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Consolidated Financial Statements 2016-17 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED IND AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF A GROUP UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND THE RULES THEREUNDER DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP SHARP & TANNAN Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants Indiabulls Finance Centre, Tower 3 Ravindra Annexe 27th – 32nd Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg 194, Churchgate Reclamation, Elphinstone Road (West) Dinshaw Vachha Road Mumbai 400 013. Mumbai 400 020. INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED Report on the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying Consolidated Ind AS financial statements of LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED (hereinafter referred to as the “Parent”) and its subsidiaries (the Parent and its subsidiaries together referred to as the “Group”) its joint ventures and associates, comprising the Consolidated Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2017, the Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, and the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the consolidated Ind AS financial statements”) and which also includes Joint operations of the Group. Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements The Parent’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of these consolidated Ind AS financial statements in terms of the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) that give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position, consolidated financial performance (including other comprehensive income), consolidated statement of cash flows and the consolidated statement of changes in equity of the Group including its joint operations, joint ventures and associates in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act. The respective Boards of Directors of the companies included in the Group and of its joint operations, joint ventures and associates are responsible for maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Group, and of its joint operations, joint ventures and associates and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; the selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, which have been used for the purpose of preparation of the consolidated Ind AS financial statements by the Directors of the Parent, as aforesaid. Auditors’ Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated Ind AS financial statements based on our audit. In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the consolidated Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Parent’s preparation of the consolidated Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating 343 the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Parent’s Board of Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated Ind AS financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us and other auditors in terms of their reports referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of the Other Matters paragraph below, is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the consolidated Ind AS financial statements. Opinion In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us and based on the consideration of reports of the other auditors on separate financial statements of joint operations, subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates referred to below in the Other Matters paragraph, the aforesaid consolidated Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the consolidated state of affairs of the Group, its joint operations, joint ventures and associates as at March 31, 2017, and its consolidated profit, consolidated total comprehensive income, consolidated statement of cash flows and consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year ended on that date. Other Matters (a) The consolidated Ind AS financial statements include the financial statements of 16 joint operations included in the standalone financial statements of the Parent included in the Group whose financial statements reflect total assets of v 3,647.41 crore as at March 31, 2017 and total revenues of v 4,360.69 crore for the year ended on that date, as considered in the standalone financial statements of the Parent included in the Group. The financial statements of these joint operations have been audited by the other auditors whose reports have been furnished to us and our opinion in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these joint operations, and our report in terms of sub section (3) of Section 143 of the Act, in so far as it relates to the aforesaid joint operations is based solely on the report of such other auditors. The above includes 7 joint operations which are located outside India whose financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in their respective countries and which have been audited by other auditors under generally accepted auditing standards applicable in their respective countries. The Parent’s management has converted the financial statements of such joint operations located outside India from accounting principles generally accepted in their respective countries to accounting principles generally accepted in India. We have audited these conversion adjustments made by the Parent management. Our opinion in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of said joint operations located outside India is based on the report of other auditors and the conversion adjustments prepared by the management of the Parent and audited by us. (b) The consolidated Ind AS financial statements include the financial statements of 34 subsidiaries, whose financial statements reflect total assets of v 55,693.16 crore as at March 31, 2017, total revenues of v 15,300.27 crore and net cash outflows amounting to v 343.25 crore for the year ended on that date, as considered in the consolidated Ind AS financial statements which have not been audited by us. The consolidated Ind AS financial statements also include the Group’s share of loss (net) of v 561.10 crore for the year ended March 31, 2017, as considered in the consolidated Ind AS financial statements, in respect of 4 joint ventures, whose financial statements have not been audited by us. These financial statements have been audited by other auditors whose reports have been furnished to us by the Management and our opinion on the consolidated Ind AS financial statements, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, and our report in terms of sub-section (3) of Section 143 of the Act, in so far as it relates to the aforesaid subsidiaries and joint ventures is based solely on the reports of the other auditors. The above include 28 subsidiaries and a joint venture which are located outside India whose financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in their respective countries and which have been audited by other auditors under generally accepted auditing standards applicable in their respective countries. The Parent’s management has converted the financial statements of such subsidiaries and joint venture located outside India from accounting principles generally accepted in their respective countries to accounting principles generally accepted in India. We have audited these conversion