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BSE: 506690ISIN: INE351A01035INDUSTRY: Pharmaceuticals

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Year End :2022-03 

Optrix Laboratories Private Limited has merged with Optimus Drugs Private Limited on receiving approval for the Scheme of Amalgamation by Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on 22nd September, 2021. Hence, number of equity shares held by the Company in 'Optrix Laboratories Private Limited' have been merged with equity holding in 'Optimus Drugs Private Limited'.

Subsequent to the financial year ended 31st March, 2022, the Company has entered into binding Share Purchase Agreement (‘SPA’) dated 10th May, 2022 with Sekhmet Pharmaventures Private Limited (‘Purchaser’) and Optimus Drugs Private Limited (‘Optimus’) to sell its entire shareholding in Optimus to the Purchaser (‘Transaction’). As per the SPA, the Company will sell 19.97% equity shares on a fully diluted basis in the first tranche and remaining 0.02% equity shares in the second tranche. For the first tranche, total consideration is ' 27,098.99 lakhs and for the second tranche for a price to be determined as per the said SPA after satisfaction of necessary conditions precedent. Fair value gain of ' 7,646.40 lakhs is recognised in Other Comprehensive Income in the current quarter and year ended 31st March, 2022 based on independent valuation report and carrying value of such investment as at balance sheet date is ' 22,595.23 lakhs. The additional fair value gain will be recognised in the subsequent period as per SPA. The Transaction is expected to complete in the subsequent period after satisfaction of necessary condition precedents as mutually agreed between the parties under the SPA.

Based on above, the carrying value of the investments as at 31st March, 2022 is grouped under current investments which was earlier grouped under non-current investments as on 31st March, 2021.

Rights, preferences and restrictions attached to Equity Shares

The Company has one class of equity shares having a par value of ' 2/- per share. Each shareholder is eligible for one vote per share held. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting, except in case of interim dividend. In the event of liquidation, the equity shareholders are eligible to receive the remaining assets of the Company after distribution of all preferential amounts, in proportion to their shareholding.

During the year ended 31st March, 2018, the Company had concluded the buyback of 20,600,000 equity shares aggregating 22.65% of the paid-up equity share capital of the Company at a price of ' 430 per equity share. The Company had funded the buyback from its securities premium account, general reserve and retained earnings. Further, capital redemption reserve of ' 412.00 lakhs representing the nominal value of the shares bought back had been created as an appropriation from retained earnings. Transaction costs related to buyback were adjusted against retained earnings (net of tax).

In respect of the year ended 31st March, 2022, the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 27th May, 2022 recommended a dividend of ' 4 /- per share to be paid on its fully paid up equity shares having a face value of ' 2/- . This equity dividend is subject to the approval of shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and has not been included as a liability in these standalone financial statements. The total estimated equity dividend to be paid is ' 2,816.23 lakhs.

During the year, the Company has paid final dividend of ' 4 per equity share declared for the year ended 31st March, 2021 post approval of the shareholders at the AGM held on 31st July, 2021.

(a) March 2022 - Deferred tax assets is recognised on the amount of tax loss, unabsorbed tax depreciation and other temporary differences to the extent of deferred tax liability. Further, deferred tax assets is not recognised on the amount unused tax losses of ' 8,585.25 lakhs (P.Y. Nil)

(b) March 2021 - As at year end, deferred tax liability exceeds the deferred tax assets (including assets in respect of brought forward losses and depreciation) in accordance with the new tax regime. Also MAT credit is not available under the new tax regime. Further, deferred tax liability on fair value gain on equity instruments is net of deferred tax asset on brought forward long term capital loss of ' 734.76 Lakhs

B Other liabilities which are remote in nature

(i) Claims made by the ex-employees whose services have been terminated in earlier years are not acknowledged as debts. The matters are frivolous and are disputed under various forums. However, in the opinion of the management, these claims are not tenable.

