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MUMBAI NEW DELHI CHENNAI BENGALURU HYDERABAD JAIPUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT To the Members of Hathway VCN Cablenet Private Limited Report on the Standalone Financial Statements Opinion We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Hathway VCN Cablenet Private Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2019, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the standalone financial statements"). In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2019, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date Basis for Opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements. Key Audit Matters Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. G. M. KAPADIA & CO. (REGISTERED) CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS COIU' OKATK III.OCK, COI.DBN ENCLAVE. I 29/28 1 - H A L A I R PORT ROAD BKNGALUHU - 560 0 17 INDIA. PHONE: (91-80) 4113 3 577

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MUMBAI NEW DELHI CHENNAI BENGALURU HYDERABAD JAIPUR

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORTTo the Members of Hathway VCN Cablenet Private Limited

Report on the Standalone Financial Statements

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Hathway VCN CablenetPrivate Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2019, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes inEquity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements,including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as "the standalone financial statements").

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting

principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2019,the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year endedon that date

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act). Our responsibilities under those Standardsare further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statementssection of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significancein our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

G. M. KAPADIA & CO.(REGISTERED)

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTSCOIU'OKATK III.OCK, COI.DBN ENCLAVE. I 29/28 1 - H A L A I R PORT ROAD

BKNGALUHU - 560 0 17 INDIA. PHONE: (91-80) 4113 3 577

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Other Information

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the Other Information. The OtherInformation inter alia comprises of the Directors' Report and Management Discussion & Analysis(but does not include the financial statements and our Auditor's Report thereon), which weobtained prior to the date of this report, and the rest of the Annual Report is expected to be madeavailable to us after that date.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the Other Information and we do not andwill not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated.

If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to thedate of this auditor's report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this OtherInformation, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

When we read the balance part of Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to Those Charged WithGovernance and take appropriate actions in accordance with Standards on Auditing.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the StandaloneFinancial Statements

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 (the Act) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changesin equity, cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section133 of the Act, read together with relevant rules issued there under and relevant provisions ofthe Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating

effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the

preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting

process.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not aguarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered

material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

•Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and

obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

•Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of theCompanies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether thecompany has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.

•Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management

•Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions

are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However,

future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going

concern.

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• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,

including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that,individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating theresults of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financialstatements.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficienciesin internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters

that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or

regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1.The Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order"), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, is not applicable to theCompany, hence no reporting is required regarding the matters specified in the paragraph

3 and 4 of the Order.

2.As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:

a)We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;

b)In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books;

c)The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Statement of Cash Flowsand the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement

with the books of account;

Dhirendra Kumar DhalPartner

Membership No. 221691

For G. M. Kapadia & Co.

Chartered Accountants

Firm Registration No. 104767W

Bangalore

Dated: April 2, 2019

The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses; and

(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred,to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on itsfinancial position in its standalone financial statements. Refer Note 4.01 tothe financial statements;

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d)In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with theAccounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of

the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;

e)On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March31, 2019 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2019 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act;

f)With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in "Annexure A";

g)Since the Company is a private limited company, the provisions of section 197 ofthe Act are not applicable. Accordingly, no reporting is required with respect to theother matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act; and

h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us.

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Annexure - A to the Independent Auditors' Report

Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act")

We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Hathway VCN CablenetPrivate Limited ("the Company") as of March 31, 2019 in conjunction with our audit of thefinancial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.

Management's Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

The Company's management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financialcontrols based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Companyconsidering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit ofInternal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of Tndia ('ICAT'). These responsibilities include the design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring

the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company's policies, thesafeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financialinformation, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.

Auditors' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal financial controls overfinancial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the GuidanceNote on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting (the "Guidance Note") andthe Standards on Auditing, issued by ICAI and deemed to be prescribed under section 143(10) ofthe Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, bothapplicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls and, both issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethicalrequirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whetheradequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and ifsuch controls operated effectively in all material respects.

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

or error.

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

G. M. KAPADIA & CO.

Dhirendra Kumar Dhal

Partner

Membership No. 221691

Bangalore

Dated: April 2, 2019

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

A company's internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Acompany's internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies andprocedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately andfairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonableassurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statementsin accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures ofthe company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directorsof the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection ofunauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a materialeffect on the financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

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

Opinion

In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controlssystem over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting wereoperating effectively as at March 31, 2019, based on the internal control over financial reportingcriteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control statedin the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

For G. M. Kapadia & Co.

Chartered Accountants

Firm Registration No. 104767 W

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