects such as Board
composition and structure, effectiveness of Board
processes, contribution in treasury and risk management,
legal challenges faced by the Company, general corporate
governance, strategic planning etc. The performance of
the Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking
inputs from the committee members as well as other
directors. The criteria for performance evaluation of the
Committees included aspects such as composition of
committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.
The performance evaluation of the Independent directors
was carried out by the entire Board, excluding the

independent director whose performance being evaluated.
The Independent Directors of the Company met on March
29, 2025, without the presence of Non-independent
Directors and members of the management to review the
performance of Non-independent Directors including
Whole time directors and the Board of Directors as a
whole, and to assess the quality, quantity and timeliness
of the flow of information between the management and
the Board of Directors. The NRC and Board in evaluating
the performance of Executive Directors have appreciated
their good leadership role for ensuring effective risk and
human resource management despite the various
financial and legal challenges faced by the Company. On
review of Board as a whole, members expressed
satisfaction on the diversity of experience, composition of
group, and induction process of new members, and
competency of directors. The members expressed
appreciation on functioning of Audit committee, NRC,
CSR, Stake holders, Risk Management and Investment
Committee in discharging their expected role and
expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors of the Company met 9 (Nine) times
during the financial year. The necessary quorum was
present for all the meetings. The maximum interval
between any two meetings did not exceed 120 days. The
details of Board Meetings are provided in the Corporate
Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual
Report.

As permitted by the relevant rules and regulations, Board
and Committee meetings also took place virtually through
video conferencing and the applicable provisions were
complied with for such virtual meetings.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The details pertaining to the composition of the Audit
Committee are included in the Corporate Governance
Report, which is a part of this report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT
BY COMPANY

Details of loans, guarantees and investments have been
disclosed in the Financial Statements.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The particulars relating to conservation of energy,
technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and
outgo, as required to be disclosed under the Act, are
provided in Annexure - III and the same forms part of this
Report. During the year under review, several initiatives
have been taken including higher energy efficiencies in
heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, which
have resulted in energy saving of 311.23 kWh.

ANNUAL RETURN

The Annual Return as required under Section 92 and
Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
applicable Rules is available on the website of the Company

and can be accessed at https://www.63moons.com/
investors/shareholders/annual-reports.html.

PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

Disclosures with respect to the remuneration of Directors,
KMPs and employees as required under Section 197(12)
of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure
- IV to this Report.

Details of employee remuneration as required under
provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act,
2013 read with Rule 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014 are available electronically 21
days before the Annual General Meeting and members
seeking to inspect such documents can send an email
to [email protected]. Such details are also available on
your company''s website and can be accessed at https://
www.63moons.com/investors/shareholders/annual-
reports.html. None of the employees listed in the said
Annexure is a relative of any Director of the Company.
None of the employees hold (by himself or along with
his spouse and dependent children) more than two
percent of the equity shares of the Company.

CODE FOR PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING:

Your Company has adopted a Code of Conduct to
regulate, monitor and report trading by designated
persons and their immediate relatives as per the
requirements under SEBI( PIT) Regulations, 2015, as
amended from time to time. The Code covers the
Company''s obligation to maintain a Structured Digital
Database (SDD), mechanism for prevention of insider
trading and handling of UPSI.

VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has a whistle blower policy and having
necessary vigil mechanism in compliance with the
Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulations to
report genuine concerns or grievances. The Whistle
Blower Policy has been disseminated within the
Company and also posted on the website of the
Company and can be accessed at the link: https://
www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/
policies/Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf.

No employee was denied access to the Audit
Committee.

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY

The Board of Directors has framed a policy for selection
and appointment of Directors including determining
qualifications, independence of a Director, Key Managerial
Personnel, Senior Management Personnel and their
remuneration as part of its charter and other matters
provided under Section 178 (3) of the Act. The details of
the policy are provided in the Corporate Governance
Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. The
Nomination and Remuneration Policy has been placed on

the website of the Company and can be accessed at the
link: https://www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-

governance/policies/Nomination-and-Remuneration-
Policy.pdf.

MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The Company is not required to maintain cost records as
specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1)
of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE

The Company has complied with the provisions relating
to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee
under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The
Company has a policy on prevention, prohibition and
redressal of complaints related to sexual harassment of
women at the workplace. The said policy is available on
the internal portal of the Company for information of all
the employees.

The details pertaining to complaints received on matter
pertaining to sexual harassment during the financial year
2024-25, are as below:

(a) Number of complaints of sexual harassment received
in the year: Nil

(b) Number of complaints disposed off during the year:
Nil

(c) Number of cases pending for more than ninety days:
N.A

COMPLIANCE WITH MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961:

During the year under review, your Company has complied
with the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE
REGULATORS OR COURTS

Except as stated in the para relating to legal matters
mentioned above, there are no other significant or
material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or
Tribunals which impact the going concern status and
Company''s operations in future. The details of litigation
including tax matters are disclosed in the notes to the
Financial Statements which forms part of this Annual
Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of
Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability,
confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the
applicable accounting standards have been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material
departures, if any;

b. the Directors have selected such accounting policies
and applied them consistently and made judgments
and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as
to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the

Company at the end of the financial year and of the
profit of the Company for that period;

c. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to
maintain adequate accounting records in accordance
with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the
assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a
going concern basis.

e. the Directors have laid down internal financial controls
to be followed by the Company and such internal
financial controls are adequate and are operating
effectively; and

f. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure
compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws
and such systems are adequate and operating
effectively.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and
monitors the Employees Stock Option Plan of the Company
in accordance with the applicable SEBI Guidelines. The
ESOP Scheme 2020 is yet to be implemented and stock
options are yet to be granted and hence no stock options
are outstanding as on March 31, 2025.

SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company is in compliance with applicable Secretarial
Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries
of India.

AUDITORS

At the Thirty-sixth AGM held on September 27, 2024, the
Members approved appointment of M/s. Chaturvedi
Sohan & Co., Chartered Accountants (Regn No. 118424W),
Mumbai as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for a
period of five consecutive years from the conclusion of
36th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 41st
Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the
year 2029.

DETAILS OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE
AUDITORS

There have been no instances of fraud reported by
Auditors pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Companies
Act, 2013.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, the
Board had appointed M/s BNP & Associates, Practising
Company Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the
financial year 2024-25. The Secretarial Audit Report in
Form MR-3 for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 is
annexed herewith marked as Annexure - V and the same
forms part of this report. The Secretarial Auditors'' report
does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse
remarks.

Further, in compliance with Regulation 24A of the SEBI
Listing Regulation and Section 204 of the Act, the Board
at its meeting held on May 20, 2025, based on the
recommendation of the Audit committee, has approved
appointment of M/s. BNP & Associates, Practising Company
Secretaries (Firm Registration No. P2014MH037400), as
Secretarial Auditors of the Company for a term of five
consecutive years commencing from F.Y. 2025-26 till FY
2029-30, subject to approval of the Members at the
ensuing AGM. A detailed proposal for appointment of
Secretarial Auditor forms part of the Notice convening this
AGM.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

At 63 moons, our achievements reflect the dedication and
passion of our employees. The recognition we receive is a
testament to our commitment to innovation, excellence,
and leadership in the industry.

You Company is proud to share some of the prestigious
accolades earned by the organization and our leadership
team during FY 2024-25:

(1) Dream Companies to Work For 2025 (Best Workplace
Practices) presented by: 33rd Edition of World HRD
Congress

(2) Most Innovative Companies presented by: World
Innovation Congress 2024

(3) CEO of the Year Award presented by: World HRD
Congress

(4) Top Visionary CEO presented by: National Economic
Growth Summit 2024.

Each of these honours highlights our unwavering focus on
forward-thinking strategy, transformative leadership, and
building a workplace where innovation thrives.

ANNUAL SECRETARIAL COMPLIANCE REPORT

The Company has undertaken an audit for the financial
year 2024-25 for all applicable compliances as per
Securities and Exchange Board of India Regulations and
Circulars / Guidelines issued thereunder.

The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report has been
submitted by your Company to the Stock Exchanges.

GENERAL

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is
required in respect of the following items as there were
no transactions on these items during the year under
review:

• Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V
of the Act.

• Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as
to dividend, voting or otherwise.

• Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time
Director of the Company receive any remuneration or
commission from any of its subsidiaries.

HUMAN RESOURCES

63 moons technologies limited (63 moons) is an equal
opportunity provider which ensures non-discrimination at

the workplace. The Company remains committed to its
employees and values each one''s contribution in the
collective growth. At 63 moons, we believe in providing a
great workplace/ a conducive work culture to emphasize
that employees have freedom to ideate towards its core
philosophy of entrepreneurship and innovation while
having fun and joy at work. As of 31 March 2025, the
Company has employee strength of 378, which is decreased
by 473 on account of sale of ODIN and MATCH on slump
sale basis, alongwith the concerned employees transferred
with the sale during the year under review. Further, 64
employees have been assigned to 63SATS Cybertech
Limited, a Group company which deals in Cyber Security
products and services. Company has currently 378 number
of employees on role out of which 66 are women
employees.

The Company strongly believes and promotes transparent
communication policy. The Human Resources Dept. (HR
Dept.) has an open door policy to encourage employees
to reach out HR. The HR dept. is trained to, always, be on
alert and available for any help sought by the employees.

Most of our systems and processes are automated to
ensure that required information is available anytime to
our employees. At 63 moons, we believe in celebrating the
differences and diversity. The organization has mix of
people diversely different from each other in terms of age,
experience, qualification, race, cultures, geographic
locations etc. Each one of us is unique and special and we
as an organization cherish and celebrate these differences.

Even when we celebrate events, we ensure that each event
has a unique theme so that the maximum number of
employees can participate in one or other event based on
their interests, likings and capabilities. We celebrate all the
following festive occasions with equal commitment and
fervor.

Through innovative HR initiatives, we empower to motivate
employees by participating in various events such as
International Women''s Day, Holi Celebration, Independence
Day, Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri Celebration, Diwali
Celebration, JOSH (Annual Sports), Juniors'' Day, Annual
Party etc. Many wellness events are arranged for employees
such as Yoga, Zumba, Eye check-up, Blood Donation, Scalp
& Skincare and talks on various Health Topics.

At 63 moons, we prioritize societal and reflecting our
commitment to social responsibility through impactful
CSR initiatives. Through regular events and programs, we
empower employees to engage with and uplift
underprivileged communities, making a tangible difference
in society. Such as TATA Mumbai Marathon, Blood Donation
Camp, Tree Plantation at Butterfly Garden. 63 moons
participated by taking initiatives under Corporate Social
Responsibility, in association with Srujana our NGO partner
that supports Women Empowerment and motives to uplift
the economically backward women in the society by
teaching them skills which would help to earn livelihood.
Also, in association with Anviksha Blood Bank by Deepak''s
Foundation who help needy patients with blood and
blood products for the past 28 years.

An engaged employee is aware of the business context
and works with colleagues to improve the job performance
for the benefit of the organization. The employee goes

beyond the basic job responsibility to delight the
customers and drive the business forward. Engagement is
closely related to job involvement and flow.

Along with this, HR communication remains committed to
share daily news and updates over established channels
as well as on social media platforms. In addition,
MoonQuest (monthly digital magazine) is used as a timely
communication feed providing varied subject knowledge.

All HR initiatives have not only helped us to strengthen
our connection with employees but have also brought in
a sense of general wellbeing and happiness at our
workplace. Employee health benefit and engagement
programs make 63 moons as one of the best companies
to work.

At 63 moons, Learning & Development is inculcated
through functional and behavioral based soft skill training
programs to enhance employee''s roles and responsibilities,
conducted through On the Job (classroom training) and
Experiential Outbound training. These are classroom
training programs conducted to enrich soft skills that are
important to develop for their job role like communication,
presentation skills etc. An experiential outbound training
session fosters team building, a more engaged, resilient
and high performing workforce.

The training session includes fun learning group activities
based on skills development for their job roles. Post the
training, employees are assessed for the learnings of the
program. Since there were many changes and rotations in
the POSH Committee, we have also arranged training
sessions for refreshers and new Inductees in the existing
POSH committee. Employees get feel good factor on first
day of joining as they receive an access card at the
entrance post which they have a tea/coffee session with
HR where onboarding process is conducted. Induction
program is conducted for new joinees which helps them
to get a detail understanding of company''s vision, growth,
various policies and processes. There is also an extension
of induction program conducted by imparting the
knowledge on Capital markets. This training helps
employees to enhance their core skills.

The Company is equally concerned about the holistic
wellbeing of all employees. Several employee beneficial
programs (Insurance, health care etc.) have been initiated/
are well placed including new insurance coverage benefits.
Chatbot facility is enabled for smooth transition of claim
process and assisting employees to get quick information
during medical emergency. We have managed to negotiate
the best premium for all insurance policies (lesser than
previous year) inspite of high claim ratio. Additionally, we
have arranged a full body check-up for our senior
management. We have also introduced Insurance Top-Up
scheme for Mediclaim and Term Life coverage for our
employees and their families which has enabled them to
have enhanced sum insured coverage. From current year
Voluntary Mediclaim top up policy for new corporate
salary accounts has been discounted at half price as
compared to the earlier premium rate.

Structured interventions like our grievance redressal
process of Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH),
Information Security Awareness (ISA) and Innovative
Thinking for our employees help us to proactively identify

and mitigate risks on human rights and any other
organization processes.

There are different channels through which employees are
made aware of the importance of opting for provident
fund, National Pension Scheme and employees have
positively responded to the same. Company has also
registered under National Apprenticeship Training Scheme
where minimum of 2.5% of employee strength is hired as
apprentice. This enables the apprentice to receive
government certification after successful completion of
apprenticeship period.

On the policies and process, the organization is most
compliant and employee friendly.

As far as Annual leaves are concerned, the HR at 63 moons
has taken ''sharing is caring'' to the next level by introducing
''AVADAAN, a Leave Donation Program that allows
employees to donate their accumulated/excess leave
voluntarily to their colleagues who are in need in their
difficult time/ health exigencies.

At 63 moons we care for employees'' work-life balance
hence in addition to the Privilege leaves, the company has
''Family Bliss'' leaves for the anniversary and birthday so
that they can spend time with their near and dear ones
on their special day. A religion-specific holiday has been
introduced so that employees can take leave for their
respective religious festival.

63 moons continue to trust the ability and quality of its
Human Resources and has already started working on the
next phase of the Company''s growth. The Company treats
its employees as integral partners of the organization''s
growth story. The Company''s attrition number is 17% with
focus on retention of Top and Niche talent.

At 63 moons, HR team always try to implement the plans
and strategies aliening to the vision of the organisation
and grateful to the Top Management for their continued
faith, support and confidence in us that always brings out
our best for the betterment of the employees.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors take this opportunity to thank all the Shareholders, Regulatory Authorities, business associates for their
continued support.

Your Directors place on record their deep appreciation for all the employees for their hard work, dedication and
commitment.

Your Directors also place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial
institutions, bankers and business associates for their continued support and the trust reposed in the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Venkat Chary S. Rajendran

Place : Mumbai Chairman Managing Director & CEO

Date : August 12, 2025 DIN: 00273036 DIN: 02686150

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Mar 31, 2024

Your Directors present the Thirty-sixth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Financial Results Standalone and Consolidated

The financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2024 has been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the 2013 Act") read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and the relevant provisions of the 2013 Act, as applicable.

(? in lakhs, except per share data)

	Standalone		Consolidated
Particulars	Current Year 2023-24	Previous Year 2022-23	Current Year 2023-24	Previous Year 2022-23
Total Income	59,293.41	37,490.74	62,007.95	40,176.88
Total Operating expenditure	26,113.87	21,976.37	37,491.81	31,683.40
EBITDA	33,179.54	15,514.37	24,516.14	8,493.48
Finance costs	89.26	54.47	97.11	63.15
Depreciation/amortization	1,287.83	1,187.26	3,029.12	2,338.98
Profit / (Loss) before exceptional item and tax	31,802.45	14,272.64	21,389.91	6,091.35
Exceptional Item	-4,750.00	-7,386.55	-	-4,136.55
Profit / (Loss) before tax	27,052.45	6,886.09	21,389.91	1,954.80
Provision for taxation	130.82	4,110.68	154.84	4,136.16
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	26,921.63	2,775.41	21,235.07	-2,181.36
Add: Net share of profit / (Loss) of associates	-	-	-259.13	-483.01
Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries	-	-	-1,274.65	-1,033.49
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	26,921.63	2,775.41	22,250.59	-1,630.88
Earnings per share
Basic	58.43	6.02	48.29	-3.54
Diluted	58.43	6.02	48.29	-3.54

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY''S AFFAIRS Standalone Financials

The total revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2024 was at ? 45,526.88 lakhs as compared to ? 27,249.38 lakhs for the year ended March 31, 2023

For the year under review, your Company has reported profit before finance cost, depreciation, exceptional items and tax of ? 33,179.54 lakhs compared to profit of ? 15,514.37 lakhs in the previous year. Profit before tax was ? 27,052.45 lakhs compared to Loss of ? 6,886.09 lakhs in the previous year.

The net Profit after tax was ? 26,921.63 lakhs as compared to profit of ? 2,775.41 lakhs in the previous year.

The consolidated Net profit for the year ended March 31, 2024 was at Rs. 22,250.59 lakhs as against loss of Rs. 1,630.88 lakhs in the previous year ended March 31, 2023. Shareholders'' funds as at the year ended March 31, 2024, was at Rs. 3,31,810.87 lakhs as against Rs. 3,09,050.72 lakhs as at March 31, 2023. Shareholders'' fund includes noncontrolling interest of (Rs. 2,925.77) lakhs as compared to (?2,450.13) lakhs in previous year.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company. The Company continues to carry out activities as stated in the main object clause of its Memorandum of Association as there has been no change in the nature of its business.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: FISCAL YEAR 2023-24

Throughout the year under review, your Company have witnessed unprecedented success and growth.

The groundwork for expanding horizons was laid last year itself through its subsidiary as well as own initiatives which reflects our 3.0 verse global super app. For instance, 3.0 verse of the Subsidiary, tackled existing industry problems by offering solutions such as creating tradable digital tokens using the secured blockchain technology, increased liquidity and reduced transaction costs, and fractional ownership. 3.0 university created timely courses, for example, those focused on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity by partnering with industry experts. And 3.0 tv played a crucial role in keeping the viewers across the globe updated about everything that happened in the Web 3.0 and emerging technologies ecosystem.

Having tested waters with emerging technologies like Blockchain, our foray into Cybersecurity with 63SATS in another Subsidiary and the act of leveraging franchising models for it. The enthusiasm displayed by the stakeholders of this ecosystem regarding our seminars and roadshows held across the country during the last year validates our belief in the potential of the emerging technologies to redefine paradigms. Undoubtedly, this is the future.

Your Company has been a torchbearer in the technological advancements in the fintech space, providing the necessary support of critical technologies for multi-asset class exchanges, among the other segments.

Brokerage Trading Solutions (BTS) Business

Business has seen a moderate growth top line revenue in 2023-24. Significant change in compensation levels for core technology resources has increased the cost of operations which in turn has impacted profitability. The Brokerage Technology Solutions business has continued with enhancements and innovations to its core product

suite. We continue to persevere and increase our market share.

Exchange Technology Business

As stated in the previous year Annual Report, another last-minute new contract was sought by MCX which was effective for period from 01st July 2023 to 31st December 2023, after that MCX has changed the Vendor and to that extent your Company''s revenue is affected. The Exchange Technology division continues to serve to Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd. It is also exploring opportunities around the technology skills that it has so that the existing team can be leveraged for better revenue realisation in the coming times.

Risk Solutions

During the FY24, the division successfully implemented new version of DataCollector for a global financial regulator. Furthermore, this new version was implemented on cloud, enhancing SupTech capabilities of the Central Bank. A domestic housing finance regulator has been using the division''s ADF application (Automated data flow) for collection of data from Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). During the year the division created an analytical report creation facility as well as an early warning system in ADF application. For the HFCs submitting data, the division developed a data validation utility to enable data validation at HFC-level. During the year more than half a dozen HFCs were onboarded as our client

The division is actively pursuing to position its DataCollector application as an Enterprise Information Resource Management (EIRP) software, which can be used by any enterprise having interfaces with other stakeholders- both internal and external- for submission, validation, and addition of information. The division has already implemented such an information supply chain facility as a bespoke facility in one of its major clients. The division is creating such a facility as a generic and configurable one in its DataCollector. The division has enhanced its Value at Risk (VaR) application by adding a stressed VaR module.

The division is actively pursuing overseas emerging markets for DataCollector. Multiple demonstrations have been carried out for Central Banks in Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

New Vision

Over the years, your Company''s journey from strength to strength exhibits its continual perseverance and efforts in the current business operations. The rise of your Company''s line of products to a leading position in the markets is a testimony that the product offerings have been well received. Your Company''s step towards excellence in its existing sphere of operations is furthering the evolution of technological offerings.

During the year under review, your Company has not only introduced several enhancements to its current line of product offerings but also more than matched its past performance by expanding the horizons of technological advancements in other areas, too.

Having these aspects of technological advancements as its inherent characteristics, your Company has ventured into new areas through the launch of 63SATS, in the direction of providing Cybersecurity - the Gold of the Digital Economy. Through the new venture - 63SATS in the Subsidiary- your Company is providing an umbrella of Cybersecurity technology solutions across various layers: individual-level, enterprise-level, and government level to combat cyber threats. Our Cybersecurity technology is powered by avant-garde Cybersecurity, in alliance with the world''s leading 10 best digital security firms from Israel to USA.

Legal matters

In a civil suit filed by L.J. Tanna Private Limited & Ors. relating to NSEL payment default, the Hon''ble Bombay High Court passed an ad interim order restraining the Company from distributing any dividend or depositing the same in the dividend distribution account as per Companies Act, 1956, until the final hearing and disposal of the Notice of Motion. As a result, the Company has complied with the order and has not distributed the final dividend to the shareholders. Court. The matter is pending for hearing.

The Union of India, through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA") filed a Company Petition before the Company Law Board, inter-alia seeking removal and supersession of the Board of Directors of the Company. As an interim arrangement, the NCLT, with consent, formed a committee for certain matters. Upon appeal, the NCLT dismissed MCA''s request for the removal and supersession of the entire Board and instead ordered MCA to nominate three directors to the Board. The NCLAT upheld the NCLT''s order. The Company has appealed to the Hon''ble Supreme Court, which has granted a stay on the appointment of directors and the matter is pending for hearing.

The Company filed Writ Petitions before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court, challenging the validity of certain Notifications issued under MPID Act. The Hon''ble Bombay High Court pleased to quash and set aside the said Notifications. In appeal, the Hon''ble Supreme Court has set aside the High Court''s order and upheld the validity of Notifications . The Company is now pursuing its remedy before the Designated Court against these Notifications

The Directorate of Enforcement has attached properties of Company by issuing provisional attachment orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The Adjudicating Authority under PMLA had confirmed the said provisional attachments. The Appellate Tribunal quashed the provisional attachment orders subject to conditions. Company has filed the appeal before the

Hon''ble Bombay High Court for limited purposes challenging only the conditions mentioned in the impugned order of the Appellate Tribunal ED has also filed cross appeal Both appeals are pending for hearing.

Except as stated above, no material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of the financial year till the date of this Report, which significantly affects the financial position of the Company.

Explanation to the Qualifications in Auditor Report A. Audit Report on Standalone Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualification made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Report dated May 24, 2024 on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024 is as under:

1) With respect to qualification A in Auditors Report, explanation of the Management is as under:

a) Post July-2013, civil suits have been filed against the Company in relation to the counter party payment default occurred on the exchange platform of NSEL, wherein the Company has been made a party. In these proceedings certain reliefs have been claimed against the Company, inter-alia, on the ground that the Company is the holding company of NSEL. These matters are pending before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between the Company and the Plaintiffs therein. The management is of the view that the parties who have filed the Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. These matters are pending for hearing before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

b) First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered against various parties, including the Company, with the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai (EOW) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the counter party payment default on NSEL trading platform. After investigation, EOW, Mumbai has presently filed various charge-sheets in the matter. The Company has been named in the charge sheet filed in December 2018. CBI has filed charge-sheets including against the Company for alleged loss caused to PEC Ltd. & MMTC Ltd on NSEL platform and aforesaid cases are pending for trial before Court.

c) The SFIO has filed a complaint with the Hon''ble Sessions Court under various sections of IPC and Companies Act against several persons/entities including the Company relating to NSEL payment default. The Company has challenged the issuance of process order before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court and the proceedings in the matter has been

stayed by the Hon''ble High Court. The matter is pending for hearing before Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

d) The State Government attached various assets of the Company under MPID Act by issuing Gazette Notifications. The Company is in the process of pursuing its remedy before Hon''ble MPID Court against said Notifications.

e) The Enforcement Directorate(''ED'') has attached certain assets of the Company under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002(PMLA). The Hon''ble Appellate Tribunal quashed the provisional attachment orders and imposed conditions with regard to the Company. The Company has filed the appeal before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for the limited purpose for challenging the conditions put by the Hon''ble Appellate Tribunal. The Hon''ble Court was pleased to admit the appeal. ED has also filed cross appeal, which is tagged with the Company''s appeal. The matters are pending for hearing. Meanwhile, ED filed a prosecution complaint before the Spl. PMLA Court, Mumbai against the Company and the same is pending for trial.

B. Audit Report on Consolidated Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Reports dated May 24, 2024 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024 are as under:

1. With respect to item no. 1 which pertains to the Company refer paragraph (A) above.

2. With respect to item no. 2 which are pertaining to the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors of a subsidiary viz National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) in their Independent Auditors Report on NSEL''s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024 which has been reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the Company (63moons) in their Independent Auditors Report (Auditors Report) dated May 24, 2024 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024, the explanation given by the management of NSEL are as under: ("Company" in the response below refer to NSEL)

i) With respect to qualification 2A in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL''s Management is as under:

NSEL is taking all steps to defend its position, however since all matters are sub-judice, the Company is unable to quantify the impact, if any, of such legal proceedings on the financial statements of the Company. There are no claims / litigations which may require adjustments in

ii) With respect to qualification 2B in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL''s Management is as under:

Majority value of the trade and other receivables, loans and advances etc. are under litigation/ subject to court orders. The company has already made provision for majority of the values or disclosed the reason for nonprovisioning. The company is making full efforts for recovery of the amounts.

DIVIDEND

Your Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs.2/- per share (i.e.100%) on the face value of Rs.2/- per share for the F.Y. 2023-24. The distribution of said dividend shall be subject to the approval of shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General meeting and appropriate judicial orders.

As the Shareholders are aware, the following dividends are pending for distribution due to the Hon''ble Bombay High Court order:

a. The final dividend of ? 5/- per share for the FY 2014-15, approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on September 30, 2015, could not be paid as the Hon''ble Bombay High Court vide its order dated September 30, 2015 in Notice of Motion no. 1490 of 2015 in Suit no. 121 of 2014 - L.J. Tanna Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., Vs. Financial Technologies (India) Limited inter-alia directed that pending hearing and final disposal of Notice of Motion "FTIL shall not distribute any dividend amongst its shareholders and shall also not deposit any amount in compliance with Section 123 sub - clause (iv) of the Companies Act, 1956", (to be read as Companies Act,2013).

b. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2016-17 approved

by the shareholders at the 29th AGM held on

September 27, 2017 is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

c. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2017-18 approved

by the shareholders at the 30th AGM held on

September 27, 2018, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

d. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2018-19 approved

by the shareholders at the 31st AGM held on

September 18, 2019, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

e. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2019-20 approved

by the shareholders at the 32nd AGM held on

December 09, 2020, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

f. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2020-21 approved

by the shareholders at the 33rd AGM held on

September 18, 2021, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

g. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2022-23 approved by the shareholders at the 35th AGM held on September 27, 2023, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

The Company has informed the IEPF Authority about the above pending dividends for distribution to shareholders in view of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court Order as stated in point (a) above.

Prior to the above mentioned High Court order, your Company has paid consecutive dividends for the past 38 quarters which is in accordance with the sustainable dividend pay-out policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives. The Dividend Distribution Policy is available on the website of the Company which can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/ corporate-governance/policies/Dividend-Distribution-Policy.pdf

Pursuant to Finance Act 2020, dividend income will be taxable in the hands of the Shareholders w.e.f. 01/04/2020. As the payment of Dividend for FY 2023-24 is subject to appropriate judicial order, relevant communication relating to TDS would be sent to Shareholders after receipt of applicable judicial order.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

Your Company does not propose to transfer any sum to General Reserve for the year under review.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on March 31, 2024, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at ? 921.57 lakhs comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of ? 2/- each. During the year under review the Company has not issued any shares with differential voting rights nor has it granted any Stock Option or Sweat Equity.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations''), is provided in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

The Company has 17 subsidiaries (including step-down subsidiaries) as on March 31, 2024 There is one Associate company and no joint venture company within the meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013. There has been no material change in the nature of business of

the subsidiaries, except one subsidiary viz., Global Payment Networks Limited, wherein the business of providing cyber security related products and services has been started and accordingly the name of the subsidiary has been changed to 63SATS Global Cyber Technologies Networks Limited and the main Object Clause is also changed to align with cyber security products and services activities. During the year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiaries. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"), a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of Company''s subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures is given in Form AOC-1 as Annexure - I and the same forms part of this report. The statement also provides the details of highlights of performance of subsidiaries. The financial statements of each of the subsidiaries may also be accessed on the website of the Company www.63moons.com. Financial Technologies Middle East- DMCC (subsidiary of FTGIPL) was liquidated w.e.f. 06.10.2022..Whereas Riskraft Consulting Ltd. (Riskraft) was liquidated w.e.f. 20.11.2023 The voluntary liquidation process of IBS Forex Ltd. is yet to be completed.

During the previous year, Ticker Limited, has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary viz., Ticker Data Limited. resulting in creation of a step down subsidiary for 63 moons technologies limited. Further, Ticker Limited has transferred its Content provider business to Ticker Data Limited.

As the shareholders are aware that as per the terms of the Agreement NTT Data Corporation, Japan has to acquire balance 21,00,86,610 equity shares of NTT Data Payment Services India Limited (Formerly ATOM Technologies Limited) held by 63 moons, the closure of the said transaction would be subject to the appropriate Board and judicial approvals. During the FY 2023-24, the Company has signed first Supplemental Agreement to Shareholders Agreement with NTT Data Group Corporation (formerly NTT Data Corporation) w.r.t. the Call Options relating to acquiring of aforesaid balance equity shares of NTT Data Payment Services India Limited by NTT Data Group Corporation.

The Policy for determining material subsidiaries as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company''s website at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Material-subsidiary-policy.pdf.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the Listing Regulations is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

In terms of Regulation 34(2)(f) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations'') the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, in the prescribed format, forms an Integral Part of the Annual Report.

CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES

In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations, as amended, your Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which can be accessed on Company''s website at www.63moons. com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Related-Party-Transactions-Policy.pdf. The Policy is to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all transactions between the Company and Related Parties.

All arrangements / transactions entered by your Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary course of business and on an arm''s length basis. During the year, the Company has made investments in its subsidiary i.e. NSEL amounting to ? 4750 lakhs in terms of the shareholders'' approval obtained in 2022. Except for the transaction with NSEL, the Company did not enter into any arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material, in accordance with Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations. All transactions with related parties were reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee. Prior omnibus approvals are granted by the Audit Committee for related party transactions which are of repetitive nature, entered in the ordinary course of business and are on arm''s length basis in accordance with the provisions of the Act read with the Rules issued thereunder and the Listing Regulations.

There were no material related party transactions during the year under review with the Promoters, Directors or Key Managerial Personnel. The details of the transactions with related parties are provided in the accompanying financial statements.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The CSR activities of the Company are as per the requirements of Section 135 of the Act which has been approved by the Board. During the year, the Company has been awarded CSR Leadership Award by World CSR Congress under Global CSR Excellence & Leadership award, as recognition of CSR program done by your Company. Also awarded in special category for support and improvement in Quality Education.

For details regarding the CSR Committee, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report, which is part of this report.

The CSR policy is available on the website of the Company which can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/ investors/corporate-governance/policies/CSR-policy.pdf.

The Report on CSR activities as required under Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as Annexure - II and the same forms part of this report.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board of Directors of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to monitor the risk management plan for the Company.

The risk management system identifies and monitors risks which are related to the business and over all internal control systems of the Company. The Audit Committee has oversight responsibility in the areas of financial risks and controls. The risk management committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management policy and ensuring its effectiveness and assist the Board in ensuring that all material Compliances, Control, Safety and Operations and Financial risks have been identified and adequate risk mitigations are in place to address these risks.

The Audit Committee and the Board has also noted the risks prevailing in respect of what is stated in the paras relating to legal matters and explanation to the Qualifications in Auditors Report above that may affect the business of the Company.

CYBER SECURITY

Cybersecurity is an important part of your Company''s risk management processes. The Risk Management Committee regularly reviews and discusses the Company''s cybersecurity framework and programs. The Company''s cybersecurity risk management program is managed by a separate department headed by Chief Information Security Officer. In view of the increased cyberattack threats, the cybersecurity is reviewed periodically and the processes and technologies are enhanced on regular basis to mitigate the probable risk arising out of cyberattacks. Your Company''s robust cybersecurity risk management framework is implemented to identify, evaluate, monitor and report cyber risks for Company''s IT infrastructure. There were no cyber security incidents or breaches, or loss of data or documents occurred / happened, during the year under review.

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has in place internal financial control systems, which are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The Internal control system is reviewed and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported

properly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls. The findings and recommendations of the Internal Auditors are reviewed by the Audit Committee and followed up till implementation wherever required. Further, as per requirement of clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act''), the statutory auditors have reported on the internal financial controls and opined that 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 March 31, 2024.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

As on March 31, 2024, the Company has eight Directors comprising of two Executive Directors and six NonExecutive Directors, out of which three are Independent Directors. There is one Women Director. At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 27, 2023, Mr. Sunil Shah(DIN:02569359) and Mr. Venkat Chary (DIN: 00273036) who were liable to retire by rotation were re-appointed as the Directors of the Company. Further, the Shareholders'' also re-appointed Mr. Kanekal Chandrasekhar (DIN:06861358) as an Independent Director for a second term of 5 (five) years commencing from September 18, 2023 till September 17, 2028.

Mr. Rajendran Soundaram (DIN: 02686150) was reappointed by the members by way of postal ballot, as Managing Director & CEO for a period of three years commencing from June 01, 2023 till May 31, 2026, not liable to retire by rotation. Similarly, Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332) was also re-appointed by the members by way of postal ballot, as Whole-time Director & CFO for a period of three years commencing from May 27, 2023 till May 26, 2026, liable to retire by rotation.

Mr. Suresh Salvi (DIN: 07636298) ceased to be an Independent Director of the Company on the expiry of his term on 17th September 2023.

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Listing Regulations. In terms of Regulation 25(8) of the Listing Regulations, the Independent Directors have confirmed that they are not aware of any circumstance or situation, which exist or may be reasonably anticipated, that could impair or impact their ability to discharge their duties. The Board is of the opinion that all the Independent Directors are having good integrity and possess the requisite expertise and experience. All the Independent Directors have confirmed that they are in compliance with Rules 6(1) and 6(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules 2014, with respect to registration with the data bank of Independent Directors maintained by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company''s Articles of Association, Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332) and Mr. Devender Singh Rawat (DIN: 02587354) retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible offers themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommend their re-appointment for the consideration of the Members of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The other Directors continue to be on the Board of your Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company are -

1. Mr. S. Rajendran, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

2. Mr. Devendra Agrawal, Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer

3. Mr. Hariraj Chouhan, Company Secretary.

BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI Listing Regulations and the Guidance Note on Board Evaluation issued by the SEBI on January 5, 2017, the Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, Board committees and individual directors taking into consideration the various aspects of the Board''s functioning, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations and governance. The performance of the Board, Chairman and Independent Directors was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the Directors. The criteria for performance evaluation of the Board included aspects such as Board composition and structure, effectiveness of Board processes, contribution in treasury and risk management, legal challenges faced by the Company, general corporate governance, strategic planning etc. The performance of the Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from the committee members as well as other directors. The criteria for performance evaluation of the Committees included aspects such as composition of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc. The performance evaluation of the Independent directors was carried out by the entire Board, excluding the independent director whose performance being evaluated.

The Independent Directors of the Company met on March 19, 2024, without the presence of Non-independent Directors and members of the management to review the performance of Non-independent Directors including Whole time directors and the Board of Directors as a whole, and to assess the quality, quantity and timeliness of the flow of information between the management and the Board of Directors. The NRC and Board in evaluating the performance of Executive Directors have appreciated their good leadership role for ensuring effective risk and human resource management despite the various

financial and legal challenges faced by the Company. On review of Board as a whole, members expressed satisfaction on the diversity of experience, composition of group, and induction process of new members, and competency of directors. The members expressed appreciation on functioning of Audit committee, NRC, CSR, Stake holders, Risk Management and Investment Committee in discharging their expected role and expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors of the Company met 4 (Four) times during the financial year. The details of Board Meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

As permitted by the relevant rules and regulations, Board and Committee meetings took place virtually through video conferencing and the applicable provisions were complied with for such virtual meetings.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The details pertaining to the composition of the Audit Committee are included in the Corporate Governance Report, which is a part of this report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT BY COMPANY

Details of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the Financial Statements.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under the Act, are provided in Annexure - III and the same forms part of this Report.

ANNUAL RETURN

The Annual Return as required under Section 92 and Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with applicable Rules is available on the website of the Company and can be accessed at www.63moons.com/investors/ shareholders/annual-reports.html.

PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

Disclosures with respect to the remuneration of Directors, KMPs and employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure - IV to this Report.

Details of employee remuneration as required under provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are available electronically 21 days before the Annual General Meeting and members seeking to inspect such documents can send an email to [email protected]. Such details are also available on your company''s website and can be accessed at www.63moons.com/investors/shareholders/annual-reports.html. None of the employees listed in the said Annexure is a relative of any Director of the Company. None of the employees hold (by himself or along with his spouse and dependent children) more than two percent of the equity shares of the Company.

VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has a whistle blower policy and having necessary vigil mechanism in compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulations to report genuine concerns or grievances. The Whistle Blower Policy has been disseminated within the Company and also posted on the website of the Company and can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/ policies/Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf.

No employee was denied access to the Audit Committee.

