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400 400 H31? 12 h November 2018 The Department of Corporate Services BSE Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Dalal Street Mumbai The Listing Department National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex 001 Bandra (East) Mumbai BSE STOCK CODE: 517271 NSE CODE: HBLPOWER 051 Dear sir/ madam, SUB: OUTCOME OF THE BOARD MEETING ON 12TH NOVEMBER 2018 Pursuant to Regulations 34(2), 47(1) and 53 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, to inform you that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company November 2018, the Board interalia approved the following: we wish held on 12 h ended on 1. Unaudited financial results (standalone) for the quarter and half year September 30, 2018 prepared pursuant to SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. We hereby declare that pursuant to para 4.1 of SEBI Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD/56/2016 dated May 27, 2016 that the Report ofthe Auditors for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 is with unmodified opinion 2. The Board, on recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee, appointed Mr. K. Sridharan as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and KMP with effect from 12th November 2018 in place of Mrs. Kavita Prasad who has been appointed as a Wholetime Director on the Board with effect from 10th August, 2018. Mr. K. Sridharan is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the USA with over 30 years of experience in corporate finance in india and abroad. He worked in various industries prior tojoining HBL. This is for your kind information and record. Please acknowledge receipt. Thanking you Yours faithfully For HBL Power Systems Limited. 4 WW PM Kavitm Director DIN:00319292 HBL Power Systems Ltd. 82601, Road No. 10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad Phone: +91 4102335 1934, Fax: +91402335 3189 034. T.S., lndla. CIN :L40109T61986PLC006745 website : www.hb.in

530 RAO & KUMAR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Limited Review Report Standalone Financial Results To The Board of Directors of HBL Power Systems Limited We have reviewed the accompanying statements of unaudited financial results (the "Statements") of HBL Power Systems Limited (the "Company") for the quarter ended 30 September 2018 and the year to date results for the period April 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018, submitted by the Company pursuant to the requirement of Regulation 33 of the SEBI [Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and SEBI Circular Dated July 05,2016. This Statement, which is the responsibility of the Company's management and approved by the Board of Directors, has been compiled from the related financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles laid down in Indian Accounting Standards [lnd AS) [as amended), prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read together with relevant applicable rules issued thereunder and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. Our responsibility is to issue a report on the Statements based on our review ofsuch standalone financial statements. We conducted our review in accordance with the Standard on Review Engagement (SRE) 2410, Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. This standard requires that we plan and perform the review to obtain moderate assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. A review is limited primarily to inquiries of company personnel and analytical procedures applied to financial data and thus provides less assurance than an audit. We have not performed an audit and accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion Based on our review conducted as above. nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying statement of unaudited standalone financial results prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards i.e, Ind AS prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with relevant rules issued there under and other recognized accounting practices and policies, has not disclosed the information required to be disclosed in terms of Regulation 33 of the SEBI [Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and SEBI Circular dated July 5, 2016 including the manner in which it is to be disclosed, or that it contains any material misstatement. For Rao 8: Kumar Chartered Accountants FRN 03"8 M.No. 229988 Visakhapatnam : Hyderabad 2 Door No : l01519/4 Door No : 63680/8/3/4b/(p4), Soudhamani, Siripuram Sri Lakshmi Vishnu Sadan, Visakhapatnam 003 Thakur Mansion Lane, Somajiguda, Phone: +91 891 2755365, 2759369 Hyderabad 082. Email :contact@raoandkumar,comi Phone: +91 9700003070

