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Cipla Ltd. — Regulatory Filings 2021
Mar 26, 2021
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26 th March, 2021
- (1) BSE Limited Listing Department, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001 Scrip Code: 500087 (2) National Stock Exchange of India Limited Listing Department Exchange Plaza, 5th floor, Plot no. C/1, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051 Scrip Code: CIPLA EQ
- (3) SOCIETE DE LA BOURSE DE LUXEMBOURG Societe Anonyme 35A Boulevard Joseph II, L-1840 Luxembourg
Sub: Results of Postal Ballot together with Scrutinizer's Report
Dear Sir/Madam,
This is further to our letter dated 23rd February, 2021 enclosing therewith the Postal Ballot Notice, seeking approval of the Members of the Company by way of special resolution through remote e-voting for the following:
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- The Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 for employees of the Company.
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- Extension of the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 to employees of subsidiary(ies) of the Company.
The aforesaid resolutions have been passed by Members through Postal Ballot by remote e-voting process with requisite majority. Please find enclosed details of voting results pursuant to Regulation 44(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 together with scrutinizer's report.
The voting results and the scrutinizer's report are also being uploaded on the website of the Company i.e. www.cipla.com and on the website of the e-voting agency (Kfin Technologies Private Limited) i.e. https://evoting.kfintech.com.
This is for your information and record.
Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For Cipla Limited RAJENDR A CHOPRA Digitally signed by RAJENDRA CHOPRA DN: c=IN, o=Personal, 2.5.4.20=4987ad48c3965cfde78c8ea69e6f 40ac91535876f12ba1fa5ba45cc5cc8db6cb , postalCode=122001, st=HARYANA, serialNumber=0be85c0408d0e3afd663669 f5314248a72fdcdf34d01d48d472d7cf9262
696f6, cn=RAJENDRA CHOPRA Date: 2021.03.26 13:50:31 +05'30'
Rajendra Chopra Company Secretary
Enclosed: a/a Prepared by: Raviraj Soni
| Company Name | CIPLA LIMITED |
|---|---|
| Date of Postal Ballot Notice | 29th January, 2021 |
| Voting Start Date | 24th February, 2021 |
| Voting End Date | 25th March, 2021 |
| Total number of shareholders on record date | 348660 |
| No. of shareholders present in the meeting either in person or through proxy: | Not Applicable |
| Promoters and Promoter Group: | - |
| Public: | - |
| No. of Shareholders attended the meeting through Video Conferencing | Not Applicable |
| Promoters and Promoter Group: | - |
| Public: | - |

| Resolution required: (Ordinary/ Special) | Special Resolution- of the Company |
To approve the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 for employees | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whether promoter/ promoter group are interested in the agenda/resolution? |
No | ||||||||
| Mode of Category Voting held (1) |
No. of shares | No. of votes polled (2) |
%of Votes Polled on outstanding shares (3)=[(2)/(1)]* 100 |
No. of Votes - in favour (4) |
No. of Votes -against (5) |
%of Votes in favour on votes polled |
%of Votes against on votes polled (6)=[(4)/(2)]100 (7)=[(5)/(2)]100 |
||
| E-Voting | 295485596 | 295485596 | 100.0000 | 295485596 | 0 | 100.0000 | 0.0000 | ||
| Promoter and |
Poll | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||
| Promoter Group |
Postal Ballot (if applicable) |
0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| Total | 295485596 | 295485596 | 100.0000 | 295485596 | 0 | 100.0000 | 0.0000 | ||
| E-Voting | 362795000 | 304363359 | 83.8940 | 269362801 | 35000558 | 88.5004 | 11.4995 | ||
| Public- | Poll | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| Institutions | Postal Ballot (if applicable) |
0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| Total | 362795000 | 304363359 | 83.8940 | 269362801 | 35000558 | 88.5004 | 11.4995 | ||
| E-Voting | 148179850 | 7594541 | 5.1252 | 7590574 | 3967 | 99.9477 | 0.0522 | ||
| Public Non- | Poll | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| Institutions | Postal Ballot (if applicable) |
0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| Total | 148179850 | 7594541 | 5.1252 | 7590574 | 3967 | 99.9477 | 0.0522 - |
