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Tanla records best ever Quarter fuelled by CPaaS and Digital revenues
HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Tanla Platforms Limited (NSE: TANLA) (BSE: 532790), largest CPaaS provider, 
today announced the results for the quarter ended on September 30th, 2020 as 
compared to the corresponding quarter of previous financial year

- Revenue was INR 583.2 Cr and increased 20% 
- EBITDA was INR 97.5 Cr and increased 210% 
- PAT was INR 81.5 Cr and increased 273% 
- EPS was INR 5.85 and increased 279% 
- ROCE at 47.5% and increased 177% 
- EBIDTA to Cash Conversion remained robust at 82%

"I'm delighted to report highest ever Revenue, EBITDA & EPS in Q2FY21. Our 
pioneering and dominant market position in CPaaS, in this cathartic phase in 
Digital, powered the surge in Revenue", commented Uday Reddy, Chairman & CEO of 
Tanla.

Commenting further Uday Reddy said, "Going forward our unwavering focus and 
investments on platforms & products, brand, customer success and talent, will 
drive future growth." 

Business Highlights

- 89,203 enterprises 6,339 telemarketers are registered on DLT platform. 
- In the first commercial go-live month of Sept 2020, Tanla's Trubloq handled 
70% of the total DLT traffic which is 35Bn. 
- 83 New Customer opportunities from major verticals (Banking, Financial 
services, e-commerce, Gaming, OTT etc.) Including established brands to high 
potential startups were signed up during Q2FY21, with an annual potential 
revenue of ~ 76 Cr

Tanla's paid up share capital was 13,60,36,450 equity shares of INR 1/ each on 
Sept 30, 2020 after a share buyback of 1,66,92,752 equity shares of Re.1 each 
and allotment of 4,71,645 equity shares of Re.1 each under the Employee Stock 
Purchase Plan, 2016. 

The Company has paid an interim dividend of Re.1 per share to the Shareholders 
as on the Record date on September 18, 2020 aggregating INR 13,57,87,600/-. 

Support during COVID-19

During these trying periods, we focused on ensuring the safety of our employees 
encouraged them to work from home and minimize interaction at public places by 
providing them with the required infrastructure and a Covid Fund to help them 
meet medical needs for self and immediate family. We have also succeeded in 
providing the required support to our customers and partners and ensured they 
succeeded in providing their best work while they operated remotely. 

About Tanla

Tanla is a Hyderabad, India, based company, established in 1999. It is a 
largest CPaaS provider, handling over 250 billion business communications 
annually with a market share of ~70%. Tanla is innovating the way the world 
communicates, continuously raising the bar through enhanced speed, ease, and 
simplicity of Cloud Communication solutions, adopting cutting-edge technologies 
like blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning to meet the 
discerning needs of a diverse clientele, from enterprises to carriers across 
geographies. Tanla is working with all leading Telcos in India creating India's 
first Telecom Blockchain Network. Tanla is a public limited company listed on 
leading Indian stock exchanges (NSE: TANLA) (BSE: 532790)

Disclaimer

This release might contain 'forward-looking statements' that are based on our 
current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about Tanla 
Platforms Limited (the "Company"), our industry, economic conditions in the 
markets in which we operate, and certain other matters. Those statements 
include, among other things, the discussions of our business strategy and 
expectations concerning our market position, future operations, margins, 
profitability, liquidity and capital resources. These statements are subject to 
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and they depend on 
future events and circumstances. Such statements do not guarantee future 
results or development and the actual results or outcomes may differ materially 
from those implied by the forward-looking statements. The risks and 
uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, 
risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in 
foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in 
the services provided by the Company, including those factors which may affect 
our cost advantage, wage increases, our ability to attract and retain highly 
skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame 
contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment 
concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced 
demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication 
networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate 
potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the 
success of the companies in which the Company has made strategic investments, 
withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political 
instability and regional conflicts, regulatory changes, legal restrictions on 
raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of 
our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our 
industry. In light of these and other uncertainties, you should not conclude 
that the results or outcomes referred to in any of the forward-looking 
statements will be achieved. All forward-looking statements are based on 
information available to us on the date hereof, and we do not undertake to 
update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or 
circumstances unless required to do so by law.

For further information, you may write to: investorhelp@tanla.com


CONSOLIDATED P&L (UN-AUDITED)

			          Rs in Lakhs
Particulars	                  Q2FY21	  Q1FY21	  Q2FY20
I. Revenue from operations 	58,324.7	45,554.8	48,716.4
II. Other income	           474.5	 1,322.8	   171.8
III. Total Income (I+II)	58,799.1	46,877.5	48,888.3
IV. Expenses			
      Cost of services	        44,891.7	35,024.6	38,857.9
      Employee benefits expense	 2,283.3	 1,990.2	 4,597.8
      Depreciation expense	   992.3	 1,148.8	 6,923.8
      Connectivity expenses	   280.8	   197.0	   206.8
      Finance cost	             8.9	    70.0	   118.0
      Other expenses	         1,115.7	   843.0         1,907.2
Total expenses (IV)	        49,572.6	39,273.5	52,611.5
V. Profit before non-
controlling interest/share 
in net profit/(loss) of 
associate (IV- V)	         9,226.5	 7,604.0	(3,723.3)
VI. Share in net profit/
(loss) of associate	               -	       -	  (149.8)
VII. Profit before tax (V - VI)	 9,226.5	 7,604.0	(3,873.1)
 