3 Profit/(Loss) before exceptional Items (12) 596.79 701.53 2019.38 1268.32 3117.78 6199.54 HBL Power Systems Ltd ClN:L40109TGI986PLC006745 827601, Road No.10 Banjara Hills. Hyderabad 034 Unaudited Financial Results for the half year ended September 30, 2018 1 Income from operations Particulars um; Rs. in Lakhs Quarter ending Half year ended For the Year and 30Sep18 30Jun18 30Sep17 30Sep13 30Sep17 31Mar18 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) (a) Sales / Income from operations 32630.66 3041801 44206.73 63048.67 79565.36 162411.26 (b) Other Income Total Income 2 Expenditure 797.10 498.83 320.41 1295.93 731.34 2271.99 33427.76 30916.84 44527.14 64344.60 80296.70 164683.25 a) Cost of Materials Consumed 19727.99 25401.89 26905.19 45129.88 50295.05 101487.10 b) Purchase Oi Stockianrade ~ 56.93 c) (Increase) / Decrease in Finished goods, 342.14 56.93 360.08 1212.26 work in Progress and stockintrade 2267.65 (6071.82) 2350.05 (3804.17) (1304.21) 3486.95 d) Excise duty on sales 3118.72 3118.51 e) Employee Benefits expense 2279.67 2358.03 2409.46 4637.70 4709.93 9430.32 f) Finance Costs 701.76 863.58 973.39 1565.34 2063.21 4054.57 g) Depreciation and Amortisation expense 1113.04 1143.79 1130.02 2256.33 2267.49 4603.19 h) other Expenses 6693.93 6519.84 8397.51 13213.77 15668.65 31090.81 Total Expenses 32840.97 30215.31 42507.76 63056.28 77178.92 15843171 4 Exceptional items (Income) / Expenditure (525.02) 360.53 (525.02) 410.34 975.77 5 Profit/(Loss) before Tax (34) 1111.91 701.53 1658.85 1813.34 1707.44 5223.77 6 Tax Expense a) Current Tax.00 300.00 670.00 800.00 1075.00 2242.00 b) Deferred Tax (AssetVLiability 11.28 (80.21) (34.36) (68 93) (69.36) 296.12 c) Income Tax relating to previous years 5.45 2.86 1.26 8.31 1.26 (230.04) Net Profit/(Lass) after Tax (56) 595.08 478.88 1021.95 1073.96 1700.54 2965.69 Extraordinary items (net of tax expense) Net Profit/(Loss) forthe period (78) 595.08 478.88 1021.95 1073.96 1700.54 2965.69 10 Other Comprehensive Income (Net of tax) Items that will not be reclassified to Profit or Loss Remeasurement of Defined Benefit Plans 0.81 16.72 100.95 17.53 201.90 15.44 Income Tax (0.28) (5.79) (35.64) (6.07) (70.64) (5.34) 11 Total Comprehensive Income ( 9+10) 594.55 12 Paidup equity share capital 467.95 956.64 1062.50 1569.28 2955.59 (Face Value Re 1/ each) 2771.95 13 Reserves excluding revaluation reserves 2771.95 2771.95 2771.95 2771.95 2771.95 (as per Balance sheet of previous accounting year) 14 l Earnings Per Share (before extraordinary items) (of Re 1/ each) (not annualised): a) Basic b) Diluted ii Earnings Per Share (after extraordinary Items) (of Re 1/ each) (not annualised): a) Basil: b) Diluted 73289.92 021 0.17 0.35 0.38 0.57 1.07 1 The above financial results were reviewed by the Audit Committee in its meeting held on November 12, 2018 and approved by the Board of Directors at the meeting held on November 12, 2018. 2 Post the applicability of GST with effect from July 1,2017, Sales are required to be disclosed net of GST. Accordingly, the Sales ilgures (or the half year ended September 30, 2018 are not comparable with the previous periods presented in the results. 3 Figures of the previous quarters / periods have been regrouped, wherever necessary. By order of the Board for HBL Power Systems Ltd AJTQmoCLOK Dr.AJ Prasad Chairman & Managing Director For Rae at Kumar

NonCurrent Current NonCurrent Current 449135 ' HEL Power Systems Ltd CINIL40109T61986PLC006745 82601, Read No.10 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad Statement of Assets & Liabilities 034 um; l 5 in lakhs l As at 30 As at 3009 As at 3103 SLNo Particulars 092018 2017 2018 A ASSETS 1 Non CurrentAssets (Unaudited) (Unaudlted) (Audited) (a) Property, Plant and Equipment 33644.57 38045.53 34799.88 {17) Capital Works in Progress 402.07 379.09 386.82 (c) Other intangibieassets 1202.38 1560.99 1511.50 (d) intangible Assets under development 2214.55 2519.97 2214.55 (e) Financial Assets (i) Investments 342.13 841.65 342.13 (ii) Other Financial Assets 