(ii) In the earlier period, one party had filed the legal case on the Company for breach of trust and claimed certain compensation / damages. During the current year, this matter is settled in favour of the Company and amount received by the Company on settlement is included in note 29.2.

(iii) The Company is involved in certain intellectual property claims / legal proceedings filed against it by the innovators which are considered to be normal to its business. These proceedings are pending before different authorities / courts . The outcome from these claims are uncertain due to a number of factors involved in legal trial. Often, these issues are subject to uncertainties and therefore the probability of a loss, if any, being sustained and an estimate of the amount of any loss is difficult to ascertain. Although there can be no assurance regarding the outcome of any of the intellectual property claims / legal proceedings referred to in this note, the Company does not expect such liabilities to be significant.

(iv) The Company has filed rectification letters in respect of certain income-tax refunds which have been withheld by the department. The Company is of the view that once the rectification letters are processed by the department, the refunds will be received by the Company.

In respect of matters stated in B (i) to (iv), the possibility of any liability devolving on the Company is remote and hence, no disclosure as contingent liability is considered necessary.

38 On 9th July, 2014, the European Commission (“EU”) decided to impose an unjustified fine of Euro 13.96 million, jointly and severally on the Company and its subsidiary Niche Generics Ltd (“Niche”) contending that they had acted in breach of EU competition law as Niche Generics Ltd had, in early 2005 (when the Company was only a part owner and financial investor in Niche) had agreed to settle a financially crippling patent litigation with Laboratories Servier. The Company vehemently denies any wrongdoing on the part of either itself or Niche. Both the Company & Niche had submitted appeals in September 2014 to the General Court of the EU seeking appropriate relief in the matter. The General Court of the EU has rejected the appeals vide Order dated 12th December, 2018 and confirmed the fine of Euro 13.96 million. The Company and its subsidiary based on legal advice and merits, have filed appeals against the decision of General Court before the Court of Justice of the EU and outcome of the appeals are awaited.

In this regard, the statutory auditors of Niche have given qualified audit opinion on the financial statement of Niche for the year ended 31 st March 2022. They have stated that previously the outcome of the appeal was sufficiently uncertain that a contingent liability was deemed sufficient, however following the hearing in October 2021, and their review of the available documentation, their opinion is that it is more likely than not that Niche will be liable for the fine of Euro 13.96 million (equivalent to ' 11,818.62 lakhs) and hence they believe that this should be provided for in the financial statements of Niche. As per the board of Directors of Niche, there remains an inherent uncertainty as to the outcome of the appeal and therefore the Directors are of the opinion that no provision should be made at this point of time. The management has obtained the counsel view on this matter and they have stated that there has not been any formal change in position after the last hearing and the uncertainty as in the past continues. Considering the status quo, in view of the management, no provision for the aforesaid fine is considered necessary and continued to disclose the matter under contingent liability.

As at Balance Sheet date, the Company has aggregate financial exposure of ' 12,267.33 lakhs in Niche comprising of investment, trade receivable and corporate guarantee given to bank for loan availed by Niche. Considering the impact of on-going litigation as elaborated in the above para and accumulated losses in Niche as at Balance Sheet date, the statutory auditor of the Company are of the view that the Company would need to provide for impairment on the exposure involved of ' 12,267.33 lakhs. However, the Company is of the view that such provision for impairment on exposure would be required only in the event of unfavourable outcome of the appeal which itself is uncertain. On the above matter, the auditors of the Company have given qualified opinion in their audit report on standalone financial statement for the year ended 31st March, 2022.

Further, as per the management the future business outlook and projections of the subsidiary are sufficient so as not to warrant any impairment on the investments in subsidiary (Niche) unless the outcome of EU matter is not in favour of the subsidiary.

39 (a) Estimated amount of Contracts remaining to be executed (Net of Advances) on Capital account ' 13,394.57 lakhs (PY

' 12,361.67 lakhs) and on other revenue accounts ' 21,147.99 lakhs (PY ' 19,064.57 lakhs) are not provided for.

