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Arvind Ltd. — Regulatory Filings 2021
May 26, 2021
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L ArVIno
May 26, 2021
To BSE Limited Listing Dept./ Dept. of Corporate Services Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Dalal Street Mumbai - 400001
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Listing Dept., Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor Plot No. C/1, G. Block Bandra-Kurla Complex Bandra (E) Mumbai - 400051
Security Code : 500101 Security ID: ARVIND
Symbol : ARVIND
To
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub.: Outcome of the Meeting of the Board of Directors held on 26th May 2021
Ref.: Regulations 30 and 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
We hereby inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held today has:
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- approved the Audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Results of the Company for the quarter and year ended on 3pt March 2021.
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- not recommended dividend on Equity Shares for the year ended on 31st March 2021.
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- approved issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) upto Rs. 200 crores on private placement basis to meet with general corporate purposes including capital expenditure, augmenting long term working capital and re-finance of existing loans.
Pursuant to Regulations 30 and 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we enclose herewith the following:
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- Audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Results of the Company for the quarter and year ended on 31st March 2021 along-with Auditors' Reports with unmodified opinion issued by the Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Statutory Auditors of the Company.
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- A copy of the press release being issued by the Company in respect of Audited financial results for the quarter and year ended on 31st March 2021.
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- Investor Presentation for Q4 issued in this regard.

Arvind Limited. Naroda Road. Ahmedabad. 380 025, India Tel.: +91 79 68268000 CIN: L 1711 9GJ1 931 PLC000093
L ArVIno
The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company commenced at 11:30 a.m. and concluded at i : 45 p.m.
We shall inform you in due course the date on which the Company will hold Annual General Meeting for the year ended 3pt March 2021.
You are requested to take the above on your record and bring this to the Notice of all concerned.
Company Secretary
Encl.: As above
Arvind Limited. Naroda Road. Ahmedabad 380 025, India Tel.: +91 79 68268000 CIN; L 17119GJ1931 PLC000093


Arvind Limited FY2021 Results Review Note For Analysts and Investors
26th May 2021| Ahmedabad/ Online


Safe harbour statement
Certain statements contained in this document may be statements of future expectations and other forward looking statements that are based on management's current view and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. None of Arvind Limited or any of its affiliates, advisors or representatives shall have any liability whatsoever (in negligence or otherwise) for any loss howsoever arising from any use of this document or its content or otherwise arising in connection with this document. This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for any shares and neither it nor any part of it shall form the basis of or be relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever.

FY2021 and recent months have been very difficult times for all of us, and we condole the suffering of our colleagues and their loved ones, including loss of precious lives in some cases.
We are deeply thankful to our employees, associates and partners for their support and efforts in continuing to serve our customers and other stakeholders
We grappled with Covid-19 through FY2021, though all our Ahmedabad factories are back to normal as wave-2 recedes

Impact on Operations Arvind Response
- Temporary factory shut-downs as per government norms – all geographies in Wave 1, and Bengaluru area during Wave 2
- Absenteeism as employees/ their family members tested +ve
- Challenges in getting adequate contract workers given migration
- Disruptions at supplier and contract manufacturing units
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Supply chain disruptions resulting from interstate movement restrictions, and poor container availability
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Facilities/protocols to enable physical distancing and sanitization
- Short-term local housing and transport arrangements to manage worker availability
- Enhanced healthcare and insurance support for employees (expanded coverage, vaccination, facilitation of oxygen/ beds/ medicines, online consultation)
- Additional employee support (unlimited sick leaves, education and job support for families of deceased employees)
- Enhanced customer engagement at highest levels
Outcome
- Quick bounce-back as govt restrictions eased post 1st wave
- Limited capacity and business loss
- No material impact on demand most customers understood and accepted shipment delays

