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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 20-F



(Mark One)    

o

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

ý

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019

OR

o

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

o

 

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of event requiring this shell company report

 

 

For the transition period from                to        
Commission file number 001-37968



YATRA ONLINE, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

 

Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

1101-03, 11th Floor, Tower-B,
Unitech Cyber Park,
Sector 39, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002,
India
(Address of principal executive offices)

Alok Vaish
Chief Financial Officer
1101-03, 11th Floor, Tower-B,
Unitech Cyber Park,
Sector 39, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002,
India
0124 399 5500
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share   YTRA   Nasdaq Capital Market

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None
(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None
(Title of Class)



Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

As of March 31, 2019, 40,062,828 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 2,392,168 Class A non-voting shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,159,375 Class F shares, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

o  Yes     ý  No

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

o  Yes     ý  No

Note—Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

ý  Yes     o  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

ý  Yes     o  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  o   Accelerated filer  ý   Non-accelerated filer  o   Emerging growth company  ý

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

†The term "new or revised financial accounting standard" refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

US GAAP  o   International Financial Reporting Standards as issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board  ý
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If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

o  Item 17     o  Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

o  Yes     ý  No

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

o  Yes     o  No

   


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PART I

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Item 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

 
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Item 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

 
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Item 3. KEY INFORMATION

 
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Item 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

 
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Item 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

 
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Item 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

 
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Item 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 
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Item 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 
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Item 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING

 
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Item 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 
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Item 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 
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Item 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

 
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PART II

 
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Item 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

 
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Item 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 
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Item 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 
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Item 16. A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 
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PART III

 
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Item 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
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Item 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
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Item 19. EXHIBITS

 
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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT

        In this Annual Report, references to "U.S.," the "United States" or "USA" are to the United States of America, its territories and its possessions. References to "India" are to the Republic of India. References to "$", "US$" and "U.S. Dollars" are to the lawful currency of the United States of America, and references to "Rs." "INR" and "rupee" each refer to the Indian rupee, the official currency of the Republic of India.

        The data provided herein expressed in Indian rupees per U.S. dollar is based on the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Indian rupees as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On March 31, 2019, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Indian rupee expressed in Indian rupees per U.S. dollar was $1.00 = Rs. 69.16. We make no representation that the Indian Rupee amounts represent U.S. dollar amounts or have been, could have been or could be converted into US dollars at such rates or any other rates.

        On December 16, 2016, we converted our preference shares into ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, or Ordinary Shares, and effectuated a reverse 5.4242194-for-one share split of our Ordinary Shares as well as a reverse 5.4242194-for-one adjustment with respect to the number of Ordinary Shares underlying our share options and a corresponding adjustment to the exercise prices of such options. Unless otherwise specifically stated or the context otherwise requires, all share information and per share data included in this Annual Report prior to December 16, 2016 has been presented on a post-share split basis.

        In addition, on December 16, 2016, we completed the business combination, or Business Combination, with Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation, or Terrapin 3, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2016, by and among us, T3 Parent Corp., T3 Merger Sub Corp., Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation, MIHI LLC and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, or the Business Combination Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, Terrapin 3 became our partially owned subsidiary. Terrapin 3 is now known as Yatra USA Corp., or Yatra USA.

        Unless otherwise indicated, our consolidated statement of financial position as of March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 and the related consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2019, included elsewhere in this Annual Report have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB. References to a particular "fiscal year" are to our fiscal year ended March 31 of that year. Our consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2019 reflect our April 1, 2018 adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15 Revenue from Contract with Customers , or IFRS 15, pursuant to which upfront cash incentives, loyalty programs costs for customer inducement and acquisition costs for promoting transactions across various booking platforms, some of which, when incurred, were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs, are now recorded as an offset of revenue. We have adopted the new standard by using the modified retrospective approach and accordingly our financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 have not been retrospectively adjusted. Our fiscal quarters end on June 30, September 30, December 31, and March 31. References to a year other than a "fiscal" year are to the calendar year ended December 31. We refer in various places within this Annual Report to Adjusted Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA (Loss), Adjusted Results from Operations, Adjusted Loss for the Period, Adjusted Basic Loss Per Share and Adjusted Diluted Loss Per Share, which are non-IFRS measures. The presentation of non-IFRS measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS. See "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects."

        In this Annual Report, we rely on and refer to information and statistics regarding the travel service industry and our competitors from market research reports and other publicly available sources.

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We have supplemented such information where necessary with our own internal estimates and information obtained from discussions with our customers, taking into account publicly available information about other industry participants and our management's best view as to information that is not publicly available. While we believe that all such information is reliable, we have not independently verified industry and market data from third-party sources. In addition, while we believe that our internal company research is reliable and the definitions of our industry and market are appropriate, neither our research nor these definitions have been verified by any independent source. Further, while we believe the market opportunity information included in this Annual Report is generally reliable, such information is inherently imprecise. Projections, assumptions and estimates of the future performance of the industry in which we operate and our future performance are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in "Risk Factors." These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by the independent parties and by us. See "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements."

        We operate under a number of trademarks and trade names, including, among others, "Yatra" and "Travelguru." This Annual Report contains references to our trademarks and trade names and to those belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this Annual Report may appear without the ® or TM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies' trademarks, trade names or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        Some of the statements in this Annual Report constitute forward-looking statements that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. You should not place undue reliance on such statements because they are subject to numerous uncertainties and factors relating to our operations, business environment and industry, and our proposed merger, or Merger, with and into EbixCash Travels Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares, or Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Ebix, pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated July 16, 2019, by and among us, Ebix and Merger Sub, or the Merger Agreement, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business strategy. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as "believe," "anticipate," "could," "may," "would," "should," "intend," "plan," "potential," "predict," "will," "expect," "estimate," "project," "positioned," "strategy," "outlook" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections of the Company regarding the Company and its industry, and of the Company and Ebix regarding the Merger. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed in the forward-looking statements. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are the following:

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        Additional key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements includes, but are not limited to, economic, business, competitive, and/or regulatory factors affecting our and Ebix's respective businesses generally, including those set forth herein, especially in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" elsewhere in this Annual Report and in our subsequently filed Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K and other filings we make with the SEC.

        We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, business strategy and financial needs. You are cautioned to consider these and any other factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" elsewhere in this Annual Report. These risks are not exhaustive. These risks could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by forward-looking statements in this Annual Report. Other sections of this Annual Report include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof. New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this Annual Report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In light of these risks and uncertainties, you should keep in mind that any event described in a forward-looking statement made in this Annual Report or elsewhere might not occur.

        In addition, statements that "we believe" and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Annual Report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.


PART I

ITEM 1.    IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

        Not applicable.

ITEM 2.    OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

        Not applicable.

ITEM 3.    KEY INFORMATION

    A.
    Selected Consolidated Financial Data

        The following selected consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss data for fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017 and the selected consolidated statement of financial position data as of March 31, 2019 and 2018 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The selected consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss data for fiscal years 2016 and 2015 and the selected consolidated statement of

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financial position data as of March 31, 2017 and 2016 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report. The selected consolidated statement of financial position data as of March 31, 2015 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that were part of the final prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed on November 21, 2016 but are not included in this Annual Report.

        The financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified by reference to, "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. Effective April 1, 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15, pursuant to which upfront cash incentives, loyalty programs costs for customer inducement and acquisition costs for promoting transactions across various booking platforms, some of which, when incurred, were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs, are now recorded as an offset of revenue. We have adopted the new standard by using the cumulative effect method and, accordingly, the comparative information has not been restated. Our historical results do not necessarily indicate results expected for any future period.

        The translations of Indian rupee amounts to US dollars amounts set forth below are solely for the convenience of the reader and are based on the noon buying rate of in The City of New York for cable transfers of INR 69.16 per $1.00 as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on March 31, 2019. We make no representation that the Indian rupee amounts represent US dollar amounts or have been, could have been or could be converted into US dollars at such rates or any other rates.

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        The following information should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
Consolidated statement of profit or loss and
other comprehensive loss (amounts in
thousands, except per share data and
number of shares)
  2015
INR
  2016
INR
  2017
INR
  2018
INR
  2019
INR
  2019
USD
 

Revenue:

                                     

Air Ticketing

    2,331,028     2,876,688     3,656,976     5,012,931     3,449,265     49,874  

Hotels and Packages

    4,007,138     5,225,136     5,326,414     6,628,236     4,914,420     71,059  

Other services

    14,525     28,885     52,896     105,249     56,419     816  

Other revenue

    175,003     214,524     320,527     502,097     938,476     13,570  

Total revenue

    6,527,694     8,345,234     9,356,813     12,248,513     9,358,580     135,318  

Other income

    53,293     26,662     25,282     90,001     263,785     3,814  

Service cost

    3,140,865     4,164,352     4,179,486     4,930,757     4,282,803     61,926  

Personnel expenses

    1,155,332     1,524,055     2,115,308     2,902,840     2,550,214     36,874  

Marketing and sales promotion expenses

    1,471,126     1,687,541     2,457,242     4,153,920     809,996     11,712  

Other operating expenses

    1,590,188     1,967,162     2,217,887     3,285,530     3,975,805     57,487  

Depreciation and amortisation

    208,939     233,703     275,587     425,600     581,746     8,412  

Results from operations

    (985,463 )   (1,204,917 )   (1,863,415 )   (3,360,133 )   (2,578,199 )   (37,279 )

Share of loss of joint venture

    (11,005 )   (11,802 )   (9,441 )   (10,559 )   (12,772 )   (185 )

Finance income

    93,474     95,072     139,158     91,912     41,310     597  

Finance costs

    (87,578 )   (111,973 )   (149,863 )   (153,056 )   (263,290 )   (3,807 )

Listing and related expense

            (4,242,526 )            

Change in fair value of warrants—gain/(loss)

    85     (3,167 )   230,111     (563,253 )   1,667,193     24,106  

Loss before taxes

    (990,487 )   (1,236,787 )   (5,895,976 )   (3,995,089 )   (1,145,758 )   (16,568 )

Tax (expense) / credits

    42,720     (6,515 )   (40,987 )   (56,887 )   (47,837 )   (692 )

Loss for the period

    (947,767 )   (1,243,302 )   (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )   (17,260 )

Loss attributable to:

                                     

Owners of the Parent Company

    (936,504 )   (1,218,824 )   (5,901,483 )   (3,993,140 )   (1,148,203 )   (16,604 )

Non-controlling interest

    (11,263 )   (24,478 )   (35,480 )   (58,836 )   (45,392 )   (656 )

Loss for the period

    (947,767 )   (1,243,302 )   (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )   (17,260 )

Loss per share

                                     

Basic

    (47.98 )*   (58.10 )*   (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.37 )   (0.38 )

Diluted

    (47.98 )*   (58.10 )*   (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.95 )   (0.39 )

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding used in computing earnings per share

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Basic

    19,518,909 **   20,976,502 **   24,807,122 **   34,301,152     43,543,991     43,543,991  

Diluted

    19,518,909 **   20,976,502 **   24,807,122 **   34,301,152     44,286,393     44,286,393  

*
Includes Ordinary Shares which have been issued on account of conversion of mandatorily convertible Preference Shares (Series A to Series F), and have been used in the calculation of weighted average basic earnings per share.

**
On December 16, 2016, preference shares issued by Yatra Online, Inc. were converted into Ordinary Shares of Yatra Online, Inc. We thereafter effectuated a reverse 5.4242194-for-one share split of our Ordinary Shares as well as a reverse 5.4242194-for-one adjustment with respect to the number of Ordinary Shares underlying our share options. Consequently, the basic and diluted earnings per share for all periods presented are adjusted retrospectively to reflect the share split.

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        The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated statement of financial position as of March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015:

 
  March 31  
Consolidated Statement of financial position data
(amounts in thousands)
  2015
INR
  2016
INR
  2017
INR
  2018
INR
  2019
INR
  2019
USD
 

Trade and other receivables

    1,364,840     1,362,838     1,970,375     3,976,751     4,921,270     71,158  

Term deposits

    777,405     1,024,890     3,027,861     1,012,144     1,029,533     14,886  

Cash and cash equivalents

    234,474     389,664     1,532,629     2,465,073     2,161,014     31,247  

Total assets

    4,680,673     5,354,026     9,574,434     11,616,787     12,551,897     181,491  

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company

    728,206     429,472     3,137,487     (224,918 )   2,359,749     34,120  

Borrowings

    235,985     469,433     44,877     851,829     1,176,405     17,010  

Trade and other payables

    2,106,123     2,267,824     3,148,544     5,049,630     5,268,046     76,172  

Total liabilities

    3,945,715     4,912,968     6,384,865     11,842,066     10,172,727     147,090  

Total equity and liabilities

    4,680,673     5,254,026     9,574,434     11,616,787     12,551,897     181,491  

Other Data:

        The following table sets forth for the periods indicated; certain selected consolidated financial and other data:

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,    
 
 
  2015   2016   2017   2018   2019  

Figures in thousands

                               

Quantitative details*

                               

Air Passengers

    4,207     5,698     6,869     8,875     10,163  

Hotel room nights

    944     1,139     1,383     2,098     2,341  

Holiday packages passengers travelled

    100     130     143     168     134  

Amount in INR thousands except %

                               

Gross Bookings**

                               

Air Ticketing

    40,438,326     49,268,781     57,562,263     79,156,190     97,638,313  

Hotels and Packages

    7,368,475     9,614,004     10,435,643     13,386,288     13,511,914  

Total

    47,806,801     58,882,785     67,997,906     92,542,478     111,150,227  

Adjusted Revenue***

                               

Air Ticketing

    2,331,028     2,876,688     3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152  

Hotels and Packages

    866,273     1,060,785     1,146,928     1,697,479     1,880,123  

Others (Including other income)

    242,821     270,072     398,704     697,347     1,322,738  

Total

    3,440,122     4,207,545     5,202,608     7,407,757     8,911,013  

Net Revenue Margin %****

                               

Air Ticketing

    5.8 %   5.8 %   6.4 %   6.3 %   5.8 %

Hotels and Packages

    11.8 %   11.0 %   11.0 %   12.7 %   13.9 %

*
Quantitative details are considered on Gross basis.

**
Gross Bookings represent the total amount paid by our customers for the travel services and products booked through us, including fees and other charges, and are net of cancellations and refunds.

***
As certain parts of our revenue are recognized on a "net" basis and other parts of our revenue are recognized on a "gross" basis, we evaluate our financial performance based on Adjusted

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    Revenue, which is a non IFRS measure. We believe that Adjusted Revenue provides investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business and more accurately reflects the value addition of the travel services that we provide to our customers. The presentation of this non IFRS information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. Our Adjusted Revenue may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation.

****
Net Revenue Margins are defined as Adjusted Revenue as a percentage of Gross Bookings.
    B.
    Capitalization and Indebtedness

        Not applicable.

    C.
    Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

        Not applicable.

    D.
    Risk Factors

        This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described in the following risk factors and elsewhere in this Annual Report. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could suffer.

Risks Related to the Merger

Failure to consummate the Merger within the expected timeframe or at all could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        On July 16, 2019, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Ebix, and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into us, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix . There can be no assurance that the Merger will be consummated within the expected timeframe or at all. The consummation of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions, including (i) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds of the Yatra shareholders entitled to vote at the extraordinary general meeting, or Yatra Shareholder Approval, (ii) the absence of any law, injunction or order preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Merger, (iii) the declaration of the effectiveness by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, or Form S-4, to be filed with the SEC by Ebix in connection with the registration of the Series Y Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Ebix, or Ebix Preferred Stock, to be issued in connection with the Merger and (iv) the authorization for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, of the shares of Ebix Preferred Stock to be issued in the Merger and such other shares of Ebix Preferred Stock to be reserved for issuance in connection with the Merger. The obligations of each party to consummate the Merger are also conditioned upon (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers), (ii) the absence of any material breach by the other party of any of its covenants or agreements under the Merger Agreement, and (iii) the absence of a material adverse effect with respect to the other party. The obligations of Ebix and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger are further conditioned upon (i) the completion of the Warrant Cancellation, (ii) Ebix's receipt of written acknowledgement from the Company's financial advisor that its fees and expenses due for such services have been paid in full and (iii) other customary closing conditions. There can be no assurance that these and the other conditions to closing will be satisfied in a timely manner or at all.

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        The Merger Agreement also provides that the Merger Agreement may be terminated by us or Ebix under certain circumstances, and in certain specified circumstances upon termination of the Merger Agreement, we will be required to pay Ebix a Termination Fee of $8,160,000. We will also be required to pay Ebix the Expense Reimbursement in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the aggregate in connection with the failure to obtain the Yatra Shareholders Approval. If we are required to make any of these payments, doing so would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        There can be no assurance that a remedy will be available to us in the event of a breach of the Merger Agreement by Ebix or its affiliates or that we will wholly or partially recover for any damages incurred by us in connection with the Merger. A failed transaction may result in negative publicity and a negative impression of us among our users, business partners, investment community and business community generally.

        We could also be subject to other risks if the Merger is not consummated, including:

    the economic, business, competitive, and/or regulatory factors affecting our business generally and potential uncertainty in the marketplace, including those set forth herein, especially in this "Risk Factors" section and in the section entitled "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" elsewhere in this Annual Report;

    the attention of our management may have been diverted to the Merger rather than other strategic opportunities that could have been beneficial to the Company;

    members of our senior management team may seek other employment opportunities, and we may not be able to identify or hire a suitable replacement;

    we may become subject to legal proceedings that may be instituted against us and others relating to the Merger Agreement and/or the Merger;

    we may have limited cash available to fund our operations due to contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement that limit our ability to raise capital while the Merger is pending;

    we may have reduced our level of spending on marketing and sales to levels that may not have occurred or may not have occurred at the same level but for the Merger due to contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement;

    the parties may be liable for damages to one another under the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement;

    we may incur additional unexpected costs, liabilities or delays that may arise in connection with the Merger; and

    we may experience potential disruptions to our business and operations, such as distraction of our employees to pursue other opportunities that could be beneficial to the Company, without the Merger being consummated.

        Further, any disruptions to our business resulting from the announcement and pendency of the Merger, including any adverse changes in our relationships with our business partners, users and employees, could continue or accelerate in the event of a failed transaction. In addition, if the Merger is not completed, and there are no other parties willing and able to acquire us at a price comparable to that contemplated by the Merger, on terms acceptable to us, the price of our Ordinary Shares will likely decline to the extent that the current market price of our Ordinary Shares reflects an assumption that the Merger will be completed. Also, we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs, expenses and fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with the Merger,

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for which we will have received little or no benefit if the Merger is not completed. These fees and costs will be payable by us even if the Merger is not completed.

The Merger may be completed even though certain events occur prior to the closing that materially and adversely affect us or Ebix.

        The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for Ebix and Yatra, including, among others, the right of either party to terminate the Merger Agreement if (i) the Merger has not been consummated on or prior to April 12, 2020, which we refer to as Outside Date, (ii) any court or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has issued an order or taken any other actions permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger, and such order or other action has become final and nonappealable, (iii) the Yatra Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of adopting the Merger Agreement, (iv) the other party breaches its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that results in the failure of the related closing condition to be satisfied (subject to a cure period in certain circumstances) or (v) the occurrence of a material adverse effect on the other party's business. However, certain types of changes do not permit either party to refuse to complete the Merger, even if such change could be said to have a material adverse effect on us or Ebix. If any such material adverse change occurs and we and Ebix still complete the Merger, the market price of the combined organization's common stock may suffer. This in turn may reduce the value of the Merger to our shareholders.

The Exchange Ratio (as defined herein) is fixed and is not adjustable based on the market price of our Ordinary Shares, so the merger consideration at the closing of the Merger may have a greater or lesser value than at the time the Merger Agreement was signed.

        The Merger Agreement establishes the Exchange Ratio for our outstanding Ordinary Shares, our Class A Non-Voting Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, or Class A Shares, Class F Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, or Class F Shares, our options and our restricted stock units, the Class F common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Yatra USA, or Yatra USA Class F Shares, and certain equity shares, par value 10 Indian rupees per share, of Yatra India, or Yatra India Shares, and also establishes the amount that will be offered to certain of our warrant holders in connection with the Merger as follows:

    All of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, Class A Shares and Yatra USA Class F Shares, will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.005, or Exchange Ratio, of a share of Ebix Preferred Stock;

    Each Class F Share that is issued and outstanding will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.00000005 of a share of Ebix Preferred Stock;

    Each Yatra India Share that is issued and outstanding will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a specified number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Merger Agreement;

    Each option to purchase Ordinary Shares, whether vested or unvested, will be canceled and converted as of immediately prior to the Effective Time into the right to receive in respect of each Net Option Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement), if any, subject to such option, the merger consideration that would be received for one Ordinary Share;

    Each of our restricted stock units, whether vested or unvested, will be cancelled and converted as of immediately prior to the Effective Time into the right to receive the merger consideration due an Ordinary Share; and

    Each Yatra Warrant, to the extent not cancelled in the Warrant Cancellation, will be assumed by Ebix and become, as of the Effective Time, an option to purchase, on the same terms and

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      conditions (including applicable vesting, exercise and expiration provisions) as applied to each such Yatra Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, such option an Assumed Warrant, except that (A) the number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, subject to such Assumed Warrant will be equal to the product of (x) the number of Ordinary Shares that were subject to such Yatra Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio, and (B) the per-share exercise price will be equal to the quotient of (1) the exercise price per Ordinary Share at which such Yatra Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio.

        Each share of Ebix Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into 20 shares of common stock of Ebix.

        Any changes in the market price of our Ordinary Shares before the completion of the Merger will not affect the number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock issuable to holders of our and certain of our subsidiaries' capital stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Therefore, if before the completion of the Merger the market price of our Ordinary Shares increases from the market price of our Ordinary Shares on the date of the Merger Agreement, then our shareholders could receive merger consideration with substantially less value than the value of such merger consideration on the date of the Merger Agreement. Similarly, if before the completion of the Merger the market price of our Ordinary Shares declines from the market price on the date of the Merger Agreement, then our shareholders could receive merger consideration with greater value than the value of such merger consideration on the date of the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement does not include a price-based termination right. Because the Exchange Ratio does not adjust as a result of changes in the market price of our Ordinary Shares, for each one percentage point change in the market price of our common stock, there is a corresponding one percentage point rise or decline, in the relative value of the total merger consideration payable to our shareholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

The announcement and pendency of the Merger could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, or business prospects.

        The announcement and pendency of the Merger could disrupt our businesses in the following ways, among others:

    our ability to maintain our relationships with customers, strategic partners, suppliers, regulatory authorities, lenders and others with whom we do business may be negatively impacted and such parties may seek to terminate and/or renegotiate their relationships with us as a result of the Merger, whether pursuant to the terms of their existing agreements with us or otherwise;

    contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement will limit our ability to take certain significant actions, including, without limitation, our ability to make acquisitions or engage in discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding acquisitions of Yatra;

    we may have limited cash available to fund our operations due to contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement that limit our ability to raise capital while the Merger is pending;

    we may be required to reduce our level of spending on marketing and sales to levels that may not have occurred at the same level but for the Merger due to contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement;

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    the attention of our management may be directed towards the completion of the Merger and related matters and may be diverted from the day-to-day business operations of the Company, including from other opportunities that might otherwise be beneficial to us.

        Any of these matters could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, or business prospects.

The Merger Agreement contains restrictive covenants that, during the pendency of the Merger, will limit our ability to respond to changes in market conditions or pursue business opportunities, which could adversely affect our business.

        The covenants in the Merger Agreement contain certain contractual restrictions on the conduct of our business that limit our ability to take certain significant actions during the period prior to the consummation of the Merger, absent consent from Ebix. These covenants include, without limitation, restrictions that will impede our ability to make acquisitions, to issue shares of our share capital or any share of capital stock of our subsidiaries, make certain capital expenditures, raise financing in excess of the thresholds in the Merger Agreement or to complete certain other transactions that are not in the ordinary course of business, pending completion of the Merger. Although the Merger Agreement provides that Ebix will not unreasonably withhold its consent, there can be no assurances that it will grant such consent when and if requested. In addition, while the Merger Agreement is in effect, we are subject to certain non-solicitation obligations relating to acquisition proposals that may prevent us from entering into alternative acquisition transactions with third parties, subject to certain exceptions relating to fiduciary duties. Any such transactions could be favorable to our shareholders. These contractual restrictions may materially adversely affect our ability to react to changes in market conditions, take advantage of business opportunities, fund capital expenditures, or raise capital, any of which could have a material and adverse effect on the prospects of our business, which could be detrimental to our shareholders in the event the Merger is not completed. These restrictions may affect our ability to grow our business and take advantage of market and business opportunities or to raise additional debt or equity capital. As a result, if the Merger is not completed, we may be at a disadvantage to our competitors during such period.

Provisions of the Merger Agreement may discourage third parties from submitting alternative acquisition proposals, including proposals that may be superior to the Merger.

        The terms of the Merger Agreement impose certain non-solicitation obligations on us relating to acquisition proposals. Subject to certain exceptions, the terms of the Merger Agreement prohibit us from providing non-public information to, or engaging in discussions or negotiations with, third parties regarding acquisition proposals, except in limited circumstances when our board of directors determines in good faith that an unsolicited alternative takeover proposal constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a superior acquisition proposal, and that failure to pursue such proposal would be considered a breach of the board's fiduciary duties. Further, Ebix generally has a right to match any competing acquisition proposals that may be made. If we terminate the Merger Agreement because we enter into an alternative superior transaction, we would be required to pay the Termination Fee to Ebix. Such Termination Fee may discourage third parties from submitting alternative takeover proposals to us and may cause the board of directors to be less inclined to recommend an alternative proposal.

Failure to attract and retain skilled personnel, including a replacement Chief Financial Officer, in the event that we do not consummate the Merger could materially and adversely affect us.

        We are a small company, and our success depends in part on the continued service of our senior corporate management and other key employees, and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional personnel as needed. Our current Chief Financial Officer has advised us of his intention to resign from his position effective mid-October 2019. In the event that we do not consummate the Merger, the

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departure of our Chief Financial Officer and any subsequent failure to identify and hire a successor could seriously harm our business.

        Our industry is characterized by high demand and intense competition for talent. In the event that we do not consummate the Merger, we may not be able to continue to attract and retain the senior corporate management and other key employees necessary for our growth and development. The loss of one or more of such employees in the foreseeable future could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We have a history of operating losses.

        We have a history of losses and may continue to incur operating and net losses for the foreseeable future. Yatra's net losses were INR 1,193.6 million for fiscal year 2019 as compared to a loss of INR 4,052.0 million in fiscal year 2018 and a loss of INR 5,937.0 million in fiscal year 2017. If our revenues grow slower than anticipated, or if our operating expenses exceed expectations, then we may not be able to achieve profitability in the near future or at all, which may depress the price of our Ordinary Shares.

The Indian travel industry is highly competitive and we may not be able to effectively compete in the future.

        The Indian travel industry is highly competitive. Our success depends upon our ability to compete effectively against numerous established and emerging competitors, including other online travel agencies, or OTAs, traditional offline travel companies, travel research companies, payment wallets, search engines and meta-search companies, both in India and abroad, such as Agoda Company Pte. Ltd., Akbar Travels, Amazon India , Booking.com B.V., Cleartrip Pvt. Ltd., Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Expedia Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd., Easy Trip Planners Ltd, Flipkart Pvt. Ltd., Le Travenues Technology Pvt. Ltd. India, MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt. Ltd. (including Ibibo Group), One97 Communications Limited, Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd., Riya Travel and Tours (India) Private Limited and in each case including their affiliated and group entities. Our competitors may have significantly greater financial, marketing, personnel and other resources than we have. Factors affecting our competitive success include price, availability of travel products, ability to package travel products across multiple suppliers, brand recognition, customer service and customer care, fees charged to customers, ease of use, accessibility, reliability and innovation. If we are not able to compete effectively against our competitors, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        Large, established Internet search engines with a global presence and meta-search companies who can aggregate travel search results compete against us for customers. Certain of our competitors have launched brand marketing campaigns to increase their visibility with customers. Some of our competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing, personnel and other resources than we do and certain of our competitors have a longer history of established businesses and reputations in the Indian travel market as compared with us. Some meta-search sites, including TripAdvisor, Trivago and Kayak, offer the users an ability to make reservations directly on their websites, which may reduce the amount of traffic and transactions available to us through referrals from these sites. If additional meta-search sites begin to offer the ability to make reservations directly, that will further affect our ability to generate traffic to our sites. From time to time, we may be required to reduce service fees and Net Revenue Margins in order to compete effectively and maintain or gain market share.

        We may also face increased competition from new entrants in our industry. The travel industry is extremely dynamic and new channels of distribution in the travel industry may negatively affect our market share. Additional sources of competition include large companies that offer online travel services as one part of their business model, such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, as well as "daily deal" websites, such as Groupon, Inc.'s Getaways, or peer-to-peer inventory sources, such as

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Airbnb Inc., HomeAway.com, Inc. and Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd., which provide home and apartment rentals as an alternative to hotel rooms. The growth of peer-to-peer inventory sources could affect the demand for our services in facilitating reservations at hotels. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully compete against existing or new competitors in our existing lines of business as well as new lines of business into which we may venture. If we are not able to compete effectively, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        In addition, many airlines, hotels, car rental companies and tour operators have call centers and have established their own travel distribution websites and mobile applications. Suppliers may offer advantages for customers to book directly, such as member-only fares, bonus miles or loyalty points, which could make their offerings more attractive to customers. Some low-cost airlines distribute their online supply exclusively through their own websites and other airlines have stopped providing inventory to certain online channels and attempt to drive customers to book directly on their websites by eliminating or limiting sales of certain airline tickets through third-party distributors. Additionally, airline suppliers are increasingly promoting hotel supply on their websites in connection with airline tickets. If we are unable to compete effectively with travel supplier-related channels or other competitors, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        We also face increasing competition from search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo!. Search engines have grown in popularity and may offer comprehensive travel planning or shopping capabilities, which may drive more traffic directly to the websites of our suppliers or competitors. Google has increased its focus on appealing to travel customers through its launches of Google Places, Google Flights and Google Hotel Price Ads. Google's efforts around these products, as well as possible future developments, may change or undermine our ability to obtain prominent placement in paid or unpaid search results at a reasonable cost or at all.

        There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete successfully against any current and future competitors or on emerging platforms or provide differentiated products and services to our customer base. Increasing competition from current and emerging competitors, the introduction of new technologies and the continued expansion of existing technologies, such as meta-search and other search engine technologies, may force us to make changes to our business models, which could affect our financial condition and results of operations. Increased competition has resulted in and may continue to result in reduced margins, as well as loss of customers, transactions and brand recognition.

The slowdown in Indian economic growth and other declines or disruptions in the Indian economy in general and travel industry in particular could adversely affect our business and financial performance.

        Substantially all of our operations are located in India and, therefore, our financial performance and growth are necessarily dependent on economic conditions prevalent in India. The Indian economy may be materially and adversely affected by political instability or regional conflicts, a general rise in interest rates, inflation, taxation, adverse movement in foreign exchange rates and adverse economic conditions occurring elsewhere in the world, such as a slowdown in economic growth in China, global trade wars, the repercussions from the June 2016 United Kingdom referendum to withdraw from the European Union and other matters. The Indian economy has recently experienced a slowdown in its economic growth. The Indian economy could be further adversely impacted by inflationary pressures, any increase or volatility in oil prices, currency depreciation, the poor performance of its large agricultural and manufacturing sectors, trade deficits, initiatives by the Indian government towards demonetization of certain Indian currency in 2016, the Indian government's implementation of a comprehensive nationwide goods and services tax, or GST regime, increases in tax rates, a slowdown in lending environment, trade wars with the US and other countries, terrorist attacks, regional conflicts, natural calamities or other catastrophic events and other factors. India also faces major challenges in sustaining its growth, which include the need for substantial infrastructure development and improving access to healthcare and education.

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        In the past, economic slowdowns in the Indian economy may have harmed the travel industry as customers had less disposable income for their travels, especially holiday travel. If there is a slowdown in the India's economic growth, it will likely have a material adverse effect on the demand for the travel products we sell and, as a result, on our financial condition and results of operations.

        If the growth in the Indian travel industry cannot be sustained or the Indian economy as a whole continues to experience a slowdown in growth, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

We are exposed to risks associated with Indian businesses, particularly those in the Indian travel industry, including bankruptcies, restructurings, consolidations and alliances of its partners, the credit worthiness of these partners, and the possible obligation to make payments to our partners.

        We do nearly all of our business with a wide variety of travel-related companies based in India, including airlines, large hotel chains and others. We are exposed to risks associated with these Indian businesses, including bankruptcies, restructurings, consolidations and alliances of its partners, the credit worthiness of these partners, and the possible obligation to make payments to our partners. For example, the Indian airline industry in recent years has experienced significant losses and has undergone bankruptcies, restructurings, consolidations and other similar events. Jet Airways, one of the largest private airlines in the India, has recently ceased operations and subsequently been referred to insolvency proceedings, which has reduced the number of domestic and international flights available to us and negatively impacted our revenue. The insolvency proceedings of Jet Airways may make doubtful the recovery of our receivables from the airline, such as commissions, productivity linked bonus, tax collected at source and refunds for cancelled tickets. The Jet Airways bankruptcy has created, and any future bankruptcies or increased consolidation could create, challenges for our relationships with airlines, including by reducing the profitability of our airline ticketing business.

Jet Airways, prior to its cessation of operations, and Air India have recently moved to a single GDS service provider platform; there can be no assurance that other airline suppliers will not institute similar measures.

        As a cost-savings measure, Jet Airways, prior to its cessation of operations, and Air India, have recently discontinued providing domestic reservation inventory to multiple GDS platforms. Air India now uses two GDS providers for its entire domestic inventory and, beginning in 2020, is expected to reduce that number further to just one exclusive GDS provider for its domestic inventory. As a result of these changes, which we refer to as Reservation Content Movement, our access to ticket inventory through the GDS providers we use and the incentives we receive from such GDS providers for Jet Airways and Air Indian ticketing have decreased. Further, due to Reservation Content Movement, we have experienced a shortfall in our Air Ticketing revenue of approximately INR 65.2 million for the fiscal year 2019. We are in the process of renegotiating our existing GDS contracts and there can be no assurance that we will be able to conclude them on favorable terms or at all. There can be no assurance that other major partners will not institute such cost-savings measures, or other measures that would further reduce the ticket inventory available to us. Any such measures by major partners could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The commission and other fees we receive from airline suppliers (including our GDS service providers) for the sale of air tickets may be reduced or eliminated, and this could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

        In our Air Ticketing business, we generate revenue through commissions and incentive payments from airline suppliers, service fees charged to our customers and fees from our GDS service providers. We have recently experienced a reduction in the commissions and incentive payments we receive from our airline suppliers and the fees we are able to generate through our GDS service providers. The fees we are able to generate from our GDS service providers have recently been reduced due to Jet

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Airways' cessation of operations and Reservation Content Movement, which have led to a decrease in our volume of sales transacted on the GDS platforms. As a result, our ability to meet the minimum sales volume thresholds required by our GDS service providers in order to generate revenue have been negatively impacted. We are in the process of renegotiating our existing GDS contracts and there can be no assurance that we will be able to conclude them on favorable terms or at all. To the extent that, in the future, the commissions or incentive payments our airline suppliers pay to us or the fees we generate through our GDS service providers are further reduced or eliminated, our revenue may be further reduced unless we are able to adequately mitigate such reduction by increasing the service fees we charge to our customers in a sustainable manner. Any increase in service fees, to mitigate reductions in or elimination of commissions or otherwise, may also result in a loss of potential customers. Further, our arrangements with the airlines that supply air tickets to us may limit the amount of service fees that we are able to charge our customers. Our business would also be negatively impacted if competition or regulation in the travel industry causes us to reduce or eliminate our service fees.

We depend on a small number of airline suppliers in India for a significant percentage of our Air Ticketing revenue.

        Our growth strategy is heavily dependent on the continued expansion of our Air Ticketing business and our airline supplier relationships. We currently provide our customers with access to seven domestic airlines as well as over 400 international airlines; however, a substantial portion of our Air Ticketing revenue is represented by four domestic airlines. Because the majority of the domestic Indian air travel industry is concentrated among these four domestic airlines, any adverse market developments across the Indian commercial aviation landscape, particularly among the most dominant domestic airlines (the largest Indian airline has nearly 50% of the domestic market share as of June 2019), are more likely to impact our business. Our dependence on a limited number of domestic airlines means that the recent reductions or eliminations in base commissions and incentive payments by these airlines have had, and any further reductions or eliminations in such commissions and payments could have, a material adverse effect on our revenue. Our reliance on a limited number of Indian airlines exposes us to the risks associated with the domestic airline industry, such as rising fuel costs, high taxes, currency depreciation and liquidity constraints. In addition, our reliance on these airlines increases their bargaining power in price and contract negotiations, and further consolidation of domestic airline suppliers may exacerbate these trends. If one or all of these domestic airlines exert significant price and margin pressure on us, it could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business depends on our relationships with a broad range of travel suppliers, and any adverse changes in these relationships, or our inability to enter into new relationships, could negatively affect our business and results of operations.

        We rely significantly on our relationships with airlines, hotels, railways, bus lines, activity vendors, GDS service providers and other travel suppliers to enable us to offer our customers comprehensive access to travel services and products. Adverse changes in any of our relationships with travel suppliers, or the inability to enter into new relationships with travel suppliers, could reduce the amount of inventory that we may be able to offer. Our arrangements with travel suppliers are not typically subject to long-term commitments and may not remain in effect on current or similar terms, and the net impact of future pricing options may adversely impact our revenue. Travel suppliers are increasingly focused on driving online demand to their own websites and may cease to supply us with the same level of access to travel inventory in the future.

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or a supplier's complete withdrawal of inventory, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Furthermore, no assurance can be given that our travel suppliers will not further reduce or eliminate fees or commissions or attempt to charge us for content, terminate our contracts, make their products or services unavailable to us as part of exclusive arrangements with our competitors or default on or dispute their payment or other obligations towards us, any of which could reduce our revenue and Net Revenue Margins or may require us to initiate legal or arbitration proceedings to enforce their contractual payment obligations, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The travel industry is particularly sensitive to safety concerns, and terrorist attacks, regional conflicts, health concerns, natural calamities or other catastrophic events could have a negative impact on the Indian travel industry and cause our business to suffer.

        The travel industry is particularly sensitive to safety concerns, such as terrorist attacks, regional conflicts, health concerns, natural calamities or other catastrophic events. Our business has in the past declined and may in the future decline after incidents, such as those described below, that cause travelers to be concerned about their safety. Decreased travel expenditures could reduce the demand for our services, thereby causing a reduction in revenue.

        India has experienced terror attacks in the past, including the coordinated attacks in 2008 in multiple locations in Mumbai and a terrorist attack on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, and may experience similar attacks in the future. In recent years, hotels, airlines, airports and cruises have been the targets of terrorist attacks, including in the Gulf of Aden, India, Spain, Egypt, Russia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, France, United Kingdom and Belgium. As many terrorist attacks tend to be focused on tourists or tourist destinations, such acts, even those outside of India or other neighboring countries, may result in a decline in the travel industry and adversely impact our business and prospects.

        In addition, South Asia has, from time to time, experienced instances of civil unrest and hostilities among neighboring countries, including between India and Pakistan. There have also been incidents in and near India such as troop mobilizations along the border and terrorist attacks. Such military activity or other adverse social and political events in India in the future could adversely affect the Indian economy by disrupting communications and making travel more difficult. Resulting political tensions could create a greater perception that investments in Indian companies or travel to affected regions involve a high degree of risk and could have an adverse impact on our business and the price of our Ordinary Shares. Recently the air space ban over Pakistan for flights from or to India has significantly increased flight times and ticket costs. Furthermore, if India were to become engaged in armed hostilities, we may not be able to continue our operations. The occurrence of any of these events may result in a loss of business confidence and have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

        The outbreak of severe illnesses, such as the Ebola virus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, malaria, H1N1 influenza virus, avian flu and the Zika virus, could materially affect the travel industry, reduce our revenues and adversely impact travel behavior, particularly if they were to persist for an extended period.

        India has experienced natural calamities such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and drought in past years. For example, the state of Kerala in southern India, the states of Assam, Bihar and West Bengal in eastern India, the states of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India, and the state of Maharashtra in western India have each experienced widespread flooding in the current and past few years. Further, tropical cyclones have struck southern and eastern India in the current and past few years, resulting in torrential rains and heavy flooding. The extent and severity of these natural disasters determines their impact on the Indian economy. Substantially all of our operations and employees are located in India and there can be no assurance that we will not be affected by natural disasters, epidemics or

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disruptions in the future. Furthermore, if any of these natural disasters occur in tourist destinations in India, travel to and within India could be adversely affected, which could have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

        The occurrence of any of these events could result in changes to customers' travel plans and related costs and lost revenue for our company, as well as the risk of a prolonged and substantial decrease in travel volume, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business and financial results are subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

        Given the nature of our business, any fluctuation in the value of the Indian rupee against the U.S. dollar, Euro, British pound sterling or other major currencies will affect customers' travel behavior and, therefore, will have an impact on our results of operations. For example, in fiscal year 2019, the drop in the average value of the Indian rupee as compared to the U.S. dollar adversely impacted the Indian travel industry as it made outbound travel for Indian consumers more expensive. In addition, our exposure to foreign currency risk also arises in respect of our non-Indian rupee-denominated trade and other receivables, trade and other payables, and cash and cash equivalents. We currently do not have any hedging agreements or similar arrangements with any counter-party to cover our exposure to any fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.

We have limited experience operating as a public company, and fulfilling our obligations as a U.S. reporting company may be expensive and time consuming.

        As a U.S. reporting company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses. Prior to becoming a U.S. reporting company, we had not previously been required to prepare or file periodic and other reports with the SEC or to comply with the other requirements of U.S. federal securities laws applicable to public companies. We have not previously been required to establish and maintain disclosure controls and procedures such as Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, or Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and internal controls over financial reporting applicable to a public company with securities registered in the United States. Compliance with reporting and corporate governance obligations from which foreign private issuers are not exempt may require members of our management and our finance and accounting staff to divert time and resources from other responsibilities to ensuring these additional regulatory requirements are fulfilled and may increase our legal, insurance and financial compliance costs. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs. In addition, as our current Chief Financial Officer has advised us of his intention to resign from his position, we will face the additional challenge of seeking an appropriate replacement for his position while also meeting our compliance and financial reporting obligations as a public company in his absence. If we fail to comply with any significant rule or requirement associated with being a public company, such failure could result in the loss of investor confidence and could harm our reputation and cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to decline.

If we fail to establish and maintain proper and effective internal controls over financial reporting, our results of operations and our ability to operate our business may be harmed.

        We are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires, among other things, that we establish and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. Under the SEC's current rules, starting in fiscal year 2018 we have been required to perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal controls over financial reporting to allow management to assess the effectiveness of our internal controls. However, our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act until the filing of our Annual Report on Form 20-F following the date on which we are no longer an emerging growth company.

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        Our testing may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls that are deemed to be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and render our internal controls over financial reporting ineffective. We expect to incur additional accounting and auditing expenses and to spend significant management time in complying with these requirements. If we are not able to comply with these requirements in a timely manner, or if we or our management identifies material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting when required, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our Ordinary Shares may decline, and we may be subject to investigations or sanctions by the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or other regulatory authorities. In addition, we may be required to expend significant management time and financial resources to correct any material weaknesses that may be identified or to respond to any regulatory investigations or proceedings.

We rely on third-party systems and service providers, and any disruption or adverse change in their business may have a material adverse effect on our business.

        We currently rely on a variety of third-party systems, service providers and software companies, including the GDS and other electronic central reservation systems used by airlines, various offline and online channel managing systems and reservation systems used by hotels and accommodation suppliers and aggregators, systems used by Indian Railways, and systems used by bus and car operators and aggregators, as well as other technologies used by payment gateway providers. In particular, we rely on third parties to:

    assist in conducting searches for airfares and process air ticket bookings;

    process hotel reservations;

    process credit card, debit card, net banking, Unified Payment Interfaces and e-wallet payments;

    provide computer infrastructure critical to our business; and

    provide customer relationship management, or CRM, software services.

        These third parties are subject to general business risks, including system downtime, cybersecurity breaches, fraudulent access, natural disasters, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, human error or other causes leading to unexpected business interruptions. Any interruption in these or other third-party services or deterioration in their performance could impair the quality of our service. For example, technical glitches in third-party systems may result in the information provided by us to our customers, such as the availability of hotel rooms on a central reservations system of a hotel supplier, to not be accurate, and we may incur monetary and/or reputational loss as a result. Furthermore, if our arrangements with any of these third parties are suspended, terminated or no longer available on commercially acceptable terms, we may not be able to find an alternate source of support on a timely basis and on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.

        Our success is also dependent on our ability to maintain our relationships with these third-party systems and service providers, including our technology partners. In the event our arrangements with any of these third parties are impaired or terminated, we may not be able to find an alternative source of systems support on a timely basis or on commercially reasonable terms, which could result in significant additional costs or disruptions to our business.

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During the fiscal year 2019, we closed our physical retail sales locations, which could materially adversely impact our revenues from holiday packages sales and our results of operations.

        We have closed our physical retail sales locations as part of our strategy to cut costs and improve profitability. We have already experienced some decrease in sales of holiday packages due to the closing of our retail sales locations and, if we are unable to realize the anticipated benefits from our efforts to improve profitability, a continued loss of sales revenue due to the lack of physical retail locations could materially adversely impact our holiday packages business and our results of operations.

We may not be able to adequately control and ensure the quality of travel products and services sourced from our travel suppliers. If there is any deterioration in the quality of their performance, our customers may seek damages from us and not continue using our online platform.

        As we increase the number of third-party services available through our platform, we may not be able to adequately monitor or assure the quality of these services, and increases in customer dissatisfaction may adversely impact our business.

        In 2015, we launched a marketplace platform that enables us to sell our own inventory and the inventory of third-party vendors to provide travelers a wider selection of products and services on a single platform. This platform allows third-party suppliers or travel services to manage and sell products and services on yatra.com directly to consumers. We may not be able to adequately monitor these third-party vendors to ensure that they provide high-quality travel products and services to our customers on a consistent basis. Certain travel service providers may lack adequate quality control for their travel products and customer service. Similarly, we cannot ensure that every travel service provider has obtained, and duly maintained, all of the licenses and permits required for it to provide travel products to consumers.

        The actions that we take to monitor and enhance the performance of our travel suppliers may be inadequate to timely discover these quality issues. There may be customer complaints and litigation against us due to our travel suppliers' failure to provide satisfactory travel products or services. If our travelers are dissatisfied with the travel products and services provided by third-party vendors they find through our marketplace platform, they may reduce their use of, or completely forgo, our marketplace platform as well as our core platform, including our mobile apps. They may also demand refunds of their payments to us or claim compensation from us for damages suffered as a result of our travel suppliers' performance or misconduct. Increases in customer dissatisfaction with third-party vendors could damage our brand, reduce our traffic and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Failure to maintain the quality of customer services could harm our reputation and our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers, which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Our business is significantly affected by the overall size of our customer base, which in turn is determined by, among other factors, their experience with our customer services. As such, the quality of customer services is critical to retaining our existing customers and attracting new customers. If we fail to provide quality customer services, our customers may be less inclined to book travel products and services with us or recommend us to new customers, and may switch to our competitors. Failure to maintain the quality of customer services could harm our reputation and our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers, which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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During the fiscal year 2019, we entered into outsourcing agreements with third parties for certain call center services for certain of our business operations. Any disruption, interruption or deterioration in the services provided by these third parties may have an adverse effect on our business.

        We have recently entered into outsourcing agreements with third parties to provide call center services to our business. If these third parties are unable to perform to our standards or to provide the level of customer service expected by our clients, our reputation could suffer, which could potentially result in a loss of clients, and we may be forced to pursue alternatives to such third parties, which could potentially result in delays, interruptions or additional expenses. In addition, our third-party service providers are subject to general business risks, including system downtime, hacker attack, fraudulent access, natural disaster, human error or other causes leading to unexpected business interruptions. Any deterioration in our call center service and any delays, interruptions or expenses we experience as a result of having third parties provide our call center services could have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations.

Any failure to maintain the quality of our brand and reputation could have a material adverse effect on our business.

        We have invested considerable time and resources in developing and promoting our "Yatra" brand. We expect to continue to spend on maintaining the high quality of our brand in order to compete against a large and growing number of competitors. We also believe that the strength of our brand is one of our key assets that will allow us to expand into new geographies, such as Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India, where our brand is not as well known. These efforts may not be successful and, even if we are successful in our branding efforts, such efforts may not be cost-effective. If we are unable to maintain or enhance consumer awareness of our brands or generate demand in a cost-effective manner, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial performance.

        In addition, we receive significant media coverage in India and other geographic markets. We could receive unfavorable publicity regarding, for example, our practices relating to personnel, business, operating, accounting, prospects, business ethics, privacy and data protection, product changes, competitive pressures, the accuracy of user-generated content, product quality, litigation or regulatory activity. Such allegations could adversely affect our reputation with our users and advertisers. Such allegations, directly or indirectly against us, may be posted in internet chat-rooms or on blogs or any website by anyone, and may even be posted on an anonymous basis. We may be required to spend significant time and incur substantial costs in response to such allegations or other detrimental conduct, and there is no assurance that we will be able to conclusively refute each of them within a reasonable period of time, or at all. Such potential negative publicity also could have an adverse effect on the size, engagement and loyalty of our user base and result in decreased revenue, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We are exposed to the proceedings or claims arising from travel-related accidents or customer misconducts during their travels, the occurrence of which may be beyond our control.

        Accidents are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among tourists. We are exposed to risks of our customers' claims arising from or relating to travel-related accidents. As we enter into transactions with our customers directly, our customers typically take actions against us for the damages they suffer during their travels. However, such accidents may result from the negligence or misconduct of our travel suppliers or other service providers, over which we have no or limited control. See also "—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We may not be able to adequately control and ensure the quality of travel products and services sourced from our travel suppliers. If there is any deterioration in the quality of their performance, our customers may seek damages from us and not continue using our online platform." However, there is no assurance that such insurance or indemnification will be sufficient to cover all of our losses. In addition, some of the travel-related

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accidents result from adventure activities undertaken by our customers during their travels, such as scuba diving, white water rafting, wind surfing and skiing. Furthermore, we may be affected by our customer misconduct during their travels, over which we have no or limited control. However, such accidents and misconduct, even if not resulting from our or our travel suppliers' negligence or misconduct, could create a public perception that we are less reliable than our competitors, which would harm our reputation, and could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We may be subject to legal or administrative proceedings regarding our travel products and services, information provided on our online platform or other aspects of our business operations, which may be time-consuming to defend and affect our reputation.

        From time to time, we have become and may in the future become a party to various legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, including breach of contract claims, anti-competition claims and other matters. Such proceedings are inherently uncertain and their results cannot be predicted with certainty. Regardless of the outcome and merit of such proceedings, any such legal action could have an adverse impact on our business because of defense costs, negative publicity, diversion of management's attention and other factors. In addition, it is possible that an unfavorable outcome of one or more legal or administrative proceedings, whether in India or in another jurisdiction, could materially and adversely affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows in a particular period or damage our reputation. In addition, our online platform contains information about our travel products and services, vacation destinations and other travel-related topics. It is possible that if any content accessible on our online platform contains errors or false or misleading information, our customers may take actions against us.

We rely on assumptions and estimates to calculate certain of our key metrics, and real or perceived inaccuracies in such metrics may harm our reputation and negatively affect our business.

        We believe that certain metrics are key to our business, including travel expenditures, customers, repeat customers, total transaction volume, gross bookings, customer traffic, monthly visitors, app downloads, number of travel agents and bookings. As the industry in which we operate continues to evolve, the metrics by which we evaluate our business may change over time. While these numbers are based on what we believe to be reasonable estimates, our internal tools have a number of limitations and our methodologies for tracking these metrics may change over time. For example, a single person may have multiple accounts or browse the Internet on multiple browsers or devices, some users may restrict our ability to accurately identify them across visits, some mobile applications automatically contact our servers for regular updates with no user action, and we are not always able to capture user information on all of our platforms. As such, the calculations of our traffic and monthly visitors may not accurately reflect the number of people actually visiting our platforms. Also, if the internal tools we use to track these metrics under-count or over-count performance or contain algorithmic or other technical errors, the data and/or reports we generate may not be accurate. In addition, historically, certain metrics were calculated by independent third parties, and have not been verified by us. We calculate metrics using internal tools, which are not independently verified by a third party. In addition, we continue to improve upon our tools and methodologies to capture data and believe that our current metrics are more accurate; however, the improvement of these tools and methodologies could cause inconsistencies between current data and previously reported data, which could confuse investors or lead to questions about the integrity of the data.

The roll-out of new features, improvements and strategies may not meet our expectations.

        We are constantly working to improve our websites and mobile applications and roll-out new features to improve our user experience, attract new users, expand our market reach and develop new sources of revenue. However, there is no guarantee that these initiatives will ultimately be successful

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and, if they are not, our business and results of operations may be materially adversely affected. For example, in 2014 we launched our eCash program to reward customers for repeat purchases. Customers accumulate eCash points on travel booked through us, and these points work as a currency that can be redeemed by customers during future bookings. This program may not have the positive impact on total transaction volume and customer retention that we originally anticipated. For example, we currently expect that some customers who book business travel through our corporate platform will receive the eCash points associated with that travel. However, if the eCash is held by the employer rather than the employee, the impact of this initiative may not be as significant as expected. Even if we are able to successfully adopt new features, improvements or strategies, the impact of such initiatives may take longer to develop than we expect or not develop at all. For example, we have moved toward a "Mobile First" business model. However, we can provide no assurance that we will not experience delays or disruptions on this initiative or that, the market opportunity for a "Mobile First" business will not have changed in a way that could negatively impact our "Mobile First" business, our efforts to attract new customers and our results of operations.

The online homestay market is rapidly evolving and if we fail to compete successfully, our business and results of operations may suffer.

        We have added homestays through our Yatra and Travelguru websites. The online homestay market is an evolving market. Since we began offering such services, there have been and continue to be significant business, marketing and regulatory developments. Operating in new and relatively untested markets requires significant management attention and financial resources. We cannot provide any assurance that our efforts to expand in this market will be successful, and the investment and additional resources required to establish operations and manage growth may not produce the desired financial results.

We may not be successful in pursuing strategic partnerships and acquisitions, and future partnerships and acquisitions may not bring us anticipated benefits.

        Part of our growth strategy is the pursuit of strategic partnerships and acquisitions. There can be no assurance that we will succeed in implementing this strategy as we are subject to many factors which are beyond our control, including our ability to identify, attract and successfully execute suitable acquisition opportunities and partnerships. This strategy may also subject us to uncertainties and risks, including acquisition and financing costs, potential ongoing and unforeseen or hidden liabilities, diversion of management resources and the costs of integrating acquired businesses. We could face difficulties integrating the technology of acquired businesses with our existing technology, and employees of the acquired business into various departments and ranks in our company, and it could take substantial time and effort to integrate the business processes being used in the acquired businesses with our existing business processes. Moreover, there is no assurance that such partnerships or acquisitions will achieve our intended objectives or enhance our business. Any such failure could negatively impact our ability to compete in the travel industry and have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations.

        On July 20, 2017, we, through our subsidiary Yatra Online Private Limited, or Yatra India, agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company Air Travel Bureau Private Limited (formerly known as Air Travel Bureau Limited), or ATB, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement, or ATB Share Purchase Agreement, by and among Yatra India, ATB and the sellers party thereto, or the Sellers. Pursuant to the terms of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, we: (a) acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of ATB on August 4, 2017 in exchange for a payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) agreed to acquire the balance of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for a final payment, or Final Payment, to be made at a second closing, or Second Closing. To date the Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the

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computation for the Final Payment. A criminal complaint has been filed, and arbitration proceedings have commenced, in connection with a dispute between one of the Sellers in the ATB transaction and Yatra India and certain other parties. See "— There can be no assurance that our acquisition of the balance of ATB's outstanding shares will be consummated in the anticipated timeframe, on the terms described herein, or at all, or that we will be able to successfully integrate any assets we acquire from ATB," and "Item 4. Information on the Company —Business Overview—Litigation—ATB Arbitration."

        On February 8, 2019, we, through our subsidiary, Yatra India, acquired all of the outstanding shares of Travel.Co.In Limited, or TCIL, the travel business of PL Worldways, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement by and among Yatra Online Private Limited, TCIL and the sellers party thereto, which we refer to as the TCIL Share Purchase Agreement.

        As we continue to integrate ATB and TCIL into the Yatra portfolio, there may be unexpected costs and difficulties in integrating these new businesses into our operations.

As we increase our sales efforts toward larger corporate customers and B2B2C travel agents, our sales cycle, customer support efforts and collection efforts may become more time consuming and expensive.

        In recent years, we have increased our sales efforts toward larger corporate customers, including leading organizations from around India. The TCIL and ATB acquisitions were part of this effort. As we attempt to capitalize on this investment and increase our sales efforts targeted to large corporate customers, we expect to face greater costs, longer sales cycles and less predictability in completing some of our sales. Additionally, we may face challenges integrating the disparate sales approaches and strategies of the formerly separate ATB and Yatra segments. Furthermore, if a prospective corporate customer's decision to use our travel services is an enterprise-wide decision, these sales may require us to provide greater education to the prospective customer. Consequently, these customers may require us to devote greater sales, implementation and customer support resources to them.

        In addition, we are trying to increase our sales efforts to the B2B2C (business to business to consumer) segment by making inroads in India's large and fragmented network of travel agents. We are currently trying to make inroads to this market via organic growth. To the extent that we cannot help these travel agents provide their clients with time and money-saving opportunities, the growth in this segment may slow. Slower growth in this segment may hinder our efforts to reach customers in smaller markets, such as the Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets in India, who often utilize intermediaries such as travel agents to arrange their travel.

        As part of these efforts to attract corporate and B2B2C travel agents and retail customers, we typically extend credit periods to certain segments of our customer base. We may experience difficulty collecting payment fully and in a timely manner on our outstanding accounts receivable from our customers. As a result, we may face a greater risk of non-payment of our accounts receivable and, as our corporate travel business and B2B2C travel agents business grows in scale, we may need to make increased provisions for doubtful accounts. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to increase our corporate customer base and B2B2C travel agents, and our sales efforts to obtain such customers may become time consuming, costly and harmful to our business and results of operations.

Our failure to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in new technologies in the future could reduce our ability to compete successfully and harm our results of operations or cause us to curtail or cease our operations.

        We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operations to a potential closing of the Merger, but our expenses may be greater than forecasted, the closing of the Merger could be delayed, and we may need to raise additional funds to continue our operations. The covenants in the Merger Agreement contain certain contractual restrictions on the conduct of our business that will impede our ability to issue shares of our share capital or any share of capital stock of

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our subsidiaries, to issue debt capital or to otherwise raise financing in excess of the thresholds set forth in the Merger Agreement, or to complete certain other transactions that are not in the ordinary course of business, pending completion of the Merger, absent consent from Ebix. In the event that we do obtain such consent from Ebix, we nevertheless might be unable to obtain additional debt or equity financing on favorable terms, or at all. If we were able to raise additional equity financing, our shareholders may experience significant dilution of their ownership interests and the value of our Ordinary Shares could decline. If we were to engage in debt financing, we may be required to accept terms that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness, force us to maintain specified liquidity or other ratios or restrict our ability to pay dividends or make acquisitions. In addition, the availability of funds depends in significant measure on capital markets and liquidity factors over which we exert no control. In light of periodic uncertainty in the capital and credit markets, we can provide no assurance that sufficient financing will be available on desirable terms or at all to fund investments, acquisitions, stock repurchases, dividends, debt refinancing or other corporate needs, or that our counterparties in any such financings would honor their contractual commitments. If we need additional capital and cannot raise it on acceptable terms, or at all, we may not be able to execute on our growth strategy, which could reduce our ability to compete successfully and harm our business or we may have to curtail or cease our operations.

Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our shareholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish substantial rights.

        To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of these new securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a holder of our Ordinary Shares. Debt financing, if available at all, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, or declaring dividends, and may be secured by all or a portion of our assets. Further, we may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital and/or financing, including investment banking fees, legal fees, accounting fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs and such efforts may divert our management from their day-today activities, which may compromise our ability to develop and market our products. We may also be required to recognize non-cash expenses in connection with certain securities we may issue, such as convertible notes and warrants, which will adversely impact our financial condition.

We could be negatively affected by changes in Internet search engine algorithms and dynamics, or search engine disintermediation.

        We rely heavily on Internet search engines, such as Google, Bing and Yahoo! India, to generate traffic to our websites, principally through the purchase of travel-related keywords. Search engines, including Google, frequently update and change the logic that determines the placement and display of results of a user's search, such that the purchased or algorithmic placement of links to our websites can be negatively affected. In addition, a search engine could, for competitive or other purposes, alter its search algorithms or results, causing our websites to place lower in search query results. If a major search engine changes its algorithms in a manner that negatively affects the search engine ranking of our websites or those of our partners, or if competitive dynamics impact the cost or effectiveness of our search engine optimization or search engine monetization in a negative manner, our business and financial performance would be adversely affected, potentially to a material extent. Furthermore, our failure to successfully manage our search engine optimization and search engine monetization strategies could result in a substantial decrease in traffic to our websites, as well as increased costs if we were to replace free traffic with paid traffic. In addition, to the extent that Google, Yahoo! India, Bing or other leading search or metasearch engines in India disrupt the businesses of OTAs or travel content providers by offering comprehensive travel planning or shopping capabilities, or refer those leads to

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suppliers directly, or to other favored partners, there could be a material adverse impact on our business. To the extent these actions have a negative effect on our search traffic, whether on desktop, tablet or mobile devices, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Any inability or failure to adapt to technological developments, the evolving competitive landscape or industry trends could harm our business and competitiveness.

        We depend upon the use of sophisticated information technology and systems. Our competitiveness and future results depend on our ability to maintain and make timely and cost-effective enhancements, upgrades and additions to our products, services, technologies and systems in response to new technological developments, industry standards and trends and customer demands. Adapting to new technological and marketplace developments may require substantial expenditures and lead time and we cannot guarantee that projected benefits will actually materialize. We may experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful development, marketing and implementation of enhancements, upgrades and additions. Moreover, we may fail to maintain, upgrade or introduce new products, services, technologies and systems as quickly as our competitors or in a cost-effective manner. In addition, the travel industry is marked by continuous innovation and the development of new products, services and technologies. As a result, in order to maintain its competitiveness, we must continue to invest significant resources to continually improve the speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness of our travel offerings. Changes to our technology platforms or increases in our investments in technology could adversely affect our results of operations. If we face material delays in adapting to technological developments, our customers may forego the use of our services in favor of those of our competitors. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our success depends on maintaining the integrity of our systems and infrastructure, which may suffer from failures, capacity constraints, business interruptions and forces outside of our control.

        Our business relies significantly on computer systems to facilitate and process transactions and we have experienced rapid growth in consumer traffic to our websites and through our mobile apps. However, we may not be able to maintain and improve the efficiency, reliability and integrity of our systems. Unexpected increases in the volume of our business could exceed system capacity, resulting in service interruptions, outages and delays. Such constraints can also lead to the deterioration of our services or impair our ability to process transactions. System interruptions may prevent us from efficiently providing services to our customers, travel suppliers or other third parties, which could cause damage to our reputation and result in us losing customers and revenues or cause us to incur litigation costs and liabilities. Although we contractually limit our liability for damages, we cannot guarantee that we will not be subject to lawsuits or other claims for compensation from our customers in connection with such outages for which we may not be indemnified or compensated.

        Our systems may also be susceptible to external damage or disruption. Our systems could be damaged or disrupted by power, hardware, software or telecommunication failures, human errors, natural events including floods, hurricanes, fires, winter storms, earthquakes and tornadoes, terrorism, break-ins, hostilities, war or similar events. Computer viruses, denial of service attacks, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions affecting the Internet, telecommunication services or our systems could cause service interruptions or the loss of critical data, and could prevent us from providing timely services. Failure to efficiently provide services to customers or other third parties could cause damage to our reputation and result in the loss of customers and revenues, significant recovery costs or litigation and liabilities. Moreover, such risks might increase as we expand our business and as the tools and techniques involved become more sophisticated. Disasters affecting our facilities, systems or personnel might be expensive to remedy and could significantly diminish our reputation and our brands, and we may not have adequate insurance to cover such costs.