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY

The Board of Directors has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors including determining qualifications, independence of a Director, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel and their remuneration as part of its charter and other matters provided under Section 178 (3) of the Act. The details of the policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. The Nomination and Remuneration Policy has been placed on the website of the Company and can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/ policies/Nomination-and-Remuneration-Policy.pdf.

MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section(1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE

The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of complaints related to sexual harassment of women at the workplace. The said policy is available on

the internal portal of the Company for information of all employees. During the FY 2023-24 , the Company has not received any complaints on sexual harassment and hence no complaints remain pending as of March 31, 2024.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

Except as stated in the para relating to legal matters mentioned above, there are no other significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company''s operations in future. The details of litigation including tax matters are disclosed in the notes to the Financial Statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;

b. the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;

c. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

e. the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and

f. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and monitors the Employees Stock Option Plan of the Company in accordance with the applicable SEBI Guidelines. The ESOP Scheme 2020 is yet to be implemented and stock options are yet to be granted and hence no stock options are outstanding as on March 31, 2024.

SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company is in compliance with applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

AUDITORS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 109983W) were re-appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 19, 2019 for a period of five years on a remuneration mutually agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors. Accordingly, their tenure is upto the conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Board at its meeting held on 12th August 2024, recommended the appointment of M/s. Chaturvedi Sohan & Co., Chartered Accountants (Regn No. 118424W), Mumbai as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of five consecutive years from the conclusion of 36th Annual General Meeting for the approval of Shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

DETAILS OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS

There have been no instances of fraud reported by Auditors pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, the Board has appointed M/s BNP & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2023-24. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure - V and the same forms part of this report. The Secretarial Auditors'' report does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

For any organization, winning of awards and accolades is never possible without its employees support and contribution. Your Company has won several awards and accolades during the year 2023-24. With great pride, we share the details of awards received by us for our organization''s best practices in Talent Management, Employee Engagement, retention strategies etc. the details of the same are given here under.

(i) Best Cyber Security award presented by Corporate Titan awards, (ii) Continuous Innovation in HR strategy at work, Brand Excellence in IT/ITES sector, (iii) Maharashtra State Best Employer Brand presented by National Awards for Excellence & Leadership, (iv) Asia''s Best Award for Institution Building presented by Aisa''s Best Employer

Branding Awards 2023, Singapore, (v) HR Team of the Year 2023 presented by Employee Happiness Awards, Kamikaze B2B Media, (vi) Business Transformation Award presented by Tech Circle''s Business Transformation Awards 2023, (vii) India''s Best Company of the Year 2023 presented by Berkshire Media LLC, USA, (viii) The Most Preferred Workplace 2023-2024 (IT&ITES Edition) presented by Prominent media network - Marksmen Daily.

ANNUAL SECRETARIAL COMPLIANCE REPORT

The Company has undertaken an audit for the financial year 2023-24 for all applicable compliances as per Securities and Exchange Board of India Regulations and Circulars / Guidelines issued thereunder.

The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report has been submitted by your Company to the Stock Exchanges.

GENERAL

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:

• Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

• Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

• Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Director of the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.

HUMAN RESOURCES

63 moons technologies limited (63 moons) is an equal opportunity provider which ensures non-discrimination at the workplace. The Company remains committed to its employees and values each one''s contribution in the collective growth. At 63 moons, we believe in providing a great workplace/ a conducive work culture to emphasize that employees have freedom to ideate towards its core philosophy of entrepreneurship and innovation while having fun and joy at work. As of 31 March 2024, the Company had employee strength of 863 (increased by 9% YoY).

The Company strongly believes and promotes transparent communication policy. The Human Resources Dept. (HR Dept.) has an open door policy to encourage employees to reach out HR. The HR dept. is trained to, always, be on alert and available for any help sought by the employees. Most of our systems and processes are automated to ensure that required information is available anytime to our employees. At 63 moons, we believe in celebrating the differences and diversity. The organization has mix of people diversely different from each other in terms of age, experience, qualification, race, cultures, geographic

locations etc. Each one of us is unique and special and we as an organization cherish and celebrate these differences. Even when we celebrate events, we ensure that each event has a unique theme so that the maximum number of employees can participate in one or other event based on their interests, likings and capabilities. We celebrate all the following festive occasions with equal commitment and fervor.

Through innovative HR initiatives, we empower to motivate employees by participating in various events such as International Women''s Day, Holi Celebration, Independence Day, Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri Celebration, Diwali Celebration, JOSH (Annual Sports), Juniors'' Day, Annual Party etc. Many wellness events are arranged for employees such as Yoga, Zumba, Eye check-up, Blood Donation, Scalp & Skincare and talks on various Health Topics.

At 63 moons, we prioritize societal and reflecting our commitment to social responsibility through impactful CSR initiatives. Through regular events and programs, we empower employees to engage with and uplift underprivileged communities, making a tangible difference in society. Such as TATA Mumbai Marathon, Blood Donation Camp, Tree Plantation at Butterfly Garden. 63 moons participated by taking initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility, in association with Srujna our NGO partner that supports Women Empowerment and motives to uplift the economically backward women in the society by teaching them skills which would help to earn livelihood. Also, in association with Anviksha Blood Bank by Deepak''s Foundation who help needy patients with blood and blood products for the past 28 years.

An engaged employee is aware of the business context and works with colleagues to improve the job performance for the benefit of the organization. The employee goes beyond the basic job responsibility to delight the customers and drive the business forward. Engagement is closely related to job involvement and flow.

Along with this, HR communication remains committed to share daily news and updates over established channels as well as on social media platforms. In addition, MoonQuest (monthly digital magazine) is used as a timely communication feed providing varied subject knowledge.

All HR initiatives have not only helped us to strengthen our connection with employees but have also brought in a sense of general wellbeing and happiness at our workplace. Employee health benefit and engagement programs make 63 moons as one of the best companies to work.

At 63 moons, Learning & Development is inculcated through functional and behavioral based soft skill training programs to enhance employee''s roles and responsibilities, conducted through On the Job (classroom training) and Experiential Outbound training. These are classroom training programs conducted to enrich soft skills that are important to develop for their job role like communication, presentation skills etc. An experiential outbound training

session fosters team building, a more engaged, resilient and high performing workforce.

The training session includes fun learning group activities based on skills development for their job roles. Post the training, employees are assessed for the learnings of the program. Since there were many changes and rotations in the POSH Committee, we have also arranged training sessions for refreshers and new Inductees in the existing POSH committee. There is also an extension of induction program conducted by imparting the knowledge on Capital markets, Agile technologies. This training helps employees to enhance their core skills.

The Company is equally concerned about the holistic wellbeing of all employees. Several employee beneficial programs (Insurance, health care etc.) have been initiated/ are well placed including new insurance coverage benefits. Additionally, we have arranged a full body check-up for our senior management. We have also introduced Insurance Top-Up scheme for our employees and their families which has enabled them to have enhanced sum insured coverage.

Structured interventions like our grievance redressal process of Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH), Information Security Awareness (ISA) and Innovative Thinking for our employees help us to proactively identify and mitigate risks on human rights and any other organization processes.

There are different channels through which employees are made aware of the importance of opting for provident fund, National Pension Scheme and employees have positively responded to the same. Company has also

registered under National Apprenticeship Training Scheme where minimum of 2.5% of employee strength is hired as apprentice. This enables the apprentice to receive government certification after successful completion of apprenticeship period.

On the policies and process, the organization is most compliant and employee friendly.

As far as Annual leaves are concerned, the HR at 63 moons has taken ''sharing is caring'' to the next level by introducing ''AVADAAN'', a Leave Donation Program that allows employees to donate their accumulated/excess leave voluntarily to their colleagues who are in need in their difficult time/ health exigencies.

At 63 moons we care for employees'' work-life balance hence in addition to the Privilege leaves, the company has ''Family Bliss'' leaves for the anniversary and birthday so that they can spend time with their near and dear ones on their special day. A religion-specific holiday has been introduced so that employees can take leave for their respective religious festival.

63 moons continue to trust the ability and quality of its Human Resources and has already started working on the next phase of the Company''s growth. The Company treats its employees as integral partners of the organization''s growth story. The Company''s attrition number is 13.59% with focus on retention of Top and Niche talent.

At 63 moons, HR team always try to implement the plans and strategies aliening to the vision of the organisation and grateful to the Top Management for their continued faith, support and confidence in us that always brings out our best for the betterment of the employees.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors take this opportunity to thank all the Shareholders, Regulatory Authorities, business associates for their continued support.

Your Directors place on record their deep appreciation for all the employees for their hard work, dedication and commitment.

Your Directors also place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their continued support and the trust reposed in the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors Venkat Chary S. Rajendran

Place : Mumbai Chairman Managing Director & CEO

Date : August 12, 2024 DIN: 00273036 DIN: 02686150

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Mar 31, 2023

The Directors present the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Financial Results Standalone and Consolidated

The financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2023 has been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the 2013 Act") read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and the relevant provisions of the 2013 Act, as applicable.

(Rs. in Lakhs, except per share data)
	Standalone		Consolidated
Particulars	Current Year 2022-23	Previous Year 2021-22	Current Year 2022-23	Previous Year 2021-22
Total Income	37,490.74	21,108.71	40,176.88	22,986.50
Total Operating expenditure	21,976.37	20,947.63	31,683.40	27,689.78
EBITDA	15,514.37	161.08	8,493.48	-4,703.28
Finance costs	54.47	39.31	63.15	47.30
Depreciation/amortization	1,187.26	1,207.37	2,338.98	1,248.90
Profit / (Loss) before exceptional item and tax	14,272.64	-1,085.60	6,091.35	-5,999.48
Exceptional Item	-7,386.55	-5,208.28	-4,136.55	-1,375.41
Profit / (Loss) before tax	6,886.09	-6,293.88	1,954.80	-7,374.89
Provision for taxation	4,110.68	-159.57	4,136.16	62.96
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	2,775.41	-6,134.31	-2,181.36	-7,437.85
Add: Net share of profit / (Loss) of associates	0.00	0.00	-483.01	1,871.00
Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries	0.00	0.00	-1,033.49	-249.51
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	2,775.41	-6,134.31	-1,630.88	-5,317.35
Earnings per share
Basic	6.02	-13.31	-3.54	-11.54
Diluted	6.02	-13.31	-3.54	-11.54

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY''S AFFAIRS Standalone Financials

The total revenue from operations for the year ended March 31,2023 was at ? 27,249.38 lakhs as compared to ? 14,438.82 lakhs for the year ended March 31, 2022.

For the year under review, your Company has reported profit before finance cost, depreciation, exceptional items and tax of ? 15,514.37 lakhs compared to profit of ? 161.08 lakhs in the previous year. Profit before tax was ? 6,886.09 lakhs compared to Loss of ? 6,293.88 lakhs in the previous year.

The net Profit after tax was ? 2,775.41 lakhs as compared to loss of ? 6,134.31 lakhs in the previous year.

Consolidated Financials

The consolidated Net Loss for the year ended March 31, 2023 was at Rs. 1,630.88 lakhs as against Rs. 5,317.35 lakhs in the previous year ended March 31, 2022. Shareholders'' funds as at the year ended March 31, 2023, was at Rs. 3,09,050.72 lakhs as against Rs. 307,724.30 lakhs as at March 31, 2022. Shareholders'' fund includes noncontrolling interest of (Rs. 2,450.13) lakhs as compared to (? 1,917.97) lakhs in previous year.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company. The Company continues to carry out activities as stated in the main object clause of its Memorandum of Association as there has been no change in the nature of its business.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: FISCAL YEAR 2022-23

Your Company, with a proven track record of creating IT-driven innovations and building world class institutions over the last two decades, has been instrumental in making sure that the markets in which its operate continue to operate uninterrupted and seamlessly without a single glitch.

During the year under review, 63 moons, through its subsidiary company as well as its own initiative, has undertaken a number of initiatives by adopting the emerging technologies like Web 3.0, AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology, Cyber Security, and so on to bring the benefits of technological advancements in the field of fintech space to the masses. Your Company strongly believes that such adoption of newer technologies would help democratise the rich dividends flowing therefrom among its partakers.

Your Company is looking ahead at embracing new-age technologies that are set to revolutionise the digital world. Your Company has been a torchbearer in the technological advancements in the fintech space, providing the necessary support of critical technologies for multi-asset class exchanges, among the other segments.

Brokerage Trading Solutions (BTS) Business

Business has seen a moderate growth in 2022-23. The slowdown in the growth and decline in profitability is due to the ongoing legal issues and brand reputation. Adverse legal environment continues to cause severe headwinds for revenue growth through new client acquisition. Severe increases in the salary expenses post covid and big drop in STP Gate revenue has significantly impacted profitability. The Brokerage Technology Solutions business has continued with enhancements and innovations to its core product suite. The transformations being done to the core product suite will pave the way for higher customer stickiness. While we face severe environmental headwinds, we continue to persevere and maintain our market share.

Exchange Technology Business

Exchange Technology division of your Company takes pride in serving India''s largest commodities Exchange, viz Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) and to India''s newest Stock Exchange, Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (MSE). As stated in previous year Annual Report, MCX intimated its intentions by serving notice to end services at the end of contract. There were bilateral discussions with MCX on the way forward. MCX was also running RFP process for technology procurement. Your Company found it futile to compete with in RFP and at the same time also continue discussion on proposal submitted to the same company, as there could be conflict. Further the price points of our services were already known. Before conclusion of bilateral discussions, MCX awarded the contract to another vendor and unilaterally closed the discussion. On the eleventh hour in September

2022, MCX requested for extension, and extension for period from 01st October 2022 to 31st December 2022, which was promptly provided. In the last week of December 2022, MCX approached your Company for another extension. This time the extension agreed was for 6 months i.e., for period from 01st January 2023 to 30th June 2023. Another last-minute extension was sought by MCX which is now effective for period from 01st July 2023 to 31st December 2023. These extensions to an extent has delayed the exploring of the emerging opportunities for newer horizons of innovations using the extensive experienced human capital.

Risk Solutions

During the F.Y.2023, the Risk Solutions division successfully completed the third phase of its project on enterprise data flow management for an Indian Regulator, which was commenced during the F.Y. 2022. Thus, a total number of 45 regulated entities have started submitting data to the Regulator using the divisions'' application. The division has also successfully onboarded a few Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) as its clients. The division''s flagship product has now been deployed to AWS by one of its international regulators and the same is now under UAT. The division has successfully deployed its Value-at-Risk (VaR) product using the Python environment. It has resulted in much faster computation time for a large client portfolio. The division has started research in the area of Business Intelligence towards enhancement of user experience for MIS reports.

The division is actively engaged in creating a stand-alone Interest Rate Risk of Banking Book (IRRBB) solution as per the latest RBI guidelines issued in the month of February

2023.

The Division has participated in Domestic and International Tenders for its Data Collector Product independently and in association with a Global System Integrator having a committed presence in emerging market economies.

New Vision

Your Company, with technology in its DNA, aspires to lead into a world of new technology and its applications for the benefit of the masses. It is already marching ahead in a new arena of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, machine learning with ChatGPT in its business verticals with an objective to enrich the user experience in the fintech space of brokerage trading solutions, exchange technology, among others.

As you are aware, your Company is competent and capable of creating disruptive business models as technology innovation partners which will enable to explore new options in the 12 industry verticals across various sectors including Space-tech to Agri-tech, from Robotics to IoT (Internet of Things) and SMAC (Social Media, Analytics and Cloud) by leveraging next-gen technologies. Keeping the fast-paced world in mind, it has adopted in the Group, the latest aspects of technological advancements in Web 3.0, such as AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology, Cyber Security, among others, to make its solutions one among the top-of-the-line.

Legal matters

In a civil suit filed by L.J. Tanna Private Limited & Ors., the Hon''ble Bombay High Court passed an ad interim order dated September 30, 2015 inter alia restraining Company from distributing any dividend or depositing the same in the dividend distribution account in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, pending the final hearing and disposal of the Notice of Motion. The matter is pending before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court. In compliance to the order, the Company has not distributed the final dividend to the shareholders pursuant to the directions of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

The Union of India, through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA") has filed the Company Petition before the Company Law Board, inter-alia seeking removal and supersession of the Board of Directors of the Company. The NCLT has as interim arrangement with consent formed a committee for certain matters. In Appeal, NCLT dismissed the prayer of MCA for removal and supersession of the entire Board of the Company and ordered MCA to nominate three directors on the board of the Company. The NCLAT was pleased to uphold the NCLT Order. The Company has filed appeal before the Hon''ble Supreme Court challenging the orders passed by NCLAT & NCLT wherein Hon''ble Supreme Court has granted stay on appointment of three Govt. Nominee Directors on the Company and matter is pending for hearing. The Government of Maharashtra issued various Notifications under MPID Act attaching properties of the Company. The Company had filed the Writ Petitions before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court, challenging the validity of said Notifications. The Hon''ble Bombay High Court pleased to quash and set aside the said Notifications. In the Appeal filed before the Hon''ble Supreme Court against the order

of Hon''ble Bombay High Court, the Hon''ble Supreme Court has set aside the High Court order and held that all the Notifications issued under MPID Act are valid. The Company pursuing its remedy before Designated Court.

The Directorate of Enforcement has attached properties of Company by issuing provisional attachment orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 . The Adjudicating Authority under PMLA had confirmed the said provisional attachments. The Company filed appeal before Hon''ble Appellate Tribunal challenging said attachment. The Appellate Tribunal quashed the provisional attachment orders subject to conditions. Company has filed the appeal before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for limited purposes challenging only the conditions mentioned in the impugned order of the Appellate Tribunal. The said appeal is pending for hearing. ED has also filed cross appeal, which is tagged with the Company''s appeal.

Except as stated above and for matters stated as "Explanation to the Qualifications in Auditor Report", no material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of the financial year till the date of this Report, which significantly affects the financial position of the Company.

Explanation to the Qualifications in Auditor Report A. Audit Report on Standalone Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualification made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Report dated May 24, 2023 on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023 is as under:

1) With respect to qualification A in Auditors Report, explanation of the Management is as under:

i) The Company has investments of ? 20,000 Lakhs (face value) in Secured Non-Convertible Debentures issued by IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd (ITNL) (subsidiary of Infrastructure Leasing & Finance Ltd - IL&FS) which were rated "A" by the rating agencies at the time of purchase and was also secured by way of charge on certain assets of ITNL. In earlier years, ITNL has defaulted in payment of interest and rating agencies have revised the credit ratings to the lowest category ''D'' i.e. default. National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has superseded the then existing Board of Directors of the IL&FS and the new board was appointed on the recommendation application of the Union of India. Resolution process has been initiated under Companies Act by the New Board under the supervision of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), in addition to various investigations and legal proceedings. The Company has filed its claim for the bonds held and also taken various measures including filing legal Civil Suit,

cases against specified parties at appropriate forum. The outcomes of legal matters are pending. The new Board of IL&FS from time to time submitted various progress reports including the resolution framework for the IL&FS Group to Hon''ble NCLAT. During the resolution process, Hon''ble NCLAT has approved the Revised Distribution Framework proposed by the New Board for distribution of cash received in financial bid amount / termination amount / settlement amount or by way of units created by InvIT. According to the estimated distribution to the secured creditors of ITNL provided by the New Board of IL&FS based on the estimated realization value and various progress of the resolution process time to time, without prejudice to its rights, the Company has impaired the investment for the expected credit loss by ? 7,500 lakhs till March 31, 2022 and further impaired / written off the investment by ? 4,136.55 lakhs during the current year.

2) With respect to qualification B in Auditors Report, explanation of the Management is as under:

i) a) Post July-2013, civil suits have been filed against the Company in relation to the counter party payment default occurred on the exchange platform of NSEL, wherein the Company has been made a party. In these proceedings certain reliefs have been claimed against the Company, inter-alia, on the ground that the Company is the holding company of NSEL. These matters are pending before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between the Company and the Plaintiffs therein. The management is of the view that the parties who have filed the Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. These matters are pending for hearing before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

b) First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered against various parties, including the Company, with the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai (EOW) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the counter party payment default on NSEL trading platform. After investigation, EOW, Mumbai has presently filed various charge-sheets in the matter. The Company has been named in the charge sheet filed in December 2018. CBI has filed charge-sheets including against the Company for alleged loss caused to PEC Ltd. & MMTC Ltd on NSEL platform and aforesaid cases are pending for trial before Court.

c) CBI - EOW, has registered an FIR alleging conspiracy between the private persons and

SEBI official for granting renewal of stock exchange license to MCX Stock Exchange Ltd. by SEBI. Also, CBI-EOW, has registered FIR alleging that certain official of FMC, SEBI and other for giving illegal benefits to Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) and allowing MCX trading as commodity exchange. The investigation in both cases is pending.

d) The SFIO has filed complaint with the Hon''ble Sessions Court under various sections of IPC and Companies Act against several persons/ entities including the Company. The Company has challenged the issuance of process order before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court and the proceedings in the matter has been stayed by the Hon''ble High Court. The matter is pending for hearing before Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

ii) The Company had filed the Writ Petitions before the Bombay High Court challenging inter alia, the provisions of the MPID Act are violative of the Constitution and the validity of various Notifications and corrigendum attaching the assets of the Company issued under the provisions of the MPID Act. The Hon''ble Bombay High Court pleased to quash and set aside the said impugned Notifications. In appeal, Hon''ble Supreme Court has set aside the High Court order and held that all the Notifications issued under MPID Act are valid. The Company is in process of pursuing its remedy before MPID Court against said Notifications.

iii) The Enforcement Directorate(''ED'') has attached certain assets of the Company under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002(PMLA). The three Provisional Attachments Orders had been confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority. The Hon''ble Appellate Tribunal quashed the provisional attachment orders and imposed conditions with regard to the Company. The Company has filed the appeal before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for the limited purpose for challenging the conditions put by the Hon''ble Appellate Tribunal. The Hon''ble Court was pleased to admit the appeal and clarified that the later part of the impugned order shall not govern the Company. ED has also filed cross appeal, which is tagged with the Company''s appeal. The matters are pending for hearing. Meanwhile, ED filed a prosecution complaint before the Spl. PMLA Court, Mumbai against the Company and the same is pending for trial.

B. Audit Report on Consolidated Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Reports dated May 24 , 2023 , on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023 are as under:

1. With respect to item no. 1 which pertains to the Company refer paragraph (A) above.

2. With respect to item no. 2 which are pertaining to the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors of a subsidiary viz National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) in their Independent Auditors Report on NSEL''s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023 which has been reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the Company (63moons) in their Independent Auditors Report (Auditors Report) dated May 24, 2023 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023, the explanation given by the management of NSEL are as under: ("Company" in the response below refer to NSEL)

i) With respect to qualification 2A in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL''s Management is as under:

NSEL is taking all steps to defend its position, however since all matters are sub-judice, the Company is unable to quantify the impact, if any, of such legal proceedings on the financial statements of the Company. There are no claims/litigations/potential settlements

involving the Company directly or indirectly, which may require adjustments in the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statement.

ii) With respect to qualification 2B in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL''s Management is as under:

Majority in value of the trade and other receivables, loans and advances etc. are under litigation / subject to court orders. Where amount is doubtful for recovery, Company has either made provision or disclosed the reason for non-provisioning. Company is making full efforts for recovery of the amount.

DIVIDEND

Your Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs.2/- per share (i.e.100%) on the face value of Rs.2/- per share for the F.Y. 2022-23. The distribution of said dividend shall be subject to the approval of shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General meeting and appropriate judicial orders.

As the Shareholders are aware, the following dividends are pending for distribution due to the Hon''ble Bombay High Court order:

a. The final dividend of ? 5/- per share for the FY 201415, approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on September 30, 2015, could not be paid as the Hon''ble Bombay High Court vide its order dated September 30, 2015 in Notice of Motion no. 1490 of 2015 in Suit no. 121 of 2014 -

L.J. Tanna Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., Vs. Financial Technologies (India) Limited inter-alia directed that pending hearing and final disposal of Notice of Motion "FTIL shall not distribute any dividend amongst its shareholders and shall also not deposit any amount in compliance with Section 123 sub -clause (iv) of the Companies Act, 1956", (to be read as Companies Act,2013).

b. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2016-17 approved

by the shareholders at the 29th AGM held on

September 27, 2017 is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

c. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2017-18 approved

by the shareholders at the 30th AGM held on

September 27, 2018, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

d. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2018-19 approved

by the shareholders at the 31st AGM held on

September 18, 2019, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

e. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2019-20 approved

by the shareholders at the 32nd AGM held on

December 09, 2020, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

f. Payment of ? 2/- per share for FY 2020-21 approved

by the shareholders at the 33rd AGM held on

September 18, 2021, is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

The Company has informed the IEPF Authority about the above pending dividends for distribution to shareholders in view of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court Order as stated in point (a) above.

Prior to the above mentioned High Court order, your Company has paid consecutive dividends for the past 38 quarters which is in accordance with the sustainable dividend pay-out policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives. The Dividend Distribution Policy is available on the website of the Company which can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/ corporate-governance/policies/Dividend-Distribution-Policy.pdf

Pursuant to Finance Act 2020, dividend income will be taxable in the hands of the Shareholders w.e.f. 01/04/2020. As the payment of Dividend for FY 2020-21 is subject to appropriate judicial order, relevant communication relating to TDS would be sent to Shareholders after receipt of applicable judicial order.

UNPAID / UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND

In terms of the provisions of Investor Education and Protection Fund (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, Investor Education and Protection Fund (Awareness and Protection of Investors) Rules, 2001, ? 8.59 lakhs of unpaid / unclaimed dividends were transferred

during the financial year 2022-23 to the Investor Education and Protection Fund.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

Your Company does not propose to transfer any sum to General Reserve for the year under review.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on March 31, 2023, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at ? 921.57 lakhs comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of ? 2/- each. During the year under review the Company has not issued any shares with differential voting rights nor has it granted any Stock Option or Sweat Equity.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations''), is provided in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

The Company has 18 subsidiaries (including step-down subsidiaries) as on March 31, 2023 out of which three are under liquidation. There is one Associate company and no joint venture company within the meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013. There has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries. During the year, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiaries. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"), a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of Company''s subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures is given in Form AOC-1 as Annexure - I and the same forms part of this report. The statement also provides the details of highlights of performance of subsidiaries. The financial statements of each of the subsidiaries may also be accessed on the website of the Company www.63moons.com. Bourse Africa Limited (BAL) (subsidiary of FTGIPL) the step-down subsidiary of your Company was liquidated w.e.f. 03rd December 2022. Further, Financial Technologies Middle East- DMCC (subsidiary of FTGIPL) is under liquidation. The voluntary liquidation process of IBS Forex Ltd. and Riskraft Consulting Ltd. (Riskraft) is yet to be completed.

During the previous year, Ticker Limited, a Subsidiary of the Company incorporated two wholly owned subsidiaries namely 3.0 Verse Limited, Mumbai and Three O Verse Global IT Services LLC, Dubai, resulting in creation of two step down subsidiaries for 63 moons technologies limited.

As the shareholders are aware that as per the terms of the Agreement NTT Data Corporation, Japan has to acquire balance 21,00,86,610 equity shares of NTT Data Payment Services India Limited (Formerly ATOM Technologies Limited) held by 63 moons, the closure of the said transaction would be subject to the appropriate Board and judicial approvals.

The Policy for determining material subsidiaries as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company''s website at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Material-subsidiary-policy.pdf

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the Listing Regulations is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

In terms of Regulation 34(2) (f) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations'') the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, in the prescribed format, forms an Integral Part of the Annual Report.

CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES

In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations, as amended, your Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which can be accessed on Company''s website at www.63moons. com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Related-Party-Transactions-Policy.pdf. The Policy is to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all transactions between the Company and Related Parties.

All arrangements / transactions entered by your Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary course of business and on an arm''s length basis. During the year, the Company has made investments in its subsidiary i.e. NSEL amounting to ? 3500 lakhs in terms of the shareholders'' approval obtained in 2022. Except for the transaction with NSEL, the Company did not enter into any arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material, in accordance with Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations. All transactions with related parties were reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee. Prior omnibus approvals

are granted by the Audit Committee for related party transactions which are of repetitive nature, entered in the ordinary course of business and are on arm''s length basis in accordance with the provisions of the Act read with the Rules issued thereunder and the Listing Regulations. There were no material related party transactions during the year under review with the Promoters, Directors or Key Managerial Personnel. The details of the transactions with related parties are provided in the accompanying financial statements.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The CSR activities of the Company are as per the requirements of Section 135 of the Act which has been approved by the Board. During the year, the Company has been awarded CSR Leadership Award by World CSR Congress under Global CSR Excellence & Leadership award, as recognition of CSR program done by your Company. Also awarded in special category for support and improvement in Quality Education.

For details regarding the CSR Committee, please refer to the Corporate Governance Report, which is part of this report. The CSR policy is available on the website of the Company which can be accessed at the link: www.63moons. com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/CSR-policy. pdf

The Report on CSR activities as required under Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as Annexure - II and the same forms part of this report.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board of Directors of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to monitor the risk management plan for the Company.

The risk management system identifies and monitors risks which are related to the business and over all internal control systems of the Company. The Audit Committee has oversight responsibility in the areas of financial risks and controls. The risk management committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management policy and ensuring its effectiveness and assist the Board in ensuring that all material Compliances, Control, Safety and Operations and Financial risks have been identified and adequate risk mitigations are in place to address these risks.

The Audit Committee and the Board has also noted the risks prevailing in respect of what is stated in the paras relating to legal matters and explanation to the Qualifications in Auditors Report above that may affect the business of the Company.

INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has in place internal financial control systems, which are commensurate with its size and the

nature of its operations. The Internal control system is reviewed and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported properly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls. The findings and recommendations of the Internal Auditors are reviewed by the Audit Committee and followed up till implementation wherever required. Further, as per requirement of clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act''), the statutory auditors have reported on the internal financial controls and opined that 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 March 31, 2023.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

As on March 31, 2023, the Company has nine Directors comprising of two Executive Directors and seven NonExecutive Directors, out of which four are Independent Directors. There is one Women Director. At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 27,

2022, Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332) and Mr. Devender Singh Rawat (DIN: 02587354) who were liable to retire by rotation were re-appointed as the Directors of the Company.

Further, the first term of 2 consecutive years of Mr. Suresh Salvi (DIN: 07636298) and Mr. Kanekal Chandrasekhar (DIN: 06861358), Independent Directors of the Company would be ending on 17th September 2023. The Nomination & Remuneration Committee after duly considering the present need to have minimum 3 Independent Directors, operational and legal situation and the future requirements of the Company in terms of skills and expertise, has recommended the re-appointment of Mr. Kanekal Chandrasekhar for a second term comprising of five years.

Accordingly, the Board recommends the re-appointment of Mr. Kanekal Chandrasekhar for the consideration of the Members of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Board at its meeting held on 08th August

2023, appointed Mr. Kanekal Chandrasekhar as Additional Director (Independent Category) w.e.f. 18th September 2023, subject to approval by shareholders at the ensuing AGM as Independent Director.

Mr. Suresh Salvi would cease to be an Independent Director of the Company on the expiry of his term on 17th September 2023. The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation for the services rendered by Mr. Salvi during his tenure as Non-Executive Director and Independent Director upto September 17, 2023 with the Company.

Mr. Rajendran Soundaram (DIN: 02686150) was reappointed by the members by way of postal ballot, as

Managing Director & CEO for a period of three years commencing from June 01, 2023 till May 31, 2026, not liable to retire by rotation. Similarly, Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332) was also re-appointed by the members by way of postal ballot, as Whole-time Director & CFO for a period of three years commencing from May 27, 2023 till May 26, 2026, liable to retire by rotation.

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Listing Regulations. In terms of Regulation 25(8) of the Listing Regulations, the Independent Directors have confirmed that they are not aware of any circumstance or situation, which exist or may be reasonably anticipated, that could impair or impact their ability to discharge their duties. The Board is of the opinion that all the Independent Directors are having good integrity and possess the requisite expertise and experience. All the Independent Directors have confirmed that they are in compliance with Rules 6(1) and 6(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules 2014, with respect to registration with the data bank of Independent Directors maintained by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company''s Articles of Association, Mr. Sunil Shah (DIN: 02569359) and Mr. Venkat Chary (DIN: 00273036) retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible offers themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommend their re-appointment for the consideration of the Members of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The other Directors continue to be on the Board of your Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company are -

1. Mr. S. Rajendran, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

2. Mr. Devendra Agrawal, Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer

3. Mr. Hariraj Chouhan, Company Secretary.

BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI Listing Regulations and the Guidance Note on Board Evaluation issued by the SEBI on January 5, 2017, the Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, Board committees and individual directors taking into consideration the various aspects of the Board''s functioning, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations and governance. The performance of the Board, Chairman and Independent Directors was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the Directors. The criteria for performance

evaluation of the Board included aspects such as Board composition and structure, effectiveness of Board processes, contribution in treasury and risk management, legal challenges faced by the Company, general corporate governance, strategic planning etc. The performance of the Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from the committee members as well as other directors. The criteria for performance evaluation of the Committees included aspects such as composition of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc. The performance evaluation of the Independent directors was carried out by the entire Board, excluding the independent director whose performance being evaluated.

The Independent Directors of the Company met on March 21, 2023, without the presence of Non-independent Directors and members of the management to review the performance of Non-independent Directors including Whole time directors and the Board of Directors as a whole, and to assess the quality, quantity and timeliness of the flow of information between the management and the Board of Directors. The NRC and Board in evaluating the performance of Executive Directors have appreciated their good leadership role for ensuring effective risk and human resource management despite the various financial and legal challenges faced by the Company. On review of Board as a whole, members expressed satisfaction on the diversity of experience, composition of group, and induction process of new members, and competency of directors. The members expressed appreciation on functioning of Audit committee, NRC, CSR, Stake holders, Risk Management and Investment Committee in discharging their expected role and expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors of the Company met 6 (Six) times during the financial year. The details of Board Meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

As permitted by the relevant rules and regulations, Board and Committee meetings took place virtually through video conferencing and the applicable provisions were complied with for such virtual meetings.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The details pertaining to the composition of the Audit Committee are included in the Corporate Governance Report, which is a part of this report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT BY COMPANY

Details of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the Financial Statements.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under the Act, are provided in Annexure - III and the same forms part of this Report.

ANNUAL RETURN

The Annual Return as required under Section 92 and Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with applicable Rules is available on the website of the Company and can be accessed at www.63moons.com/investors/ shareholders/annual-reports.html

PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

Disclosures with respect to the remuneration of Directors, KMPs and employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure - IV to this Report.

Details of employee remuneration as required under provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are available electronically 21 days before the Annual General Meeting and members seeking to inspect such documents can send an email to [email protected]. Such details are also available on your company''s website and can be accessed at www.63moons.com/investors/shareholders/annual-reports.html. None of the employees listed in the said Annexure is a relative of any Director of the Company. None of the employees hold (by himself or along with his spouse and dependent children) more than two percent of the equity shares of the Company.

VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has a whistle blower policy and having necessary vigil mechanism in compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulations to report genuine concerns or grievances. The Whistle Blower Policy has been disseminated within the Company and also posted on the website of the Company and can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/ policies/Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf No employee was denied access to the Audit Committee.

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY

The Board of Directors has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors including determining qualifications, independence of a Director, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel and their remuneration as part of its charter and other matters provided under Section 178 (3) of the Act. The details of the policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. The Nomination and Remuneration Policy has been placed on the website of the Company and can be accessed at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/ policies/Nomination-and-Remuneration-Policy.pdf

MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section(1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE

The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of complaints related to sexual harassment of women at the workplace. The said policy is available on the internal portal of the Company for information of all employees. During the FY 2022-23, the Company has not received any complaints on sexual harassment and hence no complaints remain pending as of March 31, 2023.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

Except as stated in the para relating to legal matters mentioned above, there are no other significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company''s operations in future. The details of litigation including tax matters are disclosed in the notes to the Financial Statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;

b. the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;

c. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

e. the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and

f. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and monitors the Employees Stock Option Plan of the Company in accordance with the applicable SEBI Guidelines. The ESOP Scheme 2020 is yet to be implemented and stock options are yet to be granted and hence no stock options are outstanding as on March 31, 2023.

SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company is in compliance with applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

AUDITORS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 109983W) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 19, 2019 for a period of five years on a remuneration mutually agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors. M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates have confirmed their eligibility and qualification for continuing as Auditors of the Company for the remainder of their term.

DETAILS OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS

There have been no instances of fraud reported by Auditors pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, the Board has appointed M/s BNP & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the

financial year 2022-23. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure - V and the same forms part of this report. The Secretarial Auditors'' report does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

There was a big shoutout to the entire team of 63 moons at World HRD Congress event, Awards were presented to our MD & CEO at various Forum. 63 moons have been awarded in categories of Maharashtra State Best Employer Brand 2022 given by World HRD Congress at 17th Employer Branding Awards, TOP Organizations with Innovative HR Practices awarded by Times Ascent Asia Pacific HRM Congress Award 2022, India''s Most Trusted IT Company 2022 awarded by IBC Info Media Pvt. Ltd. - International Brand Consulting Corporation - USA, CEO with HR Orientation awarded by Asia Pacific HRM Congress, Most Preferred Workplaces in Sector IT & ITES 2022 awarded by Marksmen Daily, Best Employer Brand at National Best Employer Brands Awards, Best Cyber Security by The Corporate TITAN Awards, Asia''s Most Trusted Companies awarded by IBC Corporate Awards, Emerging Company of the Year awarded by Global HR Excellence Awards. The CSR Leadership Award , Best Support & Improvement in Quality of Education awarded in categories of Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards 2022. Ticker Ltd. (formerly Tickerplant Ltd.), one of our subsidiary, also received the award in the category of "Dream Companies To Work For".

ANNUAL SECRETARIAL COMPLIANCE REPORT

The Company has undertaken an audit for the financial year 2022-23 for all applicable compliances as per Securities and Exchange Board of India Regulations and Circulars / Guidelines issued thereunder.

The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report has been submitted by your Company to the Stock Exchanges.

GENERAL

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:

• Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

• Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

• Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Director of the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.

HUMAN RESOURCES

63 moons technologies limited (63 moons) is an equal opportunity provider which ensures non-discrimination at

the workplace. The Company remains committed to its employees and values each one''s contribution in the collective growth. At 63 moons, we believe in providing a great workplace/ a conducive work culture to emphasize that employees have freedom to ideate towards its core philosophy of entrepreneurship and innovation while having fun and joy at work. As of 31 March 2023, the Company had employee strength of 794 (increased by 14% YoY)

The Company strongly believes and promotes transparent communication policy. The Human Resources Dept. (HR Dept.) has an open door policy to encourage employees to reach out HR. The HR dept. is trained to, always, be on alert and available for any help sought by the employees.