VIII. Tax expense:			
      Current tax	         1,053.2	   553.8	   266.8
      Prior period taxes/MAT 
       credit	                       -	(1,074.8)	     0.5
      Deferred tax	            26.0	   264.5           561.0
IX. Profit for the year 
 (VII -VIII)	                 8,147.3	 7,860.6	(4,701.4)
X. Other comprehensive income     (330.5)           (1.7)          338.6
 
XI. Total Comprehensive income
 for the period (X + XI)	 7,816.8         7,858.8	(4,362.8)
 
XII. Earnings per equity share			
Basic & Diluted (not annualised)    5.85	    5.17           (3.27)
          
                                                                                
                                                                
  BALANCE SHEET: 
Rs in Lakhs
	
 
Particulars
 	                                             Consolidated
	                                          As at           As at
                                               Sept 30, 2020  Mar 31, 2020
                                               (Un-audited)     (Audited)
 I. ASSETS 		
 (1) Non-current assets 		
 (a) Property, Plant and Equipment 	        3,098.80	3,591.39
 (b) Intangible assets 	                        7,011.63	8,183.05
 (c) Intangible assets under development 	2,427.52	1,330.75
 (d) Goodwill on Consolidation                 13,455.69	13,455.69
 (e) Right-of-use assets                          425.15	504.35
 (f) Financial assets 		
           (i) Investments  	                       -	     -
          (ii) Loans and advances 	          618.26	388.56
          (iii) Other financial assets             82.17	56.86
 (g) Deferred tax assets (net)          	5,275.25	5,674.24
 (h) Other non-current assets           	5,684.45	7,967.47
 Total non-current assets                      38,078.92	41,152.36
 (2) Current Assets 		
 (a) Financial Assets 		
           (i) Trade receivables  	       37,293.14	32,576.94
           (ii) Cash and cash equivalents      19,740.66	17,078.98
           (iii) Bank balances other than cash
                 and cash equivalents 	        3,650.15	2,978.49
           (iv) Loans and advances 	          374.89	294.57
           (v) Other financial assets          17,073.22	20,472.22
 (b) Other current assets 	                2,213.44	4,340.91
 Total current assets                          80,345.50	77,742.11
 TOTAL ASSETS                                 118,424.42	118,894.47
 II. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 		
 (1) Equity  		
 (a) Equity share capital               	1,360.36	1,459.72
 (b) Other equity 	                       68,538.35	68,713.73
 Total equity                                  69,898.71	70,173.45
 (2) Non current liabilities 		
 (a) Financial liabilities 		
           (i) Lease liabilities 	          327.23	434.91
           (ii) other financial liabilities       147.49	22.95
 (b) Provisions 	                          501.93	644.80
 (c) Other non-current liabilities                389.00	428.70
 Total Non Current Liabilities           	1,365.65	1,531.36
 (4) Current liabilities 		
 (a) Financial liabilities 		
          (i) Trade payables                   27,155.25	28,060.26
          (ii) Lease liabilities 	           81.27	103.80
          (iii) other financial liabilities    19,306.71	16,865.63
 (b) Other current liabilities                    494.18	2,014.98
 (c) Provisions 	                          122.64	144.99
 (d) Liabilities for current tax (net)                 -	-
 Total Current liabilities              	47,160.03	47,189.65
 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 	               118,424.42	118,894.47
 
               
                    CASH FLOW STATEMENT
                                                                 Rs in Lakhs
 
Particulars	                                       Consolidated 
	                                   Six months ended    Six months ended
                                             30-Sept-2020     30-Sept-2019
Cash flows from Operating Activities		
Profit before tax	                       16,830.56       (15,804.92)
Adjusted for :		
Depreciation and amortization expenses    	2,141.04	22,288.30
Interest & other income 	               (1,577.66)         (531.83)
Share based payments                                7.13         2,948.53
Buy back expenses	                          115.36	        -
Provision for diminution of investment
  in Associate                                         -	   169.04
Unrealized loss on forex exchange fluctuation	    0.26	        -
Allowance for advances	                               -	        -
Provision for doubtful debts	                   54.04	   235.47
Operating profits before working 
 capital charge                                17,570.72	 9,304.59
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		
(Increase)/Decrease in trade receivables 	(4,716.20)      (4,425.29)
(Increase)/Decrease in financial and 
 non-financial assets                            7,553.38      (10,835.36)
 Increase/(Decrease) in financial and 
  non-financial liabilities                       (163.50)       5,516.58
 Increase/(Decrease) in trade payables            (905.01)	 6,972.17
Cash generated from operations          	19,339.40	 6,532.69
    Income taxes paid	-	-
Net cash generated from operating activities	19,339.40	 6,532.69
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:		
(Purchase)/sale of fixed assets/intangible 
 assets	                                        (1,500.25)	(1,785.34)
Investments in subsidiary                       	-      (23,622.44)
Proceeds from sale of investments               	-	 3,772.43
Dividend received from subsidiary	                -	       -
Interest & other income 	                 1,508.03	   531.83
Net cash generated/(used) in investing 
 activities	                                     7.78	(21,103.52)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:		
Proceeds from issue of shares                    2,009.88	12,590.33
Payment for buy back of equity shares 
 including transaction cost	               (16,585.06)	-
Repayment of Borrowings                         	-	(383.54)
Principal payment of lease liabilities              23.59	-
Interest paid on lease liabilities	          (104.37)	-
Dividend paid                            	(1,357.88)	-
Net Cash used in financing activities	       (16,013.84)	12,206.79
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	         3,333.34	(2,364.04)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning 
 of the period 	                                20,057.47	15,502.49
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of 
 the period	                                23,390.81	13,138.45
 
 
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