(b) The Company's intention is to continue to provide financial support to its subsidiaries [Niche Generics Ltd, Unichem Laboratories Ltd (Ireland) and Unichem Farmaceutica Do Brasil Ltda]. Further, pending outcome of the appeal in respect of European Commission matter (refer note 38), the Company will consider all available options to assist the subsidiary.

40 Credit facilities and term loan facility from Kotak Mahindra Bank availed by the Company and / or its subsidiary, Niche Generics Limited (United Kingdom), are secured by first and exclusive mortgage charge on immovable property being industrial land and building known as Unichem Laboratories Limited on plot bearing CTS No. 510 of village Oshiwara and CTS No.1 of village Majas, Prabhat Estate, Off. S. V Road, Patel Engineering Road, Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai 400 102 and first and exclusive hypothecation charge on movable property, plant and equipment and mortgage charge on immovable properties being Industrial land and building at Goa. Subsequent to the financial year ended 31st March, 2022, the Company has created the mortgage charge on immovable properties at Goa towards credit facilities and term loan facility availed from Kotak Bank.

Further credit facilities from Citibank, N.A. availed by the Company, are secured by way of first and exclusive charge on pledge against investments in mutual funds to the extent of ' 3,762.79 lakhs (PY ' 3,636.95 lakhs). Additionally, credit facilities availed by the Company from Bank of India, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank are secured against hypothecation of stock and debtors.

Additionally, all credit facilities have been registered with Registrar of Companies (ROC) within the prescribed due date except minor delay in case of registration of modification of charge on credit facility availed from Bank of India on account of procedural reasons.

41 As per Ind AS 108 - "Operating Segment", segment information has been provided under the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

42 The Company has reviewed its investments in wholly owned subsidiaries. In respect of its investment in Unichem Farmaceutica Do Brasil Ltda, Brazil, full impairment loss was recognised in earlier years against total investment amount of ' 7,086.72 lakhs (P.Y. ' 7,086.72 lakhs). Impairment loss has been continued after an internal assessment based on circumstances prevailing as at the balance sheet date, such as past performance, results, assets, expected cash flows, projections, status of product approvals, nature of the market and regulatory conditions.

Note: Since the Company has spent in excess of the amount which was required to be spent for FY 2021-22, the Company is entitled to carry forward the amount spent of ' 63.22 lakhs (P.Y ' 328.45 lakhs) to subsequent three financial years respectively which can be set off against CSR obligations of these years. However, for accounting purpose, cumulative excess amount spent of ' 391.67 lakhs is not considered as prepaid expenses.

45 HEDGE ACCOUNTING

The Company has managed the foreign exchange risk with appropriate hedging activities in accordance with policies of the Company. The Company manages currency risk as per trends and experiences. The Company uses forward exchange contracts to hedge against its foreign currency exposures relating to export receivables. The Company does not enter into any derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The above sensitivity analysis are based on a change in an assumption while holding all other assumptions constant. In practice, this is unlikely to occur, and changes in some of the assumptions may be correlated. When calculating the sensitivity of the defined benefit obligation to significant actuarial assumptions the same method (present value of the defined benefit obligation calculated with the projected unit credit method at the end of the reporting period) has been applied as when calculating the defined benefit liability recognised in the balance sheet. The methods and types of assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis did not change compared to the prior period.

These plans typically expose the Company to actuarial risks such as: investment risk, interest risk, longevity risk and salary risk. Investment risk:

The present value of the defined benefit plan liability is calculated using a discount rate which is determined by reference to market yields at the end of the reporting period on government bonds.

Interest risk:

A decrease in the bond interest rate will increase the plan liability; however, this will be partially offset by an increase in the return on the plan debt investments.

Longevity risk:

The present value of the defined benefit plan liability is calculated by reference to the best estimate of the mortality of plan participants both during and after their employment. An increase in the life expectancy of the plan participants will increase the plan's liability.

Salary risk:

The present value of the defined plan liability is calculated by reference to the future salaries of plan participants. As such, an increase in the salary of the plan participants will increase the plan's liability.