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Our use of open source software could adversely affect our ability to offer our products and services and subject us to possible litigation.

        We use open source software in connection with our development of technology infrastructure. From time to time, companies that use open source software have faced claims challenging the use of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms. We could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software, or claiming noncompliance with open source licensing terms. Some open source licenses require users who distribute software containing open source to make available all or part of such software, which in some circumstances could include valuable proprietary code of the user. While we monitor the use of open source software and try to ensure that none is used in a manner that would require us to disclose our proprietary source code or that would otherwise breach the terms of an open source agreement, such use could inadvertently occur, in part because open source license terms are often ambiguous. Any requirement to disclose our proprietary source code or pay damages for breach of contract could be harmful to our business, results of operations or financial condition, and could help our competitors develop travel products and services that are similar to or better than ours.

We are exposed to risks associated with the payments business, including online security and credit card fraud.

        The secure transmission of confidential information over the Internet is essential in maintaining customer and supplier confidence in us. Security breaches, whether instigated internally or externally on our system or other Internet-based systems, could significantly harm our business. We currently require customers to guarantee their transactions with their credit and debit cards, payment wallets, etc. We rely on licensed encryption and authentication technology to effect secure transmission of confidential customer information, including credit and debit card numbers, over the Internet. However, advances in technology or other developments could result in a compromise or breach of the technology that we use to protect customer and transaction data. We incur substantial expense to protect against and remedy security breaches and their consequences. However, our security measures may not prevent security breaches and we may be unsuccessful in or incur additional costs in connection with implementing a remediation plan to address these potential exposures.

        We also have agreements with banks and certain companies that process customer credit and debit card transactions for the facilitation of customer bookings of travel services from us. If any of these third parties experience business interruptions or otherwise are unable to provide the services we need, or if they increase the fees associated with those services, we will be adversely impacted. In addition, the online payment gateway for certain of our sales made through our mobile platform and through international credit and debit cards are secured by the respective card's security features and we may be liable for credit card acceptance on our websites. We may also be subject to other payment disputes with our customers for such sales. If we are unable to combat the use of fraudulent credit and debit cards, our revenue from such sales would be susceptible to demands from the relevant banks and credit and debit card processing companies, and our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

Our processing, storage, use and disclosure of customer data of our customers or visitors to our website could give rise to liabilities as a result of governmental regulation, conflicting legal requirements, differing views of personal privacy rights or data security breaches.

        In the processing of our customer transactions, we receive and store a large volume of customer information. Such information is increasingly subject to legislation and regulations in various jurisdictions and governments are increasingly acting to protect the privacy and security of personal information that is collected, processed and transmitted in or from the governing jurisdiction, for example, the recent enactment of European General Data Protection Regulations. We could be adversely affected if legislation or regulations are expanded or amended to require changes in our

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business practices or if governing jurisdictions interpret or implement their legislation or regulations in ways that negatively affect our business. As privacy and data protection become more sensitive issues in India, we may also become exposed to potential liabilities. For example, under the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000, as amended, we are subject to civil liability for wrongful loss or gain arising from any negligence by us in implementing and maintaining reasonable security practices and procedures with respect to sensitive personal data or information on our computer systems, networks, databases and software. India has also implemented privacy laws, including the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, which impose limitations and restrictions on the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. Any liability we may incur for violation of such laws and regulations and related costs of compliance and other burdens may adversely affect our business and results of operations. In addition, in 2018, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology invited comments on a draft Personal Data Protection bill submitted to it by a committee of experts appointed by the government. This bill would regulate the processing of personal data. If this or similar legislation is enacted, it may affect us in ways that we are currently unable to predict.

        We cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent data breaches. Companies that handle such information have also been subject to investigations, lawsuits and adverse publicity due to allegedly improper disclosure of personally identifiable information. Security breaches could damage our reputation, cause interruptions in our operations, expose us to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability, and could also cause customers and potential customers to lose confidence in the security of our transactions, which would have a negative effect on the demand for our services and products. Moreover, public perception concerning security and privacy on the Internet could adversely affect customers' willingness to use our websites or mobile applications. A publicized breach of security in India or in other countries in which we have operations, even if it only affects other companies conducting business over the Internet, could inhibit the growth of the Internet as a means of conducting commercial transactions, and, therefore, our business.

        These and other privacy and security developments that are difficult to anticipate could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Intellectual property rights are important to our business and we cannot be sure that our intellectual property is protected from copying or use by others, and we may be subject to third-party claims for intellectual property rights infringement.

        Our intellectual property rights are important to our business. We rely on a combination of copyright and trademark laws, trade secrets, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our intellectual property. Our websites and mobile applications rely on content and in-house customizations and enhancements of third-party technology, much of which is not subject to intellectual property protection. We protect our logos, brand name, websites' domain names and, to a more limited extent, our content by relying on copyrights, trademarks, trade secret laws and confidentiality agreements. We have inter alia applied for trademark registration of our logos, and word marks for yatra and yatra.com in India and such applications are currently pending with the Registry of Trademarks. We have filed responses to objections raised by the Registry of Trademarks to certain of these applications. We have also filed oppositions with the Registry of Trademarks against certain trademarks in pursuance of the protection of our trademarks and initiated legal proceedings in the appropriate courts of law for enforcing and protecting our intellectual property rights. Even with all of these precautions, there can be no assurance that our intellectual property will be protected. It is possible for someone else to copy or otherwise obtain and use our content, techniques and technology without our authorization or to develop similar technology. While our domain names cannot be copied, another party could create an alternative domain name resembling ours that could be passed off as our domain name.

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        Our efforts to protect our intellectual property may not be adequate. Unauthorized parties may infringe upon or misappropriate our services or proprietary information. In addition, the global nature of the Internet makes it difficult to control the ultimate destination of our services. The misappropriation or duplication of our intellectual property could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, reduce our revenues and increase our expenses. In the future, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Any such litigation could be time consuming and costly.

        We could be subject to intellectual property infringement claims as the number of our competitors grows and the content and functionality of our websites or other service offerings overlap with competitive offerings. As competition in our industry increases and the functionality of technology offerings further overlaps, such claims and counterclaims could increase. There can be no assurance that we have not or will not inadvertently infringe on the intellectual property rights of third parties. Our defenses against these claims, even if not meritorious, could be expensive and divert management's attention from operating our business. If we become liable to third parties for infringing their intellectual property rights, we could be required to pay a substantial award as damage and forced to develop non-infringing technology, obtain a license or cease using the applications that contain the infringing technology. We may be unable to develop non-infringing technology or obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Our quarterly results may fluctuate for a variety of reasons, including the seasonality in the leisure travel industry, and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business.

        Our quarterly operating results may vary significantly in the future, and period-to-period comparisons of its operating results may not be meaningful. Additionally, our growth may mask the seasonality of our business. Accordingly, the results of any one quarter should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Our quarterly financial results may fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control and, as a result, may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business. For example, we tend to experience higher revenue from our Hotels and Packages business in the second and fourth calendar quarters of each year, which coincide with the summer holiday travel season and the year-end holiday travel season for our customers in India and other markets. In our Air Ticketing business, we may have higher revenues in a particular quarter arising out of periodic discounted sales of tickets by our suppliers. Other factors that may cause fluctuations in our quarterly financial results include, but are not limited to:

    foreign exchange rates;

    our ability to attract new customers and cross-sell to existing customers;

    the amount and timing of operating expenses related to the maintenance and expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure;

    general economic, industry and market conditions;

    changes in our pricing policies or those of our competitors and suppliers; and

    the timing and success of new services and service introductions by us and our competitors or any other change in the competitive dynamics of the Indian travel industry, including consolidation among competitors, customers or strategic partners.

        Fluctuations in quarterly results may negatively impact the value of our Ordinary Shares and make quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our results less meaningful.

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We may need to make additional investments in the event of any slowdowns or disruptions in ongoing efforts to upgrade Internet infrastructure in India.

        The majority of our bookings are made through our Indian website and mobile offerings. According to Internet World Stats, India had 560 million Internet users as of June 2019. There can be no assurance that Internet penetration in India will increase in the future, as slowdowns or disruptions in upgrading efforts for infrastructure in India could reduce the rate of increase in the use of the Internet. As such, we may need to make additional investments in alternative distribution channels. Further, any slowdown or negative deviation in the anticipated increase in Internet penetration in India may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our large shareholders exercise significant influence over our company and may have interests that are different from those of our other shareholders.

        As of July 16, 2019, MIHI LLC, Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited, Apple Orange LLC, Noyac Path LLC, Periscope, LLC, Terrapin Partners Employee Partnership 3, LLC and Terrapin Partners Green Employee Partnership, LLC (collectively, the Terrapin Sponsors) and certain of their affiliated entities (including Nathan Leight), Network 18 Media & Investments Limited, Reliance Infrastructure Limited, RCH Ltd., entities affiliated with Vincent C. Smith, entities affiliated with Norwest Venture Partners, and entities and people affiliated with Altai Capital Management, LLC beneficially own approximately 48.73% of the issued and outstanding shares of our company company, assuming the conversion into Ordinary Shares of all (i) Yatra USA Class F Shares, (ii) Class A non-voting shares and (iii) other convertible shares held at the subsidiary level that are convertible into our Ordinary Shares and held by such parties (or approximately 68.04% of the shares of our company, assuming such conversion and the exercise or conversion of all of our outstanding warrants), based on information known to us or ascertained by us from public filings made by such shareholders. By virtue of such significant shareholdings, these shareholders have the ability to exercise significant influence over our company and our affairs and business, including the election of directors, the timing and payment of dividends, the adoption and amendments to our memorandum and articles of association, the approval of a merger or sale of substantially all of our assets and the approval of most other actions requiring the approval of our shareholders. The interests of these shareholders may be different from or conflict with the interests of our other shareholders and their influence may result in the delay or prevention of a change of management or control of our company, even if such a transaction may be beneficial to our other shareholders.

The loss of one or more of our key personnel could harm our business.

        Our future success depends upon the continued contributions of our senior corporate management and other key employees. In particular, the contributions of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are critical to our overall management. We have entered into employment agreements with these individuals as well as other members of senior management, which contain non-compete provisions that extend for 18 months following the termination of such executive officer's employment. However, these agreements do not prohibit members of our senior management from resigning. For example, our current Chief Financial Officer, has advised us of his intention to resign from his position effective mid-October 2019. The loss of our Chief Financial Officer or any other member of our senior corporate management team, and any subsequent failure to identify and hire appropriate successors, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to attract, train and retain qualified employees is critical to our business and results of operations.

        Our business and future success depends, to a significant extent, on our ability to attract and train new employees and to retain and motivate our existing employees. Competition remains intense for well-qualified employees in certain aspects of our business, including software engineers, developers,

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product management and development personnel with expertise in the online travel or search industry. Our industry is characterized by high demand and intense competition for talent. We may be required to increase our levels of employee compensation more rapidly than in the past to remain competitive in attracting the quality of employees that our business requires. If we do not succeed in attracting well-qualified employees or retaining or motivating existing employees, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Inaccurate information from suppliers of hotel room inventory may lead to customer complaints.

        Our customers that purchase hotel room inventory online through our websites may rely on the description of the accommodation presented on such websites to ascertain the quality of amenities and services provided at the relevant accommodation. We receive information utilized in the accommodation description on our websites directly from the accommodation providers, aggregators or channel managers. To the extent that the information presented on our websites does not reflect the actual quality of amenities and services at the accommodation, we may face customer complaints that may have an adverse effect on our reputation and the likelihood of repeat customers, which in turn may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

There can be no assurance that our acquisition of the balance of ATB's outstanding shares will be consummated in the anticipated timeframe, on the terms described herein, or at all, or that we will be able to successfully integrate any assets we acquire from ATB.

        On July 20, 2017, we, through our subsidiary Yatra India, agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ATB. Pursuant to the terms of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, we: (a) acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of ATB on August 4, 2017 in exchange for a payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) agreed to acquire the balance of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for a Final Payment to be made at a Second Closing. Our previously anticipated timing for the Second Closing of the ATB acquisition has been delayed substantially. In addition, the amount of the total purchase price is subject to continued negotiation between us and the other parties to the ATB Share Purchase Agreement and such amount must be agreed before the Second Closing of the ATB acquisition can occur. There can be no assurances that the parties will come to an agreement on this amount or that we will ultimately consummate the purchase of ATB's remaining outstanding shares on the terms or within the timeframe previously contemplated, or at all. Furthermore, we anticipate that the acquisition of the remaining outstanding ATB shares will be financed through a combination of cash on hand and additional financing. However, we cannot assure you that any such financing that we may require to complete the acquisition of ATB's outstanding shares will be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

        Additionally, on June 4, 2019, the EOW of the Delhi Police registered a First Information Report to initiate an investigation of a criminal Complaint previously filed with the EOW by Mr. Sunil Narain, or Complainant, one of the Sellers. The Complaint, which the EOW is currently investigating, alleged, among other things, cheating and criminal breach of trust in connection with Yatra India's performance of its obligations under the ATB Share Purchase Agreement. Separately, on May 30, 2019, Yatra India filed a petition with the High Court of Delhi seeking, among other things, interim relief against the Complainant. Based on the petition, on May 31, 2019, the High Court of Delhi issued an order granting certain interim relief to Yatra India referring the matter to arbitration and also appointing an arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings in the matter have commenced accordingly. See "Item 4. Information on the Company —Business Overview—Litigation—ATB Arbitration."

        There can be no assurance that the EOW will not pursue further action in connection with the Complaint. Further, there can be no assurances that the arbitrator will issue a decision that is favorable to Yatra India or us. Failure to complete the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares would prevent us from realizing in full the anticipated benefits of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement. In

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addition, the market price of the Company's Ordinary Shares may reflect various market assumptions as to whether the Company will complete the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares. Any continued delay or failure to complete the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares, or any adverse development in connection with the pending investigation of the Complaint, may negatively affect the Company's business and results of operations. In addition, if we are successful in completing our acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares, there can be no assurances that we will realize the full anticipated benefits that we, our investors or securities analysts anticipate.

We may fail to realize all of the anticipated benefits of our ATB and TCIL acquisitions.

        The success of our acquisitions of ATB and TCIL will depend, in large part, on our ability to successfully integrate ATB's and TCIL's technologies, operations and systems, which may be a complex, costly and time-consuming process. We may face additional integration challenges including:

    difficulties in achieving anticipated cost savings, synergies, business opportunities and growth prospects from the acquisition;

    difficulties in conforming standards, controls, procedures and accounting and other policies, business cultures and compensation structures;

    difficulties in the assimilation of employees; and

    difficulties in managing the expanded operations of a significantly larger company.

        Any one of these factors could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues and diversion of management's time and energy, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in us becoming subject to litigation. In addition, even if ATB and/or TCIL are integrated successfully, the full anticipated benefits of these acquisitions may not be realized, including the synergies, cost savings or sales or growth opportunities that are anticipated. These benefits may not be achieved within the anticipated time frame, or at all. Further, additional unanticipated costs may be incurred in the integration process. All of these factors could cause reductions in our revenues, earnings, earnings per share, decrease or delay the expected accretive effect of the acquisition and negatively impact the price of our Ordinary Shares. As a result, it cannot be assured that our acquisitions of ATB and/or TCIL will result in the realization of the full anticipated benefits.

We may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and share price, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.

        We may be required to take write-down or write-offs of assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges that could result in reporting losses. Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that charges of this nature are reported could contribute to negative market perceptions about our company or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause our company to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may become subject. Accordingly, our shareholders could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that this Annual Report contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.

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The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, may not agree to treat us as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

        Although we are incorporated in the Cayman Islands, the IRS may assert that we should be treated as a U.S. corporation (and, therefore, a U.S. tax resident) for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 7874 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation generally is considered a tax resident in the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation. Because we are a Cayman Islands incorporated entity, we would generally be classified as a foreign corporation (and, therefore, a non-U.S. tax resident) under these rules. Section 7874 of the Code provides an exception under which a foreign incorporated entity may, in certain circumstances, be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

        For our company to be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874 of the Code, immediately after the Business Combination, either (i) the former stockholders of Terrapin must have owned (within the meaning of Section 7874 of the Code) less than 80% (by both vote and value) of our Ordinary Shares by reason of holding shares in Terrapin immediately prior to the Business Combination, or (ii) we must have substantial business activities in the Cayman Islands (taking into account the activities of our expanded affiliated group).

        Based on the rules for determining share ownership under Section 7874 of the Code, we believe that the shareholders of Terrapin should be treated as having owned less than 80% of our Ordinary Shares after the Business Combination and that, therefore, we should be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, although no assurances can be given in this regard. If we were to be treated as a U.S. corporation, income we earned would become subject to U.S. taxation, and the gross amount of any dividend payments to our non-U.S. shareholders could be subject to 30% U.S. withholding tax, depending on the application of any income tax treaty that might apply to reduce such withholding tax.

Future changes to the tax laws under which we should be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and changes in other tax laws relating to multinational corporations could adversely affect us.

        Under current law, as noted above, we should be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Changes to Section 7874 of the Code or the U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or future IRS guidance could affect our status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and any such changes or future IRS guidance could have prospective or retroactive application. Any of these changes to such laws or regulations, or future IRS guidance, could adversely affect our company.

If we were treated as a passive foreign investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. investors in our Ordinary Shares could be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

        For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation is classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for any taxable year if either (i) 75% or more of its gross income for such taxable year is "passive income" (as defined for such purposes) or (ii) 50% or more of the value of the assets held by such corporation (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets) during such taxable year is attributable to assets that produce passive income or that are held for the production of passive income.

        As discussed in "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences," it is not expected that we will be a PFIC for the current taxable year, and it is not anticipated that we will become a PFIC in the foreseeable future; however, no assurances can be offered in this regard. The tests for determining PFIC status are applied annually after the close of the taxable year. It is difficult to accurately predict future income and assets relevant to this determination and no ruling from the IRS or opinion of

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counsel has been or will be sought with respect to PFIC status. Whether we are a PFIC will depend on the particular facts and circumstances (such as the valuation of assets, including goodwill and other intangible assets) and may also be affected by differing interpretations of the PFIC rules. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we are not a PFIC, or will not become a PFIC in the future.

The expansion of our business to new geographic markets may expose us to additional risks.

        Our comprehensive travel-related offerings are customized to the Indian travel market. If in the future we determine to significantly expand outside of India, we will need to adjust our services and business model to the unique circumstances of those new geographic markets in order to succeed, including building new supplier relationships and customer preferences. Adapting our practices and models effectively to the supplier and customer preferences in new markets could be difficult and costly and could divert management and personnel resources. We cannot assure you that we will be able to efficiently or effectively manage the growth of our operations in new markets.

        In addition, we may expose ourselves to new risks that may not exist in our Indian operations, including:

    differences and unexpected changes in regulatory requirements and exposure to local economic conditions;

    differences in consumer preferences in such markets;

    increased risk to and limits on our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights;

    competition from providers of travel services in such foreign countries;

    restrictions on the repatriation of earnings from such foreign countries, including withholding taxes imposed by certain foreign jurisdictions; and

    currency exchange rate fluctuations.

        If we choose to enter new markets and are not able to effectively mitigate or eliminate these risks, our results of operations could be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Operations in India

Changing laws, rules and regulations and legal uncertainties in India, including adverse application of corporate and tax laws, may adversely affect our business and financial performance.

        The regulatory and policy environment in which we operate is evolving and subject to change. Such changes, including the instances briefly mentioned below, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, to the extent that we are unable to suitably respond to and comply with such changes in applicable law and policy.

        The Companies Act, 2013, together with the rules thereunder, or the Companies Act, contains significant changes to Indian company law, including in relation to the issue of capital by companies, related party transactions, corporate governance, audit matters, shareholder class actions and restrictions on the number of layers of subsidiaries. While the majority of the provisions of the Companies Act are currently effective, certain provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 remain in effect. The timeline for implementation of the remaining provisions of the Companies Act is unclear. We may incur increased costs and other burdens relating to compliance with these new requirements, which may also require significant management time and other resources, and any failure to comply may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

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changing tax return formats. This has caused businesses to re-visit tax positions and contract terms, update accounting software and enhance compliance capabilities to keep up with the changing legal requirements.

        Beginning in October 2018, tax collection at source, or TCS, provisions were enforced for electronic commerce operators. As the Company primarily does business through its online portal and web-based application, the Company is required to comply with TCS provisions. As a result, the Company has obtained new registrations in all states and now files a monthly return which reconciles the values on which TCS is collected with the values disclosed by the suppliers. This has greatly increased compliance costs and is creating cash flow issues for the Company.

        The Government of India has also enabled certain states to levy additional cess in certain extraordinary circumstances. In particular, the Kerala government has introduced the Kerala Flood Cess on intra-state supplies of goods and/or services. The Kerala Flood Cess is likely to become effective from August 1, 2019 and the Company is in the process of analyzing its tax positions with respect to levy of Kerala Flood Cess, to comply with the provisions in a time bound manner.

        The Company is also in the process of filing its first annual return for fiscal year 2018 and is having a GST audit conducted by an audit firm pursuant to GST laws, which requires the figures in the Company's books and GST returns to be reconciled and reconciliation differences explained appropriately.

        The increased tax rate due to the GST regime is largely offset by tax credits. Further, for this first year of the new GST regime, the Indian government extended the time during which tax credits can be claimed for Financial Year 2017-18 by six months, which was beneficial to the Company. However, the Company still has problems claiming tax credits due to non-compliance by certain suppliers. This issue is being litigated in India by a taxpayer who is claiming that the benefit of certain tax credits should not be denied due to non-compliance by a supplier.

        The Indian government is also planning to introduce new GST tax return formats in near future. Such new formats would require the Company to review the disclosures to be made in GST returns and make changes in the enterprise resource planning, or ERP, system for capturing the requisite data.

        Overall, GST has had a mixed impact on the Company. The decentralization of tax registration and related compliance have caused a significant increase in our compliance requirements over the last two years. In addition to increased compliance costs, the Company is also paying GST taxes for hotel accommodation services provided by the unregistered hotels in each state where such unregistered hotels are located. While the Company is complying with the requirements of the GST regime, there are certain areas where clarity is still awaited and Company is in the process of finalizing tax positions while awaiting such clarity. The implementation of GST laws in India is still in its initial phase, and during such time the impact of the new indirect tax environment on the Company continues to be closely monitored on regular basis.

Place of effective management of our company as per Indian income tax laws

        Per the (Indian) Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended, or the IT Act, persons resident in India are subject to taxation on their global income. Persons not resident in India are subject to taxes only on income received, accruing or arising in India or deemed to have been received, accrued or arisen in India.

        As per the IT Act a company incorporated outside India would be considered a resident in India if its Place of Effective Management or PoEM in that year is in India. Thus, a foreign company will be resident in India if its PoEM in that year is in India. The definition of PoEM has been explained to mean a place where key management and commercial decisions that are necessary for the conduct of

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the business of an entity as a whole, are in substance made. PoEM is an internationally recognized concept and finds mention in several tax treaties.

        The Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued guiding principles or Guidelines, which seek to provide guidance on determination of PoEM for determining residence in India of foreign companies. The Guidelines lay emphasis on the fact that the concept of PoEM is one of substance over form and its determination is fact driven. An entity may have more than one place of management; however, it can only have one PoEM at any point in time. Determination of PoEM needs to be done on a year on year basis, and process of such determination would primarily be based on whether the Company is engaged in "active business outside India". If during the tax year, PoEM exists both in and out of India, the PoEM is presumed to be in India if it is predominantly in India. In a scenario where the PoEM of a company is determined to be in India, then such company would be deemed to an Indian tax resident and, accordingly, subject to taxes on its global income.

Business Connection

        As per the IT Act, persons resident in India are subject to taxation on their global income. Persons not resident in India are subject to taxes only on income received, accruing or arising in India or deemed to have been received, accrued or arisen in India. Under the IT Act, one of the situations in which income is said to be deemed to be accrued in India is if it is earned through a "business connection" in India.

        As per the provisions of the IT Act, the term "business connection" has been defined to include any business activity carried out through a person who habitually exercises an authority to conclude contracts or maintains a stock of merchandise or secures orders mainly or wholly for the non-resident in India.

        The Finance Act, 2018 has broadened the scope of the term "business connection" to include "significant economic presence" of the non-resident in India (irrespective of whether the non-resident has established a place of business in India or whether or not the non-resident renders service in India or whether or not the agreement for rendering such service or activities is entered in India). "Significant economic presence" has been defined to include (i) any transaction in respect of any goods/services/property carried out by a non-resident in India including provision of download of data or software in India if the aggregate of payments arising from such transactions exceed the prescribed threshold limit in a year; or (ii) regular interactions with the users in India beyond a prescribed threshold limit through digital means; or (iii) soliciting of business activities in a continuous and systematic manner through digital means. It may be pertinent to note that the threshold limits for having significant economic presence in India have not been notified yet.

        The Finance Act, 2018 has also broadened the scope of "business connection" to provide that "business connection" shall include any business activity carried by a person in India for a non-resident where such person habitually concludes contracts or habitually plays the principal role leading to conclusion of the contracts and the contracts are in the name of the non-resident or for the transfer of the ownership of, or for granting of the right to use, property owned by that non-resident or that non-resident has the right to use or for the provision of services by the non-resident.

        Thus, if any of the aforementioned conditions are satisfied by a person not resident in India, such person would be said to have a business connection and income attributable to such business connection would be taxable in India.

        However, a person not resident in India would also be entitled to claim benefits under the applicable Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement or DTAA between India and the country of its residence. The provisions of the DTAA shall be applicable to the extent they are more beneficial than the IT Act.

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General Anti-Avoidance Rule

        General Anti-Avoidance Rules, or GAAR, came into force from April 1, 2017. GAAR gives Indian tax authorities a wide range of powers while determining tax consequences of an arrangement, which is held to be an impermissible avoidance arrangement as defined in the IT Act.

        The tax consequences of the GAAR provisions being applied to an arrangement could result in denial of tax benefits, or tax treaty benefits, amongst other consequences. In the absence of any precedents on the subject, the application of these provisions is uncertain. If the GAAR provisions are made applicable to our company, it may have an adverse tax impact on us.

        The impact of any or all of the above changes to Indian legislation on our business cannot be fully determined at this time. Additionally, our business and financial performance could be adversely affected by unfavorable changes in or interpretations of existing, or the promulgation of new laws, rules and regulations applicable to us and our business, including those relating to the Internet and e-commerce, consumer protection and privacy. Such unfavorable changes could decrease demand for our services and products, increase costs and/or subject us to additional liabilities. For example, there may continue to be an increasing number of laws and regulations pertaining to the Internet and e-commerce, which may relate to liability for information retrieved from or transmitted over the Internet or mobile networks, user privacy, taxation and the quality of services provided through the Internet. In 2018, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently invited comments on a draft Personal Data Protection bill submitted to it by a committee of experts appointed by the government. This bill would regulate the processing of personal data. If this or similar legislation is enacted, it may affect us in ways that we are currently unable to predict. Furthermore, the growth and development of e-commerce may result in more stringent consumer protection laws that may impose additional burdens on Internet businesses generally. India's Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry also recently invited comments on a draft National e-Commerce Policy, which addresses topics, such as data and e-commerce regulation. The timing or impact of this policy, which remains in draft form, is not yet certain. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on our business and financial performance.

The application of various Indian and international sales, use, occupancy, value-added and other tax laws, rules and regulations to our services and products is subject to interpretation by the applicable taxing authorities, and changes in such laws, rules and regulations may adversely affect our business and financial performance.

        Many of the statutes and regulations that impose sales, use, occupancy, value-added and other taxes were established before the growth of the Internet, mobile networks and e-commerce. If such tax laws, rules and regulations are amended, new adverse laws, rules or regulations are adopted or current laws are interpreted adversely to our interests, the results could increase our tax payments (prospectively or retrospectively) and/or subject us to penalties and, if we pass on such costs to our customers, decrease the demand for our services and products. As a result, any such changes or interpretations could have an adverse effect on our business and financial performance. In recent years, we have received notices from the Indian tax regulatory authority for a demand of service tax on certain matters, some of which relate to the travel industry in India and involve complex interpretations of law. We have also received notices and various assessment orders from the Indian income tax authorities, to which we have responded. There can be no assurance what view the Indian tax authorities will take.

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Restrictions on foreign investment in India may prevent us from making future acquisitions or investments in India and may require us to make changes to our business, which may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and financial performance.

        India regulates ownership of Indian companies by foreigners, although some restrictions on foreign investment have been relaxed. These regulations and restrictions may apply to acquisitions by us or our affiliates, including Yatra India, and affiliates which are not resident in India, of shares in Indian companies or the provision of funding by us or any other entity to Indian companies within our group. For example, under its consolidated foreign direct investment policy, or FDI policy, the Government of India has set out additional requirements for foreign investments in India, including requirements with respect to downstream investments by Indian companies, owned or controlled by foreign entities, and the transfer of ownership or control of Indian companies in sectors with caps on foreign investment from resident Indian persons or entities to foreigners. These requirements, which currently include restrictions on pricing, valuations of shares and sources of funding for such investments and may in certain cases include prior notice to or approval of the Government of India, may adversely affect our ability to make investments in India, including through Yatra India. Further, India's Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or FEMA, restrict us from lending to or borrowing from our Indian subsidiary. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any required approvals for future acquisitions or investments in India, or that we will be able to obtain such approvals on satisfactory terms. Under FEMA, the Reserve Bank of India has the power to impose monetary penalties, including up to three times the value of a FEMA violation, where quantifiable, and confiscate the shares at issue. Further, the Government of India has from time to time made and may continue to make revisions to the FDI Policy on e-commerce in India (including in relation to business model, inventory, pricing and permitted services). India's Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry also recently invited comments on a draft National e-Commerce Policy, which addresses topics such as data and e-commerce regulation. The timing or impact of this policy, which remains in draft form, is not yet certain. Such changes may require us to make changes to our business in order to comply with Indian law.

A substantial portion of our business and operations are located in India and we are subject to regulatory, economic, social and political uncertainties in India.

        A substantial portion of our business and most of our employees are located in India, and as a result, our financial performance and the market price of our Ordinary Shares will be affected by changes in government policies impacting exchange rates and controls, interest rates, taxes and foreign investment, volatility in and actual or perceived trends in trading activity on India's principal stock exchanges, prevailing economic conditions, and policies to regulate inflation and other regulations impacting Indian businesses and the Indian economy as a whole. The Government of India has exercised and continues to exercise significant influence over many aspects of the Indian economy. Since 1991, successive Indian governments have generally pursued policies of economic liberalization and financial sector reforms, including by significantly relaxing restrictions on the private sector. Nevertheless, the role of the Indian central and state governments in the Indian economy as producers, consumers and regulators has remained significant, and we cannot assure you that such liberalization policies will continue. The rate of economic liberalization could change, and specific laws and policies affecting travel service companies, e-commerce, data, foreign investments, currency exchange rates and other matters affecting investments in India could change as well or be subject to unfavorable changes or interpretations or uncertainty, including by reason of limited administrative or judicial precedents. There can be no assurance that the Government of India may not implement new regulations and policies which will require us to obtain approvals and licenses or impose onerous requirements and conditions on our operations.

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Our business and activities are regulated by the Competition Act, 2002, as amended.

        The Competition Act, 2002, as amended, or the Competition Act, regulates practices that could have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India. Under the Competition Act, any arrangement, understanding or action, whether formal or informal, which causes or is likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India is void and may result in substantial penalties and compensation to be paid to persons shown to have suffered losses. Any agreement among competitors which directly or indirectly determines purchase or sale prices, results in bid rigging or collusive bidding, limits or controls production, supply, markets, technical development, investment or the provision of services, or shares the market or source of production or provision of services in any manner, including by way of allocation of geographical area or types of goods or services or number of customers in the market, is presumed to have an appreciable adverse effect on competition. Further, the Competition Act prohibits the abuse of a dominant position by any enterprise either directly or indirectly, including by way of unfair or discriminatory pricing or conditions in the sale of goods or services, using a dominant position in one relevant market to enter into, or protect, another relevant market, or to deny market access, and such practices are subject to substantial penalties and may also be subject to compensation for losses and orders to divide the enterprise. Further, the Competition Commission of India has extraterritorial powers and can investigate any agreements, abusive conduct or combination occurring outside India if such agreement, conduct or combination has an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India.

        If we or any member of our group, including Yatra India, are affected, directly or indirectly, by the application or interpretation of any provision of the Competition Act or any proceedings initiated by the Competition Commission of India or any other relevant authority (or any other claim by any other party under the Competition Act) or any adverse publicity that may be generated due to scrutiny or prosecution under the Competition Act, including by way of financial penalties, our business, financial performance and reputation may be materially and adversely affected.

        Acquisitions, mergers and amalgamations which exceed certain revenue and asset thresholds require prior approval by the Competition Commission of India. Any such acquisitions, mergers or amalgamations which have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India are prohibited and void. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain approval for such future transactions on satisfactory terms, or at all.

Risks Related to Our Ordinary Shares

We are a Cayman Islands company and, because judicial precedent regarding the rights of shareholders is more limited under Cayman Islands law than under U.S. law, you could have less protection of your shareholder rights than you would under U.S. law.

        Our corporate affairs are governed by our Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, or the Articles of Association, the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2018 Revision), as amended, or the Companies Law, and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by non-controlling shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to our company under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, which has persuasive, but not binding, authority on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws from the United States and may provide significantly less protection to investors. In addition, some U.S. states, such as Delaware, have different bodies of corporate law than those of the Cayman Islands.

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        We have been advised by our Cayman Islands legal counsel, Maples and Calder, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognize or enforce against our company judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state and (ii) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against our company predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognize and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, and or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere. There is recent Privy Council authority (which is binding on the Cayman Islands Court) in the context of a reorganization plan approved by the New York Bankruptcy Court which suggests that due to the universal nature of bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings, foreign money judgments obtained in foreign bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings may be enforced without applying the principles outlined above. However, a more recent English Supreme Court authority (which is highly persuasive but not binding on the Cayman Islands Court), has expressly rejected that approach in the context of a default judgment obtained in an adversary proceeding brought in the New York Bankruptcy Court by the receivers of the bankruptcy debtor against a third party, and which would not have been enforceable upon the application of the traditional common law principles summarized above and held that foreign money judgments obtained in bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings should be enforced by applying the principles set out above, and not by the simple exercise of the Courts' discretion. Those cases have now been considered by the Cayman Islands Court. The Cayman Islands Court was not asked to consider the specific question of whether a judgment of a bankruptcy court in an adversary proceeding would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands, but it did endorse the need for active assistance of overseas bankruptcy proceedings. We understand that the Cayman Islands Court's decision in that case has been appealed and it remains the case that the law regarding the enforcement of bankruptcy/insolvency related judgments is still in a state of uncertainty.

You will have limited ability to bring an action against our company or against our directors and officers, or to enforce a judgment against us or them, because we are incorporated in the Cayman Islands, because we conduct a majority of our operations in India and because a majority of our directors and officers reside outside the United States.

        We are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and conduct the majority of our operations in India. Most of our assets are located outside the United States. A majority of our officers and directors reside outside the United States and a substantial portion of the assets of those persons are located outside of the United States. As a result, it could be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against our company or against these individuals in the Cayman Islands or in India in the event that you believe that your rights have been infringed under the applicable securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and of India could render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.

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whether or not, and under what conditions, our corporate records could be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders. This could make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.

        As a result of all of the above, public shareholders might have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a U.S. company.

As a "foreign private issuer" under the rules and regulations of the SEC, we are permitted to, and will, file less or different information with the SEC than a company incorporated in the United States or otherwise subject to these rules, and may follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain Nasdaq requirements applicable to U.S. issuers.

        We are considered a "foreign private issuer" under the Exchange Act and are, therefore, exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act, including the proxy rules, which impose certain disclosure and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations for U.S. and other issuers. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or within the same time frames as U.S. companies with securities registered under the Exchange Act. We currently prepare our financial statements in accordance with IFRS. We will not be required to file financial statements prepared in accordance with or reconciled to U.S. GAAP so long as our financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. We are not required to comply with Regulation FD under the Exchange Act, which imposes restrictions on the selective disclosure of material information to shareholders. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules under the Exchange Act with respect to their purchases and sales of our securities. Furthermore, as a "foreign private issuer" whose Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq, we are permitted to follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain Nasdaq requirements. A foreign private issuer must disclose in its annual reports filed with the SEC each Nasdaq requirement with which it does not comply followed by a description of its applicable home country practice.

        We could lose our status as a "foreign private issuer" under current SEC rules and regulations if more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities become directly or indirectly held of record by U.S. holders and one of the following is true: (i) the majority of our directors or executive officers are U.S. citizens or residents; (ii) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States; or (iii) our business is administered principally in the United States. If we lose our status as a foreign private issuer in the future, we will no longer be exempt from the rules described above and, among other things, will be required to file periodic reports and annual and quarterly financial statements as if we were a company incorporated in the United States. If this were to happen, we would likely incur substantial costs in fulfilling these additional regulatory requirements and members of our management would likely have to divert time and resources from other responsibilities to ensuring these additional regulatory requirements are fulfilled.

We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

        We are an "emerging growth company" within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the U.S. Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply

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with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.

        Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised accounting standard on the relevant date on which adoption of such standard is required by the IASB. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

We have a staggered board of directors, which could impede an attempt to acquire our company or remove our management.

        Our board of directors is divided into three classes, each of which serves for a staggered term of three years. A staggered board makes it more difficult for shareholders to change a majority of the directors since only approximately one third of the existing board of directors may be replaced at any election of directors. This arrangement may have the effect of keeping the current members of our board of directors in control for a longer period of time than shareholders may desire, and may impede any attempts to take over our company or change or remove our management.

In connection with our Business Combination, we granted certain shareholders rights to nominate directors for election to our board and also entered into an investor rights agreement with certain of those shareholders, which provides additional rights to nominate directors for election to our board. Except as provided in the Business Combination Agreement and the investor rights agreement, our shareholders do not have the ability to nominate directors for election to our board.

        On December 16, 2016, we entered into the Investor Rights Agreement with MIHI LLC, the Terrapin Sponsors and certain other Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation stockholders and Yatra shareholders who received certain of our Ordinary Shares in connection with the Business Combination. The Investor Rights Agreement grants the each of MIHI LLC and, collectively, the Terrapin Sponsors the right to designate one representative to attend any or all meetings of our board of directors in a non-voting observer capacity. The Investor Rights Agreement also provides certain of our investors and our executive officers, Dhruv Shringi, Alok Vaish and Manish Amin, the right to nominate an individual for election to our board upon the resignation, removal, death or disability of any of the directors initially designated by our company pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, as well as the right to re-nominate any of such directors who are Class I or

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Class II directors two successive times and the right to re-nominate any of such directors who are Class III directors one time or to designate a replacement for any such director. Although any shareholder may recommend potential director candidates to our Board, except as provided in the Business Combination Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement, our shareholders do not have the ability to nominate directors for election to our Board. As a result, shareholders granted the right to nominate individuals to our board in connection with the Business Combination or the Investor Rights Agreement may be able to influence the composition of our board and, in turn, potentially influence and impact future actions taken by our board.

An active or liquid trading market for our Ordinary Shares may not be maintained and the trading price for our Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly.

        An active, liquid trading market for our Ordinary Shares may not be maintained in the long term and we cannot be certain that any trading market for our Ordinary Shares will be sustained or that the present price will correspond to the future price at which our Ordinary Shares will trade. Loss of liquidity could increase the price volatility of our Ordinary Shares.

        Any additional issuance of our Ordinary Shares would dilute the positions of existing investors in our Ordinary Shares and could adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares. We cannot assure you that our Ordinary Shares will not decline below their prevailing market price. You may be unable to sell your Ordinary Shares at a price that is attractive to you.

        In connection with the Business Combination, we issued certain shareholders warrants to purchase our Ordinary Shares with provisions that require liability classification. These warrants require us to "mark to market" (i.e., record the derivatives at fair value) as of the end of each reporting period as liabilities on our balance sheet. Any volatility in the trading price for our Ordinary Shares would also impact the fair value determination of our outstanding warrants. A significant increase in the trading price for our Ordinary Shares, while we are required to mark-to-market the fair value of our outstanding warrants, may have a significant adverse impact on our operating results.

The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares could adversely affect their market price.

        Sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares and could materially impair our future ability to raise capital through offerings of our Ordinary Shares.

        As of July 16, 2019, we had 40,065,285 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, 3,159,375 Class F shares issued and outstanding (each convertible into 0.00001 of an Ordinary Share upon the exchange of a parallel Yatra USA Class F Share) and 2,392,168 Class A shares issued and outstanding, and Yatra USA had 3,159,375 Yatra USA Class F Shares issued and outstanding (each exchangeable for one Ordinary Shares at any time at the option of the holder). Subject to applicable restrictions and limitations under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, all of our shares and the Yatra USA Class F Shares outstanding are eligible for sale in the public market. If these shares are sold, or if it is perceived that they will be sold, in the public market, the trading price of our Ordinary Shares could decline. We cannot predict what effect, if any, market sales of our Ordinary Shares held by our significant shareholders or any other shareholder or the availability of these ordinary shares for future sale will have on the market price of our Ordinary Shares.

Future issuances of any equity securities may dilute the interests of our shareholders and decrease the trading price of our Ordinary Shares.

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securities in the future, including pursuant to a private investment in public equity or other offering of equity securities, for a number of reasons, including to finance our operations and business strategy (including in connection with acquisitions and other transactions), to adjust our ratio of debt to equity, to satisfy the obligations upon the exercise of then-outstanding options or other equity-linked securities, if any, or for other reasons.

We will have to rely principally on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our operating subsidiaries, and limitations on their ability to pay dividends to us could adversely impact shareholders' ability to receive dividends on our Ordinary Shares.

        Dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our operating subsidiaries will be our principal source for cash in order for us to be able to pay any dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders. As of the date hereof, Yatra India or any other subsidiary has not paid any cash dividends on its equity shares. If our operating subsidiaries incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. In addition, as our key operating indirect subsidiary is established in India, it is subject to certain limitations with respect to dividend payments and increased tax payments on such distribution. Limitations on our subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends to us could adversely impact our shareholders' ability to receive dividends on our Ordinary Shares.

Outstanding warrants and options, which are exercisable for our Ordinary Shares and restricted securities that vest, may increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our shareholders.

        As of July 16, 2019, there were outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 17,537,958 ordinary shares. Outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 17,337,500 Ordinary Shares became exercisable after January 15, 2017 and will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the earlier to occur of: (x) December 16, 2021, (y) the liquidation of our company or (z) the redemption date, which shall be a date fixed by us in the event that we elect to redeem all of these warrants. The exercise price of these warrants will be $5.75 per half-share, or approximately $199,381,250 in the aggregate for all shares underlying these warrants, assuming none of the warrants are exercised through "cashless" exercise. Outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 46,458 Ordinary Shares became exercisable after December 16, 2016 and will expire on July 24, 2023 at 6:00 p.m., Pacific Time. The exercise price of these warrants will be $26.9058 per share, assuming none of the warrants are exercised through "cashless" exercise. Outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 154,000 Ordinary Shares became exercisable on September 12, 2017 and will expire on September 12, 2022. The exercise price of these warrants is $12.00 per share. In addition, as of July 16, 2019, there were outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of 1,877,229 Ordinary Shares (including 921,576 Company restricted stock units) and outstanding restricted shares which, when vested, will result in the issuance of 1,877,229, Ordinary Shares. To the extent the above-described warrants or options are exercised or the above-described restricted shares vest, or if we issue any additional equity securities, including but not limited to options, warrants, restricted shares or other derivative securities convertible into our Ordinary Shares, additional Ordinary Shares may be issued, which could result in significant dilution to our shareholders and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market or the fact that such warrants or options may be exercised, or that a significant number of restricted securities may vest, could adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares.

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If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about our company, our business, or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our Ordinary Shares adversely, the price and trading volume of our Ordinary Shares could decline.

        The trading market for our Ordinary Shares will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about our company, our business, our market, or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover our company change their recommendation regarding our shares adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our Ordinary Shares would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover our company were to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on our company, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.

If the benefits of any of our acquisitions do not meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of our securities may decline.

        If the benefits of any of our past or potential future acquisitions, including our ATB and TCIL acquisitions, do not meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of our securities may decline. In addition, the trading price of our securities following any acquisition could be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors relating to our acquisition activity, some of which are beyond our control. For example, our previously anticipated timing for the Second Closing of the ATB Acquisition has been delayed substantially. There can be no assurances that we will consummate the purchase of ATB's remaining outstanding shares on the terms or within the timeframe described herein, or at all, or, if we are successful in completing our acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares, that we will realize the full anticipated benefits that we, our investors or securities analysts anticipate. Our failure to realize anticipated benefits with respect to the ATB acquisition or the TCIL acquisition could negatively impact the price of our securities. In addition, any of the factors listed below could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our securities and our securities may trade at prices significantly below the price you paid for them. In such circumstances, the trading price of our securities may not recover and may experience a further decline.

        Factors affecting the trading price of our securities may include:

    our ability to successfully complete any past or potential future acquisition, and realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions;

    actual or anticipated fluctuations in our periodic financial results or the financial results of companies perceived to be similar to ours;

    changes in the market's expectations about our operating results;

    success of competitors;

    our operating results failing to meet the expectation of securities analysts or investors in a particular period;

    changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts concerning our company or our industry in general;

    operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable to ours;

    changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;

    our ability to meet compliance requirements;

    commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving us;

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    changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;

    the volume of our Ordinary Shares available for public sale;

    any major change in our board of directors or management;

    sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares by our directors, executive officers or significant shareholders or the perception that such sales could occur;

    any continued slowdown in India's economic growth; and

    general economic and political conditions such as recessions, interest rates, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations and acts of war or terrorism.

        Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our securities irrespective of our operating performance. The stock market in general and Nasdaq in particular, have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the particular companies affected. The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities, may not be predictable. A loss of investor confidence in the market for travel-related securities or the stocks of other companies which investors perceive to be similar to ours could depress our share price regardless of our business, prospects, financial conditions or results of operations. A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future.

There is no guarantee that our Ordinary Shares will continue to qualify for listing on Nasdaq for any period of time, or that our warrants will continue to qualify for listing on the OTCQX® Best Market for any period of time, and the failure to have our Ordinary Shares or warrants listed for any reason may negatively affect the value of our Ordinary Shares and/or warrants, as applicable.

        Our Ordinary Shares began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol "YTRA" on December 19, 2016. There are no guarantees that our Ordinary Shares will continue to qualify for listing on Nasdaq. In addition, our warrants began trading on the OTCQX® Best Market under the symbol "YTROF" on December 30, 2016. If our Ordinary Shares and/or warrants are ever in the future delisted, the holders could face significant consequences, including:

    a limited availability for market quotations for our securities;

    reduced liquidity with respect to our securities;

    a determination that our securities are a "penny stock," which will require brokers trading in those securities to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for those securities;

    limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company in the United States; and

    a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares may be sold into the market at any time. This could cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

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beneficially own approximately 48.73% of the issued and outstanding shares of our company company, assuming the conversion into Ordinary Shares of all (i) Yatra USA Class F Shares, (ii) Class A non-voting shares and (iii) other convertible shares held at the subsidiary level that are convertible into our Ordinary Shares and held by such parties (or approximately 68.04% of the shares of our company, assuming the exercise or conversion of all of our outstanding warrants), based on information known to us or ascertained by us from public filings made by such shareholders. MIHI LLC has agreed, with certain exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Yatra USA Class F Shares until the earlier of (i) December 16, 2017 or (ii) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, and the Terrapin Sponsors have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their shares of Yatra USA until the earlier of (i) June 16, 2018 or (ii) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. With the expiration of this lock-up, the Yatra USA Class F Shares held by MIHI LLC may be converted into our Ordinary Shares and sold in the public market. The shares held by MIHI LLC could also have been sold prior to the expiration of the applicable lock-up if the last sale price of our Ordinary Shares equaled or exceeded $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing May 15, 2017. In addition, once we became eligible to use Form F-3 or its successor form, we became obligated to file a shelf registration statement to register the resale of certain of our Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the Business Combination. As restrictions on resale end, the market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline if the holders of previously restricted shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

        The United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, imposes a reporting regime and, potentially, a 30% withholding tax on certain payments made to certain non-US financial institutions that fail to comply with certain information reporting, account identification, withholding, certification and other FATCA related requirements in respect of their direct and indirect United States shareholders and/or United States accountholders. To avoid becoming subject to FATCA withholding, we may be required to report information to the IRS regarding the holders of our Ordinary Shares and to withhold on a portion of payments with respect to our Ordinary Shares to certain holders that fail to comply with the relevant information reporting requirements (or that hold our Ordinary shares directly or indirectly through certain non-compliant intermediaries). This withholding tax made with respect to our Ordinary Shares will not apply to payments made before the date that is two years after the date of publication of final regulations defining the term "foreign passthru payment". An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another country may also modify these requirements. FATCA is particularly complex and its application is uncertain at this time. Holders of our Ordinary Shares should consult their tax advisors to obtain a more detailed explanation of FATCA and to learn how FATCA might affect each holder in its particular circumstances.

ITEM 4.    INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

    A.
    History and Development of our Company

        Yatra Online, Inc. is a Cayman Islands exempted company with operations primarily in India. We were incorporated as a private exempted company with limited liability on December 15, 2005 and subsequently became a public company upon the consummation of the Business Combination. Our registered office is located at c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box-309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104 Cayman Islands. Our principal executive office is located at 1101-03,

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11 th  Floor, Tower-B, Unitech Cyber Park, Sector 39, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India, and our telephone number at this office is (+91-124) 339-5500. Our principal website address is www.yatra.com and our other main website is www.travelguru.com. We do not incorporate the information contained on, or accessible through, our websites into this Annual Report, and you should not consider it a part of this Annual Report. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Puglisi & Associates located at 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19715.

        Yatra is a leading India online travel company in India, addressing the needs of both leisure and business travelers. Founded by Dhruv Shringi, Manish Amin, and Sabina Chopra, we commenced operations with the launch of our website in August 2006. We believe Yatra is India's largest independent corporate travel services provider and the second largest consumer online travel company in India (based on management's analysis of publicly available information), with approximately 9.7 million travelers that have booked their travel through us as of March 31, 2019. Through our website, www.yatra.com , our mobile applications and our other associated platforms, leisure and business travelers can explore, research, compare prices and book a wide range of services catering to their travel needs.

        On July 16, 2019, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Ebix, and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into us, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Ebix. For a description of the Merger Agreement, please see "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Recent Developments—Ebix Merger Agreement".

    B.
    Business Overview

        Leisure and business travelers use our mobile applications, our website, www.yatra.com , and our other offerings and services to explore, research, compare prices and book a wide range of travel-related services. These services include domestic and international air ticketing on nearly all Indian and international airlines, as well as bus ticketing, rail ticketing, cab bookings and ancillary services within India. We also provide access through our platform to hotels, homestays and other accommodations, with more than 108,000 hotels and homestays in approximately 1,400 cities and towns across India and more than 1.5 million hotels around the world. To ensure that our service is truly a "one-stop shop" for travelers, we also provide our customers with access to approximately 1,100 holiday packages and more than 152,000 other activities such as tours, sightseeing, shows, and events.

        India is one of the world's largest and fastest growing economies, with a large middle class, increasing disposable income and a rapidly growing online consumer segment. We believe that our focus on both the corporate as well as the consumer travel market positions us to address this combined market opportunity.

        To address this large market opportunity and drive the growth of our consumer business, which is our key focus, we operate through three go-to-market strategies: B2C (business to consumer), B2E (business to enterprise) and B2B2C (business to business to consumer). We believe that the combination of our B2C and B2E channels enables us to target India's most frequent and high spending travelers, namely, educated urban consumers, in a cost-effective manner. Our B2B2C channel provides additional scale to our business by leveraging our technology platform in order to cost-effectively aggregate consumer demand from approximately 24,000 travel agents in approximately 550 cities across India as of March 31, 2019. In addition, during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year 2019, we acquired TCIL, to strengthen our foothold in Southern India which further reinforced our leadership position in the enterprise travel segment.

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believe that this approach drives user familiarity with our service and encourages repeat use by our customers, which further enhances customer loyalty for our business. In addition, in order to further strengthen customer loyalty and provide an incentive to the employees of our B2E customers to become B2C customers, we operate our eCash loyalty program that enables travelers that book through our platform to accumulate and redeem points. During fiscal year 2019, approximately 92% of our customers' visits were from direct and organic traffic.

        We define a "visit" as a group of interactions on our platform that occur within a 30-minute time frame. A single visit can contain multiple screen or page views, events and transactions. We use "traffic" and "visits" interchangeably in this Annual Report.

        We have moved towards a "Mobile First" business and have experienced rapid user growth on our platform with mobile being the primary channel for customers to engage with us. During the fiscal year 2019, our web and mobile properties received approximately 306 million visits, an 8% increase compared to that of fiscal year 2018. Our mobile applications have been downloaded approximately 17.5 million times.

        Based on our large and loyal customer base, our comprehensive service offerings, our experienced management team and our multi-channel strategy, we believe that we are well-positioned to capitalize on the burgeoning Indian travel market. Our brand is among the most well-recognized in not only the Indian online travel industry, but all of Indian Internet commerce, and we believe that this creates a significant competitive advantage. Leveraging our brand and technology platform, we intend to continue to expand and enhance our offerings through innovative travel solutions that will grow our business, improve our customer experience and meet the changing needs of business and leisure travelers. For example, we have opened up our holidays booking platform to third-party vendors enabling them to sell holiday products alongside those packaged by us using our platform as a marketplace, providing our customers with a wide selection of products and services.

        We experience seasonal fluctuations in the demand for travel services and products offered by us. We tend to experience higher revenues from our Hotels and Packages business in the second and fourth calendar quarters of each year, which coincide with the summer holiday travel season and the year-end holiday travel season for our customers in India.

        Our revenue was INR 9,358.6 million in fiscal year 2019 and INR 12,248.5 million in fiscal year 2018, representing a decline of 23.6% over that period, primarily due to our adoption of IFRS 15. Our Adjusted Revenue was INR 8,911.0 million in fiscal year 2019 and INR 7,407.8 million in fiscal year 2018, representing an increase of 20.3%. In addition, our Gross Bookings for Air Ticketing and Hotels and Packages increased to INR 111.1 billion in fiscal year 2019 from INR 92.5 billion in fiscal year 2018, representing an increase of 20.1%.

        We have invested significant capital on our technology platform and on sales and marketing efforts to build our brand and to acquire customers. As a result of these efforts, during the fiscal year 2019, we have witnessed year over year growth of 14% in our mobile traffic and the installation rate for our mobile applications increased 24% from March 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019. In addition, we receive over 25 million online shopper visits on our platform each month.

        During fiscal years 2019 and 2018, our net losses were INR 1,193.6 million and INR 4,052.0 million, respectively.

        Adjusted Revenue is a non-IFRS measure. For more information about the non-IFRS measures and a reconciliation to the most comparable IFRS measure, please refer to "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Operating Metrics."

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Recent Developments

Ebix Merger Agreement

        On July 16, 2019, we entered into a merger agreement, or Merger Agreement, with Ebix, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Ebix, and EbixCash Travels Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix, or Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into us, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix. The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

        Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, or the Effective Time:

    All of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, Class A Shares and Yatra USA Class F Shares, will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Exchange Ratio of a share of Ebix Preferred Stock;

    Each Class F Share that is issued and outstanding will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.00000005 of a share of Ebix Preferred Stock;

    Each Yatra India Share that is issued and outstanding will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a specified number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Merger Agreement;

    Each option to purchase Ordinary Shares, whether vested or unvested, will be canceled and converted as of immediately prior to the Effective Time into the right to receive in respect of each Net Option Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement), if any, subject to such option, the merger consideration that would be received for one Ordinary Share;

    Each of our restricted stock units, whether vested or unvested, will be cancelled and converted as of immediately prior to the Effective Time into the right to receive the merger consideration due an Ordinary Share; and

    Each Yatra Warrant, to the extent not cancelled in the Warrant Cancellation, will be assumed by Ebix and become, as of the Effective Time, an option to purchase, on the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting, exercise and expiration provisions) as applied to each such Yatra Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, shares of Ebix Preferred Stock (such option, an Assumed Warrant), except that (A) the number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, subject to such Assumed Warrant will be equal to the product of (x) the number of Ordinary Shares that were subject to such Yatra Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio, and (B) the per-share exercise price will be equal to the quotient of (1) the exercise price per Ordinary Share at which such Yatra Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio.

        Each share of Ebix Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into 20 shares of common stock of Ebix.

        Our board of directors and the respective boards of directors of Merger Sub and Ebix have each approved the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the Plan of Merger. Our board of directors has also resolved to recommend that our shareholders adopt the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger. In addition, the board of directors of Ebix has approved the issuance of Ebix Preferred Stock in connection with the Merger.

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consummation of the Merger, (iii) the declaration of the effectiveness by the SEC of the Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC by Ebix in connection with the registration of the Ebix Preferred Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger and (iv) the authorization for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, of the shares of Ebix Preferred Stock to be issued in the Merger and such other shares of Ebix Preferred Stock to be reserved for issuance in connection with the Merger. The obligations of each party to consummate the Merger are also conditioned upon (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party as of the closing (subject to customary materiality qualifiers), (ii) the absence of any material breach by the other party of any of its covenants or agreements under the Merger Agreement, and (iii) the absence of a material adverse effect with respect to the other party. The obligations of Ebix and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger are further conditioned upon (i) the completion of the Warrant Cancellation, (ii) Ebix's receipt of written acknowledgement from the Company's financial advisor that its fees and expenses due for such services have been paid in full and (iii) other customary closing conditions. There can be no assurance that these and the other conditions to closing will be satisfied in a timely manner or at all.

        The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties and covenants of the parties customary for a transaction of this nature. During the period from the date of the Merger Agreement until the Effective Time, we and Ebix have each agreed, subject to certain exceptions, to certain covenants relating to, among other things, (i) the conduct of their respective businesses, (ii) the use of their respective reasonable best efforts to obtain governmental and regulatory approvals, if any, and (iii) the preparation and filing with the SEC of a proxy statement and Form S-4. In addition, subject to certain exceptions, we have agreed to covenants relating to (i) the submission of the Merger Agreement to our shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting for adoption, (ii) the recommendation by our board of directors in favor of the adoption by our shareholders of the Merger Agreement and (iii) certain cost-saving measures.

        In addition, we have agreed to certain non-solicitation obligations relating to acquisition proposals. We have further agreed not to, subject to certain exceptions, provide non-public information to, or engage in discussions or negotiations with, third parties regarding acquisition proposals. However, prior to the time when the Yatra Shareholder Approval is obtained, we may, in certain circumstances and in compliance with certain obligations, provide non-public information to, and participate in discussions or negotiations with third parties with respect to alternative acquisition proposals that were not solicited in violation of the Merger Agreement and, subject to compliance with certain other obligations, change our recommendation that our shareholders adopt the Merger Agreement and/or terminate the Merger Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to an acquisition proposal that constitutes a superior proposal.

        The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for us and Ebix, including, among others, the right of either party to terminate the Merger Agreement if (i) the Merger has not been consummated on or prior to the Outside Date, (ii) any court or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has issued an order or taken any other actions permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger, and such order or other action has become final and nonappealable, (iii) the Yatra Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the extraordinary general meeting for the purpose of adopting the Merger Agreement, (iv) the other party breaches its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that results in the failure of the related closing condition to be satisfied (subject to a cure period in certain circumstances) or (v) the occurrence of a material adverse effect on the other party's business.

        In addition, prior to the receipt of the Yatra Shareholder Approval, (i) we may terminate the Merger Agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement for an acquisition proposal that constitutes a superior proposal or in response to an intervening event and (ii) Ebix may terminate the Merger Agreement as a result of our board of directors changing its recommendation with respect to the Merger Agreement.

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        We will be required to pay the Termination Fee of $8,160,000 if the Merger Agreement is terminated (i) by Ebix, if our board of directors changes its recommendation that our shareholders vote in favor of adopting the Merger Agreement, (ii) by us or Ebix, if after our board of directors changes its recommendation, the Yatra Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the extraordinary general meeting or (iii) by us to enter into a superior proposal. We will also be required to pay the Termination Fee if, within twelve months following termination of the Merger Agreement due to a failure to close the Merger by the Outside Date or failure to obtain the Yatra Shareholder Approval, we consummate an acquisition proposal or enter into a definitive agreement with respect to an acquisition proposal that is subsequently consummated and, in each case, such acquisition proposal was publicly made and not publicly withdrawn prior to such termination of the Merger Agreement. If the Merger Agreement is terminated by us or Ebix because the Yatra Shareholder Approval is not obtained at the extraordinary general meeting and the Termination Fee is not then payable, then we will be required to pay Ebix the Expense Reimbursement in an amount up to $4,000,000.

        For more information, see a complete copy of the Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 4.25 to this Annual Report, and the information regarding Ebix and the Company, their respective businesses and the status of the Merger, as reported from time to time in other filings with the SEC.

ATB Acquisition

        On July 20, 2017, we, through our subsidiary Yatra India, agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ATB pursuant to the ATB Share Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, we: (a) acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of ATB on August 4, 2017 in exchange for a payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) agreed to acquire the balance of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for a Final Payment to be made at a Second Closing. To date the Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the computation for the Final Payment. A criminal complaint has been filed, and arbitration proceedings have commenced, in connection with a dispute between one of the Sellers in the ATB transaction and Yatra India and certain other parties. See "—Litigation—ATB Arbitration" below.

TCIL Acquisition

        On February 8, 2019, we, through our subsidiary, Yatra India, acquired all of the outstanding shares of TCIL pursuant to a TCIL Share Purchase Agreement. We expect that this acquisition will help Company to strengthen foothold in the southern India region.

Recent Developments in the Indian Air Travel Industry

        The Indian air travel industry has recently experienced several significant developments. For example, Jet Airways, one of the largest private airlines in the India, has recently ceased operations and subsequently been referred to insolvency proceedings. Jet Airways' cessation of operations is expected to result in fewer domestic and international flights and have consequent impact on ticket prices in the Indian air travel market.

        Prior to the initiation of insolvency proceedings, Jet Airways had initiated several cost-savings measures, including ending its partnership with one of the prominent global distribution system (GDS) provider used by us to access airline ticket inventory. In addition, Air India, has also discontinued providing domestic reservation inventory to the same GDS provider, as part of the Indian government's cost savings measure to use one exclusive GDS provider for its domestic inventory. We refer to these developments as the "Reservation Content Movement," in the Indian air travel market.

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Our Approach

        India is one of the world's largest and fastest growing economies, with a large middle class that is benefiting from increasing disposable income and a growing adoption of mobile Internet access. Nevertheless, India's middle class is still a relatively small fragment of India's population. As outlined in the chart below, as of May 2017, India's A1-B1 socio-economic segments, which we believe to represent the educated urban consumers who are our target customers, represent just 7% of the overall population (1.32 billion) and 23% of the urban population (420 million) in India.

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Source: Urban population estimate of 420 million, as of May 2017, per Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). Socio-economic classification (SEC) breakdown per the Market Research Society of India. Distribution of SEC A1-E segments per MRSI applied to IAMI estimate of 420 million users to arrive to socio-economic segment size. Approximations based on income not directly correlated to socio segmentation hence proxies of income distribution used to estimate the approximate avg. income.

        As indicated by the tables below, the Indian corporate travel market represents one of the world's fast growing corporate travel market.

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(1)
KPMG & FCM travel report "Redefining Corporate Travel Management" dated January 2019, accessed from Travelbizmonitor.com.

(2)
"Business Travel in India' Emerging Trends & Opportunities" article dated February 13, 2017, accessed from Travelbizmonitor.com.

        In order to effectively grow our business and serve the various segments of India's growing middle class, we operate through three go-to-market strategies: B2C, B2E and B2B2C. By using a common technology platform, we believe we are able to effectively target India's educated urban consumers and have multiple points of contact for marketing additional services to existing customers.

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    Our consumer, or B2C, offerings are provided directly to consumers through our apps and website.