Q4 FY21 Highlights


- Textile volumes recovered
- Denim Q4 volumes recovered to 113% of Q4 FY20 at ~20 mn Meters
- Wovens recovered to 112% at ~28 mn M
- Garments was 92% of previous year at 11 mn Pcs
- Textiles contributions maintained despite increases in RM prices
- Denim prices moved up from Rs 184/m in Q3 to Rs 195/m in Q4;
- Wovens moved from Rs 146/m to Rs 151/m
- AMD grew by 11% over Q4FY20, and maintained EBITDA margin of ~14%
FY2021 Executive Summary: strong Q4 performance helped the year end with strong EBITDA margin
| INR Crs |
Q4FY21(YoY) | FY2021 (YoY) |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 1655 (+1%) | 5073 (-31%) |
| Textiles | 1325 (-2%) | 3998 (-35%) |
| Advanced Materials |
198 (+11%) | 679 (-5%) |
| EBITDA margin | 12.6% vs 9.6% | 9.1% vs 9.4% |
| Textiles | 12.6% (9.3%) | 10.0% (10.7%) |
| Advanced Materials |
13.8% (13.4%) | 14.4% (12.9%) |
| Net Debt (31st March 2021) |
1951 vs 2371 |
- Textile revenues recovered to Q4 FY20 levels, AMD revenues grew 11% for the quarter
- Fixed cost reduction program delivered savings of 28% for the year, half of which is structural and should continue
- Commodity and freight prices driven input cost increases compensated by efficiency improvement
- AMD margins improved despite the setbacks in Q1
- FY21 closed with Net Debt of INR 1951 crores as targeted
Segment wise performance – all businesses started delivering strong margins by Q4
| Cr Rs |
Q4 FY21 |
Q4 FY20 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Revenue | EBIDTA | % EBIDTA |
Revenue | EBIDTA | % EBIDTA |
| Textiles | 1325 | 167 | 12 6% |
1352 | 126 | 9 3% |
| Advanced Material |
198 | 27 | 13 8% |
179 | 24 | 13 4% |
| Others Adjustment & |
131 | 35 | 110 | 17 | ||
| Total | 1655 | 230 | 13 9% |
1642 | 167 | 10 2% |
| Rs Cr |
FY21 | FY20 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Revenue | EBIDTA | % EBIDTA |
Revenue | EBIDTA | % EBIDTA |
| Textiles | 3998 | 401 | 0% 10 |
6205 | 664 | 7% 10 |
| Advanced Material |
679 | 98 | 4% 14 |
713 | 92 | 9% 12 |
| Others Adjustment & |
395 | 16 | 484 | 26 | ||
| Total | 5073 | 514 | 10 1% |
7403 | 782 | 10 6% |
| One time Write Less : |
off | 34 - |
34 - |
|||
| Reported Number |
5073 | 514 | 10 1% |
7369 | 748 | 10 2% |

Q4 and Full Year FY21 Consolidated P&L
| YoY | YoY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All figures in INR Crs | Q4 FY21 | Q4 FY20 | Change | FY21 | FY20 | Change |
| Revenue from Operations | 1,655 | 1,642 | 1% | 5,073 | 7,369 | -31% |
| EBIDTA | 208 | 158 | 32% | 463 | 692 | -33% |
| EBIDTA % | 12.6% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 9.4% | ||
| Other Income | 21 | 9 | 52 | 55 | ||
| Interest | 51 | 52 | 225 | 237 | ||
| Cash Accruals | 178 | 114 | 57% | 290 | 511 | -43% |
| Depreciation | 69 | 77 | 285 | 290 | ||
| PBT | 110 | 37 | 199% | 5 | 220 | -98% |
| PAT | 66 | 35 | 91% | 19 | 146 | -87% |
| Less : Exceptional Items | 13 | 47 | 36 | 50 | ||
| Net Profit | 53 | -12 | -17 | 96 |
- Interest expense includes write off of TUF Interest benefit of Rs 10 Cr during the year
- Exceptional items include staff retrenchment compensation, goodwill impairment of an acquired subsidiary, impairment of investments in an overseas JV
- As government has not announced rates for refund of duties on exports (RoDTEP), the company has not accrued any income relating to RoDTEP for Q4.

