Outcome of the Board Meeting - August 12, 2019
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August 13, 2019
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Dear Sir/Madam,
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Sub: Outcome of the Board Meeting of Subex Limited "The Company" held on August 12, 2019
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Please be informed that the agenda item summarized hereunder was discussed and approved at the Board Meeting held on August 12, 2019 at Bengaluru:
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·  Unaudited consolidated Financial Results of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
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Please find enclosed:
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·    Unaudited consolidated Financial Results of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
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We request you to take the aforesaid notification on record.
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For Subex Limited
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Anil Singhvi
Chairman & Independent Director
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SUBEX LIMITED
Registered office; RMZ Ecoworld, Outer Ring Road. Devarabisanahalli, Bangalore - 560 103
Statement of Unaudited Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019
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(` in Lakhs)
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 |  | Quarter ended | Year ended | ||
 | Particulars | June 30, 2019 | March 31, 2019 | June 30, 2018 | March 31, 2019 |
 | Unaudited | Audited (Refer note 11) | Unaudited | Audited | |
1 | Income Revenue from operations | 7,895 | 10,187 | 7,591 | 34,812 |
2 | Other income | 36 | 40 | 17 | 101 |
3 | Total income (1+2) | 7,931 | 10,227 | 7,608 | 34,913 |
4 | Expenses | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(a) | Employee benefits expense (Refer note 4) | 4,309 | 4,875 | 4,505 | 19,105 |
(b) | Finance costs | 150 | 54 | 62 | 216 |
(c) | Depreciation and amortisation expense | 371 | 138 | 107 | 483 |
(d) | Exchange fluctuation (gain)/ loss, net | (259) | 512 | (528) | (171) |
(e) | Other expenses | 2,068 | 2,618 | 2,638 | 10,572 |
 | Total expenses | 6,639 | 8,197 | 6,784 | 30,205 |
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5 | Net profit before tax expense (3-4) | 1,292 | 2,030 | 824 | 4,708 |
6 | Tax expense, net | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Current tax charge | 1 | 98 | 70 | 274 |
 | Provision - foreign withholding taxes (Refer note 6) | 223 | 240 | 210 | 885 |
 | Deferred tax charge (Refer note 7) | 540 | 402 | 149 | 1,027 |
 | Total tax expense | 764 | 740 | 429 | 2,186 |
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7 | Net profit for the period/ year (5-6) | 528 | 1,290 | 395 | 2,522 |
8 | Other comprehensive income, net of tax expense Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Net exchange differences (loss)/ gain on translation of foreign operations | (266) | 118 | (505) | (390) |
 | Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: |  |  |  |  |
 | Re-measurement (loss)/ gain on defined benefits plan | (10) | 6 | (15) | (38) |
 | Total other comprehensive income | (276) | 124 | (520) | (428) |
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9 | Total comprehensive income for the period/ vear (7+8) | 252 | 1,414 | (125) | 2,094 |
10 | Paid up equity share capital [face value of ` 10 (March 31, 2019: ` 10)] | 56,200 | 56,200 | 56,200 | 56,200 |
11 | Other equity | - | - | - | 23,210 |
12 | Earnings per share (of ` 10/- each) (not annualised in case of the interim periods) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(a) | - Basic | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.45 |
(b) | - Diluted | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.45 |
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Notes:
1.        The above results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on August 12, 2019.
2.        The financial results have been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles laid down in the applicable Indian Accounting Standards         ("Ind AS") prescribed under section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with relevant rules thereunder and in terms of Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended.
3.        The financial results of Subex Limited (Standalone information):                                                                                                                                                       (` in Lakhs)
Particulars | Quarter ended | Year ended | ||
June 30, 2019 | March 31, 2019 | June 30, 2018 | March 31, 2019 | |
Unaudited | Audited (Refer note 11) | Unaudited | Audited | |
Total income | 516 | 1,013 | 647 | 2,091 |
Net loss before tax expense | (512) | (148) | (973) | (2,455) |
Net loss for the period/ year | (512) | (145) | (973) | (2,453) |
Total comprehensive income for the period/ year | (513) | (141) | (974) | (2,456) |
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4.        Employee benefits expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 2019, March 31,2019, and June 30, 2018 are net of reversal of provision no longer required, in respect of employee incentives relating to sales and delivery commissions, amounting to ` 450 Lakhs, Nil and Nil, respectively, and that for the year ended March 31,2019 amounting to `40 Lakhs.
5.        As at March 31, 2019, the Group assessed and concluded the carrying value of it's goodwill along with carrying value of related Cash Generating Units ('CGUs') to be appropriate, basis the valuation carried out by an external valuer. There is no change in the management's assessment as regards the aforementioned carrying value of it's goodwill along with carrying value of related CGU as at June 30, 2019.
6.        Represents provision in respect of withholding taxes deducted/ deductible by the overseas customers of the Group.
7.        Deferred tax charge/ (credit), comprises of deferred tax liability arising on account of tax benefits from amortisation of intangible assets of Subex Assurance LLP, net of deferred tax assets arising on account of carry forward losses and other taxable temporary differences, which arose mainly on account of business restructuring effected from November 1,2017, wherein, the Company's RMS business and the Digital business was transferred on going concern basis to Subex Assurance LLP and Subex Digital LLP respectively.
8.        The Group is engaged in the business of software products and related services, which are monitored as a single segment by the Chief Operating Decision Maker, accordingly, these, in the context of Ind AS 108 on Operating Segments Reporting are considered to constitute one segment and hence the Group has not made any additional segment disclosures.
9.        Subex Employee Welfare and ESOP Benefit Trust (hereinafter referred to as the "ESOP Trust"), registered and authorised to acquire shares of the Company through secondary market for providing share-based payments to its employees, is consolidated in the standalone financial results of the Company and the shares reacquired and held by ESOP Trust are treated as treasury shares and recognised at cost and deducted from other equity.
10.     Effective April 1, 2019, the Group adopted Ind AS 116 "Leases", applied to all lease contracts existing on April I, 2019 using the modified retrospective method and has taken the cumulative adjustment to retained earnings, on the date of initial application Accordingly, comparatives for the year ended March 31, 2019 have not been retrospectively adjusted. On transition, the adoption of the new standard resulted in recognition of Right-of-Use asset (ROU) of  `4,816 Lakhs and a lease liability of  `5,052 Lakhs. The cumulative effect of applying the standard resulted in `442 Lakhs being debited retained earnings, net of taxes.
11.     The figures of last quarter of previous year are the balancing figures between the audited figures in respect of the full financial year ended March 31, 2019 and the published unaudited year to date figures for the nine months ended December 31,2018.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Vinod Kumar Padmanabhan
                                                                                                      Managing Director & CEO
Place: Bengaluru
Date: August 12, 2019
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