    Our corporate, or B2E, offerings are provided to our customers through a self-booking tool as well as site support with staff for query handling and execution. Our portfolio of approximately 850 large corporate customers as of March 31, 2019 (including corporate customers of ATB and TCIL) includes leading organizations from India that employ approximately 4.5 million people, helping to make our B2E business India's largest corporate travel agency. We have also ramped up our efforts for signups of small and medium enterprises and entered into a partnership with one of the world's leading service providers for providing an expense management solution.

    Our trade, or B2B2C, offerings address the needs of a large and fragmented market of travel agents providing access to approximately 24,000 registered agents in approximately 550 cities across India as of March 31, 2019, and particularly in smaller markets (which we refer to herein as Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities or markets) where Internet penetration has traditionally been lower and where cash payments are still the predominant form of travel purchasing.

        We believe that our broad and diverse offerings provide us with considerable cross-selling opportunities across our go-to-market channels, each of which has experienced strong growth in gross bookings. Using our common technology platform, business customers, who are introduced to our platform through their employers, are able to explore and book their leisure travel, and in some cases our eCash program rewards and incentivizes them for doing so. We believe that these aspects of our platform and the high number of repeat visitors and repeat transactions provide us with a cost effective way to grow our business while providing a high quality service to our customers.

Our Platform

        We have developed a common technology platform approach that enables a consistent user experience across multiple channels and different products, supporting our go-to-market strategy across our B2C, B2E and B2B2C channels. Our customer "touch-points" include our mobile applications, website and call centers as well as 'embedded' teams within some of our B2E clients. In addition, through our platform, we address the needs of a large fragmented market of travel agents, empowering over 24,000 agents in approximately 550 cities across India as of March 31, 2019. Combining these offerings on a common technology platform allows us to develop an ongoing repeat relationship with our customers regardless of the specific channel through which they started using our services. For

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example, using our platform, B2E customers are able to explore and book their subsequent leisure travel through Yatra, potentially benefiting from our eCash program that rewards them for doing so.

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(1)
Data for the twelve months ended March 31, 2019 for flagship brand Yatra.com only and excludes data from B2E and B2B2C businesses.

(2)
Cumulative as of March 31, 2019; does not include data for B2B2C business.

(3)
Approximate count as of March 31, 2019 and includes the employees of corporate customers of ATB and TCIL.

(4)
As of March 31, 2019.

        Our website and mobile applications provide the following capabilities:

    Exploring & Searching:   Our web and mobile platforms enable customers to explore and search flights, hotels, holiday packages, buses, trains and activities. We have developed a Natural Language Processing/Machine Learning, or NLP/ML based text/voice search engine on our website and our Facebook Bot to optimize search results. We also have a NLP/ML-based customer support knowledge engine to address users' queries without dialing the call center, thereby reducing the servicing cost and increasing customer satisfaction levels. To further engage consumers, we have a number of features such as "Lowest Fare Finder," "Super Saver," "Things To Do" and notifications.

    Total Visibility:   Using our platform, customers are able to search for the lowest price available on any given date, identify dates with public holidays and widely celebrated events, and obtain additional information such as tripadvisor.com reviews, information on refundable or non-refundable fares, number of stops on airline bookings, and hotel and room amenities.

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    Booking:   Once a customer has decided to book travel, we offer a range of payment options. In addition, for international transactions, we use a "Dynamic Currency Converter," which supports 29 currencies and converts prices from INR to another currency so that international credit cards can be charged.

Mobile Applications

        As smartphone penetration has grown in India, our mobile apps have become a critical component of our consumer offerings. We have multiple applications for a variety of consumer segments and services including:

    Yatra:   Our primary mobile interface to our core platform, which has been downloaded approximately 17.5 million times.

    Yatra Mini:   A multilingual, mass-market Android application providing consumers with ready access to rail and bus bookings as well as budget hotels.

    Yatra Web Check-In:   An application designed to ease the flight check-in process for travelers.

    Yatra Corporate:   A self-booking application for our business customers.

    Travelguru HomeStay:   An application that connects homeowners and travelers to facilitate homestay bookings.

    Yatra Hoteliers DESTranet:   An application for hotel owners and operators to update and manage their inventories, rates and check-in process.

        Since the launch of our mobile apps, we have experienced rapid growth in the traffic on our mobile platforms and in fiscal year 2019, our mobile platforms accounted for approximately 81% of our total consumer visits and grew at 14% over fiscal year 2018.

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(1)
% of Online Bookings for flagship brand Yatra.com only and excludes data from B2E and B2B2C businesses.

Our Services

        We offer comprehensive travel-related services, which include domestic and international air ticketing, hotel bookings, homestays, holiday packages, bus ticketing, rail ticketing, cab booking, activities and ancillary services. During the year ended March 31, 2019 we have experienced year over year growth of 15% in air passengers booked, 12% in stand-alone hotel room nights booked, decline of 20% in packages passengers traveled and 20% in Gross Bookings.

Air Ticketing

        We provide our customers with access to seven domestic airlines, including Indigo, SpiceJet, Air India and GoAir, as well as over 400 airlines for international travel, including Air India, Emirates, Etihad and Lufthansa.

        Our airline ticketing business provides comprehensive information and options to consumers. Based on the search criteria and filters available, consumers are able to quickly and conveniently evaluate options, make selections and execute transactions. Customers can search and sort by date, airline, class of travel, fare price, origin, destination, and number of stops, and our search results can be enhanced by our customers' recent searches, history and preferences.

        We earn commissions and incentives from airlines for tickets booked by customers through our various sales channels. We either deduct commissions at the time of payment of the fare to our airline suppliers or we collect our commissions from our airline suppliers. Incentive payments, which are largely based on volume of business, are collected from our airline suppliers on a periodic basis. We charge our customers a service fee for booking airline tickets and receive fees from our GDS service providers based on the volume of sales completed by us through GDS. Revenue from airline tickets sold as part of packages is eliminated from our Air Ticketing revenues and added to our Hotels and Packages revenue.

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        We have experienced a CAGR of 25% in our air passenger count and airline gross bookings from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2019. During the year ended March 31, 2019, air passengers booked grew 15% year over year and air gross bookings increased 23% over the same period.

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(1)
Numbers for fiscal year 2019 include TCIL performance for two months.

(2)
Please refer to "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Operating Metrics" for definitions and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures.

Hotels and Packages

Hotels

        With over 108,000 hotels and homestays contracted in approximately 1,400 cities across India, we are India's largest platform for domestic hotels. In fiscal year 2019, more than 2.3 million standalone hotel room-nights were booked through our platforms. Due largely to our rapid growth in this segment, our Gross Bookings has grown by a CAGR of 16% from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2019. Contracting with hotels is done by a dedicated team that is responsible for onboarding listed properties as well as negotiating rates and promotions. Hotels can also self-manage their rates, inventories, promotions and margins using our extranet (mobile and web versions). Hoteliers also have an option to access the extranet via a Channel Manager API, an interface that lets hoteliers connect their software application to our extranet.

        Revenue from our Hotels and Packages business includes commissions and markups that we earn for the sale of hotel rooms (without packages), which is recorded on a "net" basis. Revenue from packages, including hotel and airline tickets sold as part of packages, is accounted for on a "gross" basis. From fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019, our Hotels and Holiday Packages' Gross Bookings grew by 0.9% driven by consistent growth in hotel room-nights and holiday packages sales.

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        In late 2015, we added homestays through our Yatra and Travelguru brands, which includes a wide variety of accommodation options from homes, cottages, apartments, guest houses, villas, heritage properties, holiday homes, jungle stays, estate houses to farmhouses and more. As of March 31, 2019, we had listed approximately 14,000 properties across the various brands and platforms. In addition, in June 2016, we launched our Travelguru HomeStay App, which allows homeowners to list their property as a homestay and travelers to search, browse and book the properties, all at the "click of a button."

        We believe that Yatra has India's largest hotel inventory, especially in the key "budget" category in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities that matches Indian consumers' preferences.

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Management estimates, as of March 31, 2019

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Management estimates from company website, press articles, and filings

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Includes approximately 14,000 homestay accommodations

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Premium hotels include 4 and 5 star accommodations; mid-segment hotels include 3 star accommodations and budget hotels include all other accommodations (including homestay accommodations)

Holiday Packages

        Our holiday packages offerings consist of both fixed departure and customized holiday packages. Given our focus on the Indian middle-class consumer, many of whom are not seasoned travelers, our customers typically prefer booking holiday packages where most elements of their travel, including flights, hotels, sightseeing, transport, visa and insurance, are all taken care of. We have expanded our portfolio to include approximately 1,100 holiday packages to destinations within India, Asia, the Middle East and Europe and have established ground handling operations and partnerships in Dubai, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. We also opened up our platform to third-party holiday packages

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sellers who can now sell alongside our own products through our platform, thereby offering our customers a wider choice of products.

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Numbers for fiscal year 2019 include TCIL performance for two months.

(2)
Please refer to "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Operating Metrics" for definitions and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures.

Other Services

Rail Ticketing

        To leverage the convenience of online bookings, we entered the rail travel market in September 2007 with inventory made available by IRCTC. IRCTC is a subsidiary of Indian Railways that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of Indian Railways.

Bus Ticketing

        To leverage the convenience of online bookings, we entered the bus travel market in September 2014. To ensure consistency of supply, we source our tickets from a combination of suppliers.

Cab Booking

        Taking a step further in servicing our customers and providing them with one more travel solution, in September 2016, we launched app integration with one of the world's most famous cab-booking companies. This made it possible for our customers to book their local and intracity transport through the Yatra app, even if the main supplier app is not installed on their devices.

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        In September 2017, we enhanced the travel proposition for our customers by offering a self-drive car rental service.

Activities

        Launched in July 2016, we currently list over 152,000 activities inside and outside India. We offer a broad range of activities to our customers at multiple price points, including tours, historical and contemporary sightseeing, luxury experiences, romantic trips, events, shows, food tours, cooking classes and others, each ranging from a few hours to a full day.

Our Strengths

        We believe the following combination of attributes of our company distinguishes us from our competitors:

Trusted Online Travel Brand

        "Yatra," which is the Hindi word for "Journey," is one of India's most well-recognized travel brands. Our brand has received numerous awards and recognitions, including multiple awards from the Government of India's Ministry of Tourism, 'The Best Edutainment Program-K12' Awarded by Indian Education Awards 2019—9 th  National Awards on Indian Education, The Economic Times Brand Equity's Most Trusted Brand Survey 2016, Travel and Hospitality's Most Outstanding Travel Company and the CNBC Awaaz Travel Award. The strength of the brand is reflected in the approximately 306 million visitors to our platform in fiscal year 2019 and that our direct and organic traffic went from approximately 86% to approximately 92% in fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019, respectively. To further strengthen the brand, we have, from time to time, signed up some of India's leading film personalities as our brand ambassador in the past.

Our Multi-Channel Platform for Business and Leisure Travelers

        We have designed a unique "go-to-market" strategy that is a mix of B2C, B2E and B2B2C. This comprehensive approach creates strong network effects resulting in significant cross-sell between business and leisure travelers, which we believe addresses the entire travel market in India. Through organic and inorganic initiatives we believe we have become the largest independent corporate travel services provider and the second largest consumer travel company in India, both leveraging a common technology platform. We believe that our broad and diverse offerings provide us with considerable cross-selling opportunities across business channels and that our eCash program provides further incentive for customer loyalty across the various channels.

Large and Loyal Customer Base

        We have served approximately 9.7 million cumulative travel customers as of March 31, 2019, an increase of 1.8 million customers compared to March 31, 2018, with a high number of repeat visitors and repeat transactions. In the fourth quarter of 2019, repeat transactions accounted for 75% of all of the transactions on yatra.com. For our consumer-direct business, our customers made an average of 3.0 purchases per year often buying across services.

Comprehensive Selection of Service and Product Offerings

        Our comprehensive travel-related offerings are customized to the unique needs of Indian and global customers traveling throughout India, and for domestic customers traveling internationally. We believe that we have aggregated the largest travel related inventory in India that includes access to all major domestic and international airlines operating within India and a hotel network that includes over 108,000 domestic hotels and homestays across 1,400 cities in India. This comprehensive selection of

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travel-related services makes us a "one-stop shop" for our customers' business and leisure travel needs, thereby providing us with multiple points of contact with travelers allowing us to develop an ongoing repeat relationship with our customers.

Single Technology Platform

        We have developed a common technology platform approach that enables a consistent user experience across our entire customer base including B2C, B2E and B2B2C. This approach has enabled us to reduce development costs and accelerate "time-to-market" as new features and services can be launched simultaneously across channels. Our technology also contributes to the conversion of our business travelers to leisure travelers by creating a single and familiar platform as well as enabling loyalty programs such as our eCash program, available across all our channels and offerings. Our technology platform has been designed to deliver a high level of reliability, security, scalability, integration and innovation. We believe that having a single technology platform enables us to innovate and scale our operations effectively across channels.

Seasoned Management Team with Track Record of Success

        We are a founder-led business and our senior management team is comprised of industry executives with deep roots in the travel industry combining over 70 years of accumulated experience. Our management team previously worked with companies such as Ebookers.com, Tripadvisor.com, Yahoo, Travel Boutique Online and Carlson Wagonlit. We believe that our management's expertise, industry relationships, and experience in identifying, evaluating and executing on new opportunities provide us with opportunities to grow organically and through strategic acquisitions that complement or expand our existing operations.

Our Growth Strategy

        The key elements of our long-term growth strategy include:

Cost-Effectively Grow our Customer Base

        We intend to grow our customer base by continuing to provide business and leisure travelers a combined, comprehensive and competitive platform that meets all their travel needs. In addition, we plan to continue investing in our brand, expanding our B2E sales team and growing our B2B2C travel agent network. For example, during the first half of fiscal year 2018, we launched a new brand campaign and grew our travel agent network to approximately 24,000 agents as of March 31, 2019.

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Grow "Share Of Wallet" With Existing Customers—Leverage our Multi-Channel Approach and Our Loyalty Programs

        In order to leverage our multi-channel platform we have developed a number of initiatives that help us drive and reward customer loyalty, specifically targeting business travelers who join our platform through our B2E channel and who eventually become B2C customers. For example, our eCash program was launched in 2014 to reward customers for repeat purchases. Customers accumulate such eCash points on travel booked through us, and these points work as a currency that can be redeemed by customers during future bookings. Our eCash program is supported by a strong technology architecture and operates seamlessly with minimal human intervention. Since the eCash program was launched, we believe we have seen a significant impact of this program on our business. We plan to continue focusing on growing our B2C business and using and promoting our eCash program in order to grow our business. Over 5 million customers have been registered for our eCash program.

Invest in Technology—"One-Stop Shop" For All Travel Needs

        We intend to continue investing in our common technology platform in order to ensure that we can introduce new product offerings in an efficient and timely manner and deliver on our vision of being a 'one-stop-shop' for our customers when it comes to travel and travel related products. Given our focus on sustainable growth, which means that we do not intend to rely on aggressive promotions and discounts to grow our business, innovation is a key driver for our business as it enables us to provide our customers with a differentiated high quality offering. In order to provide customers with selection and choice, we have launched a marketplace platform that enables us to sell our own inventory as well as the inventory of third-party vendors and we intend to launch similar innovative platform enhancements in the future.

Focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 Markets

        We will continue to invest in branding and services targeting Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets which, we believe, currently have lower online penetration levels for travel. According to the Indian government's most recent census, more than 200 million people (representing 16% of India's population) live in the 488 cities and towns comprising Tier 2 and 3 markets. We expect increased travel within and between Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities to drive growth in air and hotels. According to the Airports Authority of India, the growth rate in the number of air travel passengers year-over-year is higher in secondary airports located in smaller Tier 1 and larger Tier 2 cities and smaller regional airports in Tier 2 cities, at 24% and 20%, respectively, than it is in major metro airports located in the largest Tier 1 cities, at 16%.

Fuel Growth Through Innovative Acquisition Strategies

        The acquisition of companies, intellectual property and talented individuals has been central to our growth strategy. In 2010, we acquired TSI and its subsidiaries in order to expand our B2B2C business, particularly our international Air Ticketing for small and medium scale enterprises. In 2012, we acquired Travelguru B2C and B2B2C entities from Travelocity, which remain well-established hotel aggregators in India. Through this acquisition, we expanded our hotel business by establishing more direct hotel relationships in India and improved our inventory of affordable travel options. We have also leveraged our leading position in the Indian travel ecosystem to make several "acqui-hires," including the teams from mGaadi and dudegenie, in order to grow our business. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, we completed the acquisition of a majority stake in ATB and the corporate division of PL Worldways known as Travel.co.in Limited, or TCIL, which further reinforced our leadership position in the B2E travel segment. We expect to continue to pursue acquisitions that we believe will provide services, technologies or people that complement or expand our current offerings.

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    Supplier Relationships

        We believe that we have built and continue to maintain strong relationships across our portfolio of suppliers for airlines, hotels and holiday packages. We have teams managing our existing airline relationships, hotel relationships, and holiday packages. These teams also work to expand our offerings and network. A selective mix of negotiated rates, payment terms and co-participation promotions has resulted in a compelling consumer portfolio offering with an opportunity to leverage our large customer base and cross-sell effectively.

    Airlines

        The airline ticketing business is primarily targeted to domestic air passengers and international travel from India. We have access to real-time inventory either via GDS service providers such as Amadeus and Galileo or through a "direct-connect" to the airlines. We have relationships with all major airlines operating in India, domestic and international. The fares paid by our customers include a transaction fee and this, along with the "per-segment" earnings from the GDS providers, the commissions and volume-linked incentives from the airlines, forms the revenue accrued to us. Our relationships include all major full-service carriers and low-cost carriers. These include domestic carriers such as Air Asia, Air India, Air India Express, Go Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Vistara, and international airlines such as Air France-KLM, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air India, , Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Qatar Airways, etc.

    Hotels

        We have India's largest hotel network of 108,000 hotels and in fiscal year 2019, more than 2.3 million hotel room-nights were booked through our platforms. We have a team responsible for supply side contracting, onboarding listed properties, and demand generation. We also have an extranet portal that hoteliers use to access and manage their inventory, rates and promotions. Hoteliers also have an option to access the extranet via a Channel Manager API, an interface that lets hoteliers connect their software application to our extranet.

    Customer Service

        We are dedicated to ensuring a superior user experience on our platform and a critical component of that is customer service. We provide customer support in all stages of our customers' trips—before, during and after. Our "chat" system is an important means of communication between buyers and sellers, buyers and our customer service and sellers and our seller support. We monitor feedback from our customers using an in-house CRM system that helps to provide simple, tailor-made tools to provide rapid and effective support. We have over 600 employees in customer service, including supervisors, sales representatives, quality assurance and process control teams. There is a four week induction and training program for our employees, which is managed by our in-house training team.

        Central to the customer experience, our customer contact centers are closely aligned to the business and are equipped to meet all customer needs. These centers are open seven days per week with emergency numbers that are available for any customers who might need assistance during non-business hours. This enables us to provide a seamless customer experience across all channels. To improve flexibility and cost efficiency, we also utilize third-party customer service providers. In most of the cases, our staff is stationed in third-party customer contact centers to ensure that the customer experience is maintained to our unified corporate standards.

    Technology

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data center and also utilize cloud services with an ability to restore all site operations within 48 hours in case of a complete shut-down. This infrastructure is certified to support a traffic spike of 4.5 times across the flights, hotels, holidays, bus and rail platforms.

        The technology stack includes Java, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcache, jQuery with a 3-tier service-oriented architecture for horizontal scale, performance and flexibility. We leverage and contribute to open source technologies, leading to faster innovation, development and cost-efficiencies.

        We use an integration layer for high-scale, fault tolerance and configurability with connectivity to multiple GDS and hosting systems for low cost carriers. This provides auto switching capabilities and redundancy between suppliers so that we may provide the same airline inventory even if a supplier is experiencing connectivity or performance issues.

        We have also developed a common user interface platform that ensures a single common user view across B2C, B2E and B2B2C channels and a single customer/client interface on both the web and mobile interfaces so that users have a consistent experience irrespective of the channel via which they come to us.

        In order to ensure smooth integration of our inventory, we have launched a marketplace platform that enables us to sell our own inventory and the inventory of third-party vendors to provide travelers a wider selection of products and services on a single platform. This platform presents a set of reusable services that allow third-party suppliers or travel services to manage and sell those services on yatra.com directly to consumers. This platform includes vendor management, seller-buyer-user communication service, provision of content, inventory and pricing management and product life cycle management services.

    Security

        We accept all major credit, debit cards and other payment instruments, including mobile wallets. PaySwift is a homegrown payment engine to ensure payments are safe and secure. We are PCI-DSS 3.2 compliant with VeriSign secure certification. We follow a two-factor authentication mechanism with the security features of the applicable card. Our critical data security practices include credit card data protection in a separate VLAN accessible only through authenticated APIs and are in an encrypted storage with the key broken into two different systems. We also use a risk engine, which is a third-party service, to validate and fraud check international credit cards.

        Our 24x7 monitoring and alerting security infrastructure is provided by an outsourced company from multiple locations. Continuous scanning, penetration testing and threat elimination, including ransomware protection, is undertaken by third-party security experts assisted by in-house security consultants. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection service has been instituted, which works at the perimeter level with protection up to one GBPS, to provide comprehensive solutions for all application (layer 7) and network (layer 3) DDoS attacks. Web application firewalls have also been placed for network and application security apart from a network firewall.

    Competition

        The Indian travel industry is highly competitive. Our success depends upon our ability to compete effectively against numerous established and emerging competitors, including other online travel agencies, or OTAs, traditional offline travel companies, travel research companies, payment wallets, search engines and meta search companies, both in India and abroad, such as Agoda Company Pte. Ltd., Akbar Travels, Amazon India, Booking.com B.V., Cleartrip Pvt. Ltd., Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Expedia Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd., Easy Trip Planners Ltd, Flipkart Pvt. Ltd., Le Travenues Technology Pvt. Ltd. India, MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt. Ltd. (including Ibibo Group), One97 Communications Limited, Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd., Riya Travel and Tours (India) Private Limited

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and in each case including their affiliated and group entities. Our competitors may have significantly greater financial, marketing, personnel and other resources than we have. Factors affecting our competitive success include price, availability of travel products, ability to package travel products across multiple suppliers, brand recognition, customer service and customer care, fees charged to customers, ease of use, accessibility, reliability and innovation. If we are not able to compete effectively against our competitors, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        Large, established Internet search engines with a global presence and meta search companies who can aggregate travel search results compete against us for customers. Certain of our competitors have launched brand marketing campaigns to increase their visibility with customers. Some of our competitors have significantly greater financial, marketing, personnel and other resources than we do and certain of our competitors have a longer history of established businesses and reputations in the Indian travel market as compared with us. Some meta search sites, including TripAdvisor, Trivago and Kayak, offer the users an ability to make reservations directly on their websites, which may reduce the amount of traffic and transactions available to us through referrals from these sites. If additional meta search sites begin to offer the ability to make reservations directly, that will further affect our ability to generate traffic to our sites. From time to time, we may be required to reduce service fees and Net Revenue Margins in order to compete effectively and maintain or gain market share.

        We may also face increased competition from new entrants in our industry. The travel industry is extremely dynamic and new channels of distribution in the travel industry may negatively affect our market share. Additional sources of competition include large companies that offer online travel services as one part of their business model, such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, as well as "daily deal" websites, such as Groupon, Inc.'s Getaways, or peer to peer inventory sources, such as Airbnb Inc., HomeAway.com, Inc. and Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd., which provide home and apartment rentals as an alternative to hotel rooms. The growth of peer to peer inventory sources could affect the demand for our services in facilitating reservations at hotels. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully compete against existing or new competitors in our existing lines of business as well as new lines of business into which we may venture. If we are not able to compete effectively, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        In addition, many airlines, hotels, car rental companies and tour operators have call centers and have established their own travel distribution websites and mobile applications. Suppliers may offer advantages for customers to book directly, such as member only fares, bonus miles or loyalty points, which could make their offerings more attractive to customers. Some low cost airlines distribute their online supply exclusively through their own websites and other airlines have stopped providing inventory to certain online channels and attempt to drive customers to book directly on their websites by eliminating or limiting sales of certain airline tickets through third-party distributors. Additionally, airline suppliers are increasingly promoting hotel supply on their websites in connection with airline tickets. If we are unable to compete effectively with travel supplier related channels or other competitors, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

        We also face increasing competition from search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo!. Search engines have grown in popularity and may offer comprehensive travel planning or shopping capabilities, which may drive more traffic directly to the websites of our suppliers or competitors. Google has increased its focus on appealing to travel customers through its launches of Google Places, Google Flights and Google Hotel Price Ads. Google's efforts around these products, as well as possible future developments, may change or undermine our ability to obtain prominent placement in paid or unpaid search results at a reasonable cost or at all.

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technologies and the continued expansion of existing technologies, such as meta search and other search engine technologies, may force us to make changes to our business models, which could affect our financial condition and results of operations. Increased competition has resulted in and may continue to result in reduced margins, as well as loss of customers, transactions and brand recognition.

    Intellectual Property

        Our intellectual property rights include trademarks and domain names associated with the name "Yatra," and "Travelguru" primarily, as well as copyrights and rights arising from confidentiality agreements relating to our website content and technology. We regard our intellectual property as a factor contributing to our success. We rely on trademark law, trade secret protection, non-competition and confidentiality agreements with our employees and some of our partners and vendors to protect our intellectual property rights. We require our employees to enter into agreements to keep confidential all information relating to our customers, methods, business and trade secrets during and after their employment with us. Our employees are required to acknowledge and recognize that all inventions, trade secrets, works of authorship, developments and other processes made by them during their employment are our property.

        Yatra India and its subsidiaries have registered the primary domain names, namely www.yatra.com , www.yatra.in , www.tsi-yatra.com and www.travelguru.com , and have full legal rights over these domain names for the period for which such domain names are registered. We conduct our business primarily under the "Yatra" brand name and logo and have registered the trademarks under a couple of classes mainly in India. We have inter alia applied for trademark registration of the logos, and word marks for yatra.com in India and such applications are currently pending with the Registry of Trademarks. We have filed responses to objections raised by the Registry of Trademarks to certain of these applications. We have also filed oppositions with the Registry of Trademarks against certain trademarks in pursuance of the protection of our trademarks.

    Employees

        As of March 31, 2019, we had 2,514 employees. The following tables show a breakdown of our employees as of March 31 for the past three years by category of activity and geographic location.

 
  Number of Employees
as of March 31,
 
Division/Function
  2017   2018   2019*  

Executive Management

    7     7     3 **

Product development

    109     141     116  

Sales and marketing

    621     844     377  

Technology development and technology support

    333     385     283  

Others (including operations, business development, administration, finance and accounting, legal and human resources)

    1,273     2,014     1,735  

Total

    2,343     3,391     2,514  

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**
Decrease is due to redesignation of Messrs. Dhall, Verma, Poddar and Sodhi as non-Executive Officers and due to resignation of Mr. Verma.
 
  Number of Employees
as of March 31,
 
Location
  2017   2018   2019  

India

    2,325     3372     2,498  

United States

    1     1     1  

Singapore

    17     18     15  

Total

    2,343     3,391     2,514  

        None of our employees are represented by a labor union. We believe that our relations with our employees are good. As of March 31, 2019, we employed 191 temporary and contractual employees.

Insurance

        We maintain and annually renew insurance for losses (but not business interruption) arising from fire, burglary as well as terrorist activities for our corporate office at Gurgaon, India, as well as for our various offices in India. In addition, we have insurance policies of approximately US$ 15 million to insure our directors and officers from various liabilities arising out of the general performance of their duties. We have also purchased key man insurance, professional indemnity insurance, public liability insurance, fidelity insurance and work injury compensation insurance for Yatra India.

        In addition to the above, we have taken standard medical policies for all the companies in the Group and group term insurance policies and group personal accident policies in Yatra India and some of its subsidiaries and affiliates (besides a cash insurance policy in one of our subsidiaries).

Regulations

        We are subject to various laws and regulations in India arising from our operations in India, including travel agent requirements and the operation of our website, call centers and other offices.

        Yatra India has obtained registration from Ministry of Tourism to act as Domestic Tour Operator and Inbound Tour Operator which are valid until May 7, 2024 and May 7, 2024, respectively. Yatra India is also accredited with the International Air Transport Registration which is valid for 2020.

        Under the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000, as amended, we are subject to certain liabilities pertaining to the implementation and maintenance of reasonable security practices and procedures with respect to sensitive personal data or information that we possess, deal with or handle in our computer systems, networks, databases and software. India has also implemented privacy laws, including the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, which impose limitations and restrictions on the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.

        We have obtained approvals to operate our domestic and international call centers in India as "Other Service Providers" (OSP) from the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. Our approval in respect of Domestic OSP and International OSP is valid for 20 years from October 18, 2013 and September 26, 2012, respectively.

        We also obtain and maintain registrations under the Shops and Establishments Act and Rules of each state where our offices are located.

        Our operations in India currently do not benefit from tax holidays under any applicable laws or regulations.

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        The consolidated foreign direct investment policy, or FDI Policy, issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, as amended, and the regulations framed thereunder, or FEMA, have certain requirements with respect to downstream investments by Indian companies that are owned or controlled by foreign entities and with respect to the transfer of ownership or control of Indian companies in sectors with caps on foreign investment from resident Indian persons or entities to foreigners. These requirements currently include restrictions on pricing, valuation of shares and sources of funding for such investments, which may, in certain cases, require prior notice to or approval of the Government of India. India's Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, restrict us from lending to or borrowing from our Indian subsidiaries. Further the Government of India has from time to time made and may continue to make revisions to the FDI policy on e-commerce in India (including in relation to business model and permitted services). Such changes may require us to make changes to our business in order to comply with Indian law.

        The Companies Act contains significant changes to Indian company law, including in relation to the issuance of capital by companies, related party transactions, corporate governance, audit matters, shareholder class actions and restrictions on the number of layers of subsidiaries and corporate social responsibility spending. While the majority of the provisions of the Companies Act are currently effective, certain provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 remain in effect.

Litigation

        From time to time we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business and the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty.

        Except for the ATB and tax proceedings described below, there are no governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings (including any such proceedings which are pending or threatened, of which we are aware) that we believe could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

ATB Arbitration

        On July 20, 2017, we, through our subsidiary Yatra India, agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ATB pursuant to a ATB Share Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, we: (a) acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of ATB on August 4, 2017 in exchange for a payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) agreed to acquire the balance of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for a Final Payment to be made at a Second Closing. To date the Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the computation for the Final Payment.

        On June 4, 2019, the EOW of the Delhi Police registered a First Information Report to initiate an investigation of a criminal Complaint that was previously filed with the EOW by Mr. Sunil Narain, the Complainant and one of the Sellers. The Complaint alleged, among other things, cheating and criminal breach of trust in connection with Yatra India's performance of its obligations under the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, which Yatra India has denied in its initial response to the Complaint. The Complaint was originally filed against (i) Yatra India, (ii) certain officers and directors of our subsidiaries, including Yatra India, and (iii) a partner in Yatra India's external auditing firm (which we refer to as the Respondents, and together with the Complainant, the Parties). As relief, the Complainant requested that appropriate action be taken in response to the alleged criminal acts, including, among other things, the registration of a First Information Report.

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        Separately, on May 30, 2019, Yatra India filed a petition with the High Court of Delhi seeking, among other things, interim relief against the Complainant. Based on the petition, on May 31, 2019, the High Court of Delhi issued an order granting certain interim relief to Yatra India referring the matter to arbitration and also appointing an arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings in the matter have commenced accordingly.

        We and Yatra India believe that the Complaint was filed for collateral purposes and that the allegations contained in the Complaint are entirely false and frivolous, and they intend to vigorously defend this matter and cooperate fully with the EOW in connection with its ongoing investigation. There can be no assurance that the EOW will not pursue further action against the Respondents. Further, although we and Yatra India believe that Court-ordered arbitration will result in favorable resolution for us, there can be no assurances that the arbitrator will issue a decision that is favorable to Yatra India or us. Failure to complete the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares would prevent us from realizing in full the anticipated benefits of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement. In addition, the market price of the Company's ordinary shares may reflect various market assumptions as to whether the Company will complete the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares. Any continued delay or failure to complete the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares, or any adverse development in connection with the pending investigation of the Complaint, may negatively affect the Company's business and results of operations.

Tax Matters Relating to Yatra Online Private Limited

Assessment Year 2008-09

        In December 2010, we received a demand notice from the Indian income tax authorities for the assessment year 2008-09, disallowing a deduction of INR 18.9 million. In January 2011, we filed an appeal with the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals). The appeal was decided in our favor in March 2012 and we received partial relief except for some disallowance amounting to INR 1.6 million. The Revenue department of income tax authority has filed an appeal against the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) with the Income Tax Tribunal. Further, in March 2014, we received a demand notice for payment of tax on disallowed expenses of INR 1.6 million. The tax amount was paid in April 2014. In March 2016, the Income Tax Tribunal remanded the matter to the file of the assessing officer who will decide these issues afresh and give us an opportunity to present the case before him. The matter has not yet been scheduled for hearing by the assessing officer.

Assessment Year 2012-13

        In April 2016, we received a demand notice from the Indian income tax authorities for the assessment year 2012-13, disallowing a deduction of INR 8.2 million for expenditure relatable to exempt income and security deposit written off. We filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in July 2016. Subsequently, we were issued a notice of demand for INR 0.5 million as a tax penalty against which we filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in November 2016. The matter was scheduled for hearing on 19 th  January 2018. Hearing for penalty matter adjourned sine die. Fresh notice will be issued after hearing of quantum appeal. We have not heard back from department since the adjournment.

Assessment Year 2013-14

        In November 2014, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny assessment for the assessment year 2013-14. A scrutiny assessment refers to the examination of a return of income by giving an opportunity to the tax payer to substantiate the income declared and the expenses, deductions, losses, exemptions, etc., claimed in the return with the help of evidence. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. Assessment orders dated

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December 22, 2016 were issued, disallowing a deduction of INR 11.8 million and determining the sum of INR Nil payable by us. We filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in January 2017. Final orders were passed in August 2018 partly allowing the appeal. The company accepted the order & matter is closed.

Assessment Year 2014-15

    1.
    In March 2016, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny assessment for the assessment year 2014-15. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. Assessment orders were subsequently issued on December 29, 2017, disallowing a deduction of INR 0.02 million. We have filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in January 2018. The matter is not yet scheduled.

    2.
    In December 2016, we were issued a notice towards Transfer Pricing proceedings under Section 92CA of the Income Tax Act requisitioning certain information. The Company submitted all the required information with the department, after which Transfer pricing orders under Section 92CA(1) of the Income Tax Act were issued in October 2017, accepting arm's length pricing of the transactions. The assessment is closed.

Assessment Year 2015-16

        In January 2017, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for an inquiry before assessment for the assessment year 2015-16 where in the Company was required to provide certain documents in connection with the assessment. The required documents were filed with the income tax authorities by the company in March 2017.

        In June 2018, we were issued a notice towards Transfer Pricing proceedings under Section 92CA of the Income Tax Act requisitioning certain information. The Company had submitted all the required information with the department.

        In February 2019, we were issued assessment orders making an addition of INR 92.4 million relating to arm's length pricing of domestic transaction with associate enterprises. We have filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in March 2019. The matter is not yet scheduled.

Assessment Year 2016-17

        In July 2017, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for complete scrutiny and we were requested to furnish information electronically on or before July 24, 2017. The required information has been submitted with the department. We have not heard back from the department since the submission.

        In December 2018, we received assessment orders making an addition of INR 0.03 million towards TDS applicability on expense. We have accepted the orders and assessment is closed.

Assessment Year 2017-18

        In August 2018, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for complete scrutiny and we were requested to furnish information electronically on or before August 22, 2018. We filed the required documents with the income tax authorities in March 2017. Tax assessment intimation under section 143(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961 was issued in March 2019 without any addition. The tax scrutiny is not completed.

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Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—Fiscal Years 2007-17

        In June 2012, pursuant to an audit conducted by the service tax authorities, we received a notice from the service tax authorities for fiscal years 2007-11 in respect of certain matters which relate to the travel industry and involve a complex interpretation of Indian laws. We received similar notices for fiscal years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 in December 2012, May 2014, April 2015 and April 2016, respectively. In November 2012, we filed a reply with the Commissioner of Service Tax for fiscal years 2007-11 and similarly filed an objection in April 2013 for fiscal year 2012, in February 2015 for fiscal year 2013, in May 2015 for fiscal year 2014 and in May 2016 for fiscal year 2015. We attended a personal hearing before the Commissioner of Central Excise in November 2015 for fiscal years 2007-13 and in September 2015 for fiscal year 2014. The aggregate value of the demand in these show cause notices is approximately INR 1,000 million, excluding interest and penalties if finally determined to be payable. We attended the personal hearing before the Principal Commissioner, Gurugram on November 29, 2017 in respect of show cause notices mentioned above. Further to such proceedings, the demand of service tax of INR 983.2 million has been raised by the Commissioner of Service Tax along with a penalty of INR 381.8 million and interest at an appropriate rate in February 2018 and received by us on March 9, 2018. An appeal was filed before the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in June 2018. The matter has not yet been scheduled for hearing.

        We received similar notice for the period April 2015—June 2017. The aggregate value of the show cause notice is approximately INR 148.1 million (excluding interest and penalties). Our reply to the show cause notice was filed on June 29, 2018 before the Commissioner of GST, Gurugram. The Commissioner of GST, Gurugram passed an adverse order dated October 31, 2018, received by us on December 19, 2018 confirming a demand of INR 129.4 million along with a penalty of INR 12.9 million and interest at an appropriate rate. An appeal was filed before CESTAT in February 2019. The matter has not yet been scheduled for hearing.

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—Fiscal Years 2010-17

        In October 2015, pursuant to an industry wide inquiry on compliance with service tax rules and regulations by various travel agencies in India initiated by the Mumbai Zonal Unit of Directorate General of Excise Intelligence and Customs, an excise and customs tax regulatory authority in India, we received a notice from the tax authorities for fiscal years 2010 to 2015, demanding payment of service tax in respect of certain matters, some of which relate to the travel industry in India and involve a complex interpretation of Indian law. In March 2016, we filed a reply with the Commissioner of Service Tax for fiscal years 2010-15. The aggregate value of demand for the show cause notice above is approximately INR 240.7 million (excluding interest and penalties if finally determined to be payable). Further to such proceedings, the demand of service tax of INR 240.7 million has been raised by the Commissioner of Service Tax along with a penalty of INR 240.7 million and interest at an appropriate rate in December 2016. An appeal has been filed before CESTAT in March 2017. An early hearing application was allowed by CESTAT on May 20, 2019 on request of department, listing the matter for final disposal. The matter is schedules for hearing on August 9, 2019.

        In March 2018, we received notice from Commissioner for the period April 2015—June 2017 relating to same matter. The aggregate value of show cause notice is approximately INR 437.6 million (excluding interest and penalties ). We have filed reply in May 2018. The Commissioner of GST, Gurugram passed an adverse order dated November 29, 2018, received by us on December 08, 2018 confirming a demand of INR 381.6 million along with a penalty of INR 38.2 million and interest at an appropriate rate. An appeal has been filed before CESTAT in March 2019. The matter is schedules for hearing on August 9, 2019.

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Investigation by Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence

        An investigation has been initiated by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, or DGCEI, for the period from October 2010 to September 2015 for service tax relating to hotel reservations. The matters are industry wide and involve a complex interpretation of law. We have made a pre-deposit of INR 25 million under protest but we have not received any show cause notice in this respect. A notice for further information on the subject was received and our reply was filed in January 2016. The investigation is ongoing. We believe that we have strong grounds to defend our position on these matters.

Service Tax Intimation for audit of Fiscal Years 2012-13—2016-17

        In September 2017, we received an intimation issued from the Office of the Commissioner of GST Audit Gurugram for conducting service tax audit from Fiscal Years 2012-13 to 2016-17. The required information is submitted to the concerned authorities.

Tax Matters Relating to Yatra TG Stays Private Limited (formerly known as D. V. Travels Guru Pvt. Ltd)

Assessment Year 2014-15

        In April 2016, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny assessment for the assessment year 2014-15. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. Assessment order dated December 26, 2016 was issued determining the sum of INR 1.6 million refundable to us. This also contained disallowance of deduction of INR 4.5 million in respect of which show cause notice was served as to why penalty for furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income should not be levied. A notice dated June 8, 2017 for penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)( c ) was issued. We appeared before Dy. Commissioner of Income tax on June 19, 2017 and submitted clarification in this regard. Rectification order u/s 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was passed on June 23, 2017 adding a disallowance of INR 4.5 million and also penalty proceedings were dropped. We accepted the disallowances and the assessment closed.

Assessment Year 2015-16

        In April 2016, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny assessment for the assessment year 2015-16. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. Assessment closed with Nil assessment orders dated December 20, 2017.

Assessment Year 2016-17

        In July 2017, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for complete scrutiny and furnish information electronically on or before July 27, 2017. The required information is submitted with the department and we have not received any further information thereafter. The assessment was closed with Nil assessment orders dated December 21, 2018.

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—November 2005 to October 2006

        In April 2011, we received a notice from the service tax authorities on the basis of investigation carried out by the DGCEI for the period November 2005 to October 2006 in respect of admissibility of input credit. In November 2012, we filed a reply with the Commissioner of Service Tax. The value of demand for the show cause notice above is approximately INR 3.7 million (excluding interest and penalties if finally determined to be payable). A personal hearing on the matter was held on July 27, 2016 and we reiterated the submissions in the ground of appeal and also made additional written submissions. In August 2016, we received orders wherein the demand was confirmed by the Commissioner (Appeals). We have filed an appeal against the order with the Customs, Excise and

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Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) in November 2016. The matter was listed before CESTAT, Mumbai on June 29, 2017. Tribunal after hearing the submissions of the parties was pleased to allow the Appeal by way of remand to adjudicating authority. The Bench has directed the Authority to duly verify the receipt of services by the Appellant and allow credit on services, if found to have been received by the Company. The Adjudicating Authority is directed to complete the process of verification by December 31, 2017 and pass appropriate order. We by letter dated November 17, 2017, have asked Asst. Commissioner for any information/details are required and extended our support to complete verification process in response of which we have received the letter from department dated December 22, 2017 that Asst Commissioner has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the said Order and hence has requested to approach the adjudicating authority as per Para 5 of circular 1049/37/2016-CX under F.No.267/40/2016-CX by virtue of which any cases remanded back for novo jurisdiction shall be decided by the authority of the rank which passed the remanded order. On January 16, 2018 we filed 1 letter with the Additional Commissioner CGST requesting to complete the inquiry.

        We received the communication from Superintendent CGST on December 24, 2018 fixing personal hearing on January 8, 2019 with Joint Commissioner CGST. The hearing was attended and the officer has asked for a list of vendors with vendor addresses so that officer could send the verification letters. We submitted the information on January 15, 2019.

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—Fiscal Years 2007-11

        In August 2011, pursuant to an audit conducted by the service tax authorities, we received a notice from the service tax authorities for fiscal years 2007-11 in respect of certain matters which relate to the travel industry and involve a complex interpretation of Indian law. In April 2012, we filed a reply with the Commissioner of Service Tax for fiscal years 2007-11 and an additional submission was made in July 2014. Further to such proceedings, the demand of service tax of Rs 237.6 million has been raised by the Commissioner of Service Tax along with a penalty of INR 237.6 million and interest at an appropriate rate. We have filed an appeal against the order with the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in January 2017.

Service Tax Intimation for audit Fiscal Years 2012-13—2016-17

        In August 2017, we received an intimation issued by the Office Of The Additional Commissioner of GST Audit Mumbai for conducting service tax audit from Fiscal Years 2012-13 to 2016-17. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. In January 2018, the Audit officer requested for more information. The relevant information was submitted to the concerned authorities. The audit report is awaited.

         Tax Matters Relating to Yatra Hotel Solutions Private Limited (formerly known as Desiya Online Travel Distribution Pvt. Ltd.)

Assessment Year 2015-16

        In January 2018, we received a demand notice order of INR 1.4 million from the Indian income tax authorities for the assessment year 2015-16, disallowing a deduction of INR 3.4 million for expenditure. An appeal has been filed against the order in January 2018 and a pre-deposit of INR 0.3 million is made. We have not heard back since then.

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—October 2012 to October 2013

        We have filed a refund claim application with the service tax authorities in January 2014, seeking a refund of an amount of INR 8.5 million. In March 2014, we received notice from the service tax department for rejection of refund claim for service tax. In July 2014, we filed a reply with the Assistant Commissioner of Service Tax. In February 2015, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner of

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Service Tax asked for submission of self-certified copies of audited balance sheet and returns. In March 2015, the Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Service Tax sought certain clarification in this regard. We made our submission in February 2016. We submitted follow up letter with department on June 18, 2018. The matter is currently pending with the department. We received communication on December 3, 2018 from Asst Commissioner of Central tax Kolkata, directing the Deputy/Asst Commissioner of Central Tax Mumbai to verify the interest paid on advances. We met the officer on January 8, 2019 to understand the requirements and made our submissions on January 28, 2019.

Tax Matters Relating to TSI Yatra Private Limited

Assessment Year 2008-09

        In July 2018, we received a TDS demand notice over email from the Indian income tax authorities of INR 1.6 million related to erstwhile subsidiary of TSI Yatra Private limited named TSI North East Private Limited. The demand is in respect of PAN error in return filed. We are in process of revising the return with correct PAN details. We deposited INR 0.6 million and are in process of rectifying the error by updating the TDS return.

Assessment Year 2013-14

        In February 2016, we received a demand notice order from the Indian income tax authorities for the assessment year 2013-14, disallowing a deduction of INR 8.15 million for expenditure relatable to exempt income. This has been accepted by us and the assessment has accordingly been closed. Income tax authorities subsequently have imposed a penalty of INR 1.89 million. We filed an appeal with the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in November 2016. We received adverse order from CIT(A) in December 2018 and filed appeal with ITAT on January 21, 2019. The matter is not yet scheduled for hearing.

Assessment Year 2014-15

        In July 2016, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny assessment for the assessment year 2014-15. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities.

        In January 2017, we were issued a notice towards Transfer Pricing proceedings under Section 92CA of the Income Tax Act requisitioning information. The Company had submitted all the required information is submitted with the concerned authorities post which Transfer pricing orders under Section 92CA(1) of the Income Tax Act were issued in October 2017 accepting the arm's length pricing of transactions.

        In January 2018, we have received an assessment order from Indian tax authorities for assessment year 2014-15, and a demand for additional tax payments of approximately INR 95.34 million, advising us of an upward revision of our declared income for that assessment year as a result of consideration received by us towards allotment of shares higher than fair market value. We filed an appeal with the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in February 2018. Pre deposit of INR 13.89 million was made in March 2018. We received an adverse order from CIT(A) on January 15, 2019 and an appeal was filed with ITAT. As direct by ITAT, deposit of INR 5.0 million was made in March 2019 and balance outstanding demand was stayed for a period of six month. The hearing was adjourned thrice. The matter has been fixed for hearing on August 26, 2019. We also received letter from Central Processing Centre of Income Tax Department dated May 17, 2019 and July 11, 2019 adjusting our refund INR 17.6 million for assessment year 2017-18 with outstanding demand. We do not recognize these claims as a contingent liability as we believe the likelihood of the claims being upheld by the relevant authorities to be remote.

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Assessment Year 2015-16

        In April 2017, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny of assessment year 2015-16. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. In June 2017, we were issued a notice in connection with the assessment of the Assessment Year 2015-16 requiring to produce certain documents / information on July 12, 2017. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities.

        In December 2017, we have received an assessment order from Indian tax authorities for assessment year 2015-16, without any demand for additional tax payments. Assessment is closed.

Assessment Year 2016-17

        In September 2017, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities on tax deduction on source and it's payment for the assessment year 2016-17 for submission of details by September 27,.2017. The required details are submitted.

        In October 2017, we received a notice order from the Indian income tax authorities for the assessment year 2016-17, imposing penalty INR 0.76 million for non-deduction of withholding tax. The matter was fixed for hearing on October 24, 2017 wherein we were asked to submit further details. The details have been subsequently submitted and we have not heard back from department thereafter.

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—Fiscal Years 2007-12

        In October 2013, pursuant to an audit conducted by the service tax authorities, we received a notice from the service tax authorities for fiscal years 2007-12 in respect of certain matters which relate to the travel industry and involve a complex interpretation of Indian law. In March 2014, we filed a reply with the Commissioner of Service Tax. Further to such proceedings, the demand of service tax of Rs 19.94 million has been raised by the Commissioner of Service Tax along with a penalty of INR 19.94 million and interest at an appropriate interest rate. In December 2016, we filed an appeal against the order with Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) along with a payment of 7.5% of the duty demanded.

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—Fiscal Years 2010-14

        In October 2015, we received a notice from the service tax authorities for fiscal years 2010-14 in respect of certain matters which relate to the travel industry and involve a complex interpretation of Indian law. In March 2016, we filed a reply with the Commissioner of Service Tax. We attended a personal hearing before the Commissioner of Central Excise. The aggregate value of demand for the show cause notice above is approximately INR 231.6 million (excluding interest and penalties if finally determined to be payable). A personal hearing in this matter was attended before Additional Director General on January 13, 2017. Additional submission was submitted with adjudicating authority on January 27, 2017. Further to such proceedings, demand of service tax of INR 231.6 million has been raised by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence along with interest at an appropriate rate. In November 2017, we have filed an appeal against the order with Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) along with a payment of 7.5% of the duty demanded as pre-deposit under the service tax law. An early hearing application was allowed by CESTAT on May 20, 2019 on request of department, listing the matter for final disposal. The matter is schedules for hearing on August 9, 2019.

         Tax Matters Relating to Yatra Corporate Hotel Solutions Private Limited (formerly known as Intech Hotel Solutions Private Limited)

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Assessment Year 2013-14

        In August 2016, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities on nature of some expenditure incurred with respect to international transaction done with associate enterprise for the assessment year 2013-14. This would have tax effect of INR 1.41 million. The matter has not yet been scheduled for hearing by the assessing officer.

Assessment Year 2014-15

        In July 2016, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for scrutiny assessment for the assessment year 2014-15. We have submitted the required information to the concerned authorities. An assessment order was subsequently issued in December 2016 adding income of INR 7.8 million and raising demand of INR 0.9 million. We filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in December 2016. A notice dated June 6, 2017 for penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)( c ) was issued. We submitted appeal documents and clarifications against the above notice with the department. In March 2019, The Office of The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeal) issued an order partly allowing the appeal. Against the CIT(A) orders we filed appeal before ITAT on Jun 6, 2019. The matter has not yet been scheduled for hearing.

Assessment Year 2016-17

        In August 2017, we were issued a notice by the Indian income tax authorities for complete scrutiny and furnish information electronically on or before August 22, 2017. The required information has been submitted with the department. In December 2018, we have received assessment order making upward addition of INR 7.0 million. An appeal has been filed before CIT(A) in January 2019. The matter has not yet been scheduled for hearing.

    Tax Matters Relating to Air Travel Bureau Private Ltd

Service Tax Show Cause and Demand Notice—Fiscal Years 2005-12

        In November 2011, pursuant to an audit conducted by the service tax authorities, we received a notice from the service tax authorities for the period October 2005- September 2010 in respect of certain matters which relate to the travel industry and involve a complex interpretation of Indian laws. The aggregate value of demand for the show cause notice above is approximately INR 3.2 million along with a penalty of INR 3.2 million and interest at an appropriate rate raised by the Additional Commissioner of Service Tax. An appeal was filed before Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) in February 2012. The matter was scheduled for hearing on March 06, 2018. As per the orders dated May 09, 2018, service tax demand was confirmed under the normal period limitation along with the interest but no penalty was imposed.

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    C.    Organizational Structure

        The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure and the place of formation and ownership interest of each of our significant subsidiaries, as of March 31, 2019:


Organisation Structure as on March 31, 2019

GRAPHIC


*
Terrapin 3's founder stockholders own Class F Shares in Yatra Online, Inc. and have an exchange right to acquire ordinary shares of Yatra Online, Inc. See "Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Exchange and Support Agreement."

**
Network18 Media and Investments Private Limited holds 1.069% and Pandara Trust Scheme I holds 0.422% of Yatra Online Private Limited.

    D.    Property, Plant and Equipment

        Our primary facility is our principal executive office located in Gurgaon, India. We have leased approximately 156,000 square foot facilities across 14 cities, including approximately 80,000 square feet in Gurgaon, 22,000 square feet in Mumbai, 16,000 square feet in Bangalore, 14,000 square feet in Hyderabad and 11,000 square feet in Delhi.

        The company is in the process of relocating to a new facility in fiscal 2019-20

        Outside of India we have leased an office in Singapore.

ITEM 4A.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

        As of the date of filing of this Annual Report, we have no unresolved comments from the SEC.

ITEM 5.    OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

         The following discussion of our business, financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with "Item 3. Key Information—A. Selected Consolidated Financial Data" and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in "Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this

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Annual Report. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Overview

        Yatra is a leading India online travel company in India, addressing the needs of both leisure and business travelers. Founded by Dhruv Shringi, Manish Amin, and Sabina Chopra, we commenced operations with the launch of our website in August 2006. We believe Yatra is India's largest independent corporate travel services provider and the second largest consumer online travel company in India (based on management's analysis of publicly available information), with approximately 9.7 million travelers that have booked their travel through us as of March 31, 2019.

        Leisure and business travelers use our mobile applications, our website, www.yatra.com, and our other offerings and services to explore, research, compare prices and book a wide range of travel-related services. These services include domestic and international air ticketing on nearly all Indian and international airlines, as well as bus ticketing, rail ticketing, cab bookings and ancillary services within India. We also provide access through our platform to hotels, homestays and other accommodations, with more than 108,000 hotels and homestays in more than 1,400 cities and towns across India and more than 1.5 million hotels around the world. To ensure that our service is truly a "one-stop shop" for travelers, we also provide our customers with access to approximately 1,100 holiday packages and more than 152,000 other activities such as tours, sightseeing, shows, and events.

        We generate revenue through two main lines of business: (1) Air Ticketing and (2) Hotels and Packages. Sales in our Air Ticketing business are primarily made through our websites, mobile applications, mobile web, B2B2C (business to business to consumer) travel agents and corporate client implants. Sales in our Hotels and Packages business are made through our websites, mobile applications, mobile web, B2B2C (business to business to consumer) travel agents and call centers. We also generate revenue through sales of travel vouchers and coupons, advertising from third parties, including advertisements on our websites by facilitating access to travel insurance, and also through online sale of bus tickets, rail and cab services and other ancillary travel services.

        Revenue from the sale of airline tickets in our Air Ticketing business, including commission, incentives and fees, is recognized on a net basis. Incentives from airlines are recognized when the performance thresholds under the incentive schemes are, or are probable to being achieved at the end of periods.

        In our Hotels and Packages business, revenue from hotel reservations, including commissions and incentives, is recognized on a net basis. Revenue from tours and packages, including revenue on airline tickets sold to customers as a part of tours and packages, is accounted for on a gross basis as we are determined to be the primary obligor in the arrangement as the risks and responsibilities are taken by us, including the responsibility for delivery of services. The cost of delivering such services includes the cost of hotel, airlines and package services and is disclosed as service cost.

        Revenue from other services primarily consists of the sale of cab services, rail and bus tickets, including commissions, is recognized on a net basis.

        Revenue from other revenue primarily consists of advertising revenue, fees for facilitating website access to travel insurance companies and sales of travel vouchers and coupons. This revenue is recognized as the services are performed.

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Recent Developments

Ebix Merger Agreement

        On July 16, 2019, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Ebix, and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, Merger Sub will be merged with and into us, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix. Our board of directors and the respective boards of directors of Merger Sub and Ebix have each approved the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the Plan of Merger. Our board of directors has also resolved to recommend that our shareholders adopt the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger. In addition, the board of directors of Ebix has approved the issuance of Ebix Preferred Stock in connection with the Merger. Consummation of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions. For more information, see "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Recent Developments—Ebix Merger Agreement," a complete copy of the Merger Agreement, filed as Exhibit 4.25 to this Annual Report, and the information regarding Ebix and the Company, their respective businesses and the status of the Merger, as reported from time to time in other filings with the SEC.

ATB Acquisition

        On July 20, 2017, we, through Yatra India, agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ATB pursuant to the ATB Share Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, we: (a) acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of ATB on August 4, 2017 in exchange for a payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) agreed to acquire the balance of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for the Final Payment to be made at the Second Closing. To date the Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the computation for the Final Payment. On June 4, 2019, the EOW of the Delhi Police registered a First Information Report to initiate an investigation of a Complaint previously filed with the EOW by Mr. Sunil Narain, the Complainant and one of the Sellers.

        Separately, on May 30, 2019, Yatra India filed a petition with the High Court of Delhi seeking, among other things, interim relief against the Complainant. Based on the petition, on May 31, 2019, the High Court of Delhi issued an order granting certain interim relief to Yatra India referring the matter to arbitration and also appointing an arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings in the matter have commenced accordingly. See "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Recent Developments—Recent Developments—ATB Acquisition."

TCIL Acquisition

        On February 8, 2019, we, through our subsidiary, Yatra India, acquired all of the outstanding shares of TCIL pursuant the TCIL Share Purchase Agreement. We expect that this acquisition will help Company to strengthen foothold in the southern India region.

Key Operating Metrics

        Our operating results are affected by certain key operating metrics that represent overall transaction activity and financial performance generated by our travel services and products. Three of the most important operating metrics, which are critical in determining the ongoing growth of our business, are Gross Bookings, Adjusted Revenue and Net Revenue Margins.

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Gross Bookings

        Gross Bookings represent the total amount paid by our customers for the travel services and products booked through us, including taxes, fees and other charges, and are net of cancellations and refunds.

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
Amount in INR thousands
  2017   2018   2019  

Gross Bookings

                   

Air ticketing

    57,562,263     79,156,190     97,638,313  

Hotels and packages

    10,435,643     13,386,288     13,511,914  

Total

    67,997,906     92,542,478     11,1150,227  

Adjusted Revenue

        As certain parts of our revenue are recognized on a "net" basis and other parts of our revenue are recognized on a "gross" basis, we evaluate our financial performance based on Adjusted Revenue, which is a non-IFRS measure. Effective April 1, 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15, under which promotional expenses in the nature of customer inducement/acquisition costs for acquiring customers and promoting transactions across various booking platforms, such as upfront incentives and loyalty programs cost, some of which, when incurred were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs, are now being recorded as a reduction of revenue. We believe that Adjusted Revenue provides investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business and more accurately reflects the value addition of the travel services that we provide to our customers. The presentation of this non-IFRS information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. Our Adjusted may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation.

        The following table reconciles our revenue, which is an IFRS measure, to Adjusted Revenue, which is a non-IFRS measure:

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
 
  Air Ticketing   Hotels and Packages   Other   Total  
Amount in INR
thousands except %
  2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019  

Revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     3,449,265     5,326,414     6,628,236     4,914,420     373,422     607,346     994,895     9,356,812     12,248,513     9,358,580  

Add: Customer promotional expenses

            2,258,887             1,248,506             64,058             3,571,451  

Service Cost

                (4,179,486 )   (4,930,757 )   (4,282,803 )               (4,179,486 )   (4,930,757 )   (4,282,803 )

Other Income

                                        25,282     90,001     263,785  

Adjusted Revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152     1,146,928     1,697,479     1,880,123     373,422     607,346     1,058,953     5,202,608     7,407,757     8,911,013  

Net Revenue Margins

        Net Revenue Margins is defined as Adjusted Revenue as a percentage of Gross Bookings and represent the commissions, fees, incentive payments and other amounts earned in our business. We follow net revenue margin trends closely across our various lines of business to gain insight into the performance of our various businesses.

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        The following table sets forth the Gross Bookings, Adjusted Revenue and Net Revenue Margins for our Air Ticketing business and our Hotels and Packages business for the periods indicated:

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Gross Bookings*

                   

Air Ticketing

    57,562,263     79,156,190     97,638,313  

Hotels and Packages

    10,435,643     13,386,288     13,511,914  

Total

    67,997,906     92,542,478     111,150,227  

Adjusted Revenue**

                   

Air Ticketing

    3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152  

Hotels and Packages

    1,146,928     1,697,479     1,880,123  

Others (Including other income)

    398,704     697,347     1,322,738  

Total

    5,202,608     7,407,757     8,911,013  

Net Revenue Margin %***

                   

Air Ticketing

    6.4 %   6.3 %   5.8 %

Hotels and Packages

    11.0 %   12.7 %   13.9 %

*
Gross Bookings represent the total amount paid by our customers for the travel services and products booked through us, including fees and other charges, and are net of cancellations and refunds.

**
As certain parts of our revenue are recognized on a "net" basis and other parts of our revenue are recognized on a "gross" basis, we evaluate our financial performance based on Adjusted Revenue, which is a non-IFRS measure. Effective April 1, 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15, under which promotional expenses in the nature of customer inducement/acquisition costs for acquiring customers and promoting transactions across various booking platforms, such as upfront incentives and loyalty programs cost, some of which, when incurred were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs, are now being recorded as a reduction of revenue. We believe that Adjusted Revenue provides investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business and more accurately reflects the value addition of the travel services that we provide to our customers. The presentation of this non-IFRS information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. Our Adjusted Revenue may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation.

***
Net Revenue Margins are defined as Adjusted revenue as a percentage of Gross Bookings.

Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

        Trends and Changes in the Indian Economy and Travel Industry.     Our financial results have been, and are expected to continue to be, affected by trends and changes in the Indian economy and travel industry, particularly the Indian online travel industry. Macroeconomic trends and changes in India which may affect our results include, among others:

    a slowdown in India's economic growth;

    growth in the middle class population in India, as well as increased tourism expenditure in India;

    increase in discretionary expenditures among Indian households;

    increased Internet penetration (particularly broadband penetration) in India;

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    increased use of the Internet for commerce in India;

    increased use of smartphones and mobile devices in India;

    intensive competition from new and existing market players, particularly in the Indian online travel industry;

    consolidation among the existing market players in the Indian travel industry;

    changes in exchange rates and controls or interest rates in India;

    changes in government policies, including taxation policies in India;

    social and civil unrest and other political, social and economic developments in or affecting India; and

    capacity additions and average occupancy rates among the hotel suppliers.

        Changes specific to the Indian air travel industry have affected, and will continue to affect, the revenue per transaction for travel agents, including our company. In particular, volatility in global economic conditions and jet fuel prices in recent years, as well as liquidity constraints, have caused our airline partners to pursue cost reductions in their operations, including reducing distribution costs. Measures taken by airlines to reduce such costs have included reductions in travel agent commissions and a reduction in the number of GDS service providers with whom such airlines do business. Recent bankruptcies have also impacted the Indian air travel industry. For example, Jet Airways, one of the largest private airlines in the India, has recently ceased operations and subsequently been referred to insolvency proceedings. Jet Airways' cessation of operations is expected to result in fewer domestic and international flights and have consequent impact on ticket prices in the Indian air travel market. In addition, many of the international airlines that fly to India have also either significantly reduced or eliminated commissions to travel agents. Full-service airlines generally utilize GDSs, which are a primary reservation tool for travel agents, for their ticket inventory; however, low-cost airlines generally do not. As a result, travel agents selling airline tickets for low-cost airlines generally do not earn fees from GDSs.

        In 2017, the Government of India launched 'Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik' (UDAN) scheme for better regional connectivity to the second tier and third tier cities. This scheme aims to create economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes. This would help make flying more affordable to the common man even in small towns. The scheme will help to stimulate growth in the domestic regional aviation market and connect the less served airports and those that are not having flight services primarily in the tier 2 and tier 3 cities. Initially under the scheme, five companies will operate flight services on 128 established and new routes that will connect around 70 airports across the country.

        In the first round of bids, the UDAN scheme connected 16 new regional airports. The Indian Government under second phase for the UDAN scheme had launched, which would connect 78 regional airports and 31 helipads or heliports serviced initially through Jet Airways, Indigo and Pawan Hans helicopters. Also 12 routes under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN have recently become functional. Now the total operational routes under UDAN is 186 (including 8 Tourism RCS routes) of the total 706 sanctioned Routes.