1 Number of options pending to be exercised by Mr. Dilip Kunkolienkar as on 31st March, 2022 are 2,46,176 (P.Y. 2,46,176).

2 Key Managerial Personnel and their Relatives who are under the employment of the Company are entitled to post employment benefits and other long term employee benefits recognised as per Ind AS 19 - ‘Employee Benefits’ in the financial statements. As these employee benefits are lump sum amounts provided on the basis of actuarial valuation, the same is not included above. Further, it also does not include actual payments of gratuity and leave encashment. Also, reimbursement of expenses to KMP and their relatives are not included above.

3 Related party contracts / arrangements have been entered in ordinary course of business and are approved by the board of directors/ shareholders as applicable.

b) The Company has taken flats / office premises, vehicles and other machinery on cancellable operating leases. There are no restrictions imposed by lease arrangements. For such lease arrangement with lease terms of 12 months or less, the Company has applied the ‘short-term lease’ recognition exemptions. There are no sub-leases. The deposit amount are refundable on completion / cancellation of lease term.The aggregate lease rentals charged as lease rent to the statement of profit and loss in current year is ' 109.30 lakhs (P.Y. ' 140.36 lakhs) and is grouped under note 35 (rent and establishment & administrative expenses).

Determination of fair values:

The following are the basis of assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on recurring basis.

Investment in mutual funds & bonds:

The fair values represent net asset value as stated by the issuers of these mutual fund units in the published statements. Net asset values represent the price at which the issuer will issue further units in the mutual fund and the price at which issuers will redeem such units from the investors.

Equity investments :

a) Equity investments traded in an active market determined by reference to their quoted market prices.

b) Investments which are designated through other comphrensive income are fair valued and the changes in fair value is recognised in other comprehensive income. There are no gains / losses from such investments.

Derivative instruments: For forward contracts and cross currency interest rate swaps, future cash flows are estimated based on forward exchange rates and forward interest rates (from observable forward exchange rates / yield curves at the end of the reporting period) and contract forward exchange rates and forward interest rates, discounted at a rate that reflects the credit risk of respective counterparties.

55 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Company’s activities are exposed to variety of financial risks. These risks include market risk (including foreign exchange risk and interest rate risks), credit risks and liquidity risk. The Company’s overall risk management program seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Company through established policies and processes which are laid down to ascertain the extent of risks, setting appropriate limits, controls, continuous monitoring and its compliance.

Market risk:

Market risk refers to the possibility that changes in the market rates may have impact on the Company’s profits or the value of its holding of financial instruments. The Company is exposed to market risks on account of foreign exchange rates, interest rates and underlying equity prices.

Foreign currency exchange rate risk:

The Company’s foreign currency risk arises from its foreign operations, investments in foreign subsidiaries and foreign currency transactions. The fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates may have potential impact on the income statement and equity, where any transaction references more than one currency or where assets/liabilities are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Company.

Since a major part of the Company’s revenue is in foreign currency and major part of the costs are in Indian Rupees, any movement in currency rates would have impact on the Company’s performance. Consequently, the overall objective of the foreign currency risk management is to minimize the short term currency impact on its revenue and cash-flow in order to improve the predictability of the financial performance.

The major foreign currency exposures for the Company are denominated in USD & EURO. Additionally, there are transactions which are entered into in other currencies and are not significant in relation to the total volume of the foreign currency exposures. The Company hedges all trade receivables upto a maximum of 6 months forward based on historical trends. Hedge effectiveness is assessed on a regular basis.

Interest Rate Risk:

Interest rate risk can be either fair value interest rate risk or cash flow interest rate risk. Fair value interest rate risk is the risk of changes in fair values of fixed interest bearing investments because of fluctuations in the interest rates and where the borrowings are measured at fair value through profit or loss. Cash flow interest rate risk is the risk that the future cash flows of floating interest bearing investments or borrowings will fluctuate because of fluctuations in the interest rates.

