ಅಡಿಟರ್ಸ್ ರಿಪೋರ್ಟ್Essex Marine Ltd.

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of M/s ESSEX MARINE
LIMITED (“the Company”) which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2026, the
Statement of Profit and Loss, 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.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to
us, the aforesaid 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 accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company
as at March 31, 2026, and its Profit 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. 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 together with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions
of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide
a basis for our opinion on the 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 financial statements for the financial year ended 31 March
2026. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements
as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion
on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the
matter is provided in that context:

INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
AUDITOR’S REPORT THEREON

The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other
information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company’s
Annual Report including Management Discussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including
Annexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, Corporate
Governance and Shareholder’s Information but does not include the financial statements
and our auditor’s report thereon. The Company’s annual report is expected to be made
available to us after the date of this auditor’s report.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we will
not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the
other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider
whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our
knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

When we read the Company’s annual report, if we conclude that there is a material
misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with
governance and take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant laws and
regulations.

RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of
the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance,
and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the
Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in
accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company
and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of
appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial
controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the
accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement
that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related
to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either

intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but
to do so.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company’s financial
reporting process.

AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as
a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an
auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a
material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are
considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected
to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

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

1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements,
whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those
risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is
higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,
intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

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

3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of
accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty
exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,
we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the
financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our
conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s
report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to
continue as a going concern.

5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

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

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

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

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those
matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current
period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s
report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in
extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in
our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to
outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by
the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act,
we give in the Annexure ‘A’ a statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and
4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.

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

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

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

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

d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting
Standards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;

e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31^st
March 2026 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on 31^st March 2026 from being appointed as a director in terms of
Section 164 (2) of the Act;

f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to the
financial statement of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such
controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure ‘B’.

g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report under
Section 197(16) of the Act, in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid/provided by the
Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of
section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other
details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon
by us.

h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in
accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as
amended) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us:

I. The Company has disclosed pending litigations which would impact its
financial position in its Financial Statements. (Refer Note No. 33)

II. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative
contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.

III. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund by the company.

IV. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)
have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or
share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or
in any other persons or entity(ies), including foreign entities
(“Intermediaries”) with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or
otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or
invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or
on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate)
have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),
including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,
whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether,
directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in
any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate
Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the
ultimate Beneficiaries; and

c) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate
in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to
believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as
provided under (IV) (a) and (IV) (b) above contain any material mis¬
statement.

V. The Company did not declare or pay dividend during the year and therefore
the compliance under section 123 of Companies Act is not applicable to the
company.

VI. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the company has
used accounting software for maintaining its books of accounts for the
financial year ended 31 March 2026 which does not have a feature of
recording audit trial (edit log) facility enabled for all transactions recorded
throughout the year.

For BAID AGARWAL SINGHI & CO.

Chartered Accountants

Firm Registration No. 328671E

CA RUCHI RUNGTA

(Partner)

Membership No: 303186

Place: Kolkata

Dated: 15th Day of May, 2026

UDIN: 26303186YSQJUV1699