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Pfizer Ltd. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2023

Dec 8, 2023

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Pfizer Limited

The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No. C - 70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051. Tel : +91 22 6693 2000 Fax : +91 22 2654 0274

December 8, 2023

The Corporate Relationship Dept. The Manager, Listing Dept. BSE Limited The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. 1[st] Floor, P.J.Towers Exchange Plaza, 5[th] Floor, Plot No. C/1, Dalal Street, Fort G Block Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai – 400 001 Mumbai – 400 051 Scrip Code: 500680 Scrip Symbol: PFIZER

Dear Sirs,

Sub: Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 – Newspaper Advertisement - Pfizer Limited Postal Ballot Notice.

Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Schedule III Part A Para A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we enclose herewith copies of newspaper advertisement of the Postal Ballot Notice published on December 8, 2023 in Business Standard (English) and Sakal (Marathi).

Request you to take the above on record.

Thanking you,

Yours truly, For Pfizer Limited

Digitally signed by PRAJEET NAIR DN: c=IN, postalCode=400037, st=MAHARASHTRA, PRAJEET street=MUMBAI, l=MUMBAI, o=Personal, serialNumber=c24aea3eb0ba76c8cf19782a6242b9b3 5252d6b9461f59c3998022881b762db1, pseudonym=c72d46d79a2c4d8fad7277c8c74c4fcd, 2.5.4.20=9933a48702916ad69ca05ea07b057e4a4737 e501e65094b9d54663b70517bbe5, [email protected], cn=PRAJEET NAIR NAIR Date: 2023.12.08 13:55:28 +05'30' Prajeet Nair

Director – Corporate Services & Company Secretary

Encl.: A/a

CIN: L24231MH1950PLC008311 Email ID: [email protected] Website: www.pfizerltd.co.in

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Mobile manufacturing to hit $50 bn in FY24: Vaishnaw