Most of our systems and processes are automated to ensure that required information is available anytime to our employees. We have implemented new HRMS and Payroll system to improve the productivity and efficiency through efficient management of HR & Payroll processes.

HR Dept. has begun various cross functional communication channels, such as departmental meets and HOD meets. In addition, MoonQuest (monthly digital magazine) is used as a timely communication feed providing varied subject knowledge. At 63 moons we celebrate almost all the special days by imparting knowledge on varied topics and by doing something special for the employees to keep employees motivated while maintaining their work and life balance.

Post the Pandemic on high demand, the most popular event among employees, was back with few surprise elements - JOSH Reloaded 2023. This was a league competition spread across 2 weeks for indoor as well as outdoor games. Playing sports has proven to be an excellent method to rejuvenate mindset, improves communication, imbibes discipline, increases self-esteem, creates focused attitude, resilience, develops time management, team building, etc. We also make sure that the wellness of our employees is ascertained by providing the facility of Doctor-On-Site (at office) or on call which is extended to the family members of our employees too. Many wellness events are arranged for employees such as Yoga, Zumba, Eye check-up, Blood Donation, Scalp & Skincare and talks on various Health Topics. We ensure all the employees take part in the employee connect activities. Along with this, HR communication remains committed to share daily news and updates over established channels as well as on social media platforms.

A number of employee beneficial programs (Insurance, health care etc.) have been initiated/ are well placed. There are also new coverage benefits added in the Mediclaim policy keeping the current pandemic in mind. Considering wellbeing of our senior employees, we have rolled out the best Health Packages for them.

63 moons firmly believe in equality of all religions; hence the Company celebrates all festivals with similar zeal. Apart

from festive celebrations, we also rejoice with yearly recurring number of events for employees which help employee engagement and manages work life balance. All these events receive whole-hearted participation from our employees.

All our HR initiatives have not only helped us to strengthen our connect with employees but have also brought in a sense of general wellbeing and happiness at our workplace. Employee health benefit and engagement programs makes 63 moons as one of the best companies to work.

On the policies and process, the organization is most compliant and employee friendly.

As far as Annual leaves are concerned, the HR at 63 moons has taken ''sharing is caring'' to the next level by introducing ''AVADAAN'', a Leave Donation Program that allows employees to donate their accumulated/excess leave voluntarily to their colleagues who are in need in their difficult time/ health exigencies. At 63 moons we care for employees'' work-life balance hence in addition to the Privilege leaves, the company has ''Family Bliss'' leaves for the anniversary and birthday so that they can spend time with their near and dear ones on their special day. A religion-specific holiday has been introduced so that employees can take leave for their respective religious festival.

63 moons continues to trust the ability and quality of its Human Resources and has already started working on the next phase of the company''s growth. The Company treats its employees as integral partners of the organization''s growth story.

While the Company continue to hire talent from outside, it also ensures that there is a required investment done to scale up the internal talent by providing behavioural trainings along with domain expertise. The classroom training like training on Crucial Conversation Skills were completed with full enthusiasm. In view of induction of new members in the POSH Committee, we have also arranged training sessions for fresher and new Inductees in the existing POSH committee. There is also an extension of induction program conducted by imparting the knowledge on Capital markets, Agile technologies. This training helps employees to enhance their core skills. A special program was arranged by our Senior Management wherein our employees were privileged and got blessed with positive & cosmic energy by Rashtrasant Param Gurudev Shree Namramuni Maharaj Saheb Muni ji has addressed us on achieving Mental Peace and Revival of energy at workplace.

The Company''s attrition number is 18% with focus on retention of Top and Niche talent. Structured interventions like our grievance redressal process of Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH), Information Security Awareness (ISA) and Innovative Thinking for our employees help us to proactively identify and mitigate risks on human rights and any other organization processes.

63 moons shall strive to continue to make efforts to ensure not to miss on any process, like training and engaging employees through the online mode of communication by organising virtual / classroom session to upscale employees knowledge and participation.

63 moons believes in giving back to the Society and support Society, by taking initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR). 63 moons participated in association with Srujana our NGO partner that supports Women Empowerment and motives to uplift the economically backward women in the society by teaching them skills which would help them to earn livelihood. Also, in association with Anvishka Blood Bank by Deepak''s Foundation who help needy patients with blood and blood products for the past 28 years.

At 63 moons, HR Team always try to implement the plans and strategies aligning to the vision of the organization and grateful to the Top Management for their continued faith, support and confidence that always brings out our best for the betterment of the employees.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors place on record their deep appreciation for all the employees for their hard work, dedication and commitment.

Your Directors also place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their continued support and the trust reposed in the Company.

Your Directors take this opportunity to thank all the Shareholders, Regulatory Authorities, business associates for their continued support.

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Mar 31, 2018

To,

The Members,

The Directors present the Thirtieth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Financial Results Standalone and Consolidated

The financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2018 has been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and the relevant provisions of the 2013 Act, as applicable.

(Rs. in lakhs, except per share data)

	Standalone		Consolidated
Particulars	Current Year 2017-18	Previous Year 2016-17	Current Year 2017-18	Previous Year 2016-17
Total Income	42,838.62	42,270.20	52,837.78	49,262.63
Total Operating expenditure	24,768.82	25,735.04	39,642.43	37,627.62
EBITDA	18,069.80	16,535.16	13,195.35	11,635.01
Finance costs	722.55	2,113.03	969.88	2,302.12
Depreciation/amortization	2,216.30	2,707.07	2,995.35	3,273.88
Profit / (Loss) before exceptional item and tax	15,130.95	11,715.06	9,230.12	6,059.01
Exceptional Item	(8,157.58)	(3,075.00)	(2,686.43)	0.00
Profit / (Loss) before tax	6,973.37	8,640.06	6,543.69	6,059.01
Provision for taxation	5,335.61	3,732.14	5,356.90	3,763.64
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	1,637.76	4,907.92	1,186.79	2,295.37
Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries	0.00	0.00	(20.42)	(16.07)
Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year	1,637.76	4,907.92	1,207.21	2,311.44
Earnings per share
Basic	3.55	10.65	2.62	5.02
Diluted	3.55	10.65	2.62	5.02

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY’S AFFAIRS

Standalone Financials

- The total revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2018 was at Rs. 22,671.54 lakhs as compared to Rs. 15,006.16 lakhs for the year ended March 31, 2017.

- For the year under review, your Company has reported profit before finance cost, depreciation, exceptional items and tax of Rs. 18,069.80 lakhs, compared to profit of Rs. 16,535.16 lakhs in the previous year. Profit before tax was Rs. 6,973.37 lakhs, compared to Profit of Rs. 8,640.06 lakhs in the previous year.

- The net profit after tax (PAT) during the year of Rs. 1,637.76 lakhs as compared to profit of Rs. 4,907.92 lakhs in the previous year.

Consolidated Financials

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company.

The consolidated Net Profit for the year ended March 31, 2018 was at Rs. 1,207.21 lakhs, against Rs. 2,311.44 lakhs in the previous year ended March 31, 2017. Shareholders’ funds as at the year ended March 31, 2018 was at Rs. 320,536.19 lakhs as against Rs. 316,886.15 lakhs as at March 31, 2017. Shareholders’ fund includes non controlling interest of Rs. 207.21 lakhs as compared to Rs. 227.62 lakhs in previous year.

The Company continues to carry out activities as stated in the main object clause of its Memorandum of Association as there has been no change in the nature of its business.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: FISCAL YEAR 2017-18

As you are aware, your Company has been facing legal challenges due to a payment default at one of its subsidiaries, the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL). Since then, your Company is fighting legal battles to protect its reputation, identity and uniqueness in the fin tech sphere and, at the same time, countering all kinds of baseless and false allegations thrust upon it by vested interests.

Your Company has always extended complete cooperation to all investigative agencies with the sole purpose of unravelling the truth of the NSEL payment default and supported the subsidiary in taking all necessary steps to recover the default amount from the 24 defaulters.

It was way back in 1998 that your Company launched the path-breaking brokerage trading solution ODIN, a multi-exchange, multi-segment front-office trading and risk management system that enables seamless trading on multiple markets. ODIN soon emerged as the single largest player with a market share of over 80% pan-India and providing job-opportunities to over a million.

Your Company has a proven track record of generating jobs and enormous growth opportunities, something it had done by creating 10 world-class multi-asset exchange companies across continents. Your Company is confident of creating a million more jobs and building shareholder value by using innovative technology as its mainstay.

Your Company is aspiring to build synergies with the new next-gen advancements in technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) to enrich its suite of solutions in trading and risk management. During the year under review, your Company has incorporated a number of features into its suite of solutions ranging from brokerage trading solutions, risk solutions, and other mid office and back office solutions that provide ease of operations.

Technology Business & Outlook

1. Exchange Technology

The exchange technology business continues to support India’s largest commodity exchange - MCX, and Equity / Derivatives / Currency Derivatives / Debt exchange MSEI. Your company is provider of mission critical technology solution to these exchanges. As one of the revenue stream is linked to turnover at the exchange, the growth of the exchange technology business is a function of growth of turnover value of these exchanges. The exchange technology team successfully implemented first phase of it’s low latency solution at MCX in September, 201 7. The second and final phase of the same is expected to go into production shortly.

2. Brokerage Technology Solutions

Business has witnessed a challenging year in 201718 largely due to unfair environment from a legal perspective. We are seeing a positive response to some of our new product offerings. We are also in the process of launching new products and services in mobility, online solutions & artificial intelligence. We believe these will be significant revenue drivers in the next fiscal.

The Brokerage Technology Solutions business has firmly re-established itself as the leader in this space with the success of its new and improved products & services. The Company expects business environment to improve further in the coming years. With the commercial successes achieved in creating newer products and services, your Company is well positioned to take advantage of the growth in the capital markets and further cement its leadership position in this space.

New Ventures

63 moons is sprinting towards its mission ‘Digital India @2025’. New Ventures, Heroes of the FT 3.0 wing, are applying various new age technologies for building robust and flexible technology framework, with Human-centered innovation to create new quantum leap in technology.

New Ventures is Crafting an avant-garde technology framework with agile blocks, for accelerating new possibilities with Technology transformation. It is enabling idea & digitisation to speed up realising value vision FT 3.0; “Technology partner of choice across industry segments”.

Risk Solutions

‘Risk Solutions’ division broadly has two products:

1. DataCollector

2. Riskalculator

‘DataCollector’ caters to leading regulatory clients in India and abroad. During the year under review, ‘Risk Solutions’ was awarded a project from the Government of Rajasthan for implementing ‘Integrated Management Information System’ (iMIS). The division also successfully implemented ‘Foreign Accounting Tax Compliant Act’ (FATCA) system for a regulator abroad. This is a comprehensive solution enabling users to report United States tax information from its entities.

‘Riskalculator’ caters to the Enterprise Risk Management of banks and comprises of the following modules:

1. Credit Risk

2. Market Risk

3. Operational Risk

4. Asset Liability Management

5. Compliance reporting / ADF.

This application computes Regulatory Capital as per Basel norms prescribed by the Regulator. Riskalculator operates on a web platform with a single underlying data model, insulated from client’s information architecture. ‘Riskalculator’ has been successfully implemented in seven Multi-National Banks.

During the year under review, ‘Risk Solutions’ won ‘Best Solution provider of the year, 2017’ and our client bank won the ‘Best Risk Technology Implementation of the year’ in the ‘CRO Leadership Summit 2017’.

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New Vision

As one of the best shareholder-rewarding corporate, your Company has been continuously looking forward to new initiatives and innovations to maximise its shareholders value.

With your Company’s philosophy of ‘entrepreneurial innovation and next-gen technology’ as its strong foundation, it is expanding its horizons by using its core strength of innovation and technological expertise to build new businesses to remain ahead in business.

Your Company believes that with the right opportunity, it can set newer milestones with its strength in innovation and technology in the emerging space of Digital India. In the years to come, your Company has a vision to become a technology partner of 108 digital disruptors spread across 12 industries. Your Company foresees itself to become the leader of the evolving digital ecology that will eventually govern the future, and that day is not far off.

Legal matters

In the wake of the crisis at NSEL, your Company has been made a party to several litigations over the last five years. Further, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India (“MCA”) issued a final order dated February 12, 2016 (“Final Order”) for amalgamation of your Company with NSEL under section 396 of Companies Act, 1956. Your Company opposed the order for merger and challenged the said order for amalgamation before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court. The Hon’ble High Court has dismissed the writ petition challenging the final order of merger vide its order dated December 4, 2017. The Company has preferred the Special Leave Petition (SLP), before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, against the said order dated December 4, 2017. The Hon’ble Supreme Court was pleased to continue the relief of stay order of the High Court and the SLP is pending for admission.

Further, in a civil suit filed by L.J. Tanna Private Limited & Ors., your Company has been restrained from distributing any dividend amongst its Shareholders and/or pay any remuneration at the increased rate to its Managing Director/Directors/Senior Employees.

The Ministry of Corporate affairs (MCA) had filed the Petition inter alia under the provisions of Sections 388B, 397, 398 and 401 of the Companies Act, 1956 for removal and supersession of the Board, before the erstwhile Company Law Board (“CLB”) being Company Petition No. 1 of 2015 (“Company Petition”). The NCLT vide its order dated June 4, 2018 rejected the prayer of the Union of India for removal and supersession of the Board of the Company, however, Hon’ble Tribunal was pleased to order that the Government may nominate not more than 3 directors to the Board of your Company. Your Company has preferred appeal against the said order of the NCLT before the NCLAT. The NCLAT was pleased to stay the order of the NCLT.

Your Company continues to defend itself in various other litigations filed against it.

The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police (“EOW”) had issued a Notice dated February 28, 2015 to your Company inter alia restraining / restricting your Company from dealing with its assets. The Hon’ble Bombay High Court vide its order dated June 12, 2015 has granted a stay on the operation of the said letter. Further, EOW vide its notice dated July 18, 2016, secured the assets of your Company. The same was challenged by your Company before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court. The EOW in its affidavit has stated that it has no objection; if your Company utilizes the funds secured by its above said notice for incurring expenses necessary towards the running of its ordinary course of day-to-day business, payment of salaries to its employees and payment of statutory dues. The said affidavit has been recorded in the Order dated August 01, 2016 of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court.

The Government of Maharashtra vide its Notification dated September 21, 2016 has attached certain properties of your Company. The Government of Maharashtra, in the month of April / May 2018, vide its various Notifications attached the various bank accounts, properties, investments and ODIN software, its Intellectual Property rights and its receivables. The said notifications have been challenged before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court which is pending for hearing.

Modulus, USA has filed a case against the Company for alleged infringement of its trademark. The Notice of Motion filed in the said suit was disposed off by a consent order dated October 7, 2016. The Company has filed its written statement.

The Directorate of Enforcement has attached properties to the tune of Rs. 1,350 Crores (approx.) vide provisional attachment orders dated 14th September 2016, 30th September 2016 and 31st January 2017 issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”).

The adjudication proceedings before the Adjudicating Authority under PMLA have been completed in respect of the provisional attachment orders dated 14th September 2016 and 30th September 2016 where in the attachments have been confirmed. The Company has filed appeals against these orders before the Appellate Tribunal established under PMLA. Vide interim orders dated 09.05.2017 and 12.05.2017 the parties have been directed by the Appellate Tribunal to maintain status quo in respect of the attached properties till the next date of hearing.

The adjudication proceedings in respect of provisional attachment order dated 31st January 2017 has been concluded and the Ld. Adjudicating Authority was pleased to confirm attachments vide its order dated 14.07.2017. The Company has filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal established under the PMLA, the parties have been directed by the Appellate Tribunal to maintain status quo till the next date of hearing.

Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Regional Office, Mumbai, has sought certain information from the Company in respect of investigation into the affairs of NSEL and the Company has provided the requisite information as required by SFIO.

Except as stated above and explanation to the qualifications in auditor report as stated below, no material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of the financial year till the date of this Report, which significantly affects the financial position of the Company.

Explanation to the Qualifications in Auditor Report

A. Audit Report on Standalone Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Report dated May 21, 2018 on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018 is as under:

a) During the previous years, civil suits have been filed against the Company in relation to the event that occurred on the exchange platform of NSEL, wherein the Company has been made a party. In these proceedings certain reliefs have been claimed against the Company, inter-alia, on the ground that the Company is the holding company of NSEL. These matters are pending before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between the Company and the Plaintiffs therein. The management is of the view that the parties who have filed the Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. The matters are pending for hearing before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court.

First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered against various parties, including the Company, with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police (EOW) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the events occurred on NSEL’s trading platform. After investigation, EOW, Mumbai has presently filed 3 charge-sheets. It is pertinent to note that till date, no charge sheet has been filed against the Company by EOW. All investigations are presently pending. CBI has filed charge-sheets against the Company for alleged loss caused to PSUs - PEC Ltd. & MMTC Ltd. on NSEL platform and the case is pending for trial before the CBI court.

The CBI - EOW has also registered an FIR which pertains to alleged conspiracy between the accused private persons and the named officials of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in granting renewal of stock exchange license to Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited (MSEI) by SEBI in August 2010, by suppression of facts. There is no direct allegation against the Company in the FIR. Therefore, the Company has filed a petition before the Hon’ble Court for quashing of the said FIR against itself.

CBI EOW, has registered complaint against the Company along with certain officials of FMC, SEBI and other for giving illegal benefits to MCX and allowing MCX trading as private commodity exchange. The investigation in the matter is still in progress.

b) The Company has challenged EOW letter dated February 28, 2015 before Hon’ble Bombay High Court wherein Hon’ble Bombay High Court by its order dated June 12, 2015 granted a stay to EOW letter dated February 28, 2015 on the condition that the Company shall deposit Rs. 84 crs from the sale proceeds of IEX within four weeks from completion of sale of IEX. Accordingly, the Company has deposited Rs. 84 crs with the Registrar, Criminal Appellate Side, High Court, Bombay. The matter is pending for hearing before Hon’ble Bombay High Court.

c) On July 18, 2016, the Company received a notice from the EOW Mumbai inter alia directing the Company not to dispose of, alienate, encumber, part with possession of or create any third party right, title and / or interest, in, to, upon or in respect of any of the assets of the Company without permission of Hon’ble Designated Court under MPID Act, Mumbai. This letter has been challenged by the Company in a Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court and the same is pending for hearing. By virtue of an Affidavit filed by the EOW in the matter the Company is not prohibited from incurring day to day expenses. The Government of Maharashtra vide its Notification dated 21st September, 2016, notified the attachments of certain assets of the Company.

The Company has filed on 16th January, 2017 a Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court challenging inter alia, the notification attaching the assets of the Company under the provisions of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act. The matter is pending for hearing.

EOW issued a letter dated 31st January, 2017 to NSDL directing it not to dispose of, alienate, encumber, part with possession of or create any third party right, title and / or interest in, to, upon, or in respect of any assets mentioned in the letter dated 31st January, 2017 of the Company without the permission of the Hon’ble Designated Court under the MPID Act, Mumbai. The Company challenged the letter dated 31st January, 2017 before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court, inter alia, on the ground that the EOW did not have the power to do so. The Hon’ble Court has been pleased to stay the same. The matter is pending for hearing.

The State Government under the MPID Act has attached several Bonds, bank accounts, investments, Fixed Deposits and ODIN software and its receivables of the Company vide gazette notifications dated April 4, 2018, April 7, 2018, April 11, 2018, April 19, 2018 and May 15, 2018 respectively. The Competent Authority has filed Misc. Applications before the MPID Court to make absolute the attached properties mentioned in aforesaid gazette notifications. The said Misc. Applications are pending for hearing before Hon’ble MPID Court, Mumbai. The Company has filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the aforesaid notifications attaching the various assets of the Company under the provisions of the MPID Act. The Hon’ble High Court has granted partial relief to the Company. The said Writ Petition will come up for hearing in June, 2018

d) Certain assets of the Company have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The three Provisional Attachments Orders have been confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority. The Company has filed Appeals challenging the confirmation orders passed by the Adjudicating Authority, before the Hon’ble Appellate Tribunal. The Hon’ble Appellate Tribunal has granted status quo on orders passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming three attachments. The matter is pending for hearing before Hon’ble Appellate Tribunal.

e) The Serious Frauds Investigation Office (SFIO) published a Public Notice during December, 2016 in a newspaper wherein it has been mentioned that the Central Government had directed the SFIO to investigate into the affairs of the Company and also inviting the members of the public to lodge their alleged grievances against the Company with them. The Company is exploring its options in relation to the SFIO orders in consultation with its attorneys and Counsel.

B. Audit Report on Consolidated Financial Statements

The Management explanation for qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Reports dated May 21, 2018 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018 are as under:

1. With respect to item no. 1 which pertains to the Company refer paragraph (A) above.

2. With respect to item no. 2 which are pertaining to the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors of a subsidiary viz National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) in their Independent Auditors Report on NSEL’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018 which has been reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the Company (63moons) in their Independent Auditors Report (Auditors Report) dated May 21, 2018 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2018, the explanation given by the management of NSEL and its subsidiary “Indian Bullion Market Association Limited” (IBMA) are as under: (“Company” in the qualifications below refer to NSEL or IBMA, as the case may be)

i) With respect to qualification 2(a) in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL’s Management is as under:

Investigating agencies are investigating genuineness of the warehouse receipts issued by the Exchange as well as the frauds apparently perpetrated by the then senior officials of the Exchange. The Government of India by the Gazette Notification SO 2529(E) dated September 19, 2014 has withdrawn its earlier Gazette Notification SO 906(E) dated June 05, 2007 (by which the Company was granted exemption under Section 27 of the FCR Act, 1952 for trading of forward contracts of one day duration) with immediate effect and consequently the notification SO 228(E) dated February 06, 2012 and notification SO 2406(E) dated August 06, 2013 ceased to be in force w.e.f. September 19, 2014, as informed to the Company by the FMC vide letter dated November 05, 2014.

As the reply to the said SCN has been given and actions, if any, required due to SCN have been taken, including withdrawal of the exemption itself, the Company does not foresee any further consequences on the SCN. Further, neither FMC nor MCrA has held the Company guilty of having violated any of the conditions of the exemption notification dated June 05, 2007 - which was the subject matter of the SCN. The company maintains that all contracts traded on the Exchange platform were proper and in conformity with applicable laws and exemption notifications. As per the records there were no violations in this regard. The Company had obtained a legal opinion on the legality of the contracts traded by the members on the exchange platform. The Company is taking all steps to defend its position, however since all matters are sub-judice, the Company is unable to quantify the impact, if any, of such legal proceedings on the financial statements of the Company.

ii) With respect to qualification 2(b) in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL’s Management is as under:

Majority in value of the trade and other receivables, loans and advances etc. are confirmed and such confirmations are available on record. Some confirmations were received from debtors, which were not in agreement with the balances shown in the books of accounts. Reconciliation process has been undertaken for such accounts and completed. The differences between account balances were communicated to debtors but the disagreement remains. The company has decided to litigate for recovering money where amounts are above Rs. 5 lakhs. Management is still contemplating legal action for the cases where amounts are below Rs. 5 lakhs.

iii) With respect to qualification 2(c) in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL’s Management is as under:

As per records, the Board came to know about the relationship between Mr. Anjani Sinha and MD of M/s SNP Design Pvt. Ltd. (SNP) as his wife only after the forensic audit was completed by Grant Thornton India LLP. IBMA has already initiated suitable legal action towards recovery. Although a provision of 75% of the outstanding amount is made in the previous years, the management is hopeful of recovery and no further provision is made in the current financial year.

iv) With respect to qualification 2(d) in Auditors Report, explanation of NSEL’s Management is as under:

The Subsidiary Company [IBMA] has taken steps towards recovery of the unrealised outstanding debtors and receivables. During current financial year 2016-17, IBMA has made the provision for doubtful debts (Excluding Other Receivable) of Rs. 45.96 lakhs of debtors other than SNP and Harley Carmbel Pvt. Ltd. (Harley). With regard to the SNP, Company has initiated legal action as stated in note no (iii). For Harley, IBMA has initiated arbitration process towards recovery and the matter is currently sub-judice.

Further, Management is hopeful of recovering the amounts due from SNP and Harley, hence, in the current year no provision in respect of amount due from them is made.

DIVIDEND

Your Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs. 2/per share i.e. 100% on the face value of Rs. 2/- per share for the FY 2017-18. The distribution of said dividend shall be subject to the approval of shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and appropriate judicial orders.

As the Shareholders are aware, the following dividends are pending for distribution due to the Hon’ble Bombay High Court order:

a. The final dividend of Rs. 5/- per share for the FY 201415, approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on September 30, 2015, could not be paid as the Hon’ble Bombay High Court vide its order dated September 30, 2015 in Notice of Motion no. 1490 of 2015 in Suit no. 121 of 2014 - L.J. Tanna Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., Vs. Financial Technologies (India) Limited inter-alia directed that pending hearing and final disposal of Notice of Motion “FTIL shall not distribute any dividend amongst its shareholders and shall also not deposit any amount in compliance with Section 123 sub-clause (iv) of the Companies Act, 1956”, (to be read as Companies Act, 2013).

b. Payment of Rs. 2/- per share for F.Y 2016-17 approved by the shareholders at the 29th AGM held on September 27, 2017 is pending subject to appropriate judicial orders.

Prior to the above mentioned High Court order, your Company has paid consecutive dividends for the past 38 quarters which is in accordance with the sustainable dividend payout policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

Your Company does not propose to transfer any sum to General Reserve for the year under review.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on March 31, 2018, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs. 921.57 lakhs comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each. During the year under review the Company has not issued any shares with differential voting rights nor has it granted any Stock Option or Sweat Equity.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (‘Listing Regulations’), is presented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”), a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of Company’s subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures is given in Form AOC-1 as Annexure - I and the same forms part of this report. The statement also provides the details of highlights of performance of subsidiaries, associates and joint venture company and their contribution to the overall performance of the Company. The financial statements of each of the subsidiaries may also be accessed on the website of the Company www.63moons.com. These documents will also be available for inspection on all working days i.e. except Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays at the Registered Office of the Company till the date of AGM.

The Policy for determining material subsidiaries as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company’s website at the link: www.63moons.com/ investors/corporate-governance/policies/Material-subsidiary-policy.pdf

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated by Regulation 34(3) read with Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, 2015, is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Business Responsibility Reporting as required under Regulation 34 of Listing Regulations is not applicable to your Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES

In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations, your Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which is available on Company’s website at www.63moons. com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Related-Party-Transactions-Policy.pdf The Policy is to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all transactions between the Company and Related Parties.

All arrangements / transactions entered by your Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary course of business and on an arm’s length basis. During the year, the Company has made investments in one of its subsidiary i.e. NSEL amounting to Rs. 3081.66 lakhs in terms of shareholders’ approval obtained on March 08, 2017. Except for the transaction with NSEL, the Company did not enter into any arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material, in accordance with Companies Act and Listing Regulations. All transactions with related parties were reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee. Prior omnibus approvals are granted by the Audit Committee for related party transactions which are of repetitive nature, entered in the ordinary course of business and are on arm’s length basis in accordance with the provisions of the Act read with the Rules issued thereunder and the Listing Regulations.

The details of the transactions with related parties are provided in the accompanying financial statements.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has formulated and recommended to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Company, which has been approved by the Board.

The Company has identified the areas for CSR activities which are in accordance with Schedule VII of the Act, some of which are highlighted as under:

- Health and social welfare

- Promotion of education

- Environment sustainability

- Employment enhancing vocational skills

- Employee engagement activities

The Report on CSR activities as required under Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as Annexure - II and the same forms part of this report. The policy is available on the website of the company at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/ corporate-governance/policies/CSR-policy.pdf

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to monitor the risk management policy for the Company.

The risk management system identifies and monitors risks which are related to the business and overall internal control systems of the Company. The Audit Committee has oversight responsibility in the areas of financial risks and controls. The risk management committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management policy and ensuring its effectiveness.

The Audit Committee and the Board has also noted the risk prevailing in respect of what is stated in the para relating to legal matters above effecting the business of the Company.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has internal financial control systems, which are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The Internal control system is improved and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported properly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls. The findings and recommendations of the Internal Auditors are reviewed by the Audit Committee and followed up till implementation wherever feasible. Further, as per requirement of clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’), the statutory auditors have reported on the internal financial controls and opined that 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 March 31, 2018.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

During the year under review, Mr. Suresh Salvi (Retd. IAS) (DIN: 07636298) and Mr. Kanekal Chandrasekhar (DIN: 06861358) were appointed as Directors (Non-Executive) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 27, 2017.

Further, Mr. S. Rajendran (DIN: 02686150) was appointed as Managing Director and CEO of the Company not liable to retire by rotation for a period of 3 years w.e.f. February 10, 2017. Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332), Chief Financial Officer of the Company was appointed as Whole-time Director & CFO of the Company liable to retire by rotation w.e.f May 27, 2017 for a period of three years. The aforesaid two appointments were approved by the Members through postal ballot on August 23, 2017.

The following Directors ceased to be member of the Board:

1. Mr. Berjis Desai (DIN: 00153675), Non-Executive Director w.e.f. May 26, 2017

2. Mr. Jigish Sonagara (DIN: 07024688), Non-Executive Director w.e.f. August 10, 2017

Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the valuable advice and guidance provided by the above Directors during their tenure with the Company.

The Board of Directors at its meeting held on November 09, 2017, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC), re-appointed Mr. Rajendra Mehta (DIN: 00390504) as a Whole-time Director of the Company for a period of one year commencing from November 21, 2017 subject to the approval of shareholders. Since the tenure of the said re-appointment shall be expiring on November 20, 2018, the Board of Directors at its meeting held on August 09, 2018, on the recommendation of the NRC, further extended the tenure of re-appointment of Mr. Rajendra Mehta by one more year commencing from November 21, 2018 subject to the approval of shareholders at the ensuing AGM.

In view of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 dated 9th May, 2018 which will come into force with effect from 1st April, 2019, no listed entity can continue the directorship of any person as a non-executive director who has attained the age of 75 (seventy five) years unless a special resolution is passed to that effect. Accordingly, three existing Directors of the Company who have already attained the age of 75 years i.e. Mr. Venkat Chary (DIN: 00273036), Chairman, NonExecutive and Independent Director (aged 78 years), Justice (Retd.) Rajan J. Kochar (DIN: 06710558), NonExecutive & Independent Director (aged 76 years), and Mr. Suresh Salvi (DIN: 07636298), Non-Executive Director (aged 76 years) are recommended for their continuance as Directors of the Company after March 31, 2019 at this AGM as Special Business by way of Special Resolution in compliance of Section 102 of the Act read with the amended Regulation 17 (1A) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations 2015. The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Act and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Listing Regulations.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company’s Articles of Association, Mr. Devendra Agrawal (DIN: 03579332) and Mr. Suresh Salvi (DIN: 07636298), Directors, retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible offers themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommend their re-appointment for the consideration of the Members of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The other Directors continue to be on the Board of your Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 203 of the Act, the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company are -

1. Mr. S. Rajendran, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

2. Mr. Rajendra Mehta, Whole-time Director

3. Mr. Devendra Agrawal, Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer (appointed as Whole-time Director w.e.f. May 27, 2017)

4. Mr. Hariraj Chouhan, Company Secretary.

BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI Listing Regulations and the Guidance Note on Board Evaluation issued by the SEBI on January

5. 2017, a process has been devised for evaluation of Board, Committees and Directors taking into consideration the various aspects of the Board’s functioning, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations and governance. The performance of the Board and Independent Directors was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the Directors. The criteria for performance evaluation of the Board included aspects such as Board composition and structure, effectiveness of Board processes, contribution in treasury and risk management, legal challenges faced by the Company, general corporate governance, strategic planning etc. The performance of the Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from the committee members. The criteria for performance evaluation of the Committees included aspects such as composition of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.

In a separate meeting of Independent Directors, performance of Non-Independent Directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking inputs from Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors.

On review of Board as a whole, members expressed satisfaction on the diversity of experience, age group, and induction process of new members, and competency of directors. The members expressed appreciation on functioning of Audit committee, NRC, CSR, Stake holders, Risk Management and Investment Committee as observed from the minutes of those meeting placed for noting in the Board.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors of the Company met 7 (seven) times during the financial year. The details of Board Meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee comprises of 5 (five) members, three of whom are Independent Directors namely Mr. Venkat Chary, Justice (Retd.) R. J. Kochar, Mr. A. Nagarajan and two are Non-Executive Directors namely Mr. Suresh Salvi and Mr. K. Chandrasekhar. During the year, 6 (six) Audit Committee meetings were held and the details of which are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT BY COMPANY

Details of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the Financial Statements.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under the Act, are provided in Annexure - III and the same forms part of this Report.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Extract of Annual return of the Company in form MGT-9 has been posted on the website of the Company at www.63moons.com/investors/shareholders/ annual-reports.html

PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

Disclosures with respect to the remuneration of Directors, KMPs and employees as required under Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure - IV to this Report.

Details of employee remuneration as required under provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are available at the Registered Office of the Company during working hours, 21 days before the Annual General Meeting and shall be made available to any shareholder on written request. Such details are also available on your company’s website at www.63moons.com/investors/shareholders/annual-reports.html

WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY / VIGIL MECHANISM

The Company has a whistle blower policy to report genuine concerns or grievances. The Whistle Blower Policy has been posted on the website of the Company at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY

The Board of Directors has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors including determining qualifications, independence of a Director, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel and their remuneration as part of its charter and other matters provided under Section 178 (3) of the Act. The details of the policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. The Nomination and Remuneration Policy has been placed on the website of the Company at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/ policies/Nomination-and-Remuneration-Policy.pdf

MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE

During the FY 2017-18, the Company has not received any complaints on sexual harassment and hence no complaints remain pending as of March 31, 2018. Further, the company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

Except as stated in the para relating to legal matters mentioned above, there are no other significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company’s operations in future. The details of litigation including tax matters are disclosed in the notes to the Financial Statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures;

b. the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;

c. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

e. the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and

f. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and monitors the Employees Stock Option Plan of the Company in accordance with the applicable SEBI Guidelines.

The applicable disclosures as required under SEBI Guidelines as on March 31, 2018, with regards to the Employees Stock Option Plan and as per the Act are given in Annexure - V and the same forms part of this report.

The Company has received a certificate from the Auditors of the Company that the ESOP Schemes have been implemented in accordance with the SEBI Guidelines and the resolution passed by the members. The certificate would be available at the Annual General Meeting for inspection by members.

SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company is in compliance with applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

AUDITORS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 109983W) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 23, 2014 for a period of five years, subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM. In accordance with the Companies Amendment Act, 2017, enforced on May 07, 2018 by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the appointment of Statutory Auditors is no longer required to be ratified at every Annual General Meeting.

M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates have confirmed their eligibility and qualification for continuing as Auditors of the Company.

DETAILS OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS

There have been no instances of fraud reported by Auditors pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, the Board has appointed M/s BNP & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2017-18. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure - VI and the same forms part of this report. The Secretarial Auditors’ report does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks, except one observation as under:

During the year, SEBI has imposed penalty of Rs. 1 lakh stating that the Company did not seek prior approval from Stock Exchanges i.e. BSE & NSE in terms of Regulation 45(3) of LODR Regulations, before obtaining certificate for effecting change in its name from ROC. The penalty was paid by the Company on 04.01.2018.

GENERAL

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:

- Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

- Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

- Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Directors of the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.

HUMAN RESOURCES

63 moons technologies Limited (formerly known as FTIL) provides an equal opportunity which ensures nondiscrimination at the workplace. The Company remains committed to its employees and values each one’s contribution in the collective growth. As of 31 March 2018, the Company had employee strength of 847.

The HR Team is conditioned in a way to be always alert and available for any help sought by the employees. All HR systems and processes are fully automated to ensure that required information is available anytime. A number of employee beneficial programs (Insurance, health care etc.) have been initiated and also employee engagement initiatives conducted which makes 63 moons as one of the best companies to work. Company is equally concerned about the health of the employees. 63 moons have round the year free health check-up camps for the employees which (includes sub-staff) through Doctor-on-Site services of specialists like Physician, Gynaecologist, Nutritionist, Surgeon, Dietician, Dentist, Medical Counsellor etc.

In addition to the Privilege and Other leaves, the Company has also recently introduced ‘Family Bliss’ leaves, one for the anniversary and the other for birthday so that employees can spend time with their near and dear ones on their special day. A religion-specific holiday has also been introduced this year so that employees can take leave for their respective religious festival.

There are many training (Inbound and Outbound) program conducted to groom our employees in behaviour and domain aspects. A two day special training program was organized for female employees on Stress Management which was well appreciated by all our female staff.

63 moons has also launched an e-module on Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH), Information Security Awareness (ISA) and Innovative Thinking for the employees.

The Company has been awarded by World HRD Congress in employer Branding Awards as “Maharashtra Best Employer Brand Awards in 2018” in providing next generation technology ventures, innovations platforms and solutions for creating digital markets and market places that enable price discovery and transaction efficiencies across industry segments.

