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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
  Other o

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:

    our ability to consummate the Merger within the expected timeframe or at all;

    the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement;

    the failure to satisfy required closing conditions under the Merger Agreement, including, but not limited to, our ability to obtain the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds of the Yatra shareholders entitled to vote at the extraordinary general meeting in favor of adoption of the Merger Agreement, or the Yatra Shareholder Vote;

    our ability to obtain the cancellation or other extinguishment of warrants to purchase our Ordinary Shares, or Yatra Warrants, such that no more than 8,768,979 Ordinary Shares remain subject to Yatra Warrants, which we refer to herein as the Warrant Cancellation, as required by the terms of the Merger Agreement;

    the effect our failure to complete the Merger would have on the price of our Ordinary Shares, and our business, financial condition and results of operations;

    the potential requirement that, in certain specified circumstances upon termination of the Merger Agreement we may be required to pay Ebix a termination fee of $8,160,000, or Termination Fee, or that, in the event we do not obtain the required Yatra Shareholder Vote, we may also be required to reimburse Ebix for its appropriate, documented expenses incurred or paid in connection with the Merger Agreement in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the aggregate, or Expense Reimbursement;

    the expected benefits and potential value created by the Merger for our shareholders, including the ownership percentage of our stockholders in the combined company and the value of the consideration they receive in the combined company immediately following the consummation of the Merger, if it is completed;

    the effect that the announcement and pendency of the Merger may have on our business, financial condition, or results of operation and our management team, including, but not limited to, the possibility that the attention of our management team may be directed toward the completion of the Merger and related matters and diverted from the day-to-day business

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      operations of the Company, and our ability to retain and hire key personnel and maintain our relationships with customers, strategic partners, suppliers, regulatory authorities and others with whom we do business;

    unexpected costs, liabilities or delays that may arise in connection with the Merger;

    the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against us and others relating to the Merger Agreement and/or the Merger;

    the effect of the contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement that 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 seeking to acquire us;

    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 or may not have occurred at the same level but for the Merger due to contractual restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement;

    our ability to maintain our operations and obtain additional funding for our operations, if necessary, until the consummation of the Merger;

    our estimates regarding the sufficiency of our cash resources, expenses, including those related to the consummation of the Merger, our capital requirements and our potential need for additional financing, and our ability to obtain such financing and to continue as a going concern if the Merger is not completed.

    our ability to identify and hire suitable replacements for any members of our senior management team who may seek other employment opportunities, including our Chief Financial Officer who has advised us of his intention to resign from his position effective mid-October 2019;

    our ability to generate positive cash flow and the sufficiency of our operating cash flow to meet our liquidity needs;

    our future financial performance, including our revenue, cost of revenue, operating expenses and our ability to achieve and maintain profitability;

    the impact of increasing competition in the Indian travel industry and our expectations regarding the development of our industry and the competitive environment in which we operate;

    the slowdown in Indian economic growth and other declines or disruptions in the Indian economy in general and travel industry in particular, including disruptions caused by safety concerns, terrorist attacks, regional conflicts and natural calamities;

    our ability to successfully negotiate our contracts with airline suppliers and global distribution system, or GDS, service providers and mitigate any negative impacts on our revenue that result from reduced commissions, incentive payments and fees we receive;

    the risk that airline suppliers (including our GDS service providers) may reduce or eliminate the commission and other fees they pay to us for the sale of air tickets;

    our ability to pursue strategic partnerships and the risks associated with our business partners, including the potential bankruptcy, restructuring, consolidation or alliance of any of our partners, the credit worthiness of our business partners, the possible obligation to make payments to these partners and our dependence on a small number of such partners for a significant percentage of our revenue;

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    the recent insolvency proceedings of Jet Airways (India) Ltd., or Jet Airways, and the potential impact of this and other recent developments in the Indian travel industry on our profitability and financial condition;

    political and economic stability in and around India and other key travel destinations;

    geopolitical risk and changes in applicable laws and regulations;

    fluctuations in exchange rates between the Indian rupee and the U.S. dollar, Euro, British pound sterling or other major currencies;

    the risk that compliance with rules and requirements applicable to public companies, including fulfilling our obligations as a foreign private issuer and maintaining proper and effective internal controls over financial reporting, will be expensive and time consuming;

    our ability to maintain and/or expand relationships with, and develop new relationships with, travel companies and travel research companies as well as online travel agents, or OTAs;

    our reliance on third-party systems and service providers, including our recently outsourcing of certain of our call center services, and the impact any disruption or adverse change in their business or deterioration in the quality of their performance may have on our business;

    we may be subject to proceedings or claims arising from travel-related accidents and or other legal, administrative or regulatory proceedings;

    the ability to adapt services to changes in technology or the marketplace and successfully incorporate new features, improvements and strategies;

    our ability to increase the number of visits to our search platform and referrals to our advertisers;

    our ability to successfully implement our growth strategy;

    our ability to maintain and increase our brand awareness;

    the growth in the usage of mobile devices and our ability to successfully monetize this usage;

    potential difficulty in collecting payments in a timely manner on our outstanding accounts receivables from customers;

    our ability to access capital through debt and equity markets in amounts and at rates and costs acceptable to us;

    our reliance on search engines, which may change their algorithms;

    risks associated with online commerce security;

    our ability to protect our intellectual property;

    fluctuations in quarterly results and the potential impact of such fluctuations on the value of our Ordinary Shares;

    the significant influence our large shareholders have over our company;

    our ability to attract, train and retain executives and other qualified employees;

    our ability to consummate the acquisition of ATB's remaining outstanding shares in the anticipated timeframe and on the terms we anticipate;

    the outcome of ongoing arbitration proceedings between us and the sellers in the ATB transaction and the related criminal complaint, or Complaint, filed by one of the sellers with the Economic Offences Wing, or EOW, of the Delhi Police;

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    our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of any past or future acquisitions, including our acquisition of a majority of the shares of ATB and our more recent acquisition of TCIL; and

    risks relating to the possibility of an adverse tax judgment.

        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;

    our ability to retain and hire management, sales and other key personnel may be negatively impacted as a result of the announcement of the merger; and

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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.

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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.

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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

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        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.

        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

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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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11th 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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Data from B2E and B2B2C businesses

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

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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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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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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—9th 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

        Our common technology platform has been designed to deliver a high level of reliability, security, scalability, integration and innovation. We utilize a single data center with an active backup in another

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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 19th 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

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*
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

        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

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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

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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.

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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.

   


(1)
See the section below titled "Certain Non IFRS Measures."

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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 continge