        Changes in Our Business Mix and Net Margins.     Our Hotels and Packages business has historically yielded higher margins than our Air Ticketing business. We believe that as a result of the complexity and fragmentation of the Hotels and Packages segment, the services we provide allow us to command better margins as compared with airline tickets, which are largely impacted by the macroeconomic factors noted above, such as fuel and consolidation in the airline industry. Our capacity additions in the hotels business, as well as the lower level of average room occupancy rates, further contribute to our

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relatively higher Hotels and Packages margins, as compared to Air Ticketing margins. However, given the intense competition for customer acquisition in this category by our competitors, our business will require a significant level of investment to seek to maintain and increase our share of the hotels business. To the extent we do not match competition in consumer promotions, we risk experiencing lower growth rates than those of our competitors, which could result in a change in our business mix and margins.

        Cost Efficiently Attracting New B2C Customers Through the B2E Channel.     Through our B2E offerings, we serve business customers, including leading organizations from India and around the world, that employ over 4 million people. We believe that our broad and diverse offerings provide us with considerable cross-selling opportunities to these potential B2C clients. In addition, in order to incentivize B2E customers to become B2C customers, we operate our eCash loyalty program. As our B2E clients become more familiar with our offerings and our eCash program, we expect our opportunities to cross-sell to their employees will also expand. We believe this will allow us to continue to target and attract new B2C customers in a cost effective manner. Although we believe this long-term strategy of cost-efficient B2C customer expansion will allow us to continue to grow our business, the impact of these efforts may take longer to develop than we expect. If we are unable to successfully take advantage of cross-selling opportunities or attract new B2C customers, the ongoing growth of our business may be negatively impacted.

        Increasing Use of Mobile.     Customers in India are increasingly shifting to mobile usage. We are rapidly moving towards a 'Mobile First' business and have therefore been able to capitalize on the increasing mobile use, as evidenced by the rapid user growth on our platform with mobile being the primary channel for customers to engage with us. We have seen an increase in use of mobile as a driver for Gross Bookings and expect that as more of our customers shift to using mobile in India, this trend will continue to drive our growth.

        Seasonality in the Travel Industry.     We experience seasonal fluctuations in the demand for travel services and products offered by us. We tend to experience higher revenues from our Hotels and Packages business in the second and fourth calendar quarters of each year, which coincide with the summer holiday travel season and the year-end holiday travel season for our customers in India.

        Marketing and Sales Promotion Expenses.     Competition in the Indian online travel industry is extremely intense and the industry is expected to remain highly competitive for the foreseeable future. Increased competition may cause us to increase our marketing and sales promotion expenses in the future in order to compete effectively with new entrants and existing players in the market, and we expect this competitive environment, and therefore our expenses, to change over time. We also incur marketing and sales promotion expenses associated with customer inducement and acquisition programs, including cash incentives and loyalty program incentive promotions.

        Risk Related to Operations in India.     A substantial portion of our business and most of our employees are located in India, and we intend to continue to develop and expand our business in India. Consequently, our financial performance and the market price of our Ordinary Shares will be affected by changes in exchange rates and controls, interest rates, changes in government policies, including taxation policies, social and civil unrest and other political, social and economic developments in or affecting India.

        Impact of Changing Laws, Rules and Regulations in India.     The regulatory and policy environment in which we operate is evolving and subject to change. Such changes, including the instances briefly mentioned below, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, to the extent that we are unable to suitably respond to and comply with such changes in applicable law and policy.

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        The Companies Act, 2013, together with the rules thereunder, or the Companies Act, contains significant changes to Indian company law, including in relation to the issue of capital by companies, related party transactions, corporate governance, audit matters, shareholder class actions and restrictions on the number of layers of subsidiaries. While the majority of the provisions of the Companies Act are currently effective, certain provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 remain in effect. The timeline for implementation of the remaining provisions of the Companies Act is unclear. We may incur increased costs and other burdens relating to compliance with these new requirements, which may also require significant management time and other resources, and any failure to comply may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

        Two years after implementation, the GST law is still evolving. The Indian government is enforcing some provisions that were initially deferred, introducing regular amendments, issuing clarifications and changing tax return formats. This has caused businesses to re-visit tax positions and contract terms, update accounting software and enhance compliance capabilities to keep up with the changing legal requirements.

        Beginning in October 2018, TCS provisions were enforced for electronic commerce operators. As the Company primarily does business through its online portal and web-based application, the Company is required to comply with TCS provisions. As a result, the Company has obtained new registrations in all states and now files a monthly return which reconciles the values on which TCS is collected with the values disclosed by the suppliers . This has greatly increased compliance costs and is creating cash flow issues for the Company .

        The Government of India has also enabled certain states to levy additional cess in certain extraordinary circumstances. Particularly, the Kerala government has introduced the Kerala Flood Cess on intra-state supplies of goods and/or services. The Kerala Flood Cess is likely to become effective from August 1, 2019 and the Company is in the process of analyzing its tax positions with respect to levy of Kerala Flood Cess, to comply with the provisions in a time bound manner.

        The Company is also in the process of filing its first annual return for fiscal year 2018 and having a GST audit conducted by an audit firm pursuant to GST laws, which requires the figures in the Company's books and GST returns to be reconciled and reconciliation differences explained appropriately.

        The increased tax rate due to the GST regime is largely offset by tax credits. Further, for this first year of the new GST regime, the Indian government extended the time during which tax credits can be claimed for Financial Year 2017-18 by six months, which was beneficial to the Company. However, the Company still has problems claiming tax credits due to non-compliance by certain suppliers. This issue is being litigated in India by a taxpayer who is claiming that the benefit of certain tax credits should not be denied due to non-compliance by a supplier.

        The Government of India is also planning to introduce new GST tax return formats in near future. Such new formats would require the Company to review the disclosures to be made in GST returns and make changes in the ERP system for capturing the requisite data.

        Overall, GST has had a mixed impact on the Company. The decentralization of tax registration and related compliance have caused a significant increase in our compliance requirements over the last two years. In addition to increased compliance costs, the Company is also paying GST taxes for of hotel accommodation services provided by the unregistered hotels in each state where such unregistered hotels are located. While the Company is complying with the requirements of the GST regime, there are certain areas where clarity is still awaited and Company is in the process of finalizing tax positions while awaiting such clarity. The implementation of GST laws in India is still in its initial phase, and during such time the impact of the new indirect tax environment on the Company continues to be closely monitored on regular basis.

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Change in Significant Accounting Policies and Non-IFRS Financial Measure

Adoption of New Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard

        Effective April 1, 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15. We have reviewed the new standard and have concluded that application of the new standard does not have a material impact on the consolidated results except for certain marketing and sales promotion expenses as a reduction in revenue. This pertains to upfront cash incentives and certain loyalty program costs as incurred for customer inducement and acquisition for promoting transactions across various booking platforms. These costs were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs and are now being recorded as a reduction of revenue. We have adopted the new standard by using the cumulative effect method (modified retrospective approach) and, accordingly, the comparative information has not been restated.

Change in Non-IFRS Financial Measure

        As of the beginning of the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, we changed the Non-IFRS Financial Measure "Revenue Less Service Costs" to "Adjusted Revenue". We evaluate our financial performance based on Adjusted Revenue, which represents IFRS revenue and other income after deducting service cost and adding back the expenses in the nature of consumer promotions and loyalty program costs, which had been reduced from revenue, as we believe that Adjusted Revenue reflects the true value addition of the travel services that we provide to our customers. The presentation of this non-IFRS information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our unaudited consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. Our Adjusted Revenue may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation. For further information and a reconciliation of this Non-IFRS financial measure to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure, see "Certain Non-IFRS Measures" elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Operating Segments

        In accordance with IFRS 8—Operating Segments, the operating segments used to present reportable segment information are identified on the basis of internal management reports used to allocate resources to the segments and assess their performance. A reportable segment is a component of our company that engages in business activities from which it earns revenues and incurs expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with any of our other components.

        Our reportable segments are: (1) Air Ticketing and (2) Hotels and Packages. Our reportable segments are determined based on how our chief operating decision maker reviews our business, regularly assesses information and evaluates performance for operating decision-making purposes, including allocation of resources. The chief operating decision maker for the company is our Chief Executive Officer.

        For further description of our segments, see Note 5 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements.

Our Revenue, Service Cost and Other Revenue and Expenses

Revenue

        We commenced our business in 2006 with sales of airline tickets in our Air Ticketing business and our Hotels and Packages business with a focus on retail customers (B2C) through websites and call center sales. Over time, we have expanded our channels of sales to small travel agents (B2B2C) and corporate customers (B2E) as well as new services and products such as the sale of rail and bus tickets, car transfers and facilitating access to travel insurance. We also generate advertising revenue from third-party advertisements on our websites as well as sales of travel vouchers and coupons.

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        Air Ticketing.     We earn commissions from airlines for tickets booked by customers through our various channels of sales. We either deduct commissions at the time of payment of the fare to our airline suppliers or collect our commissions on a regular basis from our airline suppliers, whereas incentive payments, which are largely based on volume of business, are collected from our airline suppliers on a periodic basis. We charge our customers a service fee for booking airline tickets. We receive fees from our GDS service providers based on the volume of sales completed by us through the GDS. Revenue from airline tickets sold as part of packages is included in our Hotels and Packages revenue.

        Hotels and Packages.     Revenue from our Hotels and Packages business includes commissions and markups we earn for the sale of hotel rooms (without packages), which is recorded on a "net" basis. Revenue from packages, including hotel and airline tickets sold as part of packages, is accounted for on a "gross" basis.

        Other Revenue.     Our other revenue primarily comprises of revenue from third-party advertising on our websites, income from alliances, and commissions or fees from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, or IRCTC, for the sale of rail tickets, bus service aggregators for the sale of bus tickets, and car and taxi operators for transfer services, as well as travel insurance providers for our facilitation of the access to travel insurance.

Service Cost

        Service cost primarily consists of costs paid to hotels and package suppliers and air suppliers for the acquisition of relevant services and products for sale to customers, and includes the procurement cost of hotel rooms, air tickets, meals and other local services such as sightseeing costs for packages, entrance fees to museums and attractions and local transport costs.

Personnel Expenses

        Personnel expenses primarily consist of wages and salaries, employee welfare expenses, contributions to defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans and employee share-based compensation.

Marketing and Sales Promotion Expenses

        Marketing and sales promotion expenses primarily comprise of online, television, radio and print media advertisement costs as well as event driven promotion cost for the company's products and services. Such costs are the amount paid to or accrued towards advertising agencies or direct service providers for advertising on websites, television, print formats, search engine marketing and any other media. Advertising and business promotion costs are recognized when incurred.

Other Operating Expenses

        Other operating expenses primarily consist of, among other things, commission and distribution expenses, charges by payment gateway providers, rental costs and other utilities, legal and professional fees, traveling and conveyance, communication costs, and provision for bad and doubtful debts and other sundry expenses.

Depreciation and Amortization

        Depreciation consists primarily of depreciation expense recorded on property and equipment, such as computers and peripherals, furniture and fixtures, leasehold improvements, office equipment and vehicles. Amortization expense consists primarily of amortization recorded on intangible assets such as

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computer software and websites and other acquired intangible assets such as agent/supplier relationships, trademarks, intellectual property rights and non-compete agreements.

Finance Income and Expense

        Finance income comprises of interest income on term deposits and net gain on change in fair value of derivatives. Interest income is recognized as it accrues in profit or loss, using the effective interest method.

        Finance expenses comprise of interest expense on borrowings, unwinding of the discount on provisions and impairment losses recognized on financial assets. Interest expense is recognized in profit or loss, using the effective interest method.

Foreign Currencies

        The Group's presentation currency is the Indian rupee (INR). The Parent Company's functional currency is the U.S. dollar (USD). The company's operations are conducted through the subsidiaries and equity accounted investee where the local currency is the functional currency and the financial statements of such entities are translated from their respective functional currencies into INR. On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into presentation currency at the rate of exchange prevailing at the reporting date and their statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income/(loss) are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the period. The exchange differences arising on translation for consolidation are recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI). On disposal of a foreign operation, the component of OCI relating to that particular foreign operation is recognized in a statement of profit or loss.

Critical Accounting Policies

        Certain of our accounting policies require the application of judgment by our management in selecting appropriate assumptions for calculating financial estimates, which inherently contain some degree of uncertainty. Our management bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the reported carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses that may not be readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

        We believe the following are the critical accounting policies and related judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. For more information on each of these policies, see "Note 2 Significant accounting policies" to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements.

Basis of Preparation

        The 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The accounting policies have been consistently applied by the Group for all periods presented in these financial statements.

        The 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on historical cost basis, except for financial instruments classified as fair value through profit or loss.

Revenue Recognition

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an agent in the transaction under IFRS 15, we recognize revenue only for our commission on the arrangement. The Group has concluded that it is acting as agent in case of sale of airline tickets, hotel bookings, sale of rail and bus tickets as the supplier is primarily responsible for providing the underlying travel services and the Group does not control the service provided by the supplier to the traveler and as principal in case of sale of holiday packages since the group controls the services before such services are transferred to the traveler.

        The Group provides travel products and services to leisure customers (B2C—Business to Consumer), corporate travelers (B2E—Business to Enterprise) and B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer) travel agents in India and abroad. The revenue from rendering these services is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss once the services are rendered. This is generally the case 1) on issuance of ticket in case of sale of airline tickets 2) on date of hotel booking and 3) on the date of completion of outbound and inbound tours and packages.

        The application of our revenue recognition policies and a description of our principal activities, organized by segment, from which we generate our revenue, are presented below.

Air Ticketing

        We receive commissions or service fees from the travel supplier and/or traveler. Revenue from the sale of airline tickets is recognized as an agent on a net commission earned basis. Revenue from service fee is recognized on earned basis. Both the performance obligations are satisfied on issuance of airline ticket to the traveler. We record an allowance for cancellations at the time of the transaction based on historical experience.

        Incentives from airlines are recognized when the performance thresholds under the incentive schemes are achieved or are probable to be achieved at the end of periods.

Hotels and Packages

        Revenue from hotel reservation is recognized as an agent on a net commission earned basis. Revenue from service fee from customer is recognized on earned basis. Both the performance obligations are satisfied on the date of hotel booking. We record an allowance for cancellations at the time of booking on this revenue based on historical experience.

        Revenue from packages are accounted for on a gross basis as the Group is determined to be the primary obligor in the arrangement, that is the risks and responsibilities are taken by the Group including the responsibility for delivery of services. Cost of delivering such services includes cost of hotels, airlines and package services and is disclosed as service cost.

Other Services

        Revenue from other sources, primarily comprising advertising revenue, revenue from sale of rail and bus tickets and fees for facilitating website access to travel insurance companies are being recognized as the services are being performed. Revenue from the sale of rail and bus tickets is recognized as an agent on a net commission earned basis.

        Revenue is recognized net of allowances for cancellations, refunds during the period and taxes.

        Revenue is allocated between the loyalty program and the other components of the sale. The amount allocated to the loyalty programme is deferred, and is recognized as revenue when the Group fulfills its obligations to supply the products/services under the terms of the program.

        The Group receives upfront fee from Global Distribution System ("GDS") providers for facilitating the booking of airline tickets on its website or other distribution channels to travel agents for using their system which is recognized as revenue for actual airline tickets sold over the total

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number of airline tickets to be sold over the term of the agreement and the balance amount is recognized as deferred revenue under contract liabilities.

Government grants

        Government grants are recognized where there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and all attached conditions have been complied with. When the grant relates to an expense item, it is recognized as income on a systematic basis over the periods that the related costs, for which it is intended to compensate, are expensed. When the grant relates to an asset, it is recognized as income in equal amounts over the expected useful life of the related asset.

        The Group has assessed and determined to present grants as other income in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

Marketing and Sales Promotion Expenses

        Marketing and sales promotion expenses primarily comprise of online, television, radio and print media advertisement costs as well as event driven promotion cost for the Group's products and services. Such costs are the amounts paid to or accrued towards advertising agencies or direct service providers for advertising on websites, television, print formats, search engine marketing and any other media. Advertising and business promotion costs are recognized when incurred.

        Additionally, the Group also incurs customer inducement and acquisition costs for acquiring customers and promoting transactions across various booking platforms such as upfront cash incentives, which when incurred are recorded as a reduction from revenue with effect from April 1, 2018 after the adoption of IFRS-15.

Significant Accounting Estimates and Assumptions

        The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are described below. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

a) Impairment reviews

        An impairment exists when the carrying value of an asset or CGU exceeds its recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. The value in use calculation is based on a discounted cash flow model. In calculating the value in use, certain assumptions are required to be made in respect of highly uncertain matters, including management's expectations of growth in EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortization), long term growth rates; and the selection of discount rates to reflect risks involved. Also, judgement is involved in determining the CGU and grouping of CGUs for goodwill allocation and impairment testing.

        We prepare and internally approve formal five year plans, as applicable, for our businesses and use these as the basis for our impairment reviews. Since the value in use exceeds the carrying amount of CGU, the fair value less costs to sell is not determined.

        We test goodwill for impairment annually on March 31 and whenever there are indicators of impairment.

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b) Measurement of Expected Credit Loss (ECL) for uncollectible trade receivables and advances

        The Group uses a provision matrix to calculate ECLs for trade receivables and contract assets. The provision matrix is initially based on the Group's historical observed default rates. The Group will calibrate the matrix to adjust the historical credit loss experience with forward-looking information. At every reporting date, the historical observed default rates are updated and changes in the forward-looking estimates are analyzed. Also refer to Note 26 and 27 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements.

c) Loyalty programs

        Customers are entitled to loyalty points on certain transactions that can be redeemed for future qualifying transactions. The Group estimates revenue allocation between the loyalty program and the other components of the sale with assumptions about the expected redemption rates. The amount allocated to the loyalty program is deferred, and is recognized as revenue when the Group fulfills its obligations to supply the services under the terms of the program or when it is no longer probable that the points under the program will be redeemed. Also refer to Note 35 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements.

d) Taxes

        Deferred tax assets are recognized for all unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the losses can be utilized. Significant management judgment is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognized, based upon the likely timing and the level of future taxable profits, future tax planning strategies and recent business performances and developments. We have not recognized deferred tax asset on unused tax losses and temporary differences in most of our subsidiaries.

e) Defined benefit plans

        The costs of post-retirement benefit obligation under our gratuity plan are determined using actuarial valuations. An actuarial valuation involves making various assumptions that may differ from actual developments in the future. These include the determination of the discount rate, future salary increase, mortality rates and future pension increases. Due to the complexities involved in the valuation and its long term nature, a defined benefit obligation is highly sensitive to changes in these assumptions. All assumptions are reviewed at each reporting date.

Significant Judgments in Applying Accounting Policies

        In the process of applying our accounting policies, management has made the following judgments, which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements:

Determination of Functional Currency

        Each of Yatra Online, Inc. and its subsidiaries determines its own functional currency (the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates) and items included in the financial statements of each entity are measured using that functional currency. International Accounting Standard, or IAS, 21, " The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates ," prescribes the factors to be considered for the purpose of determining the functional currency. However, in respect of the parent company and certain intermediary foreign operations, the determination of functional currency might not be very obvious due to mixed indicators, such as the source of financing, the functional currency of the shareholders, the currency in which the borrowings have been raised and the extent of autonomy enjoyed by the foreign operation. In such cases, management uses its judgment to determine the

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functional currency that most faithfully represents the economic effects of the underlying transactions, events and conditions.

Results of Operations

Convenience Translation

        The consolidated financial statements are stated in INR. However, solely for the convenience of the readers, the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss for the year ended March 31, 2019, the consolidated statement of financial position as of March 31, 2019, the consolidated statement of cash flows for year ended March 31, 2019, were converted into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of 69.16 INR per USD, which is based on the noon buying rate as at March 31, 2019, in The City of New York for cable transfers of Indian rupees as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This arithmetic conversion should not be construed as representation that the amounts expressed in INR may be converted into USD at that or any other exchange rate as well as that such numbers are in compliance as per the requirements of the IFRS.

Reclassifications

        Certain reclassifications have been made in the consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income/(loss), consolidated statement of financial position and consolidated statement of cash flows of prior periods to conform to the classifications used in the current period. The impact of such reclassifications on consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (loss), consolidated statement of financial position and consolidated statement of cash flows is not material.

        During the current year, the Company has separately presented listing and related expenses, which were shown as an 'exceptional item' in the previous year statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive loss. In line with this, the Company has also removed the sub-total 'Loss before exceptional items and income taxes', which was presented in the previous year statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive loss. Additionally, 'Change in fair value of warrants' has been separately presented on the face of the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss, as against part of finance income/cost in the previous period. The Company's management believes that these changes will help users toward better understanding the financial performance of the Company.

         Yatra Online, Inc.'s financial and operating results for the three months and fiscal year 2019 include 100% of the financial and operating results of Travel.Co.In Limited (TCIL), which we acquired on February 8, 2019.

         Yatra Online, Inc.'s financial and operating results for the year ended March 31, 2019 include the financial and operating results of ATB, in which we acquired a majority stake on August 4, 2017.

         Accordingly, the reported results for the year ended March 31, 2019, which are inclusive of the impact of consolidation of the ATB and TCIL, may not be comparable with the reported results of the year ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, which periods did not have the full year impact of consolidation of ATB and TCIL.

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Results of Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2019 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  
Amount in INR thousands except %
  Amount   %   Amount   %  

Total revenue

    12,248,513     100.0     9,358,580     100.0  

Other income

    90,001     0.7     263,785     2.8  

Service cost

    4,930,757     40.3     4,282,803     45.8  

Personnel expenses

    2,902,840     23.7     2,550,214     27.3  

Marketing and sales promotion expenses

    4,153,920     33.9     809,996     8.7  

Other operating expenses

    3,285,530     26.8     3,975,805     42.5  

Depreciation and amortization

    425,600     3.5     581,746     6.2  

Results from operations

    (3,360,133 )   (27.4 )   (2,578,199 )   (27.5 )

Share of loss of joint venture

    (10,559 )   (0.1 )   (12,772 )   (0.1 )

Finance income

    91,912     0.8     41,310     0.4  

Finance costs

    (153,056 )   (1.2 )   (263,290 )   (2.8 )

Change in fair value of warrants

    (563,253 )   (4.6 )   1,667,193     17.8  

Loss before income taxes

    (3,995,089 )   (32.6 )   (1,145,758 )   (12.2 )

Income tax expense

    (56,887 )   (0.5 )   (47,837 )   (0.5 )

Loss for the year

    (4,051,976 )   (33.1 )   (1,193,595 )   (12.8 )

Basic Loss per share

    (116.41 )         (26.37 )      

Diluted Loss per share

    (116.41 )         (26.95 )      

        Revenue.     We generated revenue of INR 9,358.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2019, a decrease of 23.6% over revenue of 12,248.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2018, primarily due to our adoption of IFRS 15. Effective April 1, 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15, pursuant to which upfront cash incentives, loyalty programs costs for customer inducement and acquisition costs for promoting transactions across various booking platforms, some of which, when incurred, were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs, are now recorded as an offset of revenue. We have adopted the new standard by using the cumulative effect method (modified retrospective approach) and, accordingly, the comparative information has not been restated.

        Service Cost.     Our service cost decreased to INR 4,282.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 4,930.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 due to decrease in our sales of holiday packages.

         Adjusted Revenue (1) Our Adjusted Revenue increased by 20.3% to INR 8,911.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 7,407.8 million in year ended March 31, 2018. In the year ended March 31, 2019, Adjusted Revenue includes the add-back of INR 3,571.5 million of expenses in the nature of consumer promotion and certain loyalty program costs reduced from revenue. These expenses have been added back to calculate Adjusted Revenue, with the accompanying increase in marketing and sales promotions expenses, to more accurately reflect the way the Company views its ongoing business. Under IFRS 15, these expenses are required to be reduced from Revenue, an IFRS measure. The growth in Adjusted Revenue resulted mainly from an increase of 13.9% in our Adjusted Revenue from Air Ticketing, an increase of 10.8% in our Adjusted Revenue from Hotels and Packages and an increase of 89.7% in Others (Including Other Income) which primarily consists of cross sell, advertisement income and government grants.

        Air Ticketing.     Revenue from our Air Ticketing business was INR 3,449.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 against INR 5,012.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

   


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        Adjusted Revenue (1) from our Air Ticketing business increased to INR 5,708.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 against INR 5,012.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. In the year ended March 31, 2019, Adjusted Revenue (1) for Air Ticketing includes the addition of INR 2,258.9 million of consumer promotion and loyalty program costs, which reduced revenue as per IFRS 15. Growth in Adjusted Revenue (1) from Air Ticketing for the year was driven by an increase in gross bookings of 23.3% to INR 97.6 billion in the year ended March 31, 2019, including the impact of consolidation of ATB and TCIL, as compared to INR 79.2 billion in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Our Net Revenue Margin for this segment for the year ended March 31, 2019 decreased to 5.8% from 6.3% for the prior year due to a change in business mix and reduction in Global Distribution revenues by INR 65.2 million due to a reduction in capacity and subsequent cessation of operations by Jet Airways and the impact of Reservation Content Movement, which has been partially offset due to change in estimates of certain aged customer refunds.

        Hotels and Packages.     Revenue from our Hotels and Packages business was INR 4,914.4 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 against INR 6,628.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Adjusted Revenue (2) for this segment increased by 10.8% to INR 1,880.1 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from 1,697.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. In the year ended March 31, 2019, Adjusted Revenue (1) for Hotels & Packages includes the add-back of INR 1,248.5 million of customer promotional expenses, which had been reduced from revenue as per IFRS 15. This increase was due to increase in standalone hotel room nights booked by 11.6% and a decline in Holiday Package sales due to our decision to shut down our physical retail sales locations in our drive towards profitability. Net Revenue Margin for the segment for the year ended March 31, 2019 improved to 14.0% from 12.7% for the year ended March 31, 2018, due to change in business mix.

        Other Revenue.     Our other revenue was INR 994.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2019, an increase from INR 607.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Adjusted Revenue (1) for this segment increased by 74.4% to INR 1,059.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 607.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. In the year ended March 31, 2019, Adjusted Revenue includes add-back of INR 64.1 million of consumer promotion expenses reduced from revenue as per IFRS 15. This increase in Adjusted Revenue was primarily due to increase in advertisement and alliances income.

        Other Income.     Our other income increased to INR 263.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 90.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 primarily due to an increase in government grants.

        Personnel Expenses.     Our personnel expenses decreased by 12.1% to INR 2,550.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 2,902.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in employee share-based payment expenses to INR 282.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 729.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018, outsourcing of customer contact centers and certain rationalization in headcount. Personnel expenses, as a percentage of Revenue increased to 27.3% from 23.7% for the year ended March 31, 2019. For the year ended March 31, 2019, Personnel expenses, as a percentage of Adjusted Revenue (1) declined to 28.6% from 39.2% in the year ended March 31, 2018. Excluding employee share-based compensation costs for the year ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, Personnel expenses increased by 4.3% for the year ended March 31, 2019.

        Marketing and Sales Promotion Expenses.     Marketing and sales promotion expenses decreased by 80.5% to INR 810 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 4,153.9 million in the year

   


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ended March 31, 2018, post adoption of IFRS 15 on April 1, 2018. Adding back the expenses for consumer promotions and loyalty program costs, which have been reduced from Revenue per IFRS 15, our marketing and sales promotion expenses for the year ended March 31, 2019 would have been INR 4,381.4 million, 5.5% higher year-over-year, which was lower than the growth in our Adjusted Revenue (1) for the year ended March 31, 2019 of 20.3%.

        Other Operating Expenses.     Other operating expenses increased by 21.1% to INR 3,975.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 3,285.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 primarily due to increase in payment gateway expenses, communication expenses and commission expenses due to increase in business volume, increase in legal and professional expenses, provision for doubtful debts due to cessation of operations and subsequent insolvency proceedings for Jet Airways and technology tools provided by GDS resulting in a charge of INR 201.7 million and re-measurement of contingent consideration, marginally offset by decrease in rates and taxes and travelling and conveyance expenses for the year ending March 31, 2019.

        Adjusted EBITDA Loss (1) .     Due to the forgoing factors and operating efficiencies, adjusted EBITDA Loss has decreased to INR 1,228.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from adjusted EBITDA Loss of INR 1,910.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Depreciation and Amortization.     Our depreciation and amortization expenses increased by 36.7% to INR 581.7 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 425.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 primarily as a result of an increase in amortization expense to INR 458.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 321.1 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Results from Operations.     As a result of the foregoing factors, our result from operating activities was a loss of INR 2,578.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2019. Our loss for the year ended March 31, 2018 was INR 3,360.1 million. Excluding the employee share-based compensation costs and re-measurement of contingent consideration, Adjusted Results from Operations (1) would have been INR 1,810.0 million for year ended March 31, 2019 as compared to INR 2,335.9 million for year ended March 31, 2018.

        Share of Loss of Joint Venture.     This loss pertains to a joint venture investment that operates in adventure travel activities. Our loss from this joint venture increased to INR 12.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 10.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Finance Income.     Our finance income decreased to INR 41.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 from INR 91.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in the interest income from our bank deposits.

        Finance Costs.     Our finance costs increased to INR 263.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2019 as compared to INR 153.1 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. The increase was mainly due to an increase in borrowings and foreign exchange loss.

        Change in fair value of warrants.     The change in the fair market value of warrants resulted in an income of INR 1,667.1 million during the year ended March 31, 2019.

        Income Tax Expense.     Our income tax expense during the year ended March 31, 2019 was INR 47.8 million compared to an expense of INR 56.9 million during the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Loss for the Year.     As a result of the foregoing factors, our loss during the year ended March 31, 2019 was INR 1,193.6 million as compared to a loss of INR 4,052.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. Excluding the employee share-based compensation costs, re-measurement of

   


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contingent consideration and net change in fair value of warrants, the Adjusted Loss (1) would have been INR 2,092.6 million for year ended March 31, 2019 and INR 2,464.5 million for year ended March 31, 2018.

        Basic Loss per Share.     Basic loss per share was INR 26.37 in the year ended March 31, 2019 as compared to basic loss per share of INR 116.41 in the year ended March 31, 2018. After excluding the employee share-based compensation costs, re-measurement of contingent consideration and net change in fair value of warrants, Adjusted Basic Loss per Share (1) would have been INR 47.28 in the year ended March 31, 2019 as compared to INR 70.65 in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        Diluted Loss per Share.     Diluted loss per share was INR 26.95 in the year ended March 31, 2019 as compared to diluted loss per share of INR 116.41 in the year ended March 31, 2018. After excluding the employee share-based compensation costs, re-measurement of contingent consideration and net change in fair value of warrants, Adjusted Diluted Loss per Share (1) would have been INR 47.25 in the year ended March 31, 2019 as compared to INR 70.65 in the year ended March 31, 2018.

Results of Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017

        The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss, both actual amounts and as a percentage of revenue, for the periods indicated.

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
 
  2017   2018  
Amount in INR thousands except %
  Amount   %   Amount   %  

Total revenue

    9,356,813     100.0     12,248,513     100.0  

Other income

    25,282     0.3     90,001     0.7  

Service cost

    4,179,486     44.7     4,930,757     40.3  

Personnel expenses

    2,115,308     22.6     2,902,840     23.7  

Marketing and sales promotion expenses

    2,457,242     26.3     4,153,920     33.9  

Other operating expenses

    2,217,887     23.7     3,285,530     26.8  

Depreciation and amortization

    275,587     2.9     425,600     3.5  

Results from operations

    (1,863,415 )   (19.9 )   (3,360,133 )   (27.4 )

Finance income

    139,158     1.5     91,912     0.8  

Finance costs

    (149,863 )   (1.6 )   (153,056 )   (1.2 )

Share of loss of joint venture

    (9,441 )   (0.1 )   (10,559 )   (0.1 )

Listing and related expense

    (4,242,526 )   (45.3 )        

Change in fair value of warrants

    230,111     2.5     (563,253 )   (4.6 )

Loss before income taxes

    (5,895,976 )   (63.0 )   (3,995,089 )   (32.6 )

Income tax expense

    (40,987 )   (0.4 )   (56,887 )   (0.5 )

Loss for the year

    (5,936,963 )   (63.5 )   (4,051,976 )   (33.1 )

Basic Loss per share

    (237.89 )         (116.41 )      

Diluted Loss per share

    (237.89 )         (116.41 )      

        Revenue.     We generated revenue of INR 12,248.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2018, an increase of 30.9% over revenue of INR 9,356.8 million for the year ended March 31, 2017.

        Service Cost.     Our service cost increased to INR 4,930.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 4,179.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2017 due to increase in our sale of packages.

   


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        Adjusted Revenue (1) .     Our Adjusted Revenue increased by 42.4% to INR 7,407.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 5,202.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. This growth resulted mainly from an increase of 37.1% in our Air Ticketing revenue along with an increase of 48% in our Adjusted Revenue (1) from Hotels and Packages, including the impact of consolidation of ATB.

        Air Ticketing.     Revenue from our Air Ticketing business increased by 37.1% to INR 5,012.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 3,657 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. This growth was driven by an increase in Air Ticketing gross bookings by 37.5% to INR 79.2 billion in the year ended March 31, 2018 including the impact of consolidation of ATB, as compared to INR 57.6 billion in the year ended March 31, 2017. The growth in our Air Ticketing sales and Gross Bookings in the year ended March 31, 2018 reflects the strong underlying growth in the overall air travel market in India and the continued shift in the air travel market from offline to online transactions. In addition, our air passenger yields increased as our business mix moved more towards international flights which have a higher transaction value but lower online penetration. Our Net Revenue Margin in the current year marginally decreased to 6.3% including the impact of consolidation of ATB from 6.4% in the corresponding period last year.

        Hotels and Packages.     Revenue from our Hotels and Packages business increased by 24.4% to INR 6,628.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 5,326.4 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. Our Adjusted Revenue (1) for this segment increased by 48.0% to INR 1,697.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 1,146.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. This growth was due to an increase in our Gross Bookings by 28.3% to INR 13.4 billion, including the impact of consolidation of ATB, along with an increase in Net Revenue Margin to 12.7% in the year ended March 31, 2018 as compared to 11% during the year ended March 31, 2017. The increase in Net Revenue Margin is due to change in business mix in favor of standalone hotels, which have higher margins, as well as higher margins negotiated from the suppliers primarily from our standalone hotels business.

        Other Revenue.     Our other revenue grew by 62.6% to INR 607.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 373.4 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. This increase was primarily due to an increase in advertisement and alliances income, improvement in attach rates for insurance booked at the time of air ticket purchases resulting in higher insurance facilitation fees, an increase in bus and train bookings and the impact of consolidation of ATB.

        Other Income.     Our other income increased to INR 90.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 25.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. This increase was primarily on account of the government grant received by the company on account of "Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)".

        Personnel Expenses.     Our personnel expenses increased by 37.2% to INR 2,902.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 2,115.3 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. This increase was primarily due to an increase in employee share-based payment expense to INR 729.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 586.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2017, annual salary increments, increased employee headcount primarily in technology and impact of consolidation of ATB. Excluding the employee share-based payment expense, our personnel expense growth would have been 42.2% for the year ended March 31, 2018, including the impact of consolidation of ATB.

        Marketing and Sales Promotion Expenses.     Marketing and sales promotion expenses increased by 69.0% to INR 4,153.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 2,457.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2017 primarily due to increases in brand marketing campaigns, consumer promotions and loyalty incentive programs and the impact of consolidation of ATB. Marketing and Sales

   


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Promotion Expenses as a percentage of Adjusted Revenue (2) increased to 56.1% in the year ended March 31, 2018 from 47.2% during the year ended March 31, 2017.

        Other Operating Expenses.     Other operating expenses increased by 48.1% to INR 3,285.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 2,217.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2017 primarily due to remeasurement of contingent consideration of INR 294.3 million, consolidation of ATB, increased payment gateway expenses and commissions due to increased business volume and increases in our legal and professional fees.

        Depreciation and Amortization.     Our depreciation and amortization expenses increased by 54.4% to INR 425.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 275.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2017 primarily as a result of an increase in amortization expense and the impact of consolidation of ATB.

        Results from Operations.     As a result of the foregoing factors, our results from operations was a loss of INR 3,360.1 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. Our loss for the year ended March 31, 2017 was INR 1,863.4 million. Excluding the employee share-based compensation costs and remeasurement of contingent consideration, Adjusted Results from Operations (1) would have been INR 2,335.9 million for year ended March 31, 2018 as compared to INR 1,276.5 million for year ended March 31, 2017.

        Finance Income.     Our finance income decreased to INR 91.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 139.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. The decrease was primarily due to decrease in the interest income from our bank deposits.

        Finance Costs.     Our finance costs increased to INR 153.1 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 as compared to INR 149.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. The increase was mainly due to an increase in interest on borrowings due to a new debt facility availed in year ended March 31, 2018 and the impact of consolidation of ATB, which was partially offset by a decrease in unwinding of discount on other financial liability related to business expenses.

        Share of Loss of Joint Venture.     This loss pertains to a joint venture investment that operates in adventure travel activities. Our loss from this joint venture increased to INR 10.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2018 from INR 9.4 million in the year ended March 31, 2017.

        Listing and related expenses.     Listing and related expenses amounting to INR 4,242.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2017 relate to the expenses accrued due to the Business Combination with Terrapin 3, Nasdaq listing related legal and professional expenses and contingent dividend expense. These were one-time costs for the year ended March 31, 2017.

        Change in fair value of warrants.     During the year ended March 31, 2018, we incurred a loss of INR 563.3 million due to a change in the fair market value of warrants as compared to a gain of INR 230.1 million during the year ended March 31, 2017.

        Income Tax Expense.     Our income tax expense during the year ended March 31, 2018 was INR 56.9 million compared to an expense of INR 41 million during the year ended March 31, 2017. This was primarily due to higher taxable income in some of our subsidiaries and the impact of consolidation of ATB.

        Loss for the Year.     As a result of the foregoing factors, our loss in the year ended March 31, 2018 was INR 4,052.0 million as compared to a loss of INR 5,937.0 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. Excluding the employee share based compensation costs, remeasurement of contingent

   


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consideration, net change in fair value of warrants and listing and related expenses, the Adjusted Loss (1) would have been INR 2,464.5 million for year ended March 31, 2018 and Adjusted Loss (1) would have been INR 1,337.6 million for year ended March 31, 2017.

        Basic and Diluted Loss per Share.     Basic loss per share was INR 116.41 in the year ended March 31, 2018 as compared to basic loss per share of INR 237.89 in the year ended March 31, 2017. After excluding the employee share-based compensation costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration, net change in fair value of warrants and listing and related expenses, Adjusted Basic Loss per Share (1) would have been INR 70.66 in the year ended March 31, 2018 as compared to INR 53.59 in the year ended March 31, 2017.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        Our sources of liquidity have principally been proceeds from the sale of our Class A Shares and Class F Shares, Ordinary Shares, long term borrowings, bank overdrafts, working capital facilities and cash flows from operations. Our cash requirements have mainly been for funding operational losses, acquisitions, working capital as well as capital expenditures.

        As of March 31, 2019, our primary sources of liquidity were INR 2,161.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and 1,029.5 million in term deposits (INR 1,010.3 million is pledged with various banks against bank guarantees, bank overdraft, vehicle loan, letter of credit, sales invoice discounting and credit card facilities).

        As of March 31, 2018, our primary sources of liquidity were INR 2,465.1 million of cash and cash equivalents and 1,012.1 million in term deposits (INR 831.7 million is pledged with various banks against bank guarantees, bank overdraft, vehicle loan, letter of credit, sales invoice discounting and credit card facilities).

        As of March 31, 2017, our primary sources of liquidity were INR 1,532.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and INR 3,027.9 million in term deposits (INR 1,025.5 million is pledged with various banks against bank guarantees, bank overdraft, vehicle loan, letter of credit, sales invoice discounting and credit card facilities). The increase was primarily due to cash received of approximately $92.5 million in connection with the Business Combination that was consummated in the current year.

        Our trade receivables and contract assets primarily comprise of: (1) commissions, incentive or other payments owed to us by airlines and other suppliers and (2) receivables from our B2B2C travel agents, corporate and some retail customers to whom we typically extend credit periods. Our trade and other receivables increased by INR 944.5 million from INR 3,976.8 million as of March 31, 2018 to INR 4,921.3 million as of March 31, 2019, in line with the growth of our business.

        Our Prepayments and other assets primarily consist of current portion of prepayments made to and deposits placed with our suppliers. Our other current assets decreased from INR 977.8 million as of March 31, 2018 to INR 899.9 as of March 31, 2019, primarily due to decreases in advances made to our airline and hotel suppliers.

        In September 2017, the Company took a term loan of $7.8 million, or approximately INR 509.3 million, from InnoVen Capital Singapore PTE. LTD., consisting of $5 million "Facility A" and $2.8 million "Facility B," carrying an interest of 9% per annum. The loan is repayable in relation to Facility A over the period until January 01, 2020 and in relation to Facility B over the period until August 01, 2019. The amount outstanding against this loan as of March 31, 2019 was $2.5 million, or approximately INR 175.1 million. The loan is secured by charge on all existing and future, current and non-current assets, including any intellectual property and intellectual property rights of the company.

   


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        Yatra India, an indirect subsidiary of the Company, took a term loan from InnoVen Capital India Private Limited of an aggregate amount of INR 495 million, consisting of INR 320 million "First Tranche" and INR 175 million "Second Tranche" in September 2017, carrying an interest of 14.75% per annum. The loan is repayable in relation to First Tranche over the period until January 01, 2020 and in relation to Second Tranche over the period until August 01, 2019. The amount outstanding against this loan as of March 31, 2019 was INR 161.1 million. The loan is secured by pledge of all existing and future, current and non-current assets, including any intellectual property and intellectual property rights of the company and by the pledge of shares held by Yatra India in ATB. As on July 4, 2019, the pledge on these shares has been released against a fixed deposit of INR 50 million.

        As of March 31, 2019, Yatra India had sanctioned bank guarantee limits of (i) INR 1,100 million from ICICI bank against bank deposits of INR 600 million (this amount is pledged and we do not earn any interest on this bank deposit), all existing and future fixed and current assets including intellectual property and intellectual property rights. As of March 31, 2019, ATB had sanctioned cash credit and bank guarantee limits of INR 1,100 million from ICICI bank (INR 800 million as a cash credit limit against a bank deposit of INR 150 million (this amount is pledged and we do not earn any interest on this bank deposit) and INR 300 million as a bank guarantee limit with 20% cash margin of the bank guarantee value upon utilization of the limit), all existing and future fixed and current assets including intellectual property and intellectual property rights.

        As of March 31, 2018, Yatra India had sanctioned bank guarantee limits of (i) INR 1,100 million from ICICI bank against bank deposits of INR 600 million (this amount is pledged and we do not earn any interest on this bank deposit), all existing and future fixed and current assets including intellectual property and intellectual property rights, and (ii) INR 10 million from HSBC bank against fixed deposits.

        As of March 31, 2017, Yatra India had sanctioned bank guarantee limits of (i) INR 900 million from HDFC Bank against fixed deposits, all existing and future fixed and current assets including intellectual property and intellectual property rights, and (ii) INR 10 million from HSBC Bank against fixed deposits. In addition, Yatra USA has placed certificates of deposit totaling approximately INR 19.42 million (US $0.3 million), to provide guarantees to various international airlines.

        On July 24, 2015, we took a term loan of $5 million, or approximately INR 326.6 million, from Macquarie Corporate Holdings PTY Limited, an affiliate of MIHI LLC. The loan carried interest in two parts, cash interest rate at 5% per annum and payment in kind, or PIK, interest rate at 3.5% per annum. PIK interest rate was payable in kind through accretion to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the loan; provided that, if the maturity date is extended beyond the first anniversary of the borrowing date, the PIK interest rate for each interest period starting after the first anniversary of the borrowing date shall increase to 5.0% per annum. The amount outstanding against this loan as of March 31, 2017 was Nil (March 31, 2016 was INR 339.7 million). The loan was secured by the pledge of the shares of the subsidiaries of the Group, THCL Travel Holding Cyprus Limited and Asia Consolidated DMC Pte. Ltd. The loan was taken by the company for twelve months; provided that, if no default has been occurred and continuing, the maturity date shall automatically be extended to the date falling twenty-four months after the borrowing date. We could not make any voluntary prepayments in respect of the loan prior to the first anniversary of the borrowing date. We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the loan in full on December 29, 2016 and the balance interest payment on January 3, 2017 and Macquarie released the pledge of shares mentioned above.

        Yatra India took a term loan from InnoVen Capital India Private Limited (formerly SVB India Finance Private Limited) of an aggregate amount of INR 250 million, consisting of INR 150 million in November 2013 and INR 100 million in March 2014, carrying an interest of 14.40% per annum. The loan was repayable in 31 and 30 monthly installments. The amount outstanding against this loan as of March 31, 2016 was INR 86.9 million. The loan was secured by pledge of all existing and future,

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current and fixed assets, including any intellectual property and intellectual property rights of the company. On January 20, 2017, we prepaid the entire outstanding amount of the loan amounting to INR 10.3 million, which included prepayment charges of INR 0.2 million and also got the security against all current and fixed assets as mentioned above released.

        As of March 31, 2017, Yatra India had the following facility available in India from HDFC Bank: an overdraft facility for up to INR 500 million (March 31, 2016: INR 500 million), with interest payable at an average rate of 8.8% (March 31, 2016: 8.7%) (weighted average fixed deposit rate plus 1.00%) per annum, secured by fixed deposits of Yatra India. No amount was outstanding under this facility as on March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016.

        We have taken vehicles on finance lease wherein the leased vehicles are pledged as security for the related lease. As of March 31, 2019, the outstanding balance of finance lease liability was INR 4.1 million as compared to INR 8.9 million as at March 31, 2018. Further, we have taken certain vehicles on loan which is secured against pledge of such vehicles and fixed deposit. As of March 31, 2019, the outstanding balance of such borrowing is INR 39.2 million as compared to INR 46.1 million as at March 31, 2018.

        We have taken vehicles on finance lease wherein the leased vehicles are pledged as security for the related lease. As of March 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of finance lease liability was INR 8.9 million as compared to INR 12.9 million on March 31, 2017. Further, we have taken certain vehicles on loan which is secured against pledge of such vehicles and fixed deposit. As of March 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of such borrowing is INR 46.1 million as compared to INR 32.0 million as at March 31, 2017.

        From time to time, we are also required by certain international and Indian airlines, Hotels and Packages suppliers, as well as certain aggregators from whom we obtain hotel inventory and other travel suppliers, to obtain bank guarantees or letters of credit to secure our obligations to them.

        We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents and cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated regular working capital requirements, funding of operational losses and our needs for capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional cash resources due to changing business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue.

        The following table sets forth the summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
 
  2016   2017   2018   2019  
 
  INR ('000s)
  INR ('000s)
  INR ('000s)
  INR ('000s)
 

Net cash from/(used in) operating activities

    (459,903 )   (1,589,820 )   (881,941 )   (3,542,134 )

Net cash from/(used in) investing activities

    (475,549 )   (2,380,528 )   1,221,059     (650,325 )

Net cash from/(used in) financing activities

    1,144,021     5,135,612     577,182     2,904,580  

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    208,569     1,165,264     916,300     (1,287,879 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (39,929 )   (22,299 )   16,144     186,477  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

    221,024     389,664     1,532,629     2,465,073  

Closing cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

    389,664     1,532,629     2,465,073     1,363,671  

Net cash from / (used in) operating activities

        Our net cash used in operating activities was INR 3542,1 million in the year ended March 31, 2019, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of INR 881.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018, an increase in cash usage of INR 2,656.2 million in the year ended March 31, 2019. Our net loss adjusted for interest, tax, amortization and depreciation and other non-cash items was

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INR 1,079.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2019. Further, in the year ended March 31, 2019, there was an increase in our working capital of INR 2,217.2 million, as compared to a decrease in working capital of INR 1,069.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. The increase in working capital in the year ended March 31, 2019 was primarily due to INR 1,316.4 million increases in trade and other receivables and INR 920.9 million decreases in trade and other payables. The working capital decrease in the year ended March 31,2018 was primarily due to INR 1,898.7 million increases in trade and other payables. The increase in trade and other payables was partially offset by an increase in trade and other receivables of INR 824.9 million due to an increase in the volume of our business.

        Our net cash used in operating activities was INR 881.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of INR 1,589.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2017, a decrease in cash usage of INR 707.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. Our net loss adjusted for interest, tax, amortization and depreciation and other non-cash items was INR 1,846.7 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. Further, in the year ended March 31, 2018, there was a decrease in our working capital of INR 1,069.9 million, as compared to an increase in working capital of INR 384.6 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. The decrease in working capital in the year ended March 31, 2018 was primarily due to INR 1,898.7 million increases in trade and other payables. The increase in trade and other payables was partially offset by an increase in trade and other receivables of INR 824.9 million. The working capital increase in the year ended March 31,2017 was primarily due to a INR 889.9 million increase in trade and other receivables. The increase in trade receivables was partially offset by an increase in trade and other payables of INR 508.3 million due to an increase in the volume of our business.

Net cash from/(used in) investing activities.

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, cash used in investing activities was INR 650.3 million, as compared to cash from investing activities was INR 1,221.1 million in the year ended March 31, 2018. During the year ended March 31, 2019, we redeemed INR 6.4 million in term deposits with banks, invested an incremental INR 424.3 million in property plant and equipment and in software and technology-related development projects, and INR 253.4 million for acquisition of ATB business. We also received interest on our term deposits of INR 10.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2019, as compared to INR 6.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018.

        During the year ended March 31, 2018, cash from investing activities was INR 1,221.1 million, as compared to cash used in investing activities of INR 2,380.5 million in the year ended March 31, 2017. During the year ended March 31, 2018, we redeemed INR 2,141.6 million in term deposits with banks, invested an incremental INR 576.3 million in property plant and equipment and in software and technology-related development projects, and INR 353.5 million for acquisition of ATB business. We also received interest on our term deposits of INR 6.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2018, as compared to INR 11.8 million in the year ended March 31, 2017.

Net cash from financing activities.

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, cash from financing activities was INR 2,904.6 million, primarily as a result of the issue of share capital of INR 3,563.5 million and repayment of borrowings of INR 526.7 million. Further, we made payments of INR 132.4 million as interest on term loans, bank overdrafts and vehicle loans.

        During the year ended March 31, 2018, cash from financing activities was INR 577.2 million, primarily as a result of the proceeds of borrowings of INR 1400.2 million and repayment of borrowings of INR 613.5 million. Further, we made payments of INR 102.9 million as interest on term loans, bank overdrafts and vehicle loans.

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        During the year ended March 31, 2017, cash from financing activities was INR 5,135.6 million, primarily as a result of the proceeds from the issuance of shares in connection with the Business Combination of INR 3,970.2 million, issuance of equity shares of INR 1,675.8 million and repayment of borrowings of INR 451.7 million. Further, we made payments of INR 47.4 million as interest on term loans, bank overdrafts, vehicle loans and our other finance charges.

Capital Expenditures

        We have historically financed our capital expenditure requirements with cash flows from operations, as well as through the sale of our common and convertible preferred shares.

        We made capital expenditures of INR 874.9 million and INR 1,155.5 million in fiscal years 2019 and 2018, respectively. In addition, we expect to spend an additional approximately INR 200 million to INR 300 million on capital expenditures during fiscal year 2020. Our capital expenditures have in principle consisted of purchases of servers, workstations, computers, computer software, leasehold improvements and other items related to our technology platform and infrastructure, upgrading of our websites, creation of intangible software, and mobile platforms.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

        As of March 31, 2019, Yatra India had obtained INR 1,141.2 million in bank guarantees from ICICI and ATB had also obtained INR 93.06 million in bank guarantees from ICICI Bank Limited and insurance of INR 217.72 million from IFFCO Tokio GIC in favor of the International Air Transport Association, against any payment default by us to all airlines participating in the International Air Transport Association's bill settlement plan. Additionally, Yatra India had pledged deposits totaling INR 31.1 million for the purpose of providing guarantees to various Hotels and Packages suppliers.

        As of March 31, 2018, Yatra India had obtained INR 1,070.2 million in bank guarantees from ICICI and ATB had also obtained INR 64.27 million in bank guarantees from State Bank of India and insurance of INR 220 million from IFFCO Tokio GIC in favor of the International Air Transport Association, against any payment default by us to all airlines participating in the International Air Transport Association's bill settlement plan. Additionally, Yatra India and ATB had pledged deposits totaling INR 26.2 million for the purpose of providing guarantees to various Hotels and Packages suppliers.

        As of March 31, 2017, Yatra India had obtained INR 844.6 million in bank guarantees from HDFC Bank in favor of the International Air Transport Association, against any payment default by us to all airlines participating in the International Air Transport Association's bill settlement plan, and Yatra USA had pledged certificates of deposit totaling INR 19.4 million (US$ 0.3 million) for the purpose of providing guarantees to various international airlines. Additionally, Yatra India had pledged deposits totaling INR 23.6 million for the purpose of providing guarantees to various Hotels and Packages suppliers.

        In fiscal year 2012, Yatra Online Private Limited (Yatra India) issued warrants to Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd., or BCCL, which were convertible into the equity shares in Yatra India upon occurrence of certain events viz. (a) an IPO of the Parent or its subsidiaries (Yatra online private Limited/Yatra Online (Cyprus) Limited) or (b) Prior to a proposed event resulting in a Change of Control of the Company or Ultimate Parent, at any time, within a period, of 4 (Four) years from June 21, 2011, which was further extended until September 30, 2017. BCCL had a right to exercise put option in respect of such equity shares against THCL Travel Holding Limited ("THCL" formerly known Yatra Online (Cyprus) Limited). On conversion to equity, BCCL had put option that required Yatra Cyprus to purchase all the shares held by BCCL at a price per share calculated as per the terms of the agreement. In the event, BCCL did not exercise its put option within the period stipulated

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therein, THCL had the right to require BCCL to sell all the above-stated equity shares held in Yatra to THCL at a price per share calculated as per the Warrant Subscription Agreement.

        On March 31, 2017, BCCL has agreed to waive its right to exercise the Warrants under the Warrant Subscription Agreement and Yatra India settled with BCCL through the payment of an aggregate sum of INR 390 million under the terms of an Advertisement Agreement, with no further liability on Yatra. This was subsequently settled on June 29, 2017.

        In fiscal year 2019, Yatra Online Private Limited (Yatra India) has entered into a debenture subscription agreement with BCCL, which agreed to subscribe to a non-convertible debenture for an aggregate consideration of subscription amount of INR 195,000 while the Company agreed to issue and allot the same aggregate principal amount of non-convertible debentures to BCCL in a private placement. Non-convertible debentures (NCD) allotted to BCCL shall be redeemed at the redemption amount of INR 214,500 being the sum of NCD Subscription Amount and the NCD Interest. The Company also entered into an advertisement agreement with BCCL wherein the Company has paid a deposit of a similar amount to BCCL. This deposit will be used for payments to be made in relation to advertisements released in properties owned and managed by BCCL.

        Apart from the foregoing, we do not have any outstanding off-balance sheet derivative financial instruments, guarantees, interest rate swap transactions or foreign currency forward contracts. We do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts.

Contractual Obligations

        Our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2019 are summarized below:

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2019  
Contractual Obligations (Amount in INR thousands)
  Total   Less than
1 Year
  1 - 3 Year   3 - 5 Year   More than
5 Year
 

Capital expenditure*

    1,859     1,859              

Operating expenditures**

    106,206     106,206              

Vehicle loan

    39,208     15,730     21,524     1,954      

Finance Lease

    4,605     3,534     1,071          

Operating Lease

    759,046     104,289     144,090     193,575     317,092  

Total

    910,924     231,618     166,685     195,529     317,092  

*
Contractual commitments for capital expenditure relate to acquisition of computer software and websites, office equipment and furniture and fixtures.

**
Contractual commitments for operating expenditure relate to advertisement services.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

        The company's activities are exposed to variety of financial risk: credit risk, foreign currency risk and liquidity risk. The company's senior management oversees the management of these risks. The company's senior management ensures that the company's financial risk activities are governed by appropriate policies and procedures and that financial risks are identified, measured and managed in accordance with the company's policies and risk objectives. The company reviews and agrees on policies for managing each of these risks which are summarized below:

        Credit Risk.     Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables), including deposits with banks and financial institutions, foreign exchange transactions and other financial instruments.

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        Customer credit risk is managed by each business unit subject to the company's established policy, procedures and control relating to customer credit risk management. Credit quality of a customer is assessed based on an extensive credit rating scorecard and individual credit limits are defined in accordance with this assessment. See Note 40 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information relating to our exposure to credit risk.

        Liquidity Risk.     Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities and the ability to close out market positions. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying businesses, we aim to maintain flexibility in funding by maintaining sufficient amounts in certificates of deposits with banks and keeping committed credit lines available.

        The Group manages liquidity by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities, by continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and financial liabilities. Based on our past performance and current expectations, we believe that the cash and cash equivalent and cash generated from operations will satisfy the working capital needs, funding of operational losses, capital expenditure, commitments and other liquidity requirements associated with our operations through at least the next 12 months. In addition, there are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships with any other person that are reasonably likely to materially affect the availability of the requirement of capital resources. See Note 40 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information relating to our exposure to liquidity risk.

        Foreign Currency Risk.     Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of the changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group operates through subsidiaries in India, Singapore and United States. The functional currency of these subsidiaries is the local currency in the respective countries and accordingly there are no related significant foreign currency exposures. The Company currently does not have any hedging agreements or similar arrangements with any counter-party to cover its exposure to any fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Group's exposure to the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates relates primarily to the Group's operating transactions which are denominated in currency other than subsidiary's functional currency (foreign currency denominated receivables and payables). See Note 40 to our 2019 Consolidated Financial Statements for sensitivity analysis relating to our exposure to foreign risk.

New Accounting Standards and Interpretations Issued But Not Yet Effective as at March 31, 2019

        The new standards, interpretations and amendments to Standards that are issued to the extent relevant to the Group, but not yet effective, up to the date of issuance of the Group's financial statements are disclosed below. The Group intends to adopt these Standards, if applicable, when they become effective.

IFRS 16 Leases

        In January 2016, IASB issued standard, IFRS 16 Leases. IFRS 16 replaces IAS 17 "Leases" and related interpretations viz. IFRIC 4 "Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease;" SIC-15, "Operating Leases—Incentives;" and SIC-27, "Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease." The previous accounting model for leases required lessees and lessors to classify their leases as either finance leases or operating leases and account for those two types of leases differently. IFRS 16 introduces a single lessee accounting model and requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value.

        IFRS 16 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Early application is permitted for entities that apply IFRS 15 at or before the date of initial application of IFRS 16. A lessee shall apply IFRS 16 either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or record a cumulative effect of initial application of IFRS 16 as an adjustment to opening balance of equity at the date of initial application.

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        We intend to adopt the "Modified Retrospective Approach" on the date of initial application (April 1, 2019) and make a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. Accordingly, comparatives for the fiscal 2019 will not be retrospectively adjusted.

        We expect that adoption of this standard will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. The most significant effects of this new standard on us relate to the recognition of new right of use, or ROU, assets and lease liabilities on our financial position for various real estate operating leases. The adoption of IFRS 16 is expected to have a favorable impact on operating profit in fiscal 2020, since a portion of the costs that were previously classified as rental expenses will be classified as interest expense and thus recorded outside operating profit and an unfavorable impact on profit after tax due to interest accruing at a higher rate in earlier years and decreasing over the lease term, while depreciation is recorded on a straight-line basis. The new standard also has an impact on how lease payments are presented in the cash flow statement resulting in an increase in cash flows from operating activities and a decline in cash flows from financing activities.

        The adoption of this standard will result in the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases. The adoption of this standard is expected to result in the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases of approximately INR 170,568 and INR 205,474, respectively, as of April 1, 2019.

IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments

        In June 2017, IASB issued IFRIC Interpretation 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments which is to be applied while performing the determination of taxable profit (or loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits and tax rates, when there is uncertainty over income tax treatments under IAS 12. According to IFRIC 23, companies need to determine the probability of the relevant tax authority accepting each tax treatment, or group of tax treatments, that the companies have used or plan to use in their income tax filing which has to be considered to compute the most likely amount or the expected value of the tax treatment when determining taxable profit (tax loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits and tax rates.

        The effective date for adoption of IFRIC 23 is annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, though early adoption is permitted. The Group is currently evaluating the effect of IFRIC 23 on its consolidated financial statements.

Amendment to IAS19—plan amendment, curtailment or settlement:

        On February 7, 2018, the IASB issued amendments to the guidance in IAS 19, 'Employee Benefits', in connection with accounting for plan amendments, curtailments and settlements.

        The amendments require an entity:

    to use updated assumptions to determine current service cost and net interest for the remainder of the period after a plan amendment, curtailment or settlement; and

    to recognize in profit or loss as part of past service cost, or again or loss on settlement, any reduction in a surplus, even if that surplus was not previously recognized because of the impact of the asset ceiling. Effective date for application of this amendment is annual period beginning on or after January 1, 2019, although early application is permitted. The Group does not have any impact on account of this amendment.

Definition of a Business—Amendments to IFRS 3

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the minimum requirements for a business, remove the assessment of whether market participants are capable of replacing any missing elements, add guidance to help entities assess whether an acquired process is substantive, narrow the definitions of a business and of outputs, and introduce an optional fair value concentration test.

        Since the amendments apply prospectively to transactions or other events that occur on or after the date of first application, most entities will likely not be affected by these amendments on transition. However, entities considering the acquisition of a set of activities and assets after first applying the amendments should update their accounting policies in a timely manner. The amendments could also be relevant in other areas of IFRS (e.g., they may be relevant where a parent loses control of a subsidiary and has early adopted Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture

        The effective date for adoption of this amendment is annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020, though early adoption is permitted. The Group is currently evaluating the effect of this amendment on the consolidated financial statements.

Certain Non-IFRS Measures

        As certain parts of our revenue are recognized on a "net" basis and other parts of our revenue are recognized on a "gross" basis, we evaluate our financial performance based on Adjusted Revenue, which is a non-IFRS measure. Effective April 1, 2018, we adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15, under which promotional expenses in the nature of customer inducement/acquisition costs for acquiring customers and promoting transactions across various booking platforms, such as upfront incentives and loyalty programs cost, some of which, when incurred were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs, are now being recorded as a reduction of revenue.

        We believe that Adjusted Revenue provides investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business and more accurately reflects the value addition of the travel services that we provide to our customers. The presentation of this non-IFRS information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our unaudited condensed consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB. Our Adjusted Revenue may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation.

        The following table reconciles our revenue, which is an IFRS measure, to Adjusted Revenue, which is a non-IFRS measure:

 
  Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
 
  Air Ticketing   Hotels and Packages   Other   Total  
Amount in INR
thousands except %
  2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019  

Revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     3,449,265     5,326,414     6,628,236     4,914,420     373,422     607,346     994,895     9,356,812     12,248,513     9,358,580  

Add: Customer promotional expenses

            2,258,887             1,248,506             64,058             3,571,451  

Service Cost

                (4,179,486 )   (4,930,757 )   (4,282,803 )               (4,179,486 )   (4,930,757 )   (4,282,803 )

Other Income

                                        25,282     90,001     263,785  

Adjusted Revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152     1,146,928     1,697,479     1,880,123     373,422     607,346     1,058,953     5,202,608     7,407,757     8,911,013  

        In addition to referring to Adjusted Revenue , we also refer to Adjusted EBITDA Loss, Adjusted Results from Operations, Adjusted Loss for the Period and Adjusted Basic and Adjusted Diluted Loss Per Share which are also non-IFRS measures. For our internal management reporting, budgeting and decision making purposes, including comparing our operating results to that of our competitors, these non-IFRS financial measures exclude employee share-based compensation cost, re-measurement of contingent consideration and change in fair value of warrants.

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        Our non-IFRS financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following:

    Employee share-based compensation cost:   The compensation cost to be recorded is dependent on varying available valuation methodologies and subjective assumptions that companies can use while valuing these expenses especially when adopting IFRS 2 " Share-based Payment ". Thus, the management believes that providing non-IFRS financial measures that exclude such expenses allows investors to make additional comparisons between our operating results and those of other companies.

    Listing and related expenses:   These primarily reflect the listing expenses incurred, are non-recurring expenses incurred on consummation of the Business Combination.