During the year under review, cordial relationship has been maintained with all the employees.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for the assistance and co-operation extended to your Company.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the continued support of investors, business associates and the contribution made by the employees at all levels.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Venkat Chary S. Rajendran

Place : Mumbai Chairman Managing Director & CEO

Date : August 09, 2018 DIN: 00273036 DIN: 02686150

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Mar 31, 2016

To,

The Members,

The Directors present the Twenty Eighth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2016.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Financial Results standalone and Consolidated

(Rs. in lacs, except per share data)

	Standalone		Consolidated
Particulars	Current Year 2015-16	Previous Year 2014-15	Current Year 2015-16	Previous Year 2014-15
Total Income	23,278.43	60,368.01	29,948.26	38,246.07
Total Operating expenditure	27,895.17	27,471.95	45,777.31	47,466.15
EBITDA	(4,616.74)	32,896.06	(15,829.05)	(9,220.08)
Finance costs	2,222.33	2,266.12	4,492.55	2,634.17
Depreciation/amortization	4,006.34	3,905.73	4,113.82	4,496.14
(Loss)/ Profit before exceptional items and tax	(10,845.41)	26,724.21	(24,435.42)	(16,350.39)
Exceptional Items	17,518.89	24,282.09	56,879.89	65,631.14
Profit/(Loss) before tax	6,673.48	51,006.30	32,444.47	49,280.75
Provision for taxation	8,014.56	6,492.42	8,049.41	6,648.20
Profit/(Loss) after Tax/Net Profit/(Loss) for the year	(1,341.08)	44,513.88	24,395.06	42,632.55
Add: Net share of profit in associates	-	-	-	(0.12)
Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries	-	-	(11.24)	39.25
Profit/(Loss) after Tax/Net Profit/(Loss) for the year	(1,341.08)	44,513.88	24,383.82	42,671.68
Add: Balance brought forward from previous year	213,301.04	177,089.54	230,590.94	181,799.93
Balance available for appropriation	211,959.96	221,603.42	254,974.75	224,471.61
Less: Appropriations
Final dividend (proposed)	-	2,303.93	-	2,303.93
Interim dividend	2,303.93	5,529.42	2,303.93	5,529.42
Tax on dividend	469.03	469.03	469.03	469.03
Transfer to Statutory reserve	-	-	12.75	-
Add: Transfer from General Reserve	-	-	-	14,421.70
Balance carried forward to Balance Sheet	209,187.00	213,301.04	252,189.04	230,590.94
Earnings per share
Basic	(2.91)	96.60	52.92	92.61
Diluted	(2.91)	96.30	52.92	92.31

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY''S AFFAIRS Standalone Financials

- The total revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2016 was at Rs. 14,133.03 lacs as compared to Rs. 16,103.11 lacs for the year ended March 31, 2015.

- During the year, profit under exceptional items reported Rs. 17,518.89 lacs compared to Rs. 24,282.09 lacs in previous year. It includes (a) gain of Rs. 53,708.88 lacs on sale of investments in shares (net of expenses) of IEX and DGCX (b) provision for / write off of other than temporary diminution in the value of investments in / loans and advances to subsidiaries at Rs. 36,189.99 lacs.

- Your Company has reported loss before finance cost, depreciation, exceptional items and tax of Rs. 4,616.74 lacs, compared to profit of Rs. 32,896.06 lacs in the previous year. Profit before tax was Rs. 6,673.48 lacs, compared to Rs. 51,006.30 lacs in the previous year.

- Your Company has reported a net Loss during the year of Rs. 1,341.08 lacs as compared to profit of Rs. 44,513.88 lacs in the previous year.

- Your Company''s operational income remained stable in 2015-16.

- The fluctuation in profit after tax compared to previous year was mainly on account of exceptional items and one time items.

- Your Company expects challenges to continue in the current financial year 2016-17 as well.

Consolidated Financials

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with Accounting Standard 21, 23 & 27 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, form part of the Annual Report and are reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company.

The consolidated Net Profit for the year ended March 31, 2016 was at Rs.24,383.82 lacs, against Rs. 42,671.68 lacs for the previous year ended March 31, 2015. Shareholders'' funds as at the year ended March 31, 2016 was at Rs. 311,829.03 lacs as against Rs. 292,827.18 lacs as at March 31, 2015.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: FISCAL YEAR 2015-16

63 moons technologies limited (63 moons™) (Formerly Financial Technologies (India) Limited (FTIL)) has been facing a lot of challenges in the aftermath of the 2013 National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) crisis. Your Company has the highest respect for Indian Judiciary and will use every resource available to counter allegations against it. Your Company believes that the truth will ultimately prevail. In the meantime, your Company continues to provide all assistance to every investigative agency in the country.

In the last three years, your Company has made every effort to negate the impact of the NSEL payment default in its business and will continue to endeavour to grow and create shareholder value.

Technology Business & Outlook

1. Exchange Technology

During the year under review, your Company was successful in maintaining a healthy relationship as a vendor and providing services as per the technology contract with Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX), Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (MSEI - formerly popular as MCX-SX) and Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (IEX).

During the year under review, in the exchange technology business, your Company had a mixed year with volumes on MCX remaining flat, and IEX growing which had a positive impact on its exchange technology revenues. However, MSEI saw decline in volumes that had a minor negative impact.

The outlook for 2016-17 is neutral to positive for the exchange technology business. With the merger of Forward Market Commission (FMC) with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the expectations of clearance for MCX to launch Options, MCX may witness better volumes. However, this is subject to clearance and subsequent launch. We expect IEX volumes to remain stable and may grow depending on the macro generation and surplus of power for the day-ahead market.

2. Brokerage Technology Solutions

Business witnessed a challenging year in 2015-16 due to the volatility of the market and decreasing margins for the brokerages. However, there are new opportunities of growth that are now visible in the area of premium mobility and online products.

The outlook for the Member Technology business is improving and the Company expects the business environment to improve in the ensuing years. With the upturn in the economy and favorable policy environment, Indian Capital markets are positioned for strong growth in the forthcoming years. Your Company is now working on creating newer products and services and believes is well positioned to take advantage of the anticipated growth in the capital markets through its Brokerage Technology Solutions Business.

Divestments

Without prejudice to its legal rights and remedies, your Company has successfully completed the divestments of its balance holdings in Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) and Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX).

New Ventures:

Your Company is in the process of implementing vision for ''Digital India @2025, as a part of FT 3.0. The New Ventures division has closely worked on various new age technologies during the year to build a robust and flexible technology framework. Digitalization of an idea is the demand of the times and New Ventures division is creating state-of-art technology framework with in-built flexible blocks for enabling ''idea digitalization''. It will help the vision FT 3.0 to become ''technology partner of choice'' for new digital giants in different sectors.

A New Name and a New Vision

With due approval from the Registrar of Companies, Chennai dated May 27, 2016 the name of your Company has been changed from "Financial Technologies (India) Limited" to "63 moons technologies limited".

The new name reflects the Company''s core philosophy "to be a global digital ecology" through technology innovation. We are now transitioning from being just a financial technologies company to a company that can leverage its core strengths of technologies and innovations into building new business leveraging existing IPRs.

In line with our Founders vision of "Digital India @2025", the company will now empower itself with a new genesis of business and growth. 63 moons™ will endeavor to partner with several emerging new-tech companies in sectors like e-commerce, digital media, education, sports, life sciences, to name a few. We aim to be leaders in the digital ecology that will govern the future. Needless to add, 63 moons™ will do so in accordance with law and in compliance with all judicial decisions.

Legal matters

In the wake of the crisis at NSEL, your Company has been made a party to several litigations over the last three years. Further, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA") issued a draft order dated October 21, 2014 for amalgamation of your Company with NSEL under section 396 of Companies Act, 1956 and filed a petition, inter alia, under Section 397 of the Act with the Company Law Board, for removal and supersession of the Board . Your Company has opposed the draft order for merger and has challenged the petition for removal and supersession of the Board in the Company Law Board. The MCA passed a final order of amalgamation on February 12, 2016 ("Final Order"). Your Company has challenged the Final Order as well, in the Hon''ble Bombay High Court and the same has been stayed by the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

Further, in a suit filed by L.J. Tanna Private Limited & Ors., your Company has been restrained from distributing any dividend amongst its Shareholders and/or pay any remuneration at the increased rate to its Managing Director/Directors/Senior Employees.

The MCA has filed a Petition inter alia under the provisions of Sections 388B, 397, 398 and 401 of the Companies Act, 1956 before the Company Law Board seeking replacement of the current board of directors of the Company. Your Company has opposed the same. On June 30, 2015 the Company Law Board passed an order restraining the Company from selling, alienating or creating third party rights in its assets or investments. This order was appealed against by your Company before the Madras High Court and vide Order dated August 10, 2015 the order of June 30, 2015 was modified and the restraints on the Company were restricted only in respect of its immovable assets. The order of the Madras High Court was set aside by the Hon''ble Supreme Court of India vide its order of April 18, 2016 in an appeal filed by the MCA. The order of the Supreme Court restored the order passed by the Company Law Board of June 30, 2015. However, the Supreme Court permitted your Company to incur expenses for its day to day business and granted liberty to your Company to seek modification of the order dated June 30, 2015 from the Company Law Board. Since the Company Law Board was dissolved, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) (earlier CLB) vide its Order dated June 25, 2016, has constituted a Committee comprising five members i.e. two Independent Directors and Managing Director of the Company, Retired Judge of the Hon''ble Supreme Court and a nominee of Union Of India, both of whom having veto power individually, to consider viz., Sale of investments held by the Company in compliance with any order/direction passed by any Regulatory or Statutory Authority in India or Abroad, as an when such sale is proposed by the Company, treasury operations of available surplus funds and funding of the working capital requirements of the subsidiaries of the Company by the Company. This Committee is formed pending hearing and final disposal of the above said Company Petition.

Your Company continues to defend itself in various other litigations filed against it.

The Economic Offences Wing ("EOW") had issued a Notice dated February 28, 2015 to your Company inter alia restraining / restricting your Company from dealing with its assets. The Hon''ble Bombay High Court has granted a stay vide its order dated June 12, 2015 in respect of the direction given in EOW''s abovementioned letter restraining / restricting on the dealing of assets. Further, Economic Offence Wing (EOW), Mumbai Police, Mumbai, vide its notice dated July 18, 2016, secured the assets of the Company. The same was challenged by the Company before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court. By an Order dated August 01, 2016, the Hon''ble Bombay High

Court directed EOW to file an affidavit, which, interalia, states that it has no objection, if the Company utilizes the funds secured by its above said notice for incurring expenses necessary towards the running of its ordinary course of day-to-day business, payment of salaries to its employees and payment of statutory dues. EOW obliged to the same by submitting the affidavit before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

Modulus, USA has filed a case against the Company for alleged infringement of its trademark. The Notice of Motion filed in the said suit is listed for hearing and final disposal on August 24, 2016. The Company has strongly opposed these allegations.

Except as stated above, no material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of the financial year till the date of this Report, which significantly affects the financial position of the Company.

Explanation to the Qualifications in Auditor Report

(A) Audit Report on standalone financial statements:

The Management explanation for qualification made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Report dated May 30, 2016 on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016 is as under:

With respect to qualification regarding Writ Petitions (WP), Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and Civil Suits which have been filed against the Company in relation to event occurred on NSEL''s trading platform, wherein the Company has been made a party in the WP and Civil Suits, these matters are pending at various stages of adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between FTIL and the Petitioners. The management of the Company is of the view that the parties who have filed the WP, PIL, Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. With respect to mention of First Information Reports/complaints/ notice registered/received against various parties including the Company with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police (EOW), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and MIDC Police Station, Mumbai District,. EOW, Mumbai has presently filed 3 charge-sheets - on January 06, 2014, June 2014 and August 04, 2014. It is pertinent to note that till date, no charge sheet has been filed against the Company. The matters are pending at various stages of adjudication/investigation.

(B) Audit Report on consolidated financial statements:

The Management explanation for qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Reports dated May 30, 2016 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016 are as under:

1. With respect to item no. 1 which pertains to the Company regarding Writ Petitions (WP), Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and Civil Suits which have been filed against the Company in relation to event occurred on NSEL''s trading platform, wherein the Company has been made a party in the WP and Civil Suits. These matters are pending at various stages of adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between the Company and the Petitioners. The management of the Company does not foresee that the parties who have filed the WP, PIL, Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. With respect to mention of First Information Reports/ complaints / notice registered/received against various parties including the Company with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police (EOW), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and MIDC Police Station, Mumbai District, EOW, Mumbai has presently filed 3 charge-sheets - on January 06, 2014, June 2014 and August 04, 2014. It is pertinent to note that till date, no charge sheet has been filed against the Parent Company. The matters are pending at various stages of adjudication/investigation.

2. With respect to item no. 2 which are pertaining to the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors of a subsidiary viz National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) in their Independent Auditors Report on its Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016 which has been reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the Company (63moons) in their Independent Auditors Report (Auditors Report) dated May 30, 2016 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016, the explanation given by the directors'' of NSEL and its subsidiary "Indian Bullion Market Association Limited" (IBMA) are as under: ("Company" in the qualifications below refer to NSEL or IBMA, as the case may be)

(i) Qualification 2(a) in Auditors Report:

As stated in note nos. 51, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61 and 63 to the Financial Statement, the Company has been served with notices/letters/summons from various statutory authorities/regulators/ government departments and some purported aggrieved parties, pertaining to the period prior to suspension of the exchange related operations from July 31, 2013. There are some writ petitions, public interest litigations, civil suits including in representative capacity filed by and against the Company. Such matters against the Company are either in progress or sub-judice before different forums. The Company may have civil / criminal liability arising out of one or more of the proceedings initiated against the Company. We are unable to comment on the consequential impact, if any, in respect of the same in the Financial Statement" [Refer note 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76 and 78 of the consolidated financial statements of the Group]

Management response:

Investigating agencies are investigating genuineness of the warehouse receipts issued by the Exchange as well as the frauds perpetrated by the erstwhile senior officials of the Exchange. Impact on financials, if any, can be ascertained only after investigations are concluded and orders are obtained from Court.

The Government by Gazette Notification SO 2529(E) dated September 19, 2014 has withdrawn the Gazette Notification SO 906(E) dated June 5, 2007 (by which NSEL was granted exemption u/s. 27 of the FCR Act, 1952 for trading of forward contracts of one day duration) with immediate effect and consequently the notification SO 228(E) dated February 6, 2012 and notification SO 2406(E) dated August 6, 2013 ceased to be in force w.e.f. September 19, 2014, as informed to the Company by the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) vide letter dated November 5, 2014. As the reply to the said SCN has been given and actions, if any, required due to SCN has been taken, including withdrawal of the exemption itself, company do not foresee any further consequences on the SCN. Further, neither FMC nor Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has held NSEL guilty of having violated any of the conditions of the exemption notification dated June 5, 2007, which was the subject matter of the SCN.

All contracts traded on the Exchange platform were proper and in consonance with applicable laws, exemption notifications and there were no violations in this regard. NSEL had obtained a legal opinion on the legality of the contracts traded by the members on the Exchange platform.

Since the matters mentioned are under investigation/ sub-judice, impact on financial statement, if any, cannot be ascertained at this stage. Company is taking all steps to defend its position and currently unable to quantify the impact, if any.

(ii) Qualification 2(b) in Auditors Report:

"The trade receivables, other receivables, loans and advances and deposits are subject to confirmation and reconciliation. The management, however, does not expect any material changes on account of such reconciliation / confirmation from parties. In many cases legal notices have been sent to the parties; however we are unable to form any opinion on the recoverability of the outstanding balances of such parties.

The Company may be exposed to liabilities in case of any adverse outcome of these investigations / enquiries or legal cases or any other investigations as referred above enquires or suits which may arise at a later date. In the light of the above, the outcome of which is not presently known and is uncertain at this stage, we are not able to comment on the impact in respect of the same on these Financial Statements. Also, the matters stated above could also have a consequential impact on the measurement and disclosure of information provided, but not limited to, profit / (loss) before tax, provision for tax, cash flow statement, segment information, and earnings per share for the year ended March 31, 2016 in these Financial Statements."

Management response:

NSEL and IBMA, are following up with the parties who have outstanding receivables and have sent legal notices in all suitable cases. Further legal steps are being explored by the NSEL and IBMA looking at the materiality aspect of the outstanding amounts. The consequential impacts of the aforesaid qualifications are dependent on the outcomes of the various investigations/ hearings pending in various for a, and hence presently not known and is uncertain at this stage.

(iii) Qualification 2(c) in Auditors Report:

"As stated in note no. 42 (a) and (b) of Notes to Accounts, the Company had rendered services to one M/s SNP Designs Pvt. Ltd (SNP) relating to trade in future commodity contracts in earlier financial years. At the end of the year a sum of Rs. 77,47,18,046/- was due and receivable from SNP. The Managing Director and majority shareholder of SNP is Mrs. Shalini Sinha, wife of Mr. Anjani Sinha (Director and KMP at IBMA). This related party relationship was not informed by Mr.Anjani Sinha to the Company. No money has been received from SNP despite substantial amounts dues and outstanding. SNP denied having any liability to pay to the Company and the matter is under dispute. It has been informed by management that such transactions were carried out on the instruction issued by erstwhile- director of the Company Mr. Anjani Sinha who was managing the affairs of the Company." [Refer note 67(b) of the consolidated financial statements of the Group]

Management response:

Post the crisis that ensued at NSEL, NSEL appointed an Internal Enquiry Committee (IIC) to investigate and report on matters in relation to the crisis. IIC also covered trades undertaken by IBMA on future commodity exchanges on behalf of SNP Designs Pvt Ltd (SNP) in terms of an agreement signed between IBMA and SNP. IIC observed that such trades were executed on the directions of erstwhile Director and Key Managerial Personnel, Mr. Anjani Sinha and as per the available records, Mr. Anjani Sinha was exclusively dealing with SNP and no efforts were made by him to recover the outstanding from SNP. No funds were received by IBMA during the course of the trades. Board of IBMA did not approve of such trades executed on behalf of SNP. The trades for SNP were executed by Mr. Anjani Sinha without informing the board.

Pursuant to the forensic audit report of Grant Thornton India LLP, the IBMA came to know that Mrs. Shalini Sinha, wife of erstwhile director and KMP Mr. Anjani Sinha, was the Managing Director and major shareholder of SNP Designs Pvt. Ltd. The details of such relationship were not disclosed by Mr. Anjani Sinha to the board of directors. SNP had confirmed the balance outstanding to IBMA as on March 31, 2013 and continued transacting with IBMA until July 2013. Later, when demand was raised by IBMA, SNP denied owing any liability to IBMA. IBMA sent a legal notice rebutting their contention in response to their reply. In the wake of such irregularities and on directions received from the holding Company NSEL, Mr. Anjani Sinha was removed from the Board of Directors of IBMA on October 23, 2013. IBMA has filed a civil suit in the Hon''ble Bombay High court under Civil jurisdiction praying for, directions to SNP to pay the outstanding sum with interest.

(iv) Qualification 2(d) in Auditors Report:

"As stated in note no. 42 (c) of Notes to Accounts the company has made provision for bad and doubtful debts, in case of receivables for sale and services entered by the company to the extent of Rs. 20,43,18,363/-. In our opinion the Company should have provided 100% of all its bad and doubtful debts and other receivables. In our view including the above other receivables and debtors as stated in paragraph 4(b) and 4(c) above, the unrealized outstanding debtors and receivables should also have been provided fully in the books of accounts. Accordingly, had the Company provided for the entire amount as provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts (including other receivables) the amount of provision should have been higher by Rs. 20,54,71,918/-.

The matters stated above could also have a consequential impact on the measurement and disclosure of information provided under, but not limited to statement of profit and loss, provision for tax, cash flow statement and earnings per share for the year ended March 31, 2016 in these Financial Statements." [Refer note 67(f) of the consolidated financial statements of the Group]

Management response:

IBMA has taken steps towards recovery of the overdue receivables. IBMA on prudent basis has provided for doubtful debts of Rs.2,043.18 lacs in total during FY 2015-16 being 25% of the outstanding receivables of debtors and believes that such provision is currently reasonable.

3. With respect to item no. 3 which is pertaining to the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors of a subsidiary FT Group Investments Private Limited (''FTGIPL'') vide their audit report on the consolidated financial statement of FTGIPL for the year ended March 31, 2016 which has been reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the Company in their Independent Auditors Report (Auditors Report) dated May 30, 2016 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2016.

Qualification 3 in Auditors Report:

"The Company''s subsidiary, Bourse Africa Limited (BAL) holds a Securities Exchange License issued by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to operate as a Commodity Exchange.

Further to issues affecting the ultimate holding company during the financial year 2014/2015, the FSC has requested the latter to dispose of its stake in BAL. As at date of this report, the disposal has not yet taken place due to legal issues presently being debated at the level of the Supreme Court in India and which affect the ability of the ultimate holding company to dispose of its assets.

The FSC has on March 30, 2016 given a deadline of May 31, 2016 for the change in shareholding to take place failing which the Securities Exchange License will be revoked. The ultimate holding company has on May 11, 2016 made a request to the FSC for an extension of the deadline of May 31, 2016 because of the ongoing legal cases in India. However, as at the date of this report the FSC has not responded to this request.

Because of the significance of the license for BAL, we believe that if the revocation takes place as stipulated in the letter of March 30, 2016, this will deeply affect the very reason for existence of BAL in its capacity to act as a Multi-Asset Class Exchange. Such revocation will also affect the carrying value of the investment." [Refer note 49 of the consolidated financial statements of the Group]

Management response:

The Company has on May 11, 2016 made a request to the FSC for an extension of the deadline of May 31, 2016 because of the ongoing legal cases in India. As on at the date of this Audit report the FSC has not responded to this request.

Though FSC had granted time till June 30, 2016 in view of NCLT referred to in the legal matter para above, based on our further representation to FSC, as on date of this Report, FSC has granted time up to September 18, 2016 to complete the stake sale in BAL.

DIVIDEND

During the year under review, your Company paid one interim dividend totaling Rs.2,303.93 Lacs (Rs. 5/- per share on par value of '' 2/- per share). The final dividend of Rs. 5/- per share for the FY 2014-15, declared by the shareholders at the last Annual General Meeting held on September 30, 2015 could not be paid as the Hon''ble Bombay High Court vide its order dated September 30, 2015 in Notice of Motion no. 1490 of 2015 in Suit no. 121 of 2014 - L.J. Tanna Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd and Ors., Vs. Financial Technologies (India) Limited inter-alia directed that pending hearing and final disposal of Notice of Motion "FTIL shall not distribute any dividend amongst its shareholders and shall also not deposit any amount in compliance with Section 123 sub-clause (iv) of the Companies Act, 1956", (to be read as Companies Act, 2013).

Prior to the above mentioned High Court order, your Company has paid consecutive dividends for the past 38 quarters which is in accordance with the sustainable dividend payout policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

During the year under review Rs.41.98 lacs has been transferred to General Reserve from Share Options Outstanding Account as per requirements of accounting standards.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on March 31, 2016, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs. 921.57 Lacs comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each. During the year under review the Company has not issued any shares with differential voting rights nor has it granted any Stock Option or Sweat Equity.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (''Listing Regulations''), is presented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

During the year under review the following Companies have ceased to be the Company''s subsidiary, step-down subsidiary and joint venture Company:

Name of the Company	Date of cessation
Financial Technologies Projects Private Limited (Mauritius) (Subsidiary Company)	June 18, 2015
Capricorn Fin-Tech (Private) Limited (Subsidiary of Financial Technologies Middle East DMCC) (Step-Down Subsidiary)	June 15, 2015
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange DMCC (Joint Venture)	March 16, 2016

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"), a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of Company''s subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures is given in Form AOC-1 as Annexure - I and the same forms part of this report. The statement also provides the details of highlights of performance of subsidiaries, associates and joint venture company and their contribution to the overall performance of the Company. The financial statements of each of the subsidiary may also be accessed on the website of the Company www.63moons.com. These documents will also be available for inspection on all working days i.e. except Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays at the Registered Office of the Company till the date of AGM.

The Policy for determining material subsidiaries as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company''s website at the link: www.63moons.com/ investors/corporate-governance/policies/Material-subsidiary-policy.pdf

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated by Regulation 34 (3) read with Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, 2015, is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Business Responsibility Reporting as required under Regulation 34 of Listing Regulations is not applicable to your Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2016.

CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES

In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Listing Regulations, your Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which is available on Company''s website at www.63moons. com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Related-Party-Transactions-Policy.pdf. The Policy is to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all transactions between the Company and Related Parties.

All arrangements / transactions entered by your Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary course of business and on an arm''s length basis. During the year, your Company did not enter into any arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material, in accordance with Companies Act and Listing Regulations. All transactions with related parties were reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee. Prior omnibus approvals are granted by the Audit Committee for related party transactions which are of repetitive nature, entered in the ordinary course of business and are on arm''s length basis in accordance with the provisions of the Act read with the Rules issued there under and the Listing Regulations.

The details of the transactions with related parties are provided in the accompanying financial statements.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has formulated and recommended to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Company, which has been approved by the Board.

The Company has identified the areas for CSR activities which are in accordance with Schedule VII of the Act, some of which are highlighted as under:

- Health and social welfare

- Education

- Environmental Sustainability

- Rural Transformation

The Report on CSR activities as required under Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as Annexure - II and the same forms part of this report. The policy is available on the website of the company at the link: www.63moons.com/ investors/corporate-governance/policies/CSR-policy.pdf

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to monitor the risk management policy for the Company.

The risk management system monitors and identifies risks which are related to the business and overall internal control systems of the Company. The Audit Committee has oversight responsibility in the areas of financial risks and controls. The risk management committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management policy and ensuring its effectiveness.

The Audit Committee and the Board has also noted the risk prevailing in respect of what is stated in the para relating to legal matters above effecting the business of the Company.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has internal financial control systems, which are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The Internal control system is improved and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported properly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls. The findings and recommendations of the Internal Auditors are reviewed by the Audit Committee and followed up till implementation wherever feasible. Further, as per requirement of clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (''the Act''), the statutory auditors have reported on the internal financial controls and opined that 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 March 31, 2016.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

During the year under review, Mr. Anil Singhvi, Mr. Berjis Desai, Mr. Sunil Shah and Mr. Miten Mehta were appointed as Directors (Non-Executive – Non-Independent) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 30, 2015.

Further, Ms. Nisha Dutt was appointed as Independent Director, not liable to retire by rotation for a period of five years at the annual general meeting of the Company held on September 30, 2015.

Mr. Prashant Desai was appointed as a Director of the Company not liable to retire by rotation and as Managing Director and CEO of the Company for a period of 3 years w.e.f November 21, 2014. Mr. Jigish Sonagara and Mr. Rajendra Mehta were appointed as Directors liable to retire by rotation and as Whole-time Directors of the Company for a period of three years w.e.f November 21, 2014. All the said appointments were approved by the Members through postal ballot on August 30, 2015.

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Act and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Listing Regulations.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company''s Articles of Association, Mr. Rajendra Mehta (DIN: 00390504), Mr. Jigish Sonagara (DIN: 07024688) and Mr. Miten Mehta (DIN: 06749055), Directors, retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible offer themselves for re-appointment. The Board recommends their re-appointment for the consideration of the Members of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The other Directors continue to be on the Board of your Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 203 of the Act, the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company are -Mr. Prashant Desai, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jigish Sonagara, Whole-time Director, Mr. Rajendra Mehta, Whole-time Director, Mr. Devendra Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Hariraj Chouhan, Company Secretary. There has been no change in Directors and Key Managerial Personnel during the year.

BOARD EVALUATION

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Regulations, a structured format has been devised taking into consideration the various aspects of the Board''s functioning, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations and governance. The performance of the Board and individual Directors was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the Directors. The criteria for performance evaluation of the Board included aspects such as Board composition and structure, effectiveness of Board processes, contribution in the long term strategic planning etc. The performance of the committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from the committee members. The criteria for performance evaluation of the committees included aspects such as composition of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.

In a separate meeting of Independent Directors, performance of Non-Independent Directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views of Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors. The same was discussed in the Board Meeting that followed the meeting of the Independent Directors, at which the feedback received from the Directors on the performance of the Board, its Committees and Individual Directors was also discussed.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors of the Company met eleven times during the financial year. The details of Board Meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee comprises of 4 (four) members all of whom are Independent Directors namely Mr. Venkat Chary, Justice R. J. Kochar (Retd.), Mr. A. Nagarajan and Mr. S. Rajendran. During the year, 8 (eight) Audit Committee meetings were held and the details of which are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT BY COMPANY

Details of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the Financial Statements.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under the Act, are provided in Annexure - III and the same forms part of this Report.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Extract of Annual return of the Company in form MGT-9 is annexed herewith as Annexure - IV and the same forms part of this Report.

PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

In terms of the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Act, read with Rules 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Amendment Rules, 2016, disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details and a statement showing the names and other particulars of the top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and employees drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the said Rules are given in Annexure - V and the same forms part of this report.

WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY / VIGIL MECHANISM

The Company has a whistle blower policy to report genuine concerns or grievances. The Whistle Blower Policy has been posted on the website of the Company at the link: www.63moons.com/investors/corporate-governance/policies/Whistle-Blower-Policy.pdf

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY

The Board of Directors has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors including determining qualifications, independence of a Director, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel and their remuneration as part of its charter and other matters provided under Section 178 (3) of the Act. The details of the policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

DISCLOSURE AS PER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION & REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

During the financial year 2015-16, the Company has not received any complaints on sexual harassment and hence no complaints remain pending as of March 31, 2016.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

Except as stated in the para relating to legal matters mentioned above, there are no other significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company''s operations in future. The details of litigation including tax matters are disclosed in the notes to the Financial Statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b. the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the loss of the Company for that period;

c. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

e. the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and

f. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and monitors the Employees Stock Option Plan of the Company in accordance with the applicable SEBI Guidelines.

The applicable disclosures as required under SEBI Guidelines as on March 31, 2016, with regards to the Employees Stock Option Plan and as per the Act are given in Annexure - VI and the same forms part of this report.

The Company has received a certificate from the Auditors of the Company that the ESOP Schemes have been implemented in accordance with the SEBI Guidelines and the resolution passed by the members. The certificate would be placed at the Annual General Meeting for inspection by members.

AUDITORS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act and the rules framed there under, M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 109983W) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 23, 2014 for a period of five years, subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM.

The Company has received a confirmation from M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates to the effect that their appointment, if ratified at the ensuing AGM would be in terms of Sections 139 and 141 of the Act and rules made there under. The Board recommends ratification of appointment of M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates.

DETAILS OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS

There have been no instances of fraud reported by Auditors pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, the Board has appointed M/s BNP & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2015-16. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2016 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure - VII and the same forms part of this report. The Secretarial Auditors'' report does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks.

GENERAL

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:

- Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

- Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

- Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Directors of the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.

HUMAN RESOURCES

At 63 moons technologies limited (Formerly FTIL), we strongly believe in communication at all times and across levels. HR has an open door system and employees can walk-in to HR at any time during office hours. We have various communication channels in place, such as Departmental meets, HOD meets, HR Zone (e-HR) on the intranet. 63 moons™ HR communicates with daily news updates. We also have a confidential email facility which redresses specific issues of the employees. This ensures that the HR team is alert and available to listen to and help employees. All our systems and processes are fully automated, thus ensuring that required information is available at fingertips for employees for speedy redressal.

As of March 31, 2016, your Company had an employee strength of 873. Your Company is going through a major crisis since 3 years now.

It is the HR oriented culture in the Company that has helped us to tide over this crisis. The bonding and belongingness, along with confidence of the employees have strengthened the business verticals and kept our focus on customers and development remained constant. One of the cornerstones of our crisis management strategy has been to communicate constantly with our employees. Many HR Connect sessions were also held to address the employee concerns and strengthen the bonding across levels. Your Company''s confidence in its ability to innovate and grow in challenging times was reiterated in open houses/connect sessions. Even during the times of crisis, your Company''s HR department has ensured that their well-established processes are always followed i.e. induction, training, performance management etc.

Employee''s connect and engagement can be spotted in many initiatives like Women''s Day Celebration, Yoga Shivir, Stepathlon, Diwali celebrations, Christmas, and Juniors Day. Employee Talent Shows are also held. Your Company is proud to inform that 63 moons™ Team stood first (among 5000 teams) at the global level in the Stepathlon event. Stepathlon is a pedometer-based, 100 day race around a ''virtual world'' across continents and countries. 63 moons™ continues to believe strongly in the ability and quality of its HR and has started working on the next phase of your Company''s growth. Your Company treats its employees as an integral part of the organization and its growth. Your Company is charting new horizons and has revised its business strategies. Employees are being groomed to meet the changing requirements / business landscapes. A Catalyst program has been launched and over 600 employees upto Manager level have been trained.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for the assistance and co-operation extended to your Company.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the continued support of investors, business associates and the contribution made by the employees at all levels.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Venkat Chary Prashant Desai

Place: Mumbai Chairman Managing Director & CEO

Date : August 09, 2016 DIN: 00273036 DIN: 01578418

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Mar 31, 2015

The Directors present the Twenty Seventh Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2015.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Your Directors would like to inform you that because of the events occurred at National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) during the previous year, audit of NSEL Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2013 (as amended) and for the year ended March 31, 2014 were delayed due to which the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2013 (as amended) and for the year ended March 31, 2014 could not finalized on time. Since now Consolidated Financial Statement of NSEL are available, the Consolidated Financial Statements of your Company have been finalized and audited for the year ended March 31, 2013 (as amended), for the year ended March 31, 2014 and for the year ended March 31, 2015.

Financial Results standalone and Consolidated

(Rs. in lacs, except per share data) Particulars standalone Consolidated Current Year Previous Year Current Year Previous Year Previous Year 2014-15 2013-14 2014-15 2013-14 (as amended) 2012-13

Total Income 60,368.01 54,126.66 38,246.07 70,949.59 95,138.66

Total operating expenditure 27,471.95 24,881.27 47,466.15 67,903.17 62,697.22

EBITDA 32,896.06 29,245.39 (9,220.08) 3,046.42 32,441.44

Finance costs 2,266.12 3,053.82 2,634.17 8,176.96 9,799.95

Depreciation/ amortization 3,905.73 3,074.86 4,496.14 4,295.84 3,268.15

Profit / (Loss) before exceptional item and tax 26,724.21 23,116.71 (16,350.39)(9,426.38) 19,373.34

exceptional Item 24,282.09 (41,152.11) 65,631.14 94,436.33 -

Profit / (Loss) before tax 51,006.30 (18,035.40) 49,280.75 85,009.95 19,373.34

Provision for taxation 6,492.42 4,819.45 6,648.20 4,846.76 12,469.37

Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year 44,513.88 (22,854.85) 42,632.55 80,163.19 6,903.97

Add: Net share of profit in associates (0.12) 6,347.53 10,097.89

Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries 39.25 440.03 339.61

Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year 44,513.88 (22,854.85) 42,671.68 86,950.75 17,341.47

add: Balance brought forward from previous year 177,089.54 204,257.15 181,799.93 100,592.88 90,900.50

Balance available for appropria tion 221,603.42 181,402.30 224,471.61 187,543.63 108,241.97

Appropria tions

Final dividend (proposed) 2,303.93 921.57 2,303.93 921.57 921.57

Interim dividend 5,529.42 2,764.71 5,529.42 2,764.71 2,764.71

Tax on dividend 469.03 626.48 469.03 626.48 616.92

Transfer to General reserve - - 3,253.00

change in Jv holding - 1,419.82 -

Transfer to Statutory Reserve - 11.11 8.24

Transfer to Security Guarantee Fund - - 84.66

Transfer from General reserve (14,421.70) - -

Balance carried forward to Balance Sheet 213,301.04 177,089.54 230,590.94 181,799.93 100,592.88

earnings per share

Basic 96.60 (49.60) 92.61 188.70 37.63

Diluted 96.301 (49.60) 92.311 188.09 36.79

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS

Standalone Financials:

- Revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2015 was at Rs. 16,103.11 lacs as compared to Rs. 33,471.49 for the year ended March 31, 2014.

- During the year, profit under exceptional items was Rs. 24,282.09 lacs compared to loss of Rs. 41,152.11 lacs in previous year. This includes (a) gain of Rs. 98,789.50 lacs on sale of investments in shares (net of expenses) including shares in MCX, NBHC and MCX-SX (b) provision for other than temporary diminution in the value of investments and loss on account of capital reduction in the investments of subsidiaries Rs. 73,226.82 lacs and (c) provision of Rs. 1,280.59 lacs towards doubtful loans and advances to and trade receivable from subsidiaries

- Your Company has reported profit before finance cost, depreciation, exceptional items and tax of Rs. 32,896.06 lacs for year ended March 31, 2015, compared to Rs. 29,245.39 lacs in the previous year

- Your Company has reported net profit after tax of Rs. 44,513.88 lacs for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared to loss of Rs. 22,854.85 lacs in the previous year

Consolidated Financials

The consolidated Net Profit for the year ended March 31 2015 was at f 42,671.68 lacs against f 86,950.75 lacs in the previous year ended March 31, 2014 and f 17,341.47 lacs in the year ended March 31, 2013. Shareholders' funds as at the year ended March 31, 2015 was at Rs. 292,827.18 lacs as against f 256,087.69 lacs as at March 31, 2014 and f 176,289.99 lacs as at March 31, 2013.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: FISCAL YEAR 2014-15

The year gone by has been challenging for your Company with the several legal cases due to the crisis at NSEL's trading platform. Your Company has the highest regard and faith in the Indian judiciary and continues to provide all assistance to every statutory authority in the country. Your Company is confident that truth will prevail and it will come out of the crisis soon. The crisis at NSEL's trading platform has had an adverse impact due to the various regulators declaring your Company "not ft & proper" to hold shares in an exchange which has been challenged before Hon'ble Bombay High Court and at various forums. Without prejudice to its legal rights and remedies, your Company has taken a decision to exit its investments in Exchange ventures both in India and globally. The exit of its investments in exchanges and low volume on the respective exchange has adversely impacted the revenue from Exchange technology on the one hand, but on the other hand, there is increase in income from disinvestments and thereby increase in cash reserves.

technology Business:

During the year, your Company re-negotiated the technology contract with MCX and Metropolitan Stock Exchange (formerly MCX-SX) and due to low volume on the respective exchange, the revenue of your Company was impacted. However, it is observed that during the past six months, the volume has picked up on the exchanges and recent announcement of making FT 3.0 the de facto 'powered by' technology augurs well for the future.

Divestments:

Without prejudice to its legal rights and remedies, your Company has successfully completed the divestments of its holdings in National Bulk Handling Corporation Limited (NBHC), Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) and Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Limited (MSEI). In addition, your Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its entire stake in Bourse Africa Limited (BAL) and is in the process of selling its entire investment in Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) along with an irrevocable, companywide, fully paid up, perpetual, non- encumbered, non-transferable, non-assignable, license of the Power ARMS Software installed in India, for internal use to IEX.

Business Outlook:

Your Company is going through challenging times as it tries to reinvent itself into a pure play technology Company. Post the crisis at NSEL trading platform, your Company has decided to grow on its core strength – innovation through technology. Your Company continues to be a market leader in the Member Technology business in India through its flagship product ODIN. On the Exchange Technology Business, your Company continues to provide technology to market leaders in its space such as MCX, MCX-SX and IEX etc.

Member Technology Business has witnessed a challenging year in 2014-15 in wake of the crisis at NSEL. However, the business is stabilizing and the Company expects business environment to improve in the coming years. With the upturn in the economy and favorable policy environment, Indian Capital markets are positioned for strong growth in the coming years. Your Company is well positioned to take advantage of the growth in the capital markets through its Member Technology Business.