||
| Total 806460446 |
607443496 | 75.3222 | 572438971 | 35004525 | 94.2374 | ~ |
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| Resolution required: (Ordinary/ Special) | to employees of subsidiary(ies) of the Company | Special Resolution -To approve extension of the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whether promoter/ promoter group are interested in the agenda/resolution? |
No | |||||||
| Category | Mode of Voting |
No. of shares held (1) |
No. of votes polled (2) |
%of Votes Polled on outstanding shares (3)=[(2)/(1)] * 100 |
No. of Votes- in favour (4) |
No. of Votes -against (5) |
%of Votes in favour on votes polled |
%of Votes against on votes polled (6)=[(4)/(2)]100 (7)=[(5)/(2)]100 |
| E-Voting | 295485596 | 295485596 | 100.0000 | 295485596 | 0 | 100.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| Promoter and |
Poll | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Promoter Group |
Postal Ballot (if applicable) |
0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Total | 295485596 | 295485596 | 100.0000 | 295485596 | 0 | 100.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| E-Voting | 362795000 | 304363359 | 83.8940 | 269583090 | 34780269 | 88.5727 | 11.4272 | |
| Public- | Poll | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Institutions | Postal Ballot (if applicable) |
0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Total | 362795000 | 304363359 | 83.8940 | 269583090 | 34780269 | 88.5727 | 11.4272 | |
| E-Voting | 148179850 | 7594568 | 5.1252 | 7590215 | 4353 | 99.9426 | 0.0573 | |
| Public Non- | Poll | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Institutions | Postal Ballot (if applicable) |
0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 00 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Total | 148179850 | 7594568 | 5.1252 | 7590215 | 4353 | 99.9426 | 0.0573 | |
| Total | 806460446 | 607443523 | 75.3222 | 572658901 | 34784622 | 94.2736 | , j< ,~L.A Lr() ~· 5.726 * |
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SCUTINIZER'S REPORT
March 26, 2021

To, The Chairman, CIPLA Limited Cipla House, Peninsula Business Park, Ganpatrao Kadam ·.Marg, Lower Parel, M u,r:n bai 400013
Dear Sir,
Sub.: CIPLA Limited -Scrutinizer's Report on Postal Ballot (e-voting) Results
The Board of Directors of CIPLA Limited (hereinafter referred to as "the Company') at their meeting held on January 29, 2021, have appointed me as the Scrutinizer to scrutinize the e-voting conducted in respect of the Resolutions as circulated I stated in the Posta l Ballot Notice dated January 29, 2021 ('Notice') in a fair and transparent manner.
In compliance with the provisions of Sections 110, 108 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rules made thereunder (the 'Act'), Regulation 44 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) ' Regulations, 2015 ('the SEBI Listing Regulations' ), the Secretarial Standa,rd on the General MeetiQgs ('SS-2') issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India read with the Circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in this regard, and any amendments thereto, the Company had provided facility for voting through electronic means ('e-voting') only, to all the Members of the Company to enable them to cast their votes on the item mentioned in the Notice.
The Company has engaged the services of KFin Technologies Private Limited, as the Electronic Voting Service Provider (hereinafter referred to as 'KFintech' or 'EVSP') who had made necessary arrangements to facilitate e-voting by the Members of the Company on their website https://evoting.kfintech.com . KFin Technologies Private Limited are also the Registrars and Share Transfer Agents ('RTA') for the Company.
In view of the prevailing pandemic situation and to obviate difficulties faced by the Corporates in providing both voting by physical ballot and e-voting, a facil ity was extended for the Members to cast their vote only through e-voting in accordance with the provisions of the General Circulars No.14/2020 dated April 08, 2020 and No.17 /2020 dated Apri l 13, 2020 No.22/2020 dated June 15, 2"'020, No. 33/2020 dated September 28, 2020 and 39/2020 dated December 31, 2020 issued by the M inistry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India (the 'MCA Circulars').