    Change in fair value of warrants:   Consequent to consummation of the business combination, the Company assumed 34.67 million warrants having a right to subscribe for 17.33 million ordinary shares of the Company and the warrants issued to the Silicon Valley Bank and Macquarie Corporate Holdings PTY Limited. The accounting guidance requires that we record any change in the fair value of these warrants in consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss. We have excluded the effect of the implied fair value changes in calculating our non-IFRS financial measures.

    Re-measurement of contingent consideration:   The contingent consideration relates to the payment to be made under business combination agreement, based on the certain performance conditions of the acquired business. This is due for final measurement and payment to the Sellers in the ATB transaction.

        We evaluate the performance of our business after excluding the impact of above measures and believe it is useful to understand the effects of these items on our results from operations, loss for the period and basic and diluted loss per share. The presentation of these non-IFRS measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our unaudited condensed consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. These non-IFRS measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation.

        A limitation of using Adjusted EBITDA Loss, Adjusted Results from Operations, Adjusted Loss for the Period and Adjusted Basic and Adjusted Diluted Loss Per Share as against using the measures in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB are that these non-IFRS financial measures exclude share-based compensation cost, re-measurement of contingent consideration, change in fair value of warrants and depreciation and amortization in case of Adjusted EBITDA Loss. Management compensates for this limitation by providing specific information on the IFRS amounts excluded from Adjusted EBITDA Loss, Adjusted Results from Operations, Loss for the Period and Adjusted Basic and Adjusted Diluted Loss Per Share.

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        The following table reconciles our Profit/(loss) (an IFRS measure) to Adjusted EBITDA (Loss) (a non-IFRS measure) for the periods indicated:

 
  Fiscal Year ended March 31,  
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA (Loss)
(Amount in INR thousands)
  2017   2018   2019  

Loss for the period as per IFRS

    (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )

Employee share-based compensation costs

    586,932     729,920     282,883  

Depreciation & amortization

    275,587     425,600     581,746  

Share of loss of joint venture

    9,441     10,559     12,772  

Finance income

    (139,158 )   (91,912 )   (41,310 )

Finance costs

    149,863     153,056     263,290  

Change in fair value of warrants

    (230,111 )   563,253     (1,667,193 )

Listing and related expense

    4,242,526          

Remeasurement of contingent consideration

        294,344     485,282  

Income tax expense

    40,987     56,887     47,837  

Adjusted EBITDA (Loss)

    (1,000,896 )   (1,910,269 )   (1,228,288 )

        The following table reconciles our results from operations (an IFRS measure) to Adjusted Results from Operations (a non-IFRS measure) for the periods indicated:

 
  Fiscal Year ended March 31,  
Reconciliation of Adjusted Results from Operations
(Amount in thousands)
  2017   2018   2019  

Results from operations (as per IFRS)*

    (1,863,415 )   (3,360,133 )   (2,578,199 )

Employee share-based compensation costs

    586,932     729,920     282,883  

Remeasurement of contingent consideration

        294,344     485,282  

Adjusted Results from Operations

    (1,276,483 )   (2,335,869 )   (1,810,034 )

*
Does not include "Listing and related expense" and "Share of loss of joint venture."

        The following table reconciles profit/(loss) for the period (an IFRS measure) to Adjusted Loss for the Period (a non-IFRS measure) for the periods indicated:

 
  Fiscal Year ended March 31,  
Reconciliation of Adjusted Loss
(Amount in thousands)
  2017   2018   2019  

Loss for the period (as per IFRS)

    (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )

Employee share-based compensation costs

    586,932     729,920     282,883  

Listing and related expense

    4,242,526          

Remeasurement of contingent consideration

        294,344     485,282  

Net change in fair value of warrants

    (230,111 )   563,253     (1,667,193 )

Adjusted Loss for the Period

    (1,337,616 )   (2,464,459 )   (2,092,623 )

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        The following table reconciles basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share (an IFRS measure) to Adjusted Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share (a non-IFRS measure) for the periods indicated:

 
  Fiscal Year ended March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Reconciliation of Adjusted Basic Loss (Per Share)

                   

Basic loss per share (as per IFRS)

    (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.37 )

Employee share-based compensation costs

    23.52     20.91     6.41  

Listing and related expense

    170.00          

Net change in fair value of warrants

    (9.22 )   16.42     (38.29 )

Remeasurement of contingent consideration

        8.43     10.98  

Adjusted Basic loss Per Share

    (53.59 )   (70.65 )   (47.28 )

 

 
  Fiscal Year ended March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Reconciliation of Adjusted Diluted Loss (Per Share)

                   

Diluted loss per share (as per IFRS)

    (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.95 )

Employee share-based compensation costs

    23.52     20.91     6.39  

Listing and related expense

    170.00          

Net change in fair value of warrants

    (9.22 )   16.42     (37.65 )

Remeasurement of contingent consideration

        8.43     10.96  

Diluted Basic loss Per Share

    (53.59 )   (70.65 )   (47.25 )

Safe Harbor

        This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. See "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements."

ITEM 6.    DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

    A.
    Directors and Senior Management

        The following table sets forth information of our executive officers and directors, and their ages as of March 31, 2019. Unless otherwise stated, the address for our directors and officers is 1101-03, 11 th  Floor, Tower-B, Unitech Cyber Park, Sector 39, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India.

Name
  Age   Position

Dhruv Shringi

    45   Chief Executive Officer and Class III Director

Alok Vaish

    49   Chief Financial Officer

Manish Amin

    53   Chief Information and Technology Officer

Sean Aggarwal(1)

    53   Non-Executive Class I Director

Neelam Dhawan(3)

    59   Non-Executive Class I Director

Sanjay Arora(1)(2)(3)

    51   Non-Executive Class II Director

Murlidhara Lakshmikantha Kadaba(1)(2)(3)

    57   Non-Executive Class II Director

Sudhir Kumar Sethi(2)(3)

    61   Chairman of the Board and Non-Executive Class III Director

(1)
Member of the audit committee.

(2)
Member of the compensation committee.

(3)
Member of nominating and corporate governance committee.

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Executive Officers

        Dhruv Shringi.     Mr. Shringi is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since June 2008 and as a member of our board of directors since December 2005. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Shringi was Director of Group Operations and Technology of the Ebookers Group in London from October 2003 to June 2005. From February 2002 to September 2003 Mr. Shringi served in the Strategy and Business Development team at Ford Motor Company in the UK, and from May 1994 to October 2000, he worked in the Audit & Business Consulting team of Arthur Anderson in their offices in India and London. He holds a B.Com (Hons.) degree from Delhi University, a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD and is also a qualified chartered accountant. We believe Mr. Shringi is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive knowledge of the travel industry and his experience as our Chief Executive Officer.

        Alok Vaish.     Mr. Vaish has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2007. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Vaish was the Chief Financial Officer of HSIL Limited from April 2005 to November 2007. Prior to that, he worked as Vice President in Ambit Corporate Finance Pte. from September 2004 to March 2005. From July 1997 to September 2004 he worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of the Investment Banking Group of Deutsche Bank, New York. Mr. Vaish holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The Darden School of Business, University of Virginia and also holds B.Com (Hons.) from Delhi University. He is also a national merit rank holder Chartered Accountant. Mr. Vaish has informed us that he intends to resign from his position as our Chief Financial Officer effective mid-October 2019.

        Manish Amin.     Mr. Amin is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Information Officer since January 2006. He also serves as a director of Air Travel Bureau Private Limited, Yatra Hotel Solutions Private Limited and Middle East Travel Management Company Pvt. Ltd., which are subsidiaries of Yatra India, and Adventure and Nature Network Private Limited, which is a joint venture of Yatra India. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Amin worked at Ebookers from June 1990 to November 2005 where his last role was Head of Technology Infrastructure. He holds a BTEC Higher National Diploma from South Thames College, London.

Non-Executive Directors

        Murlidhara Lakshmikantha Kadaba.     Mr. Kadaba has served as a non-executive member of our board of directors since November 2016. Mr. Kadaba is the Chairman and Managing Director of Moonbeam Capital, a proprietary venture capital firm focused on luxury, real estate and e-commerce ventures. Mr. Kadaba has over 25 years of banking experience, with proven expertise in general management, marketing and product development across consumer banking, wealth management, consumer lending and payment products. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he served as the Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Services at Reliance Payments Solutions Limited. Prior to this, Mr. Kadaba worked for American Express for eight years where he was the country manager for India and area countries. He was responsible for launching Amex's Consumer banking franchise and several credit cards in India. Earlier, Mr. Kadaba was VP and Head of Investment Products at Citibank-India. Mr. Kadaba has served on the boards of Amcham and Financial Planning Standards Board. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Indian Institute of Learning Management (IILM), is an active member of YPO and a charter member of TIE. Amongst others, Mr. Kadaba is currently serving as a Board Member of Big Tree (bookmyshow.com), Yatra Online Private Limited and TV18 Home Shopping Network Limited. Mr. Kadaba is an alumnus of Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur and is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Sri Jayachamarajendra, Mysore. Mr. Kadaba is well qualified to serve as a director given the breadth and depth of his experience as well as his capital markets expertise.

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        Sanjay Arora.     Mr. Arora has served as a non-executive member of our board of directors since December 2016. Mr. Arora currently serves as a Managing Director of ATL Partners (ATL), a private equity firm based in New York which focuses on aerospace, transportation and logistics. Prior to joining ATL, Mr. Arora worked at Terrapin Partners, LLC (Terrapin Partners) from 2007 to 2017, where he focused on the firm's principal investment activities. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Arora served as the CEO of Terrapin 3 (now known as Yatra USA Corp.), which, pursuant to the Business Combination, became our partially owned subsidiary in December 2016. In addition, from 2012 to 2017, Mr. Arora was the portfolio manager of the Terrapin Income and Credit Opportunities Fund, which specialized in making direct loans to small businesses. Prior to joining Terrapin Partners, Mr. Arora was a managing director at Deutsche Bank AG in Hong Kong, where he ran the firm's equity-linked origination business for Asia-Pacific from 2003 to 2005. Prior to this, from 1989 to 2003, Mr. Arora held a variety of positions in leveraged finance, derivatives, and equity capital markets at Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Arora received a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Chicago and a BSc in economics from The London School of Economics. Mr. Arora is well qualified to serve as director due to his experience in capital markets and portfolio management.

        Sudhir Kumar Sethi.     Mr. Sethi has served as a non-executive member of our board of directors since March 2014. He is founder and chairman of Chiratae Ventures India Advisors Private Limited (Formerly known as IDG Ventures India Advisors Private Limited), in which role he has advised on investments in numerous companies the across digital consumer, enterprise software and healthcare sectors since 1998. In addition to leading Chiratae Ventures India Advisors Private Limited (Formerly known as IDG Ventures India Advisors Private Limited). He also served on the Executive Committee of Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Investment Committee of UTI Ventures, on the Board of Ascent Capital, Advisory Board of Westbridge Capital and on the Board of Advisors at N.S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore. He currently serves on the board of directors of several companies, including Brainbees Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Cure Fit Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and Active Intelligence Pte Ltd and previously served on the board of directors of Myntra, which was acquired by Flipkart, and Manthan Systems. Mr. Sethi a B.Tech degree in engineering from IETE, Delhi and a Master of Business Administration degree from Faculty of Management Studies University, Delhi. Mr. Sethi is well qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive investment experience and his roles serving on the board of directors of other companies.

        Sean Aggarwal.     Mr. Aggarwal has served as a non-executive member of our board of directors since March 2018. He is a current board member of Lyft, Inc., Arlo, Inc. and the former CFO of Trulia, which he helped take public in 2012 and orchestrated its sale to Zillow Group Inc. in 2015. Prior to Trulia, Mr. Aggarwal held finance positions at Paypal Holdings Inc., eBay Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Mr. Aggarwal holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Aggarwal is well qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in capital markets and his role serving on the board of directors of another technology company.

        Neelam Dhawan.     Ms. Dhawan has served as a non-executive member of our board since January 2019. She has been a member of the Global Supervisory Board of Royal Philips, Netherlands since May 2012 and she joined the Board of ICICI Bank Limited in January 2018. In her previous positions, Ms. Dhawan was a Managing Director of both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard, in India, had been a member of NASSCOM's Executive Council from 2009 to 2017 and had made significant contributions to industry strategy and public policy frameworks. Ms. Dhawan also served as VP, Global Industries, Strategic Alliances & Inside Sales APAC & Japan, Hewlett Packard, Singapore from 2017-2018. Ms. Dhawan holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi, India. Ms. Dhawan is well qualified to serve as a director due to her professional experience in executive positions and her service on the board of directors of other companies.

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    B.
    Compensation

Non-Executive Director Compensation

        We pay the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with attending meetings of our board of directors and our committees. In fiscal years 2015 and 2016, we paid no cash compensation to our non-executive directors. Starting in January 2017, we pay a $15,000 annual base director's fee to each of our non-executive directors who are on the Board of the Company. Our non-executive directors who serve on our audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee will receive an additional cash retainer of $10,000 per year for a membership in each of the above committees. We do not have service contracts with any of our non-executive directors that provide for benefits upon termination. A certain non-executive director was also granted options to purchase 147,500 ordinary shares of the Company pursuant to the 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

        During the financial year ended March 31, 2019, the company had incurred an expense of $135,397. During the financial year ended March 31, 2019, the company have paid $90,000 to our non-executive directors towards their director fees and cash retainers for the calendar year ending December 2018.

Executive Director and Other Senior Management Compensation

        The aggregate compensation, including benefits in kind, paid/accrued to our executive director and senior management for the year ended 2019, including benefits in kind but excluding any equity compensation, was INR 103.0 million. We have not set aside or accrued any amounts to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for our executive directors or other senior management. We have employment agreements with our senior management and executive directors that provide for benefits upon termination. We have also granted share options to our executive directors. For option grants to senior management, see "—Share Options and Restricted Stock Awards" below.

Share Options and Restricted Stock Awards

        The two equity incentive plans described in this section are the Yatra Online, Inc. 2006 India Share Plan, or the 2006 Plan, and the 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, or the 2016 Plan. As part of the Business Combination, we have granted 2 million restricted stock awards (RSAs) to certain employees of the Company, out of which 74,458 RSAs vested through December 16, 2016 (these RSAs are subject to a repurchase right on proportional basis over a period of 2 years from the date of the award at a nominal amount). During the fiscal year 2018, the Company has modified the vesting condition such that one-quarter of the remaining unvested RSAs vested on June 30, 2017 and the remaining rest three-fourths of the RSA will thereafter vest in six equal quarterly installments, the final installment to vest on December 15, 2018. In connection with this change, these awards became Restricted Stock Units, or RSUs. During the fiscal year 2019, the Company deferred vesting of 643,147 RSUs until October 31, 2019, at which point they will vest in full. The vesting of these stock units will accelerate in full upon a Sale Event (as defined in the 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan).

        The Company also granted 92,179 RSUs to certain individuals, including the employees of the Company, on February 2, 2017. These RSUs vested over a two-year period in equal quarterly installments, beginning May 31, 2017 and finishing on March 31, 2019.

        The Company also granted 7,277 RSUs to certain employees of the Company on May 15, 2017. These RSUs vest in equal quarterly installments over four years, beginning on September 30, 2017 and finishing on June 30, 2021.

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        The Company also granted 20,000 RSUs to an employee of the Company on November 14, 2017. These RSUs vest over a period of four years, with one-tenth vesting on February 1, 2018 equivalent and the remaining RSUs vesting thereafter in quarterly installments of one-twelfth of the initial grant.

        The Company also granted 203,194 stock options to certain employees of the Company on November 14, 2017. These stock options vest over a four-year period in equal quarterly installments, beginning on February 1, 2018 and finishing on November 1, 2021.

        The Company also granted 480,000 RSUs to certain employees of the Company on January 30, 2018. These RSUs vest over a period of one year in equal quarterly installments, beginning on April 1, 2018. During the fiscal year 2019, the Company deferred vesting of 263,115 RSUs until October 31, 2019, at which point they will vest in full.

        The Company also granted 140,000 stock options to a non-executive director of the Company on February 21, 2018. These stock options vest over two years in equal monthly installments, beginning on March 1, 2018 and finishing on February 1, 2020. The vesting of these options will accelerate in full upon a Sale Event (as defined in the 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan).

        The Company also granted 5,000 RSUs to an employee of the Company on March 23, 2018. One-quarter of these RSUs vested on April 1, 2018 and the remaining RSUs vest quarterly in installments of one-twelfth of the total RSUs, beginning on July 1, 2018 and finishing on April 1, 2021.

        The Company also granted 21,769 stock options to certain employees of the Company on August 7, 2018. These stock options vest over a period of one year and four months in equal monthly installments commencing from first vesting on September 1, 2018 equivalent to one-sixteenth of the total number of stock options, with the last such vesting on June 1, 2022.

        The Company also granted 7,500 stock options to a non-executive director of the Company on November 28, 2018. vest over a period of one year in equal monthly installments commencing from first vesting on January 1, 2019 equivalent to one-twelfth of the total number of stock options, with the last such vesting on December 1, 2019

2006 Plan

        Our board of directors adopted the 2006 Plan to attract and retain appropriate personnel in our employment, to incentive our employees and consultants and to promote the success of our business.

        The 2006 Plan is administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors. Among other things, our compensation committee determines the terms and conditions of each option grant, including, but not limited to, the number of options, exercise price, vesting period, exercise period, the fair market value of ordinary shares, forfeiture provisions, adjustments to be made to the number of options and exercise price in the event of a change in capital structure or other corporate action, and satisfaction of any performance conditions.

        We may grant awards to any of our employees, consultants or directors. The plan administrator determines the individuals eligible to participate in the 2006 Plan in accordance with criteria laid down by our board of directors from time to time. Under the 2006 Plan, we have granted 1,114,641 options to purchase our Ordinary Shares.

        Upon the occurrence of a change of control of our company, the 2006 Plan provides that each outstanding option or share purchase right will be assumed, or an equivalent option or right will be substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the successor corporation does not agree to assume the award or to substitute an equivalent option or right, in which case such option or share purchase right will terminate upon the consummation of the change of control transaction. As on the date of this annual report, all the options granted under this plan are vested.

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2016 Plan

        On December 13, 2016, our board of directors approved the 2016 Plan and on December 15, 2016, our shareholders approved the 2016 Plan. The 2016 Plan enables our company to make equity based awards to its officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants. The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of incentive share options, non-qualified share options, share appreciation rights, restricted share awards, restricted share units, unrestricted share awards, cash-based awards, performance share awards and dividend equivalent rights. As of March 31, 2019, we have reserved for issuance 7,667,393 authorized but unissued ordinary shares under the 2016 Plan, which shares are subject to an annual increase on January 1 of each year equal to three percent of the number of shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 or such lesser number of shares as determined by the administrator of the 2016 Plan. The 2016 Plan limits the number or value of shares that may be granted to any participant in any one calendar year, among other limits.

Cash Incentive Bonus Plan

        On December 13, 2016, our board of directors adopted the Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan, or the Bonus Plan. The Bonus Plan provides for cash bonus payments based upon the attainment of performance targets established by the compensation committee. The payment targets will be related to financial and operational measures or objectives with respect to our company, which we refer to as corporate performance goals, as well as individual performance objectives.

        The compensation committee may select corporate performance goals from among the following: total shareholder return; gross booking value; Adjusted Revenue; EBITDA; share compensation expense; net income (loss) (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization); changes in the market price of our Ordinary Shares; economic value added; funds from operations or similar measure; sales, revenue or market share; acquisitions or strategic transactions; operating income (loss); cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); return on capital, assets, equity or investment; return on sales, gross or net profit levels; productivity; expense margins; operating efficiency; customer satisfaction; working capital; earnings (loss) per share; and the number of customers, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group.

        Each executive officer who is selected to participate in the Bonus Plan will have a target bonus opportunity set for each performance period. The Bonus Plan also permits the compensation committee to approve additional bonuses to executive officers in its sole discretion.

        As of March 31, 2019, no cash incentive bonus has been granted.

        In addition to the Bonus Plan described above, each of our executive officers is also entitled to receive a performance-linked bonus, or PLB, as part of his remuneration, based on the attainment of certain specific performance goals. We have historically paid a PLB to our executive officers and certain other employees.

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Outstanding Options

        During the fiscal year 2019, we have granted 7,500 stock options (March 31, 2018: 140,000 and March 31, 2017: Nil) to our directors and executive officers. As of March 31, 2019, 614,418 outstanding options were held by our directors and executive officers as set forth in the following table.

Shares Underlying
Outstanding Options*
  Exercise Price   Grant Date   Expiry Date
181,593   $ 3.91   April 21, 2010   April 18, 2020
9,218   $ 5.42   June 12, 2012   June 10, 2022
63,603   $ 5.42   March 20, 2011   March 17, 2021
282,299   $ 4.34   August 1, 2014   July 24, 2029
75,829   $ 7.81   February 21, 2018   February 20, 2022
1,875   $ 5.50   November 28, 2018   December 27, 2022

*
excludes the options outstanding to Executive Officers that were redesignated during the fiscal year 2018-19 as non-Executive Officers

Outstanding RSAs and RSUs

        During the fiscal year 2017, 42,008 RSAs and 1,812,909 RSUs were granted, pursuant to the Business Combination agreement, to our directors and executive officers, of which 42,008 RSAs and 1,169,762 RSUs fully vested as of March 31, 2019. The outstanding RSAs and RSUs granted to our directors and executive officers as of March 31, 2019 are as set forth in the following table:

Total RSAs Granted in
Fiscal Year 2018
  Shares Underlying
Outstanding RSAs
  Exercise Price  
  42,008
         

 

Total RSUs Granted in Fiscal Year 2018
  Shares Underlying
Outstanding RSUs
  Exercise Price  
  1,812,909
    643,147 *    

*
Vesting of these RSUs was deferred until October 31, 2019. Also, the vesting of these RSU's will accelerate in full upon a Sale Event (as defined in the 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan)

        During the year ended March 31, 2018, 504,796 RSUs were granted under our 2016 plan to our directors and executive officers, of which 211,681 fully vested and 10,000 got cancelled as of March 31, 2019. The outstanding RSUs to our directors and executive officers as of March 31, 2019 are as set forth in the following table:

Total RSUs Granted in Fiscal Year 2018
  Shares Underlying
Outstanding RSUs
  Exercise Price  
  504,796
    263,115 *    

*
Vesting of these RSU's was deferred until October 31, 2019. Also, the vesting of these RSUs will accelerate in full upon a Sale Event (as defined in the 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan)

Employee Benefit Plans

        We maintain employee benefit plans in the form of certain statutory and incentive plans covering substantially all of our employees. For fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019, the aggregate amount set aside or accrued by us to provide for pension or retirement benefits for all of our employees (including our directors and executive officers), which amount consists of the Provident Fund and gratuity disclosed below, was INR 92.5 million, INR 131.6 million and INR 130.4 million, respectively.

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Provident Fund

        In accordance with Indian law, all of our employees in India are entitled to receive benefits under the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, as amended, a retirement benefit scheme under which an amount equal to 12% of the basic salary of an employee is contributed both by the employer and the employee in a government fund. We make a monthly deposit to a government fund and have contributed an aggregate of INR 77.8 million, INR 105.0 million and INR 105.9 million in fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

Gratuity

        In accordance with Indian law, we pay gratuity to our eligible employees in India. Under our gratuity plan, an employee is entitled to receive a gratuity payment on the termination of his or her employment if the employee has rendered continuous service to our company for not less than five years, or if the termination of employment is due to death or disability. The amount of gratuity payable to an eligible employee is equal to 15 days' salary for every year of employment (or any portion of a year exceeding six months), and currently as per the Payment of Gratuity Act of 1972, the maximum amount of gratuity payable is INR 2 million. We have paid gratuity to our employees in the aggregate amount of INR 14.7 million, INR 26.6 million and INR 24.5 million in fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

Employment Agreements with Executive Officers

        We have entered into employment agreements with certain of our key employees.

        Mr. Shringi entered into an employment agreement with us on January 1, 2006. The agreement contains customary provisions regarding non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. We and Mr. Shringi are each obligated to provide the other party with three months' written notice to terminate the employment relationship. Alternatively, in lieu of providing three months' notice, we may elect to pay Mr. Shringi a lump sum equal to his base salary for the notice period. Such notice period and termination benefits do not apply in the event that Mr. Shringi is terminated by us for any one of the reasons enumerated in the agreement.

        Messrs. Vaish, Amin, Dhall, Verma, Poddar and Sodhi, have also entered into employment agreements with us, which agreements contain customary provisions regarding non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. We and each of these executives are obligated to provide the other party with three months' written notice to terminate the employment relationship. Alternatively, in lieu of providing three months' notice, we may elect to pay the executive a lump sum equal to his base salary for the notice period. Such notice period and termination benefits do not apply in the event that such executive is terminated by us for any one of the reasons enumerated in the agreement. Mr. Verma resigned as of September 20, 2018 and Mr. Dhall, Mr. Poddar and Mr. Sodhi, were reclassified as non-Executive Officers as of October 31, 2018.]

    C.
    Board Practices

Board of Directors

        Our board of directors is comprised of six directors, at least a majority of whom qualify as "independent" directors under the listing standards for independence of Nasdaq and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our board of directors has determined that the following directors are independent: Sanjay Arora, Murlidhara Lakshmikantha Kadaba, Sudhir Kumar Sethi, Sean Aggarwal and Neelam Dhawan. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Arora was designated to serve as a member of our board of directors by the Terrapin Sponsors.

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        Our Articles of Association provide for a board of directors consisting of no less than one director, with all directors divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. At each annual general meeting of our shareholders, the election or re-election of directors following the expiration of the term of office of the directors of that class of directors will be for a term of office that expires on the third annual general meeting following such election or re-election. Each director so elected will hold office until the annual general meeting of our shareholders for the year in which his or her term expires, unless the tenure of such director expires earlier pursuant to the Companies Law or unless he or she is removed from office as described below.

    the Class I directors are Sean Aggarwal and Neelam Dhawan and their terms will expire at our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2020;

    the Class II directors are Sanjay Arora and Murlidhara Lakshmikantha Kadaba, and their terms will expire at our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2021; and

    the Class III directors are Dhruv Shringi and Sudhir Kumar Sethi, and their terms will expire at our annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2019.

        A director may be re-elected to serve for an unlimited number of terms. As a result of the staggered terms, not all of our directors will be elected in any given year.

        The directors are appointed by the general meeting of shareholders. A director may be removed for cause by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast by those present in person or by proxy at a meeting and who are entitled to vote. Our board of directors may also, in certain circumstances, appoint additional directors. In addition, the Terrapin Sponsors and certain of our investors and executive officers, in certain circumstances, will have the right to designate individuals to be nominated for election to serve as our directors and to appoint at least one director to serve on each committee of our board of directors. Each of MIHI LLC and the Terrapin Sponsors shall also have the right to designate one representative to attend our board meeting in a nonvoting observer capacity. MIHI LLC and the Terrapin Sponsors shall cease to have board observation rights when they no longer own at least 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares.

        The primary responsibility of the executive director, Dhruv Shringi, is to manage our company. The primary responsibility of the non-executive directors is to supervise the policies of the executive director and senior management and the affairs of our company and our affiliated enterprises. In addition, the non-executive directors assist the executive director and senior management by providing advice.

        Executive officers are selected by and serve at the discretion of the board of directors.

Committees of the Board of Directors

        We have an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Our board of directors may establish other committees as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time.

Audit Committee

        The current members of our audit committee are Murlidhara Kadaba, Sanjay Arora and Sean Aggarwal with Mr. Kadaba serving as its chairman. All members of our audit committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq and all members of our audit committee are "independent" as that term is defined in the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Our board of directors has determined that Murlidhara Kadaba is an "audit committee financial expert" as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC. The audit committee operates under

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a written charter that satisfies the applicable standards of the SEC and Nasdaq. Our audit committee's responsibilities include:

    overseeing our corporate accounting and financial reporting process;

    evaluating the independent auditors' qualifications, independence and performance;

    determining the engagement of the independent auditors;

    reviewing and approving the scope of the annual audit and the audit fee;

    discussing with management and the independent auditors the results of the annual audit and the review of our quarterly financial statements;

    approving the retention of the independent auditors to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services;

    monitoring the rotation of partners of the independent auditors on our engagement team as required by law;

    reviewing our critical accounting policies and estimates;

    overseeing our internal audit function; and

    annually reviewing the audit committee charter and the audit committee's performance.

        The audit committee operates under a written charter adopted by our board of directors, a current copy of which is available on our website at www.yatra.com.

Compensation Committee

        The current members of our compensation committee are Sudhir Kumar Sethi, Murlidhara Kadaba and Sanjay Arora, with Mr. Sethi serving as its chairman. Our board of directors has determined that all members of our Compensation Committee are "non-employee directors" for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and "outside directors" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. Our compensation committee reviews and recommends policies relating to compensation and benefits of its officers and employees. The compensation committee's responsibilities include:

    reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to compensation of our chief executive officer;

    evaluating the performance of our chief executive officer in light of those goals and objectives;

    setting the compensation of our chief executive officer based on such evaluations;

    determining the compensation of all our executive officers other than the chief executive officer and reviewing periodically the aggregate amount of compensation being paid or potentially payable to the Company's officers;

    reviewing and making recommendations to the board with regard to incentive-based compensation plans and equity-based plans for the Company's executive officers; and

    reviewing and evaluating, at least annually, the performance of the compensation committee and its members, including compliance of the compensation committee with its charter.

        The compensation committee operates under a written charter adopted by our board of directors, a current copy of which is available on our website at www.yatra.com.

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

        The current members of our nominating and corporate governance committee are Sanjay Arora, Sudhir Kumar Sethi, Murlidhara Kadaba and Ms. Neelam Dhawan with Mr. Kadaba serving as its chairman. The nominating and corporate governance committee's responsibilities include:

    making recommendations to our board of directors regarding candidates for directorships and the structure and composition of our board of directors;

    recommending to the board criteria for board and committee membership;

    developing and recommending to the board a set of corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Company, periodically reviewing such guidelines and recommending any changes thereto;

    overseeing the evaluation of the board and management;

    reporting and making recommendations to our board of directors concerning governance matters; and

    reviewing and evaluating, at least annually, the performance of the nominating and corporate governance committee.

        The nominating and corporate governance committee operates under a written charter adopted by our board of directors, a current copy of which is available on our website at www.yatra.com.

Foreign Private Issuer Exemptions

        We are a "foreign private issuer" under the securities laws of the United States and the rules of the Nasdaq. Under the securities laws of the United States, "foreign private issuers" are subject to different disclosure requirements than U.S. domiciled registrants. We intend to take all actions necessary to maintain compliance as a foreign private issuer under the applicable corporate governance requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the rules adopted by the SEC and Nasdaq's listing standards. Under the Nasdaq rules, a "foreign private issuer" is subject to less stringent corporate governance requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the rules of the Nasdaq permit a "foreign private issuer" to follow its home country practice in lieu of the listing requirements of Nasdaq. Accordingly, in the future you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

        Our board of directors has approved a set of general guidelines that provide the framework for our corporate governance. The board will review these guidelines and other aspects of our corporate governance periodically, as necessary. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines can be found on our website at www.yatra.com .

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

        Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct documents the principles of conduct and ethics to be followed by our directors, officers and employees when conducting our business and performing their day-to-day duties. The purpose of our Code of Conduct is to promote honest and ethical conduct, compliance with applicable governmental rules and regulations, prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Conduct and a culture of honesty and accountability. A copy of the Code of Conduct has been provided to each of our directors, officers and employees who are required to acknowledge that they have received and will comply with the Code of Conduct. We intend to disclose any material amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirements, in our public SEC filings and/or on our website in accordance with applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules and regulations. Our Code of Conduct can be found on our website at www.yatra.com .

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Disclosure Committee

        We maintain a disclosure committee consisting of members of our executive management. The purpose of the disclosure committee is to oversee our system of disclosure controls and assist and advise the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in making the required certifications in SEC reports. The disclosure committee was established to bring together on a regular basis representatives from our key business units and employees involved in the preparation of our financial statements to discuss any issues or matters of which the members are aware that should be considered for disclosure in our public SEC filings and review our draft periodic SEC reports prior to filing. The disclosure committee reports to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

    D.
    Employees

        See "Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Employees."

    E.
    Share Ownership

        The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of:

    each person who, to our knowledge, is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding share capital;

    each of our present directors;

    each of our executive officers serving during the 2019 fiscal year; and

    all of our current directors and executive officers as a group.

        Beneficial ownership has been determined as of March 31, 2019. Except as otherwise indicated, each person or entity named in the table is expected to have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares attributable to such person. Beneficial ownership for the purposes of this table is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These rules generally provide that a person is the beneficial owner of securities if such person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting thereof, or to dispose or direct the disposition thereof or has the right to acquire such powers within 60 days. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, we included shares issuable pursuant to options and/or warrants held by that person that are currently exercisable or that are exercisable within 60 days. These shares, however, were not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

        The information presented in the table below is based on 46,356,773 of our Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on March 31, 2019 and assumes the conversion into Ordinary Shares of all (i) Yatra

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USA Class F Shares, (ii) Class A non-voting Shares, (iii) Class F Shares and (iv) all convertible shares held at the subsidiary level that are convertible into our Ordinary Shares.

Name of Beneficial Owners(1)
  Number of Shares
Beneficially Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding Shares
 

5% Shareholders:

             

Entities Affiliated with Nathan Leight(2)

    7,592,748     15.18 %

Macquarie Group Limited(3)

    6,099,105     12.43 %

Entities Affiliated with Altai Capital Management, LLC(4)

    4,639,649     10.01 %

RCH Ltd.(5)

    3,783,948     7.55 %

Reliance Infrastructure Limited(6)

    2,980,139     6.43 %

Entities Affiliated with Vincent C. Smith(7)

    2,757,571     5.95 %

E-18 Limited & Capital18 Fincap Private Limited(8)

    2,496,165     5.38 %

Entities Affiliated with Norwest Venture Partners(9)

    2,392,168     5.16 %

Executive Officers and Directors:

             

Dhruv Shringi(10)

    874,419     1.87 %

Alok Vaish(11)

    368,732     *  

Manish Amin(12)

    697,957     1.51 %

Sean Aggarwal(13)

    87,495     *  

Sudhir Kumar Sethi(14)

         

Murlidhara Lakshmikantha Kadaba

         

Sanjay Arora(15)

    194,526     *  

Neelam Dhawan(16)

    3,125     *  

All directors and officers as a group (8 persons)

    2,222,954     4.73 %

*
Less than 1 percent.

(1)
Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the persons and entities listed above is c/o Yatra Online, Inc., 1101-03, 11th Floor, Tower-B, Unitech Cyber Park, Sector 39, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India.

(2)
Based on the Schedule 13G and the Schedules 13G/A filed with the SEC by Apple Orange LLC, Leight Family 1998 Irrevocable Trust, Argyle Investors LLC, Candlemaker Partners LLLP, We Deserve Better, LLC and Nathan Leight on December 27, 2016, January 11, 2017, February 14, 2018 and February 14, 2019, respectively. Consists of (i) 395,000 Ordinary Shares, warrants to purchase 3,668,290 Ordinary Shares, 1,933,439 Yatra USA Class F Shares (each exchangeable for one Ordinary Share at any time at the option of the holder) and 1,933,439 Class F Shares (each convertible into 0.00001 of an Ordinary Share upon the exchange of a parallel Yatra USA Class F Share), held by Apple Orange LLC, Terrapin Partners Employee Partnership 3, LLC and Terrapin Partners Green Employee Partnership LLC; (ii) 550,000 Ordinary Shares held by Argyle Investors LLC; (iii) 327,000 Ordinary Shares held by Candlemaker Partners, LLLP; (iv) 557,500 Ordinary Shares held by the Leight Family 1998 Irrevocable Trust; (v) 158,500 Ordinary Shares held by We Deserve Better, LLC; and (vi) 3,000 Ordinary Shares held by Nathan Leight. Mr. Leight is the sole managing member of Apple Orange LLC, Candlemaker Management LLC, which is the general partner of Candlemaker LLLP, and We Deserve Better, LLC and has sole voting and dispositive control over securities held by Apple Orange LLC, Candlemaker LLLP and We Deserve Better, LLC. Mr. Leight's children are the beneficiaries of the Leight Family 1998 Irrevocable Trust and his wife is the trustee. The Leight Family 1998 Irrevocable Trust is the sole managing member of Argyle Investors LLC and has sole voting and dispositive control over the securities held by Argyle Investors LLC. The business address for each of these entities and Mr. Leight is 1330 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 23A, New York, New York 10019.

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(3)
Consists of (i) 324,355 Ordinary Shares and warrants to purchase 46,458 Ordinary Shares held by Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited and (ii) 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares, 1,083,281 Yatra USA Class F Shares (each exchangeable for one Ordinary Share at any time at the option of the holder), 1,083,281 Class F Shares (each convertible into 0.00001 of an Ordinary Share upon the exchange of a parallel Yatra USA Class F Share) and warrants to purchase 2,645,000 Ordinary Shares held by MIHI LLC. MIHI LLC is an affiliate of Macquarie and Macquarie Capital. Macquarie Group Limited is the ultimate indirect parent of each of Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty. Limited and MIHI LLC and may be deemed to beneficially own the company's shares held by them. The business address of Macquarie Group Limited is 50 Martin Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The business address of Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty. Limited is Level 6, 50 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. The business address of MIHI LLC is 125 West 55th Street, L-22, New York, New York 10019.

(4)
Based on Schedule 13G and the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by Altai Capital Management, L.P. ("Investment Manager"), Altai Capital Management, LLC ("IMGP") and Rishi Bajaj on July 2, 2018 and February 14, 2019, respectively. Consists of 4,639,649 Ordinary Shares held for the account of Altai Capital Osprey, LLC ("Osprey") and accounts separately managed by Investment Manager (the "Separately Managed Accounts"). Investment Manager serves as investment manager to each of Osprey and the Separately Managed Accounts. Each of Investment Manager, IMGP and Mr. Bajaj may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the Ordinary Shares held for the account of Osprey and the Separately Managed Accounts. The business address of Investment Manager, IMGP and Mr. Bajaj is 4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 590, Newport Beach, California 92660.

(5)
Based on Schedule 13G and the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on November 13, 2018 and February 14, 2019, respectively, by each of (i) RCH Ltd. ("RCH"), (ii) Platinum Equity Capital Partners International III (Cayman), L.P. ("PECPI III"), (iii) Platinum Equity Partners International III (Cayman), L.P. ("PEPI III"), (iv) Platinum Equity Investment Holdings III (Cayman), LLC ("PEIH III (Cayman)"), (v) Platinum Equity Investment Holdings III, LLC ("PEIH III LLC"), (vi) Platinum Equity Investment Holdings III Manager, LLC ("PEIH III Manager"), (vii) Platinum Equity InvestCo, L.P. ("PEI LP"), (viii) Platinum Equity Investment Holdings IC (Cayman), LLC ("PEIH IC (Cayman)"), (ix) Platinum Equity Investment Holdings, LLC ("PEIH LLC"), (x) Platinum InvestCo, LLC ("PI LLC"), (xi) Platinum InvestCo (Cayman), LLC ("PI (Cayman) LLC"), (xii) Platinum Equity, LLC ("Platinum Equity") and (xiii) Tom Gores (together, the "Platinum Entities"). Consists of 3,783,948 Ordinary Shares underlying warrants held by RCH. Each of PECPI III, PEPI III, PEIH III (Cayman), PEIH III LLC, PEIH III Manager, PEI LP, PEIH IC (Cayman), PEIH LLC, PI (Cayman) LLC, Platinum Equity and (xiii) Mr. Gores may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by RCH. PI LLC is not deemed to beneficially own the shares held by RCH. The business address of the Platinum Entities is 360 N. Crescent Drive, South Building, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

(6)
Based on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Reliance Infrastructure Limited on June 29, 2018. Consists of 2,980,139 Ordinary Shares held by Reliance Infrastructure Limited. The business address of Reliance Infrastructure Limited is Reliance Centre, 3rd Floor, North Wing, Santacruz (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400 055.

(7)
Based on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by LB2, LLC ("LB2"), Teach a Man to Fish Foundation ("TAMF") and Vincent C. Smith on February 14, 2019. Consists of 131,818 Ordinary Shares held by LB2, 390,154 Ordinary Shares held by TAMF, and 2,235,559 Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is also deemed to beneficially own the Ordinary Shares held by LB2 and TAMF. The business address of LB2, TAMF and Mr. Smith is 17595 Harvard Avenue, Suite C511, Irvine, California 92614.

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(8)
Consists of 1,926,397 Ordinary Shares held by E-18 Limited and 569,768 Ordinary Shares issuable upon swap of Ordinary Shares of Yatra Online Private Limited held by Network 18 Media and Investment Ltd. (formerly known as Capital18 Fincap Private Limited), together, the E-18 Entities. Network18 Media & Investments Limited, a company registered in India is the holding company of the E-18 Entities. The business addresses for E-18 Limited and Capital18 Fincap Private Limited are Ebene Esplanade, 24 Bank Street, Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius and First Floor, Empire Complex, 414, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400 013, Maharashtra, India, respectively.

(9)
Consists of (i) 1,196,084 Class A non-voting shares held of record by Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP (Partners IX) and (ii) 1,196,084 Class A non-voting shares held of record by Norwest Venture Partners X, LP (Partners X and together with Partners IX, Norwest Venture Partners). Class A non-voting shares have substantially the same rights as our Ordinary Shares but have no voting rights. NVP Associates, LLC (NVP) is the managing member of the general partners of Norwest Venture Partners, and shares voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Norwest Venture Partners. Promod Haque, Jeffrey Crowe and Matthew Howard, as co-chief executive officers of NVP and members of the general partners, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held of record by Norwest Venture Partners. The business address for each of these entities is c/o Promod Haque, 525 University Ave, Ste 800, Palo Alto, California 94301-1922.

(10)
Consists of 469,291 Ordinary Shares and options to purchase 405,128 Ordinary Shares that are exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2019.

(11)
Consists of 254,430 Ordinary Shares and options to purchase 114,302 Ordinary Shares that are exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2019.

(12)
Consists of 680,673 Ordinary Shares and options to purchase 17,284 Ordinary Shares that are exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2019.

(13)
Consists of 87,495 Ordinary Shares.

(14)
Sudhir Kumar Sethi is the founder and chairman of IDG Ventures India Advisors and may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC. Mr. Sethi disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC as the voting and investment power for such shares is held by the board of directors of IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC. The address of Mr. Sethi is 7B, 7th floor, Sobha Pearl, #1 Commissariat Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560025, India.

(15)
Consists of 100 Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Arora, 100 Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Arora's wife, and 100 Ordinary Shares, 58,593 Yatra USA Class F Shares (each exchangeable for one Ordinary Share at any time at the option of the holder), 58,593 Class F Shares (each convertible into 0.00001 of an Ordinary Share upon the exchange of a parallel Yatra USA Class F Share) and warrants to purchase 135,633 Ordinary Shares held by Noyac Path LLC. 100 Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Arora, 100 Ordinary Shares held by Mr. Arora's wife and 100 Ordinary Shares held by Noyac Path LLC are held in brokerage accounts for which margins are available. The sole member of Noyac Path LLC is a trust of which Mr. Arora is settlor and a beneficiary. Mr. Arora disclaims beneficial ownership over any securities owned by his wife and Noyac Path LLC in which he does not have any pecuniary interest.

(16)
Consists of 3,125 Ordinary Shares.

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Significant Changes

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019, Entities Affiliated with Altai Capital Management, LLC became a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019, RCH Ltd. became a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019, Entities Affiliated with Vincent C. Smith became a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 10, 2019, Fuh Hwa Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. ceased to be a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares, assuming the conversion into Ordinary Shares of all i) Yatra USA Class F Shares, ii) Class A non-voting Shares, iii) Class F Shares and iv) all convertible shares held at the subsidiary level that are convertible into our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on November 15, 2018, Rotation Capital Management, LP ceased to be a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on June 29, 2018, Reliance Capital Limited ceased to be a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on June 29, 2018, Reliance Infrastructure Limited became a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 7, 2018, Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. ceased to be a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares, assuming the conversion into Ordinary Shares of all i) Yatra USA Class F Shares, ii) Class A non-voting Shares, iii) Class F Shares and iv) all convertible shares held at the subsidiary level that are convertible into our Ordinary Shares.

        Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP and Norwest Venture Partners X, LP hold Class A non-voting shares, which have substantially the same rights as our Ordinary Shares but have no voting rights.

        To our knowledge, the Company is not directly or indirectly owned or controlled by another corporation, by any foreign government or by any other natural or legal person severally or jointly.

        As of July 16, 2019, we estimate that:

    approximately 92% of our outstanding ordinary shares were held in the United States by 7 holders of record (the United States record holders include Cede & Co., the nominee of the Depositary Trust Company),

    approximately 100% of our outstanding Class F Shares were held in the United States by approximately 9 holders of record, and

    approximately 100% of our outstanding Class A Shares were held in the United States by 2 holders of record.

        The number and the U.S. residence of record holders of our Ordinary Shares may not be representative of the number of beneficial owners or where the beneficial owners have residence because it includes beneficial owners whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees.

ITEM 7.    MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

    A.    Major Shareholders

        See "Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—E. Share Ownership."

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        On July 16, 2019, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Ebix, and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into us, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Ebix. For a description of the Merger Agreement, please see "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Recent Developments—Ebix Merger Agreement".

    B.    Related Party Transactions

        Our audit committee charter requires our audit committee to review all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and for all such transactions to be approved by our audit committee. The following is a summary of our related party transactions.

Letter Agreement with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

        On July 13, 2016, we entered into a letter agreement with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., an affiliate of one of our shareholders, pursuant to which we agreed that prior to July 16, 2017 we will engage Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., or an affiliate of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. designated by it, to act on any and all transactions with a value greater than $30 million as:

    a bookrunning managing underwriter, a bookrunning managing placement agent, or a bookrunning managing initial purchaser, as the case may be, in connection with any offering or placement of securities (including, but not limited to, debt, equity, preferred and other hybrid equity securities or equity linked securities) by us or any of our subsidiaries, in each case with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. receiving total compensation in respect of any such transaction that is equal to or better than 40% of the total compensation received by all underwriters, placement agents, and initial purchasers, as the case may be, in connection with such transaction and not less than the compensation received by any one individual underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser, as the case may be; and

    a financial advisor in connection with any (x) restructuring (through a recapitalization, extraordinary dividend, stock repurchase, spin-off, joint venture or otherwise) by us or any of our subsidiaries, (y) acquisition or disposition of a business, asset or voting securities by us or any of our subsidiaries or (z) debt or equity financing or any refinancing of any portion of any financing by us or any of our subsidiaries, in each case with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. receiving total compensation in respect of any such transaction that is equal to or greater than 40% of the total compensation received by all financial advisors in connection with such transaction (50% in the case of the initial business combination), and not less than the compensation received by any individual financial advisor.

        Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. has the right to decline any such engagement in its sole and absolute discretion.

Preload Agreement with Reliance Retail Ltd.

        On September 26, 2016, the subsidiary of the Group Yatra Online Private Limited (Yatra India), entered into a preload agreement with Reliance Retail Ltd. Pursuant to the preload agreement, Reliance Retail Ltd. has agreed to pre-install the Yatra mobile applications on Reliance Jio LYF smartphones for consideration to be settled in equity shares of Yatra India. Any invoiced amounts by Reliance, will bear interest at a rate of 15% per year from the date of invoice until the date of equity settlement. The agreement remains in effect until September 5, 2019. Either party may terminate the agreement in the event of an uncured breach of a material term of the agreement. Yatra India also has the right to terminate as of September 5, 2017.

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Investor Rights Agreement

        On December 16, 2016, we entered into the Investor Rights Agreement with MIHI LLC, the Terrapin Sponsors and certain other Terrapin 3 stockholders and Yatra shareholders who will own our Ordinary Shares upon consummation of the Business Combination. Pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, once we became eligible to use Form F-3 or its successor form, we became obligated to file a shelf registration statement to register the resale of certain of our Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the Business Combination. The Investor Rights Agreement also provide such shareholders with demand, "piggy-back" and Form F-3 registration rights, subject to certain minimum requirements and customary conditions. Shareholders will be entitled to make one demand for registration of ordinary shares, except for certain Yatra shareholders will be entitled to make three demands.

        The Investor Rights Agreement also provides the Terrapin Sponsors the right to nominate an individual for election to our board of directors upon the resignation, removal, death or disability of the director initially designated by them pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, as well as the right to re-nominate such director two successive times. The Investor Rights Agreement also provides certain of our investors and our executive officers, Dhruv Shringi, Alok Vaish and Manish Amin, the right to nominate an individual for election to our board upon the resignation, removal, death or disability of any of the directors initially designated by our company pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, as well as the right to re-nominate any of such directors who are Class I or Class II directors two successive times and the right to re-nominate any of such directors who are Class III directors one time or to designate a replacement for any such director. Subject to applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules, until such time as there is no director designated by the Terrapin Sponsors or no director designated by our company pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination, we are required to take all necessary action to cause at least one director nominated by the Terrapin Sponsors and at least one director nominated by our investors to be appointed to each committee of our board of directors. The Investor Rights Agreement also provides each of MIHI LLC and the Terrapin Sponsors the right to designate one representative to attend our board meeting in a nonvoting observer capacity. MIHI LLC and the Terrapin Sponsors shall cease to have board observation rights when they no longer own at least 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares.

Transactions pursuant to Service Agreements

        Pursuant to service agreements with the below mentioned companies (along with their affiliates) that have a significant influence on the Group, we have provided travel and trade related services of INR 405, INR 176,252, INR 110,973 in fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively:

    a.
    E-18 Limited and group companies

    b.
    Reliance Capital Limited and its group companies

    c.
    IDG Ventures India Advisors Private Limited

        The Company has also availed the insurance and communication services of Reliance General Insurance Company Limited, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and Reliance Infocomm Limited at a cost of INR 489, INR 11,497, and INR 12,979 in fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Exchange and Support Agreement

        On December 16, 2016, we entered into an exchange and support agreement with Terrapin 3 (which is now known as Yatra USA Corporation) and holders of Class F common stock of Terrapin 3. Pursuant to the exchange and support agreement, commencing on November 16, 2017, holders of Terrapin 3's Class F common stock (which, pursuant to the Business Combination is now Yatra USA Class F Shares) have the right from time to time to exchange any or all of what are nor Yatra USA Class F Shares for the same amount of our Ordinary Shares. Upon any such exchange, an equal number of our Class F Shares held by such exchanging shareholders will also be converted by us into 0.00001 of our Ordinary Share for each Class F Share converted. The right to make such exchange will expire on December 16, 2021.

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Administrative Services Arrangement

        Beginning in January 2017, Terrapin Partners, LLC, a private equity and venture capital firm, has agreed to provide us with certain professional services as well as certain office space, utilities and general office, receptionist and secretarial support. In return for such services, when provided, we have agreed to pay Terrapin Partners, LLC a monthly fee of $5,000. Nathan Leight, one of our shareholders, is the managing member of Terrapin Partners, LLC.

Shareholders Agreements

        See "Item 10. Additional Information—B. Memorandum and Articles of Association."

Employment Agreements

        See "Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—B. Compensation—Employment Agreements with Executive Officers."

Equity Option and Share Incentive Plans

        See "Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—B. Compensation."

    C.    Interest of Experts and Counsel

        Not applicable.

ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    A.    Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

        See "Item 18. Financial Statements" for a list of the financial statements filed as part of this Annual Report.

Legal Proceedings

        From time to time we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business and the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty.

        Except for the tax and arbitration proceedings described below, there are no governmental or legal proceedings (including any such proceedings which are pending or threatened, of which we are aware) that we believe could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

Tax Proceedings

        See "Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Litigation" for a description of tax proceedings.

Arbitration Proceedings

        On July 20, 2017, Yatra India, a subsidiary of the Company entered into the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, with ATB and the Sellers party thereto, pursuant to which the Company, through Yatra India, agreed to acquire: (a) a majority (50.94%) of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for an upfront payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) the balance of ATB's outstanding shares owned by the Sellers in exchange for the Final Payment, to be made at the Second Closing. To date the

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Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the computation for the Final Payment.

        On June 4, 2019, the EOW of the Delhi Police registered a First Information Report to initiate an investigation of a criminal complaint, or Complaint, previously filed with the EOW by Mr. Sunil Narain, or the Complainant, one of the Sellers. The Complaint alleged, among other things, cheating and criminal breach of trust in connection with Yatra India's performance of its obligations under the ATB Share Purchase Agreement, which Yatra India has denied in its initial response to the Complaint. The Complaint was originally filed against (i) Yatra India, (ii) certain officers and directors of Company subsidiaries, including Yatra India, and (iii) a partner in Yatra India's external auditing firm, who we refer to as the Respondents and, together with the Complainant, the Parties. As relief, the Complainant requested that appropriate action be taken in response to the alleged criminal acts, including, among other things, the registration of a First Information Report.

        Separately, on May 30, 2019, Yatra India filed a petition with the High Court of Delhi seeking, among other things, interim relief against the Complainant. Based on the petition, on May 31, 2019, the High Court of Delhi issued an order granting certain interim relief to Yatra India referring the matter to arbitration and also appointing an arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings in the matter have commenced accordingly.

        Yatra India and the Company believe that the Complaint was filed for collateral purposes and that the allegations contained in the Complaint are entirely false and frivolous, and they intend to vigorously defend this matter and cooperate fully with the EOW in connection with its ongoing investigation. There can be no assurance that the EOW will not pursue further action against the Respondents. Further, although the Company and Yatra India believe that Court-ordered arbitration will result in favorable resolution for the Company, there can be no assurances that the arbitrator will issue a decision that is favorable to Yatra India or the Company.

Dividend Distribution Policy

        We currently expect to retain all future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and do not plan to pay any dividends on our Ordinary Shares in the near future. The declaration and payment of any dividends in the future will be determined by our Board of Directors in its discretion, and will depend on a number of factors, including our earnings, capital requirements, overall financial condition, applicable law and contractual restrictions. In addition, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends depends on our receipt of cash dividends from our operating subsidiaries, which may further restrict our ability to pay dividends as a result of the laws of the respective jurisdictions of organization of our subsidiaries, agreements of our subsidiaries or covenants under future indebtedness that we or they may incur.

    B.
    Significant Changes

        Except for (i) the Merger Agreement described in "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Recent Developments—Ebix Merger Agreement," (ii) the ATB Arbitration described in "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Litigation—ATB Arbitration" and (iii) the consummation of the offering described in "Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds," there have been no significant subsequent events following the close of the last financial year up to the date of this Annual Report that are known to us and that require disclosure in this Annual Report.

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ITEM 9.    THE OFFER AND LISTING

    A.
    Offer and Listing Details

        Our outstanding ordinary shares are currently listed and traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "YTRA." Our outstanding warrants are currently listed and traded on the OTCQX Market under the symbol "YTROF."

    B.
    Plan of Distribution

        Not Applicable.

    C.
    Markets

        Our Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "YTRA". Our warrants are listed on the OTCQX® Market under the symbol "YTROF."

    D.
    Selling Shareholders

        Not applicable.

    E.
    Dilution

        Not applicable.

    F.
    Expenses of the Issue

        Not applicable.

ITEM 10.    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    A.
    Share Capital

        Not applicable.

    B.
    Memorandum and Articles of Association

        The information set forth in our Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-224661), as amended, originally filed with the SEC on May 3, 2018 and declared effective by the SEC on May 24, 2018, under the headings "Description of Share Capital" is incorporated herein by reference.

    C.
    Material Contracts

        Described herein.

    D.
    Exchange Controls

India

        India regulates ownership of Indian companies by foreign entities. Foreign investment in securities issued by Indian companies and exchange controls are generally regulated by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, as amended, and the regulations framed thereunder (FEMA). Transfers of any security of an Indian company from foreigners/ foreign entities to Indian residents and vice versa are required to be in accordance with FEMA and in some instances is required to be permitted by the Reserve Bank of India beside general reporting requirements under the FEMA. These regulations and restrictions may apply to acquisitions by us or our affiliates, including Yatra India and affiliates which are not resident in India, of shares in Indian companies or the provision of funding by us or any other

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entity to Indian companies within our group. For example, under its consolidated foreign direct investment policy, the Government of India has set out additional requirements for foreign investments in India, including requirements with respect to downstream investments by Indian companies having foreign investment , and the transfer of ownership or control of Indian companies in sectors with caps on foreign investment from resident Indian persons or entities to foreigners, as well as such transaction between foreign entities. Further, India's Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, restrict or regulate the lending to or borrowing from our Indian Subsidiaries. These requirements currently include restrictions/ regulations with respect to on valuations and sources of funding for such investments and may include prior approval from the Government of India.

        Further, the Government of India has in the past made and may continue to make revisions to the FDI Policy on e-commerce in India (including in relation to business model and permitted services). Such changes may require us to make changes to our business in order to comply with Indian law.

        Our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders may depend on, among other things, the availability of dividends from Yatra India. As of the date of this Annual Report, Yatra India has not paid any cash dividends on its equity shares. Dividends other than in cash are not permitted under Indian law. The declaration and payment of any dividends in the future will be recommended by the board of directors of Yatra India and approved by the shareholders of Yatra India at their discretion and would depend on a number of factors, including its financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and surplus, contractual obligations, applicable Indian legal restrictions, the provisions of its articles of association, the terms of its credit facilities and other financing arrangements at the time a dividend is considered and other factors considered relevant by the board of directors. Yatra India may also from time to time pay interim dividends. Yatra India is currently liable to pay dividend distribution tax in India at the rate of 15.0%, plus applicable cess and surcharge, on any dividends paid by it.

        Under Indian law, a company declares dividends upon a recommendation by its board of directors and approval by a majority of the shareholders at the annual general meeting of shareholders held within six months of the end of each fiscal year. However, while final dividends can be paid out by a company only after such dividends have been recommended by the board of directors and approved by shareholders, interim dividends can be paid out with only a recommendation by the board of directors. The shareholders have the right to decrease but not to increase any dividend amount recommended by the board of directors. Under Indian law, shares of a company belonging to the same class must receive equal dividend treatment.

        Yatra India may, before the declaration of any dividend in any financial year, transfer such percentage of its profits for that financial year as it may consider appropriate to the reserves of Yatra India.

        Under Indian law, an Indian company is permitted to declare or pay dividends for any fiscal year out of profits for that year (calculated to include any dividend distribution tax) after providing for depreciation in the manner prescribed. However, no company is permitted to declare dividends unless previous years' carried over losses and depreciation not provided in the previous year or years are setoff against profits of the company for the current year.

        If profits for a particular year are insufficient to declare dividends (including interim dividends), the dividends for that year may be declared and paid out from accumulated profits if the following conditions are fulfilled:

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    the total amount to be drawn from the accumulated profits earned in previous years shall not exceed an amount equal to one-tenth of the sum of the company's paid-up share capital and free reserves (based on the latest audited financial statements available), and the amount so drawn shall first be utilized to set off the losses incurred in the financial year in which dividend is declared before any dividend in respect of equity shares is declared; and;

    the balance of the reserves after such withdrawal shall not fall below 15.0% of the company's paid-up share capital (based on the latest audited financial statements available).

    E.
    Taxation

MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

        The following is a general discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares to U.S. holders and non-U.S. holders. This discussion is based on provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, or the Code, the U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (whether final, temporary or proposed), administrative rulings of the IRS, judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date hereof, and all of which are subject to differing interpretations or change, possibly with retroactive effect. Any such change or differing interpretation could affect the accuracy of the statements and conclusions set forth herein. This discussion is for general purposes only and does not purport to be a complete analysis or listing of all potential U.S. federal income tax considerations that may apply to holders as a result of the ownership and disposition of our shares. This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to particular holders, nor does it take into account the individual facts and circumstances of any particular holder that may affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences to such holder. Accordingly, it is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, tax advice. This discussion does not address any aspects of U.S. federal taxation other than those pertaining to the income tax, nor does it address any tax consequences arising under any U.S. state and local, or non-U.S., tax laws. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding such tax consequences in light of their particular circumstances. No ruling has been requested or will be obtained from the IRS regarding the statements made and the conclusions reached in the following discussion and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge the U.S. federal income tax treatment described below or that, if challenged, such treatment will be sustained by a court.

        This discussion is limited to U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to U.S. holders and non-U.S. holders that hold our Ordinary Shares as "capital assets" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be important to particular holders in light of their individual circumstances, including holders subject to special treatment under the U.S. tax laws, such as, for example:

    banks, thrifts, mutual funds or other financial institutions, underwriters, or insurance companies;

    traders in securities who elect to apply a mark-to-market method of accounting;

    real estate investment trusts and regulated investment companies;

    tax-exempt organizations, qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, or other tax-deferred accounts;

    expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States;

    partnerships or other pass-through entities (or arrangements treated as such) or investors therein;

    dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies;

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    grantor trusts;

    persons subject to the alternative minimum tax;

    U.S. persons whose "functional currency" is not the U.S. dollar;

    persons who received our Ordinary Shares through the exercise of incentive stock options or through the issuance of restricted stock under an equity incentive plan or through a tax-qualified retirement plan or otherwise as compensation;

    persons who own (directly or through attribution) 10% or more (by vote or value) of our outstanding ordinary shares;

    persons who are subject to the accounting rules under Section 451(b) of the Code;

    the initial stockholders and their affiliates; or

    holders holding our Ordinary Shares as a position in a "straddle," as part of a "synthetic security" or "hedge," as part of a "conversion transaction," or other integrated investment or risk reduction transaction.

        For purposes of this discussion, the term "U.S. holder" means a beneficial owner of our Ordinary Shares, that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

    an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

    a corporation (or other entity that is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

    an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or

    a trust (i) if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (ii) that has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

        For purposes of this discussion, a "non-U.S. holder" means a beneficial owner of our Ordinary Shares that is neither a U.S. holder nor a partnership (or an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

        If a partnership, including for this purpose any entity or arrangement that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, holds our Ordinary Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A holder that is a partnership and the partners in such partnership should consult their tax advisors with regard to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares.

         THIS SUMMARY DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OR DESCRIPTION OF ALL POTENTIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF YATRA ORDINARY SHARES. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF YATRA ORDINARY SHARES, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTS OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND OTHER TAX LAWS .

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Tax Residence of Yatra and Utilization of Terrapin's Tax Attributes

Tax Residence of Yatra for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes

        A corporation is generally considered for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be a tax resident in the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation. Accordingly, under the generally applicable U.S. federal income tax rules, Yatra Online, Inc., which is incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, would be classified as a non-U.S. corporation (and, therefore, not a U.S. tax resident) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Section 7874 of the Code provides an exception to this general rule (more fully discussed below), under which a non-U.S. incorporated entity may, in certain circumstances, be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. These rules are relatively new and complex and there is limited guidance regarding their application.

        Under Section 7874, a corporation created or organized outside the United States ( i.e. , a non-U.S. corporation) will nevertheless be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and, therefore, as a U.S. tax resident subject to U.S. federal income tax on its worldwide income) if each of the following three conditions are met: (i) the non-U.S. corporation, directly or indirectly, acquires substantially all of the properties held directly or indirectly by a U.S. corporation (including through the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of the U.S. corporation); (ii) the non-U.S. corporation's "expanded affiliated group" does not have "substantial business activities" in the non-U.S. corporation's country of organization or incorporation and tax residence relative to the expanded affiliated group's worldwide activities; and (iii) after the acquisition, the former shareholders of the acquired U.S. corporation hold at least 80% (by either vote or value) of the shares of the non-U.S. acquiring corporation by reason of holding shares in the U.S. acquired corporation (taking into account the receipt of the non-U.S. corporation's shares in exchange for the U.S. corporation's shares) as determined for purposes of Section 7874 (this test is referred to as the "80% ownership test").

        For purposes of Section 7874, the first two conditions described above were met with respect to the mergers completed in July 2016 with Terrapin, because we acquired indirectly all of the assets of Terrapin through the mergers with Terrapin, and Yatra Online, Inc., including its "expanded affiliated group," did not have "substantial business activities" in the Cayman Islands within the meaning of Section 7874 upon consummation of the mergers with Terrapin. As a result, whether Section 7874 will apply to cause us to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes following the mergers with Terrapin should depend on the satisfaction of the 80% ownership test.