Without prejudice to its legal rights and remedies, your Company took a strategic decision to exit the exchange/ regulated businesses both in India and around the world in light of the crisis at NSEL's trading platform. Since, the Exchange Technology Business was primarily catering to the exchanges seeded and nurtured by your Company, it became imperative for your company to restructure the business as a pure play technology service provider as it divested its stake in various exchanges. Your Company continues to provide technology to MCX, MCX-SX and IEX etc. in spite of divesting its stake in the respective companies.

Your Company believes that it can become a signifcant player in this space, given its proven pedigree in this space and relatively few players in the space.

New Vision and change of name:

The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on August 08, 2015 have in-principle approved the change in name of the Company from "Financial Technologies (India) Limited" (FTIL) to "63 moons technologies limited" (63 moons). The said approval by the Board is subject to the approval by the Registrar of Companies, Chennai and the shareholders of the Company.

In the near past, your Company has exited its investments in financial exchanges and now in the revised context, your Company would be more focused on non-financial verticals like e-commerce, digital education, life science, sports and many others.

In November 2014, the Company had announced its founder's vision of "Digital India @ 2025", the engine driving the transformation of FTIL into making FT 3.0 the de facto 'powered by' technology partner of choice to create and develop digital ecology leveraging SMAC (Social Media Analytic and Cloud) technology stack. Hence it is imperative to give the Company a new name and identity that reflects the genesis of its business and the next phase of growth.

Jupiter, revered as the most powerful in ancient civilization is known to have 63 moons. 63 moons will endeavor to partner several emerging new-tech companies/innovations and start-ups in the sectors like e-commerce, digital education, sports, life sciences, and others. It is our endeavor to play a larger role and assume leadership in the digital ecology that will govern the growth of the future. 63 moons reflect the new FTIL.

The Company, as the Applicant/Owner, has already made applications in various classes for registration of Trade Mark "63 moons The new digital ecology".

Further details on the above are covered elsewhere in this report.

legal matters

In the wake of the crisis at NSEL, your Company has been made a party to several litigations over the last two years. Further, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued a draft order dated October 21, 2014 for amalgamation of your Company with NSEL under section 396 of Companies Act, 1956 and also fled a petition with Company Law Board under section 397 of Companies Act, 1956 seeking removal and supersession of the Board of your Company. Your Company has opposed the draft order for merger and has challenged the petition for removal and supersession of the Board in the Company Law Board. Your Company continues to defend itself in various other litigations fled against it. An interim order has been passed by the Company Law Board directing your Company not to sell/alienate or create third party rights in respect of its assets and investments. Your Company has challenged this interim order in the Hon'ble Madras High Court which has suspended the interim order save and except in respect of immovable properties of your Company.

The Economic Offences Wing ("EOW") had issued a letter to your Company inter alia restraining / restricting your Company from dealing with its assets. The Hon'ble Bombay High Court has granted a stay in respect of the direction of EOW in respect of the restraint / restriction on the dealing of assets.

No material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of the financial year till the date of this Report, which significantly affects the financial position of the Company.

Explanation to the Qualifications in auditor Report

Standalone Financial Statements: Audit Report on standalone financial statements:- The Management explanation for qualification made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Report dated May 22, 2015 on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015 is as under:

With respect to qualification regarding Writ Petitions, Public Interest Litigations, Civil Suits which have been fled against the Company in relation to the NSEL event, wherein the Company has been made a party in the Writ Petitions and Civil Suits, these matters are pending before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between FTIL and the Petitioners. Based on legal advice, the management is of the view that the parties who have fled the W P, PIL and Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. With respect to mention of First Information Reports in the same qualification, which are registered against various parties including the Company with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police, Central Bureau of Investigation and MIDC, Police Station, Mumbai District, EOW has fled charge-sheets on January 06, 2014, June 04, 2014 and August 04, 2014 after investigation. It is pertinent to note that so far the Company has not been named in the said charge-sheets. EOW investigation is in progress.

Consolidated Financial Statements:

Audit Report on consolidated financial statements:- The Management explanation for qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors Report dated May 22, 2015 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015 are as under:

1. With respect to item no. 1 which pertains to the Company regarding Writ Petitions, Public Interest Litigations, Civil Suits which have been fled against the Company in relation to the NSEL event, wherein the Company has been made a party in the Writ Petitions and Civil Suits, these matters are pending before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between FTIL and the Petitioners. Based on legal advice, the management is of the view that the parties who have fled the W P, PIL and Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. With respect to mention of First Information Reports in the same qualification, which are registered against various parties including the Company with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police, Central Bureau of Investigation and MIDC, Police Station, Mumbai District, EOW has fled charge-sheets on January 06, 2014, June 04, 2014 and August 04, 2014 after investigation. It is pertinent to note that so far the Company has not been named in the said charge-sheets. EOW investigation is in progress.

2. With respect to item no. 2 which are pertaining to the qualifications made by the Statutory Auditors of a subsidiary viz National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) in their Independent Auditors Report on its Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015 which has been reproduced by the Statutory Auditors of the Company in their Independent Auditors Report (Auditors Report) dated May 22, 2015 on the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2015, the explanation given by the directors' of NSEL and its subsidiary "Indian Bullion Market Association Limited" (IBMA) are as under:

Qualification 2(a) in auditors Report:

"As stated in note no. 53 of the Consolidated Financial Statements pertaining to the issue of warehousing receipts and as per the explanations given by the Management, investigating agencies are investigating genuineness of the warehouse receipt issued by the Company. Its impact on financial statements, if any, can be ascertained only after investigations are concluded and order obtained from the court. Enforcement Directorate (ED) has applied provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) on defaulting members and the Company. Investigations are in progress as on the date of the Audit Report. In case of any adverse findings against the Company, the same may have an effect on the financial position of one or more financial years." [Refer note 68 of the consolidated financial statements of the FTIL Group]

Management response:

Investigating agencies are investigating genuineness of the warehouse receipts issued by the Exchange as well as the frauds perpetrated by the erstwhile senior officials of the Exchange. Impact on financials, if any, can be ascertained only after investigations are concluded and orders are obtained from Court.

Qualification 2(b) in auditors Report:

"As stated in note no. 56 read with note no. 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements which refers to the matter pertaining to regulatory framework for Spot Exchange and related compliance issues with respect to the Exemption Notification No. S.O. 906(E) dated June 5, 2007 (issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, under section 27 of the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952). The doubts have been raised as to alleged non-compliance of two of the conditions specified in the said Exemption Notification. While the Company has responded to Show Cause Notice (SCN) dated April 27, 2012 vide letter dated May 23, 2012 and further correspondences made in August, 2012 and July, 2013, the adjudication thereof is pending from respective authorities and hence the possible consequences arising out of same on the Company are not presently ascertainable. It is further stated that the Ministry of Finance, the Government of India, has withdrawn the aforesaid exemption notification w.e.f. September 19, 2014." [Refer note 73 of the consolidated financial statements of the FTIL Group]

Management response:

The Government by Gazette Notification SO 2529(E) dated 19 September, 2014 has withdrawn the Gazette Notification SO 906(E) dated 5 June, 2007 (by which NSEL was granted exemption u/s. 27 of the FCR Act, 1952 for trading of forward contracts of one day duration) with immediate effect and consequently the notification SO 228(E) dated 6 February, 2012 and notification SO 2406(E) dated 6 August, 2013 ceased to be in force w.e.f. 19 Sep, 2014, as informed to the NSEL by the FMC vide letter dated 5 November, 2014. As the reply to the said SCN has been given and actions, if any, required due to SCN has been taken, including withdrawal of the exemption itself, NSEL do not foresee any further consequences on the SCN. Further, neither FMC nor DCA has held NSEL guilty of having violated any of the conditions of the exemption notification dated 5 June, 2007, which was the subject matter of the SCN.

Qualification 2(c) in auditors Report:

"As stated in note no. 60 & 61 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company has been served with notices/ letters/summons from various statutory authorities/ regulators/government departments and some purported aggrieved parties. There are some Writ Petitions, Public Interest Litigations, Civil Suits including in representative capacity fled by and against the Company. Such matters against the Company are either in progress or sub judice before different forums. The Company may have civil/ criminal liability arising out of one or more of the proceedings initiated against the Company." [Refer note 75 and 76 of the consolidated financial statements of the FTIL Group]

Management response:

Since all matters are sub-judice, impact on financial statement, if any, cannot be ascertained at this stage. NSEL is taking all steps to defend its position and currently unable to quantify the impact, if any.

Qualification 2(d) in auditors Report:

"As stated in note no. 58 & 59 to the Consolidated Financial Statements the issue of legality of contracts traded on the Spot Exchange, the management has clarified that all the contracts carried out on the Exchange were proper and in consonance with the local applicable laws and that there was no violation thereto. As far as availability of commodities are concerned, it is stated that there were systems and processes in place for deposit of commodities and generation of warehouse receipts and allocation of the same. NSEL believed existence of commodities in warehouse on account of the Depositing member's declarations, invoices submitted by the depositing members, the officials concerned in the NSEL at the relevant time being satisfied that there were commodities deposited, generation of warehouse receipt by the concerned officials. Further, due to various events, arising during FY 2013-14, the Company had appointed an Internal Inquiry Committee (IIC) and also two forensic auditors after July 31, 2013 for verification of certain aspects of accounting, internal controls, propriety of accounting policies etc. Pursuant to findings from investigations related to the Company by aforesaid committee/forensic auditors, material weaknesses were reported in certain areas of internal control system pertaining to Spot Exchange related services. There were instances where the commodities were found missing and there were instances of commodities being available partly or fully. This is part of the investigations by EOW, other investigation agencies." [Refer note 67 and 72 of the consolidated financial statements of the FTIL Group]

Management response:

All contracts traded on the Exchange platform were proper and in consonance with applicable laws, exemption notifications and there were no violations in this regard. NSEL had obtained a legal opinion on the legality of the contracts traded by the members on the Exchange platform. Since the matters mentioned are under investigation/sub- judice, impact on financial statement, if any, cannot be ascertained at this stage.

Qualification 2(e) in auditors Report

"As stated in note no. 63 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in respect of effectiveness of internal controls, instances of circumventing of internal controls in some areas of operations on the Spot Exchange and in one of the group company viz. Indian Bullion Market Association Limited ('IBMA'), weakness in effectiveness of internal controls systems and control over financial reporting have been observed. Such instances were unearthed by various investigations carried out by IIC in the month of August 2013 and by a forensic auditor M/s. Grant Thornton India LLP in the month of September 2013 and by another forensic auditor M/s. Chokshi and Chokshi, Chartered Accountants in the month of February 2014.

There were irregularities which have been observed arising out of misuse of powers by ex-MD & CEO along with some senior officials of the Company. As per explanations given by the current management of the Company, some of the controls which were circumvented by the erstwhile management were lack of compliance with Rules, Bye laws and Business Rules of the Exchange by the defaulting members, laxity in terms of exemption from margin requirement to members, oversight over commodities which were stored in the warehouses belonging to certain members etc., the ex-MD & CEO at the relevant time had failed to disclose non-compliance issues to the Board of Directors of the Company. As the fnal outcomes of such investigations are pending, we are unable to comment on the consequential impact, if any, in respect of the same in the Financial Statements.

As per group company viz. IBMA the holding Company NSEL had appointed Internal Inquiry Committee (IIC) which had examined certain transactions pertaining to SNP and had recommended further inquiry into the matter. As stated in Note no 63 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, in respect of effectiveness of internal controls systems and controls over the financial reporting, following weaknesses were observed in the findings carried out by forensic auditors Grant Thornton India LLP and Chokshi & Chokshi, Chartered Accountants in relation to transactions carried out with one related party SNP were not disclosed and segregation and earmarking of client margin was not done as was required under NSEL's bye laws, which was required of IBMA as an Institutional Trade and Clearing Member (ITCM) of NSEL. The weakness had been identified after the Balance Sheet date by subsequent investigations carried out by forensic auditors in this regards. Since the matter is for separate investigation and pending such investigation, we are unable to comment on the classification of such transaction in the books of accounts of IBMA.

The matters stated above could also have a consequential impact on the measurement and disclosure of information provided under, but not limited to statement of profit and loss, provision for tax, cash fow statement, segment information, and earnings per share for the year ended March 31, 2015 in these Financial Statements." [Refer note 78 of the consolidated financial statements of the FTIL Group]

Management response:

Since the matters mentioned are under investigation/sub judice, impact on financial statement, if any, cannot be ascertained at this stage.

Qualification 2(f) in auditors Report

"The trade receivables and other receivables are subject to confirmation and reconciliation. During the course of preparation of Financial Statements of respective Company, letter of confirmations have been sent to various parties by the respective company with a request to confirm the balances as on March 31, 2015. However, few confirmations have been received. The management, however, does not expect any material changes on account of such reconciliation/ non receipt of the confirmation from parties. However the balances between The Company and IBMA in respect of Exchange Operations are subject to reconciliation. In many cases legal notices have been sent to parties; however we are unable to form any opinion on recoverability of the outstanding balances of such parties".

Management response:

In case of NSEL, majority in value of the trade & other receivables, loans and advances etc. are confirmed and such confirmation are available on record. Some confirmations were received from debtors, which were not in agreement with the balances shown in the books of accounts. Reconciliation process has been undertaken for such accounts. However, the management does not envisage any significant impact of the same on the financials. In case of IBMA, it is following up with the parties who have outstanding receivables and have sent legal notices in all suitable cases. Further legal steps are being explored by the IBMA looking at the materiality aspect of the outstanding amounts. The process of reconciliation is currently underway and the management as per the information currently available does not expect any material impact on the profit and loss statement.

Qualification 2(g) in auditors Report

"As stated in note no. 41 of notes to accounts, in earlier financial years the IBMA had rendered services to one M/s SNP Designs Pvt. Ltd. (SNP) relating to trade in future commodity contracts. At the end of the year a sum of Rs. 7,747.18 lacs was due and receivable on account of such services from SNP. The Managing Director and majority shareholder of SNP is Mrs. Shalini Sinha, the wife of Mr. Anjani Sinha (then Director and KMP of NSEL as well as BMA).Such relationship was not informed by Mr. Anjani Sinha. No money has been received from SNP despite of substantial amounts due and outstanding. SNP denied having any liability to pay to the IBMA and the matter is under dispute. It has been informed by management that such transactions were carried out on the instruction issued by erstwhile director of Company Mr. Anjani Sinha who was managing the affairs of company." [Refer note 66(c) of the consolidated financial statements of the FTIL Group]

Management response:

Post the crisis that ensued at NSEL, NSEL appointed an Internal Enquiry Committee (IIC) to investigate and report on matters in relation to the crisis. IIC also covered trades undertaken by IBMA on future commodity exchanges on behalf of SNP Designs Pvt Ltd (SNP) in terms of an agreement signed between IBMA and SNP IIC observed that such trades were executed on the directions of erstwhile director and Key Managerial Personnel, Mr. Anjani Sinha and as per the available records, Mr. Anjani Sinha was exclusively dealing with SNP and no efforts were made by him to recover the outstanding from SNP No funds were received by IBMA during the course of the trades. Board of BMA did not approve of such trades executed on behalf of SNP The trades for SNP were executed by Mr. Anjani Sinha without informing the board.

Pursuant to the forensic audit report of Grant Thornton India LLP, the IBMA came to know that Mrs. Shalini Sinha, wife of erstwhile director and KMP Mr. Anjani Sinha, was the Managing Director and major shareholder of SNP Designs Pvt. Ltd. The details of such relationship were not disclosed by Mr. Anjani Sinha to the board of directors. SNP had confirmed the balance outstanding to IBMA as on 31st March 2013 and continued transacting with IBMA until July 2013. Later when the demand was raised by the Company SNP denied owing any liability to IBMA. IBMA had sent a legal notice rebutting their contention in response to their reply. In the wake of such irregularities and on directions received from the holding Company NSEL, Mr. Anjani Sinha was removed from the Board of Directors of IBMA on 23rd October 2013. IBMA is in the process of fling a suit in the Hon'ble Bombay High court under Civil jurisdiction praying inter-alia to pass an order directing SNP to pay the outstanding sum with interest.

Qualification 2(h) in auditors Report

"As stated in 5 (b) of basis of qualification in Auditors report of IBMA, IBMA has made provision for bad and doubtful debts for f 2,049.66 lacs in case of receivables for sale and services entered by the IBMA. As per opinion formed by IBMA's Auditor, the Company should have provided 100% of all its bad and doubtful debts and other receivables. Accordingly, had this provided for entire amount as provision for bad and doubtful debts (including other receivables) the amount of provisions should have been higher by Rs. 4,097.93 lacs"

Management response:

As detailed in above responses IBMA has taken steps towards recovery of the overdue receivables. IBMA on prudent basis has provided for doubtful debts of Rs. 2,049.66 lacs in total for FY 2014-15 being 25% of the outstanding receivables of debtors for FY 2014-15 and believes that such provision is currently reasonable.

Qualification 2(i) in auditors Report

"The Company may be exposed to liabilities in case of any adverse outcome of these investigations/enquiries or legal cases or any other investigations as referred to in 2(a) to 2(e) above enquires or suits which may arise at a later date. In the light of the above, the outcome of which is not presently known and is uncertain at this stage, we are not able to comment on the impact in respect of the same on these Consolidated Financial Statements. Also, the matters stated above could also have a consequential impact on the measurement and disclosure of information provided but not limited to, profit/(loss) before tax, provision for tax, cash fow statement, segment information and earnings per share for the year ended March 31, 2015 in these Consolidated Financial Statements"

Management Response:

The consequential impacts of the aforesaid qualifications are dependent on the outcomes of the various investigations/ hearings pending in various Fora, and hence presently not known and is uncertain at this stage.

Comments on the observation made in Secretarial Audit Report:

Observation made in Secretarial audit Report:

Mr. Miten Mehta (DIN: 06749055), Non-Executive Director of the Company was paid consultancy fee for professional services rendered by him for which the Company is seeking approval of the shareholders pursuant to Section 188 (1)(f) of the Act and a Notice dated 24th July, 2015 for voting by postal ballot on the same has been issued by the Company

Management Response:

The Company has sought approval of the members through Postal Ballot in terms of Section 188(1)(f) of the Act for the rendering of services of professional nature to the Company by Mr. Miten Mehta pursuant to Section 197(4) of the Act. The Postal Ballot notice as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on July 24, 2015 has been dispatched and the results of the same will be announced on September 1, 2015.

DIVIDEND

The Company follows a stable dividend payout policy. Your Company has paid consecutive dividends for the past 37 quarters which is in accordance with sustainable dividend payout policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives. During the year under review, your Company paid three interim dividends totaling Rs. 5,529.42. Lacs (Rs. 12 per share on par value of Rs. 2/- per share). The Directors have recommended a final dividend of Rs. 5/- per share, subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The total dividend - including interim and final - aggregates to Rs. 17/- per share, for the financial year ended 31st March, 2015 (previous year Rs. 8/- per share on par value of Rs. 2/- each). The total appropriation on account of interim and final dividend and tax thereon amounts to Rs. 8,302.38 Lacs. The final dividend, if approved, will be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on the date of the Annual General Meeting. The break-up of the dividend payouts are as under:

(Rs. in Lacs except dividend per share data)

Final Interim Dividends Dividend

1st 2nd 3rd Interim Interim Interim Proposed Total

Dividend per share 2.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 17.00

Dividend 921.57 2,303.93 2,303.93 2,303.93 7,833.35

Tax -* -* -* 469.03 469.03

TOTAL 921.57 2,303.93 2,303.93 2,772.96 8,302.38

*As per statutory provisions, tax payable on distribution of dividend is adjusted against tax payable on dividend received from a foreign subsidiary company.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

Your Company did not transfer any sum to General Reserve for the year under review.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on 31st March, 2015, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs. 921.57 Lacs comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges in India, is presented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES AND THEIR FINANCIAL POSITION

During the year under review the following companies have ceased to be Company's subsidiary, step-down subsidiaries and associate companies:

Name of the Subsidiary Date of cessation

National Bulk handling corporation

april 25, 2014 Limited

Boursa India Limited august 19, 2014

Trans-Global credit and Finance Limited august 19, 2014

Takshashila academia of economic September 15, 2014 research Limited

Financial Technologies Projects March 26, 2015* Private Limited (Mauritius)

Step Down [Subsidiary of Bourse Date of cessation Africa (Botswana) Limited]

Bourse Africa (Kenya) Limited May 7, 2014

IcX africa Limited May 19, 2014

Bourse Tanzania Limited May 28, 2014

Bourse uganda Limited June 10, 2014

Bourse exchange Nigeria Limited January 19, 2015

Bourse Zambia Ltd January 24, 2015

Associate Companies Date of cessation

Indian Energy Exchange Limited May 13, 2014

*Dissolved on June 18, 2015

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"), a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of Company's subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures is given in Form AOC-1 as annexure - I and the same forms part of this report. The statement also provides the details of performance, financial positions of each of the subsidiaries and joint venture company.

The Policy for determining material subsidiaries as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company's website at the link: www.ftindia.com/investors/corporategovernance/ Material-subsidiary-policy.pdf

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated by Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report. A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Business Responsibility Reporting as required under Clause 55 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges is not applicable to your Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2015.

CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES

In line with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and Equity Listing Agreement, your Company has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which is available on Company's website at www.ftindia.com/ investors/corporate governance/FTIL-Related-Party- Transactions-Policy.pdf. The Policy is to ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all transactions between the Company and Related Parties.

All arrangements / transactions entered by your Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis. During the year, your Company did not enter into any arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material, in accordance with Clause 49(VII) of Listing Agreement on Related Party Transactions i.e. transactions exceeding ten percent of the annual consolidated turnover as per the last audited financial statements and accordingly, the disclosure of Related Party Transactions in Form AOC 2 as required under Section 134(3) (h) of the Companies Act, 2013 is not applicable. However as required under Accounting Standard 18, names of Related Parties and details of transactions with them have been included in Note no. 37 to the standalone financial statements provided in the Annual Report and pursuant to Section 188(1)(f) of the Act, approval is sought through Postal Ballot for rendering of services of professional nature to the Company by Mr. Miten Mehta, the same being in the ordinary course of the business and at arm's length and covered under Section 197 (4) of the Act.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has formulated and recommended to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Company, which has been approved by the Board.

The Company has identified the areas for CSR activities which are in accordance with Schedule VII of the Act, some of which are highlighted as under:

- Health and social welfare

- Education

- Environmental Sustainability

- Rural Transformation

The Report on CSR activities as required under Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as annexure - II and the same forms part of this report. The policy is available on the website of the company at the link: www.ftindia.com/investors/corporategovernance/FTIL- CSR-policy.pdf.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Board of the Company has formed a risk management committee to monitor the risk management policy for the Company.

The risk management system monitors and identifies risks which are related to the business and overall internal control systems of the Company. The Audit Committee has oversight responsibility in the areas of financial risks and controls. The risk management committee is responsible for reviewing the risk management policy and ensuring its effectiveness.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has internal financial control systems, which are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The Internal control system is improved and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported properly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls. The findings and recommendations of the Internal Auditors are reviewed by the Audit Committee and followed up till implementation wherever feasible.

DIRECTORS

During the year under review, Mr. Anil Singhvi and Mr. Berjis Desai were appointed as Additional (Non-Executive – Non- Independent) Directors w.e.f. November 7, 2014. Further, Mr. Sunil Shah and Mr. Miten Mehta were appointed as Additional (Non-Executive – Non-Independent) Directors w.e.f. November 20, 2014.

Ms. Nisha Dutt was appointed as Additional (Non-Executive –Independent) Director w.e.f. November 20, 2014 and it is proposed to appoint Ms. Nisha Dutt as Indpendent Director, not liable to retire by rotation for a period of fve years from the date of ensuing Annual General Meeting.

The Company has received notices under Section 160 of the Act along with the requisite deposit proposing appointments of Directors as detailed in the AGM Notice.

Mr. Prashant Desai was appointed as Additional Director w.e.f. November 7, 2014 and designated as Whole-time Director with effect from same date. Further, he was re- designated as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company w.e.f. November 21, 2014. Mr. Jigish Sonagara and Mr. Rajendra Mehta were appointed as Additional Directors w.e.f. November 21, 2014. The Board has also appointed them as Whole-time Directors with effect from the same date for a period of three years.

The Company has an on-going Postal Ballot as approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on July 24, 2015 under which approval of shareholders is sought inter- alia for the appointment of Mr. Prashant Desai, Mr. Jigish Sonagara and Mr. Rajendra Mehta as Directors. The results of the same will be announced on September 1, 2015.

During the year under review, Mr. Venkat Chary, Justice Rajan J. Kochar (Retd.), Mr. Achudanarayanan Nagarajan and Mr. Rajendran Soundaram were appointed as Independent Directors, not liable to retire by rotation for a period of five years at the annual general meeting of the Company held on September 23, 2014.

The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.

Further, during the year Mr. Jignesh Shah, Mr. Dewang Neralla and Mr. Manjay Shah resigned from the Board w.e.f. November 20, 2014, as the Managing Director and Whole- time Directors of the Company, respectively.

The Board has placed on record its appreciation for the invaluable contribution made by Mr. Jignesh Shah during his tenure as the Managing Director of the Company, making the Company a leading technology provider in the financial sector and being globally the second largest company with licensing volumes, Mr. Dewang Neralla, as Whole-time Director, putting his enormous efforts to shape the technology edge of the Company and Mr. Manjay Shah, as Whole-time Director, who has contributed greatly in the overall growth and development of the Company ensuring 80% market share for the Company.

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

With effect from November 21, 2014, the Board suo-motto appointed Mr. Jignesh Shah as the Chairman Emeritus and Mentor of the Company, a non-board position, for advising and mentoring the Company specially in relation to fulfillment of the Company's vision of FT 3.0 and other strategic matters.

As the Company has grown into a formidable technology player and is in the process of implementing its Founder's vision for 'Digital India @ 2025' as part of FT 3.0, which is transformation of the Company into becoming the de facto 'powered by' technology partner of choice for new digital giants in sectors like retail, education, healthcare, agriculture, environment, infrastructure and space over the next 10 years, on the invitation of the Board, Mr. Jignesh Shah has agreed to act as the Chairman Emeritus and Mentor to the Company to nurture and inspire the Company's future vision of FT 3.0 wearing his creative hat and to guide the implementation thereof. In his new role, Mr. Jignesh Shah will not be involved in the management of the Company.

ONE-TIME INCENTIVE TO EMPLOYEES

Your Company has created national assets like MCX, IEX, SMX, NBHC etc over the last several years. Without prejudice to its legal rights and remedies your Company had to force-exit from these assets and created significant cash reserves. The team played a critical role in the creation of IP and getting the fair value for them through exits. The total divestments till date exceed Rs. 2000 cr. The one time reward was necessary to keep the team motivated for the next phase of growth of the Company. Your Company under the guidance of the Board has rewarded the people responsible for the creation and exit of these assets through a one-time incentive which was capped at 1% of the total divestment. This is a one-time incentive and will not be a recurring expenditure. The salary of the team continues to remain same.

Amount Details Name of employee (Rs. Lacs)

Mr Paras ajmera 720.0

Mr Prashant Desai* 480.0

Mr Jigish Sonagara* 100.0

one-time Incentive Mr Dewang Neralla 38.5

paid to employees Mr Manjay Shah 38.5 during FY 2014-15 for divestment of assets Mr Devendra agrawal 25.0 in 2014-15 Mr ashish Kakade 20.0

Mr Jatin Doshi 10.0

Mr hariraj chouhan 7.5

Mr Sheetal Dhawan 5.0

amount of commission Mr Jignesh Shah 450.0 provision for FY 2014-15 to executive Directors, to be Mr Prashant Desai* 325.0 paid in FY 2015-16 after Mr Jigish Sonagara* 125.0 approval of annual accounts by the shareholders. Mr rajendra Mehta* 100.0

Mr Prashant Desai* 180.0

Mr Jigish Sonagara* 180.0

Mr rajendra Mehta* 120.0

Amount of salary as Mr Dewang Neralla** 180.0 cost to Company (CTC*) (MD&ceo of atom) payable for 2015-16 Mr Manjay Shah** 240.0

(MD of Tickerplant)

*CTC includes company Mr Paras ajmera 240.0 contribution to provident Mr Devendra agrawal 80.0 fund, gratuity, insurance etc Mr hariraj chouhan 41.0

Mr Jatin Doshi 35.0

Mr ashish Kakade 32.0

Mr Sheetal Dhawan 27.5

*All Executive Directors of the Company have given their written consent to the Remuneration Committee that they will only draw salaries with nominal increment, if given, for the next two years

** They have also given their consent that they will only draw salaries with nominal increment, if given, for the next two years.

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

As per the accounting standards and as reported in previous annual reports, Mr. Jignesh Shah, Managing Director, Mr. Dewang Neralla, Whole-time Director and Mr. Manjay Shah, Whole-time Director designated as Key Managerial Personnel ceased to hold office as such w.e.f. November 20, 2014.

During the year under review, the Company has appointed following persons as Key Managerial Personnel:

sr.

Name of the person Designation No. Managing Director &

1 Mr. Prashant Desai Chief Executive Offcer w.e.f. 21/11/2014

whole-time Director

2 Mr. Jigish Sonagara w.e.f. 21/11/2014

whole-time Director

3 Mr. rajendra Mehta w.e.f. 21/11/2014

Chief Financial Offcer

4 Mr. Devendra agrawal w.e.f. 05/11/2014

Company Secretary

5 Mr. hariraj chouhan w.e.f. 05/11/2014

BOARD EVALUATION

The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors. One of the key functions of the Board is to monitor and review the board evaluation framework.

In a separate meeting held of Independent Directors, it was agreed that since majority of the Board members are newly inducted, it would be pre-mature to have a review of their performance as only a very short period has elapsed since their induction on the Board.

It was also agreed to have a set of parameters prepared and circulated to all the non-executive Directors for their review and comments and the current methods of evaluation and parameters adopted by the Company for Managing Director/Whole-time Directors would be considered by the Board for their evaluation.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors of the Company met twenty nine times during the financial year. The details of Board Meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The details pertaining to composition of audit committee are included in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT BY COMPANY

Details of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the Financial Statements.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, as required to be disclosed under the Act, are provided in annexure - III and the same forms part of this Report.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Extract of Annual return of the Company in form MGT-9 is annexed herewith as annexure - IV and the same forms part of this Report.

PARTICULAR OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES

In terms of the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Act, read with Rules 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details and a statement showing the names and other particulars of the employees drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the said Rules are given in annexure - V and the same forms part of this report.

WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY / VIGIL MECHANISM

The Company has a whistle blower policy to report genuine concerns or grievances. The Whistle Blower Policy has been posted on the website of the Company at the link: www.ftindia.com/investors/corporategovernance/Whistle- Blower-Policy.pdf.

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY

The Board of Directors has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors including determining qualifications, independence of a Director, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Personnel and their remuneration as part of its charter and other matters provided under section 178 (3) of the Act. The details of the policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

DISCLOSURE AS PER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION & REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

During the financial year 2014-15, the Company has not received any complaints on sexual harassment and hence no complaints remain pending as of March 31, 2015.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS

There are no significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's operations in future. The details of litigation including tax matters are disclosed in the notes to the Financial Statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Act, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b. the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;

c. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. the Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

e. the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and

f. the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter-alia, administers and monitors the Employees Stock Option Plan of the Company in accordance with the applicable SEBI Guidelines.

The applicable disclosures as required under SEBI Guidelines as on March 31, 2015, with regards to the Employees Stock Option Plan and as per the Act are given in annexure – VI and the same forms part of this report.

The Company has received a certificate from the Auditors of the Company that the ESOP Schemes have been implemented in accordance with the SEBI Guidelines and the resolution passed by the members. The certificate would be placed at the Annual General Meeting for inspection by members.

AUDITORS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act and the rules framed there under, M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 109983W) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 23, 2014 for a period of five years, subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM.

The Company has received a confirmation from M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates to the effect that their appointment, if ratified at the ensuing AGM would be in terms of Sections 139 and 141 of the Act and rules made there under. The Board proposes to the members to ratify the said appointment of M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates.

DETAILS OF FRAUD, IF ANY REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS

There have been no instances of fraud reported by the Auditors under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

SECRETARIAL AUDITOR

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act, the Board has appointed M/s BNP & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2014-15. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2015 is annexed herewith marked as annexure - VII and the same forms part of this report. The observations made in the Secretarial Audit Report are mentioned elsewhere in this report.

GENERAL

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:

- Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.

- Issue of equity shares with differential voting rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.

- Neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Directors of the Company receive any remuneration or commission from any of its subsidiaries.

HUMAN RESOURCES

At Financial Technologies, we strongly believe in open communication at all times, across levels. Varied communication channels, such as Departmental meets, HOD meets, HR Zone (e-HR), FTIL HR Communication and HR4U e-mail facility, have ensured that the HR team is always around the corner and is available to listen to and help human resources. All of our processes are fully automated and online thus ensuring that information is available at fingertips for employees as well as speed in operations. As of 31st March 2015, FTIL had employee strength of 872.

Our Company went through a major crisis last year. The human resources oriented culture in the Company has helped us to tide over this crisis by keeping the confidence of the employees in the strength of the business verticals intact. This ensured that our attrition did not escalate substantially, and our focus on customers and development remained constant.

One of the cornerstones of our crisis management strategy has been to communicate constantly with our employees over the last one year. Many HR Connect sessions were also held to address the employee concerns and strengthen the bonding across levels. FTIL's confidence in its ability to innovate and technological strength and grow in challenging times was reiterated in open houses/connect sessions.

It is to be noted that 62% of our current employees have worked with the Company for more than 3 years. Our attrition rate even in the year of crisis i.e. 14/15 was 28%, which even though slightly higher than the past few years, is still lower than comparable technology companies across India.

To acknowledge the efforts and commitment of staff in challenging times, a loyalty bonus was announced. The Loyalty Bonus was paid to FTIL staff who has completed minimum 3 years of association/service with Organization as on 31st March 2015. This has helped us to boost the employee confidence in the Organization and also led to enhanced retention of skilled staff Even during the times of crisis, FTIL's HR department has ensured that their well-established processes continue to be honored and followed i.e. induction, training, performance management etc.

Many employee connect and engagement initiatives like Stepthlon, PUMA Urban Stampede, Stills Photography contest, CSR focused activities like Blood Donation drive, Clothes Donation Drive, Contribution for J&K Flood relief were conducted. This has led to greater employee bonding.

Financial Technologies continues to believe strongly in the ability and quality of its Human Resources, and has already started working on the next phase of FTIL's growth. FTIL treats its employees as integral partners in the organization's existence and growth.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for the assistance and co-operation extended to your Company.

Your Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the continued support of investors, business associates and the contribution made by the employees at all levels.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Venkat Chary Prashant Desai

Place: Pawana Nagar, Pune Chairman Managing Director & CEO

Date: August 8, 2015 DIN: 00273036 DIN: 01578418

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Mar 31, 2014

Dear Members,

The Directors present the Twenty Sixth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Standalone Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2014.

This is to bring to your notice that Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a General Circular 08/2014 dated April 04, 2014 clarifying inter-alia that the Boards'' Report shall be as per the provisions of Companies Act 1956 for the companies whose Financial Year ends on or before April 01, 2014. In view of the said circular, this report is prepared in conformity to the said circular. However, wherever necessary provisions of Companies Act 2013 have also been complied with.

Your Directors would like to inform you that the Consolidated Financial Statements of your Company have not yet been finalized because there are payment defaults by defaulting members at one of the subsidiaries of the Company, National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) and in view of the said defaults various agencies are investigating the matters. Therefore, the financial statements for the financial year 2012-13 and 2013-14 of NSEL are yet to be audited. Consequently, the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company could not be finalized. The Statutory Auditors of the Company, M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Chartered Accountants have submitted Auditor''s Report dated May 30, 2014 on Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2014 .

In view of the above and in the interest of approx. 60,000 shareholders and stakeholders of the Company, it was discussed and decided to circulate to the members Standalone Financial Statements of the Company and statement under section 212 excluding NSEL and its Subsidiaries details. Therefore, in the larger interest of all its stakeholders, the Board has taken the decision to announce Standalone Financial Statements, so that you are not deprived of the financial information of the Company.

FINANCIAL DATA

(Rs. in lacs, except per share data)

Particulars standalone

Current Year Previous Year 2013-14 2012-13

Total Income 61,115.80 65,742.09

Employee benefits expense 12,275.19 12,410.70

other operating expenses 12,598.02 6,546.38

Provision for other than temporary diminution in value of long term investments in subsidiaries 11,444.44 -

Provision for doubtful loans and advances, and deposits 36,704.87 -

Finance costs 3,053.82 4,283.74

Depreciation/amortization 3,074.86 2,253.99

Total expenses 79,151.20 25,494.81

Profit/(Loss) before tax (18,035.40) 40,247.28

Provision for taxation 4,819.45 7,959.22

Profit/(Loss) after Tax/Net Profit for the year (22,854.85) 32,288.06

Add: Balance brought forward from previous year 2,04,257.15 1,79,513.50

Balance available for appropriation 1,81,402.30 2,11,801.56 Appropriations

Final dividend (proposed) 921.57 921.57

Interim dividend 2,764.71 2,764.71

Tax on dividend 626.48 605.13

Transfer to General Reserve - 3,253.00

Balance carried forward to Balance Sheet 1,77,089.54 2,04,257.15 Earnings per share

Basic (49.60) 70.07

Diluted (49.60) 69.48

Result of Operations:

Standalone Financials:

* The total income for the year ended March 31, 2014 was at Rs. 61,115.80 lacs as compared to Rs. 65,742.09 lacs in the previous year. The total revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2014 was at Rs. 33,471.49 lacs as compared to Rs. 45,090.10 lacs in the previous year.

* Your Company has reported a loss during the year of Rs. 22,854.85 lacs as compared to profit of Rs. 32,288.06 lacs in the previous year.

* Excluding profit on Sale of Shares (net), diminution in long term investment, and provision for doubtful loans and advances to subsidiaries, during the year, profit before tax was Rs. 23,116.72 lacs, compared to Rs. 40,247.28 lacs in the previous year

* Excluding profit on Sale of Shares (net), diminution in long term investment, and provision for doubtful loans and advances to subsidiaries, during the year, profit after tax was Rs. 18,297.27 lacs, compared to Rs. 32,288.06 lacs in the previous year.