Exposure to interest rate risk

The Company adopts a policy of ensuring that maximum of its interest rate risk exposure is at a fixed rate and there are no financial instruments with floating interest rates.

Credit risk:

Credit risk is the risk of financial loss arising from counterparty failure to repay or service debt according to the contractual terms or obligations. Credit risk encompasses of both, the direct risk of default and the risk of deterioration of creditworthiness as well as concentration of risks. Financial instruments that are subject to concentrations of credit risk materially consists of trade receivables, investments and derivative financial instruments.

All trade receivables are subject to credit risk exposure. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. The demographics of the customer, including the default risk of the industry and country, in which the customer operates, also has an influence on credit risk assessment. Credit risk is managed through established policies, controls relating to credit approvals and procedures for continuously monitoring the creditworthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit terms in the normal course of business. The Company uses expected credit loss model to assess the impairment loss or gain. The Company uses a provision matrix to compute the expected credit loss allowance for trade receivables (other than from subsidiaries) and unbilled revenues. The Company does not have significant concentration of credit risk related to trade receivables. In the current year, there is no single external party customer which contributes to more than 10% of outstanding accounts receivable (excluding outstanding from subsidiaries) as of 31 st March, 2022. In previous year, there was no single external party customer which contributed to more than 10% of outstanding accounts receivable (excluding outstanding from subsidiaries) as of 31st March, 2021 .(refer note 38)

The Company limits its exposure to credit risk by generally investing in liquid securities having and only with counterparties that have a good credit rating. The company does not expect any losses from non- performance by these counter-parties, and does not have any significant concentration of exposures to specific industry sectors.

None of the financial instruments of the company result in material concentration of credit risk. Geographic concentration of credit risk relating to trade receivable (other than subsidiaries) is predominantly there in USA i.e. above 10% and less than 10% in other countries. Refer note 12 for movement in expected credit loss allowance.

Liquidity risk:

Liquidity risk refers to the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The objective of liquidity risk management is to maintain sufficient liquidity and ensure that funds are available for use as per requirements. The Company generates cash flows from operations to meet its financial obligations, maintains adequate liquid assets in the form of cash & cash equivalents and has undrawn short term line of credits from banks to ensure necessary liquidity.

Capital Management

Equity share capital and other equity (other than ESOP Reserve and Other comprehensive income) are considered for the purpose of Company’s capital management (refer Statement of Changes in Equity of standalone financial statement). There are no externally imposed capital requirements on the Company. The Company’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. The Company monitors the return on capital as well as the level of dividends on its equity shares. The Company’s objective when managing capital is to maintain an optimal structure so as to maximize shareholder value.

The Company is predominantly equity financed. Further, the company’s current assets has always been higher than the liabilities. Also current assets includes cash and bank balances along with investment which is predominantly investment in liquid and short term mutual funds being far in excess of borrowings / debt.

No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the year ended 31st March, 2022 and 31st March, 2021.

As on 31st March, 2022, the Company has not been declared wilful defaulter by any bank/ financial institution or other lender.

The Company is not engaged in the business of trading or investing in crypto currency or virtual currency and hence no disclosure is required.

The Company has complied with number of layers prescribed under clause (87) of section 2 of the Act read with Companies (Restriction on number of layers) Rules, 2017.

The Company has not advanced any funds or loaned or invested by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entities, including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding that the intermediary shall whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of ultimate beneficiaries.

The Company has not received any funds from any person(s) or entities including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”) with the understanding that such entity shall whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party (ultimate beneficiaries) or provide guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate beneficiaries.

No proceedings have been initiated or are pending against the Company as on 31st March, 2022 for holding any benami property under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 and rules made thereunder.

The Company does not have any transaction with companies struck off under section 248 of Companies Act, 2013 or section 560 of Companies Act, 1956 and hence, no disclosure is required.

The Company has not entered into any scheme of arrangements in terms of sections 230 to 237 of the Companies Act, 2013.

There is no transaction that is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961.