        Based on the terms of the mergers with Terrapin, the rules for determining share ownership under Section 7874 and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and based upon certain factual assumptions, we believe that the Section 7874 ownership percentage of the former Terrapin stockholders in our company should be less than 80% and accordingly we are not expected to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Further, for purposes of determining the ownership percentage of former Terrapin stockholders for purposes of Section 7874, former Terrapin stockholders will be deemed to own an amount of our Ordinary Shares in respect to certain redemptions by Terrapin prior to the closing of the mergers with Terrapin. In addition, as discussed above, the rules for determining ownership under Section 7874 are complex, unclear and the subject of ongoing regulatory change. Many of these rules are contained in the Treasury regulations under Section 7874, and there is limited guidance as to their application. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS would not assert that the 80% ownership test is met with respect to the mergers with Terrapin and that, accordingly, we should be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or that such an assertion would not be sustained by a court.

        There has been discussion of additional changes to Section 7874. Any changes to the rules of Section 7874 or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or other changes of law, which could be made retroactively effective, could adversely affect our status as a non-U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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        If we were to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we could be subject to substantial liability for additional U.S. income taxes, and the gross amount of any dividend payments to our non-U.S. shareholders could be subject to 30% U.S. withholding tax, depending on the application of any income tax treaty that might apply to reduce the withholding tax.

        The remainder of this discussion assumes that we will not be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874.

Utilization of Terrapin's Tax Attributes

        Following the acquisition of a U.S. corporation by a non-U.S. corporation, Section 7874 can limit the ability of the acquired U.S. corporation and its U.S. affiliates to utilize certain U.S. tax attributes (including net operating losses and certain tax credits) to offset U.S. taxable income resulting from certain transactions. These limitations will potentially apply if: (i) the non-U.S. corporation acquires, directly or indirectly, substantially all of the properties held, directly or indirectly, by the U.S. corporation (including through the direct or indirect acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of the U.S. corporation); (ii) after the acquisition, the non-U.S. corporation's "expanded affiliated group" does not have "substantial business" activities in the non-U.S. corporation's country of organization or incorporation and tax residence relative to the expanded affiliated group's worldwide activities (as determined under the Treasury regulations); and (iii) after the acquisition, the former shareholders of the acquired U.S. corporation hold less than 80% but at least 60% (by either vote or value) of the shares of the non-U.S. acquiring corporation by reason of holding shares in the U.S. acquired corporation (taking into account the receipt of the non-U.S. corporation's shares in exchange for the U.S. corporation's shares) (this test is referred to as the "60% ownership test"). If each of these conditions is met, then the taxable income of the U.S. corporation (and any U.S. person related to the U.S. corporation) for any given year, within a period beginning on the first date the U.S. corporation's properties were acquired directly or indirectly by the non-U.S. acquiring corporation and ending 10 years after the last date the U.S. corporation's properties were acquired, will be no less than that person's "inversion gain" for that taxable year. A person's inversion gain includes gain from the transfer of shares or any other property (other than property held for sale to customers) and income from the license of any property that is either transferred or licensed as part of the acquisition, or after the acquisition if the transfer or license is to a non-U.S. related person. In general, the effect of this provision is to deny the use of net operating losses, foreign tax credits or other tax attributes to offset the inversion gain.

        Based on the terms of the mergers with Terrapin, the rules for determining share ownership under Section 7874 and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and based upon certain factual assumptions, we believe that the Section 7874 ownership percentage of the former Terrapin stockholders in our company should be less than 60% and accordingly the limitations and other rules described above are not expected to apply to Terrapin after the mergers with Terrapin. In addition, as discussed above under " —Tax Residence of Yatra for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes ," the rules for determining ownership under Section 7874 are complex, unclear and the subject of recent and ongoing regulatory change and there can be no assurance that the IRS would not assert that the 60% ownership test is met with respect to the mergers with Terrapin and that accordingly the foregoing limitations and rules would apply or that such an assertion would not be sustained by a court.

        If the IRS were to successfully assert that the 60% ownership test has been met, the ability of Terrapin and its U.S. affiliates to utilize certain U.S. tax attributes against income or gain recognized pursuant to certain transactions may be limited. However, as a blank check company, whose assets were primarily comprised of cash and cash equivalents, it is not expected that Terrapin would have a significant amount of inversion gain. Accordingly, even if the 60% ownership test were satisfied, the effect of the resulting limitations on the use of net operating losses and tax attributes would not be expected to be material.

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U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Ownership and Disposition of Ordinary Shares of Yatra

U.S. Holders

Distributions on our Ordinary Shares

        Subject to the discussion below under "— Passive Foreign Investment Company Status ," the gross amount of any distribution on our Ordinary Shares that is made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) generally will be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary dividend income on the date such distribution is actually or constructively received. Any such dividends will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction allowed to corporations in respect of dividends received from other U.S. corporations. To the extent that the amount of the distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles), such excess amount will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. holder's tax basis in our Ordinary Shares, and thereafter as capital gain recognized on a sale or exchange.

        Dividends received by non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals) from a "qualified foreign corporation" may be eligible for reduced rates of taxation, provided that certain holding period requirements and other conditions are satisfied. A non-U.S. corporation is treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends it pays on shares that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Treasury guidance indicates that shares listed on the Nasdaq (where our Ordinary Shares are currently listed) will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. There can be no assurance that our Ordinary Shares will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in future years. Non-corporate U.S. holders that do not meet a minimum holding period requirement during which they are not protected from the risk of loss or that elect to treat the dividend income as "investment income" pursuant to Section 163(d)(4) of the Code (dealing with the deduction for investment interest expense) will not be eligible for the reduced rates of taxation regardless of our status as a qualified foreign corporation. In addition, the rate reduction will not apply to dividends if the recipient of a dividend is obligated to make related payments with respect to the positions in substantially similar or related property. This disallowance applies even if the minimum holding period has been met. We will not constitute a qualified foreign corporation for purposes of these rules if we are a PFIC for the taxable year in which we pay a dividend or for the preceding taxable year. See "— Passive Foreign Investment Company Status. "

        Subject to certain conditions and limitations, withholding taxes, if any, on dividends paid by us may be treated as foreign taxes eligible for credit against a U.S. holder's U.S. federal income tax liability under the U.S. foreign tax credit rules. For purposes of calculating the U.S. foreign tax credit, dividends paid on our Ordinary Shares will generally be treated as income from sources outside the United States and will generally constitute passive category income. The rules governing the U.S. foreign tax credit are complex. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the U.S. foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

Sale, Exchange, Redemption or Other Taxable Disposition of Our Ordinary Shares

        Subject to the discussion below under "— Passive Foreign Investment Company Status ," a U.S. holder generally will recognize gain or loss on any sale, exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition of our Ordinary Shares in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount realized on the disposition and (ii) such U.S. holder's adjusted tax basis in such shares. Any gain or loss recognized by a U.S. holder on a taxable disposition of our Ordinary Shares generally will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the holder's holding period in such shares exceeds one year at the time of the disposition. Preferential tax rates may apply to long-term capital gains of non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals). The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Any gain or loss recognized by a U.S. holder on the sale or exchange of our Ordinary Shares generally will be treated as U.S. source gain or loss.

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        It is possible that India may impose an income tax upon sale of our Ordinary Shares. Because gains generally will be treated as U.S. source gain, as a result of the U.S. foreign tax credit limitation, any Indian income tax imposed upon capital gains in respect of our Ordinary Shares may not be currently creditable unless a U.S. holder has other foreign source income for the year in the appropriate U.S. foreign tax credit limitation basket. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of Indian taxes to a disposition of our Ordinary Shares and their ability to credit an Indian tax against their U.S. federal income tax liability.

Characterization as a "Controlled Foreign Corporation" for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes

        There is a possibility that we will be classified as a "controlled foreign corporation," or CFC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We will generally be classified as a CFC if more than 50% of our outstanding shares, measured by reference to voting power or value, are owned (directly, indirectly or by attribution) by "10% U.S. Shareholders." For this purpose, a "10% U.S. Shareholder" is any U.S. person that owns directly, indirectly or by attribution, 10% or more of the voting power or value of our outstanding ordinary shares. In addition, recent changes to the attribution rules relating to the determination of CFC status may make it difficult to determine our CFC status for any taxable year. If we were to be classified as a CFC, a 10% U.S. Shareholder may be subject to U.S. federal income taxation at ordinary income tax rates on all or a portion of our undistributed earnings and profits attributable even if the CFC has made no distributions to its shareholders, including "Subpart F income," global intangible low-taxed income and certain other income generated by the CFC, and may also be subject to U.S. federal income taxation at ordinary income tax rates on any gain realized on a sale of ordinary shares, to the extent of the current and accumulated earnings and profits of our company attributable to such shares. The CFC rules are complex and U.S. holders that are, or may be, 10% U.S. Shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the CFC rules to them in their particular circumstances. It is not expected that we will be classified as a CFC, and the remainder of this discussion assumes that we will not be classified as a CFC for U.S. federal income tax purposes but no assurances can be offered in this regard.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Status

        The treatment of U.S. holders of our Ordinary Shares could be materially different from that described above, if we are treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

        A non-U.S. corporation, such as Yatra Online, Inc., will be a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any taxable year in which, after the application of certain look-through rules either: (i) 75% or more of its gross income for such taxable year is passive income, or (ii) 50% or more of the total value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets during such year) is attributable to assets, including cash, that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income. Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents, annuities, net gains from the sale or exchange of property producing such income and net foreign currency gains. The determination of whether we are a PFIC is based upon the composition of our income and assets, (including, among others, corporations in which we own at least a 25% interest), and the nature of our activities.

        Based on the projected composition of its income and assets, including goodwill, it is not expected that we will be a PFIC for this taxable year or in the foreseeable future. The tests for determining PFIC status are applied annually after the close of the taxable year, and it is difficult to predict accurately future income and assets relevant to this determination. The fair market value of the assets of our company is expected to depend, in part, upon (a) the market value of our Ordinary Shares, and (b) the composition of our assets and income. A decrease in the market value of our Ordinary Shares and/or an increase in cash or other passive assets would increase the relative percentage of its passive assets. The application of the PFIC rules is subject to uncertainty in several respects and, therefore, the

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IRS may assert that, contrary to expectations, we are a PFIC for this taxable year or in a future year. Accordingly, there can no assurance that we will not be a PFIC for this taxable year or any future taxable year.

        If we are or become a PFIC during any year in which a U.S. holder holds our Ordinary Shares, unless the U.S. holder makes a qualified electing fund (QEF) election or mark-to-market election with respect to the shares, as described below, a U.S. holder generally would be subject to additional taxes (including taxation at ordinary income rates and an interest charge) on any gain realized from a sale or other disposition of our Ordinary Shares and on any "excess distributions" received from us, regardless of whether we qualify as a PFIC in the year in which such distribution is received or gain is realized. For this purpose, a pledge of our Ordinary Shares as security for a loan may be treated as a disposition. The U.S. holder would be treated as receiving an excess distribution in a taxable year to the extent that distributions on the shares during that year exceed 125% of the average amount of distributions received during the three preceding taxable years (or, if shorter, the U.S. holder's holding period). To compute the tax on excess distributions or on any gain, (i) the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the U.S. holder's holding period, (ii) the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any year before the first taxable year for which we were a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income in the current year, and (iii) the amount allocated to other taxable years would be taxed at the highest applicable marginal rate in effect for each such year ( i.e.,  at ordinary income tax rates) and an interest charge would be imposed to recover the deemed benefit from the deferred payment of the tax attributable to each such prior year.

        If we were to be treated as a PFIC, a U.S. holder may avoid the excess distribution rules described above by electing to treat our company (for the first taxable year in which the U.S. holder owns any shares) and any lower-tier PFIC (for the first taxable year in which the U.S. holder is treated as owning an equity interest in such lower-tier PFIC) as a QEF. If a U.S. holder makes an effective QEF election with respect to our company (and any lower-tier PFIC), the U.S. holder will be required to include in gross income each year, whether or not we make distributions, as capital gains, our pro rata share's (and such lower-tier PFIC's) net capital gains and, as ordinary income, our pro rata share's (and such lower-tier PFIC's) net earnings in excess of its net capital gains. U.S. holders can make a QEF election only if we (and each lower-tier PFIC) provide certain information, including the amount of its ordinary earnings and net capital gains determined under U.S. tax principles. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide U.S. holders with this information if we determine that we are a PFIC.

        As an alternative to making a QEF election, a U.S. holder may also be able to avoid some of the adverse U.S. tax consequences of PFIC status by making an election to mark the ordinary shares to market annually. A U.S. holder may elect to mark-to-market the ordinary shares only if they are "marketable stock." The ordinary shares will be treated as "marketable stock" if they are regularly traded on a "qualified exchange." The ordinary shares are listed on the Nasdaq, which should be a qualified exchange for this purpose. The ordinary shares will be treated as regularly traded in any calendar year in which more than a de minimis quantity of the ordinary shares are traded on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. There can be no certainly that the ordinary shares will be sufficiently traded such as to be treated as regularly traded.

        U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the PFIC rules. If we are treated as a PFIC, each U.S. holder generally will be required to file a separate annual information return with the IRS with respect to our company and any lower-tier PFICs.

Medicare Surtax on Net Investment Income

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on, and capital gain from the sale or other taxable disposition of, our Ordinary Shares). Non-corporate U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible effect of such tax on their ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares.

Additional Reporting Requirements

        Certain U.S. holders holding specified foreign financial assets with an aggregate value in excess of the applicable dollar thresholds are required to report information to the IRS relating to our Ordinary Shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for our Ordinary Shares held in accounts maintained by U.S. financial institutions), by attaching a complete IRS Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, with their tax return, for each year in which they hold our Ordinary Shares. Substantial penalties apply to any failure to file IRS Form 8938, unless the failure is shown to be due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect. Also, in the event a U.S. holder does not file IRS Form 8938 or fails to report a specified foreign financial asset that is required to be reported, the statute of limitations on the assessment and collection of U.S. federal income taxes of such U.S. holder for the related taxable year may not close before the date which is three years after the date on which the required information is filed. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of these rules on the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares.

Non-U.S. Holders

        In general, a non-U.S. holder of our Ordinary Shares will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax or, subject to the discussion below under "— Information Reporting and Backup Withholding ," U.S. federal withholding tax on any dividends received on our Ordinary Shares or any gain recognized on a sale or other disposition of our Ordinary Shares (including, any distribution to the extent it exceeds the adjusted basis in the non-U.S. holder's ordinary shares) unless:

    the dividend or gain is effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder's conduct of a trade or business in the United States, and if required by an applicable tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States; or

    in the case of gain only, the non-U.S. holder is a nonresident alien individual present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the sale or disposition, and certain other requirements are met.

        A non-U.S. holder that is a corporation also may be subject to a branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate specified by an applicable tax treaty) on its effectively connected earnings and profits for the taxable year, as adjusted for certain items. Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding any applicable tax treaties that may provide for different rules.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

        The United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, imposes a reporting regime and, potentially, a 30% withholding tax on certain payments made to certain non-US financial institutions that fail to comply with certain information reporting, account identification, withholding, certification and other FATCA related requirements in respect of their direct and indirect United States shareholders and/or United States accountholders. To avoid becoming subject to FATCA withholding, we may be required to report information to the IRS regarding the holders of our ordinary shares and to withhold on a portion of payments with respect to our ordinary shares to certain holders that fail to comply with the relevant information reporting requirements (or that hold our ordinary shares directly or indirectly through certain non-compliant intermediaries). This withholding tax made with respect to our ordinary shares will not apply to payments made before the date that is two years after the date of publication of final regulations defining the term "foreign passthru payment". An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another country may also

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modify these requirements. FATCA is particularly complex and its application is uncertain at this time. Holders of our ordinary shares should consult their tax advisors to obtain a more detailed explanation of FATCA and to learn how FATCA might affect each holder in its particular circumstances.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

        In general, information reporting requirements may apply to dividends received by U.S. holders of our Ordinary Shares, and the proceeds received on the disposition of our Ordinary Shares effected within the United States (and, in certain cases, outside the United States), in each case other than U.S. holders that are exempt recipients (such as corporations). Backup withholding (currently at a rate of 24%) may apply to such amounts if the U.S. holder fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number (generally on an IRS Form W-9 provided to the paying agent of the U.S. holder's broker) or is otherwise subject to backup withholding. Proceeds from the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of our Ordinary Shares may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible U.S. backup withholding. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. information reporting and backup withholding rules.

        Information returns may be filed with the IRS in connection with, and non-U.S. holders may be subject to backup withholding on amounts received in respect of their ordinary shares, unless the non-U.S. holder furnishes to the applicable withholding agent the required certification as to its non-U.S. status, such as by providing a valid IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8ECI, as applicable, or the non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption. Dividends paid with respect to our Ordinary Shares and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of our Ordinary Shares received in the United States by a non-U.S. holder through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding unless such non-U.S. holder provides proof of an applicable exemption or complies with certain certification procedures described above, and otherwise complies with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

        Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against the holder's U.S. federal income tax liability, and such holder may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing the appropriate claim for a refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information.

         The preceding discussion is not tax advice. Each prospective investor should consult the prospective investor's tax advisor regarding the particular U.S. federal, state, and local and non-U.S. tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares, including the consequences of any proposed change in applicable laws .

MATERIAL INDIAN TAX CONSEQUENCES

        The following is a general discussion of material Indian tax consequences of ownership and disposition of our registered ordinary shares for investors who are not residents in India as per the (Indian) Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended, or the IT Act. This discussion is based on the provisions of the IT Act as are in force as of the date of this Annual Report and interpretations thereof as pronounced in judicial precedents and is subject to change.

        Also, as mentioned above, the Indian tax consequences summarized below are from the perspective of investors who are non-residents in Indian per the provisions of IT Act. Investors who qualify as residents in India shall remain liable for Indian taxes in respect of their global income.

         THIS SUMMARY IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL INDIAN TAX CONSEQUENCES IN RELATION TO THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSAL OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES. FURTHER, THE DISCUSSION BELOW PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE

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TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER THE IT ACT, AND INVESTORS MAY BE ENTITLED TO A MORE BENEFICIAL TAX TREATMENT UNDER TAX TREATIES THAT INDIA MAY HAVE ENTERED INTO WITH COUNTRIES OF RESIDENCE OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS.

         WHILST IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE DISCUSSION BELOW REPRESENTS A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE IT ACT, THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE (ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF FACTS SPECIFIC TO A PARTICULAR INVESTOR) THAT THE REVENUE AUTHORITIES MAY AGREE WITH SUCH INTERPRETATIONS.

         INVESTORS SHOULD THEREFORE CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS ON THE INDIAN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSAL OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES UNDER INDIAN LAW, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERING THE PROVISIONS OF TAX TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND THEIR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.

Investors May be Subject to Indian Taxes on Income Arising Through the Sale of Our Ordinary Shares

        Amendments introduced in 2012 to the IT Act, provided that income arising directly or indirectly through the sale of a capital asset being any share or interest in a company incorporated outside of India, will be subject to tax in India if such share or interest directly or indirectly derives its value substantially from assets located in India, irrespective of whether the seller of such shares has a residence, place of business, business connection, or any other presence in India (see Explanation 5 to section 9(1)(i) of the IT Act). Through amendments introduced in 2015, it has been provided that a share or an interest in an entity is said to derive its value substantially from assets located in India when the following two conditions are satisfied: (i) the value of the assets located in India owned directly or indirectly by an entity whose shares or interest are transferred exceeds INR 100 million and (ii) the value of assets located in India is at least 50% of the value of all assets owned by the entity whose shares or interest are the subject matter of transfer (see Explanation 6 to section 9(1)(i) of the IT Act). The value of the assets is computed on a fair value basis as per a specific method prescribed under the Income Tax Rules, 1962 (Rule 11UB). In case taxability is triggered under the aforesaid provisions, capital gains proportionate to the fair value of the Indian assets contributing in the value of the foreign entity whose shares are transferred are regarded as taxable in India. The manner of computing capital gains in such a scenario has been prescribed in the Income Tax Rules, 1962 (Rule 11UC).

        As of the date of this Annual Report, our Ordinary Shares and warrants derive their value substantially from assets located in India, as defined under the IT Act. Hence, investors may be subject to Indian taxes on the income arising from the transfer of our Ordinary Shares/warrants subject to the provisions of respective tax treaties that India has entered into with their country of residence. The income shall be taxable as capital gains, which shall be computed as per the provisions of the IT Act.

        However, the IT Act also contains an exemption with respect to alienation of shares by a transferor-investor, whose voting rights or share capital, either individually or along with its Associated Enterprises (as defined in the IT Act) at any time during the 12-month period preceding the date of sale does not exceed five percent of the total voting rights or share capital in the company, provided such transferor-investor is not vested with rights of management or control in any other form.

Provisions Relating to Long Term Capital Gains and Short Term Capital Gains

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        Gains arising from a short-term capital asset are short-term capital gains and gains arising from long-term capital asset are long-term capital gains.

Short-term capital gains:

        Shares which are not listed on a recognized stock exchange in India are regarded as short-term capital assets, if such shares are held for not more than two years immediately preceding the date of transfer (see section 2(42A) of the IT Act). Gains arising from the transfer of a short-term capital asset are taxed as short-term capital gains.

        The rate of tax for short-term capital gains for a foreign company is 40% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) subject to the applicable tax treaty benefit.

        For assessees other than foreign companies, the short-term capital gains are taxable at applicable slab rates as prescribed for the financial year.

Long-term capital gains:

        Shares which are not listed on a recognized stock exchange in India are regarded as long-term capital assets, if such shares are held for more than two years immediately preceding the date of transfer (see section 2(29A) of the IT Act). Gains arising from the transfer of a long-term capital asset are taxed as long-term capital gains.

        The rate of tax for long-term capital gains as per section 112(1)(c)(iii) of the IT Act is 10% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) subject to the applicable tax treaty benefit.

Carry Forward and Set Off Capital Loss

        The losses arising from a transfer of a capital asset in India can only be set off against capital gains and not against any other income in accordance with the IT Act.

        A long-term capital loss may be set off only against a long-term capital gain. A short-term capital loss may be set off against a short-term capital gain or long-term capital gain (see section 74 of the IT Act).

        To the extent that the losses are not absorbed in the year of transfer, they may be carried forward for a period of eight years immediately succeeding the year for which the loss was first computed and may be set off against the capital gains assessable for such subsequent years (see section 74 of the IT Act).

        In order to get the benefit of set-off of the capital losses in this manner, the non-resident investor must file appropriate and timely tax returns in India and undergo the usual assessment procedures.

Withholding Tax Obligation on the Purchaser of Our Securities

        As per section 195 of the IT Act, every person making any payment to a non-resident, which is chargeable to tax in India is required to deduct tax at the appropriate rates at the time of payment or at the time of credit, whichever is earlier. Therefore, a payer would be required to deduct tax on payments at the rates in force in India or as per the applicable tax treaty, if the said sum is chargeable to tax in India.

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the non-resident transferor, then the Indian law prescribes documentation which the payer should maintain while withholding taxes.

    F.
    Dividends and Paying Agents

        Not applicable.

    G.
    Statements by Experts

        Not applicable.

    H.
    Documents on Display

        The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that make electronic filings through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, or EDGAR, system. All our Exchange Act reports and other SEC filings will be available through the EDGAR system. You may also access information about Yatra through our corporate website https://www.yatra.com. The information contained in both websites is not incorporated by reference into this annual report.

    I.
    Subsidiary Information

        Not applicable.

ITEM 11.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

        The company's activities are exposed to variety of financial risk: credit risk, foreign currency risk and liquidity risk. The company's senior management oversees the management of these risks. The company's senior management ensures that the company's financial risk activities are governed by appropriate policies and procedures and that financial risks are identified, measured and managed in accordance with the company's policies and risk objectives. The company reviews and agrees on policies for managing each of these risks which are summarized below:

        Credit Risk.     Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables), including deposits with banks and financial institutions, foreign exchange transactions and other financial instruments.

        Customer credit risk is managed by each business unit subject to the company's established policy, procedures and control relating to customer credit risk management. Credit quality of a customer is assessed based on an extensive credit rating scorecard and individual credit limits are defined in accordance with this assessment.

        See Note 40 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report for additional information relating to our exposure to credit risk.

        Liquidity Risk.     Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities and the ability to close out market positions. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying businesses, we aim to maintain flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available.

        The Group manages liquidity by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities, by continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and financial liabilities.

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        Based on our past performance and current expectations, we believe that the cash and cash equivalent and cash generated from operations will satisfy the working capital needs, funding of operational losses, capital expenditure, commitments and other liquidity requirements associated with our existing operations through at least the next 12 months. In addition, there are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships with any other person that are reasonably likely to materially affect the availability of the requirement of capital resources. See Note 40 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report for additional information relating to our exposure to liquidity risk.

        Foreign Currency Risk.     Foreign Currency Risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of the changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group operates through subsidiaries in India, Singapore and United States. The functional currency of these subsidiaries is the local currency in the respective countries and accordingly there are no related significant foreign currency exposures. The Company currently does not have any hedging agreements or similar arrangements with any counter-party to cover its exposure to any fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Group's exposure to the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates relates primarily to the Group's operating transactions which are denominated in currency other than subsidiary's functional currency (foreign currency denominated receivables and payables). See Note 40 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report for sensitivity analysis relating to our exposure to foreign currency risk.

ITEM 12.    DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

    A.
    Debt Securities

        Not applicable.

    B.
    Warrants and Rights

        Not applicable.

    C.
    Other Securities

        Not applicable.

    D.
    American Depositary Shares

        Not applicable.


PART II

ITEM 13.    DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

        None.

ITEM 14.    MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

    A.-D.
    Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders

        On July 16, 2019, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Ebix, and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into us, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Ebix. For a description of the Merger Agreement, please see "Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Recent Developments—Ebix Merger Agreement".

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    E.
    Use of Proceeds

        On June 26, 2018, we completed a follow-on public offering in which we offered and sold an aggregate of 10,350,000 ordinary shares, including 1,350,000 ordinary shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $5.50 per share. The aggregate price of the offering amount registered and sold was $56.9 million, of which we received net proceeds of $53.0 million. None of the transaction expenses included payments to directors or officers of our company or their associates, persons owning more than 10% or more of our equity securities or our affiliates. None of the net proceeds from the offering were paid, directly or indirectly, to any of our directors or officers or their associates, persons owning 10% or more of our equity securities or our affiliates. Yatra used the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate and business purposes and investments in its direct and indirect subsidiaries.The effective date of our registration statement on Form F-3 (File number: 333-224661) was May 24, 2018. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

ITEM 15.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

    A.
    Disclosure Controls and Procedures

        As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, management, including our group chief executive officer and our group chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Disclosure controls and procedures refer to controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding our required disclosure.

        Based on their evaluation as of March 31, 2019, our group chief executive officer and group chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in filings and submissions under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC's rules and forms, and that material information related to us and our consolidated subsidiaries is accumulated and communicated to management, including the group chief executive officer and group chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions about required disclosures.

    B.
    Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

        Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and effected by our management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

    pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

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    provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and

    provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

        Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

        Management assessed the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2019, the end of the Company's fiscal year. Management based its assessment on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (COSO Framework) published by The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO 2013). Management's assessment included evaluation of such elements as the design and operating effectiveness of key financial reporting controls, process documentation, accounting policies, and the Company's overall control environment.

        Based on the Company's assessment, management has concluded that the Company's internal control over financial reporting was effective, as of the end of the fiscal year, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

        On February 8, 2019, the Company, through its subsidiary, Yatra India acquired all of the outstanding shares of TCIL pursuant to the TCIL Share Purchase Agreement by and among Yatra Online Private Limited, TCIL and the sellers party. As permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, management has elected to exclude TCIL from its assessment of internal controls over financial reporting as of March 31, 2019. TCIL constituted approximately 1.39% of total assets and 0.08% of revenues, respectively, as of March 31, 2019. Our management will include the TCIL in its evaluation of internal control over financial reporting at the conclusion of fiscal year 2019-20 (i.e. the fiscal year 2020). See Note 1—Corporate Information and Note 43—Business Combination of the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the acquisition.

    C.
    Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

        Because the Company is an "emerging growth company" as defined in the Jobs Act, the Company will not be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for as long as the Company remains an "emerging growth company," which may be for as long as five years following its initial registration in the United States.

    D.
    Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

        During the period covered by this Annual Report, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 16A.    AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

        Our Board of Directors has determined that we have at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee. Murlidhara Kadaba, a member of the audit committee, is an audit committee financial expert and "independent" as that term is defined in the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

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ITEM 16B.    CODE OF ETHICS

        Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct documents the principles of conduct and ethics to be followed by our directors, officers and employees when conducting our business and performing their day-to-day duties. The purpose of our Code of Conduct is to promote honest and ethical conduct, compliance with applicable governmental rules and regulations, prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Conduct and a culture of honesty and accountability. A copy of the Code of Conduct has been provided to each of our directors, officers and employees who are required to acknowledge that they have received and will comply with the Code of Conduct. We intend to disclose any material amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirements, in our public SEC filings and/or on our website in accordance with applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules and regulations. Our Code of Conduct can be found on our website at www.yatra.com .

ITEM 16C.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

        Our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by IASB are audited by Ernst & Young Associates LLP, a firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in the United States.

        Ernst & Young Associates LLP, has served as our independent registered public accountant for each of the years ended March 31, 2019, March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017 for which audited statements appear in this Annual Report.

        The following table shows the aggregate fees for services rendered by Ernst & Young Associates LLP to us, including our subsidiaries, in fiscal years 2019 and 2018.

 
  Fiscal  
 
  2018   2019  

Audit fees (audit and review of financial statements)

    INR 29,705     INR 29,037  

Audit-related fees (including fees related to the offerings and other miscellaneous audit-related certifications)

    3,450     4,893  

Tax fees (other certifications and tax advisory services)

    1,385     7,272  

Total

    34,540     41,202  

Audit Committee Pre-approval Process

        Our audit committee reviews and pre-approves the scope and the cost of audit services related to us and permissible non-audit services performed by the independent auditors, other than those for de minimis services which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit.

ITEM 16D.    EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

        Not applicable.

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ITEM 16E.    PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

        The following table provides information about purchases by us during fiscal year 2019 of our outstanding ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share:

Period
  Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased
  Average Price
Paid Per Share
  Total Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
  Maximum Number
(or Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May Yet
Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs(1)
 

Up to 3/31/2018

    18,892     INR 593.85     11,219,014     NIL  

4/1/2018 - 3/31/2019

    NIL     NIL     NIL     NIL  

4/1/2019 - 4/30/2019

    NIL     NIL     NIL     NIL  

5/1/2019 - 5/31/2019

    NIL     NIL     NIL     NIL  

6/1/2019 - 6/30/2019

    NIL     NIL     NIL     NIL  

Total

    18,892     593.85     11,219,014     NIL  

(1)
On January 12, 2017, the Board of Directors had accorded their consent to purchase the outstanding ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company from the employees and grantees in order to settle their tax obligations. We repurchased 18,892 ordinary shares at an average price of approximately INR 593.85 per share (excluding broker and transaction fees) in fiscal year 2017, respectively.

(2)
The average price paid per share excludes broker and transaction fees.

ITEM 16F.    CHANGE IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

        None.

ITEM 16G.    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

        The Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, or the Nasdaq Rules, provide that foreign private issuers may follow home country practice in lieu of the corporate governance requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, subject to certain exceptions and requirements and except to the extent that such exemptions would be contrary to US Federal securities laws and regulations. To date, we have followed and intend to continue to follow the applicable corporate governance standards under the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

        In accordance with Rule 5250(d)(1) under Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, we will post this Annual Report on our company website at www.yatra.com . In addition, we will provide hard copies of our Annual Report free of charge to shareholders upon request.

ITEM 16H.    MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

        Not applicable.


PART III

ITEM 17.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

        See "Item 18. Financial Statements" for a list of the financial statements filed as part of this Annual Report.

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ITEM 18.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    Our consolidated financial statements are included in this Annual Report at pages F-1 through F-89.

ITEM 19.    EXHIBITS

        The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report:

  1.1   Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant as in effect prior to this offering (incorporated by reference to Exhibit D to Annex A to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 15, 2016).
        
  2.1   Warrant Agreement, dated July 16, 2014, between Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation (n/k/a Yatra USA Corp.) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form F-1/A filed on February 9, 2017).
        
  2.2   Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated December 16, 2016, among the Registrant, Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Form F-1/A filed on February 9, 2017).
        
  4.1   Form of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and the Investors party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 21, 2016).
        
  4.2   2006 Share Plan of the Registrant, and forms of agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 21, 2016).
        
  4.3 # Subscriber Agreement between Yatra Online Private Limited and InterGlobe Technologies Inc., dated December 29, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 15, 2016).
        
  4.4   Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement among the Registrant, T3 Parent Corp., T3 Merger Sub Corp., Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation, MIHI LLC and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, dated September 28, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the proxy statement/prospectus forming part of the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 21, 2016).
        
  4.5   Letter Agreement, dated September 27, 2016, among Yatra Online, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares, Dhruv Shringi, E-18 Limited, Capital18 Fincap Private Limited, Haresh Chawla, Harshal Shah, IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC, Pandara Trust Scheme I, Intel Capital Corporation, Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited, Manish Amin, Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP, Norwest Venture Partners X, LP, Rajasthan Trustee Company Pvt Ltd A/c SME Tech Fund RVCF Trust II, Reliance Capital Limited, Valiant Capital Master Fund LP, Valiant Capital Partners LP, Vertex Asia Fund Pte. Ltd. and Wortal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 15, 2016).
 
   

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  4.6   Repurchase Agreement, dated September 28, 2016, among Yatra Online, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares, E-18 Limited, Capital18 Fincap Private Limited, IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC, Pandara Trust Scheme I, Intel Capital Corporation, Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited, Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP, Norwest Venture Partners X, LP, Rajasthan Trustee Company Pvt Ltd A/c SME Tech Fund RVCF Trust II, Reliance Capital Limited, SVB Financial Group, Valiant Capital Master Fund LP, Valiant Capital Partners LP and Vertex Asia Fund Pte. Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 21, 2016).
        
  4.7   Support Agreement, dated September 28, 2016, among Yatra Online, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares, Dhruv Shringi, E-18 Limited, Capital18 Fincap Private Limited, Haresh Chawla, Harshal Shah, IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC, Pandara Trust Scheme I, Intel Capital Corporation, Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited, Manish Amin, Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP, Norwest Venture Partners X, LP, Rajasthan Trustee Company Pvt Ltd A/c SME Tech Fund RVCF Trust II, Reliance Capital Limited, SVB Financial Group, Valiant Capital Master Fund LP, Valiant Capital Partners LP, Vertex Asia Fund Pte. Ltd. and Wortal, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 21, 2016).
        
  4.8   Share Subscription Cum Shareholders Agreement, dated April 29, 2015, among Yatra Online Private Limited, IL & FS Trust Company Limited acting as trustee for Pandara Trust Scheme I, Capital18 Fincap Private Limited and Yatra Online, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registrant's Form F-4/A filed on November 21, 2016).
        
  4.9   Exchange and Support Agreement, dated December 16, 2016, by and among the Registrant, Yatra USA Corp. and the holders of Class F Common Stock party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on December 22, 2016).
        
  4.10   Letter Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2016, by and among the Registrant, Dhruv Shringi, Manish Amin, Harshal Shah, Haresh Chawla, Wortal, Inc., Norwest Venture Partners X, LP, Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP, Vertex Asia Fund Pte. Ltd., Rajasthan Trustee Company Pvt Ltd A/c SME Tech Fund RVCF Trust II, IDG Ventures India Fund II LLC, Reliance Capital Limited, E-18 Limited, Intel Capital Corporation, Valiant Capital Master Fund LP, Valiant Capital Partners LP, Capital18 Fincap Private Limited, Pandara Trust Scheme I, and Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on July 31, 2018).
        
  4.11   Forward Purchase Contract Amendment, dated as of December 16, 2016, among the Registrant, MIHI LLC and Yatra USA Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on December 22, 2016).
        
  4.12   Letter Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2016, by and among the Registrant, Yatra USA Corp., MIHI LLC, Apple Orange LLC, Noyac Path LLC, Periscope, LLC, Terrapin Partners Employee Partnership 3 LLC, Terrapin Partners Green Employee Partnership, LLC, Jonathan Kagan, George Brokaw and Victor Mendelson (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on December 22, 2016).
 
   

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  4.13   2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and forms of agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on June 5, 2017).
        
  4.14   Term Loan Agreement, dated September 12, 2017, by and among the Registrant, Asia Consolidated DMC Pte. Ltd. and Innoven Capital Singapore Pte. Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Registrant's Form F-1 filed on December 19, 2017).
        
  4.15   Term Loan Agreement, dated September 12, 2017, by and among the Registrant, Yatra Online Private Limited and Innoven Capital India Private Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Registrant's Form F-1 filed on December 19, 2017).
        
  4.16   Indenture for Senior Debt Securities, dated May 3, 2018 between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.17   Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities, dated May 3, 2018 between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.18   Investor Rights Agreement, dated December 16, 2016, between the Registrant and the Investors party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.22 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.19   Letter of Arrangement, dated December 17, 2015, by and between Air Travel Bureau Ltd. and State Bank of India (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.23 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.20   Working Capital Facility Agreement, dated June 22, 2017, between Yatra Online Private Limited and ICICI Bank Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.24 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.21   Deed of Hypothecation, dated September 12, 2017, by and between Innoven Capital India Private Limited and Yatra Online Private Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.25 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.22   Unconditional Guarantee, dated September 12, 2017, by and among Yatra Online, Inc., Innoven Capital India Private Limited and Yatra Online Private (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.26 to the Registrant's Form F-3 filed on May 3, 2018).
        
  4.23   Advertisement Agreement, dated January 11, 2019, between Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited and Yatra Online Private Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant's Foreign Report on Form 6-K filed on January 31, 2019).
        
  4.24   Non Convertible Debenture Subscription Agreement dated January 11, 2019 between Benett, Coleman and Company Limited, Yatra Online Private Limited and Yatra Online, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrant's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on January 31, 2019).
        
  4.25 Merger Agreement, by and among Ebix, Inc., EbixCash Travels, Inc. and Yatra Online, Inc., dated as of July 16, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed on July 17, 2019).
        
  8.1   List of significant subsidiaries of Yatra Online, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Registrant's Form F-1 filed on January 23, 2017)
        
  12.1 * Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240. 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   

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  12.2 * Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240. 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
        
  13.1 ** Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
        
  13.2 ** Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
        
  15.1 * Consent of Ernst & Young Associates LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
        
  101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
        
  101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
        
  101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
        
  101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
        
  101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
        
  101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Notes:

*
Filed herewith

**
Furnished herewith


#
Confidential treatment requested

Schedules and other similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules and other similar attachments upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SIGNATURES

        The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.

Date: July 31, 2019

    YATRA ONLINE, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ DHRUV SHRINGI

        Name:   Dhruv Shringi
        Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YATRA ONLINE, INC .

   

For the Years Ended March 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019

   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  F-2

Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive (loss) for the year ended March 31, 2019

  F-3

Consolidated statement of financial position as of March 31, 2019

  F-4

Consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year ended March 31, 2019

  F-5

Consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2019

  F-8

Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019

  F-9

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Yatra Online, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

        We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position of Yatra Online, Inc. (the Company) as of March 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at March 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2019, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Basis for Opinion

        These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

        We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

        Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young Associates LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2015.

Gurugram, India
July 31, 2019

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss
for the year ended March 31, 2019

(Amount in thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 
   
  March 31,  
 
   
  2017   2018   2019  
 
  Notes   INR   INR   INR   USD  
 
   
   
   
   
  (refer to note 2.4)
 

Revenue

                             

Rendering of services

  8     9,036,286     11,746,416     8,420,104     121,748  

Other revenue

  9     320,527     502,097     938,476     13,570  

Total revenue

        9,356,813     12,248,513     9,358,580     135,318  

Other income

  10     25,282     90,001     263,785     3,814  

Service cost

       
4,179,486
   
4,930,757
   
4,282,803
   
61,926
 

Personnel expenses

  11     2,115,308     2,902,840     2,550,214     36,874  

Marketing and sales promotion expenses

        2,457,242     4,153,920     809,996     11,712  

Other operating expenses

  12     2,217,887     3,285,530     3,975,805     57,487  

Depreciation and amortization

  13     275,587     425,600     581,746     8,412  

Results from operations

        (1,863,415 )   (3,360,133 )   (2,578,199 )   (37,279 )

Share of loss of joint venture

  14     (9,441 )   (10,559 )   (12,772 )   (185 )

Finance income

  15     139,158     91,912     41,310     597  

Finance costs

  16     (149,863 )   (153,056 )   (263,290 )   (3,807 )

Listing and related expenses

  44     (4,242,526 )            

Change in fair value of warrants—gain/(loss)

        230,111     (563,253 )   1,667,193     24,106  

Loss before taxes

        (5,895,976 )   (3,995,089 )   (1,145,758 )   (16,568 )

Tax expense

  17     (40,987 )   (56,887 )   (47,837 )   (692 )

Loss for the year

        (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )   (17,260 )

Other comprehensive income/ (loss)

                             

Items not to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent years (net of taxes)

                             

Remeasurement loss on defined benefit plan

  31     (8,140 )   (4,860 )   (5,526 )   (80 )

Items that are or may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss (net of taxes)

 

 

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Foreign currency translation differences gain/(loss)

 

31

   
44,997
   
(9,879

)
 
(4,834

)
 
(70

)

Other comprehensive income / (loss) for the year, net of tax

        36,857     (14,739 )   (10,360 )   (150 )

Total comprehensive loss for the year, net of tax

        (5,900,106 )   (4,066,715 )   (1,203,955 )   (17,410 )

Loss attributable to:

                             

Owners of the Parent Company

        (5,901,483 )   (3,993,140 )   (1,148,203 )   (16,604 )

Non-controlling interest

        (35,480 )   (58,836 )   (45,392 )   (656 )

Loss for the year

        (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )   (17,260 )

Total comprehensive loss attributable to:

                             

Owners of the Parent Company

        (5,864,482 )   (4,007,784 )   (1,158,484 )   (16,753 )

Non-controlling interest

        (35,624 )   (58,931 )   (45,471 )   (657 )

Total comprehensive loss for the year

        (5,900,106 )   (4,066,715 )   (1,203,955 )   (17,410 )

Loss per share

  18                          

Basic

        (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.37 )   (0.38 )

Diluted

        (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.95 )   (0.39 )

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Consolidated statement of financial position as at March 31, 2019

(Amount in thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 
   
  March 31, 2018   March 31, 2019  
 
  Notes   INR   INR   USD  
 
   
   
   
  (refer to Note 2.4)
 

Assets

                         

Non-current assets

                         

Property, plant and equipment

    19     241,694     155,434     2,247  

Intangible assets and goodwill

    20     2,225,263     2,236,481     32,338  

Prepayments and other assets

    21     11,238     7,866     114  

Other financial assets

    22     62,259     30,631     443  

Term deposits

    23     6,187     23,548     340  

Other non financial assets

    24     116,939     254,914     3,686  

Deferred tax asset

    25     102,649     123,169     1,781  

Total non-current assets

          2,766,229     2,832,043     40,949  

Current assets

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Inventories

          23,175     3,807     55  

Trade and other receivables

    26     3,976,751     4,921,270     71,158  

Prepayments and other assets

    21     977,822     899,908     13,012  

Income tax recoverable

          321,893     495,583     7,166  

Other financial assets

    27     79,887     232,287     3,358  

Term deposits

    23     1,005,957     1,005,985     14,546  

Cash and cash equivalents

    28     2,465,073     2,161,014     31,247  

Total current assets

          8,850,558     9,719,854     140,542  

Total assets

          11,616,787     12,551,897     181,491  

Equity and liabilities

                         

Equity

                         

Share capital

    29     638     713     10  

Share premium

    29     14,962,615     18,884,105     273,050  

Treasury shares

    29     (30,084 )   (11,219 )   (162 )

Accumulated deficit

          (16,002,266 )   (17,256,409 )   (249,514 )

Other capital reserve

    30     832,964     735,988     10,642  

Foreign currency translation reserve

          11,215     6,571     94  

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Company

          (224,918 )   2,359,749     34,120  

Total non-controlling interest

          (361 )   19,421     281  

Total equity

          (225,279 )   2,379,170     34,401  

Non-current liabilities

                         

Borrowings

    32     359,969     24,587     356  

Trade and other payables

    33         3,097     45  

Deferred tax liability

    25     44,460     42,503     615  

Employee benefits

    34     73,322     81,849     1,183  

Deferred revenue

    35     599,612     96,392     1,394  

Other financial liabilities

    36     84     94     1  

Other non-financial liability

    37     5,815     2,303     33  

Total non-current liabilities

          1,083,262     250,825     3,627  

Current liabilities

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Borrowings

    32     491,860     1,151,818     16,654  

Trade and other payables

    33     5,049,630     5,264,949     76,127  

Employee benefits

    34     81,311     97,156     1,405  

Deferred revenue

    35     871,098     579,319     8,377  

Income taxes payable

          2,755     4,080     59  

Other financial liabilities

    36     3,016,203     1,756,203     25,393  

Other current liabilities

    38     1,245,947     1,068,377     15,448  

Total current liabilities

          10,758,804     9,921,902     143,463  

Total liabilities

          11,842,066     10,172,727     147,090  

Total equity and liabilities

          11,616,787     12,551,897     181,491  

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the year ended March 31, 2019

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 
  Equity
share
capital
(Note 29)
  Equity
share
premium
(Note 29)
  Preference
share
capital
(Note 29)
  Preference
share
premium
(Note 29)
  Treasury
shares
(Note 29)
  Accumulated
deficit
  Other
capital
reserve
(Note 30)
  Foreign
currency
translation
reserve
  Total   Non
controlling
Interest
  Total
Equity
 

Balance as at March 31, 2016

    27     121,203     196     6,179,568         (6,023,690 )   174,820     (22,652 )   429,472     11,586     441,058  

Loss for the year

   
   
   
   
   
   
(5,901,483

)
 
   
   
(5,901,483

)
 
(35,480

)
 
(5,936,963

)

Other comprehensive loss

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Foreign currency translation differences

                                44,997     44,997         44,997  

Remeasurement loss on defined benefit plan

                        (7,996 )           (7,996 )   (144 )   (8,140 )

Total other comprehensive loss

                        (7,996 )       44,997     37,001     (144 )   36,857  

Total comprehensive loss

                        (5,909,479 )       44,997     (5,864,482 )   (35,624 )   (5,900,106 )

Share-based payments

   
   
   
   
   
   
8,614
   
578,318
   
   
586,932
   
   
586,932
 

Exercise of options

    1     24,502             7,230         (19,690 )   (74 )   11,969         11,969  

Issue of treasury shares

    1     50,381             (50,382 )                        

Purchase of own shares

                    (11,219 )               (11,219 )       (11,219 )

Issue of share capital

    18     1,670,878                             1,670,896         1,670,896  

Capital transaction involving the issuance of shares pursuant to business combination (Refer to note 43)

    48     6,474,085                             6,474,133         6,474,133  

Preference shares converted into ordinary shares

    538     6,179,226     (196 )   (6,179,568 )                            

Transaction cost (Refer to note 43)

        (81,339 )                           (81,339 )       (81,339 )

Contingent dividend

                        (2,755 )           (2,755 )       (2,755 )

Change in non controlling interest*

                        (76,120 )           (76,120 )   76,120      

Total contribution by owners

    606     14,317,733     (196 )   (6,179,568 )   (54,371 )   (70,261 )   558,628     (74 )   8,572,497     76,120     8,648,617  

Balance as at March 31, 2017

    633     14,438,936             (54,371 )   (12,003,430 )   733,448     22,271     3,137,487     52,082     3,189,569  

*
Change in non controlling interest represents shares of a subsidiary issued to the Parent Company; the percentage holding of the Parent is 98.20% as of March 31, 2017 (97.85%— March 31, 2016)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 
  Attributable to shareholders of the Parent Company    
   
 
 
  Equity
share
capital
(Note 29)
  Equity
share
premium
(Note 29)
  Treasury
shares
(Note 29)
  Accumulated
deficit
  Other
capital
reserve
(Note 30)
  Foreign
currency
translation
reserve
  Total   Non
controlling
Interest
  Total
Equity
 

Balance as at April 1, 2017

    633     14,438,936     (54,371 )   (12,003,430 )   733,448     22,271     3,137,487     52,082     3,189,569  

Loss for the year

                (3,993,140 )           (3,993,140 )   (58,836 )   (4,051,976 )

Other comprehensive loss

                                                       

Foreign currency translation differences

                        (9,879 )   (9,879 )       (9,879 )

Remeasurement loss on defined benefit plan

                (4,765 )           (4,765 )   (95 )   (4,860 )

Total other comprehensive loss

                (4,765 )       (9,879 )   (14,644 )   (95 )   (14,739 )

Total comprehensive loss

                (3,997,905 )       (9,879 )   (4,007,784 )   (58,931 )   (4,066,715 )

Share-based payments

                2,802     727,118         729,920         729,920  

Transaction with equity shareholders

        (112,406 )                   (112,406 )       (112,406 )

Exercise of options

    5     636,085     24,287         (650,860 )   (1,177 )   8,340         8,340  

Issuance of warrants

                    23,258         23,258         23,258  

Contingent dividend

                2,755             2,755         2,755  

Change in non controlling interest*

                (6,488 )           (6,488 )   6,488      

Total contribution by owners

    5     523,679     24,287     (931 )   99,516     (1,177 )   645,379     6,488     651,867  

Balance as at March 31, 2018

    638     14,962,615     (30,084 )   (16,002,266 )   832,964     11,215     (224,918 )   (361 )   (225,279 )

*
Change in non controlling interest represents shares of a subsidiary issued to the Parent Company. The percentage holding of the parent is 98.22% as of March 31, 2018 (98.20% as of March 31, 2017) (refer to Note 6)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 
  Attributable to shareholders of the Parent Company    
   
 
 
  Equity
share
capital
(Note 29)
  Equity
share
premium
(Note 29)
  Treasury
shares
(Note 29)
  Accumulated
deficit
  Other
capital
reserve
(Note 30)
  Foreign
currency
translation
reserve
  Total   Non-
controlling
interest
  Total
Equity
 

Balance as at April 1, 2018

    638     14,962,615     (30,084 )   (16,002,266 )   832,964     11,215     (224,918 )   (361 )   (225,279 )

Effect of adoption of new accounting standards (Refer to Note 2.2)

   
   
   
   
(38,110

)
 
   
   
(38,110

)
 
   
(38,110

)

Balance as at April 1, 2018

    638     14,962,615     (30,084 )   (16,040,376 )   832,964     11,215     (263,028 )   (361 )   (263,389 )

Loss for the year

                (1,148,203 )           (1,148,203 )   (45,392 )   (1,193,595 )

Other comprehensive loss

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Foreign currency translation differences

                        (4,834 )   (4,834 )       (4,834 )

Remeasurement loss on defined benefit plan

                (5,447 )           (5,447 )   (79 )   (5,526 )

Total other comprehensive loss

                (5,447 )       (4,834 )   (10,281 )   (79 )   (10,360 )

Total comprehensive loss

                (1,153,650 )       (4,834 )   (1,158,484 )   (45,471 )   (1,203,955 )

Share-based payments

            650     2,870     279,363         282,883         282,883  

Exercise of options

    4     357,981     18,215         (376,339 )   190     51         51  

Issuance of shares

    71     3,667,843                     3,667,914         3,667,914  

Cost of issuance of shares

        (104,334 )                   (104,334 )       (104,334 )

Change in non-controlling interest*

                (65,253 )           (65,253 )   65,253      

Total contribution by owners

    75     3,921,490     18,865     (62,383 )   (96,976 )   190     3,781,261     65,253     3,846,514  

Balance as at March 31, 2019

    713     18,884,105     (11,219 )   (17,256,409 )   735,988     6,571     2,359,749     19,421     2,379,170  

*
Change in non-controlling interest represents shares of a subsidiary issued to the Parent Company. The percentage holding of the parent is 98.53% as of March 31, 2019 (98.22% as of March 31, 2018), (refer to Note 6).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2019

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 
   
  March 31  
 
   
  2017   2018   2019  
 
  Notes   INR   INR   INR   USD  

Cash flows from operating activities:

                             

Loss before tax

        (5,895,976 )   (3,995,089 )   (1,145,758 )   (16,568 )

Adjustments to reconcile loss before tax to net cash flows:

 

 

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Depreciation and amortization

  13     275,587     425,600     581,746     8,412  

Listing and related expenses

  44     4,069,760              

Contingent dividend

  44     292     (292 )        

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

  43         294,344     485,282     7,017  

Finance income

  15     (134,097 )   (83,041 )   (39,486 )   (571 )

Finance costs

  16     119,331     125,342     147,705     2,135  

Unrealized foreign exchange loss/(gain)

  16     4,205     (4,392 )   (15,866 )   (230 )

Loss/(gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

10,19

   
(622

)
 
(1,370

)
 
(5,050

)
 
(73

)

Change in fair value of warrants

        (230,111 )   563,253     (1,667,193 )   (24,106 )

Excess provision written back

  10     (43,790 )   (42,614 )   (31,832 )   (460 )

Advances/provision written off

  12     12,047     11,703     10,299     149  

Trade and other receivables provision / written-off

  12     80,193     119,388     304,663     4,405  

Share of loss of a joint venture

  14     9,441     10,559     12,772     185  

Share-based payment expense

  11     586,932     729,920     282,883     4,090  

Working capital changes:

                             

Increase in trade and other receivables

        (889,875 )   (824,920 )   (1,316,454 )   (19,035 )

Decrease/ (increase) in inventories

        (3,086 )   (4,006 )   20,142     291  

Increase/ (decrease) in trade and other payables

        508,345     1,898,796     (920,858 )   (13,315 )

Direct taxes paid (net of refunds)

       
(58,396

)
 
(105,122

)
 
(245,129

)
 
(3,544

)

Net cash used in operating activities

        (1,589,820 )   (881,941 )   (3,542,134 )   (51,218 )

Cash flows from investing activities:

                             

Acquisition of business (net of cash acquired)

  43         (353,457 )   (253,448 )   (3,665 )

Investment in joint venture

  14     (3,000 )            

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

  19     (65,055 )   (223,215 )   (30,157 )   (437 )

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

        2,975     2,297     10,553     153  

Purchase/development of intangible assets

  20     (408,643 )   (353,061 )   (394,147 )   (5,699 )

Investment in term deposits

        (10,292,660 )   (5,262,906 )   (2,634,374 )   (38,091 )

Proceeds from term deposits

        8,374,026     7,404,456     2,640,748     38,184  

Interest received

  15     11,829     6,945     10,500     152  

Net cash from/(used in) investing activities

        (2,380,528 )   1,221,059     (650,325 )   (9,403 )

Cash flows from financing activities:

                             

Issuance of shares pursuant to Business Combination (net of transaction cost)

  43     3,970,168              

Purchase of own shares

  29     (11,219 )            

Proceeds from issue of share capital (net of cost of issuance of shares)

       
1,675,773
   
5,801
   
3,563,630
   
51,527
 

Transaction with equity shareholders

            (112,406 )        

Proceeds of borrowings

  32         1,400,239          

Repayment of borrowings

  32     (436,210 )   (595,734 )   (502,362 )   (7,264 )

Repayment of vehicle loan

  32     (15,480 )   (17,804 )   (24,312 )   (352 )

Interest paid on term loan

  16     (29,969 )   (61,906 )   (72,281 )   (1,045 )

Interest paid on vehicle loan

  16     (3,308 )   (4,092 )   (4,830 )   (70 )

Interest paid on bank overdraft

  16     (14,143 )   (36,916 )   (55,265 )   (799 )

Net cash from financing activities

        5,135,612     577,182     2,904,580     41,997  

Net increase/ (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

        1,165,264     916,300     (1,287,879 )   (18,624 )

Effect of exchange differences on cash and cash equivalents

       
(22,299

)
 
16,144
   
186,477
   
2,697
 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

        389,664     1,532,629     2,465,073     35,643  

Closing cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

        1,532,629     2,465,073     1,363,671     19,716  

Components of cash and cash equivalents:

                             

Cash on hand

        1,105     2,511     2,859     41  

Balances with banks

                           

On current account

        1,230,028     2,218,400     1,756,322     25,395  

On deposit accounts

            11,098          

Cash in transit

        30,371     23,902     11,498     166  

Credit card collection in hand

        271,125     209,162     390,335     5,645  

Total cash and cash equivalents

        1,532,629     2,465,073     2,161,014     31,247  

Less: Bank overdrafts

                (797,343 )   (11,531 )

Total cash and cash equivalents

        1,532,629     2,465,073     1,363,671     19,716  

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

1. Corporate information

        Yatra Online, Inc. (the "Parent Company") together with its subsidiaries (collectively, "the Company" or the "Group") and equity accounted investee is primarily engaged in the business of selling travel products and solutions in India and Singapore. The Group offers its customers the entire range of travel services including ticketing, tours and packages and reservations for hotels. The Parent Company is domiciled and incorporated in Cayman Islands; the registered office is located at Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box-309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KYI-1104 Cayman Islands. Information on the Group structure is provided in Note 6.

        On July 13, 2016, the Parent Company entered into a business combination agreement with NASDAQ listed Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation ("Terrapin" or "TRTL"). Terrapin was a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition, or similar business combination. Terrapin raised INR 14,111,708 (USD 212,750) in its IPO in July, 2014. Subsequently TRTL was restructured by formation of TRTL parent and TRTL subsidiary (collectively referred to as TRTL). On December 16, 2016, the business combination was completed pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2016 and consequently, TRTL parent merged with and into the Parent Company. Refer to Note 43.

2. Significant accounting policies

2.1   Basis of preparation

        The consolidated financial statements for March 31, 2019 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

        The Accounting policies have been consistently applied by the Group for all the periods presented in these financial statements, except in relation to the new standards adopted on April 1, 2018 (Refer Note 2.2).

        The consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended March 31, 2019 were authorized for issuance by the Parent's board of directors on July 30, 2019.

        The consolidated financial statements are prepared on historical cost basis, except for financial instruments classified as fair value through profit or loss and other comprehensive income/ loss.

        Certain reclassifications have been made in the consolidated financial statements of prior periods to conform to the classification used in the current period. The impact of such reclassifications on the consolidated financial statements is not material.

2.2   New standards, interpretations and amendments adopted by the Group

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

        In July 2014, IASB issued the final version of IFRS 9 " Financial Instruments " which reflects all phases of the financial instruments project and replaces IAS 39 " Financial Instruments ": Recognition and Measurement and all previous versions of IFRS 9. The standard introduces new requirements for classification and measurement, impairment, and hedge accounting.

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Yatra Online, Inc.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        The Company adopted this new standard effective April 1, 2018 by applying the relief from restating comparative information. The adoption has no impact on our consolidated financial statements.

a)
Classification and measurement

        There are no changes in classification and measurement for the Group's financial liabilities.

        The following table and the accompanying notes below explain the original measurement categories under IAS 39 and the new measurement categories under IFRS 9 for each class of the Group's financial assets as at April 1, 2018.

 
  IAS 39 Category   IFRS 9 Category   Total carrying
Value
INR
  Total fair
Value
INR
 

Cash and cash equivalents

  Loans and receivables   Financial assets at amortized cost     2,465,073     2,465,073  

Term Deposits

  Loans and receivables   Financial assets at amortized cost     1,012,144     1,012,144  

Trade receivables

  Loans and receivables   Financial assets at amortized cost     3,976,751     3,976,751  

Other financial assets

  Loans and receivables   Financial assets at amortized cost     150,075     150,075  

Total carrying value

            7,604,043     7,604,043  
b)
Impairment

        IFRS 9 replaces the 'incurred loss' model in IAS 39 with an 'expected credit loss' (ECL) model. The new impairment model applies to financial assets measured at amortized cost, but not to investments in equity instruments. Under IFRS 9, credit losses are recognized earlier than under IAS 39.

Impact of the new impairment model

        For assets in the scope of the IFRS 9 impairment model, impairment losses are generally expected to increase and become more volatile. The Group has determined that the application of IFRS 9's impairment requirements at April 1, 2018 does not have a material impact on the financial statements.

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers

        Effective April 1, 2018, the Company adopted the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15. The Company adopted the new standard by using the cumulative effect method (modified retrospective approach) and accordingly, the comparative information has not been restated. Results for reporting periods beginning after April 1, 2018 are presented under the new guidance, while prior period amounts continue to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

        This standard resulted in no material impact within the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss for the financial year ending March 31, 2019, except for certain marketing and sales promotion expenses to a reduction in revenue of INR 3,571,451. The cost for upfront cash incentives and select loyalty programs as incurred for customer inducement and

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

acquisition for promoting transactions across various booking platforms were previously recorded as marketing and sales promotion costs and are now being recorded as a reduction of revenue.

        Upon adoption, the group recognized the cumulative effect as a reduction to the opening balance of retained eanings amounting to INR 38,110 comprised of changes in accounting for marketing revenue amounting to INR 21,598 as well as other adjustments of INR 16,512.

        The cumulative effects of the revenue accounting changes made to our consolidated balance sheet as of April 1, 2018 were as follows:

Current assets
  As at
March 31, 2018
  Adjustments   Balance at
April 1, 2018
 

Trade and other receivables

    3,976,751     18,742     3,995,493  

Prepayments and other assets

    977,822     160     977,982  

Current liabilities

   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Trade and other payables

    5,049,630     2,919     5,052,549  

Other current liabilities

    1,245,947     54,094     1,300,041  

Equity

   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Accumulated deficit

    (16,002,266 )   (38,110 )   (16,040,376 )

IFRIC Interpretation 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration

        In December 2016, IASB issued IFRIC Interpretation 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration which clarifies the date of the transaction for the purpose of determining the exchange rate to use on initial recognition of the related asset, expense or income, when an entity has received or paid advance consideration in a foreign currency.

        The Company adopted IFRIC 22 effective April 1, 2018. The adoption has no material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

2.3   Basis of consolidation

        The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Parent Company and its subsidiaries as disclosed in Note 6.

        A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the Group. Control exists when the parent has power over the entity, is exposed, or has rights to variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns by using its power over the entity. Power is demonstrated through existing rights that give the ability to direct relevant activities, those which significantly affect the entity's returns.

        Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which the Group obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the Group loses control of the subsidiary. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies and accounting period in line with those used by the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses and cash flows are eliminated on consolidation.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        Non-controlling interest is the equity in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a parent. Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated subsidiaries are identified separately from the Group's equity therein. Non-controlling interests consist of the amount of those interests at the date of the business combination and the Non-controlling interests' share of changes in equity since that date.

        Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income/ loss (OCI) are attributed to the equity holders of the parent of the Group and to the Non-controlling interests, even if this results in the Non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

        A change in the ownership interest of a subsidiary, without a change of control, is accounted for as an equity transaction.

2.4   Foreign currencies

        The Group's presentation currency is Indian national rupee (INR). The Parent Company's functional currency is United States dollar (USD). The Company's operations are conducted through the subsidiaries and equity accounted investee where the local currency is the functional currency and the financial statements of such entities are translated from their respective functional currencies into INR.

Group companies

        On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into presentation currency at the rate of exchange prevailing at the reporting date and their statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the year ended March 31, 2019, March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, except for transactions where there is a significant difference in the exchange rate, in which cases, the transactions are reported using rate of that date. The exchange differences arising on translation for consolidation are recognized in OCI. On disposal of a foreign operation, the component of OCI relating to that particular foreign operation is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign operation and translated at the spot rate of exchange at the reporting date.

Transactions and balances

        Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded by the Group's entities at their respective functional currency spot rates at the date the transactions first qualify for recognition.

        Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the functional currency spot rates of exchange at the reporting date. Differences arising on settlement or translation of monetary items are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

Convenience translation

        The consolidated financial statements are stated in thousands of INR. However, solely for the convenience of the readers, the consolidated statement of financial position as at March 31, 2019, the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss for the year ended March 31, 2019 and consolidated statement of cash flows for year ended March 31, 2019 were converted into USD at the exchange rate of 69.16 INR per USD, which is based on the noon buying rate as at March 31, 2019, in The City of New York for cable transfers of Indian rupees as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This arithmetic conversion should not be construed as representation that the amounts expressed in INR may be converted into USD at that or any other exchange rate as well as that such numbers are in compliance as per the requirements of IFRS.