* Net loss of Rs. 22,854.85 lacs for the year ended March 31, 2014 is after making provision for other than temporary diminution in value of long term investments in subsidiaries of Rs. 11,444.44 lacs and Provision for doubtful loans and advances, and deposits of Rs. 36,704.87 lacs.

Qualifications in Audit Report on Standalone Financial Statements:

The qualifications made by the then Statutory Auditors in their Independent Auditors'' Report dated May 30, 2014 on the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2014 and the Management responses thereto are as under:

A. Pursuant to the developments relating to National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), the management of NSEL, by their letter dated September 20, 2013, had communicated to its auditors and the Company that it was not possible for NSEL to immediately ascertain the financial implications (with respect to, inter alia, the various irregularities in the operations of NSEL coming to light, agencies looking at the legality of contracts and warehouse receipts and income booked by NSEL therefrom, ongoing investigations and forensic audit) and whether its books and records presented as of March 31, 2013 were true and fair and what adjustments were needed to be carried out with a view to present a correct financial position. Consequently, the auditors of NSEL and its subsidiary, Indian Bullion Market Association Limited (IBMA), in which NSEL has 60.88% equity ownership, citing various developments, investigations and audits relating to NSEL, had communicated to NSEL and IBMA, by their letters dated September 21, 2013, that the standalone and consolidated financial statements of NSEL and the standalone financial statements of IBMA for the year ended March 31, 2013 and their audit reports dated May 17, 2013 and May 16, 2013 on the said financial statements of NSEL and IBMA, respectively, are no longer to be relied upon.

B. Basis for Qualified Opinion and Management Response:

1. The following matters were qualified in our audit report dated 29th November, 2013, on the financial statements (as amended) for the year ended 31st March, 2013 and continue to be subject matters of qualification:

a. As stated in Note 52 to the financial statements, the Company had recognised income of Rs. 3,452.00 lacs during the year ended 31st March, 2013 from rendering of various services to NSEL, which included a variable component of Rs. 2,927.60 lacs. As on 31st March, 2013, the total amount receivable from NSEL on this account was Rs. 2,489.27 lacs, which has been realised subsequently during the current financial year.

The above variable component comprised:

(i) revenue of Rs. 2,841.46 lacs towards software maintenance and support services derived on the basis of the underlying revenue recognised by NSEL on account of "transaction fees, delivery charges, warehouse receipt transfer charges for trading, settlement and delivery activities" for the year ended 31st March, 2013, pursuant to agreements/contracts; and

(ii) revenue of Rs. 86.14 lacs towards business support services derived on the basis of the underlying gross profits earned on the merchandising activities by NSEL for the year ended 31st March, 2013.

However, as stated in paragraph A above, the management of NSEL had communicated that they were not in a position to determine whether its books and records presented as of 31st March, 2013 were true and fair and what adjustments were needed to be carried out with a view to present a correct financial position due to, inter alia, the various irregularities in the operations of NSEL coming to light, agencies looking at the legality of contracts and warehouse receipts and income booked by NSEL therefrom, ongoing investigations and forensic audit. Consequently, the auditors of NSEL, citing various developments, investigations and audits relating to NSEL, had also communicated that the financial statements of NSEL for the year ended 31st March, 2013 and their audit reports thereon were no longer to be relied upon. Further, as represented to us by the Management of the Company, the audited financial statements of NSEL for the year ended 31st March, 2013 are not yet available.

In view of our aforesaid comments and in the absence of sufficient appropriate audit evidence, particularly, in the absence of the audited financial statements of NSEL for the year ended 31st March, 2013, which we could have placed reliance on to validate the underlying elements of revenue and gross profits of NSEL based on which the above mentioned variable component of revenue were derived and accounted for by the Company, significant uncertainty exists regarding the amount of the consideration that could be derived from rendering the service and, hence, we are unable to determine the extent to which the above mentioned revenue aggregating Rs. 2,927.60 lacs should be de-recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31st March, 2014 and postponed by the Company, in compliance with the recognition and measurement principles stated in Accounting Standard (AS) 9, ''Revenue Recognition''.

Management Response:

During the previous year ended 31st March, 2013, the Company had earned Income of Rs. 3,452.00 lacs from NSEL, which constituted 5.25% of the standalone total income of the Company. This included aggregate amount of Rs. 2,927.60 lacs being variable component.

The above variable component comprises:

* revenue of Rs. 2,841.46 lacs towards software maintenance and support services derived on the basis of the underlying revenue recognized by NSEL on account of "transaction fees, delivery charges, warehouse receipt transfer charges for trading, settlement and delivery activities" for the year ended 31st March, 2013, pursuant to agreements/contracts; and

* revenue of Rs. 86.14 lacs towards business support services derived on the basis of the underlying gross profits earned on the merchandising activities by NSEL for the year ended 31st March, 2013.

As on 31st March, 2013, total amount receivable from NSEL was Rs. 2,489.27 lacs, which has been realised subsequently during the current financial year and as on date, there is no amount outstanding against the same.

The above income was recognized as per the contractual terms on accrual basis and there was no uncertainty with respect to realisability of the aforesaid amount as on 31st March, 2013 or on the date on which the Financial Statements were approved by the Board and, hence, the same was accounted as income.

As of date, there have been no claims by NSEL nor has any dispute been raised in connection with the amounts paid to the Company for the Services provided by the Company during the financial year 2012-13. In view of the above, no provision was considered necessary by the Company as on 31st March, 2013 and as on 31st March, 2014 for the above said Income from NSEL.

b. As stated by the Management of the Company in Note 55 to the financial statements, Writ Petitions, Public Interest Litigations, Civil Suits have been filed against the Company in relation to the NSEL event, wherein the Company has been made a party in the Writ Petitions and Civil Suits, and these matters are pending adjudication. In addition, there is a First Information Report registered, inter alia, against the Company with the Economic Offences Wing. Further, as stated in the said Note 55 to the financial statements, based on legal advice, the Management of the Company does not foresee that the parties who have filed the Writ Petitions, Public Interest Litigations, Civil Suits would be able to sustain any claim against the Company. In this regard, the Management and those charged with Governance have represented to us that other than as stated in the said Note 55 to the financial statements, there are no claims, litigations, potential settlements involving the Company directly or indirectly which require adjustments to/disclosures in the financial statements.

In the light of the above representations regarding the ongoing investigations and matters, the outcome of which is not known and is uncertain as on date, we are unable to comment on the consequential impact in respect of the same on these financial statements.

Management Response:

i. During the year, Writ Petitions (WP), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Civil Suits have been filed against the Company in relation to NSEL event, wherein the Company has been made a party in the Civil Suits and the WP In the said proceedings certain reliefs have been claimed against the Company, inter alia, on the ground that the Company is the holding company of NSEL. These matters are pending before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between the Company and the Petitioners. Based on legal advice, the management is of the view that the parties who have filed the WP, PIL and Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. The matter is pending for hearing before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

ii. First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against various parties, including the Company, with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police (EOW) in connection with the NSEL event. After investigation, EOW has filed charge-sheets on 06th January, 2014, 4th June 2014 and 4th August 2014 and it is pertinent to note that so far the Company has not been named in the said charge-sheets.

c. No provision was considered necessary by the Management of the Company for diminution in the value of the Company''s long-term investment in NSEL of Rs. 4,499.99 lacs as at 31st March, 2013.

In view of the aforesaid developments relating to NSEL, which represented a subsequent discovery of facts existing on the date of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2013, in our opinion, there were indications of ''other than temporary'' diminution in the carrying amount of the Company''s investment in NSEL as at 31st March, 2013. However, in the absence of the audited financial statements of NSEL for the year ended 31st March, 2013 (refer paragraph A above), non-availability of estimation of future cash flows and earning capacity of NSEL and suspension of NSEL''s operations, we were not able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to determine the amount of provision that would have been needed to be made for diminution in the carrying amount of the Company''s investment in NSEL of Rs. 4,499.99 lacs as at 31st March, 2013, in accordance with Accounting Standard (AS) 13, ''Accounting for Investments''.

However, as stated in Note 51 to the financial statements, during the year ended 31st March, 2014, on a conservative basis, the Company has made a provision, towards diminution, other than temporary, in the value of the entire amount of its long term investment of Rs. 4,499.99 lacs in NSEL and has charged the same to the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31st March, 2014.

Management Response:

In view of the developments in respect of its subsidiary NSEL, during the year ended March 31, 2014, on conservative basis, the Company has made a provision towards diminution other than temporary in value of long term investments of Rs. 4,499.99 lacs for its investment in NSEL.

2. We are informed that, on the directions of the Forward Markets Commission, a special audit was carried out by an external agency in respect of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) covering, inter alia, the agreements and transactions between MCX and the Company. MCX has, on 26th May, 2014, submitted the scanned copy of the special audit report dated 21st April, 2014 for dissemination on the website of BSE Limited (Refer Note 59 to the financial statements).

We are unable to comment on the consequential impact, if any, in respect of the above matter on these financial statements.

Management Response:

MCX on 29th April, 2014 uploaded on BSE website Executive Summary with the modification on selective basis (''Executive Summary'') of Special Audit Report carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited (PwC) with a disclaimer. The Company replied to Executive Summary in detail on 5th May, 2014 and the same was uploaded on BSE website. Subsequently, on 26th May, 2014, MCX disseminated on BSE website Special Audit Report without annexures, exhibits of the said report with a disclaimer that document is yet to be independently verified by MCX, MCX neither agrees nor disagrees with the contents thereof and does not have any opinion on the same, it further recommends that no person should consider and/or rely on the contents of the document at this stage for undertaking any trade (buy or sell) in the securities of MCX, it further states that it does not in any manner warrant, certify or endorse the correctness, accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the contents of the document (report) and it should not for any reason be deemed or construed to mean that the observations (of the report) have been verified / confirmed by MCX. The Company reiterated that views of the Company were not taken into account before finalising the report despite several written requests to MCX.

It may also be noted that the Special Audit Report contains several disclaimers including a statement that the procedures performed under the Special Audit did not constitute an audit or examination or a review in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or attestation standards.

3. As stated in Note 50 to the financial statements, the Company has investments in certain subsidiaries and a jointly controlled entity, aggregating Rs. 12,590.95 lacs and has granted loans and advances to / receivables from these entities, aggregating Rs. 90,758.89 lacs [which exclude NSEL and its subsidiaries - refer paragraph B1 (c)above]. The net worth of most of these entities has been eroded / substantially eroded. A provision/adjustment of Rs. 8,681.71 lacs (including Rs. 6,944.45 lacs during the year) has been made, inter alia, for diminution, other than temporary, in the value of investments and a provision of Rs. 15,150.00 lacs has been made during the year for doubtful loans and advances, which the Management of the Company considers to be adequate.

In the absence of sufficient appropriate audit evidence, particularly, in the absence of a fair valuation of the aforesaid investments at the balance sheet date being provided to us, we are unable to determine the adequacy of the provisions made.

Management Response:

As at 31st March, 2014, the Company''s investment in certain subsidiaries and a jointly controlled entity aggregating Rs. 12,590.95 lacs (Previous Year Rs. 12,215.95 lacs) and loans and advances / recoverables from these entities aggregating Rs. 90,758.89 lacs (Previous Year Rs. 38,732.65 lacs) (excluding NSEL and its subsidiaries, and FTSPL and its subsidiaries) which presently have accumulated losses, [share of aggregate losses till 31st March, 2014 Rs. 112,881.99 lacs (Previous year Rs. 59,610.67 lacs)].

In view of the NSEL event, FMC declared the Company not a fit and proper person to hold shares in MCX, consequently, various other regulatory authorities also given direction to dispose of the Company''s stake in the respective exchanges. Further the license of the exchange venture situated in Botswana, which had not yet commenced its operation, got cancelled. Considering these events and current scenario (though Company ideally would like to retain the investment to fetch its right price and not to sell in distress), the Company on a conservative basis has made an additional provision of Rs. 6,944.45 lacs (Previous Year Nil) towards provision for other than temporary diminution in the value of investments including provision (write down) in value of investments of Rs. 15.00 lacs (Previous Year Nil) in respect of investments reclassified during the year from long-term (non- current) to current investments, and Rs. 15,150.00 lacs (Previous Year Nil) towards doubtful loans and advances. Accordingly, total provision of Rs. 8,681.71 lacs (Previous Year Rs. 1,737.26 lacs) for other than temporary diminution in the value of investments and provision of Rs. 15,150.00 lacs (Previous Year Nil) for doubtful loans and advances as at the year ended on 31st March, 2014 is considered to be adequate for these investments and loans and advances / receivables.

4. As stated in Note 45 to the financial statements, the directives of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by its Order dated 19th March, 2014 requires the Company to divest its investments referred therein within ninety days from the date of the Order. These include 27,165,000 Equity Shares of Re. 1 each and 562,460,000 Warrants of Re. 1 each (each Warrant will entitle the holder to one Equity Share) both in MCX Stock Exchange Limited and 5,750,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 each in MCX- SX Clearing Corporation Limited which are being carried at an aggregate amount of Rs. 6,471.25 lacs. The Management of the Company is of the view that the aggregate carrying amount of the aforesaid investments at Rs. 6,471.25 lacs represents the lower of cost and fair value of these investments as on the balance sheet date.

In the absence of sufficient appropriate audit evidence, particularly, in the absence of a fair valuation of the aforesaid investments at the balance sheet date being provided to us, and having regard to the time limit for divestment prescribed in the aforesaid Order, we have not been able to validate whether the carrying amount of these investments is the lower of cost and fair value, as required by Accounting Standard (AS) 13, ''Accounting for Investments''

Management Response:

The Company holds 27,165,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 1/- each and 562,460,000 Warrants of Rs. 1/- each in MCX Stock Exchange Limited (MCX-SX).

During the year, the Company has received show cause notice from the SEBI dated 20th December, 2013 solely based on FMC Order under Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, SEBI Act, 1992 and Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchange and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2012, advising the Company to show cause as to why directions should not be issued for divestment of shares and transferable warrants held by the Company and any company/entity controlled by the Company, either directly or indirectly, in MCX- SX, MCX-SX Clearing Corporation Limited (MCX-SX CCL), Delhi Stock Exchange Ltd (DSE), the Vadodara Stock Exchange Limited (VSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSEIL). The Company vide its letter dated 21st December, 2013 replied to SEBI stating that FMC Order is subject matter of challenge before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court; therefore, the Company requested SEBI not to take any precipitate action until the writ petition filed by the Company is dealt with by the Hon''ble High Court. SEBI has passed an Order on 19th March, 2014 declaring the Company not a ''Fit and Proper'' person and directed the Company to divest the equity shares or any instrument that provides for rights over the equity shares held by the Company in MCX-SX, MCX-SX CCL, DSE, VSE and NSEIL within 90 days from the date of order. The Company had filed an appeal in the Security Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against the said order. SAT vide its order dated 9th July 2014 directed the Company to divest its stake from the abovesaid entities within four weeks from the date of Order. The Company is in the process of divesting the stake in the aforesaid entities. Investment in the aforesaid entities are reclassified as current investment at the lower of cost and fair value from long term investments. MCX-SX CCL is not considered as an associate company from the date of order i.e. 19th March, 2014. According to the Management''s view, on the basis of the information available including latest financial statements/ results and/or latest transactions carried out, the fair value of above investments exceeds the cost of the investments. In case of investment in one company where the book value is less than the investment amount, the Company has made appropriate provision for the same.

5. The Company has recognised MAT Credit of Rs. 9,188.82 lacs as at the year end, including Rs. 960.51 lacs during the year. In accordance with the recommendations contained in the Guidance Note on Accounting for Credit Available in respect of Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) under the Income - tax Act, 1961 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, MAT Credit can be created by way of credit to the statement of profit and loss account and shown as MAT Credit Entitlement in the Balance Sheet, to the extent there is convincing evidence to the effect that the Company will pay normal income tax during the specified period. As per the aforesaid Guidance Note, where MAT credit is recognised as an asset, the same should be reviewed at each balance sheet date and a company should write down the carrying amount of MAT credit asset to the extent there is no longer a convincing evidence to the effect that the company will pay normal income tax during the specified period.

In the absence of sufficient appropriate audit evidence, we are unable to independently assess whether any right down is required in respect of the aforesaid carrying amount of MAT Credit asset.

Management Response:

On the basis of the projections, Management is of the view that the MAT credit can be utilized over available period.

6. As disclosed in Note 4 "Reserves and Surplus" an amount of Rs. 2,764.71 lacs has been paid as interim dividends for the year 2013-14 and the tax paid on these dividends is Rs. 469.86 lacs. However, the Company has made a loss for the year ended 31st March, 2014. Further, the consequential transfer of the stipulated minimum amounts of profits to General Reserves in accordance with the Companies (Transfer of Profits to Reserves Rules), 1975, has not been effected due to loss for the year.

Management Response:

During the financial year 2013-14, the Company has paid three interim dividends in accordance to Section 205 of the Companies Act, 1956 and also recommended a final dividend of 100%, subject to approval of shareholders in the forthcoming annual general meeting. According to Section 205 of Companies Act, 1956 (Act), a company can also declare or pay dividend for any financial year out of profits of the company for any previous financial year or years arrived at after providing for depreciation and remaining undistributed. Since the Company has made a loss for the year ended March 31, 2014, the question of transferring of stipulated minimum amounts of profits to general reserves in accordance with the Companies (Transfer of Profits to Reserve Rules), 1975, does not arise. Under Section 2(14A) of the Act, dividend includes interim dividend. The Company has obtained necessary legal opinion for the same and copy of the opinion was provided to the then Auditors.

7. The matters stated above could also have a consequential impact on the measurement and disclosures of information provided under, but not limited to, managerial remuneration, provision for tax, earnings per share, segment information and related parties for the year ended 31st March, 2014, in the financial statements.

Management Response:

As explained in the above said Management reply, the quantum of consequential impact for matters referred in 1(a) & 1(c) in the qualifications does not arise as the Management is of the view that there was no impairment / revenue revision of the Company as of the Balance Sheet date March 31, 2013. With respect to paragraph 1(b) and 2 to 6 above, the Management responses have been given in the respective paragraph.

Qualification in annexure to Independent Auditors'' Report on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2003.

8. We are unable to comment on the matters arising from the special audit carried out by an external agency in respect of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited on the directions of the Forward Markets Commission as described in Note 59 to the financial statements (Also see paragraph 2 above) and the enquiries from certain investigating authorities as described in Notes 57 and 58 to the financial statement, for the purpose of reporting on clause (xxi) of Paragraph 4 of the Order.

Further to the above, and except for the matters arising from NSEL as described in Note 55 to the financial statements (Also see Basis for Qualified Opinion of our Audit Report as given in paragraph 1 (b) above) on which also we are unable to comment, to the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations gives to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.

Management Response:

The notes 55, 57, 58 and 59 to the financial statements are self-explanatory.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK: FISCAL YEAR 2013-14

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

The bygone year has been one of the most challenging ones in the history of your Company. The NSEL crisis that unfolded in July 2013 has proven to be a watershed for all the good work and goodwill earned by your Company over these years. As a result of the events that have unfolded over the past year, your Company had strategically decided to exit the exchanges/regulated businesses, both in India and around the world, and focus on its core competency - IP centric technological innovations.

Technology has always been the cornerstone of growth for your Company, having gained precedence in setting new trends, extending high-end, robust and efficient solutions for next-generation financial markets. It has made significant investment in devising a scalable exchange and trading technology that boasts incomparable domain expertise and an invaluable IP Its technology has gained international acclaim for providing pivotal advantages in propelling unrivaled mass disruptive innovation. Your Company has made new inroads in this spectrum, with a distinctive standing as the architect of organized, electronic and regulated financial markets that are either inadequately served or deprived of the advantage due to monetary unviability of traditional markets.

Your Company continues to be the leading technology services provider in the financial markets ecosystem and its technology solutions continue to be used by all major exchanges as well as market intermediaries. Keeping pace with the growing needs of the market, your Company''s Exchange Technology Division has equipped its solutions to cater to fixed income markets as well as newer asset classes, viz. equity derivatives and currency options.

Your Company also leads in India''s Member Technology Solutions space with ODINTM continuing to be the first choice of every brokerage house in India holding a major market share in the country''s electronic trading solutions space. Your Company has emerged as a global leader in engineering technology-centric financial markets. Etching new levels of achievements in making the segment transparent and amply user-friendly, your Company has been unprecedented in defining the progression of the online trading technology space.

Overall, in the previous year, despite the challenges and economic downturn, your Company could sustain the business momentum in most of its business segments.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

Going forward times could be challenging as your Company looks to reinvent itself while at the same time ensuring that it is able to circumvent the legal and reputational challenges because of the NSEL crisis. However, since the IP centric technological innovations being at the core for your Company, the future prospects are extremely encouraging. Despite the challenges thrown up by the NSEL crisis, your Company envisions a larger scope for growth and newer avenues to expand its business. Economic upturn will be dovetailed by a stronger growth for technology companies. Having been built on a strong technology foundation has helped and will help your Company deliver consistent performance year on year. As a result of its actions to divest from the regulated businesses, your Company will be able to focus on its technology strengths because of a strong talent pool, a strong infrastructure in FT Tower, a strong cash reserves and a very conducive business environment. Your Company will focus on its technology vertical that includes Exchange Technology Solutions and Member Technology Solutions (Brokerage Solutions, Connectivity Solutions and Consulting Solutions) apart from harnessing newer technologies, markets and segments. Given its experience in delivering mission critical technologies for financial markets, we are confident of leveraging the same towards opening newer markets and industry segments that have traditionally lagged behind in adopting technology but can jump the curve on Cloud, Social Media, Mobile and Analytics.

Your Company will strive to consolidate its existing technology portfolio and aggressively explore other emerging opportunities across geographies.

DIVIDEND

The Company follows a stable dividend payout policy. Your Company has paid consecutive dividend for last 33 quarters which is in accordance with sustainable dividend payout policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives. During the year under review, your Company paid three interim dividends totaling Rs. 2,764.71 Lacs (Rs. 6 per share on par value of Rs. 2/- per share). The Directors recommended a final dividend of Rs. 2/- per share, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The total dividend - including interim and final - aggregated Rs. 8/- per share, for the financial year ended 31st March, 2014 (previous year Rs. 8/- per share on par value of Rs. 2/- each). The total appropriation on account of interim and final dividend and tax thereon amounts to Rs. 4,312.76 Lacs.

The final dividend, if approved, will be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on the date of the Annual General Meeting.

The break-up of the dividend payouts are as under:

(Rs. in lacs except dividend per share data)

Final

Interim Dividends Dividend

1st 2nd 3rd Interim Interim Interim Proposed TOTAL

Dividend 2 2 2 2 8 per share

Dividend 921.57 921.57 921.57 921.57 3686.28

Tax 156.62 156.62 156.62 156.62 626.48

TOTAL 1078.19 1078.19 1078.19 1078.19 4312.76

TRANSFER TO REsERVES

Your Company did not transfer any sum to General Reserve during the year under review in view of the net loss reported during the year. According to Section 205 of Companies Act, 1956 (Act), a company can declare or pay dividend for any financial year out of profits of the company for any previous financial year or years arrived at after providing for depreciation and remaining undistributed. Since the Company has made a loss for the year ended March 31, 2014, the question of transferring of stipulated minimum amounts of profits to general reserves in accordance with the Companies (Transfer of Profits to Reserve Rules), 1975, does not arise.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on 31st March, 2014, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs. 921.57 lacs comprising 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each.

investment

At the end of FY 2013-14, your Company''s Investments (current non-current) (net of provision) stood at Rs. 127,715.90 lacs as compared to Rs. 221,507.56 lacs in the previous year. The total investment mainly comprised of investment in mutual funds, subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies. For more details, please refer to the audited standalone financial statements of the Company, covered elsewhere in this Annual Report and investment section in Management Discussion & Analysis.

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Your Company is a pioneer in providing end-to-end Straight Through Processing (STP) solutions to Financial markets. Our solutions cover all stages of a trade life cycle from Pre-trade, Trade to Post-trade and delivers high value single-point transaction fulfilment.

Technology and Innovation is our DNA that guides all that we do. We have a very diverse employee base with myriad backgrounds and skill sets. Our financial and domain knowledge experts complement the efforts of technology experts in building world-class global trading platforms. We derive our support from the repertoire of unmatched experience and expertise of our leadership, and members of our Board of Directors.

We believe that an organization''s most valuable resource is its people. It is the attitude, skills, and knowledge of the human resource, which gives an organization its competitive edge, and can add value for years. Our ''intellectually-stimulating'' work culture and great learning opportunities have helped us retain people.

We believe that being driven by commitment, aided by technology and our quality practices, have made FTIL a great place to work. It is a matter of pride that over 50% of our employees are with this company for over five years and our attrition rate is amongst the lowest in the industry.

At Financial Technologies, we strongly believe in open communication at all times, across levels. Varied communication channels, such as Departmental meets, HOD meets, HR Zone (e-HR), Group HR Communication, and HR4U e-mail facility, have ensured that the HR team is always around the corner and is available to listen to and help human resources. All of our processes are fully automated and online thus ensuring that information is available at fingertips for employees as well as speed in operations.

As of 31st March, 2014, FTIL had employee strength of 1005.

We have a healthy mix of competent professionals across levels, we are structured as:

subsidiaries

Further to the Directors Report 2012-13, your Company would like to provide further update on National Spot Exchange Limited ("NSEL"):

a) During the year, Writ Petitions (WP), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Civil Suits have been filed against the Company in relation to NSEL event, wherein the Company has been made a party in the Civil Suits and the WP In the said proceedings certain reliefs have been claimed against the Company, inter alia, on the ground that the Company is the holding company of NSEL. These matters are pending before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court for adjudication. The Company has denied all the claims and contentions in its reply. There is no privity of contract between the Company and the Petitioners. Based on legal advice, the management is of the view that the parties who have filed the WP PIL and Civil Suits would not be able to sustain any claim against the Company. The matter is pending for hearing before the Hon''ble Bombay High Court.

b) First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against various parties, including the Company, with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police (EOW) in connection with the NSEL event. After investigation, EOW has filed charge-sheet on 06th January, 2014, 4th June 2014 and 4th August 2014 and it is pertinent to note that so far the Company has not been named in the said charge-sheets.

During the year under review, your Company has reduced/divested its stake in the its subsidiaries/ associate companies to comply with certain regulatory

requirements and for enhanced concentration on the core expertise business of your Company:

During the year under review, your Company has reduced its stake in IEX to comply Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Power Market) Regulations, 2010 ("Regulations"). According to said Regulations your Company was required to bring down its shareholding in IEX to the extent of 25% within the time prescribed (with extensions, if any). Your Company was holding 30.14% of total issued and paid-up share capital on fully diluted basis in IEX till September 2013 and in order to comply with the Regulation, your Company has diluted 5% of the issued and paid up equity share capital of IEX during the year.

National Bulk Handling Corporation Limited (NBHC): During the year under review, Your Company alongwith other shareholders entered into a share purchase agreement for sale of 100% equity shares in the NBHC in order to preserve the business developed and value generated over the years in this subsidiary of the Company. The sale transaction was completed in April 2014.

Singapore Mercantile Exchange Limited (SMX) and SMX Clearing Corporation Limited (SMXCCL): Financial Technologies Singapore Pte. Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of your Company which was incorporated as per regulatory requirement of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) only to hold shares of SMX, an approved exchange by MAS, Singapore and SMXCCL, the Clearing Corporation. Your Company divested all its stake in the SMX and its clearing house SMXCCL, through Financial Technologies Singapore Pte. Limited.

Your Company is a promoter and anchor investor of MCX, the country''s leading commodity exchange. Your Company was holding 26% of the issued and paid-up share capital of MCX out of which 20% of total issued and paid up share capital of MCX was subject to lock- in upto March 7, 2015 in accordance with the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2009. Without prejudice to rights and contentions raised in Writ Petition filed by your Company challenging the validity & propriety of the order dated December 17, 2013 passed by the Forward Markets Commission, your Company initiated process of divestment of its shareholding in MCX. Accordingly, your Company has sold 6% shares in the open market in July 2014 and entered into a Share Purchase Agreement dated July 20,2014 with Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited for sale of 15% shares in MCX subject fulfillment of conditions precedents and receipt of regulatory approvals.

Your Company has also initiated the process of selling its investments in some of the non-operative subsidiaries of the Company namely, Riskraft Consulting Limited, Boursa India Limited, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research Limited and Trans-global credit and Finance Limited.

Subsidiaries of Bourse Africa (Botswana) Limited (step- down subsidiaries) of the Company namely Bourse Uganda Limited, Bourse Africa (Kenya) Limited, Bourse Exchange Nigeria Ltd. and Bourse Zambia Limited, which are based in Africa are under process of voluntary winding up as they have not yet initiated any business and operations and your Company does not envisage any business operations in these entities in near future. One of such subsidiaries, Bourse Tanzania Limited was wound-up as on 28th May 2014 and was notified in the local gazette as on 27th June 2014.

Due to the ongoing investigations of the matter of National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) and Indian Bullion Market Association Limited (subsidiary of NSEL) by various agencies/regulatory authorities, the accounts for the Financial Years 2012-13 and 2013- 14 of NSEL & IBMA are not yet finalized. Hence, your Company is unable to attach the Consolidated Financial Statements. However, statement pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 containing the details of subsidiaries of the Company (excluding NSEL & its subsidiaries) and Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Account, Directors Reports and Auditors'' Report of the subsidiaries of the Company (excluding NSEL and its subsidiaries) are enclosed in this Annual Report 2013- 14.

As soon as NSEL and its subsidiaries accounts are finalized, audited and approved, your Company will announce the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and will intimate the same to the stock exchanges. Company will also upload such Consolidated Financial Statements on the Company''s website. In compliance with the MCA circular, your Company will make available Consolidated Financial Statements along with Section 212 statement (including NSEL and its subsidiaries) upon written request by any shareholder of the Company interested in obtaining the same at any point of time.

The statement pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, containing details of subsidiaries of the Company, forms a part of this Annual Report.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Your Company, as a part of its core business strategy, promotes and invests in new ventures that utilize your Company''s technological capabilities and domain expertise by way of subsidiary companies setting up various Ventures. Your Company carries out transactions with related parties on an arms-length basis.

Statement of these transactions given in the Notes to Accounts in compliance of Accounting Standard AS-18, which forms a part of this Annual Report.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

During the year under review, no stock options were granted or exercised under ESOP Scheme 2009 and ESOP Scheme 2010. As on 31st March 2014, 6,14,495 and 6,03,406 stock options under ESOP Scheme 2009 and ESOP Scheme 2010 respectively, are in force.

Requisite disclosure in respect of the Employee Stock Option Scheme in terms of Guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Share Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999, as amended, has been provided in Annexure "B" in this Report.

The erstwhile Remuneration and Compensation Committee at its meeting held on 06th August 2014 approved the re-pricing of outstanding Options granted under the ESOP 2009 and 2010 schemes. The Options shall be re-priced at a discount of 25% on the closing price of the day prior to the meeting of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee to be held, post approval of shareholders in the ensuing AGM. The erstwhile Remuneration and Compensation Committee also approved the extension of exercise period of outstanding Options granted under the 2009 and 2010 schemes for a period of 3 years from the vesting date.

QUALITY

Your Company continues to maintain a Customer and Quality centric approach. In line with this approach, your Company has successfully cleared the rigorous surveillance audit for certification to ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems standard. Further, your Company continues to have a proactive Risk Management approach, and conducts risk assessment activities on a yearly basis.

In addition to the above the Company maintains its commitment towards information security and has successfully cleared the ISO 27001:2013 surveillance audit too during FY 2013-14. This certification provides reassurance to all stakeholders that your Company rates information security very high, and necessary measures are taken to ensure that non compliances and vulnerabilities are addressed.

Your Company also has an effective Environment policy and is governed by it. In this regard, it has also cleared the ISO 14001:2004 re-certification audit, and continues to monitor its environment management plan, which is developed on the basis of the "Environment Review".

Your Company has also aligned its in-house IT services to the ISO 20000-1:2011 Standard which ensures that the IT service Management of the company follow best practices and continues to monitor the services against the SLAs provided. Your Company was recertified in 2014.

CORPORATE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY (CSO)

Your Company believes that by involving employees it is merely integrating its business vision with what it values the most - its people.

Our CSR activities provide a platform to the employees to help them transition from being well-wishers to responsible citizen by participating in societal activities like blood donation, clothes donation, stationery donation, etc. Our "Reach Out" initiative empowers an employee to make a monthly monetary contribution through payroll deduction to NGOs, whose activities benefit children, women, disabled and the terminally ill. All donations are completely voluntary and employees have full control over the amount they wish to donate.

We also provide an enabling platform to NGOs to showcase and sell their products at our premises and our employees wholeheartedly participate in this social cause.

Our CSO initiatives have been a great success and draw a huge response from the employees. The innovative CSO initiatives are closely linked to our practices, events and policies to ensure successful involvement of all stake holders.

During the year your Company has formed Corporate Social Responsibility Committee comprising two Independent Non-executive Directors and one Whole Time Director of the Company. Please refer Corporate Governance Report for detailed composition and terms of reference of the said Committee.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Your Company has a risk identification and management system. In the process of risk management, the risk management system continuously identifies risks which are related to business, strategy, operations, market, finance, statutory or legal, technology system and overall internal control systems of the Company.

INSURANCE

Your Company''s land and building, equipments, automobiles, stores and spares etc. are adequately insured against major risks. Your Company also has appropriate insurance cover primarily for life, mediclaim and accident insurance for all the employees.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has a robust Management Information System which forms an integral part of control mechanism. The Internal control system is improved and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported correctly. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls and audit majority of the transactions in value terms.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance, stipulated by Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report.

A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms, as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS statement

Management Discussion and Analysis Statement forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, and the Company''s Articles of Association, Mr. Dewang Neralla (DIN 00107134), Director of your Company, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) and being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment.

During the year under review, Mr. C. Kamdar (DIN 00348385), Mr. R. Devarajan (DIN 02604441), Mr. P R. Barpande (DIN 00016214), Mr. C. M. Maniar (DIN 00034121), Mr. N. Balasubramanian (DIN 00288918), Mr. T. C. Nair (DIN 02689698) Independent Directors and Mr. Ravi Sheth (DIN 00022121), non-executive Director have ceases to be Directors on the Board of the Company and its Committees. Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the valuable advice and guidance provided by Mr. C. Kamdar, Mr. R. Devarajan, Mr. P. R. Barpande, Mr. C. M. Maniar, Mr. N. Balasubramanian, Mr. T. C. Nair and Mr. Ravi Sheth, during their association with the Company. It is to inform you that Mr. C. M. Maniar passed away on June 29, 2014 after brief illness. Your Directors express their condolences on demise of Mr. C. M. Maniar.

Considering the cessation of the Directors, Mr. Venkat Chary IAS (Retd.) (DIN 00273036), Mr. Achudanarayanan Nagarajan IAS (Retd.) (DIN 02107169), Justice Rajan J. Kochar (Retd. Judge of Bombay High Court) (DIN 06710558) and Mr. Rajendran Soundaram (DIN 02686150), having wide experience in banking domain, were appointed on the Board of the Company as Non- executive Independent Directors.

Mr. Venkat Chary, Non-executive Independent Director was appointed as non-executive Chairman of the Company by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, where the Chairman of the Board is a non- executive director, at least one-third of the Board should comprise independent Director and as per Section 149 of the Companies Act 2013 read with relevant Rules thereto, every listed company shall have at least one-third of the total number of directors as independent directors. Your Company has 4 (Four) Non-executive Independent Directors who are Independent Directors pursuant to the aforesaid provisions. Based on the present composition of the Board of Directors and the number of Independent Directors, the Company complies with this requirement.

Your Company is proposing to bring the appointment of Independent Directors in line with the provisions of the Companies Act 2013 by confirming them in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the period of appointment of Independent Directors shall be five consecutive years from the date of their appointment at Annual General Meeting and they are not liable to retire by rotation.

As per the information available with the Company, none of the Directors of the Company is disqualified for being appointed as a Director as specified in Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, as amended and Section 164 of the Companies Act 2013 including any amendments or re-enactment thereto.

DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors hereby confirm:

a. that in preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and no material departures have been made from the same;

b. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the Company affairs, and profit or loss of the Company, at the end of the financial year;

c. that they have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

SEBI, vide its Circular CIR/CFD/DIL/8/2012 dated August 13, 2012, amended the Listing Agreement to include the Business Responsibility Reporting in Annual Reports of top 100 listed entities. As per the said Circular SEBI mandated that top 100 listed entities, based on market capitalization at BSE and NSE, include Business Responsibility Report as part of their Annual Report describing the initiative taken by the companies from Environmental, Social and Governance Perspective.

The Business Responsibility Reporting as required by Clause 55 of the Listing Agreement is not applicable to your Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2014.

AUDITORS

Your Directors would like to inform you that the Company has received a letter dated 9th June 2014 from the Statutory Auditors M/S Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 117366W / W-100018), conveying their unwillingness to continue as the Statutory Auditors of the Company w.e.f. 09th June 2014.

Pursuant to provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014, any casual vacancy caused in the office of the Statutory Auditors of the Company shall be filled by the Board of Directors within thirty days of such resignation, but if such casual vacancy is due to resignation of the Statutory Auditors, such appointment shall also be approved by the Company at a general meeting convened within three months of the recommendation of the Board and the Auditor shall hold the office till the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.

Considering the casual vacancy in the office of Statutory Auditors, the Company has vide its letter dated 20th June 2014 approached M/s Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai (Regn. No. 109983W); to act as the Statutory Auditors of the Company. M/s Sharp & Tannan Associates, have conveyed their willingness to act as Statutory Auditors of the Company vide their letter dated 21st June 2014 and have given their willingness to be appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors has appointed M/s Sharp & Tannan Associates as Statutory Auditors of the Company for a period of 5 years.

In view of the above, the Statutory Auditors of your Company, M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, shall hold office from the date of their appointment by the Board of Directors till the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting and shall, subject to your approval, hold the office of statutory auditors from the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held after this meeting.

It also states that their appointment, if made, is as per eligibility required to be confirmed under Section 139 of the Companies Act 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014.

