Nupur Jainkunia Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Supreme Petrochem Limited Q1 FY '26 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, all participants'lines will be in the listen-only mode. And there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions .after the presentation concludes, Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing your touchtone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded' I now hand the conference over to Ms. Nupur Jainkunia from Valorem Advisors. Thank you, and over to you, ma'am. Thank you. Good evening, everyone, and a warm welcome to you all. My name is Nupur Jainkunia from Valorem Advisors. We represent the lnvestor Relations of Supreme Petrochem Limited. On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank you allfor participating in the Company's earnings call for the 1st Quarter of the FinancialYear 2026. Before we begin, a quick cautionary statement: Some of the statements made in today's Conference Call may be forward-looking in nature. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differfrom those anticipated. These statements are based on management's beliefs, assumptions made by an information currently available to management. Participants are cautioned not to place any undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making any investment decision. The purpose of today's Earnings Conference Call is purely to educate and bring awareness about the Company's fundamental business and the financial quarter under review. Now lwould like to introduce you to the Management participating with us in today's Earnings Call and hand it over to them for their opening remarks. We have with us Mr. Rakesh Nayyar- Executive Director and CFO, Mr. Dilip Deole - Chief Executive of Finance and Accounts, and Mr. D. N, Mishra - Company Secretary. Page 1 o'f 14 e, Without any further delay, I request Mr. Rakesh Nayyar, sir, to start with his opening remarks. Thank you, and over to you, sir, Thank you, Nupur. Good evening, everybody. lt is a pleasure to welcome you to the earnings conference call for the lst Quarter of the Financial Year 2026. Let me brief you on the financial performance of the quarter, followed by some of the key
operational highlights
On a standalone basis, the operating income for the 1st Quarter was approximately Rs, 1,386 crores, which declined by 12% on year-on-year mainly on account of lower SM prices. SM prices in the relevant period for the last year were around S1,150 for the quarter, whereas this year it was around S1,000. The operating EBITDA was reportedly at approximately Rs, 115 crores, which is down by 29% year-on-year. The EBITDA margin stood aL9.36% for this quarter, The net profit after tax was around Rs. 81 crores for the Lst Quarter. On the operational front, the Company's sales volume of manufactured products in the 1st Quarter of FY '26 increased bV 0.5% only on a year-on-year basis to 93,853 MT. Unseasonal rains and a milder summer led to subdued domestic demand for cooling appliances such as air conditioners and refrigerators. Additionally, styrene monomer prices were lower in Q1 FY '26 compared to the same quarter in the previous year, which impacted revenue despite a marginal increase in the volume of manufactured products sold. On the CApEX project, pre-commissioning activities for the first phase of the ABS project are ongoing with support from our technical collaborators, M/S Versalis, we expect commercial operations now to commence in this current quarter' During the quarter, our acquisition of Xmold Polymers was completed. The integration of Xmold operations and processes with SPL's business is currently underway' The Company continues to remain debt free with an investable surplus of over Rs. 700 crores as at the June 2025. Now with this, we open the floor for question-and-answer sessions. Thank you. Thank you very much. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. The first question is from the line of Aditya Khetan f rom SMIFS lnternational Equities' Sir, just a couple of questions. Sir, first on to this quarter. Sir, generally QL seems to be a muted quarter only when we look at the history of the last, so two to three years. And in this