2.5   Summary of significant accounting policies

Joint ventures

        The Group's investment in its joint venture is accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method, the investment in the joint venture is initially recognized at cost. The carrying amount of the investment is adjusted to recognize changes in the Group's share of net assets of the joint venture since the acquisition date. The statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss reflects the Group's share of the results of operations of the joint venture. In addition, when there has been a change recognized directly in the equity of the joint venture, the Group recognizes its share of any changes, when applicable, in the statement of changes in equity. Unrealized gains and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and the joint venture are eliminated to the extent of the interest in the joint venture.

        The financial statements of the joint venture are prepared for the same reporting period as that of the Group.

        At each reporting date, the Group determines whether there is objective evidence that the investment in the joint venture is impaired. If there is such evidence, the Group calculates the amount of impairment as the difference between the recoverable amount of the joint venture and its carrying value, and then recognizes the loss as 'Share of loss of a joint venture' in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

Business combinations and goodwill

        Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate of the consideration transferred, measured at acquisition date fair value. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred in statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        When the Group acquires a business, it assesses the assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition date.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        Goodwill is initially measured at cost, being the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred and the amount recognized for Non-controlling Interest over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is in excess of the aggregate consideration transferred, the Group reassesses whether it has correctly identified all of the assets acquired and all of the liabilities assumed and reviews the procedures used to measure the amounts to be recognized at the acquisition date. If the reassessment still results in an excess of the fair value of net assets acquired over the aggregate consideration transferred, then the gain is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group's Cash Generating Units (CGUs) (refer to Note 20) that are expected to benefit from the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the acquiree are assigned to those units.

        Business combinations which do not fall under the scope as defined under IFRS 3, are accounted in accordance with relevant IFRS as issued by the IASB and other relevant pronouncements.

Revenue recognition

        We generate our revenue from contracts with customers. We recognize revenue when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control of the promised services to a customer in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for those services. When we act as an agent in the transaction under IFRS 15, we recognize revenue only for our commission on the arrangement. The Group has concluded that it is acting as agent in case of sale of airline tickets, hotel bookings, sale of rail and bus tickets as the supplier is primarily responsible for providing the underlying travel services and the Group does not control the service provided by the supplier to the traveler and as principal in case of sale of holiday packages since the group controls the services before such services are transferred to the traveler.

        The Group provides travel products and services to leisure customers (B2C—Business to Consumer), corporate travelers (B2E—Business to Enterprise) and B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer) travel agents in India and abroad. The revenue from rendering these services is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss once the services are rendered. This is generally the case 1) on issuance of ticket in case of sale of airline tickets 2) on date of hotel booking and 3) on the date of completion of outbound and inbound tours and packages.

        The application of our revenue recognition policies and a description of our principal activities, organized by segment, from which we generate our revenue, are presented below.

Air Ticketing

        We receive commissions or service fees from the travel supplier and/or traveler. Revenue from the sale of airline tickets is recognized as an agent on a net commission earned basis. Revenue from service fee is recognized on earned basis. Both the performance obligations are satisfied on issuance of airline ticket to the traveler. We record a allowance for cancellations at the time of the transaction based on historical experience.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        Incentives from airlines are recognized when the performance thresholds under the incentive schemes are achieved or are probable to be achieved at the end of periods.

Hotels and Packages

        Revenue from hotel reservation is recognized as an agent on a net commission earned basis. Revenue from service fee from customer is recognized on earned basis. Both the performance obligations are satisfied on the date of hotel booking. We record an allowance for cancellations at the time of booking on this revenue based on historical experience.

        Revenue from packages are accounted for on a gross basis as the Group is determined to be the primary obligor in the arrangement, that is the risks and responsibilities are taken by the Group including the responsibility for delivery of services. Cost of delivering such services includes cost of hotels, airlines and package services and is disclosed as service cost.

Other Services

        Revenue from other sources, primarily comprising advertising revenue, revenue from sale of rail and bus tickets and fees for facilitating website access to travel insurance companies are being recognized as the services are being performed. Revenue from the sale of rail and bus tickets is recognized as an agent on a net commission earned basis.

        Revenue is recognized net of allowances for cancellations, refunds during the period and taxes.

        Revenue is allocated between the loyalty program and the other components of the sale. The amount allocated to the loyalty programme is deferred, and is recognized as revenue when the Group fulfills its obligations to supply the products/services under the terms of the program.

        The Group receives upfront fee from Global Distribution System ("GDS") providers for facilitating the booking of airline tickets on its website or other distribution channels to travel agents for using their system which is recognized as revenue for actual airline tickets sold over the total number of airline tickets to be sold over the term of the agreement, in both cases using such GDS platforms, and the balance amount is recognized as deferred revenue under contract liabilities.

        The Group incurs certain marketing and sales promotion expenses which get reduced from revenue. This includes the cost for upfront cash incentives and select loyalty programs as incurred for customer inducement and acquisition for promoting transactions across various booking platforms.

Contract balances

Contract assets

        A contract asset is the right to consideration in exchange for services transferred to the customer. If the Group performs by transferring services to a customer before the customer pays consideration or before payment is due, a contract asset is recognized for the earned consideration that is conditional.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

Contract liabilities

        A contract liability is the obligation to transfer services to a customer for which the Group has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the customer. If a customer pays consideration before the Group transfers services to the customer, a contract liability is recognized when the payment is made or the payment is due (whichever is earlier). Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue when the Group performs under the contract.

Government grants

        Government grants are recognized where there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and all attached conditions have been complied with. When the grant relates to an expense item, it is recognized as income on a systematic basis over the periods that the related costs, for which it is intended to compensate, are expensed. When the grant relates to an asset, it is recognized as income in equal amounts over the expected useful life of the related asset.

        The Group has assessed and determined to present grants as other income in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

Marketing and sales promotion expenses

        Marketing and sales promotion expenses primarily comprise of online, television, radio and print media advertisement costs as well as event driven promotion cost for the Group's products and services. Such costs are the amounts paid to or accrued towards advertising agencies or direct service providers for advertising on websites, television, print formats, search engine marketing and any other media. Advertising and business promotion costs are recognized when incurred.

        Additionally, the Group also incurs customer inducement and acquisition costs for acquiring customers and promoting transactions across various booking platforms such as upfront cash incentives, which when incurred are recorded as a reduction from revenue with effect from April 1, 2018 after the adoption of IFRS-15.

Finance income and costs

        Finance income comprises interest income on term deposits and net gain on change in fair value of derivatives. Interest income is recognized as it accrues in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss, using the effective interest rate method (EIR).

        Finance cost comprise interest expense on borrowings, unwinding of the discount on provisions, and impairment losses recognized on financial assets. Interest expense is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss using EIR.

Taxes

Current tax

        Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current period are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantively enacted, at the reporting date in the countries where the Group operates and generate taxable income.

        Current income tax relating to items recognized directly in equity is recognized in equity and not in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate.

Deferred tax

        Deferred tax is provided using the liability method on temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes at the reporting date. Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences.

        Deferred tax assets are recognized for all deductible temporary differences, carry forward of unused tax credits and any unused tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences, and the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilized.

        The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilized. Unrecognized deferred tax assets are reassessed at each reporting date and are recognized to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profits will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

        Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the year when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.

        Deferred tax relating to items recognized outside consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss is recognized, in correlation to the underlying transaction either in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

        Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax assets against current income tax liabilities and the deferred taxes relate to the same taxation authority.

Minimum Alternative Tax

        Minimum Alternative Tax ('MAT') expense under the provisions of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1961 is recognized as an asset in the statement of financial position when it is probable that future economic benefit associated with it in the form of adjustment of future income tax liability, will flow to the Company and the asset can be measured reliably. MAT credit entitlement is set off to the extent allowed in the year in which the Company becomes liable to pay income taxes at the enacted tax rates. MAT credit entitlement is reviewed on every period end and is written down to reflect the amount that is reasonably certain to be set off in future years against the future income tax liability. MAT credit entitlement is included as part of deferred tax asset.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

Property, plant and equipment

        Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. All repair and maintenance costs are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss as incurred.

        An item of property, plant and equipment and any significant part initially recognized is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising on de-recognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss when the asset is derecognized.

        Depreciation is calculated on straight line basis using the rates arrived at based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Computer and peripherals

  3 years

Furniture and fixtures

  5 years

Office equipment

  5 years

Vehicles

  Term of loan/lease or useful life (5 - 7 years as applicable) whichever is shorter.

        Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lower of primary lease period or economic useful life.

Intangible assets

        Intangible assets acquired separately are measured on initial recognition at cost. The cost of intangible assets acquired in a business combination is their fair value at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at cost less any accumulated amortization (calculated on a straight-line basis over their useful lives) and accumulated impairment losses, if any.

        Technology related development costs incurred by the Group are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes expenses incurred during the application development stage. The costs related to planning and post implementation phases of development are expensed as incurred.

        Internally generated intangibles, excluding capitalized development costs, are not capitalized. Instead, the related expenditure is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss in the period in which the expenditure is incurred.

        Research costs are expensed as incurred. Development expenditures on an individual project are recognized as an intangible asset when the Group can demonstrate:

    The technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that the asset will be available for use or sale

    Its intention to complete and its ability and intention to use or sell the asset

    How the asset will generate future economic benefits

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

    The availability of resources to complete the asset

    The ability to measure reliably the expenditure during development

        Following initial recognition of the development expenditure as an asset, the asset is carried at cost less any accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Amortization of the asset begins when development is complete and the asset is available for use. It is amortized over the period of expected future benefit in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        Goodwill is initially recognized at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

        On disposal of a subsidiary, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of the profit or loss recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss on disposal.

        Intangible assets with finite life are amortized over the useful economic life on straight line basis and assessed for impairment whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired. The amortization period and the amortization method for an intangible asset is reviewed at least at the end of each reporting period. Changes in the expected useful life or the expected pattern of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in the asset are considered to modify the amortization period or method, as appropriate, and are treated as changes in accounting estimates. The amortization expense on intangible assets is recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        Following initial recognition of the development expenditure as an asset, the asset is carried at cost less any accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Amortization of the asset begins when development is complete and the asset is available for use. It is amortized over the period of expected future benefit. During the period of development, the asset is tested for impairment annually.

        Intangible assets are amortized as below:

Agent / Supplier relationships

  2.5 - 10 years

Non-compete agreements

  3.5 - 6.5 years

Trademarks

  10 - 20 years

Intellectual property rights

  3 years

Computer software and websites

  3 to 10 years or license period, whichever is shorter

Customer relationships

  4 to 15 years

Leases

Group as a lessee

        A lease is classified at the inception date as a finance lease or an operating lease. A lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership by the Group is classified as a finance lease.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        Finance leases are capitalized at the commencement of the lease at the inception date at fair value of the leased property or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. Lease payments are apportioned between finance charges and reduction of the lease liability so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance charges are recognized in finance costs in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        A leased asset is depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the lease term.

        An operating lease is a lease other than a finance lease. Operating lease payments are recognized as an operating expense in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Financial instruments

        A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity.

(i) Financial assets

Initial recognition and measurement

        Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as subsequently measured at amortized cost, at fair value through other comprehensive income (OCI), and fair value through profit or loss.

        The classification of financial assets at initial recognition depends on the financial asset's contractual cash flow characteristics and the Group's business model for managing them. The Group initially measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not measured at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs.

        In order for a financial asset to be classified and measured at amortized cost or fair value through OCI, it needs to give rise to cash flows that are 'solely payments of principal and interest (SPPI)' on the principal amount outstanding. This assessment is referred to as the SPPI test and is performed at an instrument level.

        The Group's business model for managing financial assets refers to how it manages its financial assets in order to generate cash flows. The business model determines whether cash flows will result from collecting contractual cash flows, selling the financial assets, or both.

Subsequent measurement

        For purposes of subsequent measurement, financial assets are classified in four categories:

    Financial assets at amortized cost (debt instruments)

    Financial assets at fair value through OCI with recycling of cumulative gains and losses (debt instruments)

    Financial assets designated at fair value through OCI with no recycling of cumulative gains and losses upon derecognition (equity instruments)

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

    Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets at amortized cost (debt instruments)

        The Group measures financial assets at amortized cost if both of the following conditions are met:

    The financial asset is held within a business model with the objective to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows, and

    The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding

        Financial assets at amortized cost are subsequently measured using the effective interest (EIR) method and are subject to impairment. Gains and losses are recognized in profit or loss when the asset is derecognized, modified or impaired

        The Group's financial assets at amortized cost includes trade receivables, term deposits, security deposits and employee loans. For more information on receivables, refer to Note 26.

Financial assets at fair value through OCI (debt instruments)

        The Group measures debt instruments at fair value through OCI if both of the following conditions are met:

    The financial asset is held within a business model with the objective of both holding to collect contractual cash flows and selling, and,

    The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding

Financial assets designated at fair value through OCI (equity instruments)

        Upon initial recognition, the Group can elect to classify irrevocably its equity investments as equity instruments designated at fair value through OCI when they meet the definition of equity under "IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation" and are not held for trading. The classification is determined on an instrument-by-instrument basis.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

        Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include financial assets held for trading, financial assets designated upon initial recognition at fair value through profit or loss, or financial assets mandatorily required to be measured at fair value.

        Financial assets with cash flows that are not solely payments of principal and interest are classified and measured at fair value through profit or loss, irrespective of the business model. Notwithstanding the criteria for debt instruments to be classified at amortised cost or at fair value through OCI, as described above, debt instruments may be designated at fair value through profit or loss on initial recognition if doing so eliminates, or significantly reduces, an accounting mismatch.

        Notwithstanding the criteria for debt instruments to be classified at amortized cost or at fair value through OCI, as described above, debt instruments may be designated at fair value through profit or loss on initial recognition if doing so eliminates, or significantly reduces, an accounting mismatch.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are carried in the statement of financial position at fair value with net changes in fair value recognized in the statement of profit or loss.

Derecognition

        A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is primarily derecognized (i.e., removed from the Group's consolidated statement of financial position) when:

    The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired

        Or

    The Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a 'pass-through' arrangement; and either (a) the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.

        When the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a pass-through arrangement, it evaluates if, and to what extent, it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership.

Impairment of financial assets

        The Group recognizes an allowance for expected credit losses (ECLs) for all debt instruments not held at fair value through profit or loss. The Group recognized an allowance for expected credit losses (ECLs) for all instruments not held at fair value through profit or loss. ECLs are based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract and all the cash flows that the Group expects to receive, discounted at an approximation of the original effective interest rate. The expected cash flows will include cash flows from the sale of collateral held or other credit enhancements that are integral to the contractual terms.

        ECLs are recognised in two stages. For credit exposures for which there has not been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, ECLs are provided for credit losses that result from default events that are possible within the next 12-months (a 12-month ECL). For those credit exposures for which there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, a loss allowance is required for credit losses expected over the remaining life of the exposure, irrespective of the timing of the default (a lifetime ECL).

        For trade receivables and contract assets, the Group applies a simplified approach in calculating ECLs. Therefore, the Group does not track changes in credit risk, but instead recognizes a loss allowance based on lifetime ECLs at each reporting date. The Group has established a provision matrix that is based on its historical credit loss experience, adjusted for forward-looking factors specific to the debtors and the economic environment.

        For debt instruments at fair value through OCI, the Group applies the low credit risk simplification. At every reporting date, the Group evaluates whether the debt instrument is considered

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2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

to have low credit risk using all reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort. In making that evaluation, the Group reassesses the internal credit rating of the debt instrument.

ii) Financial liabilities

Initial recognition and measurement

        Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, loans and borrowings or payables, as appropriate. All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value and, in the case of loans and borrowings and payables, net of directly attributable transaction costs.

        The Group's financial liabilities include trade and other payables, interest-bearing borrowings including bank overdrafts and share warrants.

Subsequent measurement

        The measurement of financial liabilities depends on their classification, as described below:

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

        Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss include share warrants for which gain or loss is routed through profit or loss. For more details on share warrants, refer to Note 32.

Loans and borrowing

        After initial recognition, interest-bearing loans and borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the EIR method. The EIR amortization is included as finance costs in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss. This category applies to interest-bearing borrowings, trade and other payables.

Treasury shares

        Own equity instruments that are reacquired (treasury shares) are recognized at cost and deducted from equity. No gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss on the purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of the Group's own equity instruments. Any difference between the carrying amount and the consideration, if reissued, is recognized in the share premium. Share options exercised during the reporting period are satisfied with treasury shares.

Cash and cash equivalents

        Cash and short-term deposits in the statement of financial position comprise cash at banks, payment gateways and on hand and short-term deposits with a maturity of three months or less, which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

        For the purpose of the consolidated statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term deposits, as defined above, net of outstanding bank overdrafts as they are considered an integral part of the Group's cash management.

Inventories

        Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined on FIFO (First in First out) basis and net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less estimated costs necessary to make the sale. Inventories include tickets for amusement parks and attractions.

Impairment of non-financial assets

        Assets that have an indefinite useful life, for example goodwill, are not subject to amortization and are tested at least annually or when there are indicators that an asset may be impaired, for impairment. Assets that are subject to depreciation and amortization are reviewed for impairment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required. Such circumstances include, though are not limited to, significant or sustained decline in revenues or earnings and material adverse changes in the economic environment.

        Impairment test for goodwill is performed at the level of each CGU or groups of CGUs expected to benefit from acquisition-related synergies and represent the lowest level within the entity at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes. A CGU is the smallest identifiable group of assets that generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or group of assets.

        An impairment loss is recognized whenever the carrying amount of an asset or its cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its fair value less costs to sell and value in use. To calculate value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market rates and the risks specific to the asset. For an asset that does not generate largely independent cash inflows, the recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Fair value less costs to sell is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants, less the costs of disposal. Impairment losses, if any, are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss as a component of depreciation and amortization expense.

        An impairment loss in respect of goodwill is not reversed. Other impairment losses are only reversed to the extent that the asset's carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined if no impairment loss had previously been recognized.

Provisions and contingencies

        Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive), as a result of a past event, that is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the

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2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

obligation. The expense relating to any provision is presented in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

        Contingent liabilities are recognized at their fair value only, if they were assumed as part of a business combination. Contingent assets are not recognized. However, when the realization of income is virtually certain, then the related asset is no longer a contingent asset, and is recognized as an asset. Information on contingent liabilities is disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, unless the possibility of an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits is remote.

Employment benefit plan

        The Group's post-employment benefits include defined benefits plan and defined contribution plans. The Group also provides other benefits in the form of deferred compensation and compensated absences.

        Under the defined benefit retirement plan, the Group provides obligation in the form of Gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 (India). Under the plan, a lump sum payment is made to eligible employees at retirement or termination of employment based on respective employee's salary and years of service with the Group.

        For defined benefit retirement plans, the difference between the fair value of the plan assets and the present value of the plan liabilities is recognized as an asset or liability in the statement of financial position. Scheme liabilities are calculated using the projected unit credit method and applying the principal actuarial assumptions as at the date of statement of financial position. Plan assets are assets that are qualifying insurance policies.

        All expenses excluding remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset), in respect of defined benefit plans are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss as incurred. Remeasurement, comprising actuarial gains and losses and the return on the plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset)), are recognized immediately in the statement of financial position with a corresponding debit or credit to retained earnings through OCI (Other comprehensive income) in the period in which they occurred. The remeasurements are not re-classified to profit or loss in subsequent years. The Group's contribution to defined contribution plans are recognized in statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss as and when the services are rendered by employees. The Group has no further obligations under these plans beyond its periodic contributions.

        The employees of the Group are entitled to compensated absences. The employees can carry forward up to the specified portion of the unutilized accumulated compensated absences and utilize it in future periods or receive cash at retirement or termination of employment. The Group records an obligation for compensated absences in the period in which the employee renders the services that increases this entitlement. The Group measures the expected cost of compensated absences as the additional amount that the Group expects to pay as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the end of the reporting period. The Group recognizes accumulated compensated absences based on actuarial valuation. Non-accumulating compensated absences are recognized in the period in which the absences occur. Any actuarial gains or losses are recognized in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss in the period in which they arise.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

2. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

Share-based payments / Restricted stock units (RSUs)

        Employees (including senior executives) of the Group receive part of their remuneration in the form of share-based payments, whereby employees render services as consideration for equity instruments (equity-settled transactions).

        The cost of equity-settled transactions is determined at the fair value at the date when the grant is made using Black-Scholes valuation model, further details of which are given in Note 30.

        That cost is recognized in employee benefits expense, together with a corresponding increase in equity (other capital reserves), over the period in which the service and, where applicable, the performance conditions are fulfilled (the vesting period). The cumulative expense recognized for equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until the vesting date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has expired and the Group's best estimate of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest. The expense or credit in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss for a period represents the movement in cumulative expense recognized as at the beginning and end of that period.

        Service conditions are not taken into account when determining the grant date fair value of awards, but the likelihood of the conditions being met is assessed as part of the Group's best estimate of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest.

        No expense is recognized for awards that do not ultimately vest because service conditions have not been met.

Earnings (loss) per share

        The Group's Earnings (Loss) per Share ('EPS') is determined based on the net profit/(loss) attributable to the shareholders' of the parent company. Basic EPS is computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year.

        Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the year including convertible preference shares, share options and warrants (using the treasury stock method for options and warrants), except where the result would be anti-dilutive.

        If the number of ordinary or potential ordinary shares outstanding increase as a result of a capitalization, bonus issue or share split, or decrease as a result of a reverse share split, the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for all periods presented is adjusted respectively, further details of which are given in Note 18.

Listing and related expenses

        Listing and related expenses refer to items of expense within the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss which have been incurred in order to acquire listing status as well as raise additional capital through the issuance of shares of its capital stock, which are non-recurring and are of such size, similar nature or incidence that their separate disclosure is considered necessary to explain the performance of the Group, further details of which are given in Note 44.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

3. Standards and interpretations issued but not effective

        The new standards, interpretations and amendments to Standards that are issued to the extent relevant to the Group, but not yet effective, up to the date of issuance of the Group's financial statements are disclosed below. The Group intends to adopt these Standards, if applicable, when they become effective.

IFRS 16 Leases

        In January 2016, IASB issued standard, IFRS 16- Leases. IFRS 16 replaces IAS 17 "Leases" and related interpretations viz. IFRIC 4 "Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease;" SIC-15, "Operating Leases—Incentives;" and SIC-27, "Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease." The previous accounting model for leases required lessees and lessors to classify their leases as either finance leases or operating leases and account for those two types of leases differently. IFRS 16 introduces a single lease accounting model and requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value.

        IFRS 16 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Early application is permitted for entities that apply IFRS 15 at or before the date of initial application of IFRS 16. A lessee shall apply IFRS 16 either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or record a cumulative effect of initial application of IFRS 16 as an adjustment to opening balance of equity at the date of initial application.

        We intend to adopt the "Modified Retrospective Approach" on the date of initial application (April 1, 2019) and make a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. Accordingly, comparatives for the fiscal 2019 will not be retrospectively adjusted.

        We expect that adoption of this standard will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. The most significant effects of this new standard on us relate to the recognition of new right of use ("ROU") assets and lease liabilities on our financial position for various real estate operating leases. The adoption of IFRS 16 is expected to have a favorable impact on operating profit in fiscal 2020, since a portion of the costs that were previously classified as rental expenses will be classified as interest expense and thus recorded outside operating profit and an unfavorable impact on profit after tax due to interest accruing at a higher rate in earlier years and decreasing over the lease term, while depreciation is recorded on a straight-line basis. The new standard also has an impact on how lease payments are presented in the cash flow statement resulting in an increase in cash flows from operating activities and a decline in cash flows from financing activities.

        The adoption of this standard will result in the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases. The adoption of this standard is expected to result in the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases of approximately INR 170,568 and INR 205,474, respectively, as of April 1, 2019.

IFRIC Interpretation 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments

        In June 2017, IASB issued IFRIC Interpretation 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments which is to be applied while performing the determination of taxable profit (or loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits and tax rates, when there is uncertainty over income tax treatments under

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3. Standards and interpretations issued but not effective (Continued)

IAS 12. According to IFRIC 23, companies need to determine the probability of the relevant tax authority accepting each tax treatment, or group of tax treatments, that the companies have used or plan to use in their income tax filing which has to be considered to compute the most likely amount or the expected value of the tax treatment when determining taxable profit (tax loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits and tax rates.

        The effective date for adoption of IFRIC 23 is annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, though early adoption is permitted. The Group is currently evaluating the effect of IFRIC 23 on its consolidated financial statements.

Amendment to IAS19—plan amendment, curtailment or settlement:

        On February 7, 2018, the IASB issued amendments to the guidance in IAS 19, 'Employee Benefits', in connection with accounting for plan amendments, curtailments and settlements.

        The amendments require an entity:

    to use updated assumptions to determine current service cost and net interest for the remainder of the period after a plan amendment, curtailment or settlement; and

    to recognize in profit or loss as part of past service cost, or a gain or loss on settlement, any reduction in a surplus, even if that surplus was not previously recognized because of the impact of the asset ceiling. Effective date for application of this amendment is annual period beginning on or after January 1, 2019, although early application is permitted. The Group is currently evaluating the effect of any impact on account of this amendment.

Definition of a Business—Amendments to IFRS 3

        The IASB issued amendments to the definition of a business in IFRS 3 Business Combinations to help entities determine whether an acquired set of activities and assets is a business or not. They clarify the minimum requirements for a business, remove the assessment of whether market participants are capable of replacing any missing elements, add guidance to help entities assess whether an acquired process is substantive, narrow the definitions of a business and of outputs, and introduce an optional fair value concentration test.

        Since the amendments apply prospectively to transactions or other events that occur on or after the date of first application, most entities will likely not be affected by these amendments on transition. However, entities considering the acquisition of a set of activities and assets after first applying the amendments should update their accounting policies in a timely manner. The amendments could also be relevant in other areas of IFRS (e.g., they may be relevant where a parent loses control of a subsidiary and has early adopted Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture.

        The effective date for adoption of this amendment is annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020, though early adoption is permitted. The Group is currently evaluating the effect of this amendment on the consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

4. Significant accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions

        The preparation of the Group's consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities, at the end of the reporting period. However, uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the assets or liabilities in future periods.

4.1
Significant judgments in applying the Group's accounting policies

        In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, management has made the following judgments, which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements:

Determination of functional currency

        Each entity in the Group determines its own functional currency (the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates) and items included in the financial statements of each entity are measured using that functional currency. IAS 21, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates prescribes the factors to be considered for the purpose of determination of functional currency. However, in respect of parent company and certain intermediary foreign operations of the Group, the determination of functional currency might not be very obvious due to mixed indicators like the source of financing, the functional currency of the shareholders, the currency in which the borrowings have been raised and the extent of autonomy enjoyed by the foreign operation. In such cases management uses its judgment to determine the functional currency that most faithfully represents the economic effects of the underlying transactions, events and conditions.

4.2
Significant accounting estimates and assumptions

        The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are described below. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

a)
Impairment reviews

        An impairment exists when the carrying value of an asset or cash generating unit (CGU) exceeds its recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. The value in use calculation is based on a discounted cash flow model. In calculating the value in use, certain assumptions are required to be made in respect of highly uncertain matters, including management's expectations of growth in EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortization), long term growth rates; and the selection of discount rates to reflect risks involved. Also, judgment is involved in determining the CGU and grouping of CGUs for goodwill allocation and impairment testing.

        The Group prepares and internally approves formal five year plans, as applicable, for its businesses and uses these as the basis for its impairment reviews. Since the value in use exceeds the carrying amount of CGU, the fair value less costs to sell is not determined.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

4. Significant accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions (Continued)

        The key assumptions used to determine the recoverable amount for the CGUs, including sensitivity analysis, are disclosed and further explained in Note 20.

        The Group tests goodwill for impairment annually on March 31 and whenever there are indicators of impairment.

b)
Measurement of Expected Credit Loss (ECL) for uncollectible trade receivables and advances

        The Group uses a provision matrix to calculate ECLs for trade receivables and contract assets. The provision matrix is initially based on the Group's historical observed default rates. The Group will calibrate the matrix to adjust the historical credit loss experience with forward-looking information. At every reporting date, the historical observed default rates are updated and changes in the forward-looking estimates are analyzed. Also refer to Note 26 and 27.

c)
Loyalty programs

        Customers are entitled to loyalty points on certain transactions that can be redeemed for future qualifying transactions. The Group estimates revenue allocation between the loyalty program and the other components of the sale with assumptions about the expected redemption rates. The amount allocated to the loyalty program is deferred, and is recognized as revenue when the Group fulfills its obligations to supply the services under the terms of the program or when it is no longer probable that the points under the program will be redeemed. Also refer to Note 35.

d)
Taxes

        Deferred tax assets are recognized for all unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the losses can be utilized. Significant management judgment is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognized, based upon the likely timing and the level of future taxable profits, future tax planning strategies and recent business performances and developments. The Group has not recognized deferred tax asset on unused tax losses and temporary differences in most of the subsidiaries of the Group. Also refer to Note 25.

e)
Defined benefit plans

        The costs of post retirement benefit obligation under the Gratuity plan are determined using actuarial valuations. An actuarial valuation involves making various assumptions that may differ from actual developments in the future. These include the determination of the discount rate, future salary increase, mortality rates and future pension increases. Due to the complexities involved in the valuation and its long term nature, a defined benefit obligation is highly sensitive to changes in these assumptions. All assumptions are reviewed at each reporting date. Also refer to Note 34 for assumptions and sensitivities.

5. Segment information

        For management purposes, the Group is organized into lines of business (LOBs) based on its products and services and has reportable segments as mentioned below. The LOBs offer different products and services, and are managed separately because the nature of products and methods used to

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5. Segment information (Continued)

distribute the services are different. For each of these LOBs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) reviews internal management reports. Accordingly, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is construed to be the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). Segment revenue less service cost from each LOB's are reported and reviewed by the CODM on a monthly basis.

        The following summary describes the operations in each of the Group's reportable segments:

    1.
    Air Ticketing: Through internet, mobile based platform and call-centers, the Group provides the facility to book and service international and domestic air tickets to ultimate customers through B2C (Business to Consumer), Business to Enterprise (B2E) and B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer) channels. All these channels share similar characteristics as they are engaged in facilitation of booking of air tickets. Management believes that it is appropriate to aggregate these channels as one reporting segment due to the similarities in the nature of business.

    2.
    Hotels and Packages: Through an internet and mobile based platform and call-centers, the group provides holiday packages and hotel reservations. For internal reporting purpose, the revenue related to Airline Ticketing issued as a component of group developed holiday package is assigned to Hotel and Package segment and is recorded on a gross basis. The hotel reservations form integral part of the holiday packages and, accordingly, management believes that it is appropriate to aggregate these services as one reportable segment due to similarities in the nature of services.

    3.
    Other operations primarily include the advertisement income from hosting advertisements on our internet web-sites, income from sale of coupons and vouchers, income from sale of rail and bus tickets and income from facilitating website access to travel insurance companies. The operations do not meet any of the quantitative thresholds to be a reportable segment for any of the periods presented in these consolidated financial statements.

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

5. Segment information (Continued)

Information about Reportable Segments:

 
  Air Ticketing   Hotels and Packages   Others   Total  
 
  March 31   March 31   March 31   March 31  
Particulars
  2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019  

Segment revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152     5,326,414     6,628,236     6,162,926     373,423     607,346     1,058,953     9,356,813     12,248,513     12,930,031  

Service cost

                (4,179,486 )   (4,930,757 )   (4,282,803 )               (4,179,486 )   (4,930,757 )   (4,282,803 )

Segment results

    3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152     1,146,928     1,697,479     1,880,123     373,423     607,346     1,058,953     5,177,327     7,317,756     8,647,228  

Other income

                                                          25,282     90,001     263,785  

Unallocated expenses

                                                          (6,790,437 )   (10,342,290 )   (10,907,467 )

Operating loss (before depreciation and amortization)

                                                          (1,587,828 )   (2,934,533 )   (1,996,454 )

Finance cost

                                                          (149,863 )   (153,056 )   (263,290 )

Depreciation and amortization

                                                          (275,587 )   (425,600 )   (581,746 )

Finance income

                                                          139,158     91,912     41,310  

Share of loss of joint venture

                                                          (9,441 )   (10,559 )   (12,772 )

Change in fair value of warrants—gain/(loss)

                                                          230,111     (563,253 )   1,667,193  

Listing and related expense (refer note 44)

                                                          (4,242,526 )        

Loss before taxes

                                                          (5,895,976 )   (3,995,089 )   (1,145,758 )

Tax expense

                                                          (40,987 )   (56,887 )   (47,837 )

Loss for the year

                                                          (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )

        Reconciliation of information on Reportable Segments to IFRS measures:

 
  Air Ticketing   Hotels and Packages   Others   Total  
 
  March 31   March 31   March 31   March 31  
Particulars
  2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019   2017   2018   2019  

Segment revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     5,708,152     5,326,414     6,628,236     6,162,926     373,423     607,346     1,058,953     9,356,813     12,248,513     12,930,031  

Less: customer inducement and acquisition costs**

            (2,258,887 )           (1,248,506 )           (64,058 )           (3,571,451 )

Revenue

    3,656,976     5,012,931     3,449,265     5,326,414     6,628,236     4,914,420     373,423     607,346     994,895     9,356,813     12,248,513     9,358,580  

Unallocated expenses

                                                         
(6,790,437

)
 
(10,342,290

)
 
(10,907,467

)

Less: customer inducement and acquisition costs**

                                                                  3,571,451  

Unallocated expenses

                                                          (6,790,437 )   (10,342,290 )   (7,336,016 )

Notes:
**      For purposes of reporting to the CODM, certain promotion expenses including upfront cash incentives, loyalty programs costs for customer inducement and acquisition costs for promoting transactions across various booking platforms, which are reported as a reduction of revenue, are added back to the respective segment revenue lines and marketing and sales promotion expenses. For reporting in accordance with IFRS, such expenses are recorded as a reduction from the respective revenue lines. Therefore, the reclassification excludes these expenses from the respective segment revenue lines and adds them to the marketing and sales promotion expenses (included under Unallocated expenses).

        Assets and liabilities are not identified to any reportable segments, since the Group uses them interchangeably across segments and, consequently, the Management believes that it is not practicable to provide segment disclosures relating to total assets and liabilities.

Geographical Information:

        Given that Company's products and services are available on a technology platform to customers globally, consequently, the necessary information to track accurate geographical location of customers is not available.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

5. Segment information (Continued)

        Non-current assets are disclosed based on respective physical location of the assets

 
  Non Current Assets*  
 
  March 31,
2018
  March 31,
2019
 

India

    2,454,884     2,385,110  

Others

    12,073     6,805  

Total

    2,466,957     2,391,915  

*
Non-current assets presented above represent property, plant and equipment and intangible assets and goodwill.

Major Customers:

        Considering the nature of business, customers normally include individuals and business enterprises. Further, none of the corporate and other customers account for more than 10% or more of the Group's revenues.

6. Group information

        The consolidated financial statements of the Group includes:

Information about group subsidiaries

 
   
   
  % Equity interest  
Name
  Principal activities   Country of
incorporation
  March 31,
2018
  March 31,
2019
 

THCL Travel Holding Cyprus Limited

  Investment Company   Cyprus     100     100  

Yatra USA Corp

  Investment Company   USA     100 ****   100 ****

Yatra USA, LLC

  Travel & Travel related services   USA     100     100  

Asia Consolidated DMC Pte. Ltd. 

  Travel & Travel related services   Singapore     100     100  

Middle East Travel Management Company Private Limited

  Travel & Travel related services   India     100     100  

Yatra Online Private Limited

  Travel & Travel related services   India     98.22 **   98.53 ***

Yatra Corporate Hotel Solutions P. Ltd. 

  Travel & Travel related services   India     98.22 **   98.53 ***

TSI Yatra Private Limited

  Travel & Travel related services   India     98.22 **   98.53 ***

Yatra TG Stays Private Limited

  Travel & Travel related services   India     98.22 **   98.53 ***

Yatra Hotel Solutions Private Limited

  Travel & Travel related services   India     98.22 **   98.53 ***

Air Travel Bureau Private Limited (formerly known as Air Travel Bureau Limited)

  Travel & Travel related services   India     98.22 **/*****   98.53 ***/*****

Travel.Co.In Limited (TCIL)

  Travel & Travel related services   India         98.53 ***/******

**
Remaining shares of 1.78% are held by the minority shareholder as at March 31, 2018.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

6. Group information (Continued)

***
Remaining shares of 1.47% are held by the minority shareholder as at March 31, 2019. Includes the impact of the shares which are pending allotment as on March 31, 2019 to THCL Travel Holding Cyprus Limited in Yatra Online Private Limited.

****
Includes 31.74% Class F shares owned by Terrapin 3's founder stockholders having no voting right. Terrapin 3's founder stockholders also own Class F shares in the Company having no economic value and have an exchange right to acquire ordinary shares of the Company.

*****
During the financial year ended March 31, 2018, the company had acquired 51% shareholding in ATB on August 4, 2017, with the obligation to acquire the remaining 49% shareholding pursuant to the terms of Share Purchase Agreement (SPA). Refer to Note 43.

******
During the financial year ended March 31, 2019, the company had acquired 100% shareholding in Travel.Co.In Limited on February 8, 2019. Refer to Note 43.

Joint Venture

        The group has a 50% interest in Adventure and Nature Network Pvt. Ltd. (March 31, 2018: 50%). For more detail, refer to Note 14.

7. Fair value measurement

        Set out below is a comparison by class of the carrying amounts and fair value of the Group's financial instruments that are carried in the financial statements.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

7. Fair value measurement (Continued)

Fair values

        The management assessed that the fair values of trade receivables, cash and cash equivalent, term deposits, trade payables, borrowings and other liabilities approximates their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

 
  Carrying value   Fair value  
 
  As at March 31,
2018
  As at March 31,
2019
  As at March 31,
2018
  As at March 31,
2019
 

Financial assets

                         

Assets carried at amortized cost

                         

Trade and other receivables

    3,976,751     4,921,270     3,976,751     4,921,270  

Cash and cash equivalents

    2,465,073     2,161,014     2,465,073     2,161,014  

Term deposits

    1,012,144     1,029,533     1,012,144     1,029,533  

Other financial assets

    150,075     265,915     150,075     265,915  

Total

    7,604,043     8,377,732     7,604,043     8,377,732  

Financial liabilities

   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Liabilities carried at fair value

                         

Share warrants

    1,914,604     383,793     1,914,604     383,793  

Liability for acquisition of business

    904,727     1,190,009     904,727     1,190,009  

Total

    2,819,331     1,573,802     2,819,331     1,573,802  

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

                         

Trade and other payables

    5,049,630     5,268,046     5,049,630     5,268,046  

Borrowings

    859,476     1,179,560     859,476     1,179,560  

Other liabilities

    537,023     542,054     537,023     542,054  

Total

    6,446,129     6,989,660     6,446,129     6,989,660  

Fair value hierarchy

    Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

    Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

    Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

7. Fair value measurement (Continued)

 
  March 31, 2018  
 
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  

Assets for which fair value is disclosed

                         

Term deposits

        1,012,144         1,012,144  

Other financial assets

        150,075         150,075  

Total assets

        1,162,219         1,162,219  

Liabilities carried at fair value

                         

Warrants

    1,914,520         84     1,914,604  

Liability for business acquisition

                904,727     904,727  

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

                         

Borrowings

        859,476         859,476  

Total Liabilities

    1,914,520     859,476     904,811     3,678,807  

 

 
  March 31, 2019  
 
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  

Assets for which fair value is disclosed

                         

Term deposits

        1,029,533         1,029,533  

Other financial assets

        265,915         265,915  

Total assets

        1,295,448         1,295,448  

Liabilities carried at fair value

                         

Warrants

    383,699         94     383,793  

Liability for business acquisition

            1,190,009     1,190,009  

Liabilities carried at amortized cost

                         

Borrowings

        1,179,560         1,179,560  

Total Liabilities

    383,699     1,179,560     1,190,103     2,753,362  

        There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 during the year.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

7. Fair value measurement (Continued)

Valuation Techniques and significant unobservable inputs

        The following tables show the valuation techniques used in measuring fair values at March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019 as well as the significant unobservable inputs used.

Type
  Valuation technique   Significant unobservable
inputs
  Inter-relationship between
significant unobservable
inputs and fair value
measurement
A. Financial Instruments measured at fair value:            

Warrants

 

Black- Scholes model: The valuation model considers the share price on measurement date, expected term of the instrument, risk free rate (based on government bonds), expected volatility and expected dividend rate.

 

Expected term: 2.16 years (PY: 2.66 years)
Risk free rate: 2.24% (PY 2.26%)

  The estimated fair value would increase (decrease) if:

the expected term were higher (lower)

the risk free rate were higher (lower)


Quoted Warrants

 

Fair market value

 


 


Liability for business acquisition (refer to Note 43)

 

Methodology as per the terms of share purchase agreement

 

Adjusted earning of acquired entity

 


B. Financial Instruments for which fair value is disclosed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings

 

Discounted cash flows

 

Prevailing interest rate in market, future payouts.

 


Term deposits

 

Discounted cash flows

 

Prevailing interest rate to discount future cash flows

 


Other financial assets

 

Discounted cash flows

 

Prevailing interest rate to discount future cash flows

 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

7. Fair value measurement (Continued)

        Below is reconciliation of fair value measurements categorized within level 1 & level 3 of the fair value hierarchy

 
  April 1,
2017
  Business
acquisition
(refer to
Note 43)
  Charge to
profit
or loss
  Charged
to equity
  Effects of
movements
in foreign
exchange
rates
  March 31,
2018
  Advance
Paid towards
Final Payment
  Charge to
profit
or loss
  Effects of
movements
in foreign
exchange
rates
  March 31,
2019
 

Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited—Ordinary Warrants

    2,229         (2,137 )       (8 )   84         5     5     94  

Quoted Warrants

    1,335,188         565,390         13,942     1,914,520         (1,667,198 )   136,377     383,699  

Contingent dividend

    2,913         (279 )   (2,755 )   121                      

Liability for business acquisition (refer to Note 43)

        610,383     294,344             904,727     (200,000 )   485,282         1,190,009  

Total

    1,340,330     610,383     857,318     (2,755 )   14,055     2,819,331     (200,000 )   (1,181,911 )   136,382     1,573,801  

8 Rendering of services

8.1   Disaggregation of revenue

        In the following tables, revenue is disaggregated by product type

    Revenue by Product types

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Air Ticketing

    3,656,976     5,012,931     3,449,265  

Hotels and Packages

    5,326,414     6,628,236     4,914,420  

Other Services

    52,896     105,249     56,419  

    9,036,286     11,746,416     8,420,104  

8.2   Contract balances

    Contract assets

        Contract assets primarily relate to the Group's rights to consideration from travel suppliers in exchange for services that the Company has transferred to the traveler when that right is conditional on the Company's future performance. The contract assets are transferred to receivables when the rights to consideration become unconditional. This usually occurs when the Group issues an invoice to the travel suppliers.

 
  April 1,
2018
  March 31,
2019
 

Contract Assets

    17,279     22,584  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

8 Rendering of services (Continued)

    Changes in contract assets are as follows:

 
  March 31,
2019
 

Balance at the beginning of the year

    17,279  

Revenue recognised during the year

    22,584  

Invoices raised during the year

    (17,279 )

Balance at the end of the year

    22,584  

    Contract liabilities

        A contract liability is the obligation to transfer services to a customer for which the Group has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the customer.

        Contract liabilities primarily relate to the consideration received from customers for travel bookings in advance of the Group's performance obligations which was earlier classified as "advance from customers", and consideration allocated to customer loyalty programs and advance received from Global Distribution System ("GDS") provider for bookings of airline tickets in future which is deferred, and which was earlier classified as deferred revenue

 
  April 1,
2018
  March 31,
2019
 

Advance from customer (refer to Note 38)

    894,487     702,444  

Deferred revenue (refer to Note 35)

    1,470,710     675,711  

Total Contract liabilities

    2,365,197     1,378,155  

        As at April 1, 2018, INR 894,487 of advance consideration received from customers for travel bookings was reported within contract liabilities, INR 842,715 of which was applied to revenue and INR 5,624 was refunded to customers during the year ended March 31, 2019. As at March 31, 2019, the related balance was INR 702,444.

        No information is provided about remaining performance obligations at March 31, 2019 that have an original expected duration of one year or less, as allowed by IFRS 15.

9 Other revenue

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Marketing revenue

    320,527     502,097     938,476  

Total

    320,527     502,097     938,476  

        Primarily comprising advertising revenue and fees for facilitating website access to travel insurance providers.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

10 Other income

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Excess provision written back

    20,716     15,441     22,063  

Government grant

        69,573     233,180  

Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment (net)

    622     1,369     5,050  

Miscellaneous income

    3,944     3,618     3,492  

Total

    25,282     90,001     263,785  

        Government grant represents the Company's entitlement to receive duty credit scrips as grant under Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) from the Government of India on achievement of certain conditions as notified under the scheme. Such scrips can be utilized against the payment of custom duty at the time of import of goods or services to India. Refer to note 27 for more details.

        Excess provision written back represent trade payables, that through the expiry of time, the Group has no further legal obligation to vendors.

11 Personnel expenses

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Salaries, wages and other short term employee benefits

    1,392,666     1,981,076     2,076,918  

Contributions to defined contribution plans

    77,822     104,958     105,863  

Expenses related to defined benefit plans

    14,716     26,589     24,575  

Share based compensation costs

    586,932     729,920     282,883  

Employee welfare expenses

    43,172     60,297     59,975  

Total

    2,115,308     2,902,840     2,550,214  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

12 Other operating expenses

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Commission

    746,959     894,504     936,557  

Communication

    213,034     283,091     331,520  

Legal and professional fees

    203,449     308,625     336,183  

Outsourcing fees

    33,888     40,242     126,753  

Payment gateway and other charges

    535,058     743,018     985,488  

Advances provision/written-off (refer to Note 21)

    12,047     9,165     10,299  

Trade and other receivables written-off (refer to Note 26)

    80,193     125,193     304,663  

Duties and taxes

    12,963     95,413     (29,595 )

Rent

    148,738     178,650     193,348  

Repairs and maintenance

    80,418     91,154     91,282  

Travelling and conveyance

    112,216     138,242     119,108  

Insurance

    12,067     39,117     42,791  

Remeasurement of contingent consideration (refer to Note 43)

        294,344     485,282  

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) expense

        10,245     1,564  

Miscellaneous expenses

    26,857     34,527     40,562  

Total

    2,217,887     3,285,530     3,975,805  

13 Depreciation and amortization

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Depreciation

    64,894     104,550     123,781  

Amortization

    210,693     321,050     457,965  

Total

    275,587     425,600     581,746  

14. Investment in joint venture

        The Group entered into an agreement with Snow Leopard Pvt. Ltd (SLA) on September 28, 2012 to set up a joint venture company Adventure and Nature Network Private Limited (ANN) to do business in adventure travel, having its principal place of business in India.

        Group contributed during the financial year ended March 31, 2019: Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil and March 31, 2017: INR 3,000) to maintain its 50% stake in the joint venture company. Both Group and SLA have equal right in management of ANN requiring unanimous decision in board meetings and shareholder's meetings.

        Investment in joint venture is accounted for using the equity method in accordance with IAS 28  Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures in the consolidated financial statements. Summarized financial information of the joint venture, based on its IFRS financial statements, and

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

14. Investment in joint venture (Continued)

reconciliation with the carrying amount of the investment in the consolidated financial statements are set out below:

Summarized statement of financial position of ANN:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Current assets, including cash and cash equivalents INR 5,779 (March 31, 2018: INR 4,614)

    6,686     8,573  

Non-current assets

    314     168  

Current liabilities

    (41,973 )   (69,327 )

Non-current liabilities

    (227 )   (156 )

Equity

    (35,200 )   (60,742 )

Group's carrying amount of the investment

    (17,600 )   (30,371 )

Transferred to other liabilities (refer to Note 38)

    17,600     30,371  

Net carrying amount of investment

         

Summarized statement of profit or loss of ANN:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Revenue

    5,491     12,181     14,110  

Administrative expenses, including depreciation INR 146 (March 31, 2018: INR 173 and March 31, 2017: INR 3,401)

    (24,359 )   (33,215 )   (37,817 )

Finance cost

    (13 )   (84 )   (1,836 )

Loss before tax

    (18,881 )   (21,118 )   (25,543 )

Income tax expense

             

Loss for the year

    (18,881 )   (21,118 )   (25,543 )

Group's share of loss for the year

    (9,441 )   (10,559 )   (12,772 )

        The joint venture had no other contingent liabilities or capital commitments as at March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018. ANN can't distribute its profits without the consent from the two venture partners.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

15 Finance income

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Interest income on :

                   

—Bank deposits

    125,697     74,197     30,801  

—Others

    5,061     8,870     1,824  

Unwinding of discount on other financial assets

    8,400     8,845     8,685  

Total

    139,158     91,912     41,310  

16 Finance cost

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Bank charges

    16,007     22,334     29,891  

Foreign exchange loss (net)

    14,525     8,154     85,694  

Interest on borrowings

    77,421     122,568     145,976  

Unwinding of discount on other financial liability

    41,910         1,729  

Total

    149,863     153,056     263,290  

17. Income taxes

        Loss for the year before income taxes are as follows:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Domestic

    (4,711,481 )   (1,481,129 )   1,448,943  

Foreign operations

    (1,184,495 )   (2,513,960 )   (2,594,700 )

Total

    (5,895,976 )   (3,995,089 )   (1,145,758 )

        The major components of income tax expense for the years ended 31 March, 2017, 2018 and 2019 are:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Current Period

    30,822     74,583     75,347  

Current income tax expenses

    30,822     74,583     75,347  

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

    10,165     (17,696 )   (10,865 )

Current year losses for which deferred tax is recognised

            (16,645 )

Deferred tax expense /(benefit)

    10,165     (17,696 )   (27,510 )

Total income tax expenses as reported in statement of profit or loss

    40,987     56,887     47,837  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

17. Income taxes (Continued)

        Reconciliation of tax expense and accounting profit multiplied by tax rate of each jurisdiction in which the Group operates.

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Loss for the year

    (5,936,963 )   (4,051,976 )   (1,193,595 )

Income tax expense

    40,987     56,887     47,837  

Loss before income taxes

    (5,895,976 )   (3,995,089 )   (1,145,758 )

Expected tax expense at statutory income tax rate

    (344,626 )   (769,353 )   (630,998 )

Non deductible expenses

    (316 )   107,496     (32,884 )

Utilization of previously unrecognised tax losses

    (12,766 )   (5,342 )   (10,463 )

Current year losses for which no deferred tax asset was recognized

    338,682     887,997     638,730  

Change in unrecognised temporary differences

    61,132     (177,244 )   82,109  

Effect of change in tax rate

    (4,120 )   12,507     1,949  

Others

    3,001     826     (604 )

    40,987     56,887     47,837  

        The domicile of the Parent Company is Cayman Islands. The Group's two major tax jurisdictions are India and Singapore with tax rates ranging between 26% to 31.20% (March 31, 2018: 25.75% to 34.61%) in India and 17% (March 31, 2018: 17%) in Singapore, that have been applied to profit or loss of the respective jurisdiction for determination of expected tax expense.

18. Loss per share

        Basic loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing net loss for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.

        Diluted loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to ordinary equity holders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. The impact of the dilutive potential ordinary shares is anti-dilutive for the year presented.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

18. Loss per share (Continued)

        The following reflects the income and share data used in the basic loss per share computations:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Loss attributable to ordinary shareholders—Basic

    (5,901,483 )   (3,993,140 )   (1,148,203 )

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding used in computing basic loss per share

    24,807,122     34,301,152     43,543,991  

Basic loss per share

    (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.37 )

        The following reflects the income and share data used in the diluted loss per share computations:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Loss attributable to ordinary shareholders—Basic

    (5,901,483 )   (3,993,140 )   (1,148,203 )

Add: Loss attributable to non-controlling interest

            (45,392 )

Loss attributable to ordinary shareholders—Dilutive

    (5,901,483 )   (3,993,140 )   (1,193,595 )

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding used in computing diluted loss per share

    24,807,122     34,301,152     44,286,393  

Diluted loss per share

    (237.89 )   (116.41 )   (26.95 )

        Refer to Note 29 for the detail movement in share capital during the financial year.

        On December 16, 2016, the Parent Company converted its preference shares into ordinary shares and effectuated a reverse 5.4242194-for-one share split of its ordinary shares as well as a reverse 5.4242194-for-one adjustment with respect to the number of ordinary shares underlying its share options and a corresponding adjustment to the exercise prices of such options. Consequently, the basic and diluted earnings per share for all periods presented are adjusted retrospectively.

        Loss attributable to shareholders is allocated equally for each class of share.

        At March 31, 2019, 137,785 ordinary shares (March 31, 2018: 993,737 and March 31, 2017: 555,941), issuable against employee share options and restricted share, Nil ordinary shares (March 31, 2018: 742,402 and March 31, 2017: 742,402) issuable against conversion right with subsidiary's equity shares and 34 ordinary shares (March 31, 2018: 746 and March 31, 2017: 791), issuable against equity instruments, were excluded from the diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares calculation as their effect would have been anti-dilutive. The Company also excludes options with exercise prices that are greater than the average market price from the calculation of diluted EPS because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

        For calculation of diluted EPS, since the exercise price of share warrants is greater than fair market value, these are assumed to be out of money and considered not to be exercisable as on balance sheet date. These potential ordinary shares are not considered for calculation of dilutive impact of earning per share.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

18. Loss per share (Continued)

        There have been no other transactions involving ordinary shares or potential ordinary shares between the reporting date and the date of completion of these financial statements.

19. Property, plant and equipment

 
  Leasehold
Improvements
  Computer and
Peripherals
  Furniture and
Fixtures
  Vehicles   Office
Equipment
  Total  

Gross block

                                     

At March 31, 2017

    44,460     256,706     11,720     105,063     29,409     447,358  

Acquisitions through business combinations (refer to Note 43)

   
30,149
   
7,238
   
4,817
   
5,919
   
7,890
   
56,013
 

Additions

        106,805     678     34,698     5,890     148,071  

Disposals/adjustment

    (9,645 )   (3,198 )   (41 )   (10,270 )   (812 )   (23,966 )

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    137     692     38     2,531     45     3,443  

At March 31, 2018

    65,101     368,243     17,212     137,941     42,422     630,919  

Acquisitions through business combinations (refer to Note 43)

        260                 260  

Additions

    1,744     20,702     1,123     15,400     3,544     42,513  

Disposals/adjustment

    (9,985 )   (3,148 )   (2,070 )   (15,202 )   (1,654 )   (32,059 )

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    56     (26 )   16     1,034     20     1,100  

At March 31, 2019

    56,916     386,031     16,281     139,173     44,332     642,733  

Depreciation

                                     

At March 31, 2017

    37,124     189,374     9,482     49,736     19,996     305,712  

Charge for the year

    11,447     63,351     1,519     22,221     6,012     104,550  

Disposals/adjustment

    (9,645 )   (3,055 )   (41 )   (9,396 )   (752 )   (22,889 )

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    117     56     21     1,639     19     1,852  

At March 31, 2018

    39,043     249,726     10,981     64,200     25,275     389,225  

Charge for the year

    19,407     66,373     2,078     28,849     7,074     123,781  

Disposals/adjustment

   
(9,985

)
 
(3,225

)
 
(1,855

)
 
(10,536

)
 
(939

)
 
(26,540

)

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    66     57     9     690     11     833  

At March 31, 2019

    48,531     312,931     11,213     83,203     31,421     487,299  

Net block

                                     

At March 31, 2018

    26,058     118,517     6,231     73,741     17,147     241,694  

At March 31, 2019

    8,385     73,100     5,068     55,970     12,911     155,434  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

19. Property, plant and equipment (Continued)

        The Group has taken bank guarantee facility against which property, plant and equipment of a subsidiary of the Group amounting to INR 65,290 (March 31, 2018: INR 105,669) are pledged.

        The carrying value of Vehicles held under finance leases have a gross book value INR 38,256 (March 31, 2018: INR 37,222), depreciation charge for the year INR 5,242 (March 31, 2018: INR 5,319), accumulated depreciation INR 31,962 (March 31, 2018: INR 26,037), net book value INR 6,294 (March 31, 2018: INR 11,186). Leased assets are pledged as security for the related finance lease.

        The carrying value of vehicles held under vehicle loan have a gross book value of INR 88,735 (March 31, 2018: INR 92,515), depreciation charge for the year of INR 19,913 (March 31, 2018: INR 15,276), accumulated depreciation of INR 39,668 (March 31, 2018: INR 31,651), net book value of INR 49,067 (March 31, 2018: INR 60,899). Vehicles are pledged as security against the related vehicle loan.

        In the statement of cash flows, proceeds from vehicle loan of INR 12,294 (March 31, 2018: INR 25,406 and March 31, 2017: INR 18,312) has been adjusted against purchase of property, plant and equipment

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

20. Intangible assets and goodwill

 
  Computer
software
and
Websites
  Intellectual
property
rights
  Agent /
Supplier/
relationship
  Customer
relationship
  Non
compete
agreement
  Trademarks   Goodwill   Intangible
under
development
  Total  

Gross block

                                                       

At March 31, 2017

    1,085,246     56,020     222,169         3,200     271,329     653,666     166,627     2,458,257  

Acquisitions through business combinations (refer to Note 43)

    898             134,682     16,861         307,520         459,961  

Additions

    532,290                             475,119     1,007,409  

Disposals/adjustment

                                (529,618 )   (529,618 )

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    (462 )   278                             (184 )

At March 31, 2018

    1,617,972     56,298     222,169     134,682     20,061     271,329     961,186     112,128     3,395,825  

Acquisitions through business combinations (refer to Note 43)

    683             5,654     2,110         53,913         62,360  

Additions

    433,075                             399,270     832,345  

Disposals/adjustment

                                (425,542 )   (425,542 )

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    67     2,911                             2,978  

At March 31, 2019

    2,051,797     59,209     222,169     140,336     22,171     271,329     1,015,099     85,856     3,867,966  

At March 31, 2017

    596,207     49,768     132,410         3,200     67,569             849,154  

Charge for the year

    279,564     1,401     17,097     5,986     3,066     13,936             321,050  

Disposals

                                     

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    79     277                 2             358  

At March 31, 2018

    875,850     51,446     149,507     5,986     6,266     81,507             1,170,562  

Charge for the year

    411,648     1,400     17,097     9,214     4,669     13,937             457,965  

Disposals

                                     

Effects of movements in foreign exchange rates

    46     2,911                             2,958  

At March 31, 2019

    1,287,544     55,757     166,604     15,200     10,935     95,444             1,631,485  

Net block

                                                       

At March 31, 2018

    742,122     4,852     72,662         13,795     189,822     961,186     112,128     2,225,263  

At March 31, 2019

    764,253     3,452     55,565     125,135     11,237     175,885     1,015,099     85,856     2,236,481  

        The Group has taken bank guarantee facility against which Computer software and Websites & intellectual property rights of a subsidiary of the Group amounting to INR 673,445 (March 31, 2018: INR 667,882) are pledged.

        The Company has written off fully depreciated assets from the books of accounts having gross value Nil (March 2018: INR Nil).

Impairment reviews

        Goodwill acquired through business combinations having indefinite lives are allocated to the CGUs. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to a CGU representing the lowest level within the Group at which goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes and which is

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

20. Intangible assets and goodwill (Continued)

not higher than the Group's operating segment. Carrying amount of goodwill has been allocated to the respective acquired subsidiaries level as follows:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

TSI Yatra Private Limited

    103,670     103,670  

Yatra TG Stays Private Limited & Yatra Hotel Solutions Private Limited

    549,996     549,996  

Air Travel Bureau Private Limited (formerly known as Air Travel Bureau Limited) (refer to Note 43)

    307,520     307,520  

Travel.Co.In Limited (refer to Note 43)

        53,913  

Total

    961,186     1,015,099  

        The recoverable amount of all CGUs was based on its value in use and was determined by discounting the future cash flows to be generated from the continuing use of the CGU. These calculations use cash flow projections over a period of five years, based on next year's financial budgets approved by management, with extrapolation for the remaining period, and an average of the range of assumptions as mentioned below.

The key assumptions used in value in use calculations:

 
  March 31,
 
  2018   2019

Discount rate

  18%   18%

Terminal Value growth rate

  5%   5%

EBITDA margin over next 5 years

  10.7% - 56.4%   8.7% - 46.7%

        The above discount rate is based on the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) of a comparable market participant, which is adjusted for specific risks. These estimates are likely to differ from future actual results of operations and cash flows.

Sensitivity change in assumptions

        Based on the above, no impairment was identified as of March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 as the recoverable value of the CGUs exceeded the carrying value. An analysis of the calculation's sensitivity to a change in the key parameters (revenue growth, discount rate and long-term growth rate) based on reasonably probable assumptions, did not identify any probable scenarios where the CGUs recoverable amount would fall below their carrying amount.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

21 Prepayments and other assets

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Current

             

Advance to vendors (net of allowance)

    854,942     746,513  

Advance to joint venture (refer to note 42)

    7,759     30,385  

Balance with statutory authorities

    36,222     47,865  

Prepaid expenses

    70,971     72,148  

Due from employees

    7,928     2,997  

Total

    977,822     899,908  

Non-current

             

Prepaid expenses

    3,403     1,527  

Defined benefit plan asset (refer to Note 34)

    7,835     6,339  

    11,238     7,866  

        Advances to vendor primarily consist of amounts paid to airline and hotels for future bookings.

        The movement in the allowance for doubtful advances:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Balance at the beginning of the year

    12,047     9,630  

Provisions accrued during the year

    9,165     10,299  

Amount written off during the year

    (11,582 )   (3,695 )

Balance at the end of the year

    9,630     16,234  

22 Other financial assets, Non-current

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Security deposits

    61,848     30,356  

Interest accrued on term deposits

    411     275  

Total

    62,259     30,631  

        Security deposit represents fair value of amount paid to landlord for the leased premises. As on March 31, 2019, remaining tenure for security deposits ranges from 1 to 9 years.

        In the statement of cash flows, interest reinvested on term deposits INR 1,097 (March 31, 2018: 251) has been adjusted against interest received under investing activities.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

23 Term deposits

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Fixed deposits with banks

    1,012,144     1,029,533  

Total

    1,012,144     1,029,533  

Non-current

    6,187     23,548  

Current

    1,005,957     1,005,985  

Total

    1,012,144     1,029,533  

        Term deposits as on March 31, 2019, include INR 1,010,328 (March 31, 2018: INR 831,660) pledged with banks against bank guarantees and credit card facility (Refer to Note 32). Tenure for term deposits range from 1 years to 3 years.

24 Other non financial assets

Fair value adjustment—financial assets

    13,168     30,697  

Restricted asset

    103,771     224,217  

Total

    116,939     254,914  

Non-current

    116,939     254,914  

Total

    116,939     254,914  

        Fair value adjustment—financial assets represents unamortised portion of the difference between the fair value of the financial assets (security deposit) on initial recognition and the amount paid.

        Restricted asset include INR 189,267 (March 31, 2018: 69,063) in respect of mandatory pre-deposit required for service tax and income tax appeal proceedings in India, INR 8,468 (March 31, 2018: 8,468) in respect of refund claim application with the service tax authorities, INR 25,000 (March 31, 2018: INR 25,000) paid in relation to an investigation initiated by Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) for certain service tax matters in India and INR 1,483 (March 31, 2018 Nil) in respect of amount paid under protest to Goods and Services Tax (GST) department. The service tax and GST amount has been paid under protest and the Group strongly believes that it is not probable the demand will materialize.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

25. Deferred Tax

Unrecognised Deferred Tax Assets

        Deferred tax assets have not been recognized in respect of the following items:

 
  March 31,  
Particulars
  2018   2019  

Deductible temporary differences

    178,275     243,932  

Tax loss carry forward and unabsorbed depreciation

    1,929,178     3,249,820  

Total

    2,107,453     3,493,752  

        In the Group, there are few subsidiaries for which no deferred tax assets have been recognised on deductible temporary differences of INR 743,384 (March, 2018: 573,762) and tax losses of INR 9,376,379 (March, 2018: 6,159,435) and unabsorbed depreciation of INR 1,262,313 (March 31, 2018: 1,759,363), as it is not probable that taxable profit will be available in near future against which these can be utilized. Tax losses are available as an offset against future taxable profit expiring at various dates through 2027 and unabsorbed depreciation is available indefinitely for offsetting against future taxable profits.