Your Directors recommend the appointment of M/s. Sharp & Tannan Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, as the statutory auditors of your Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

STATUTORY INFORMATION

i. Fixed Deposits

During the year, your Company has not accepted or invited any deposits from public.

ii. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The particulars as prescribed under sub-section (1) (e) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure "A" of this Report.

iii. Transfer of amounts to Investor Education and Protection Fund

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 205A(5) and 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, relevant amounts which remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of 7 years have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund. Details of the amounts transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund are covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

iv. Particulars of Employees

In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees as required to be set out in the Annexure to the Directors'' Report are set out as Annexure "C" to this Directors'' Report.

v. "Group"

The list of Group companies/Associates/joint Ventures where control exists and forms part of this Annual Report.

vi. Special Business

As regards the items mentioned in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting related to Special Business, the resolutions incorporated in the Notice and the Explanatory Statement relating thereto, fully indicate the reasons for seeking the approval of members to those proposals. Members'' attention is drawn to these items and Explanatory Statement annexed to the Notice.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their assistance, co-operation and encouragement extended to your Company.

For the continued support of Investors, business associates and unstinting efforts of colleagues, your directors also wish to place on record their sincere thanks and appreciation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place: Mumbai Venkat Chary Dewang Neralla Date: 9th August 2014 Chairman Whole-time Director

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Mar 31, 2013

To, The Members,

The Directors present the Twenty Fifth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2013.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE pin million, except per sharedata)

Standalone Consolidated

BBtH Current Year Previous Year Current Year Previous Year Particulars 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 Total Income 6,574.21 7,944.07 9,559.93 8,343.00

Total Operating Expenditure 1,895.71 2,172.10 5,560.04 5,103.90

EBITDA 4,678.50 5,771.97 3,999.89 3,239.10

Interest 428.37 304.42 979.98 671.78

Depreciation/ amortization 225.40 173.01 326.82 316.40

Profit before tax 4,024.73 5,294.53 2,693.09 2,250.92

Provision for taxation 795.92 514.24 1,425.46 620.89

Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year 3,228.81 4,780.29 1,267.63 1,630.03

Add: Net share of profit in associates 1,020.36 1,028.31

Add: Net minority interest in profit of subsidiaries (13.60) (17.82)

Profit after Tax/Net Profit for the year 3,228.81 4,780.29 2,274.39 2,640.52

Add: Balance brought forward from previous year 17,951.35 125.49 9,090.04 7,404.65

Balance available for appropriation 21,180.16 905.78 11,364.43 10,045.17

Appropriations

Final dividend (proposed) 92.16 92.16 92.16 92.16

Interim dividend 276.47 966.47 276.47 276.47

Tax on dividend 60.51 59.80 61.69 59.80

Transfer to General Reserve 325.30 526.00 325.30 526.00

Transfer to Statutory Reserve 0.82 0.70

Transfer to Security Guarantee Fund 8.47 0

Balance carried forward to Balance Sheet 20,425.72 17,951.35 10,599.52 9,090.04

Earnings per share Basic 70.07 103.74 49.36 57.30

Diluted 69.48 103.74 48.42 57.30

RESULT OF OPERATIONS: Consolidated Financials

- During the year under review, the income from operations grew by 50% to Rs. 752 crores from

Rs. 501 crores for the year ended 31st March 2012.

- Net profit (excluding capital gain on sale/redemption of shares and diminution in long term investments) for the year ended 31st March 2013, increased by 239% to Rs. 227 crores from

Rs. 67 crores for the year ended 31st March 2012.

Standalone Financials

- The total revenue from operations for the year ended 31st March 2013 was at Rs. 4,509 million as compared to Rs. 4,255 million for the year ended 31st March 2012, an increase of 6%.

- The standalone profit after tax (excluding capital gain on sale/redemption of shares and diminution in long term investments) increased by 21% to Rs. 323 crores from Rs. 267 crores for the year ended 31st March 2012.

Qualification in Audit Report

During the year, there are no qualifications in the Auditor''s Report. However the Auditor''s report comprising of emphasis of matter with related to standalone and Consolidated Audit Report which has been covered elsewhere in this Annual Report including Management Response.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Fiscal Year 2012-13

Your Company''s approach has been multipronged, founded on the three pillars viz., Technology, Exchanges and Ecosystem Ventures that define its innovative growth model. The Technology

Vertical of your Company embraces Exchange Technology Solutions, Brokerage Solutions, Connectivity Solutions and Consulting Solutions.

Exchange Technology Solutions are enabling the world''s leading exchanges to seamlessly operate in cross-border markets. Keeping pace with the growing needs of the market, Company''s Exchange Technology Division has equipped its solutions to cater to fixed income markets as well as newer asset classes, viz. equity derivatives and currency options. This division implemented Energy Market Management System (EMMS) at Gulf Co-operation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) to help seamless exchange of electricity between GCC and the Middle-East countries. GCCIA is a joint stock company subscribed by the six gulf countries (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman) formed with the objective to provide reliable, competitive and sustainable transmission service.

Your Company also leads in India''s brokerage technology solutions space with ODINTM continuing to be the first choice of every brokerage house in India holding a major market share in the country''s electronic trading solutions space. This year, ODINTM''s capabilities were enhanced to integrate with new exchange segments – MCX-SX equity and derivative segments, Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX) commodity futures segment and in primary market for OFS (offer for sale) segment. Also, ISIN-based news integration was enabled with multiple vendors such as Heckyl and TickerPlant, among others.

Risk management system/processes (RMS) are being continually boosted and adapted to the changing global risks scenario and the regulatory structure, by your Company. During the year, RMS modules have been revamped and made more dynamic with addition of many advanced RMS parameters and features that cater to the growing needs of members to provide robust risk management service to their clients.

During the year under review, your Company launched a new tablet website solution designed to optimize user experience in the iPAD and other tablet markets. The Company also launched advanced version of browser-based trading interface and mobile-trading application to provide superior trading experience to customers over the internet. This has enabled customers to access the services anywhere and anytime with contextual interactions.

This year ODINTM Institutional went live on various execution-based algorithms, institutional order slicing mechanism (block release), IOI (indication of interest) functionality, smart order routing (SOR) and algo orders. Your Company has introduced FIX 24x7 functionality that enables the sell-side brokers to accept orders all day from buy-side clients who route orders from different time-zones across the world.

Another milestone was the addition of the Qualified Depositories Participants (QDP) product suite. These products are specifically developed for QDP as per the recent regulations laid down by SEBI to enable Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI) to participate in the Indian equity markets.

As an endeavor to establish our presence in the OTC Market, your Company launched a new forex trading product ‘FX-ELITE''. This solution is specifically developed for providing an automated electronic trading platform for intra-bank dealing of foreign exchange (spot and forward contracts) thus enabling a smoother workflow between the Central Treasury of a Bank and its branches.

Your Company''s Consulting Solution - ESG added to its services - Datacenter Hosting, which is a low latency proximity

hosting solution that helps clients to host their servers and connect with various exchanges efficiently using algorithm trading applications. ESG also added Information Security Awareness Programs that enable secured IT Infrastructure for clients.

Along with technological competences and domain expertise, your Company is today the world''s largest creator of green- field exchanges and complementing them with ecosystem ventures that strengthen the scope of financial markets. Its wide institutional framework of exchanges and ecosystem ventures formulate a comprehensive market structure not only in India but also globally.

In the commodity exchange space in India, MCX maintained its leadership position with a market share of 87.3% in the year. It has recorded the highest-ever daily turnover of Rs. 1,199.41 billion. MCX launched two new contracts – ‘Kapasia Khalli'' and ‘Silver 1000'' during the year.

NSEL, in its bid to enrich its e-Series bouquet of investment product, added the ‘e-Platinum''. It, also, undertook MSP pulses and oilseed procurement for SFAC in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and procured the agro-commodities worth over Rs. 2.39 cr. In a drive to bring coffee-growers under the umbrella of its services, NSEL signed a pact with Coffee Board of India to create a Warehouse Receipt-based electronic Spot Market for coffee beans.

Your Company''s another exchange venture in energy segment; IEX successfully completed 5 years and continues to be India''s first and premier power exchange with 95% market share. IEX recorded highest- ever cleared volume 91,675 MWh for delivery day 24th March, 2013 and unconstrained volume of 115,036 MWh for delivery day 31st March 2013 in Day-Ahead Market (DAM) segment. IEX recorded highest-ever REC traded in a single trading session - 309,892 (March 2013 session).

Among your Company''s international exchanges spread across Asia, Middle-East and Africa, SMX has successfully launched the negotiated trade facility across all its products and became a correspondent exchange of World Federation of Exchanges (WEF). SMX bagged 3 Awards at ‘FOW Awards for Asia 2012'', including the most innovative new contract launch by an Exchange for ‘SMEURUSD'' and ‘SMPEPPER''.

BFX became a member of the Bahrain Association of Banks (BAB). Additionally, BFX futures trading since its launch on 23rd November 2011 up to 31st March 2013, increased to USD 68.16 billion. This year BFX conducted several educational workshops titled ‘Understanding the Financial Derivatives Markets from Theory to Practice'' for university students in the Kingdom of Bahrain under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

GBOT collaborated with University of Technology, Mauritius, to promote education on financial markets through workshops, certification courses and simulation on GBOT markets. GBOT conducted over 50 EDGE (Empowerment & Development through ‘Global Financial Markets'' Education) workshops with in-house and external experts from the financial fraternity.

With respect to the ecosystem ventures, NBHC successfully associated with new banks and other financial institutions this year namely, Central Bank of India, Hadoti Kshetriya Gramin Bank, J&K Bank, Dombivli Nagari Sahakari Bank, Ratnakar Bank and L&T Finance Holdings. atom Technologies is a payment service provider providing payment processing through Internet, IVR,

Mobile and POS. atom Technologies provides financial inclusion technology solutions combining mobile and biometric technologies, and micro-finance products. Amongst other developments, atom Technologies launched IMPS based payment options, and mobile banking. Additionally, it has enhanced its payments portfolio to include multi bank EMI.

Among other notable developments, TickerPlant incorporated new functionalities in its product offerings with commissioned enhancements in decision support tools, pivot point analytics and technical indicators like Ichimoku and smoothened RSI. It has seamlessly integrated MCX-SX Cash and F&O segments, and ACE exchange.

Detailed information on each of these business lines and their respective ventures has been covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

DIVIDEND

The Company follows a stable dividend payout policy. Your Company has paid consecutive dividend for last 29 quarters which is in accordance with sustainable dividend payout policy of the Company and linked to its long term growth objectives. During the year under review, your Company paid three interim dividends totaling Rs. 276.47 million (Rs. 6 per share on par value of Rs. 2/- per share). The Directors recommended a final dividend of Rs. 2/- per share, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The total dividend – including interim and final – aggregated Rs. 8/- per share, for the financial year ended 31st March 2013 (previous year Rs. 8/- per share on par value of Rs. 2/- each). The total appropriation on account of interim and final dividend and tax thereon amounts to Rs. 429.15 million.

The final dividend, if approved, will be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on the date of the Annual General Meeting.

The break-up of the dividend payouts are as under:

(Rs. in million, except dividend per share data)

Final Interim Dividends

Dividend

Particulars 1st Interim 2nd Interim 3rd Interim Proposed TOTAL

Dividend per share 2 2 2 2 8

Dividend 92.16 92.16 92.16 92.16 368.64

Tax 14.95 14.95 14.95 15.66 60.51

TOTAL 107.11 107.11 107.11 107.82 429.15

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

The Company proposes to transfer Rs. 325.30 million to General Reserve out of the amount available for appropriations and an amount of Rs. 20,425.72 million is proposed to be retained in Profit and Loss Account.

SHARE CAPITAL

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on 31st March 2013, the paid-up equity Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs. 92.16 million comprising 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each.

INVESTMENT

At the end of FY 2012-13, your Company''s Investments (current non- current) stood at Rs. 22,150.76 million, as compared to Rs. 17,380.39 million in the previous year, a healthy increase of 27% over the previous year. The total investment mainly comprised of investment in mutual funds, subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies. For more details, please refer to the audited financial statements, covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Your Company is an entrepreneur driven organization which is managed by industry professionals and stalwarts.

High learning and growth opportunities have seen many employees grow to leadership ranks within a short span of time. Sense of Organization pride and belonging is high, which has resulted in a lower attrition rate and high retention of talent.

Your Company believes in improving its human capital by way of imparting development programs and trainings. During the year under review your Company launched a number of programs across the board ranging from self-development, soft skill enhancements and leadership programs to name a few. During the year a certification program to evaluate and benchmark technical skills for employees and to have a skill inventory in the organization was organized. Your Company also launched leadership and soft skills building programs for middle and junior management respectively. All processes with respect to human resources are fully automated and online thus ensuring that information is available at fingertips for employees as well as speed in operations.

Your Company believes that being driven by commitment, aided by technology and quality practices, Financial Technologies is a great place to work.

As of 31st March 2013, the total employee strength (excluding Group Companies) stood at 1,186.

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

Awards and recognition received by your Company and its associate and subsidiary companies during the year is covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

SUBSIDIARIES

As per Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, Company is required to attach the Directors'' Report, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss of its subsidiaries.

In view of the general exemption granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account,

Report of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiaries are not attached and do not form a part of this Annual Report.

These documents will be made available upon written request by any shareholder of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, the financial data of the subsidiaries has been furnished under ''Statement Regarding Subsidiary Companies'', which forms a part of this Annual Report. Further, pursuant to the Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes financial information of its subsidiaries.

The statement pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, containing details of subsidiaries of the Company, forms a part of this Annual Report.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Your Company, as a part of its core business strategy, promotes and invests in new ventures that utilize your Company''s technological capabilities and domain expertise by way of subsidiary companies setting up Exchanges or Ecosystem Ventures. Your Company carries out transactions with related parties on an arms-length basis.

Statement of these transactions given in the Notes to Accounts in compliance of Accounting Standard AS-18, which forms a part of this Annual Report.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP)

During the year under review, the Committee issued 74,350 and 112,280 stock options under ESOP Scheme 2009 and ESOP Scheme 2010, respectively, in lieu of lapsed/cancelled stock options at an exercise price of Rs. 807.70 per share.

As on 31st March 2013, 892,500 and 880,955 stock options under ESOP Scheme 2009 and ESOP Scheme 2010, respectively, are in force.

Requisite disclosure in respect of the Employee Stock Option Scheme in terms of Guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Share Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999, as amended, has been provided in Annexure "B" in this Report.

QUALITY

Streamlined processes, customer orientation, and Information Security have always been of paramount importance in your Company''s business agenda. In continuation with its quest for quality driven services, your Company has successfully cleared its surveillance audit for ISO 9001:2008, after rigorous audits across its business operations.

Besides effective processes, your Company continues to maintain an effective Information Security driven culture. Its commitment to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical information can be witnessed through the retaining of the ISO 27001:2005 certificate for Information Security. Your Company continues to maintain international standards in the area of information and data security.

Further, your Company continues to maintain best-in-class IT services, and has upgraded its certification for Information Technology Service Management. FTIL has successfully cleared the re-certification audit for ISO 20000:2011 for its Service Management which is based on the ITIL© framework. IT services within FTIL are aligned with best practices as mandated by this international ISO standard.

This year, your Company has gone a step ahead, and decided to showcase its dedication towards sustaining the Environment. Your Company has achieved the ISO 14001:2004 certification for effective Environment Management Standards, and for being an Environment-Friendly organization.

The above certifications are in line with our vision of becoming a globally recognized Company that provides high quality software and business solutions.

CORPORATE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY (CSO)

During the FY 2012-13, Financial Technologies undertook a review to assess its business implications on society and the environment. Thus, CSO is conceptually integrated into the core businesses with the value proposition of being steady contributors to inclusive and sustainable growth through co- creation of business and social value. The Group CSO function is focused on reviewing material social and environmental impacts and creating internal mechanisms for strengthening and reporting on these.

The key sustainability and inclusion aspects of the Financial Technologies are:

Inclusive growth across multiple value chains:

Given the nature of the group''s core businesses, innovation for inclusion is the overarching theme. Its commodity, financial assets and electricity trading exchanges are creating efficient and transparent markets, the most powerful change agents to democratize access to economic opportunities. Together with the ecosystem companies the commodity and financial exchanges impact stakeholders across various value chains, in trading activity, risk management, price discovery, payment and collateral management solutions and information empowerment. The energy exchange has provided a transparent and efficient platform for trading in electricity and Renewable Energy Certificates thus bringing down the demand-supply gap between buyers and sellers of power, with a positive impact on SME operations as well.

Inclusive product design:

MCX has created micro contracts that make price risk management accessible to small participants exposed to global commodity price volatility. NBHC has been instrumental in making agricultural commodity funding through warehouse receipts a real bankable proposition for banks with its integrated collateral management strategy and it issues receipts for values as small as Rs. 5,000. atom Technologies provides financial inclusion technology solutions combining mobile and biometric technologies, and micro-finance products. TickerPlant offers cost- effective, modular market data services compared with expensive bundled services from existing large players. These services provide information empowerment to farmers and small enterprises across smaller towns and rural India.

Financial market education:

Your Company strongly believes the importance of financial market education in enabling financial inclusion. Through its group ventures, it has been offering various financial market courses to increase awareness on:

1. Advantages of being a part of the formal banking system as against being unbanked.

2. Investing through transparent and efficient financial markets to augment personal growth.

3. Enhance return on personal savings by employing it in formal financial market instruments, contributing to economic development in the process.

Sustainable technology:

Your Company''s technological prowess supports green data centres, robust risk-management systems and environmentally efficient operations catering to various businesses as they expand their footprint.

Your Company continues to encourage and support employees who wish to contribute towards social causes and institutions, by offering suitable platforms and an annual calendar of events.

- Annual blood donation drive was held on 28th May 2012 in association with BSES Hospital (Rotary Blood Bank).

- As part of our commitment to our planet, World Environment Day (WED) 2012 - June 5th was celebrated at the office. There was an awareness campaign with employees in alignment with the UNEP – (United Nations Environment Programme)''s theme for WED 2012: ‘Green Economy: Does it include youRs.'' as well as a photography talent recognition on the theme of ‘Human impact on our environment''.

- A donation drive was organized on 13th and 14th August 2012. Children''s clothes and shoes donated by employees were sent to Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC). MMC is an NGO working for all over development of the children at construction sites. Their creches provide food, health facilities and education to children of construction site workers. Adults'' clothes and shoes along with books and stationery were sent to Goonj, the NGO, which channelized the donations for beneficiaries from underprivileged and vulnerable communities.

- Employees participated in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2013 and funding so raised was pledged to Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC).

- An exhibition of products made by children of NGO – Aseema was held on 14th August 2012. Aseema strives to protect and promote the rights of underprivileged children and women. Products ranging from dupattas, bags, lamp shades, coasters and cards were bought by employees. On Junior''s Day and Christmas, an exhibition of books by Pratham - an NGO which works towards providing quality education to underprivileged children in India - was held for the sale of low cost books. On 9th November 2012, on the occasion of Diwali, exhibition of products by members of IDOBRO

(a platform for small scale women artisan groups and entrepreneurs) was organized.

- On International Women''s Day

2013, FTIL facilitated another IDOBRO sale of handmade artifacts, food products, etc. for employees. We continue to partner with IDOBRO for ‘impact shopping'', at our office at key events through the year.

- Employees support five NGOs working for different causes through Reach Out - the monthly Payroll Giving programme. These NGOs are Akshay Patra Foundation, National Association for the Blind, Ashadeep Association, Cancer Patients'' Aid Association and Save the Children India.

- During the FY 2012-13 the Company has given donations to Charitable institutions for their various charitable activities like for education, health & medical etc.

- To support relief work for victims of the natural disaster that recent struck Uttarakhand, group employees collectively donated a sum of Rs. 3.14 Lakh. Relief material such as clothes, woolens and dry ration was collected. The monetary and relief material were sent to Goonj, the NGO, which is appropriately channelizing the donations for relief work in the region.

RISK MANAGEMENT

The Risk Management Committee (RMC) was constituted to assist the Board in overseeing responsibilities with regard to identification, assessment, control/mitigation and escalation/monitoring of risks. The RMC is mandated to review, upgrade and penetrate the process to address and minimize the operational and other risks associated with the Company and business units on a continuous basis.

INSURANCE

Your Company''s land and building, equipment, automobiles, stores and spares etc. are adequately insured against major risks. Your Company also has appropriate insurance cover primarily for error & omission, commercial general liability and directors & officers'' liability, apart from life, mediclaim and accident insurance for all the employees.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

Your Company has a robust Management Information System which forms an integral part of control mechanism. The Internal control system is improved and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. Internal Audit plays a key role to ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported correctly. The Internal

Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls and audit majority of the transactions in value terms.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company is committed to maintain the highest standard of Corporate Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance, stipulated by Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed hereto, and forms part of this Annual Report.

A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with Corporate Governance norms, as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS STATEMENT

Management Discussion and Analysis Statement forms part of this Annual Report.

DIRECTORS

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, and the Company''s Articles of Association, Mr. Ravi Sheth and Mr. C. M. Maniar, Directors of your Company, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.

Mr. P. G. Kakodkar, Independent Director, has resigned from the Board and its Committees and he ceases to be the Director of the Company. Your Directors place on record their appreciation for the valuable advice and guidance provided by Mr. Kakodkar during his long association with the Company.

As per the information available with the Company, none of the Directors of the Company are disqualified for being appointed as a Director as specified in Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, as amended.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors hereby confirm:

a. that applicable accounting standards have been followed along with the explanation relating to material departures during the preparation of the annual accounts;

b. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the Company affairs, and profit or loss of the Company, at the end of the financial year;

c. that they have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

SEBI, vide its Circular CIR/CFD/DIL/8/2012 dated 13th August 2012, amended the Listing Agreement to include the Business Responsibility Reporting in Annual Reports of top 100 listed entities. As per the said Circular SEBI mandated that top 100 listed entities, based on market capitalization at BSE and NSE, include Business Responsibility Report as part of their Annual Report describing the initiative taken by the companies from Environmental, Social and Governance Perspective.

The Business Responsibility Reporting as required by Clause 55 of the Listing Agreement is not applicable to your Company for the financial year ended 31st March 2013.

AUDITORS

M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells - Chartered Accountants, the Statutory Auditors, will hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has received necessary certificate from the Auditors, pursuant to Section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 regarding their eligibility for re-appointment. The members are requested to consider appointment of

M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells as the Statutory Auditors at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

STATUTORY INFORMATION i. Fixed Deposits

During the year, your Company has not accepted or invited any deposits from public.

ii. Particulars of Employees

In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of

Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees are required to be set out in the Annexure to the Directors'' Report. However, as per the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual Report, excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to all the Members of the Company and others entitled thereto. Members who are interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company at its Registered Office.

iii. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The particulars as prescribed under sub-section (1)(e) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure "A" of this Report.

iv. Transfer of amounts to Investor Education and Protection Fund

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 205A(5) and 205C of the Companies Act, 1956, relevant amounts which remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of 7 years have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund. Details of the amounts transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund are covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

v. "Group"

The list of Group

Companies/Associates/Joint Ventures where control exists forms part of this Annual Report.

vi. Special Business

As regards the items mentioned in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting related to Special Business, the resolutions incorporated in the Notice and the Explanatory Statement relating thereto, fully indicate the reasons for seeking the approval of members to those proposals. Members'' attention is drawn to these items and Explanatory Statement annexed to the Notice.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their assistance, co- operation and encouragement extended to your Company.

For the continued support of Investors, business associates and unstinting efforts of colleagues, your directors also wish to place on record their sincere thanks and appreciation.

For and on behalf of the Board

Place: Mumbai Dewang Neralla P. R. Barpande

Date: 30th July 2013 Whole-time Director Director

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Mar 31, 2012

The Members,

The Directors present the Twenty Fourth Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2012.

Financial Performance (Rs. million, except per share data)

Standalone

Current Year Previous Year

Particulars 2011-12 2010-11

Total Income 7,944.07 4,997.51

Total Operating Expenditure 2,172.11 2,270.73

EBITDA 5,771.96 2,726.78

Finance Cost 304.42 7.03

Depreciation/ amortization 173.01 110.89

Profit before tax and exceptional item 5,294.53 2,608.86

Exceptional item -- 2,091.65

Profit before tax 5,294.53 517.21

Tax expense / (credit) 514.24 (402.14)

Net Profit for the year 4,780.29 919.35

Add: Balance brought forward from 14,125.49 13,759.28 previous Year

Balance Available for appropriation 18,905.78 14,678.63

Appropriations

Final dividend (proposed) 92.16 92.16

Interim dividend 276.47 276.47

Tax on dividend 59.80 60.51

Transfer to General Reserve 526.00 124.00

Balance carried forward to Balance Sheet 17,951.35 14,125.49 Earnings per share

Basic & Diluted (Rs.) 103.74 19.95

Result of Operations:

Standalone Financials

During the financial year 2011-12, the revenue from operations of the Company stood at Rs.4,255.48 million, against Rs.3,576.85 million in the previous year, an increase of 18.97%. The net profit after tax was Rs.4,780.29 million, against profit after tax of R919.35 million in the previous year, an increase of 419.97%.

Business Overview: Fiscal Year 2011-12

The Financial Technologies Group has three business lines namely Technology, Exchange and Ecosystem. The Technology business provides trading technology solutions which spans the trading life cycle viz. pre-trade, trade and post-trade. The Group's expertise and experience in creating trading technology solutions presents it a unique advantage in creating and operating exchanges across various asset classes and in various geographies. The Group has also been a pioneer in leveraging its technology and exchange creation expertise to create Ecosystem ventures which address opportunities around the exchanges in the realm of clearing and settlement, warehousing and collateral management, information dissemination, knowledge training, and digital transactions, among others.

Under its Technology business, your Company has been creating solutions customized to suit the requirements of the clients while also keeping pace with the latest market developments. During the year, your Company deployed Energy solution — PowerARMSTM (Power Automated Risk & Matching System), which enables trading, risk management and clearing & settlement for the Day Ahead Market at the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). In order to manage growing volumes of trading data, your Company adopted eXtremeDB, from McObject®, in its Microsoft based trading platform – DOME (Distributed Order Management Engine) and in other software products responsible for aggregating data from multiple sources, filtering it to support end-user requests, and enabling recognition of patterns of interest. Your Company deployed DOME and CnS (Clearing & Settlement) at the Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) to enable efficient trading, risk management, clearing & settlement and data dissemination at the exchange which commenced trading last year.

ODINTM, your Company's flagship Brokerage product, continues to be the first choice of every brokerage house in India and holds a major market share in the country's electronic trading solutions space. In the current year, ODINTM's capabilities have been enhanced to enable trade in new exchange segments such as NSE Currency Derivatives. Many RMS features have also been added to ODINTM to enable efficient risk management and customized messaging delivery through various channels such as email, SMS, Online, etc. ODINTM has been made two-factor- authentication compliant as well.

ODINTM Program Trading, your Company's product offering in automated trading, has been significantly augmented in terms of speed, execution capabilities and execution avenues such as NSE, BSE, NCDEX, etc. For large Institutions, your Company has introduced execution based ALGOs, which enable better execution of large quantity orders. These ALGOs maintain anonymity, minimize market impact in price volatility, and help achieve a better trade price in the market. For Propdesk Traders, your Company has launched over 30 strategies in different categories including Arbitrage-based, Technical Trading-based, Options based and Execution-based strategies among others.

For Browser-based Trading, your Company has introduced a new platform using cutting edge technology, which equips the user with better User Interface and enriched look and feel. It also enables ease of operations, and offers capabilities such as advanced charting and user defined customization which have been well appreciated by the market participants. Your Company has also launched mobile trading solution using smart phones and tablets which run on iOS, Android, Blackberry OS, etc.

Your Company is one of the leading providers of end-to-end STP technology solutions for Institutional Investors and related counterparts. Its intelligent messaging solutions provide a seamless STP framework and bring brokers, fund managers and custodians together through secure online connectivity on a common messaging platform.

In its Exchange business, the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX), promoted by your Company became the first listed Exchange in India. In terms of the number of futures contracts traded in CY 2011, MCX was the third largest commodity exchange (Source: data published on the websites of exchanges and FIA Annual Volume Survey released in March 2012). MCX continued to be the market leader in FY 2011-12 with 86% market share of India's commodity derivatives market. Companies promoted by your Company, viz. spot exchange, National Spot Exchange Ltd. (NSEL) and energy exchange, Indian Energy Exchange Ltd. (IEX) led their respective markets with market share of 99% and 92%, respectively. Your Company's international exchange venture, Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) has been named as the fastest growing exchange in the world by FOW 2011 Contract Review.

Your Company's Ecosystem businesses have been increasing their foothold in the Indian market and enhancing the reach of the exchange ventures. National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC), your Company's warehousing and collateral management initiative, has enhanced its network in 19 Indian states and caters to over 160 commodities. atom Technologies (atom), your Company's digital transaction initiative, won the SKOCH Financial Inclusion Award for Technology.

Detailed information on each of these business lines and their respective ventures has been covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Dividend

During the year under review, your Company paid three interim dividends totaling Rs.276.48 million (Rs.6 per share on par value of Rs.2/- per share). The Directors recommended a final dividend of Rs.2/- per share i.e.100% on par value of Rs.2/- each, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The total dividend – including interim and final – aggregated Rs.8/- per share, i.e. 400% on par value of Rs.2/- each for the financial year ended 31st March, 2012 (in the previous year a total dividend of Rs.8/- per share on par value of Rs.2/- each i.e. 400% was paid). The total appropriation on account of interim and final dividend and tax thereon aggregating to Rs.428.44 million.

The final dividend, if approved, will be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on the date of the Annual General Meeting.

The break-up of the dividend payouts is as under:

(Rs.in million except dividend per share data)

Final Interim Dividends Dividend Total 1st 2nd 3rd Particulars Interim Interim Interim Proposed

Dividend per share 2 2 2 2 8 (in Rs.)

Dividend 92.16 92.16 92.16 92.16 368.64 (Amt. in Rs.million)

Tax 14.95 14.95 14.95 14.95 59.80 (Amt. in Rs.million)

Total 107.11 107.11 107.11 107.11 428.44

(Amt. in Rs.million)

Transfer to Reserves

The Company proposes to transfer Rs.526.00 million to the General Reserve, out of the amount available for appropriations, and an amount of Rs.17,951.35 million is proposed to be retained in the Profit and Loss Account.

Share Capital and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)

a) Equity

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on 31st March, 2012, the paid-up Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs.92.16 million comprising 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs.2/- each.

b) Zero Coupon Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (ZCCBs)

During the year under review, 90,500 ZCCBs having face value of US$ 1,000 each were repaid by the Company on the due date i.e. 21st December, 2011 and the Bonds were delisted from the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited w.e.f. 27th December, 2011 and there is no outstanding as on 31st March, 2012.

Investment

At the end of FY 2011-12, your Company's investments (current non-current) stood at Rs.17,380.39 million, as compared to Rs.18,504.38 million in the previous fiscal. The total investment mainly comprised of investment in mutual funds, subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies. The reduction in investments was mainly on account of reduction in capital by two of its subsidiaries viz. atom Technologies Ltd. and TickerPlant Ltd. as approved by the Hon'ble High Court, Bombay. For more details, please refer to the audited financial statements, covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Human Resource Development

Your Company believes in providing a stimulating environment that helps develop core competencies in employees and equips them to excel in a dynamic business environment. The Human Resources (HR) philosophy of your Company is to create pride, trust and camaraderie, and treat every employee as an employer and a customer. HR believes in partnering with the employees to ensure that they succeed. It emphasizes on quality teamwork to build a progressive organization empowered by technology and aided by processes that deliver a consistent superior value to its clients. Knowledge, information, experience and resource sharing across all levels is encouraged to ensure development of core c ompetencies amongst employees. Your Company believes in making work an enjoyable experience by providing the right balance between work and fun. Open communication is established across all levels through varied communication channels such as Open House, Departmental meets, HR Zone (e-HR), among others. The e-mail facility of HR ensures that the HR team is always available to understand issues and help employees. Your Company is driven by commitment and aided by technology and quality practices, which has made it a great place to work.

As of 31st March, 2012, the total employee strength of your Company (excluding your Company's associate and subsidiary companies) stood at 1,155.

Awards/Recognition

Awards and recognition received by your Company and its associate and subsidiary companies during the year is covered elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Subsidiaries

As per Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Company is required to attach the Directors' Report, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss of its subsidiaries. The Central Government has granted general exemption from complying with Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 to all companies vide Notification number 5/12/2007-CL- III dated 8th February, 2011.

In terms of the exemption vide notification as stated above, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Reports of the Board and Auditors of the subsidiaries do not form a part of this Annual Report.

These documents will be made available upon written request by any shareholder of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, the financial data of the subsidiaries has been furnished under 'Statement Regarding Subsidiary Companies', which forms a part of this Annual Report. Further, pursuant to the Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes financial information of its subsidiaries.

The statement pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, containing details of subsidiaries of the Company, forms a part of this Annual Report.

Related Party Transactions

Your Company, as a part of its core business strategy, promotes and invests in new ventures that utilize your Company's technological capabilities and domain expertise by way of subsidiary companies setting up Exchanges or Ecosystem Ventures. Your Company carries out transactions with related parties as per their requirements on an arms-length basis.

Statement of these transactions is given in the Notes to Accounts in compliance of Accounting Standard AS-18, which forms a part of this Annual Report.

Employees Stock Option Plan (ESOP)

During the year under review, under ESOP Schemes 2009 and 2010, your Company granted 18,00,000 stock options to various employees at an exercise price of R770/- per share and are in force as on 31st March, 2012.

Requisite disclosure in respect of the Employee Stock Option Scheme in terms of Guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Share Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999 has been provided in Annexure "B" in this Report.

Quality

Reinforcing its commitment towards high levels of quality and best-in-class services, this year your Company moved a step forward, and certified to ISO/IEC 20000:2005 standard for its Information Technology Service Management System. This certification is based on the ITIL© framework which was popularly known as BS 15000. The standard mandates organizations to establish service objectives, based on defined business objectives, and customer requirements.

Further, your Company continues to maintain an effective Quality Management Framework, which is again in line with its business objectives. Over the years, your Company has evolved with mature processes, which assist in commendably reducing unpredictability across various business operations. In affirmation of your Company's dedication and commitment towards sustaining a robust Quality Management System, it successfully cleared the ISO 9001:2008 Surveillance Audit, after rigorous process audits across all its key operations.

Your Company's commitment towards ensuring Information Security and providing assurance to its stakeholders

continues. Aligned to this objective, your Company has a proactive Risk Management approach, and ensures that risk assessment activities are carried out on a periodic basis. This year too, your Company underwent stringent information security related audits, for its Information Security Management System, and retained its ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certificate. These accolades are in line with your Company's vision of becoming a globally recognized company that provides high quality software and business solutions.

Risk Management

The Risk Management Committee (RMC) was constituted to assist the Board in overseeing responsibilities with regard to identification, assessment, control/mitigation and escalation/ monitoring of risks. The RMC is mandated to review, upgrade and penetrate the process to address and minimize the operational and other risks associated with the Company, its associate and subsidiary companies and business units on a continuous basis.

Insurance

Your Company's land and building, equipments, automobiles, stores and spares etc. are adequately insured against major risks. Your Company also has appropriate insurance cover primarily for error and omission, and directors and officers' liability, apart from life, mediclaim and accident insurance for all the employees.

Internal Control System and Their Adequacy

Your Company has a well-placed, proper and adequate internal control system, which ensures that all assets are safeguarded and protected and that the transactions are authorized, recorded and reported correctly. The Internal control system is improved and modified on an on-going basis to meet the changes in business conditions, accounting and statutory requirements. The Internal Auditors independently evaluate the adequacy of internal controls and concurrently audit the majority of the transactions in value terms.

Corporate Governance

Your Company is committed to good Corporate Governance Practices. The report on Corporate Governance, as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed hereto, and forms a part of this Annual Report.

A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with Corporate Governance norms, as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

Management Discussion and Analysis Statement

Management's Discussions and Analysis Statement forms a part of this Annual Report.

Corporate Social Opportunity (CSO)

The year 2011-12 was an eventful one from the Corporate Social Opportunity perspective of the Company in terms of the various activities conducted during the year, thereby creating a significant impact on the society and community at large.

- The 5th nationwide blood donation drive was organized on 23rd May 2011 in association with BSES Hospital (Rotary Blood Bank). Two hundred and sixty seven (267) units were collected.

- World Environment Day was celebrated by your Company, its associate and subsidiary companies. With an aim to sensitize employees about environment conservation, a series of activities were organized. Some employees volunteered at Ashadeep Association, an NGO, where a discussion on environmental conservation was organized.

- On the occasion of Children's Day (14th November) online books donation campaign was launched with the Pratham Books. Donations collected from the employees were utilized to purchase books, which were distributed among the under privileged children.

- World HIV/AIDS Day was celebrated on 1st December, 2011. Posters aimed at creating awareness on HIV/AIDS were displayed at prominent places in the office premises.

- Your Company participated in the 9th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 and pledged its support to Aditya Jyot Foundation, which reaches out to the low income groups of the society through free eye camps and free eye treatment. The employees who participated in the Marathon also visited the Aditya Jyot Hospital located in Wadala, Mumbai and learnt about the vision, mission and operations of the organisation.

- On the occasion of Women's Day 2012, your Company partnered with IDOBRO – a platform for small scale women artisan groups and entrepreneurs. An online shopping portal of artifacts for employees was designed helping the NGO to generate rs.28,766/- through sale of various handmade products.

Directors

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, and the Company's Articles of Association, Mr. R. Devarajan and Mr. P. R. Barpande, Directors of your Company, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM), and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. During the year, the Board re-appointed Mr. Jignesh Shah as the Managing Director and Mr. Dewang Neralla as a Whole-time Director for a further period of three years w.e.f. 31st January, 2012. The Board also inducted Mr. Manjay Shah as a Board member and designated him as Whole-time Director of the Company w.e.f. 01st April, 2012, subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

As per the information available with the Company, none of the Directors of the Company are disqualified for being appointed as a Director as specified in Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, as amended.

Directors' Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors hereby confirm:

a. That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and no material departures have been made from the same;

b. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the Company affairs, and profit or loss of the Company, at the end of the financial year;

c. that they have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells - Chartered Accountants, the Statutory Auditors, will hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has received necessary certificate from the Auditors, pursuant to Section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 regarding their eligibility for re-appointment. The members are requested to consider appointment of M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells as the Statutory Auditors at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

Statutory Information

i. Fixed Deposits

During the year, your Company has not accepted or invited any deposits from public.

ii. Particulars of Employees

In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees are required to be set out in the Annexure to the Directors' Report. However, as per the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual Report, excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to all the Members of the Company and others entitled thereto. Members who are interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company at its Registered Office.

iii. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The particulars as prescribed under sub-section (1)(e) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure "A" of this Report.

iv. "Group" for Inter-se Transfer of Shares

The list of Group companies/ Associates/joint Ventures as required under Clause 3(1)(e) of the erstwhile Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, persons constituting "Group” (within the meaning as defined in the erstwhile Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969) for the purpose of availing exemption from the provisions of Regulations 10 to 12 of the aforesaid SEBI Regulations is enclosed and forms part of this Annual Report. However, the aforesaid SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 1997, have been amended with Securities & Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers) Regulations 2011, vide notification dated 23rd September, 2011.

v. Special Business

As regards the items mentioned in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting related to Special Business, the resolutions incorporated in the Notice and the Explanatory Statement relating thereto, fully indicate the reasons for seeking the approval of members to those proposals. Members' attention is drawn to these items and Explanatory Statement annexed to the Notice.