NWC saw a significant decline over two successive years

* based on annualized Q4 revenues
Coupled with reduced Capital Expenditure, helped reduce debt

Consolidated Balance Sheet, as at March 31st 2021
| Rs Cr |
31st 21 Mar |
31st 20 Mar |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' Fund |
2767 | 2767 | |
| Share Capital |
259 | 259 | |
| Surplus & Reserves |
2460 | 2450 | |
| Minority Interest |
47 | 58 | |
| Borrowings | 2002 | 2455 | |
| long Term Borrowings |
1142 | 1018 | |
| Short Term Borrowings |
631 | 1175 | |
| Liability Maturing in Long Term one year |
230 | 262 | |
| (Current Current) Liabilities Lease Non + |
119 | 185 | |
| Other Liabilities |
1833 | 1759 | |
| Total | 6721 | 7165 | |
| Assets | 3816 | 4128 | |
| Fixed Assets |
3580 | 3800 | |
| ROU Assets |
89 | 148 | |
| Non Current Investments |
70 | 90 | |
| Advances Long Loans & term |
1 | 1 | |
| Other Non Current Assets |
76 | 89 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
52 | 84 | |
| Other Current Assets |
2853 | 2954 | |
| Total | 6721 | 7165 |
Debt reduction continues as planned

Capital employed lower by 760 cr


Key indicators – Q4 FY21 Vs Q4 FY20

• PAT is considered before exceptional items

Textile revenues recovered to near FY20 levels by Q4; though lower on a full year basis given shortfalls in H1

Textile revenues (INR Crs)
- Exports recovery started from Q2 as countries learned to manage Covid and stores reopening started
- Domestic customers reduced pipeline inventories, fresh ordering started only for Diwali/festival season
- Denim recovered much faster and to a greater extent, as compared to Wovens

Fabric volumes recovered to pre-Covid levels, Garments reached 92%; price realization improved in both Denims and Wovens during Q4
Denim volumes recovered to 113% and Woven volumes to 112% of Q4 FY2020
| Denim | Export | Domestic | Total | (YoY %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 34% |
| Q2 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 80% |
| Q3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 88% |
| Q4 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 113% |
| Woven | Export | Domestic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21% |
| Q2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 59% |
| Q3 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 77% |
| Q4 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 112% |
Garment volumes recovered to 92% of FY20 levels in H2
| Garments | Mn Pcs |
YoY % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 4 | 38% | |||
| Q2 | 8 | 81% | |||
| Q3 | 10 | 92% | |||
| Q4 | 10 | 92% | |||
| Total | (YoY %) |
* Excludes Essentials and Suits
- Denim prices moved up from Rs 184/m in Q3 to Rs 195/m in Q4;
- Wovens moved from Rs 146/m to Rs 151/m in above period
- Cotton Cost in Q4 at Rs 114 / Kg (Rs 101/kg in Q3)
AMD delivered an expanded margin despite COVID related challenges
Healthy top-line growth and profitability Commentary

EBITDA (Rs Cr)

Overall focus
- Focus on building up differentiated product portfolio with 35-40% gross margin
- Exit businesses that are taking time to scale
- Continue to shave-off costs at 5-10% per year
Key business highlights
- Sports composites and Mass Transports emerged as a promising businesses with clear momentum
- 40+% of Composites business comprised of differentiated product-market plays
- Industrial products focused on calibrated capacity addition and cost leadership
- Human Protection closer to US market leadership

Forward looking commentary
- Demand recovery
- Export demand likely to be buoyant across most markets, especially US
- Domestic demand likely to be muted until the festival buying resumes in mid Q2
- Demand for AMD products will continue to remain strong
- Supply side constraints
- Temporary impact on production in Ahmedabad due to higher absenteeism in later part of April & first fortnight of May
- Garmenting plants in Bangalore likely to remain closed for about 1 month
- Cost push likely to keep pressure on margins, partly cushioned by fixed cost reduction achieved
- Cotton, yarn and other input prices likely to remain strong in coming months
- RoDTEP rates have not been announced
- Debt Reduction
- Lower capex and tight NWC management will help further debt reduction although debt for Q1 will go up temporarily as domestic sales will slow down and receivables go up
- Company has sold land parcels and expects about Rs. 150 cr of cash realisation during the year.