Recognised Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

        Deferred tax assets are attributable to the following—

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Property, plant and equipment & intangible assets

    18,438     22,136  

Trade and other receivables

    36,990     55,649  

Rent Equalisation reserve

    1,021     680  

Employee benefits

    12,614     16,260  

Minimum alternate tax recoverable

    5,027     1,754  

Unutilised business losses

        16,645  

Provision for expenses

    26,642     7,349  

Deferred tax asset

    100,732     120,473  

OCI gratuity

    1,917     2,696  

Total deferred tax asset (A)

    102,649     123,169  

Deferred tax liablities are attributable to the following—

             

Property, plant and equipment & intangible assets

   
(44,460

)
 
(42,503

)

Total deferred tax liability (B)

    (44,460 )   (42,503 )

Net deferred tax asset (A - B)

    58,189     80,666  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

25. Deferred Tax (Continued)

Particulars
  Balance
as on
March 31,
2018
  Acquired
through
business
combination
  Recognised
in profit
or loss
  Recognised
in other
comprehensive
income
  Unused/
utilized
tax credit
  Balance
as on March, 31
2019
 

Provision for gratuity

    (1,581 )       1,868             287  

Provision for long term compensated absences

    5,952         2,412             8,364  

Rent equalization reserve

    1,021         (341 )           680  

Provision for doubtful debts

    36,990         18,659             55,649  

Bonus payable

    8,243         (633 )           7,609  

Fixed assets—WDV

    (26,022 )   (2,422 )   8,077             (20,367 )

Expenses disallowed u/s 40(a)(ia) & 43B

    26,642         (19,293 )           7,349  

Minimum alternate tax

    5,027                 (3,274 )   1,754  

Tax loss carry forwards

            16,645             16,645  

OCI-Gratuity

    1,917             779         2,696  

Deferred tax assets

    58,189     (2,422 )   27,394     779     (3,274 )   80,666  

        Pursuant to the section 115JB of Indian Income Tax Act, Group's subsidiaries in India have calculated their tax liability for current income taxes after considering Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT). The excess tax paid under MAT provisions being over and above regular tax liability can be carried forward and set off against future tax liabilities computed under regular tax provisions. Accordingly, a deferred income tax asset of INR 1,101 (March 31, 2018: INR 5,027) has been recognized on the balance sheet as on March 31, 2019, which can be carried forward for a period of fifteen years from the year of recognition.

26 Trade and other receivables

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Trade receivables (net of allowance)

    3,888,181     4,830,072  

Receivable from other related parties (refer to note 42)

    56,979     4,280  

Refund and other receivable (net of allowance)

    14,312     64,334  

    3,959,472     4,898,686  

Contract Assets (refer to note 8)

   
17,279
   
22,584
 

    17,279     22,584  

Total

    3,976,751     4,921,270  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

26 Trade and other receivables (Continued)

        A trade receivable is a right to consideration that is unconditional upon passage of time. Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally on terms of 30 to 90 days. Revenue for time and material contracts are recognised as related service are performed.

        The trade receivables primarily consist of amounts receivable from airline's, hotels, corporate's and retail customers pertaining to the transaction value.

        The management does not consider there to be significant concentration of credit risk relating to trade, refund and other receivables. Refer to note 40.

        The movement in the allowance for expected credit loss and amounts impaired in respect of trade, refund & other receivables during the year was as follows:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Balance at the beginning of the year

    121,839     194,302  

Provisions accrued during the year

    125,193     304,663  

Amount written off during the year

    (53,996 )   (12,964 )

Effect of movement in exchange rate

    1,266     253  

Balance at the end of the year

    194,302     486,254  

27 Other financial assets, current

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Interest accrued on term deposits

    6,883     2,404  

Interest accrued on advances to related parties (refer to note 42)

    70     1,642  

Security deposits

    40,814     71,406  

Others (includes Government Grant)

    32,120     156,835  

Total

    79,887     232,287  

        Security deposit represents fair value of amount paid to landlord for the leased premises. As on March 31, 2019, remaining tenure for security deposits ranges from 1 to 9 years.

        In the statement of cash flows, interest reinvested in term deposits INR 22,242 (March 31, 2018: 98,472) has been adjusted against interest received under investing activities.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

27 Other financial assets, current (Continued)

        The movement in the Government Grant during the year was as follows:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

At 1 April

        32,120  

Recorded in statement of profit or loss

    69,588     233,180  

Received during the year

    (37,468 )   (108,465 )

Balance at the end of the year

    32,120     156,835  

        There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attached to these grants.

28 Cash and cash equivalents

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Cash on hand

    2,511     2,859  

Credit card collection in hand

    209,162     390,335  

Balances with bank

    2,229,498     1,756,322  

Cash in transit

    23,902     11,498  

Total

    2,465,073     2,161,014  

        Credit card collection in hand represents the amount of collection from credit cards swiped by the customers which is outstanding as at the year end and credited to Group's bank accounts subsequent to the year end.

        At March 31, 2019, the Group had available INR 3,108 (March 31, 2018: INR 710,450) of undrawn borrowing facilities.

29. Equity share capital and share premium

Authorized shares

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  
 
  Numbers of
Shares
  Numbers of
Shares
 

Ordinary shares of INR 0.006 ($0.0001) each

    500,000,000     500,000,000  

Ordinary share Class A of INR 0.006 ($0.0001) each

    10,000,000     10,000,000  

Ordinary share Class F of INR 0.006 ($0.0001) each

    3,159,375     3,159,375  

Preference shares of INR 0.006 ($.0001) each

    10,000,000     10,000,000  

    523,159,375     523,159,375  

        There is no change in the authorized share capital of the company during the financial ending March 31, 2019.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

29. Equity share capital and share premium (Continued)

        A reconciliation of the shares outstanding at the beginning and end of the period is presented below:

Ordinary shares

 
  Numbers of
Shares
  Share
Capital
  Share
Premium
 

Balance as at April 1, 2017

    33,828,856     633     14,438,936  

Exercise of option (Restricted stock units and share-based payments) (refer to Note 30)

    818,954     5     636,085  

Transaction with equity shareholders*

                (112,406 )

Balance as at March 31, 2018

    34,647,810     638     14,962,615  

Balance as at April 1, 2018

    34,647,810     638     14,962,615  

Exercise of option (Restricted stock units and share-based payments) (refer to Note 30)

    635,455     4     357,981  

Issue of ordinary shares in follow-on public offering, net of issuance costs**

    10,350,000     71     3,563,509  

Balance as at March 31, 2019

    45,633,265     713     18,884,105  

*
Transaction with equity shareholders represent tax deposited on behalf of restricted stock holders.

**
On June 26, 2018, the Company completed a follow-on public offering in which the Company offered and sold an aggregate of 10,350,000 ordinary shares, including 1,350,000 ordinary shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of INR 375.71 (USD 5.50) per share. The aggregate price of the offering amount registered and sold was INR 3,888,547 (USD 56,925) of which we received net proceeds of INR 3,563,580 (USD 52,168). The Company incurred expenses of INR 324,967 (USD 4,757) including the underwriters' commission expense amounting INR 220,633 (USD 3,190), for the issuance of the shares which has been adjusted against the share premium. The amount in USD is converted at transaction date exchange rate of 68.31 INR per USD.

Terms/ rights attached to Ordinary Shares

        The Company has three class of ordinary shares outstanding which entitles the holders with the following rights:

Ordinary shares

        A holder of an ordinary share has one vote for each share of ordinary share held and entitled to receive dividends when declared by the board of directors.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

29. Equity share capital and share premium (Continued)

Ordinary shares Class A

        Class A shares have identical rights to the Company ordinary shares, except the right to receive notice of, attend or vote as a member at any general meeting of shareholders, but may vote at a separate Class A shareholders' meeting convened in accordance with the Company Articles of Association.

Ordinary shares Class F

        Class F shares shall have the right to receive notice of, attend at and vote as a member at any general meeting of shareholders, but shall have no other rights.

        In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of Ordinary and Class A ordinary shares are entitled to receive remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.

        Class F shareholders are entitled to participate in surplus assets of the Company in the case of winding up.

Shares reserved for issuance against equity instruments

        The Company reserved 1,844 shares (March 31, 2018—1,844, March 31, 2017—1,844) for issuance at exercise price of INR 374.85 ($5.42) per share. These shares are considered as equity instrument and are recorded at fair value at the date of transaction under IAS 32.

Shares reserved for issue under options

        For details of shares reserved for issue under the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) of the Company, refer to Note 30.

Shares reserved for issue under warrant arrangement/agreement

        Pursuant to listing of Parent Company, Network18 Media and Investment Limited (Network 18) (formerly known as Capital 18 Fincap Private Limited) and Pandara Trust Scheme I (Pandara Trust), shareholders of Yatra Online Private Limited, are entitled to swap their shares into 569,781 (March 31, 2018: 569,781) and 172,635 (March 31, 2018: 172,635) Ordinary Shares of the Parent Company respectively.

        As on March 31, 2019, Network 18 and Pandara Trust have not exercised their right to swap to ordinary shares of the Parent Company.

        For details of shares reserved for issuance under the warrant agreement with Innoven, a non banking finance company, and Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited refer to Note 32.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

29. Equity share capital and share premium (Continued)

Treasury shares

 
  Numbers of
Shares
  Amount  

Balance as at April 1, 2017

    63,771     54,371  

Issue of shares

         

Vesting of options

    (35,871 )   (24,287 )

Balance as at March 31, 2018

    27,900     30,084  

Balance as at April 1, 2018

    27,900     30,084  

Share based payment expense

        (650 )

Vesting of options

    (26,901 )   (18,215 )

Balance as at March 31, 2019

    999     11,219  

During the year ended March 31, 2017, Company has bought back 17,893 shares for INR 627.01 (USD 9.35) per share.

30. Other capital reserve

Other capital reserves
  Share-based
payments
  Equity
Instruments
  Warrant   Total  

March 31, 2017

    733,107     341         733,448  

Share-based payments expense during the year

    734,512             734,512  

Issuance of warrants (refer to Note 32)

            23,258     23,258  

Exercised during the year

    (650,860 )           (650,860 )

Forfeited during the year

    (4,592 )           (4,592 )

Expired during the year

    (2,802 )           (2,802 )

March 31, 2018

    809,365     341     23,258     832,964  

Share-based payments expense during the year

    295,680             295,680  

Exercised during the year

    (376,339 )           (376,339 )

Forfeited during the year

    (13,447 )           (13,447 )

Expired during the year

    (2,870 )           (2,870 )

March 31, 2019

    712,389     341     23,258     735,988  

30.1 Equity instruments

        The Parent Company reserved 1,844 shares for the issuance at exercise price of INR 69.16 ($ 1). These shares are considered as equity instrument and are recorded at fair value at the date of transaction under IAS 32.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

30. Other capital reserve (Continued)

30.2 Share based payments

2006 Share Plan and 2006 India Share Plan

        The Company had reserved an aggregate of 1,316,765 ordinary shares as at March 31, 2019 (1,316,765 ordinary shares as at March 31, 2018) for issuance to officers, directors and employees of the Company pursuant to its 2006 Share Plan and 2006 India Share Plan, both of which have been adopted by the board of directors (and the board of directors of Yatra India, in relation to the 2006 India Share Plan) and approved by the Company shareholders (and the shareholders of Yatra India, in relation to the 2006 India Share Plan) (collectively, the "Plan"). Out of such reserved shares, options to purchase 652,580 ordinary shares have been granted and are outstanding as at March 31, 2019 (March 31, 2018: 657,130 ordinary shares).

        The share-based payment awards have the following vesting period under the same plan:-

            1)    60 months, the first tranche vests after two years, while the remaining awards vest in equal installments on quarterly basis over the remainder of the vesting period.

            2)    12 equal installments over 12 months.

            3)    50% vest over 16 equal quarterly installments starting Dec 1, 2013; 25% vest if the "2015 Milestones" are met and then in eight quarters starting July 1, 2015; 25% vest if the "2016 Milestones" are met and then in four quarters starting July 1, 2016.

        The Company estimates the expected term of stock grants equivalent to their vesting period. The Company has used the volatility of stocks of comparative companies with estimated life of options similar to its grants. The risk-free interest rate that is used in the option valuation model is based on U.S. treasury zero coupon bonds with a remaining term similar to the expected term of the options. The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future and, therefore, has used an expected dividend yield of zero in the option valuation model. The Company is required to estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. All stock-based payment awards are amortized on a graded-vesting basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

30. Other capital reserve (Continued)

        The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise prices (WAEP) of, and movements in, share options during the year:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  
 
  No. of
shares*
  Weighted
average
EP per share
  No. of
shares*
  Weighted
average
EP per share
 

Number of options outstanding at the beginning of the year

    698,965     279.43     657,130     287.05  

Granted during the year

                 

Forfeited during the year

    6,913     289.04     1,785     348.84  

Expired during the year

            2,581     270.10  

Exercised during the year

    34,922     167.39     184     300.11  

Number of options outstanding at the end of the year

   
657,130
   
287.05
   
652,580
   
304.92
 

Vested

   
656,454
   
287.06
   
652,580
   
304.92
 

*
On December 16, 2016, the Parent Company effectuated a reverse 5.4242194-for-one share split of its ordinary shares as well as a reverse 5.4242194-for-one adjustment with respect to the number of ordinary shares underlying its share options and a corresponding adjustment to the exercise prices of such options.

        The weighted average remaining contractual life for the share options outstanding as at March 31, 2019 was 3.63 years (March 31, 2018: 4.61 years).

        The range of exercise prices for options outstanding at the end of the year was INR 270.10 to INR 375.14 (March 31, 2018: 254.28 to INR 353.17).

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, share based payment expense for these options was recognized under personnel expenses (refer to Note 11) amounted to INR 24 (March 31, 2018: INR 432 and March 31, 2017: INR 9,183).

        Company did not grant any options during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018.

Restricted Stock Unit Plan

        On December 16, 2016, the Company approved a share incentive plan in connection with the business combination transaction (Refer to Note 43). The Company granted 2,000,000 restricted share, under the plan to eligible employees. Each RSU represents the right to receive one ordinary share. Out of 2,000,000 RSU's, 74,458 shares have been issued as part of treasury shares (Refer to Note 29).

        The terms and conditions for 2,000,000 RSU's:

            1)    RSUs have daily graded vesting over a two year period.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

30. Other capital reserve (Continued)

            2)    RSUs have a two year repurchase right in favor of the Company such that the Company will be able to acquire any unvested shares for a nominal amount, in case of termination of the services of the employee prior to vesting

            3)    RSU's grantee shall have the option of settling the tax obligation by selling the equivalent shares to the Company or by net settlement method as per IFRS 2 "Share-based payment"

        During the previous year, the Company had modified the vesting condition and 1,925,542 RSUs would vest in installments with one-fourth of the shares of RSUs vested on June 30, 2017 and three-quarters of RSUs vesting in six equal quarterly anniversaries following June 30, 2017 with the last quarter vesting on December 15, 2018.

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  
 
  No. of
shares
  No. of
shares
 

Number of RSU's outstanding at the beginning of the year

    1,684,024     719,575  

Granted during the year

         

Forfeited during the year

    3,606     372  

Expired during the year

    724     738  

Vested during the year

    960,119     718,465  

Number of RSU's outstanding at the end of the year

   
719,575
   
 

Vested and not exercised

   
   
643,147
 

        The weighted average remaining contractual life for RSU's outstanding as at March 31, 2019 was Nil years (March 31, 2018: 0.38).

        The range of exercise prices for RSU's outstanding at the end of the year is Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil).

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, share based compensation cost for these RSU's is recognized under personnel expenses amounting to INR 103,110 (March 31, 2018: 633,172 and March 31, 2017: 577,749). Refer to Note 11.

2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan")

        On December 13, 2016, the Company's board of directors approved the 2016 Plan and on December 15, 2016, the Company shareholders approved the 2016 Plan. The 2016 Plan enables the Company to make equity based awards to its officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants. The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of incentive share options, non-qualified share options, share appreciation rights, restricted share awards, restricted share units, unrestricted share awards, cash-based awards, performance share awards and dividend equivalent rights. The Company has reserved for issuance 7,667,393 authorized but unissued ordinary shares under the 2016 Plan as on March 31, 2019, which shares are subject to an annual increase on January 1 of each year equal to three percent of the number of shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 or such lesser number of shares as determined by the administrator of the 2016 Plan. The 2016 Plan limits the number or value of shares that may be granted to any participant in any one calendar year, among other limits.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

30. Other capital reserve (Continued)

        During the year ended March 31, 2018, the Company pursuant to the "2016 Plan", granted options to purchase 29,269 (March 31, 2018: 337,749) ordinary shares and 312,629 (March 31, 2018: 337,749) are outstanding as at March 31, 2019.

        The share-based payment awards have the following vesting period under the same plan:-

            1)    197,749 share options will vest over a period of four years in equal quarterly installments, with first such vesting on February 1, 2018 equivalent to 1/16th of the total number of stock options and with the last such vesting on November 1, 2021

            2)    140,000 share options will vest over a period of two years in equal monthly installments commencing from first vesting on March 1, 2018 equivalent to 1/24th of the total number of stock options, with the last such vesting on February 1, 2020

            3)    21,769 share options will vest over a period of one year and four months in equal monthly installments commencing from first vesting on September 1, 2018 equivalent to 1/16th of the total number of stock options, with the last such vesting on June 1, 2022

            4)    7,500 share options will vest over a period of one year in equal monthly installments commencing from first vesting on January 1, 2019 equivalent to 1/12th of the total number of stock options, with the last such vesting on December 1, 2019

        The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise prices (WAEP) of, and movements in, share options during the year:

 
  March 31, 2018   March 31, 2019  
 
  No. of shares   Weighted average
EP per share
  No. of shares   Weighted
average EP per
share
 

Number of options outstanding at the beginning of the year

            337,749     591.99  

Granted during the year

    337,749     591.99     29,269     406.10  

Forfeited during the year

              54,389     668.82  

Number of options outstanding at the end of the year

    337,749     591.99     312,629     601.01  

Vested

    18,550     606.26     127,705     590.06  

        The weighted average remaining contractual life for the share options outstanding as at March 31, 2019 was 4.94 years (March 31, 2018: 6.09).

        The range of exercise prices for options outstanding at the end of the year was INR 380.38 to INR 691.60 (March 31, 2018: INR 508.51 to INR 651.10).

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, share based payment expense for these options was recognized under personnel expenses (refer to Note 11) amounted to INR 19,891 (March 31, 2018: 7,748 and March 31, 2017: Nil). Refer to Note 11.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

30. Other capital reserve (Continued)

        The following tables list the inputs to the model used for the years then ended

 
  March 31, 2018   March 31, 2019

Weighted average Fair value of ordinary share at the measurement date (USD)

  7.09   5.67

Risk—free interest rate (%)

  2.31% - 2.42%   2.76% - 2.80%

Expected volatility (%)

  36.10% - 36.55%   38.63% - 40.64%

Expected life of share options

  2.52 - 4.95   2.27 - 4.98

Dividend Yield

  0.00%   0.00%

Model used

  Black-Scholes Valuation   Black-Scholes Valuation

        The expected life of share options has been taken as mid point between first and last available exercise date.

        The expected volatility reflects the assumption based on historical volatility on the share prices of similar entities over a period.

2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan")

        The Company pursuant to the "2016 Plan" had approved a grant of 603,792 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") and 280,886 are outstanding as at March 31, 2019 (March 31, 2018: 547,390).

        The restricted stock unit awards have the following vesting period:-

    1)
    For 87,879 RSUs granted, vesting of these RSAs would commence from May 31, 2017 with first vesting equivalent to 1/8th of the Balance RSAs for each of the employees and 1/8th getting vested at the end of each subsequent quarters until February 28, 2019.

    2)
    For 4300 RSUs were fully vested on the grant date.

    3)
    For 7,277 RSUs granted, these RSUs would vest over a period of four years in equal quarterly installments, vesting period of which will commence from July 01, 2017 with first such vesting on September 30, 2017 equivalent to one-sixteenth of these RSAs and with the last vesting to be done on or before June 30, 2021.

    4)
    For 20,000 RSUs granted, these RSUs would vest over a period of time with first such vesting commencing from February 1, 2018 equivalent to 1/10th of the RSUs and rest of the RSUs vesting subsequently, in equal lots of 1/12th of such RSUs, at the end of every quarter commencing from February 1, 2018, with the last one twelfth vesting on February 1, 2021.

    5)
    For 479,336 RSUs granted, these RSUs would vest over a period of one year in equal quarterly installments with first such vesting commencing from April 1, 2018 equivalent to 1/4th of these RSUs and with the last vesting effectuating on January 1, 2019.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

30. Other capital reserve (Continued)

    6)
    For 5,000 RSUs granted, vesting of these RSAs would commence from April 1, 2018 with first vesting equivalent to 1/4th of the Balance RSAs for the employee and 1/16th getting vested at the end of each subsequent quarters until April 1, 2021.
 
  March 31, 2018   March 31, 2019  
 
  No. of shares   No. of shares  

Number of RSU's outstanding at the beginning of the year

        547,390  

Granted during the year

    603,792      

Forfeited during the year

    6,535     13,124  

Expired during the year

    283     3,645  

Vested during the year

    49,584     249,735  

Number of RSU's outstanding at the end of the year

    547,390     280,886  

Vested and not exercised

        263,115  

        The weighted average remaining contractual life for RSU's outstanding as at March 31, 2019 was 1.03 years (March 31, 2018: 0.45).

        The range of exercise prices for RSU's outstanding at the end of the year is Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil).

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, share based compensation cost for these RSU's is recognized under personnel expenses amounting to INR 159,857 (March 31, 2018: 88,829 and March 31, 2017: Nil). Refer to Note 11

        The following tables list the inputs to the model used for the years then ended:

 
  March 31,
 
  2018

Weighted average Fair value of ordinary share at the measurement date (USD)

  6.68

Risk—free interest rate (%)

  2% - 2.5%

Expected volatility (%)

  35% - 37%

Expected life of RSU's

  0 - 4 Years

Dividend Yield

  0%

Model used

  Black-Scholes Valuation

        The expected life of RSU's options has been taken as the vesting period.

        The expected volatility reflects the assumption based on historical volatility on the share prices of similar entities over a period.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

31. Components of Other Comprehensive Loss

        The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balance for each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to the Company.

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Actuarial loss on defined benefit plan:

                   

Actuarial loss on obligation (refer to Note 34)

    (8,873 )   (5,047 )   (5,776 )

Income tax expense

    733     187     250  

Total

    (8,140 )   (4,860 )   (5,526 )

Foreign currency translation:

                   

Foreign currency translation differences

    44,997     (9,879 )   (4,834 )

Income tax expense

             

Balance at the end of period

    44,997     (9,879 )   (4,834 )

32. Borrowings

 
   
  March 31,  
 
  Term   2018   2019  

Current

                 

Finance lease liabilities

  Less than 1 year     4,920     3,071  

Vehicle loan

  Less than 1 year     14,310     15,653  

Secured loan from banks/NBFC's**

  Less than 1 year     472,630     335,751  

Bank overdraft

  On demand         797,343  

Total

        491,860     1,151,818  

Non-Current

                 

Finance lease liabilities

  More than 1 year     3,992     1,032  

Vehicle loan

  More than 1 year     31,813     23,555  

Secured loan from banks/NBFC's**

  More than 1 year     324,164      

Total

        359,969     24,587  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

32. Borrowings (Continued)


 
   
   
   
  Carrying amount  
 
   
   
   
  March 31,  
 
  Currency   Interest Rate   Year of Maturity   2018   2019  

Secured bank loans/NBFC's**

  INR   14.75%   2019 - 2020     400,116     161,120  

Bank overdraft

  INR   Floating rate*   On demand         797,343  

Vehicle loan

  INR   8 - 10%   2017 - 2022     46,123     39,208  

Finance lease liabilities

  SGD   2.99% to 3.18%   2019 - 2021     8,912     4,103  

Secured bank loans

  USD   9.0%   2019 - 2020     396,678     174,631  

                851,829     1,176,405  

*
6M MCLR + spread

**
Non-Banking Financial Company

Bank overdrafts

        The overdraft facility of INR 800,000 is taken from ICICI bank by the Group. The facility is secured by the fixed deposits and first pari passu charge by way of hypothecation of all fixed assets and current assets, both existing and future, including intellectual property and intellectual property rights.

        The overdraft facility of INR 450 is taken from the Canara bank by the Group. The facility is secured by the fixed deposits.

Secured loan—InnoVen capital

        During the financial year ending March 31, 2018, the Company had taken a loan amounting to INR 1,034,448 (USD 7.8 million and INR 495 million) that carries an interest of 9% per annum on loan taken outside India and an interest of 14.75% on loan taken in India. The Group received the amount in two tranches of INR 665,800 (USD 5 million and INR 320 million) and INR 368,648 (USD 2.8 million and INR 175 million). The loan is repayable in 26 and 23 monthly installments of INR 13,300 (USD 0.2 million) and INR 8,419 (USD 0.12 million) respectively each along with interest for the loan taken outside India. For the borrowing in India the loan is repayable in 26 and 23 monthly installments of INR 12,308 and INR 7,609 respectively each along with interest. Pursuant to the loan, the Company has also issued 154,000 warrants to Innoven for them to be subscribed to equivalent number of shares at an exercise price of $12 per share up to September 2022 (refer Warrants section below). The loan is secured by pledge of all existing and future, current and non-current assets, including any intellectual property and intellectual property rights of the group and by the pledge of shares held by Yatra India in ATB. As on July 4, 2019, the pledge on these shares has been released against a fixed deposit of INR 50 million.

Warrants—Macquarie

        In conjunction with various financing transactions, the Company issued warrants (except quoted warrants) to purchase the Company's ordinay shares. These warrants are classified to be derivative instruments and as such, are recorded at fair value through profit and loss account. The Company estimates the fair values of the warrants at each reporting period using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

32. Borrowings (Continued)

        The Company will continue to adjust the fair value of the warrant liability at the end of each reporting period for changes in fair value from the prior period until the earlier of the exercise or expiration of the applicable warrants or until such time that the warrants are no longer determined to be derivative instruments.

Warrants—Innoven

        During the previous year, the Company had further allotted warrants against the loan facility, the fair values of the warrants was taken using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model as on the date of the allotment. These warrants are classified to be equity instruments and accounted for on the same basis.

        Warrants give the holder the right to purchase ordinary shares from the Company at a specific price within a certain time frame. The details of the warrants issued is as follows:

 
  Number of
shares
  Date of issue   Exercise price   Expiration date

Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited—Ordinary shares*

    46,458   24-Jul-15   INR 1860.40 ($26.90)   24-Jul-23

Innoven Capital—Ordinary shares

    154,000   12-Sep-17   INR 829.92 ($12)   12-Sep-22

*
On December 16, 2016, the Parent Company converted its preference shares into ordinary shares and effectuated a reverse 5.4242194-for-one share split of its ordinary shares as well as a reverse 5.4242194-for-one adjustment with respect to the number of ordinary shares underlying its share options and a corresponding adjustment to the exercise prices of such options.

        Refer to Note 7 (considered derivative instruments) and Note 30 (considered equity), for movement in warrants during the year.

Vehicle loan

        This includes the vehicles taken on loan by the company. Refer to Note 19.

Finance lease liabilities

        Finance lease liabilities include the vehicles taken on finance lease by the company. Refer to Note 19.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

33 Trade and other payables

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Trade payables

    3,977,674     4,124,409  

Accrued expenses

    381,880     275,515  

Related parties (refer to Note 42)

    16,767     15,517  

Refund and other payables*

    673,309     852,605  

Total

    5,049,630     5,268,046  

Current

    5,049,630     5,264,949  

Non-current

        3,097  

Total

    5,049,630     5,268,046  

        Non-current portion pertains to the expenditure incurred towards advertisements made as per the advertisements contract entered with BCCL (refer note 39).


*
During the year ending March 31, 2019, the Company has reassessed its estimates of likely future refund of certain customer transactions and the above liability has been adjusted accordingly.

34. Employment benefit plan

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Defined benefit plan

    87,009     106,718  

Liability for compensated absences

    67,624     72,287  

Total liability

    154,633     179,005  

Defined benefit plan asset (refer to note 21)

    7,835     6,339  

Total asset

    7,835     6,339  

Net Unfunded liability

    79,174     100,379  

        The Group's gratuity scheme for its employees in India, is a defined benefit plan. Gratuity is paid as a lump sum amount to employees at retirement or termination of employment at an amount based on the respective employee's eligible salary and the years of employment with the Group. The benefit plan is partially funded. The following table sets out the disclosure in respect of the defined benefit plan.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

34. Employment benefit plan (Continued)

Movement in obligation

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Present value of obligation at beginning of year

    70,951     115,708  

Acquired through business combination

    22,589      

Interest cost

    4,715     6,977  

Current service cost

    14,633     20,166  

Past service cost

    8,683      

Actuarial loss on obligation

             

—economic assumptions

    (1,792 )   489  

—demographic assumptions

    6,139     4,506  

Benefits paid

    (10,210 )   (20,216 )

Present value of obligation at closing of year

    115,708     127,630  

Movement in plan assets

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of the year

    8,517     36,534  

Acquired through business combination

    27,578      

Employer contributions

    1,612     2,270  

Benefits paid

    (2,014 )   (4,752 )

Divestiture

        (8,588 )

Earning on assets

    1,442     2,568  

Actuarial loss on plan assets

    (601 )   (781 )

Fair value of plan assets at end of the year

    36,534     27,251  
 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Unfunded liability

             

Current

    13,687     24,869  

Non-current

    65,487     75,510  

Unfunded liability recognized in statement of financial position

    79,174     100,379  

Unfunded liability recognized in statement of financial position

    79,174     100,379  

Funded asset

   
 
   
 
 

Prepayment and other assets—Non-Current

    7,835     6,339  

    7,835     6,339  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

34. Employment benefit plan (Continued)

Components of cost recognized in profit or loss

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Current service cost

    11,824     14,633     20,166  

Past service cost

        8,683      

Net interest cost

    2,892     3,273     4,409  

    14,716     26,589     24,575  

Amount recognized in other comprehensive income

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Actuarial loss on obligation*

    8,873     5,047     5,776  

*
Refer to Note 31 for the movement during the year.

         The principal actuarial assumptions used for estimating the group's defined benefit obligations are set out below:

 
  March 31,
 
  2018   2019

Discount rate

  6.80 - 7.10%   6.75 - 6.90%

Future salary increase

  5 - 11%   5 - 11%

Average expected future working life (years)

  2.33 - 3.7   2.34 - 3.93

Retirement age (years)

  58   58

Mortality table

  IALM* (2006 - 08) Ultimate

Withdrawal rate (%)

       

Ages

       

Upto 30 years

  40 - 70%   40 - 70%

From 31 to 44 years

  30 - 35%   30 - 35%

Above 44 years

  3 - 5%   3 - 5%

*
Indian Assured Lives Mortality (2006-08) Ultimate represents published mortality table used for mortality assumption.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

34. Employment benefit plan (Continued)

Sensitivity analysis

        Reasonably possible changes at the reporting date to one of the relevant actuarial assumptions, holding other assumptions constant, would have affected the defined benefit obligation by the amounts shown below:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

a) Impact of the change in discount rate

             

a) Impact due to increase of 0.50%

    (2,696 )   (3,406 )

b) Impact due to decrease of 0.50%

    2,844     2,736  

b) Impact of the change in salary increase

   
 
   
 
 

a) Impact due to increase of 0.50%

    2,251     1,967  

b) Impact due to decrease of 0.50%

    (2,188 )   (2,763 )

        The sensitivity analyses above have been determined based on a method that extrapolates the impact on the defined benefit obligation as a result of reasonable changes in key assumptions occurring at the end of the reporting period. These analysis are based on a change in a significant assumption, keeping all other assumptions constant and may not be representative of an actual change in the defined benefit obligation as it is unlikely that changes in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another.

         The following payments are expected contributions to the defined benefit plan in future years:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Year 1

    27,738     29,827  

Year 2

    18,805     21,429  

Year 3

    15,187     15,107  

Year 4

    11,567     12,725  

Year 5

    9,851     11,986  

Year 6 - 10

    35,676     38,393  

Total expected payments

    118,824     129,467  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

35 Deferred revenue

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Global Distribution System providers

    1,365,932     652,895  

Loyalty program

    104,778     22,816  

Total deferred revenue

    1,470,710     675,711  

Non-current

    599,612     96,392  

Current

    871,098     579,319  

Total

    1,470,710     675,711  

        "Global Distribution System providers" represents the amount received upfront by the group as a part of commercial arrangement with the Global Distribution System ("GDS") providers for facilitating the booking of airline tickets on our websites or other distribution channels. The same is recognized as revenue for actual airline tickets sold over the total number of airline tickets to be sold as per the term of the agreement, in both cases sold on such GDS platforms, and the balance amount is recognized as deferred revenue.

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

As at April 1

    998,265     1,470,710  

Deferred during the year

    1,098,695      

Recorded in statement of profit or loss

    (626,250 )   (794,999 )

As at March 31

    1,470,710     675,711  

36 Other financial liabilities

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Non-current

             

Share warrants (refer to Note 32)

    84     94  

    84     94  

Current

             

Due to employees

    196,956     182,495  

Share warrants

    1,914,520     383,699  

Liability for the acquisition of business (refer to Note 43)

    904,727     1,190,009  

Total

    3,016,203     1,756,203  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

37 Other non financial liability, non-current

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Lease rent equalization

    5,815     2,303  

Total

    5,815     2,303  

38 Other current liabilities

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Advance from customers

    894,487     702,444  

Statutory liabilities

    260,786     266,159  

Other liabilities

    80,700     93,402  

Lease rent equalization

    2,327     3,217  

Interest accrued on term loan

    7,647     3,155  

Total

    1,245,947     1,068,377  

39. Commitment and contingencies

a)
Capital and other commitments:

Contractual commitments for capital expenditure pending execution were INR 1,859 as at March 31, 2019 (INR 7,745 as at March 31, 2018). Contractual commitments for capital expenditure are relating to acquisition of vehicle, furniture and fixture, computer software and websites, computer hardware.

Contractual commitments for revenue expenditure* pending execution were INR 106,206 as at March 31, 2019 (INR 40,683 as at March 31, 2018). Contractual commitments for revenue expenditure are relating to advertisement services.

*
Includes Advertisement and Debenture agreement with BCCL

        The Company has entered into a debenture subscription agreement with Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited. BCCL agreed to subscribe to 1 non-convertible debenture for an aggregate consideration of subscription amount of INR 195,000 and the Company agrees to issue and allot the same to BCCL on a private placement basis.

        Non convertible debentures (NCD) allotted to BCCL shall be redeemed at the redemption amount of INR 214,500 being the sum of NCD Subscription Amount and the NCD Interest.

        The Company also entered into an advertisement agreement with BCCL wherein the Company has paid a deposit of INR 195,000 along with the advertisement commitment amounting INR 300,000 to BCCL. This deposit will be utilised towards payments to be made in relation to advertisements released in properties owned and managed by BCCL.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

39. Commitment and contingencies (Continued)

b)
Contingent liabilities

               i)  Claims not recognised as liability were INR 86,508 as at March 31, 2019 (INR 65,175 as at March 31, 2018).

      These represents claim made by the customers due to service related issues, which are contested by the Company and are pending in various consumer redressal forums in India. This also includes INR 1,000 as at March 31, 2019 (INR 1,000 as at March 31, 2018) towards claim for copyright infringement. The management does not expect these claims to succeed and, accordingly, no provision has been recognised in the financial statements.

              ii)  INR 251,324 as at March 31, 2019 (INR 254,246 as at March 31, 2018), represents show cause cum demand notices raised by Service Tax authorities over subsidiaries in India. Based on the Group's evaluation, it believes that is not probable that the demand will materialise and therefore no provision has been recognised.

             iii)  INR 96,608 as at March 31, 2019 (INR 108,540 as at March 31, 2018), represents show cause cum demand notices raised by Income Tax authorities over subsidiaries in India. Based on the Group's evaluation, it believes that it is not probable that the demand will materialise and, therefore, no provision has been recognised.

c)
Operating lease commitment—Group as lessee

        As lessee, the Group's obligation arising from non-cancellable leases are mainly related to lease arrangements for real estate. These leases have various extension options and escalation clause. As per the agreements maximum obligation on long term non-cancellable leases are as follows:

        The future minimum lease payment obligation as lessee as under:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Within one year

    118,351     104,289  

After one year but not more than five years

    155,220     337,665  

More than five years

    11,153     317,092  

Total

    284,724     759,046  

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, INR 193,348 was recognized as rent expense under other operating expenses in statement of profit and loss in respect of operating leases (March 31, 2018: INR 178,650 and March 31, 2017: INR 148,738). As on March 31, 2019, remaining tenure for operating leases range from 1 to 9 years.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

39. Commitment and contingencies (Continued)

d)
Finance lease commitment—Group as lessee

        The Group has finance leases for vehicles. The Group's obligations under finance leases are secured by the lessor's title to the leased assets. Future minimum lease payments under finance leases together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments are, as follows:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Within one year

    5,819     3,534  

After one year but not more than five years

    4,481     1,071  

Total

    10,300     4,605  

Less: amount representing finance charges

    1,387     502  

Present value of minimum lease payments

    8,913     4,103  

40. Financial instruments risk management, objective and policies

        The Group's activities are exposed to variety of financial risk: credit risk, liquidity risk and foreign currency risk. The Group's senior management oversees the management of these risks. The Group's senior management ensures that the Group's financial risk activities are governed by appropriate policies and procedures and that financial risks are identified, measured and managed in accordance with the Group's policies and risk objectives. The Group reviews and agrees on policies for managing each of these risks which are summarized below:

a)    Credit risk

        Credit risk is the risk that a counter party will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The Group is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables), including deposits with banks and financial institutions, foreign exchange transactions and other financial instruments.

Trade receivables

        Customer credit risk is managed by each business unit subject to the Group's established policy, procedures and control relating to customer credit risk management. Credit quality of a customer is assessed based on an extensive credit rating scorecard and individual credit limits are defined in accordance with this assessment.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

40. Financial instruments risk management, objective and policies (Continued)

        The carrying amount of the financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date was:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Trade and other receivables

    3,976,751     4,921,270  

Term deposits and other financial assets

    1,272,970     1,295,448  

Total

    5,249,721     6,216,718  

        The age of Trade and other receivables at the reporting date was:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

0 - 30 days

    2,906,073     3,569,845  

31 - 90 days

    568,903     929,721  

91 - 180 days

    281,749     177,769  

More than 180 days

    220,026     243,935  

Total

    3,976,751     4,921,270  

        Allowances for doubtful debts mainly represent amounts due from airlines, hotels and customers. Based on historical experience, the Group believes that no impairment allowance is necessary, except for as disclosed in Note 26, in respect of trade receivables.

b)    Liquidity risk

        Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities and the ability to close out market positions. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying businesses, the consolidated entity aims to maintain flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available.

        The Group manages liquidity by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities and reserve borrowing facilities, by continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and matching the maturity profiles of financial assets and financial liabilities.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

40. Financial instruments risk management, objective and policies (Continued)

        The following tables set forth Company's financial liabilities based on expected and undiscounted amounts as at March 31, 2018 and 2019.

As at March 31, 2018
  Carrying
Amount
  Contractual
Cash
Flows*
  Within
1 year
  1 - 5 Years   More than
5 years
 

Vehicle loan

    46,123     52,991     17,624     35,367      

Finance lease liabilities

    8,913     10,300     5,819     4,481      

Trade and other payables

    5,049,630     5,049,630     5,049,630          

Term loan

    796,794     882,490     554,189     328,301      

Other Current liabilities

    1,390,068     1,390,068     1,390,068          

Total

    7,291,528     7,385,479     7,017,330     368,149      

 

As at March 31, 2019
  Carrying
Amount
  Contractual
Cash
Flows*
  Within
1 year
  1 - 5 Years   More than
5 years
 

Vehicle loan

    39,208     44,061     18,420     25,641      

Finance lease liabilities

    4,103     4,605     3,534     1,071      

Trade and other payables

    5,268,046     5,268,046     5,264,949     3,097      

Term loan

    335,752     372,613     372,613          

Bank overdraft

    797,343     797,343     797,343          

Other Current liabilities

    1,664,215     1,664,215     1,664,215          

Total

    8,108,667     8,150,883     8,121,074     29,809      

*
Represents Undiscounted cash flows of interest and principal

        Based on the past performance and current expectations, the Group believes that the cash and cash equivalent and cash generated from operations will satisfy the working capital needs, funding of operational losses, capital expenditure, commitments and other liquidity requirements associated with its existing operations through at least the next 12 months. In addition, there are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships with any other person that are reasonably likely to materially affect or the availability of the requirement of capital resources.

c)     Foreign currency risk

        Foreign currency Risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of the changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group operates through subsidiaries in India, Singapore and United States. The functional currency of these subsidiaries is the local currency in the respective countries and accordingly there are no related significant foreign currency exposures.

        The Company currently does not have any hedging agreements or similar arrangements with any counter-party to cover its exposure to any fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Group's exposure to the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates relates primarily to the Group's operating transactions which are denominated in currency other than subsidiary's functional currency (foreign currency denominated receivables and payables).

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

40. Financial instruments risk management, objective and policies (Continued)

Foreign currency sensitivity

        The following tables demonstrate the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in exchange rates. Any change in the exchange rate of USD, Euro and GBP against currencies other than INR is not expected to have significant impact on the Group's profit or loss. Accordingly, a 5% appreciation/weakening of the USD, Euro and GBP currency as indicated below, against the INR would have increased/decreased loss by the amount shown below; this analysis is based on foreign currency exchange rate variances that the Group considered to be reasonably possible at the end of reporting period. The analysis assumes that all other variables remain constant.

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

5% strengthening/weakening of USD against INR

    7,561     10,256  

5% strengthening/weakening of Euro against INR

    2,319     2,245  

5% strengthening/weakening of GBP against INR

    1,971     930  

41. Capital management

        For the purpose of the Group's capital management, capital includes issued capital, share premium and all other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders of the parent. The primary objective of the Group's capital management is to ensure that it maintains a strong credit rating and healthy capital ratios in order to support its business and maximise the shareholders' value.

        In order to achieve this overall objective, the Group's capital management, amongst other things, aims to ensure that it meets financial covenants attached to its interest-bearing loans and borrowings that form part of its capital structure requirements. Breaches in the financial covenants could permit the bank to immediately call interest-bearing loans and borrowings. During the financial year March 31, 2019, the Company had raised additional capital through follow-on public offering (refer to Note 29). During the financial year March 31, 2018, the company had taken a loan from Innoven Capital (refer to Note 32).

        The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it, in light of changes in economic conditions and the requirements of the financial covenants. To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the dividend payment to shareholders, return capital to shareholders or issue new shares. No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes during the years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

41. Capital management (Continued)

        The Group monitors capital using a debt equity ratio, which is debt divided by total equity.

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Interest bearing loans and borrowings (Note 32)

    851,829     1,176,405  

Less: cash and cash equivalents (Note 28)

    (2,465,073 )   (2,161,014 )

Net debt

    (1,613,244 )   (984,609 )

Share warrants (Note 36)

   
1,914,604
   
383,793
 

Equity

    (224,918 )   2,359,749  

Total Equity

    1,689,686     2,743,542  

Gearing ratio (Net debt / total equity + net debt)

   
–2110.39

%
 
–55.98

%

42. Related party disclosures

        For the purpose of the consolidated financial statements, parties are considered to be related to the group, if the Group has the ability, directly or indirectly, to exercise significant influence over the party in making financial and operating decisions, or vice versa, or where the Group and the party are subject to common control or common significant influence. Related parties may be individuals or other entities.

        Related parties and nature of related party relationship:

Nature of relationship
  Name of related party    

Key Management Personnel

 

Mr. Dhruv Shringi

  Co-founder, CEO and Director

 

Mr. Alok Vaish

  Chief Financial Officer

 

Mr. Murlidhara Lakshmikantha Kadaba

  Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Sanjay Arora

  Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Sean Agarwal(w.e.f. March 1, 2018)

  Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Sethi

  Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Promod Haque (resigned on October 13, 2017)

  Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Amit Bapna (resigned on December 12, 2017)

  Non-executive Director

 

Ms. Neelam Dhawan (apppointed from Jan 1, 2019)

  Non-executive Director

Entities having significant influence

 

E-18 Limited

 

 

 

IDG Ventures India Advisors Private Limited

   

 

Reliance Capital Limited (till December 12, 2017)

   

Group Companies of entities having significant influence

 

Terrapin Partners, LLC
E-18 Limited

 

 

 

Reliance Retail Limited
Reliance Industries Limited

   

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

42. Related party disclosures (Continued)

Nature of relationship
  Name of related party    

 

Reliance Capital Limited (till December 12, 2017)
Reliance Infrastructure Limited
Reliance ADA Group Private Limited
Reliance Power
Reliance Communications Limited
Reliance General Insurance Company Limited
Reliance Defence Limited
Reliance Defence Systems Private Limited
Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Co Limited
Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited
Reliance Home Finance Limited
Reliance Commercial Finance Limited
Reliance Infocomm Limited
Reliance Defence Systems & Tech Limited
Reliance Cement Company Private Limited

   

Other entities where the company considers their to be a significant influence due to significant transaction with investor

 

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

   

Joint Venture Company

 

Adventure and Nature Network Private Limited

   

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

42. Related party disclosures (Continued)

        During the year, the Group entered into the following transactions, in the ordinary course of business on an arm's length basis, with related parties:

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Significant Influence

                   

Rendering of services

    22,041     6,910      

Group Companies of entities having significant influence

   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Rendering of services

    88,932     169,342     405  

Advertisement expense

    15,154     5,247      

Interest expense

    220     4,428     1,716  

Communication expense

    12,971     11,491     489  

Legal and professional fees

        5,497      

Insurance expense

    8     6      

Other entities where the company considers their to be a significant influence due to significant transaction with investor

   
 
   
 
   
 
 

Legal and professional fees

    101,353          

Joint venture company

                   

Rendering of services

             

Recovery of expenses

        103     196  

Loan given

        7,500     22,500  

Interest income

        78     1,824  

 

 
  March 31,  
 
  2018   2019  

Significant Influence

             

Trade payable

    1,092      

Trade receivable

    3,504      

Group Companies of entities having significant influence

             

Trade payable

    15,675     15,517  

Trade receivable

    53,475     4,280  

Joint venture company

             

Prepayment and Other asset

    7,759     30,385  

Other current financial assets

    70     1,642  

        The sales to and purchases from related parties are made on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm's length transactions. Outstanding balances at the year-end are unsecured and interest free. There have been no guarantees provided or received for any related party receivables or payables.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 (Continued)

(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

42. Related party disclosures (Continued)

Compensation of key management personnel of the Group

 
  March 31,  
 
  2017   2018   2019  

Short-term employee benefits

    28,760     47,369     50,830  

Contributions to defined contribution plans

    22     22     22  

Profit linked bonus

    27,187     8,790     7,271  

Directors Sitting fee's

    2,762     9,947     8,587  

Share based payment

    353,271     447,848     179,884  

Total compensation paid to key management personnel

    412,002     513,976     246,593  

        Provision for gratuity and compensated absences has not been considered, since the provisions are based on actuarial valuations for the Group's entities as a whole.

        During the financial year ending March 31, 2019, the Company had bought back Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil and March 31, 2017: 7,982) number of shares from key management personnel

        The amount disclosed in the table are the amounts recognized as an expense during the reporting period related to key management personnel.

Directors' Loan and Advances

Year ended
  Interest
income
  Advances
given
  Repayment/
settlement of
advances
  Receivable  

March 31, 2019

        342     342      

March 31, 2018

        337     337      

43. Business Combination

Travel.Co.In Limited ("TCIL")

        On February 8, 2019, the "Company's", subsidiary, Yatra Online Private Limited ("Yatra India") acquired all of the outstanding shares of Travel.Co.In Limited ("TCIL") pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement by and among Yatra India, TCIL and the sellers party thereto (the "Share Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company has acquired all the outstanding shares of TCIL in exchange for an upfront payment of INR 58,276.

        This acquisition has further strengthened the Company's position in the large and growing corporate travel market in southern India region along with adding over 100 corporate clients to its existing client base. This acquisition allowed in delivering best-in-class experiences to an even wider set of corporate clients, through the Company web and mobile app platforms and enhancing its reach to cross-sell its entire product suite, including hotels, to this customer base.

        The operations of TCIL have been consolidated in the financial statements of the Group from February 1, 2019. TCIL contributed net revenue of INR 7,231 and loss of INR 1,549 to the Group's result.

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

43. Business Combination (Continued)

Acquisition-related costs

        The Group incurred acquisition related costs of INR 6,142 relating to external legal fees and due diligence cost. These amounts have been included in other operating expenses in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss for the year ended March 31, 2019.

Purchase consideration

        Purchase consideration has been fair valued at INR 58,276.

        The purchase price of INR 58,276 as on the date of acquisition had been allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities as follows:

Net working capital (including cash)

    (1,240 )

Tangible assets

    260  

Customer base and relationships

    5,654  

Non compete agreements

    2,110  

Goodwill

    53,913  

Deferred tax liability

    (2,421 )

Total purchase consideration

    58,276  

Analysis of cash flows on acquisition:

       

Net cash acquired with the subsidiary

   
4,828
 

Cash paid

    (58,276 )

Net cash flow on acquisition

    (53,448 )

        The table below shows the values and lives of intangibles recognised on acquisition:-

 
  Life (years)    
 

Customer base and relationships

  4     5,654  

Non compete agreements

  5     2,110  

Total Intangibles

        7,764  

 

 
  Goodwill  

Gross carrying amount

       

At April 1, 2018

    961,186  

Acquisition of a subsidiary—Travel.Co.In Limited ("TCIL")

    53,913  

At March 31, 2019

    1,015,099  

        The goodwill recognised is primarily attributed to the expected synergies and other benefits from combining the assets and activities of TCIL with those of the Group. The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes.

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

43. Business Combination (Continued)

Air Travel Bureau Private Limited ("ATB") (formerly known as Air Travel Bureau Limited)

        On July 20, 2017, Yatra India agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Air Travel Bureau Limited ("ATB") pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement by and among Yatra India, ATB and the sellers party thereto (the "Share Purchase Agreement").

        Pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, we: (a) acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of ATB on August 4, 2017 in exchange for a payment of approximately INR 510 million and (b) agreed to acquire the balance of the outstanding shares of ATB in exchange for a final payment (the "Final Payment") to be made at a second closing (the "Second Closing). To date the Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the computation for the Final Payment.

        This acquisition significantly strengthens the Company's position in the large and growing corporate travel market in India. As a combined entity, Yatra became the largest corporate travel services platform in India by Gross Bookings. Through this acquisition, the Company had delivered best-in-class experiences to an even wider set of corporate clients and their employees, through the Company web and mobile app platforms and enhancing its reach to cross-sell its entire product suite, including hotels, to this customer base.

        The operations of ATB have been consolidated in the financial statements of the Group from July 31, 2017. ATB contributed net revenue of INR 560,968 and profit of INR 7,586 to the Group's result for the year ended March 31, 2018.

Acquisition-related costs

        The Group incurred acquisition related costs of INR 5,943 relating to external legal fees and due diligence cost. These amounts have been included in other operating expenses in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss for the year ended March 31, 2018.

Purchase consideration

        Purchase consideration had been fair valued at INR 1,120,510 as at July 31, 2017 out of which INR 509,999 had been paid and balance had been shown under other current financial liabilities.

        The purchase price of INR 1,120,510 as on the date of acquisition had been allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities as follows:

Net working capital (including cash)

    1,245,235  

Tangible assets

    71,016  

Long term liabilities

    (695,088 )

Customer base and relationships

    134,681  

Non compete agreements

    16,861  

Goodwill

    400,254  

Deferred tax liability

    (52,449 )

Total purchase consideration

    1,120,510  

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

43. Business Combination (Continued)

        The net assets recognized on July 31, 2017, were based on the provisional assessment of the Performance Linked Bonus ("PLB"), trade payables and trade receivables. Based on the revised assessment of the PLB income, trade payables and trade receivables, there was an increase in the net assets of INR 92,734 and there was also a corresponding decrease of goodwill of INR 92,734, resulting in INR 307,520 of total goodwill arising on the acquisition.

        After taking the impact of the above adjustment on the date of the acquisition, the fair value of the trade receivables was INR 1,425,036. The gross amount of trade receivables was INR 1,442,300. The difference between the fair value and the gross amount is the result of an adjustment for counterparty credit risk. At March 31, 2018, INR 18,141 of the trade receivables has been impaired.

Gross carrying amount

 
  Goodwill  

At April 1, 2017

    653,666  

Acquisition of a subsidiary—Air Travel Bureau Limited ("ATB")

    307,520  

At March 31, 2018

    961,186  

Analysis of cash flows on acquisition:

Net cash acquired with the subsidiary

    156,543  

Cash paid

    (510,000 )

Net cash flow on acquisition

    (353,457 )

        The table below shows the values and lives of intangibles recognised on acquisition:-

 
  Life (years)    
 

Customer base and relationships

  15     134,682  

Non compete agreements

  3.5     16,861  

Total Intangibles

        151,543  

        The goodwill recognised is primarily attributed to the expected synergies and other benefits from combining the assets and activities of ATB with those of the Group. The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes.

Contingent consideration

        As part of the share purchase agreement with the previous owner of ATB, a contingent consideration is to be paid based on certain performance conditions of the acquired business. As at the acquisition date, the fair value of the contingent consideration was estimated to be INR 1,120,510.

        During the year ended March 31, 2019, it was estimated that the performance condition will be achieved due to change in business conditions and better cash flow management. The fair value of the contingent consideration determined during the year ended March 31, 2019 reflects this development, amongst other factors and a remeasurement charge has been recognised through profit or loss.

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

43. Business Combination (Continued)

        A reconciliation of fair value measurement of the contingent consideration liability is provided below:

As at July 31, 2017

     

Liability arising on business combination

    610,383  

Unrealised fair value changes recognised in profit or loss

    294,344  

As at March 31, 2018

    904,727  

Unrealised fair value changes recognised in profit or loss

    485,282  

Advance paid*

    200,000  

As at March 31, 2019

    1,190,009  

*
During the financial year March 31, 2019, the Company had paid INR 200,000 as an advance against the Second closing.

        Till date, the Second Closing has not occurred, as Yatra India and the Sellers have not yet agreed on the computation for the Final Payment. On June 4, 2019, the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police (the "EOW") registered a First Information Report to initiate an investigation of a criminal complaint (the "Complaint") previously filed with the EOW by Mr. Sunil Narain (the "Complainant"), one of the Sellers. The Complaint alleged, among other things, cheating and criminal breach of trust in connection with Yatra India's performance of its obligations under the Share Purchase Agreement, which Yatra India has denied in its initial response to the Complaint. The Complaint was originally filed against (i) Yatra India, (ii) certain officers and directors of our subsidiaries, including Yatra India, and (iii) a partner in Yatra India's external auditing firm (the "Respondents", and together with the Complainant, the "Parties"). As relief, the Complainant requested that appropriate action be taken in response to the alleged criminal acts, including, among other things, the registration of a First Information Report.

        Separately, on May 30, 2019, Yatra India filed a petition with the High Court of Delhi seeking, among other things, interim relief against the Complainant. Based on the petition, on May 31, 2019, the High Court of Delhi issued an order granting certain interim relief to Yatra India referring the matter to arbitration and also appointing an arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings in the matter have commenced accordingly.

Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation

        On July 13, 2016, the Parent Company entered into a business combination agreement with NASDAQ listed Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation ("Terrapin" or "TRTL"). Terrapin was a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition, or similar business combination. Terrapin raised INR 14,111,708 in its IPO in July 2014. Subsequently TRTL was restructured by formation of TRTL parent and TRTL subsidiary (collectively referred to as TRTL). On December 16, 2016, the business combination was completed pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2016 and, consequently, TRTL's parent merged with and into the Parent Company. Pursuant to the business combination agreement, holders of shares of TRTL's Class A common stock received ordinary shares of the Parent

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

43. Business Combination (Continued)

Company in exchange for their shares of TRTL's Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis; holders of shares of TRTL's Class F common stock received one Class F share of the Parent Company, which has no economic right but only a voting right similar to ordinary shares, for each share of TRTL's Class F common stock: and each of TRTL's outstanding warrants ceased to represent a right to acquire shares of TRTL's Class A common stock and instead represent the right to acquire the same number of ordinary shares of the Parent Company, at the same exercise price and on the same terms as in effect immediately prior to the closing of the business combination.

        For accounting purposes, the Parent Company is deemed to be the accounting acquirer in the Business Combination and, consequently, the Business Combination is treated as a capital transaction involving the issuance of Parent Company shares.

        The transaction was been consummated by the issuance of 6.794 million ordinary shares of Yatra Online, Inc. to holders of TRTL Class A common stock in exchange for their shares of TRTL Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, the assumption of 34.675 million warrants issued to TRTL warrant holders and the issuance of 3.159 million Class F shares of Yatra Online, Inc. to TRTL Class F stockholders. Terrapin 3's net assets of INR 2,404,373 were combined with the Company and the issuance of ordinary shares of the Parent Company was recorded at the fair value of INR 6,474,133 with the resulting difference amounting to INR 4,069,760, representing the expense reflected as listing and related expenses in statement of profit or loss.

        The net assets of INR 2,404,373 acquired on December 16, 2016 includes:

 
  Amount  

Cash and cash equivalent

    4,051,557  

Current assets

    8,285  

Accounts payable

    (23,797 )

Warrants

    (1,631,672 )

        Subsequent to consummation of business combination;

           i)  during December 2016, the Parent Company raised additional capital of INR 1,663,544 on private placement basis and certain warrant holders exercised their right resulting into additional share capital of INR 7,352.

          ii)  during December 2016, the Parent Company granted 2,000,000 restricted stock units (RSUs) to certain employees. Each unit of RSU entitles the holder to purchase one share of the Company, subject to requirement of vesting conditions. These RSUs had been issued subject to a two year repurchase right in favor of the Company such that the Company was be able to acquire any unvested shares for a nominal amount. The cost of RSUs determined by the fair value at the date of grant was amortized on a monthly graded basis over the total vesting period. For details, refer note 30.

         iii)  during December 2016, the Parent Company declared contingent dividend of INR 2,368,275 to its shareholders, certain employees, warrant holders and swap shareholders. Such contingent dividend was payable only upon the achievement by the Company of defined net revenue and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) metrics in calendar year 2017 and during the period from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018. As at March 31, 2019 the fair value of contingent dividend attributable to shareholders, amounting to Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil) has been adjusted with

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

43. Business Combination (Continued)

equity and Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil) attributable to employees and warrant holders, has been recorded in statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss.

          iv)  the Parent Company incurred transaction costs amounting to INR 253,813 in March 31, 2017. An amount of INR 172,474 has been charged to statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive loss and INR 81,339 in statement of changes in equity under equity share premium.

44. Listing and related expenses

        Listing and related expenses items include:

    Listing expense amounting to Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil and March 31, 2017: 4,069,760). Also refer to Note 43.

    Transaction costs for consummation of business combination amounting to Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil and March 31, 2017: INR 172,474).

    Contingent dividend (basis reassessment of fair valuation) amounting to Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil and March 31, 2017: INR 292) towards contingent dividend payable to holders of certain share options and share warrants.

45. Subsequent event

Ebix Merger Agreement

        On July 16, 2019, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement") with Ebix, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Ebix"), and EbixCash Travels Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix ("Merger Sub"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and we will continue as the surviving company and as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix (the "Merger"). The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

        Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"):

    All of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, Class A Shares and Yatra USA Class F Shares (each as defined in the Merger Agreement), will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.005 (the "Exchange Ratio") of a share of Ebix's Series Y Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share (the "Ebix Preferred Stock");

    Each Class F Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that is issued and outstanding will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.00000005 of a share of Ebix Preferred Stock;

    Each Yatra India Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that is issued and outstanding will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a specified number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Merger Agreement;

    Each option to purchase Ordinary Shares, whether vested or unvested, will be canceled and converted as of immediately prior to the Effective Time into the right to receive in respect of

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(Amount in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

45. Subsequent event (Continued)

      each Net Option Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement), if any, subject to such option, the merger consideration that would be received for one Ordinary Share;

    Each of our restricted stock units, whether vested or unvested, will be cancelled and converted as of immediately prior to the Effective Time into the right to receive the merger consideration due an Ordinary Share; and

    Each warrant to purchase Ordinary Shares ("Yatra Warrant"), to the extent not cancelled in as per the Merger Agreement, will be assumed by Ebix and become, as of the Effective Time, an option to purchase, on the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting, exercise and expiration provisions) as applied to each such Yatra Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, shares of Ebix Preferred Stock (such option, an "Assumed Warrant"), except that (A) the number of shares of Ebix Preferred Stock, subject to such Assumed Warrant will be equal to the product of (x) the number of Ordinary Shares that were subject to such Yatra Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio, and (B) the per-share exercise price will be equal to the quotient of (1) the exercise price per Ordinary Share at which such Yatra Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio.

        Each share of Ebix Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into 20 shares of common stock of Ebix.

        Our board of directors and the respective boards of directors of Merger Sub and Ebix have each approved the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the Plan of Merger. Our board of directors has also resolved to recommend that our shareholders adopt the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger. In addition, the board of directors of Ebix has approved the issuance of Ebix Preferred Stock in connection with the Merger.

Air Travel Bureau Limited ("ATB")—Business Combination

        On June 4, 2019, the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police (the "EOW") registered a First Information Report to initiate an investigation of a criminal complaint (the "Complaint") previously filed with the EOW by Mr. Sunil Narain (the "Complainant"), one of the Sellers. The Complaint alleged, among other things, cheating and criminal breach of trust in connection with Yatra India's performance of its obligations under the Share Purchase Agreement, which Yatra India has denied in its initial response to the Complaint. The Complaint was originally filed against (i) Yatra India, (ii) certain officers and directors of our subsidiaries, including Yatra India, and (iii) a partner in Yatra India's external auditing firm (the "Respondents", and together with the Complainant, the "Parties"). As relief, the Complainant requested that appropriate action be taken in response to the alleged criminal acts, including, among other things, the registration of a First Information Report.

        Separately, on May 30, 2019, Yatra India filed a petition with the High Court of Delhi seeking, among other things, interim relief against the Complainant. Based on the petition, on May 31, 2019, the High Court of Delhi issued an order granting certain interim relief to Yatra India referring the matter to arbitration and also appointing an arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings in the matter have commenced accordingly. Refer to Note 43.

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Exhibit 12.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Dhruv Shringi, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of Yatra Online, Inc. (the "Company");

2.
Based on my knowledge, this Annual Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the Company and have:

a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)
disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the Annual Report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

5.
The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company's auditors and the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 31, 2019

  By:   /s/ DHRUV SHRINGI

      Name:   Dhruv Shringi

      Title:   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)



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Exhibit 12.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Alok Vaish, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 20-F of Yatra Online, Inc. (the "Company");

2.
Based on my knowledge, this Annual Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the Company and have:

a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)
disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the Annual Report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

5.
The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company's auditors and the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 31, 2019

  By:   /s/ ALOK VAISH

      Name:   Alok Vaish

      Title:   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



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Exhibit 13.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

        Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Yatra Online, Inc. (the "Company") hereby certifies, to such officer's knowledge, that:

Date: July 31, 2019

  By:   /s/ DHRUV SHRINGI

      Name:   Dhruv Shringi

      Title:   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

        The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being "filed" either as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure statement, and is not to be incorporated by reference into the Report or any other filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The foregoing certification shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18 or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.




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Exhibit 13.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

        Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Yatra Online, Inc. (the "Company") hereby certifies, to such officer's knowledge, that:

          (i)  the accompanying Annual Report on Form 20-F of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2019 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         (ii)  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: July 31, 2019            

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ALOK VAISH

        Name:   Alok Vaish
        Title:   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

        The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being "filed" either as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure statement, and is not to be incorporated by reference into the Report or any other filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The foregoing certification shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18 or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.




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Exhibit 15.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

of our report dated July 31, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Yatra Online, Inc., included in this Annual Report (Form 20-F) for the year ended March 31, 2019.


/s/ Ernst & Young Associates LLP
Gurugram, India
July 31, 2019

 

 



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