1I p6 ·02, B Wing, Cosmic Heights, Bhakti Park, Imax Theater Compound, Wadala (E), Mumbai - 400 037. T: +91 22 403 6596 M : +91 90040 89490 I 98201 423 3 1 E: narasimhan.b8@gmail. com I bn@bnpassociates. in & Transfer Agents I Depository Participants. The communication of the assent or dissent of the Members was sought through the e-voting system only. In order to facilitate those Members who had not yet registered their email IDs, a proper procedure was laid down to get their email IDs registered with the RTA so that they could also participate in the e-voting facility extended by the Company. The aforesaid Notice was sent on February 23, 2021 throogh email to all the Members who held shares of the Company as on Friday, February 5, 2021 (cut-off date).
The Company and the EVSP had uploaded the Notice together with the explanatory statement on their respective websites viz. www.cipla.com . and https://www.evoting.kfintech.com . The Notice was also uploade·d on the stock exchange websites where the securities of the Company are listed viz. www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com . Electronic Voting Event Number "5827" ('EVEN') was generated or casting the votes through e-voting mode and communicated to Members as part of Notice. ~~ Company and the EVSP have complied with all the necessary formalities specified under the Act, the Rules and the Circulars issued in this regard.
The Management of the Company is responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Act and the Rules there under and SEBI Listing Regulations relating to the items being placed for approval of the Members through postal ballot bye-voting.
My responsibility as the Scrutinizer of the voting process (through e-voting), was restricted to scrutinize the e-voting process, in a fair and transparent manner and to prepare a Scrutinizer's Report of the votes cast in favour and against the resolutions stated in the Notice, based on the reports generated from the e-voting system provided by KFintech.
I report that, the Notice was sent through email to 3,19,545 Members whose email IDs were registered with the Company /depositories and as made available and provided by KFintech . The total number of Members as on the Cut-off date was 3,48,660 Thee-voting period commenced .from Wednesday, February 24, 2021 from 0900 hours 1ST and ended on Thursday March 25, 2021 at 1700 hours 1ST. For those Members whose email IDs were not available, a Public Notice with regard to the Company's Postal Ballot Notice was published on February 24, 2021, in 'Business Standard', English Newspaper and in 'Sakal', Marathi Newspaper dated February 24, 2021 providing requisite information and contact details of the EVSP I RTA for registering email IDs and queries one-voting.
The item for which approval of the Members of the Company was sought as stated in the Notice is mentioned hereunder: -
| Sr. No. |
Type of Resolution | Description of the resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | As a Special Resolution | To approve the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 for employees of the Company: |
| 2. | As a Special Resolution | To approve extension of the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 to employees of subsidiary(ies) of the Company: |
SUMMARY OF VOTES CAST
The e-voting process concluded at 1700 hours on March 25, 2021. After the closure of e-voting process the votes cast through e-voting facility were duly unblocked by me as a Scrutinizer in the presence of Mr. K Venkataraman and Mrs. Saroj Narasimhan witnesses, not in employment of the Company, as prescribed under sub-rule 4(xii) of Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014. Since, e-voting facility was provided by KFintech, the details of the evoting exercised by the Members were duly obtained from the website of KFintech. The details of the e-voting, the compilation of the data containing the Member's name, DP ID Client ID and/or folio number, number of shares held, number of votes exercised, votes in favour, votes against were generated by intech on their website i.e. https://www.evoting.kfintech.com which was duly scrutinized. !·,;
On scrutiny, I report that out of 3,48,660 Members holding shares as on the cut-off date, i.e. Friday February 5, 2021, 1,395 Members have exercised their votes through remote e-voting. The details of Postal Ballot results for the items placed for consideration and approval of the Members is given below:
Item No 1: As a Special Resolution
To approve the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 for employees of the Company
" Resolved that pursuant to applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014, as amended or modified from time to t ime and other rules, regulations, circulars and gu-idelines as may be applicable (hereinafter referred to as 'Applicable Laws'), the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and subject to such approvals, permissions and sanctions as may be required and subject to such conditions and modifications as may be prescribed or imposed while granting such approvals, permissions and sanctions and which may be agreed by the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter referred to as 'the Board' which term shall be deemed to include the Nomination and Remuneration Committee or any other committee constituted I to be constituted, to exercise its powers, including the powers, conferred by this resolution), approval of the Members of the Company be and is hereby accorded to the Board (i) to introduce and implement the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 ('ESAR Scheme 2021 I the Scheme'), the salient features of which are furnished in the explanatory statement to this notice and (i i) to offer, grant and issue Employee Stock Appreciation Rights ('ESARs') under the Scheme, to such persons who are in permanent employment, including director(s) of the Company, other than independent directors of the Company, and to such other persons, who may be eligible from time to time for benefits of share based incentives under the Applicable Laws (hereinafter collectively referred as 'Eiigibfe Employees').
-Resolved further that the maximum number of ESARs that may be granted under the Scheme shall not exceed 1,75,00,000 (One Crore Seventy-Five Lakh) and the maximum number of equity shares that may be issued towards appreciation of the ESARs to be granted under the Scheme shall not exceed • 33,00,000 (Thirty-Three Lakh), of Rs. 2/- each, i.e. face value.

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Resolved further that the equity shares so issued and allotted under the Scheme shall rank pari passu with the then existing equity shares of the Company.
Resolved further that in this regard, the Board be and is hereby authorised:
- to allot equity shares of the Company as may be requir~d under the Scheme and take necessary steps for listing of the equity shares so allotted on the stock exchanges, where the equity shares of the Company are listed as per the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and other Applicable Laws;
- to make a fair and reasonable adjustment in the number of ESARs such that total value of ESARs granted to an Eligible Employee remains the same after effecting the corporate action or any~ change in the corporate structure impacting the share capital of the Company;
- t.'; • to 'give effect to any modification, alteration, amendment, suspension, withdrawal or termination to the Scheme as may be considered appropriate, subject to compliance with the Applicable Laws;
- to settle any issues, questions, difficulties or doubts that may arise with regard to the Scheme, without being required to seek any further consent or approval of the Members of the Company to the end and intent that the Members shall be deemed to have given their approval thereto expressly by the authority of this resolution; and
- to do all such acts, deeds, matters and things as it may, in its absolute discretion deem fit, for the aforesaid purpose."
| Total no. of Members | 3,48,660 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total no. of Equity Shares | 80,64,60,446 | ||||
| E-voting as per the Postal Ballot Notice | From 09.00 hours a.m. on Wednesday February 24, 2021 till17.00 hours on Thursday March 25, 202.1 |
||||
| Number of Votes | Number of Shares | ||||
| Total votes cast through E-voting | A | 1,395 | 61,08,59,998 | ||
| Invalid E-voting abstained/less Less: voted)* refer note below |
B | 12 | 34,16,502 | ||
| Net E-voting (A-B) considered valid | c | 1,383 | 60,74,43,496 |
NOTE:
- (i) Votes cast in favour or against has been considered on the basis of number of shares held as on the cut-off date reckoned for the purpose of postal ballot.
- (ii) A vote cast in favour or against is calculated based on the valid votes cast through e-voting
Summary of e-voting through Postal Ballot
| Category | No. of shares | No. ofvalid | % of | No. of votes- | No. of votes- | %of | % of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| held | votes polled | valid | in favour | against | votes | votes | |
| (1) | (2) | votes | (4) | (5) | in | against | |
| polled | favour | on votes | |||||
| on | on | pol led | |||||
| outstan | votes | (7)=[(5)1( | |||||
| ding | polled | 2)]* 100 | |||||
| shares | (6)=[(4 | ||||||
| (3)=[(2) | )1(2)]* | ||||||
| ' | I | 100 | |||||
i' ~ |
(1)]* 10 | ||||||
| ,. | 0 | ||||||
| Promoter | |||||||
| and | 29,54,85,596 | 29,54,85,596 | 100.000 | 29,54,85,596 | NIL | 100.00 | NIL |
| Promoter | |||||||
| Group | |||||||
| Public | 36,27,95,000 | 30,43,63,359 | 83.894 | 26,93,62,801 | 3,50,00,558 | 88.500 | 11.500 |
| Institutions | |||||||
| Public Non |
14,81,79,850 | 75,94,541 | 5.125 | 75,90,574 | 3,967 | 99.948 | 0.052 |
| Institutions | |||||||
| Total | 80,64,60,446 | 60,74,43,496 | 75.322 | 57,24,38,971 | 3,50,04,525 | 94.237 | 5.763 |
Percentage of votes cast in Favour: 94.237 Percentage of votes cast Against: 5.763
RESULTS:-
As the number of votes cast in favour of the Resolution is more than three times the number of votes cast against, I report that the Special Resolution as per Item No.1 as set forth in the Notice dated January 29, 2021 has been passed by the Members with requisite majority. The Resolution is deemed as passed on the last date of voting that is Thursday, March 25, 2021.
Item No 2: As a Special Resolution
To approve extension of the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 to employees of the subsidiary (ies) of the Company
" Resolved that pursuant to applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014, as amended or modified from time to time and other rules, regulations, cirq llars and guidelines as may be applicable (hereinafter referred to as 'Applicable Laws'), the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and subject to such approvals, permissions and sanctions as may be required and subject to .. such conditions and modifications as may be prescribed or imposed while granting such approvals, permissions and sanctions and which may be agreed by the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter referred to as 'the Board' which term shall be deem·ed to include th~ Nomination and Remuneration Committee or any other committee constituted I to be constituted, to exercise its powers, including the powers, conferred by this resolution), approval of the Members of the Company be and is hereby accorded to the Board to extend the benefits of the Cipla Employee Stock Appreciation Rights Scheme 2021 ('ESAR Scheme 2021 I the Scheme'), referred to in the special resolution under Item No. 1 of this notice, the salient features of which are furnished in the explanatory statement to such persons who are in permanent employment, including director(s) of the subsidiary companies of the Company, other than independent directors of the subsidiary companies of the Company, and to such other persons, who may be eligible from time to time for benefits of share based incentives under the Applicable Laws (hereinafter collectively referred as 'Eligible Employees').
Resolved further that the maximum number of Employee Stock Appreciation Rights (ESARs) that may be granted under the Scheme shall not exceed 1,75,00,000 (One Crore Seventy-Five Lakh) and the maximum number of equity shares that may be issued towards appreciation of the ESARs to be :. 1 granted underc the Scheme shall not exceed 33,00,000 (Thirty-Three Lakh), of Rs. 2/- each, i.e. face value.
Resolved further that the equity shares so issued and allotted under the Scheme shall rank pari passu with the then existing equity shares of the Company.
Resolved further that in this regard, the Board be and is hereby authorised:
- to allot equity shares of the Company as may be required under the Scheme and take necessary steps for listing of the equity shares so allotted on the stock exchanges, where the equity shares of the Company are listed as per the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and other Applicable Laws;
- to make a fair and reasonable adjustment in the number of ESARs such that total value of ESARs granted to ah Eligible Employee remains the same after effecting the corporate action or any change in the corporate structure impacting the share capital of the Company;
- to give effect to any modification, alteration, amendment, suspension, withdrawal or termination to the Scheme as may be considered appropriate, subject to compliance with the Applicable Laws;
- to settle any issues, questions, difficulties or doubts that may arise with regard to the Scheme, without being required to seek any further consent or approval of the Members of the Company to the end and intent that the Members shall be deemed to have given their approval thereto expressly by the authority of this resolution; and
- to do all such acts, deeds, matters and things as it may, in its absolute discretion deem fit, for the aforesaid purpose."
| Total no. of Members | . 3,48,660 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total no. of Equity Shares | 80,64,60,446 | ||||
| E-voting as per the Postal Ballot Notice | From 09.00 hours a.m. on Wednesday February 24, 2021 till17.00 hours on Thursday· March 25, 2021 |
||||
| Number of Votes | Number of Shares | ||||
| Total votes cast through E-voting | A | 1,395 | 61,08,59,998 | ||
| Invalid E-voting abstained/less Less: voted)* refer note below |
B | 11 | 34,16,475 |
| I Net E-voting (A-B) considered valid | lc | 1,384 | 60,74,43,523 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOTE: |
- (i) Votes cast in favour or against has been considered•on the basis of number of shares held as on the cut-off date reckoned for the purpose of postal ballot.
- (ii) A vote cast in favour or against is calculated based on the valid votes cast through e-voting
Summary of e-voting through Postal Ballot
| Category | No. of snares | No. of valid | %of | No. of votes- | No. of votes- | %of | %of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| neld | votes polled | valid | in favour | against | votes | votes | |
| ·' (1) |
(2) | votes | (4) | (5) | in | against | |
| polled | favour | on | |||||
| on | on | votes | |||||
| outstan | votes | polled | |||||
| ding | polled | (7)=[(5) | |||||
| shares | (6)=[(4 | /(2)]*1 | |||||
| (3)=[(2) | )/(2)]* | 00 | |||||
| I | 100 | ||||||
| (1)]*10 | |||||||
| 0 | ' | ||||||
| Promoter | |||||||
| and | 29,54,85,596 | 29,54,85,596 | 100.00 | 29,54,85,596 | NIL | 100.00 | NIL |
| Promoter | |||||||
| Group | |||||||
| Public | 36,27,95,000 | 30,43,63,359 | 83.894 | 26,95,83,090 | 3,47,80,269 | 88.573 | 11.427 |
| Institutions | |||||||
| Public Non | 14,81,79,850 | 75,94,568 | 5.125 | 75,90,215 | 4,353 | 99.943 | 0.057 |
| Institutions | |||||||
| Total | 80,64,60,446 | 60,74,43,523 | 75.322 | 57,26,58,901 | 3,47,84,622 | 94.274 | 5.726 |
Percentage of votes cast in Favour: 94.274 Percentage of votes cast Against: 5.726
RESULTS:-
As the number of votes cast in favour of the Resolution is more than three times the number of votes cast against, I report that the Special Resolution as per Item No.2 as set forth in the Notice dated January 29, 2021 has been passed by the Members with requisite majority. The Resolution is deemed as passed on the last date of voting that is Thursday, March 25, 2021.
I further report that as per the Notice and the Board Resolution dated January 29, 2021, any one of Dr. Y.K. Hamied, Chairman, Mr. Kedar Upadhye, Global Chief Financial Officer or Mr. Rajendra Chopra, Company Secretary, may declare, confirm and countersign this report and the above results of voting by postal ballot in respect of the Resolutions referred, on· or before March. 27, 2021. The result of the Postal Ballot will be displayed on the website of the Company www.cipla .com and on the website of KFintech, https://evoting.kfintech.com , the service provider. The results shall also be
forwarded to BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the exchanges where the equity shares of the Company are listed and to the Company at its Registered Office.
I further report that, Rule 22 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 has been duly complied with and the records maintained by me including the data as obtained from KFintech, the Service Provider for the e-voting facility extended by them recording the consent or otherwise received from the Members,· bye-voting which includes all the particulars of the Members such as the name, folio number/DP ID and Client ID, number of shares held, number of shares voted and number of shares assented, number of shares dissented, number of shares rejected, and other related data/papers are in my safe custody which will be handed over to the Company Secretary of the Company.
I thank you fqr the opportunity given, to act as a Scrutinizer for the above Postal Ballot process of your Company.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For BN & Associates Company Secretaries

(Proprietor) (FCS no. 1303 COP no. 10440) . UDIN. F001303B004124501
Place: Mumbai Date: March 26, 2021
The following were the witnesses to the unblocking of the votes on March 26, 2021
Mr. K Venkataraman ' .
Counter signed and received the report: ~ For Cipla Limited RAJENDRA CHOPRA Digitally signed by RAJENDRA CHOPRA DN: c=IN, o=Personal, 2.5.4.20=4987ad48c3965cfde78c8ea69e6f40ac9 1535876f12ba1fa5ba45cc5cc8db6cb, postalCode=122001, st=HARYANA, serialNumber=0be85c0408d0e3afd663669f531 4248a72fdcdf34d01d48d472d7cf9262696f6, cn=RAJENDRA CHOPRA Date: 2021.03.26 13:51:09 +05'30'
Rajendra Chopra Company Secretary Place: Mumbai Date: March 26, 2021