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SRF Ltd. Investor Presentation 2020

Jun 5, 2020

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The Corporate Relationship Department, National Stock Exchange of India Limited BSE Limited “Exchange Plaza” Ist Floor , New Trading Ring Rotunda Bandra-Kurla Complex Building, P.J. Towers Bandra (E) Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 051 Mumbai 400 001 Scrip Code- 503806 Scrip Code-SRF

SRF/SEC/BSE/NSE

5[th] June, 2020

Dear Sir,

Presentation- Earnings Call (Audited Financial Results for the quarter and year ended 31.03.2020)

In continuation of our letter dated 01[st] June, 2020 informing about hosting of earning call to discuss audited financial results for quarter and year ended 31[st] March, 2020, please find enclosed Investors presentation, of the same for your reference and record.

The same is also available on the Company’s website i.e. www.srf.com

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For SRF LIMITED

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RAJAT LAKHANPAL VP (CORPORATE COMPLIANCE) & COMPANY SECRETARY

Encl: As above

SRF LIMITED Block-C Sector‘45 Gurugram 122 003 Haryana lndia Tel: +91-iZA—4354400 Fax: +91-124—4354500 E-mail: info®srfrcom Website : wwwsrfrcom Regd. Office: Unit No. 236 Sr 237, 2nd Floor DLF Galleria, Mayur Plate Noida Link Road Mayur Vihar Phase 1 Extension Delhi 110091

Corporate identity No. L181010L1970PLC005197

SRF Limited

June 05, 2020

Q4 & FY20 Results Presentation

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Disclaimer

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Certain statements in this document may be forward-looking statements. Such forwardlooking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties like regulatory changes, local, political or economic developments, and many other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statements. SRF Limited will not be in any way responsible for any action taken based on such statements and undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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Contents

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Q4 & FY20 Results Overview 04
Q4 & FY20 Segmental Performance 09
Company Overview 24
Outlook 27
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Abridged Results Overview

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Consolidated figures

Particulars (Rs. Crore) Q4 FY20 Q4 FY19 % Y-o-Y FY20 FY19 % Y-o-Y
Gross Operating Revenue 1,857.8 1,937.0 -4.1% 7,209.4 7,099.6 1.5%
EBIDTA 394.7 390.1 1.2% 1,507.5 1,348.9 11.8%
EBIDTA Margin (%) 21.2% 20.1% 20.9% 19.0%
Depreciation 101.4 94.9 6.8% 388.6 358.2 8.5%
Interest 46.6 52.4 -11.0% 200.7 198.4 1.2%
ECF (Gain) / Loss 27.1 1.6 1551.6% 3.5 23.9 -85.3%
Profit Before Tax from
Continuing Operations
219.6 241.2 -8.9% 914.7 768.4 19.0%
Profit After Tax from
Continuing Operations
194.2 179.3 8.3% 915.9 591.6 54.8%
Profit After Tax Margin (%) 10.5% 9.3% 12.7% 8.3%
Diluted EPS (Rs.) 33.78 31.19 159.34 102.95

Note: The results mentioned above;

i) Include one time credit of Rs. 136.11 Crore on account of re-measurement of deferred tax balances during the year

ii) Exclude discontinued business operations numbers

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Results Overview - Financial Overview

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Key Financial Ratios

Particulars FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
EBITDA Margin 17.59% 13.59% 20.43% 22.13% 21.42% 17.69% 19.00% 20.9%
PAT Margin 6.69% 4.04% 8.78% 9.51% 10.87% 8.38% 8.33% 12.7%
Net Debt to Equity 0.71 1.01 0.99 0.73 0.67 0.82 0.83 0.75
Net Debt to EBITDA 2.06 3.78 2.82 1.96 2.07 3.00 2.54 2.47
Asset Turnover 0.82 0.73 0.77 0.70 0.68 0.66 0.72 0.66
Debtors Turnover 7.44 5.81 7.43 8.79 7.21 8.10 6.90 8.09

Consolidated figures

NOTE FY16, FY17, FY18, FY19 & FY20 ratios are as per IndAS

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Results Overview - Revenue & EBIT

Revenues (Rs. Crore)

EBIT (Rs. Crore)

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882 840
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602
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317
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TTB CB PFB Others
Q4 FY20 Q4 FY19
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106
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TTB CB PFB Others
Q4 FY20 Q4 FY19
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511
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384
261
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TTB CB PFB Others
FY20 FY19
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2,975
2,604 2,653
2,445
1,735
1,358
278 272
TTB CB PFB Others
FY20 FY19
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Consolidated figures

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CB – Chemicals Business; PFB - Packaging Films Business; L2 : SRF-Internal TTB – Technical Textiles Business; Others

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Results Overview - Revenue Share

