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Failure / Delay in achieving     Mitigation
           business transformation              Enter into new product lines which complement existing products and provides
           objective                          new markets
                                                Identify products having export potential to expand market reach

                                                Explore greenfield and inorganic routes to expand footprint
                    Linkage to Capital
                    Manufactured capital


                   Operational risks

           Loss of data & compromised       Mitigation
           operations resulting from            Regular security compliance checks,   taken by the Management to address
           cyber attacks                      periodic third-party assessment, using   Cyber Security Risks is periodically
                                              robust threat monitoring systems,   reviewed by the risk management
                                              cyber insurance policy, regular patch   committee of the Board
                                              management, cyber security awareness      Additional monitoring measures
                                              programme, Benchmarking to ISO   including regular reviewing of logs,
                                              27001 (global standard for Information   access of key applications and systems
                                              Security Management System) and   through encrypted VPNs to have
                                              upgrading the ISMS policies covering   enhanced cyber security during “work
                                              all entities within TCL
                                                                              from home” for connected workforce
                                                Cyber security war room exercises for   and facilitating ease of conducting
                  Linkage to Capital          senior leadership team, cyber security   business in the current unprecedented
                  Manufactured capital        training across plants and offices. Steps   scenario

           Loss of market leadership        Mitigation
           and failure to scale up              Continuing focus on cost leadership      Creating a portfolio of value-added
           volumes                              Scaling capacity both in India and   products by focussing on converting
                                              Internationally through brown field   customer needs into products through
                                              expansion and debottlenecking   R&D and innovation
                  Linkage to Capital            Servicing Indian market through cost
                  Manufactured capital        efficient supply chain


                    Financial risks

           Disciplined capital allocation and cost   Mitigation
           effective financing structure inability to      Continuous monitoring of cash flows      Considering the current situation,
           secure sufficient, cost effective funding  with focus on the safety & liquidity of   conserving cash through host of new
                                              the investments                 initiatives including further focus and
                                                Rigorous capital investment   balanced efforts towards containment
                                              programme, focussing on adding   of fixed cost across plant and non-plant
                  Linkage to Capital          economic value and improving ROCE  activities, working capital management
                  Financial capital             Proactive use of the capital and debt
                                              markets






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