3109.18 2748.94 3353.18 {)7 Other Non Current Assets 151.28 154.50 140.20 Subtotal 2 Current Assets Assets 41066.16 46251.67 42748.26 2088.16 (a) Inventories 40071.79 40590.54 36411.46 ([7) Financial Assets (i) investments 2.00 1.31 2.00 (ii) Trade Receivables 37885.39 47498.43 46651.00 (iii) Cash and cash equivalents 364.80 688.65 557.21 (iv) Other Bank Balances 1897.53 2638.48 1297.34 (y) Others 901.01 871.02 1030.09 Current tax 155.61 333.01 {c} assets (net) (d) Other Current Assets 4409.67 5208.65 3535.18 {9) Assets held for sale 1651.18 Subtotal Assets 87339.03 97497.08 91905.45 B TOTAL ASSETS 128405.19 143748.75 134653.71 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 1 Equity (3) Equity Share Capital 2771.95 2771.95 2771.95 lb) Other Equity 73516.93 71903.64 73289.92 Subtotal 2 Non Current Liabilities (a) Financial Liabilities Shareholders' funds 76238.93 74675.59 76061.87 (i) Borrowings 722.40 1694.06 451.52 (b) Provisions 231.75 243.49 201.75 (c) Deferred Tax Liabilities (Net) 1332.67 976.89 1407.67 (d) Other non current liabilities 83.88 167.77 111.85 Subtotal 3 Current Liabilities (a) Financial Liabilities Liabilities 2370.70 3082.21 2172.79 (ii Borrowings 26386.58 36146.01 33819.82 (iii Trade Payabies la] Total outstanding dues of MESE 313.38 461.64 949.47 [b] Total outstanding dues to creditors other than MESE 11670.46 17778.37 11438.58 (iii) Dtherflnancial liabilities 7523.11 5951.62 6585.07 (b) Other Current Liabilities 2403.73 3621.48 2255.85 (c) Provisions 1447.80 1582.48 1370.26 (d) Current Tax Liability (net) Subtotal Liabilities 49745.56 65990.95 56419.05 TOTAL EQUITY AND LlABILlTlES 128405.19 143748.75 134653.71 By order of the Board For HBL Power Systems Ltd A 5217 (35.0de For Rao 81 Kumar Chartered Accountants No. 030895 Dr. AJ Prasad Chairman & Managing Director M.No : 229988

360.53 108 HBL POWER SYSTEMS LTD ClN:L40109T61986PLC006745 Segment~wise Revenue, Results and Capital Employed For the quarter ended September 30, 2018 Bl: (Rs in Lakhs) Quarter ended Half year ended Forthe Vearended 30Sep18 30)un<lB 30Sep17 30>Sep18 30Sep17 31Mar18 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) Segment Revenue Batteries 29304.20 26879.62 32549.14 56183.82 64898.74 133553.89 Electronics 3534.04 1852.09 7620.12 5386.13 8612.43 15077.49 All Other Segments 82.47 1827.16 4216.85 1909.63 6386.14 14206.20 Total 32920.71 30558.87 44386.11 63479.58 79897.31 162337.58 Less: lntersegment Revenue 290.05 140.86 179.38 430.91 331.95 426.32 Sales/Income from Operations 32630.66 30418.01 44206.73 63048.67 79565.36 162411.26 Segment Results Batteries 1724.07 2758.29 3873.46 4482.36 7339.46 12169.29 Electronics (403.48) 35.61 420.65 (372.87) (155.35) 1261.01 All Other Segments (56.82) (102.15) (329.98) (158.97) (52.17) (767.31) Total 1258.77 2691.75 3964.13 3950.52 7131.94 12662.99 Less: i) Interest 701.76 363.53 973.39 1565.34 2063.21 4054.57 ii ) Exceptional Items(incomeVExpense (525.02] (525.01) 410.34 975.77 ii) All Other Segments Expenditure net off 767.32 1625.47 1291.77 2392.79 2682.29 4680.87 iii) All Other Segments income 797.10 498.83 320.41 1295.93 731.34 2271.99 Total Profit Before Tax after Extraordinary Items 1111.81 701.53 1658.85 131334 2701 5223.77 Em Batteries 91301.42 97231.55 99099.84 91301.42 99099.84 92092.36 Electronics 16416.11 14639.69 19125.56 16416.11 19125.56 14866.16 All Other Sagments 20687.66 26528.25 25523.35 20687.66 25523.35 27695.19 128405.19 138399.49 143745.75 128405.19 143748.75 134653.71 Segment Liabilities Batteries 13.96 14683.46 17761.39 13.96 17761.39 13562.29 Electronics 3810.80 1874.11 5184.08 3810.30 5184.08 341497 All Other Segments 33301.50 45104.73 46127.69 33301.50 46127.69 41614.58 Total 52116.26 61662.30 69073.16 52116.26 69073.16 58591.84 Notes 1 (a ) The company's operations include Batteries at different types, Electronics, Railway Signalling contracts etc. The segment revenue, the segments results and the segments assets and liabilities of Batteries and Electronics are considered as reportable segments as prescribed in Ind AS threshold limit, are included In All other segments. Operarting Segments." Other activities, being below the (b) Inter segment revenue is measured at the market price at which the products are sold to external Customers By order ol the Board For HBL Power Systems Ltd Place. Hyderabad Aer. Rex/2&5) Dr. A] Prasad Chairman 8. Managing Director