Press Release LINEAGE POWER PRIVATE LIMITED December 30, 2022 Rating Reaffirmed & Withdrawn and Issuer not co-operating

Product	Quantum (Rs. Cr)	Long Term Rating	Short Term Rating
Bank Loan Ratings	49.50	ACUITE BB+ | Reaffirmed & Withdrawn | Issuer not co-operating*	-
Bank Loan Ratings	25.00	-	ACUITE A4+ | Reaffirmed & Withdrawn | Issuer not co-operating*
Total Outstanding Quantum (Rs. Cr)	0.00	-	-
Total Withdrawn Quantum (Rs. Cr)	74.50	-	-

Rating Rationale

­Acuité has reaffirmed & withdrawn the long term rating of ‘ACUITE BB+’ (read as ACUITE double B plus) and short term rating of ‘ACUITE A4+’ (read as ACUITE A four plus) on the Rs.74.50 crore bank facilities of Lineage Power Private Limited. The rating withdrawal is in accordance with the Acuité’s policy on withdrawal of rating. This rating continues to be an indicative rating and is based on best available information. The rating is being withdrawn on account of request received from the company and NOC received from the banker.

About the Company

­Bangalore based Lineage Power Private Limited was incorporated in 2010 and later acquired by PDIPL in 2014 LPPL is a 79.73-per-cent subsidiary of PDIPL. The directors of the company are Mr. Venugopalrao Maddisetty, Ms. Maddisetty Padma and Mr. Rajiv Maddisetty. LPPL manufactures, supply and installs integrated power management systems in telecom sites. Along with this, the company also undertakes O&M of certain sites. The company was acquired by pace group in 2014 from General Electric.

Non-cooperation by the issuer/borrower:

­Acuité has been requesting for data, information and undertakings from the rated entity for conducting surveillance & review of the rating. However, the issuer/borrower failed to submit such information before the due date. Acuité believes that information risk is a critical component in such ratings, and noncooperation by the issuer along with unwillingness to provide information could be a sign of potential deterioration in its overall credit quality. This rating is therefore being flagged as “Issuer notcooperating”, in line with prevailing SEBI regulations and Acuité’s policies.

Limitation regarding information availability:

­The rating is based on information available from sources other than the issuer / borrower (in the absence of information provided by the issuer / borrower). Acuité endeavored to gather information about the entity / industry from the public domain. Therefore, Acuité cautions lenders and investors regarding the use of such information, on which the indicative credit rating is based.

About the Rated Entity - Key Financials

­The entity has not provided the latest financial statements for Acuite to comment

Rating Sensitivity

­No information provided by the issuer / available for Acuite to comment upon

Material Covenants

­None

Liquidity Position

­No information provided by the issuer / available for Acuite to comment upon

Outlook: ­

­Not Applicable

Other Factors affecting Rating

None

Status of non-cooperation with previous CRA

­None

Key Financials

Acuité is yet to receive the latest No Default Statement (NDS) from the rated entity, despite repeated requests and follow-ups

Applicable Criteria

• Manufacturing Entities: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-59.htm • Default Recognition: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-52.htm • Application Of Financial Ratios And Adjustments: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-53.htm

Note on Complexity Levels of the Rated Instrument

­In order to inform the investors about complexity of instruments, Acuité has categorized such instruments in three levels: Simple, Complex and Highly Complex. Acuite’ s categorisation of the instruments across the three categories is based on factors like variability of the returns to the investors, uncertainty in cash flow patterns, number of counterparties and general understanding of the instrument by the market. It has to be understood that complexity is different from credit risk and even an instrument categorized as 'Simple' can carry high levels of risk. For more details, please refer Rating Criteria “Complexity Level Of Financial Instruments” on www.acuite.in

Rating History

Date Name of Instruments/Facilities Term Amount (Rs. Cr) Rating/Outlook 14 Sep 2022 Letter of Credit Short Term 15.00 ACUITE A4+ (Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating*) Term Loan Long Term 4.50 ACUITE BB+ (Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating*) Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A4+ (Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating*) Cash Credit Long Term 45.00 ACUITE BB+ (Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating*) 25 Jun 2021 Cash Credit Long Term 45.00 ACUITE BBB+ | Stable (Reaffirmed) Proposed Bank Facility Long Term 15.50 ACUITE BBB+ (Withdrawn) Proposed Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Withdrawn) Term Loan Long Term 4.50 ACUITE BBB+ | Stable (Reaffirmed) Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Letter of Credit Short Term 15.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) 10 Jun 2021 Proposed Bank Facility Long Term 15.50 ACUITE BBB+ | Stable (Assigned) Letter of Credit Short Term 15.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Term Loan Long Term 4.50 ACUITE BBB+ | Stable (Assigned) Proposed Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Cash Credit Long Term 45.00 ACUITE BBB+ | Stable (Reaffirmed) 13 Mar 2020 Proposed Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Cash Credit Long Term 45.00 ACUITE BBB+ | Negative (Reaffirmed) Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Proposed Letter of Credit Short Term 35.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) 02 Jan 2019 Proposed Letter of Credit Short Term 15.00 ACUITE A2 (Assigned) Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Proposed Bank Guarantee Short Term 10.00 ACUITE A2 (Reaffirmed) Cash Credit Long Term 45.00 ACUITE BBB+ | Stable (Reaffirmed)

Annexure - Details of instruments rated

Lender’s Name ISIN Facilities Date Of Issuance Coupon Rate Maturity Date Quantum (Rs. Cr.) Complexity Level Rating Canara Bank Not Applicable Bank Guarantee (BLR) Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 10.00 Simple ACUITE A4+ | Reaffirmed & Withdrawn | Issuer not co-operating* Canara Bank Not Applicable Cash Credit Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 45.00 Simple ACUITE BB+ | Reaffirmed & Withdrawn | Issuer not co-operating* Canara Bank Not Applicable Letter of Credit Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 15.00 Simple ACUITE A4+ | Reaffirmed & Withdrawn | Issuer not co-operating* Canara Bank Not Applicable Term Loan Jun 26 2020 8.20 Sep 1 2022 4.50 Simple ACUITE BB+ | Reaffirmed & Withdrawn | Issuer not co-operating*

Contacts

Analytical	Rating Desk
Aditya Gupta Vice President-Rating Operations Tel: 022-49294041 aditya.gupta@acuite.in Vaishnavi Deshpande Analyst-Rating Operations Tel: 022-49294065 vaishnavi.deshpande@acuite.in	Varsha Bist Senior Manager-Rating Operations Tel: 022-49294011 rating.desk@acuite.in

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