Acknowledgment:

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Governments, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their assistance, co-operation and encouragement extended to your Company.

For the continued support of investors, business associates and unstinting efforts of employees in ensuring an all- round operational performance of your Company, your directors also wish to place on record their sincere thanks and appreciation.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Place: Mumbai Dewang Neralla Chandrakant Kamdar

Date: 6th August, 2012 Whole-time Director Director

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Mar 31, 2011

The Members,

The Directors present the Twenty Third Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2011.

Financial Performance

(Rs in Million, except per share data)

Current year Previous year

Particulars 2010-11 2009-10

Total Income 4,997.51 6,481.78

Total Operating Expenditure 2,270.53 1,950.97

EBITDA 2,726.98 4,530.81

Interest 7.04 0.16

Depreciation/Amortization 110.89 58.92

Profit before tax and exceptional item 2,609.05 4,471.73

Exceptional item 2,091.65 -

Profit before tax 517.40 4,471.73

Provision for taxation (401.95) 1,028.07

Profit after Tax 919.35 3,443.66

Add: Balance b/f from previous Year 13,759.28 11,095.99

Balance Available for appropriation 14,678.63 14,539.65

Appropriations

Final dividend (proposed) 92.16 92.16

Interim dividend 276.47 275.72

Tax on dividend 60.51 62.49

Transfer to General Reserve 124.00 350.00

Balance C/f to Balance Sheet 14,125.49 13,759.28

Earnings per share (before exceptional item & tax effect there on) Basic (Rs) 49.92 74.97

Diluted (Rs) 49.92 74.96

Earnings per share

(after exceptional item)

Basic (Rs) 19.95 74.97

Diluted (Rs) 19.95 74.96

Results of Operations

During the year, the total revenue of the company is at Rs 3,308.89 million (net of excise duty) against total revenue of Rs 3,069.87 million in the previous year, an increase of 7.8%. The total profit after tax is Rs 919.35 million against profit after tax of Rs 3,443.66 million in the previous year.

Business Overview: Fiscal Year 2010-11

Your Group has three business verticals – Technology, Exchange & Ecosystem – comprising a network of 9 tech- centric Exchange Ventures and 5 Ecosystem Ventures, which together connect financial markets in the fast-growing economies of Africa, Middle East, India and South-East Asia; precisely the vision of Mr. Jignesh Shah, Chairman & Group CEO – that of creating a financial ecosystem on the backbone of technology, aimed at broadening and deepening the markets, thereby driving financial inclusion.

In the Technology vertical, your Group offers technology IP to create and trade on next-generation financial markets across diverse asset classes. During the year, your Company deployed a new version of its Exchange Technology suite at MCX, MCX-SX, NSEL, SMX and GBOT.

In Brokerage Solutions, ODIN – your Company's flagship product in broking solutions – continues to be ranked as No. 1 front-end electronic trading platform with over 80% market share in India, having bagged more than 6,40,000 licenses. Your Company believes that the ODINTM 64-bit version has delivered an increase in performance, scalability and compatibility of our flagship product. It released new features in ODIN (Greek Neutralizer, an advanced component for option traders to neutralize the Delta, Gamma and Vega) for the traded portfolio. It has also introduced Advanced Charting, a new charting module in ODINTM that enables tapping profit- making opportunities effectively.

The highlight of the year under review was the launch of 3 international exchanges – Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) in Singapore, Global Board of Trade (GBOT) in Mauritius and Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) in Bahrain – aimed at enabling trading in a wide spectrum of asset classes in the regions in which they operate. With this commendable achievement, your Company has well established itself as the creator and operator of modern and tech-centric exchanges across the fast-growing economies of Asia, Middle East and Africa. While MCX continues its leadership position in India's commodity futures market with an 82% market share, Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and National Spot Exchange of India (NSEL) command an 87% and 99% market share, respectively.

Through its Ecosystem vertical, your Company addresses upstream and downstream opportunities around financial exchanges including warehousing, collateral management, information vending, and payment gateways, among others, with a dominant position in some of its ecosystem ventures, such as National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC), atom Technologies and TickerPlant.

More information on all the three verticals can be accessed in the section on Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A).

Dividend

During the year under review, your Company paid three interim dividends totaling Rs 276.47 million (Rs 6 per share on par value of Rs 2 per share i.e. 300%). The Directors recommended a final dividend of Rs 2 per share i.e. 100% on par value of Rs 2, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The total dividend – including interim and final – aggregated Rs 8 per share, i.e. 400% on par value of Rs 2 each for the financial year ended March 31, 2011 (previous year Rs 8 per share on par value of Rs 2 each i.e. 400%). The total appropriation on account of interim and final dividend and tax thereon amounts to Rs 429.14 million.

The final dividend, if approved, will be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on the date of the Annual General Meeting.

The break-up of the dividend payouts are as under:

(Rs in Million except dividend per share data)

Interim Final Total

Dividends Dividend

1rd 2rd 3rd Proposed Interim Interim Interim

Dividend Rs 2 Rs 2 Rs 2 Rs 2 Rs 8 per share

Dividend 92.16 92.16 92.15 92.16 368.63

Tax 15.31 15.31 15.31 14.58 60.51

TOTAL 107.46 107.46 107.46 107.11 429.14

Transfer to Reserves

The Company proposes to transfer Rs 124 million to General Reserve out of the amount of Rs 14,678.63 million available for appropriations and an amount of Rs 14,125.49 million is proposed to be retained in Profit and Loss Account.

Share Capital and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)

a) Equity

There was no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the year under review. As on March 31, 2011, the paid-up Share Capital of your Company stood at Rs 92.16 million comprising 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs 2 each.

b) Zero Coupon Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (ZCCBs)

As on March 31, 2011, 90,500 ZCCBs having face value of US$ 1,000 each were outstanding.

Investment

At the end of year, your Company's Investment stood at Rs 18,607.08 million, as compared to Rs 20,019.48 million in the previous year. The total investment mainly comprised of investment in mutual funds, subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies. For more details, please refer to the attached audited financial statements.

Infrastructure

During the year, your Company consolidated its operations by shifting its rented/leased premises to owned state-of-the-art facility admeasuring 1.56 lakh sq. ft. at FT Tower, CTS No. 256 & 257, Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400 093. During the year, your Company commenced its operations from SEEPZ, MIDC, Andheri (E), Mumbai – 400 096, which will accommodate over 250 seats.

Human Resource Development

At the Financial Technologies Group, the Human Resource (HR) function is to develop and sustain a culture where every employee is recognized and valued for their contribution and good work. Your Company believes in attracting and retaining people by providing a combination of benefits, such as personal growth and performance-based compensation to them. Your Company is committed to create a favorable work environment which motivates performance and provides opportunity and growth to all its employees. Your Company takes utmost care to ensure a comfortable working environment and provide the best available facilities, viz., library, gymnasium, cafeteria, etc. to the employees.

As of March 31, 2011, the total employee strength (excluding Group Companies) stood at 1,138.

Awards and Recognition Some of the awards your Company won during the year are:

- Awarded Excellence in HR through Technology and Award for Innovation in Recruitment at 5th Employer Branding Awards organized by World HRD Congress 2011 in February 2011.

- Awarded 1st Achievers and Leaders Award for Excellence in Talent Management at SIAS Partnership Summit and Achievers Awards in December 2010.

- In 3rd publication of World HRD Congress awarded as "Most Powerful HR Professionals of India" in October 2010.

- Awarded the title at Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards in July 2010.

Your Group Companies won the following awards:

- MCX was awarded "Best Commodity Exchange of the Year" from Bombay Bullion Association in 2010

- MCX received the 'Financial Inclusion Award 2011' from SKOCH Foundation

- MCX bagged FICCI Socio Economic Development Foundation (SEDF) Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2009-10

- MCX received the NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honors 2010

- MCX won 5th INDY'S Awards under the category of Best in Corporate Social Responsibility Practice

- NSEL won FOW Award for Innovation 2010 under the category "Best Exchange in Product Innovation in the field of product design" in South East Asia and Australasia. NSEL is the first Indian exchange across all asset classes to bag this award.

- atom bagged the 'Financial Inclusion Award 2011' from SKOCH Foundation

Subsidiaries During the year

A. Your Company incorporated/set up two subsidiary Companies namely:

a) Financial Technologies Projects Pvt. Ltd. (FTPPL), Mauritius, incorporated on April 23, 2010, and

b) FT Projects Ltd. (FTPL) incorporated on May 18, 2010, in India.

B. Your Company exited as JV Partner of "SAFAL National Exchange of India Limited" by entering into a settlement along with MCX and Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Private Limited ("Mother Dairy") inter alia agreeing to terminate the joint venture and to amalgamate Safal with Mother Dairy.

The Central Government has granted general exemption from complying with Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 to all companies vide Notification number 5/12/2007-CL-III dated February 8, 2011.

In terms of the exemption vide notification as stated above, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Report of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiaries have not been attached with the Annual Report of the Company.

The Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies will be made available upon request by any shareholder of the Company interested in obtaining the same. Pursuant to Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes financial information of its subsidiaries.

Related Party Transactions

Your Company, as a part of its core business strategy, promotes and invests in new ventures that utilize your Company's technological capabilities and domain expertise towards creating world-class enterprises in nature of Exchanges and Ecosystem Ventures. As a matter of policy, your Company carries out transactions with related parties on an arm's length basis.

Statement of these transactions appears in the Notes to Accounts attached in compliance of Accounting Standard No. AS-18.

Employees Stock Option Plan (ESOP)

During the year under review, ESOP 2005 Scheme ceases, hence the number of options in force and outstanding under ESOP 2005 Scheme as at the end of the year are 'NIL'.

In the current year there are no transactions. Requisite disclosure including previous year in respect of the Employee Stock Option Scheme 2005 in terms of Guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Share Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999 has been provided in Annexure "B" in this Report.

The consent of the Shareholders was obtained for ESOP-2009 and ESOP-2010 Schemes, but the Schemes are yet to be implemented by your Company.

Quality

With an ongoing quest to achieve excellence in products and services offered, your Company continues to monitor and maintain its effective and well-designed Quality Management Framework. This Framework is aligned to the business objectives of the organization and thus ensures that your Company is focused on providing the appropriate assurances to its stakeholders and clients. Your company also has adequate Risk Management practices implemented to ensure that uninterrupted services are provided to its customers.

Your Company has undertaken a continuous journey towards Quality and is committed to improve its already existing robust processes and delivery for quality products and services. It is this commitment that has resulted in your Company being re-certified for the ISO 9001:2008 certification for its Quality Management System.

Further, your Company endeavors to deliver secure, reliable and effective solutions to its customers, thereby ensuring confidentiality, integrity and security of customer information and data. Aligned to this goal, your Company has also got itself re-certified for the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (Information Security Management) certification during this year. These certifications affirm its vision of becoming a globally recognized organization that provides high quality software and business solutions and also indicates our commitment towards being a 'Quality Driven' organization.

Risk Management

During the year, the Risk Management Committee (RMC) met twice. The RMC was constituted to assist the Board in overseeing responsibilities with regard to identification, assessment, control/mitigation and escalation/monitoring of risks. The RMC is mandated to review, upgrade and penetrate the process to address and minimize the operational and other risks associated with the Company, its Group Entities and Business Units on a continuous basis.

Insurance

Your Company's land and building, equipments, automobiles, stores and spares etc. are adequately insured against major risks. Your Company also has appropriate insurance cover primarily for error & omission and directors & officers' liability, apart from life, mediclaim and accident insurance for all the employees.

Internal Audit and Controls

The findings of the Internal Auditors during the year are discussed with the process owners and suitable corrective and proactive actions have been taken, as per the directions of the Audit Committee on an on-going basis to improve operational efficiencies.

Corporate Governance

Your Company is committed to good Corporate Governance practices. The report on Corporate Governance, stipulated by Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed hereto, and forms a part of this Annual Report.

A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with Corporate Governance norms, as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

Management Discussion and Analysis Statement

Management Discussion and Analysis Statement is attached separately with this Report.

Corporate Social Opportunity

This year, too, your Company made a significant impact on the society and community at large. Being strongly committed towards Corporate Social Opportunity (CSO), your Company's Management has supported various community initiatives, touching many lives by supporting social and healthcare projects. Some of these activities are as follows:

- Participated in Standard Chartered Marathon 2011's Yuva Parivartan, which works to empower deprived dropouts and youth to earn a livelihood and become useful citizens.

- Launched School=Lunch Drive: Financial Technologies Group (FTG) was amongst the top 2 companies to have donated Rs 2.62 Lakh to ISKCON Food Relief Foundation.

- Launched 4th All India Blood Donation Drive with 356 blood units collected.

- Observed HIV-AIDS Day, held workshops for female employees and community, participated in Awareness on HIV Prevention.

- Launched Joy of Giving Week with participation in Mobile Creches, workshops on toy making and cloth donation drive.

- Launched Savings Campaign on Postal Recurring Deposit, in association with India Post.

Directors

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, and the Company's Articles of Association, Mr. P. G. Kakodkar and Mr. Chandrakant Kamdar, Directors of your Company, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. During the year, the Board of Directors appointed

Mr. C. M. Maniar as Additional Director (as Non-Executive & Independent). As per the provisions of Section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, Mr. Maniar holds office up to the date of the forthcoming AGM of the Company. Your Company has received notice under Section 257 of the Act, along with requisite deposit in respect of Mr. Maniar, proposing his appointment as Director of the Company.

As per the information available with the Company, none of the Directors of the Company are disqualified for being appointed as a Director as specified in Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, as amended.

Directors' Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors hereby confirm:

a. that applicable accounting standards have been followed along with the explanation relating to material departures during the preparation of the annual accounts

b. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the Company affairs, and profit or loss of the Company, at the end of the financial year

c. that they have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities

d. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

Auditors

M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells - Chartered Accountants, the Statutory Auditors, will hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has received necessary certificate from the Auditors, pursuant to Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 regarding their eligibility for re-appointment. The members are requested to consider appointment of M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells as the Statutory Auditors at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

Statutory Information

i. Fixed Deposits

During the year, your Company has not accepted or invited any deposits from public.

ii. Particulars of Employees

In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees are required to be set out in the Annexure to the Directors' Report. However, as per the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual Report, excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to all the Members of the Company and others entitled thereto. Members who are interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company at its Registered Office.

iii.Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The particulars as prescribed under sub-section (1)(e) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure "A" of this Report.

iv. "Group" for Inter-se Transfer of Shares

As required under Clause 3(e) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, persons constituting "Group" (within the meaning as defined in the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969) for the purpose of availing exemption from the provisions of Regulations 10 to 12 of the aforesaid SEBI Regulations. The list of Group Companies/Associates/Joint Ventures is enclosed and forms part of this Annual Report.

v. Special Business

As regards the items mentioned in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting related to Special Business, the resolutions incorporated in the Notice and the Explanatory Statement relating thereto, fully indicate the reasons for seeking the approval of members to those proposals. Members' attention is drawn to these items and Explanatory Statement annexed to the Notice.

Acknowledgement

Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their assistance, co- operation and encouragement they extended to your Company.

For the continuing support and unstinting efforts of shareholders, Investors, business associates and employees in ensuring an all-round operational performance, your directors also wish to place on record their sincere thanks and appreciation.

Place: Mumbai Dewang Neralla

Date: 10th August, 2011 Whole-time Director

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Mar 31, 2010

The Directors present the Twenty Second Annual Report of your Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2010.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (Rs. in Millions except per share data)

STANDALONE CONSOLIDATED Current Year Previous Year Current Year Previous Year 2009-10 2008-09 2009-10 2008-09

Total Income 6,481.78 7,061.41 6,535.37 6,925.74

Total Operating Expenditure 1,950.97 2,339.43 4,834.86 3,804.19

EBIDTA 4,530.81 4,721.98 1,700.51 3,121.55

Interest 0.16 1.40 3.58 48.71

Depreciation / amortization 58.92 72.39 163.92 118.99

Profit before tax 4,471.73 4,648.19 1,533.01 2,953.86

Provision for taxation 1,028.07 962.22 897.41 1,007.65

Profit after Tax 3,443.66 3,685.97 635.60 1,946.21

Add: Share in profits of Associates NA NA 741.67 527.13

(Add) / Less: Minority Interest NA NA (23.83) 16.67

Net Profit for the year 3,443.66 3,685.97 1,401.10 2,456.67

Add: Balance b/f from previous Year 11,095.99 8,315.44 8,706.11 7,155.02

Balance Available for appropriation 14,539.65 12,001.41 10,107.21 9,611.69

Appropriations

Final dividend (proposed) 92.16 91.77 92.16 91.77

Interim dividend 275.72 367.07 275.72 367.07

Tax on dividend 62.49 77.98 62.49 77.98

Transfer to General Reserve 350.00 368.60 350.00 368.60

Transfer to Statutory Reserve - - 026 0^

Balance C/f to Balance Sheet13,759.28 11,095.99 9,326.58 8,706.11 Earnings per share

Basic 74.97 80.33 30.50 53.54 Diluted 74.96 80.33 30.50 53.48



RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financials

On a consolidation basis, for the year ended 31* March, 2010, your Company has reported a total income of Rs. 6,535.37 million and net profit available after Minority Interest of Rs. 1,401.10 million.

Standalone Financials

On a stand-alone basis, your Company has reported a total income of Rs. 6,481.78 million and net profit of Rs. 3,443.66 million.

Business

. Technology Business:

Your Company is one of the leading providers of end-to-end straight through processing ("STP") technology solutions. Your Company offers packaged STP products, which provide transaction automation solutions for all stages of the trade life cycle for equity, foreign exchange, commodity markets, and derivative markets for clients in India and the Middle East.

Your Company provides exchange solutions, brokerage solutions including front office and back-office solutions, and messaging solutions that provide online interface between the market constituents. The current clients for technology business primarily include the exchanges and related constituents including brokers, fund houses and custodians.

. Exchange Business:

Your Company is involved in the incubation of exchanges in under- penetrated asset classes and markets, such as South East Asia, Middle East, Africa and India, and has built a network of exchanges in diversified asset classes such as equities, fixed income, currency, etc.

The exchange network of your Company provides transaction opportunities that are transparent and regulated, providing mark-to- market valuation, clearing house

guarantees, fungibility of deliveries and liquidity. It will provide the opportunity for hedging, cross- listing, margin credits, carry-forward positions across exchanges, and will create liquidity across the exchange network based on regulatory framework.

. Ecosystem Ventures Business:

Your Companys ecosystem ventures create upstream and downstream solutions to support its exchanges, including those related to clearing, depository operations, warehousing infrastructure, information vending, and payment gateways.

Your Company is one of the leading providers of end-to-end STP technology solutions for exchanges and related constituents. In fiscal 2010, your company implemented DOME and CnS at the Singapore Mercantile Exchange Pte. Limited, Bahrain Financial Exchange Limited and Global Board of Trade Limited. The ninth version of DOME was also released in fiscal 2010 with additional modules for improved performance and functionality of the trading system software.

Your Company believes that the ODIN™ 64-bit version has delivered an increase in performance, scalability and compatibility of our flagship product and it was extended to provide support to the currency derivatives segment.

While the revamped flagship products continue to drive growth, your Company expect Its new products such as ODIN™ Greek Neutralizer, ODIN™ ATS, Advanced Charting, ODIN™ X plaza, FTNET and DMA LIVE to contribute to growth in the future. Other product offerings include CnS, STP-Gate™, FX-Direct™, Net.net™, iWin™, MATCH™, e-Hastakshar™ and Protector™.

Your Company constantly pursues opportunities to enhance its existing product portfolio to be able to deliver value-added solutions appropriate to the changing business environment. For example, in fiscal 2010, your Company

developed new products and launched new version as outlined below:

. Technical Alerts - An advanced functionality in ODIN™ TWS and ODIN™ Diet applications that provides customized alerts on regular as well as advanced collection of Technical indicators to support the trading decision process.

. Net.net on Low Bandwidth - A

unique trading platform that allows users to trade on low bandwidth internet connections like data cards, GPRS Connections etc. at faster speed.

. Two Factor Authentication support of IBT Products.

. ODIN™ - Support for NSEL (Spot) and NMCE Exchanges in ODIN™ Suite of Solution.

. ODIN™ ATLAS - A special trading application with following functionalities

- EzJobber - A unique functionality that allows Jobbers to effectively and efficiently execute orders at lightening speed in various market segments.

- EzTrader - A functionally that allows traders to program their execution to capture a favorable price movement in underlying stocks / contracts effectively based on the progression parameters defined by the user.

. ODIN™ ATS - An automated

trading application with "EzTracker" functionality that allows users to create and reverse positions in the selected underlying stock / contract automatically based on the parameters set.

. Match™ - Support for NSEs Interest Rate Futures (IRF) segment in Match™ Suite of solution.

. STP-Gate™ - This year we have launched new Version / optimized version of STP-Gate for handling

of Volumes along with speed and upgraded Hardware / Software at our backend.

. Enhanced version of STP-Gate™ product suite for superior connectivity, operational efficiency and complete automation.

. ESG - Enterprise Solutions Group has the following verticals; Technology Consulting, Process Consulting, Quality Assurance Services and Facility Management. We have started a new service which offers our clients Co-location along with FMS.

For this service, called EQS (Enterprise Quality Services), we have tied up with Netmagic to provide the datacenter facilities. A dedicated team of engineers sits out of the Netmagic office in Vikhroli to support our clients who have availed this service. Within seven months of incorporation of this service, we have three clients viz. Bonanza, R. K. Global and Celebrus Capital

. DOME-During fiscal 2009-10, our flagship product suite for exchange solutions, DOME (Distributed Order Matching Engine) and clearing and settlement solution - CnS, released its new versions with enhanced performance and functionalities. The upgraded DOME application was deployed at MCX and was also installed at MCX-SX and NSEL. As part of exchange suite, new solutions like FIX Engine, Exchange Direct and exchange were successfully launched at various exchanges.

- During the fiscal 2009-10, FTIL joined the STAC Benchmark Council™ to help define industry- standard performance metrics for trading technology solutions. The STAC Benchmark Council is a global industry body consisting of leading trading organizations and vendors, facilitated by the Securities Technology Analysis

Center (STAC9). The Council develops standard benchmarks for technology used in the capital markets. End-user firms such as brokers, hedge funds, exchanges, and alternative trading systems control the STAC Benchmarks™ through their votes, keeping the benchmarks tied to real business needs.

Your Companys experience, knowledge and domain understanding of technology, the financial services industry and exchanges along with its relationships with various market constituents provides a strong platform for incubation of exchanges. These exchanges have facilitated better price discovery, risk management and structured finance.

The key components of your Companys exchanges business are companies promoted by it, its subsidiaries, associates and joint venture companies, including; Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited ("MCX"), Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange ("DGCX"), IBS Forex Limited ("IBS Forex"), National Spot Exchange Limited ("NSEL"), Indian Energy Exchange Limited ("IEX"), MCX Stock Exchange Limited ("MCX-SX"), Singapore Mercantile Exchange Pte. Limited ("SMX"), Global Board of Trade Limited ("GBOT"), Bahrain Financial Exchange B.S.C. Closed ("BFX") and Bourse Africa Limited ("Bourse Africa").

DIVIDEND During the year under review, your Company paid three interim dividends totaling to Rs. 275.72 million (Rs. 6 per share on par value of Rs. 21- per share). The Directors recommended a final dividend of Rs. 21- per share i.e. 100% on par value of Rs. 2/-, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The total dividend- including interim and final-aggregated to Rs. 8/- per share i.e. 400% on par value of Rs. 21- each for the financial year ended 31st March, 2010, (previous year Rs. 10/- per share on par value of Rs. 21- each i.e. 500%). The total appropriation on account of interim and final dividend and tax thereon amounts to Rs. 430.37 million.

The final dividend, if approved, will be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members as on the date of the Annual General Meeting.

The break up of the dividend payouts are as under:

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

The Company proposes to transfer Rs. 350 million to General Reserve out of the amount available for appropriations and an amount of Rs. 13,759.28 million is proposed to be retained in Profit and Loss Account.

SHARE CAPITAL AND FOREIGN CURRENCY CONVERTIBLE BONDS (FCCBs)

a) Equity

As on 31* March, 2010, the paid-up Share Capital of your Company was at Rs. 92.16 million comprising of 46,078,537 equity shares of Rs. 21- each. During the year under review, the Company made allotment of 194,900 equity shares of Rs. 21- each, consequent upon exercise of stock options issued under the Employees Stock Option Plan-2005.

b) Zero Coupon Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (ZCCBs)

As on 31st March, 2010,90,500 ZCCBs having face value of US$ 1000 each are outstanding. During the previous financial year 2008-09, your Company had repurchased 9,500 Zero coupon FCCBs of the face value of US$ 1000 each at a discount of an average 37.56% on book value and repurchased 9,500 ZCCBs were cancelled.

INVESTMENT

During the year, your Companys Investment stood at Rs. 20,019.48 million, as compared to Rs. 14,444.65 million in the previous year. The total investment comprised of investment in mutual funds, subsidiaries, joint venture and associate companies.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Your Company is consolidating its facilities to increase productivity and rationalize cost. The state-of-the-art development center, admeasuring around 120,000 square feet, situated at Andheri (East) Mumbai, will be operational by fiscal 2011 and will accommodate approx 1400 seats.

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

As a technology sector company, your Companys technology business is prone to high employee attrition. Your Company constantly aims to devise strategies to attract the best talent available in the market and to ensure

their retention by building trust and instilling loyalty in them. Constant review and redesigning of human resource processes, including compensation structures, are therefore a continuous process. Annual pay revisions and other benefits are designed in such a way as to compensate for good performance of employees of your Company. In addition to a base salary, which is based on the industry standards; your Company provides a number of benefits to its employees, such as employee stock options, awards and training etc. As of 31st March, 2010, the total employee strength (excluding group Company) was at 1,137.

Your Company received the following awards and recognition during the year:

. Financial Technologies was ranked No.1 in terms of 10-year profit growth by Business Todays ranking of Indias 500 Most Valuable Companies in 2009

. Financial Technologies Group won the 4th Employee Branding Award for Innovation in Retention Strategy-Global HR Excellence Award in March 2010.

. Marcomm Awards, USA - Market Communications team at Financial

Technologies won Platinum award for its commendable contribution to financial markets through its campaign "Future of Financial Markets" (FOFM) and Gold award for its online community "FT Community" in January 2010.

Group Companies received the following awards and recognitions during the year:

. MCX was awarded the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours: for Gramin Suvidha Kendra, a CSO initiative with India Post, for exemplary use of IT in areas of social transformation, social change and development in February 2010.

. Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) won the "Best E-enabled customer platform" at the India Power Awards on 17* November, 2009 in New Delhi.

. Best Commodity Exchange Award: MCX was honored as the "Best Commodity Exchange for the Year 2009" in the 6* India International Gold Convention 2009 (IIGC) held at Goa in September 2009.

SUBSIDIARIES

During the year your Company incorporated / set up / de-registered the following subsidiary / stepdown subsidiary Companies namely:

I) Financial Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd. (FTSPL)

FTSPL was incorporated on 15th April, 2009, as a wholly owned subsidiary of your Company. Financial Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd. was mainly incorporated as an approved Investment Holding Company of Singapore Mercantile Exchange Pte Limited for complying with local Regulatory requirements .viz., Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

II) BFX Clearing and Development Corporation (BCDC)

A step-down subsidiary viz., BCDC was incorporated on 29th March, 2010. Being the first financial year of BCDC which will end on 31st March,

2011, the financial statements of BCDC are not attached.

Ill) Financial Technologies Middle East, FZ LLC (FTME FZ LLC)

Your Companys Step-down subsidiary viz., FTME FZ LLC, Dubai, was de- registered with effect from 28* February, 2009 as per the De- registration certificate dated 25th November, 2009, issued by Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone Authority.

The Company has been granted exemption for the year ended 31st March, 2010, by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from attaching to its Balance Sheet, the individual Annual Reports of its subsidiary companies. In terms of the approval, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Report of the Board of Directors and Auditors of the Subsidiaries have not been attached with the Annual Report of the Company.

These documents will be made available upon request by any member of the Company interested in obtaining the same. However, as directed by the Central Government, the financial data of the subsidiaries has been furnished under Statement Regarding Subsidiary Companies, which forms part of the Annual Report. Further, pursuant to Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes financial information of its subsidiaries.

The statement pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, containing details of subsidiaries of the Company, forms part of the Annual Report.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

As a matter of strategy to promote and invest in new venture in domain area and as a matter of policy, your Company

carries out transactions with related parties on arms length basis. Statement of these transactions given in the Notes to Accounts attached in compliance of Accounting Standard No. AS-18.

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP) The ESOP Scheme 2005 was formulated and implemented according to the SEBI guidelines, and are in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999 as amended. The issuance of equity shares pursuant thereto will be subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

The total numbers of options in force and outstanding under ESOP 2005 at the end of the year are 12,525.

Requisite disclosure in respect of the Employee Stock Option Scheme in terms of Guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Share Purchase Scheme) Guidelines 1999 has been provided in Annexure "B" in this Report.

QUALITY Your Company has a comprehensive "Quality Framework" that addresses the entire software engineering life cycle and operational processes.

With respect to software development, your Companys quality framework is designed to support projects of different sizes and complexities. This framework, which your Company refer to as "FTQM" (Financial Technologies Quality Management) is aligned to the business objectives of the organization.

FTQM (Financial Technologies Quality Management) consolidates decades of software development and operational experience in delivering and supporting products and projects. Your Companys mature Quality

Management Framework effectively reduces risks and unpredictability across the operations of the organization.

Reinforcing its commitment towards high levels of quality, best-in-class service management processes, and robust information security practices, your Company has attained a number of milestones during the year. Your Company was recommended for the latest and upgraded version of the ISO 9001 standard:- ISO 9001:2008 certification.

Further, your Company was also recommended for continuation of the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (Security Management) certification, thus ensuring that information security standards are adopted and adhered to.

The above certifications are a testimony to your Companys commitment to achieve the highest standards of quality.

The basis of these certifications is the m-house developed comprehensive Quality Management System (FTQM) - a vibrant, process-driven, and people- oriented Quality Management System, which is focused on continual improvements, in an environment of rapid growth.

RISK MANAGEMENT A Risk Management Committee (RMC) has been constituted to assist the Board in overseeing the responsibilities with regard to identification, assessment, control / mitigation and escalation / monitoring of risks. The RMC is mandated to review, upgrade and penetrate the process to address and minimize the operational and other risks associated with the Company, its group entities and business units on continuous basis.

INSURANCE

Your Companys land and building, equipments, automobiles, stores and spares etc. are adequately insured against major risks. Your Company also has appropriate insurance cover primarily for error & omission,

commercial general liability and directors & officers liability apart from life, mediclaim and accident insurance for all employees.

INTERNAL AUDIT AND CONTROLS

During the year, your Company continued to implement the recommendations of Internal Auditors to improve internal controls.

The findings of the Internal Auditors are discussed with the process owners, and suitable corrective actions are taken as per the directions of the Audit Committee on an on-going basis to improve operational efficiencies.

OUTLOOK

Your Company is focused on developing intellectual property rights catering to financial markets and trading industry. Globalization, deregulation, advances in technology, innovation in products, and increasingly sophisticated market participants offer significant opportunities for expanding our Companys markets and are expected to remain key determinants for sustainable growth.

Technology infrastructure has emerged as one of the key determinants of efficiency in transaction processing within exchange markets.

Your Company intends to continue to expand its customer base by introducing new products and new technologies and capabilities.

Your Companys flagship product, ODIN™ Suite, has evolved over last 10 years and has made transactions between market participants efficient and technologically advanced.

Your Companys philosophy is to transform markets by creating technology enabled exchange trading platforms that offer a transparent pricing mechanism to mitigate counterparty risks associated with non- transparent products traded off- exchange.

By working closely with various domestic and international associations and exchanges, your Company intends to introduce global products customized to the local needs of individual markets.

Your Company believes that through technology, its exchanges will achieve cost and time efficiency for various settlements and other day to day operations in the exchanges. Your Company believes that there is a growth potential for its ecosystems applications in India, Africa and other emerging economies.

Your Company intends to use its ecosystem applications to improve and enhance the exchange business. Your Company also intends to leverage its relationships with its institutional participants to expand its customer base, and use its ecosystem applications to facilitate access to exchanges, information and payment modes in underpenetrated rural areas.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Your Company is committed to good Corporate Governance practices. The report on Corporate Governance, stipulated by Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is annexed hereto, and forms a part of this Annual Report.

A Certificate from the Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with Corporate Governance norms as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is annexed to the report on Corporate Governance.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS STATEMENT

Management Discussion and Analysis Statement is attached separately with this Report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY

Corporate Social Opportunities (CSO) is at the core of your Companys vision and mission. We make markets accessible to the masses and help bring about a more equitable distribution of wealth in the emerging economies of

the world. In addition to the CSR ingrained in our business model, we have target-specific CSR activities. These include activities like:

. Environment

In 2009, your Company tied up with two e-waste recyclers i.e. Ecoreco & Attero for the safe disposal of electronic items. An internal e-waste disposal system was put in place to achieve the same. In the year 2009, seven of our group companies have disposed off e-waste through Ecoreco. This initiative reaffirms your Companys commitment to environmental protection.

As always, we celebrated the World Environment Day with full vigor and enthusiasm. Along with Attero Recycling, your Company launched the first ever E-waste drive for employees at Mumbai and other locations and encouraged them to dispose electronic scrap items. E-waste collected was disposed in a safe and environment friendly manner in Atteros E-waste recycler factory based at Roorkee, Uttrakand. Objective of the drive was to create employee awareness towards Environment issues.

. Savings Week

In association with Department of Post, Maharashtra, FT Group launched Savings Week (08-12 March 2010) for employees and their families to enable them to develop a habit of saving directly through their salaries. The response from employees and the amount of deposit per month in the postal savings was overwhelming.

. Mumbai Marathon

Your Company have been regularly participating in the Mumbai Marathon for various social causes. This year, we took up the cause for the Deaf & Deafblind by supporting the NGO, Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind. Marathon runners also visited Helen Keller Institute and interacted with the beneficiaries.

. Blood Donation Drive

Your Company organizes blood donation drives annually in the office premises in association with Rotary Blood Bank, Mumbai. The blood donation drive was carried out across all locations in India and saw very active participation from employees of the Company. Special low hemoglobin drive was conducted for employees detected with low hemoglobin.

. Gramin Suvidha Kendra (GSK)

This initiative focuses on empowering farmers to adopt a market-oriented cropping / selling / warehousing strategy by disseminating information, expert advice and high quality farming. GSK operates across five states, 22 locations, across 2219 villages and has more than 7000 farmers registered with it.

GSK-related developments in 2009-10

- GSK won the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honors-2010

- Education vertical was introduced in partnership with Pratham Books.

- Adult literacy through Computer Based Functional Literacy (CBFL) program was conducted in association with Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS)

DIRECTORS In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, and the Companys Articles of Association, Mr. Ravi K. Sheth and Mr. C. Subramaniam, Directors of the Company, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM). Mr. Ravi K. Sheth, being eligible, offers himself for re- appointment. Mr. C. Subramaniam will not be seeking re-election and will be resigning from the Board at the conclusion of the ensuing AGM of the Company. Your Directors place on record their appreciation of the valuable advice and guidance provided by Mr. C. Subramaniam during his long association with the Company. The

Board of Directors at its meeting held on 11* August, 2010, appointed Mr. P. R. Barpande as additional Director. As per the provisions of Section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, Mr. Barpande holds office upto the date of the forthcoming AGM of the Company. The Company has received notice under Section 257 of the Act, along with requisite deposit in respect of Mr. Barpande, proposing his appointment as Director of the Company.

None of the Directors of the Company are disqualified for being appointed as Director as specified in Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, as amended.

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors hereby confirm:

a. that applicable accounting standards have been followed along with the explanation relating to material departures during the preparation of the annual accounts

b. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and they have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the Company affairs, and profit or loss of the Company, at the end of the financial year

c. that they have taken proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities

d. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.

AUDITORS

M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells - Chartered Accountants, the Statutory Auditors, will hold office until the

conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has received necessary certificate from the Auditors, pursuant to Section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 regarding their eligibility for re-appointment. The members are requested to consider appointment of M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells as the Statutory Auditors at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

STATUTORY INFORMATION

i. Fixed Deposits

Your company has not accepted any deposits, and no principal or interest was outstanding as on the date of the Balance Sheet.

ii. Particulars of Employees

In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the name and other particulars of the employees are required to be set out in the Annexure to the Directors Report. However, as per the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual Report, excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to all the Members of the Company and others entitled thereto. Members who are interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company at its Registered Office.

iii. Conservation of Energy,

Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

The particulars as prescribed under sub-section (1)(e) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are given in Annexure "A" of this Report.

iv. "Group" for Inter-se Transfer of Shares

As required under Clause 3(e) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, persons constituting "Group"

(within the meaning as defined in the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969) for the purpose of availing exemption from the provisions of Regulations 10 to 12 of the aforesaid SEBI Regulations. The list of Group companies / Associates / joint Ventures is enclosed and forms part of this Annual Report.

v. Special Business

As regards the items mentioned in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting related to Special Business, the resolutions incorporated in the Notice and the Explanatory Statement relating thereto, fully indicate the reasons for seeking the approval of members to those proposals. Members attention is drawn to these items and Explanatory Statement annexed to the Notice.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Your Directors place on record their gratitude to the Central Government, State Government, clients, vendors, financial institutions, bankers and business associates for their assistance, co-operation and encouragement they extended to the Company.

For the continuing support and unstinting efforts of Investors, business associates and employees in ensuring an excellent all round operational performance, your directors also wish to place on record their sincere thanks and appreciation.

Place: Mumbai DEWANG NERALLA Date: 11th August, 2010 Whole-time Director