Cipla Ltd. — Board/Management Information 2021

Jun 30, 2021

30[th] June, 2021

(1) BSE Ltd. (2) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Listing Department Listing Department Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Exchange Plaza, 5[th] floor, Dalal Street Plot no. C/1, G Block, Mumbai 400 001 Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051 Scrip Code: 500087 Scrip Code: CIPLA

(3) SOCIETE DE LA BOURSE DE LUXEMBERG Societe Anonyme 35A Boulevard Joseph II, L-1840 Luxembourg

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Appointment of Director

In compliance with Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, this is to inform you that based on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and subject to approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting, the Board of the Directors vide resolution dated 30[th] June 2021, has approved appointment of Mr. Ramesh Prathivadibhayankara Rajagopalan (“Mr. P. R. Ramesh”) (DIN: 01915274) as an additional and an independent director of the Company for a period of 5 years with effect from 1[st] July, 2021 to 30[th] June 2026 (both days inclusive).

The details as required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with SEBI Circular No. CIR/CFD/ CMD/ 4/ 2015 dated 9[th] September, 2015, including the brief profile of Mr. P. R. Ramesh are given in Annexure A to this letter.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For Cipla Limited Digitally signed RAJENDRA by RAJENDRA CHOPRA CHOPRA Date: 2021.06.30 20:51:12 +05'30'

Rajendra Chopra Company Secretary Encl.: as above

Prepared by: Nishtha Agrawal

Annexure A

	Name of the Director	Name of the Director	Ramesh Prathivadibhayankara Rajagopalan
	DIN		01915274
	Reason for change viz. appointment, ~~resignation,~~ ~~removal, death or otherwise~~		Appointment of Mr. P. R. Ramesh (DIN: 01915274), as an additional and an independent director of the Company for a period of five (5) years w.e.f. 1st July 2021 to 30thJune 2026 (both days inclusive)
	~~,~~
	Date of appointment / (as applicable) & appointment	~~cessation~~ term of	Period of five (5) years commencing from 1stJuly 2021 to 30thJune 2026. He would not be liable to retire by rotation.
	Brief profile		Mr P. R. Ramesh graduated in Commerce from Osmania University, Hyderabad and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (‘ICAI’). Mr P. R. Ramesh retired as the Director of Deloitte & Touche Assurance & Enterprise Risk Services India Private Limited on 31stMarch 2020. He has also served as a member of Deloitte Global Board and Deloitte Asia Pacific Board and has over 40 years of the experience and served clients in manufacturing, banking and financial services, technology, media, telecommunications, energy and resources and consumer business sectors throughout his professional career. He has been associated with various Regulatory bodies such as SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards; Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for doing Business in India set up by Government of India; Technical Committee to review the form and presentation of the Balance Sheet of the Reserve Bank of India; Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Standing Committee on Accounting Issues and Invitee to the Committee set up by the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) to assist in convergence to IFRS by banks and National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards. He has been associated with various Industry Bodies such as Confederation of Indian Industries (‘CII’) representing on its National Council, Committee on Financial Reporting and its CFO Forum; National Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Past President of the of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has also been member of Accounting Standards Board of ICAI, Vision and Restructuring Committee and Auditing Practices Committee of ICAI and the Secretarial Standards Boards of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is a regular speaker at various programmes and workshops conducted by ICAI, the Institute of Internal Auditors, RBI, CII, SEBI on the matters of professional interest. He has co-authored publication by CCH titled iGAAP – Financial Reporting Standards in India including a comparison with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and is a member of Board of Studies and the Faculty of Commerce of Osmania University.

	Disclosure of relationships between directors (in case of appointment of a director).	Mr. P. R. Ramesh has no relationship with any other directors of the company.
	Information as required pursuant to BSE Circular with ref. no. LIST/ COMP/ 14/ 2018- 19 and the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd with ref. no. NSE/ CML/ 2018/24, dated 20th June 2018	Mr. P. R. Ramesh is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.