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Q4 FY20
Q4 FY19
17.1%
3.1% 20.9%
3.7%
32.4%
32.1%
47.5%
43.3%
FY20
FY19
3.9% 3.8%
18.8%
24.4%
36.1%
37.3%
41.2%
34.4%
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CB

PFB TTB Others

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CB – Chemicals Business; PFB - Packaging Films Business; L2 : SRF-Internal TTB – Technical Textiles Business; Others

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Chemicals

Packaging Technical Others Films Textiles

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Chemicals Business - Results Update

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(Rs. Crore) Segment
Revenues
% Contribution to
Revenues

EBIT
% EBIT Margins % Contribution to
EBIT
Q4 FY20 881.9 47.5% 158.9 18.0% 47.8%
Q4 FY19 840.0 43.3% 166.0 19.8% 51.1%
% Shift 5.0% -4.3%
FY20 2,975.0 41.2% 511.5 17.2% 40.9%
FY19 2,445.4 34.4% 384.3 15.7% 35.6%
% Shift 21.7% 33.1%

Consolidated figures

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Chemicals Business - Key Highlights

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Specialty Chemicals Business

  • The segment delivered a healthy performance owing to:

  • Improved demand from both Agro and Pharma customers

  • Better utilization of enhanced capacities

  • The Company continues to focus on keeping the product funnel full

COVID-19 Impact:

  • Despite negative impact of COVID-19, the business was able to perform well and recorded its highest ever sales to-date

Market Trends

  • Pharma segment continues to exhibit stable growth

  • LATAM markets are showing signs of demand recovery

  • Focus on India as a Specialty Chemical manufacturer, finding traction

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Chemicals Business - Key Highlights

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Fluorochemicals Business

  • The segment experienced pressure on margins due to:

  • Slowdown in the Auto sector

  • Drop in global prices of refrigerants

  • Chloromethanes capacity is fully utilized for both external sales and backward integration

  • The Company is focused on developing new export markets, while strengthening existing key markets including U.S.

  • Deeper penetration of refrigerants by working closely with key retailers

COVID-19 Impact:

  • Overall domestic refrigerants market demand remained weak

  • OEM market adversely impacted at least in the short term

Market Trends

  • Indian Auto sector facing headwinds owing to a challenging macro environment

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Chemicals Business - Key Highlights

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Chemicals Technology Group

Chemicals Technology Group (CTG) is actively engaged in the development of new process technologies

– Key focus on high end molecules

Strong internal competencies and

capabilities

  • Equipped with state-of-the-art R&D facilities and an ingenious team of scientists and engineers

2 R&D centres in India

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10 new process patents were granted in Q4FY20, taking the tally to 70 global patents to-date. Total 15 Patent applications were filed in Q4FY20 and overall the Company has

applied for 205 patents

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Packaging Films Business - Results Update

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(Rs. Crore) Segment
Revenues
% Contribution
to Revenues
EBIT % EBIT
Margins
% Contribution to
EBIT
Q4 FY20 601.5 32.4% 130.7 21.7% 39.4%
Q4 FY19 623.1 32.1% 105.7 17.0% 32.5%
% Shift -3.5% 23.7%
FY20 2,604.0 36.1% 555.6 21.3% 44.4%
FY19 2,653.3 37.3% 411.5 15.5% 38.1%
% Shift -1.9% 35.0%

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Packaging Films Business - Key Highlights

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Packaging Films Business

  • The segment delivered encouraging performance due to:

  • Continued focus on volume growth, product mix and various sustainability initiatives

  • Contribution from Value Added Products continues to grow

  • Better margins due to product mix and demand & supply scenario

  • Thailand BOPET line commercialized in May 2020

COVID-19 Impact:

  • All PFB plants were operating with minimal manpower and complete safety protocols in line with regulators’ guidelines

  • Machine erection at Hungary site delayed

Market Trends

  • Start-up of some new BOPET lines expected during FY 21

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Technical Textiles Business - Results Update

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(Rs. Crore) Segment
Revenues
% Contribution
to Revenues
EBIT % EBIT
Margins
% Contribution to
EBIT
Q4 FY20 316.8 17.1% 37.2 11.7% 11.2%
Q4 FY19 404.2 20.9% 47.5 11.8% 14.6%
% Shift -21.6% -21.7%
FY20 1,357.6 18.8% 151.5 11.2% 12.1%
FY19 1,734.9 24.4% 261.5 15.1% 24.2%
% Shift -21.7% -42.1%

Consolidated figures

Note: The numbers above do not include impact of discontinued operations of Technical Textiles Business, Rayong-Thailand

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Technical Textiles Business - Key Highlights

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Tyre Cord Fabric, Belting Fabric & Polyester Industrial Yarn

  • Performance of the Tyre Cord Fabric segment remained under severe pressure due to :

