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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-009316 to SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD (SIFY)

SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Date: Aug. 14, 2024 · CIK: 0001094324 · Accession: 0000000000-24-009316

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File numbers found in text: 000-27663

Date
August 14, 2024
Author
Office of Technology
Form
UPLOAD
Company
SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD

Letter

August 14, 2024 MP Vijay Kumar Chief Financial Officer Sify Technologies Ltd. TIDEL Park, 2nd Floor 4, Rajiv Gandhi Salai Taramani, Chennai 600113 India Re:Sify Technologies Ltd. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024 Filed May 7, 2024 File No. 000-27663 Dear MP Vijay Kumar: We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Form 20-F filed May 7, 2024 Financial Statements Note 5. Property, Plant and Equipment, page 146 1.Refer to the transfer of 4,400 million rupees from Furniture and Fittings to Buildings during the year ended March 31, 2024. Please disclose the reason for the transfer and the financial statement impact of the change in estimated useful lives from furniture and fittings of 5 years to buildings of 28 years in FY 2024 and future periods.

Note 8. Cash and Cash Equivalents, page 149 2.We note that Other bank deposits are excluded from cash and cash equivalents on the cash flows statements. Please expand the disclosure to include a description of these accounts and the reason they are not considered to be cash or cash equivalents.

August 14, 2024 Page 2 Note 10. Other assets, page 150 3.Please clarify the nature of "Financial assets included in other assets." Since deposits and receivables appear to be financial assets, it is unclear what this means or where it is reported on your balance sheet. Note 16A. Fully Paid Compulsorily Convertible debentures, page 155 4.Refer to Note 31. Contingencies - Put Options on page 169. We note that the Debenture Subscription Agreement is supplemented by a Put Option Agreement for protective rights in case there is a contract breach or conditions for conversion is not met over the term of the instrument. Please tell us the basis for your belief that the Compulsorily Convertible debentures qualify for equity classification in light of the put option issued to the holder of the debentures (i.e. a puttable instrument under paragraph 16A of IAS 32) and why the debentures and put option would not be considered to be a Compound financial instrument under IAS 32. Expand the disclosure to include a detailed description of your accounting for the debentures and put option using the guidance in IAS 32 paragraphs 16A, 16B and 25. Note 31. Contingencies Put Option, page 169 5.Please expand the disclosure to include a detailed description of the terms of the put option agreement related to contract breaches and conditions for conversion. Other, page 171 6.Refer to the Service Tax contingency disclosure. Please expand the disclosure to clarify how you accounted for the 64.6 million rupees paid to date "under protest" to continue the proceeding with the relevant authorities. Note 34. Financial Risk Management, page 185 7.Please correct the typographical error in the Variable rate instruments Borrowings from banks line item amount. In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Claire DeLabar at 202-551-3349 or Robert Littlepage at 202-551-3361 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology

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August 14, 2024
MP Vijay Kumar
Chief Financial Officer
Sify Technologies Ltd.
TIDEL Park, 2nd Floor
4, Rajiv Gandhi Salai
Taramani, Chennai 600113 India
Re:Sify Technologies Ltd.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024
Filed May 7, 2024
File No. 000-27663
Dear MP Vijay Kumar:
            We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments.
            Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F filed May 7, 2024
Financial Statements
Note 5. Property, Plant and Equipment, page 146
1.Refer to the transfer of 4,400 million rupees from Furniture and Fittings to Buildings
during the year ended March 31, 2024. Please disclose the reason for the transfer and the
financial statement impact of the change in estimated useful lives from furniture and
fittings of 5 years to buildings of 28 years in FY 2024 and future periods.

Note 8. Cash and Cash Equivalents, page 149
2.We note that Other bank deposits are excluded from cash and cash equivalents on the cash
flows statements. Please expand the disclosure to include a description of these accounts
and the reason they are not considered to be cash or cash equivalents.

August 14, 2024
Page 2
Note 10. Other assets, page 150
3.Please clarify the nature of "Financial assets included in other assets." Since deposits and
receivables appear to be financial assets, it is unclear what this means or where it is
reported on your balance sheet.
Note 16A. Fully Paid Compulsorily Convertible debentures, page 155
4.Refer to Note 31. Contingencies - Put Options on page 169. We note that the Debenture
Subscription Agreement is supplemented by a Put Option Agreement for protective rights
in case there is a contract breach or conditions for conversion is not met over the term of
the instrument. Please tell us the basis for your belief that the Compulsorily Convertible
debentures qualify for equity classification in light of the put option issued to the holder
of the debentures (i.e. a puttable instrument under paragraph 16A of IAS 32) and why the
debentures and put option would not be considered to be a Compound financial
instrument under IAS 32. Expand the disclosure to include a detailed description of your
accounting for the debentures and put option using the guidance in IAS 32 paragraphs
16A, 16B and 25.
Note 31. Contingencies
Put Option, page 169
5.Please expand the disclosure to include a detailed description of the terms of the put
option agreement related to contract breaches and conditions for conversion.
Other, page 171
6.Refer to the Service Tax contingency disclosure. Please expand the disclosure to clarify
how you accounted for the 64.6 million rupees paid to date "under protest" to continue the
proceeding with the relevant authorities.
Note 34. Financial Risk Management, page 185
7.Please correct the typographical error in the Variable rate instruments Borrowings from
banks line item amount.
            In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.
            Please contact Claire DeLabar at 202-551-3349 or Robert Littlepage at 202-551-3361
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology