1.  We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of GKN Driveline (India)
 Limited, as at December 31, 2009, and the related Profit and Loss
 Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed
 thereto, which we have signed under reference to this report. These
 financial statements are the responsibility of the companys
 management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
 financial statements based on our audit.
 
 2.  We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
 generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
 perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
 financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
 includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
 and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
 assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
 by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
 presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
 our opinion.
 
 3.  As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
 amended by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004,
 issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A)
 of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956 of India (the Act) and on
 the basis of such checks of the books and records of the company as we
 considered appropriate and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a statement on the
 matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
 
 4.  Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
 above, we report that:
 
 (a) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
 best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
 audit;
 
 (b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
 been kept by the company so far as appears from our examination of
 those books;
 
 (c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
 dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
 
 (d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
 Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
 standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
 
 (e) On the basis of written representations received from the
 directors, as on as on December 31, 2009 and taken on record by the
 Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on
 December 31, 2009 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
 (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
 
 (f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
 the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
 with the notes thereon and attached thereto give in the prescribed
 manner the information required by the Act and give a true and fair
 view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
 India:
 
 (i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
 company as at December 31, 2009;
 
 (ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
 year ended on that date; and
 
 (iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
 year ended on that date.
 
 ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS REPORT [Referred to in paragraph 3 of the
 Auditors Report of even date to the members of GKN Driveline (India)
 Limited on the financial statements for the year ended December 31,
 2009]
 
 1.  (a) The company is maintaining proper records showing full
 particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
 assets.
 
 (b) The fixed assets of the company have been physically verified by
 the management during the year and no material discrepancies between
 the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our
 opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.
 
 (c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
 of by the company during the year.
 
 2.  (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
 during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties,
 these have substantially been confirmed by them. In our opinion, the
 frequency of verification is reasonable.
 
 (b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
 inventory followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in
 relation to the size of the company and the nature of its business.
 
 (c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
 opinion, the company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
 discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
 to book records were not material.
 
 3.  (a) The company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
 companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
 under Section 301 of the Act.
 
 (b) The company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
 companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
 under Section 301 of the Act.
 
 4.  In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, having regard to the explanation that certain items
 purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources
 do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, there is an adequate
 internal control system commensurate with the size of the company and
 the nature of its business for the purchase of inventory, fixed assets
 and for the sale of goods. Further, on the basis of our examination of
 the books and records of the company, and according to the information
 and explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor have been
 informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the
 aforesaid internal control system.
 
 5.  (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
 referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
 required to be maintained under that section.
 
 (b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
 arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of
 any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable
 having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
 
 6.  The company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
 the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
 there under.
 
 7.  In our opinion, the company has an internal audit system
 commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
 
 8.  We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
 company in respect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the
 Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
 prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
 Act and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts
 and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a
 detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
 they are accurate or complete.
 
 9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
 the records of the company examined by us, in our opinion, the company
 is regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues including
 provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees
 state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax,
 customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues as
 applicable with the appropriate authorities.
 
 (b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
 records of the company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
 income-tax and excise duty as at December 31, 2009, which have not been
 deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -
 
 Name of the          Name of dues              Amount(Rs.)
 Statute
 
 Income Tax           Income Tax and            10,884,100
 Act, 1961            Interest thereon
 
 Central Excise       Excise Duty                5,086,070
 Act, 1944            Demands &
                      penalty thereon            5,735,728
 
 
 
 
 Name of the Statue        Period to which the        Forum where
                           amount relates         dispute is pending
 
 Income Tax
 Act, 1961                 Assessment Year          Commissioner of
                            2005-2006 and           Income Tax (A)
                            2006-2007
 Central Excise
 Act, 1944                 2000-01 to 2005-06          CESTAT
                           2006-07 and 2007-08      Central Excise
                                                    Commissioner
                                                    (Appeal)
 
 10.  The company has no accumulated losses as at December 31, 2009 and
 it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
 date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
 
 11.  According to the records of the company examined by us and the
 information and explanation given to us, the company has not defaulted
 in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
 holders as at the balance sheet date.
 
 12.  The company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
 security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
 
 13.  The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
 nidhi / mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the
 company.
 
 14.  In our opinion, the company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
 securities, debentures and other investments.
 
 15.  In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
 others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
 
 16.  The company has not obtained any term loans.
 
 17.  On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
 company, in our opinion and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
 basis which have been used for long-term investment.
 
 18.  The company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
 parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
 301 of the Act during the year.
 
 19.  The company has no outstanding debentures at the year-end.
 
 20.  The company has not raised any money by public issues during the
 year.
 
 21.  During the course of our examination of the books and records of
 the company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
 auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
 fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
 have we been informed of such case by the management.
 
                                        For Lovelock and Lewes
                                         CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
 
                                                         Sd/-
 
                                              Rajib Chatterjee
 
                                                       Partner
 
                                   Membership Number A - 57134
 
 Place: New Delhi
 Date: March 18, 2010