  • A slump in the auto sector

  • A challenging macro economic environment

  • Repeat orders from Belting Fabric customers in US for new products developed by inhouse R&D

  • The business continues to improve on its operational excellence parameters

COVID-19 Impact:

  • Plant operations were disrupted due to the lockdown announced by the GOI in March 2020

Market Trends

  • Auto & Infra sector are going through a prolonged downward trend; replacement market kicking in

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Others - Results Update

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(Rs. Crore) Segment
Revenues
% Contribution
to Revenues
EBIT % EBIT
Margins
% Contribution to
EBIT
Q4 FY20 57.7 3.1% 5.28 9.1% 1.6%
Q4 FY19 70.9 3.7% 5.71 8.1% 1.8%
% Shift -18.6% -7.5%
FY20 278.3 3.9% 31.8 11.4% 2.5%
FY19 271.6 3.8% 21.8 8.0% 2.0%
% Shift 2.5% 45.6%

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Others- Key Highlights

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Coated Fabrics

  • SRF maintains its leadership position in the Coated Fabrics business

  • Performance in the Coated Fabrics segment was broadly in line with the expectations

  • Low movement of new vehicles impacted tarpaulin sales

Laminated Fabrics

  • Severe oversupply situation persists, leading to pressure on margins

  • Due to a ban on the usage of Flex by various State Governments, SRF has developed an alternate acrylic based fabric, which is environment friendly

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Overview - Business Profile

  • Fluorochemicals Specialty Chemicals • Refrigerants • Organic intermediates for agro & • Pharma propellants pharma • Industrial chemicals

Films for Flexible Packaging

  • Bi-axially Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate (BOPET)

  • Bi-axially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP)

  • Tyre cord fabrics (nylon & polyester)

  • • Industrial yarns

  • • Belting fabrics (TTBR – Thailand closure announced in Sep 2019)

  • • Engineering Plastics • Coated fabrics (Divested in Aug 2019) • Laminated fabrics

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Revenue EBIT No. of Plants
2,975 511 2
2,604 556 5
1358 151 4
278 32 2

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Consolidated FY 20 figures in Rs. Crore

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Overview Growth Levers

Focus on building leadership businesses Build and maintain market leadership in business segments

Nurture innovation through R&D Reposition portfolio towards knowledge based products

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Build a Company known and respected for its R&D capabilities

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Drive growth in new businesses

De-risk from Technical Textiles Business

Focus on building knowledge based value-added products Continue to build new competencies in the chemical technology space

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Outlook - Chemicals Business

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Focus on expanding to new markets / geographies and product offerings

Focus on ramping up sales from recently commissioned HFC plants; H2 FY 20 likely to have strong market pull

Margin expansion expected due to higher operating leverage

Focus on moving up the value chain through accelerating qualifications for new molecules in both Agro and Pharmaceutical sectors

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Investments in new projects & capacities provide strong medium term outlook

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Outlook - Packaging Films Business

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Overall the global packaging films industry is witnessing improvement in capacity utilization; hygienic packaging requirements post COVID-19 may lead to high demand

Commissioned a BOPET film line of 40,000 TPA at Thailand in May 2020 at an approximate cost of USD 51 million. Focus on product approvals and full utilization. Incremental capacities in BOPET may result in lower margins

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BOPET line at Hungary is expected to be commissioned in July 2020

Focus on increasing pace of R&D efforts, sustainability initiatives, efficient cost structures, enhanced capabilities and value-added products

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Outlook - Technical Textiles Business

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Due to COVID-19, the demand for NTCF continues to remain under pressure as tyre sales are weak

Replacement demand likely to kick in towards end of Q2 FY 20

Capacities rationalization across various plants to assist higher operating leverage and cost optimization

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Other sub segments of Technical Textiles to remain stable

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About Us

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Established in 1970, SRF Limited with an annual turnover of ₹7,062 crore (US$ 942 million) is a chemical based multi-business entity engaged in the manufacturing of industrial and specialty intermediates. The company’s diversified business portfolio covers Technical Textiles, Fluorochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Packaging Films, Coated and Laminated Fabrics. Anchored by a strong workforce of close to 7,000 employees from different nationalities working across eleven manufacturing plants in India, one each in Thailand and South Africa and an upcoming facility in Hungary, the company exports to more than 75 countries. Equipped with State-of-the-Art R&D facilities, SRF has filed 205 patents for R&D and technology so far, of which 70 have been granted. A winner of the prestigious Deming Prize for two of its businesses namely Tyre Cord and Chemicals, SRF continues to redefine its work and corporate culture with TQM as its management way.

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For further information please contact
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Anoop Poojari / Karl Kolah CDR India

Tel: +91 98330 90434 / +91 98330 10478 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

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