ChrysCapital buysstakein ProHance,enters SaaSspace

GenAIstartupSarvamAI raises$41million

SHIVANI SHINDE reimagine how this technology Mumbai,7December can add value to people’s lives,” SaaSspace said Vivek Raghavan, co-founder Sarvam AI, a generative artificial of Sarvam AI. Sarvam AI will pro- SUBHAYAN CHAKRABORTY India has been logging more Private equity firm ChrysCapital said intelligence (GenAI) startup, on vide training AI models that supNewDelhi,7December than $1 billion in smartphone on Thursday it has acquired a 75 per Thursdaysaiditraised$41million portIndianlanguages.Itwillwork exports since October 2022. “INTHENEXTYEAROR cent stake in ProHance Analytics, a in a Series A round led by with Indian companies to build M willobileturing worth $50 billiontakephoneplacemanufac-in India FY24exportsIn the(2023-24),stoodfirstat6 $6.53monthssmartphonebillionof theas THATMOBILEPHONETWO,YOUWILLSEE software-as-a-servicesinworkforceanalyticsandoperations.It is ChrysCapital’s(SaaS)first invest-expert LightspeedandsupportedbyPeakXVPartnersandKhoslaVentures.The funding is the largest at on their data.domain-specificAI“We see several countries hav-modelsbased in the current financial year and compared to $10.95 billion ANDELECTRONICS ment in the growing Indian SaaS ecothisstageforanIndianAIstartup. ing sovereign efforts to build Information Technology Ministergorythe totalwillexportsreachfrom$15 thebillion,cateexports in the entire FY23 (2022-23),CommerceofficialDepartmentdata fromshows.the EXPORTSHAVEREACHEDTHETOP2OR $12 billion. Indian SaaS has almost 5persystem, which is valued at more thancent of the global market oping a “full-stack” pro-SarvamAIsaiditwasdevel-duct that can be used GenAIstrategicWe modelsneedimportance.companiesgiven its Ashwini Vaishnaw said on The data has a lag of two months. TOP3POSITIONSINTHE and will reach 8 per cent by 2027, for training custom AI like Sarvam AI to Thursday,country’s overallassertingexportsthatare theset exports is tied to the performanceA large chunk of smartphone EXPORTLIST" according to estimates.ProHance, which was founded by models or as an enter-prise-grade platform. ise for building AI indevelop deep expertto touch $1 trillion very soon. of one company — Apple India — ASHWINI VAISHNAW Kishore Reddy and Rajesh Sharma in Thecompanysaida and for India,” said Speaking at a press briefing, which makes up 62 per cent of all MinisterofElectronicsand 2009, provides insights to small and full-stack approach Vinod Khosla, a piothe minister said mobile phones smartphone exports. InformationTechnology midsize businesses to make decisions would accelerate GenAI neer in Silicon Valley AI have now become the fourth In the April-October period of in complex, distributed, and hybrid adoption in India, given that investments, including his largestexportcategoryfromIndia. FY24, the Cupertino-headquarworkforces. The company’s services enterprisesacknowledgethetechearly support for ChatGPT owner “In the next year or two, you tered company through its three year, this was $28 billion. a major inflection point. India has are used by 320,000 people at over nology’s potential but are grapOpenAI.HemantMohapatra,partwill see that mobile phone and vendors in India exported Vaishnaw said the fast growth reached a point, where we are get170 enterprises in 24 countries, said a pling with how to leverage it for ner at Lightspeed, said: “Having electronics exports have reached iPhones worth $5 billion, Business of smartphone exports shows the ting ready to do $1trillion worth statement. ProHance said business. “I have seen first hand backed some of the most influenthe top 2 or top 3 positions in the Standard reported last month, quick pace at which India's export of exports very soon,” he said. ChrysCapital’s stake will help it in theenormousvalueininnovating tial names in GenAI globally, we export list,” he said. citing industry and government basket is diversifying, emphasisIndia’s overall exports stood at expanding in Philippines, Australia, atfoundationallayersanddeployare excited by Sarvam AI’s unique Currently, processed petrodata. ing that the government’s ‘Make $775.7 billion in FY23, of which and South America. ing at population scale. India has approach in combining model leum, diamonds, iron, steel and Overall, electronic exports in India’ initiative has merchandise exports stood at The founders and senior leaderdemonstrated that it can harness innovationandapplicationdevelpharmaceuticals make up the from the country stood at $15.77 undoubtedly become a success. $450.4 billion, with services makship of ProHance will continue after technology differently, and with opment to build population-scale top 5. billion in FY24. In the previous “The country’s economy is at ing up $325.4 billion. the acquisition. SHIVANI SHINDE GenAI we have an opportunity to solutions for India.”

‘Digitalpublic infrafuelling innovation’

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PFIZER LIMITED CIN: L24231MH1950PLC008311 infrafuelling The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No. C - 70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051 Tel: +91 22 6693 2000 Fax: +91 22 2654 0274 Website: www.pfizerltd.co.in E-mail ID: [email protected] innovation’ NOTICE OF POSTAL BALLOT PEERZADA ABRAR Dear Members, Bengaluru,7December NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of section 110 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”), Rules 20 and 22 of the Companies India’s digital public infras(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (“Rules”), Regulation 44 and other applicable regulations tructure (DPI) ecosystem is of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) fuelling market innovation Regulations, 2015 ("the SEBI Listing Regulations"), including any statutory modification or re-enactment and value creation, acceleratthereof for the time being in force, approval of the members is being sought for appointment of ing the emergence of new Mr. P. Rengan (DIN: 10362899) as a Whole-time Director of the Company designated as challengestartups,andenablingthemtoincumbents, said to be passed as an 'Ordinary Resolution', by way of postal ballot.Executive Director – Plant Operations for a period of 5 years with effect from October 28, 2023 proposed Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys who spearheaded In accordance with the applicable provisions of the MCA Circulars, members can vote only through the country’s unique identifie-voting. Hence, physical copy of the postal ballot notice along with postal ballot forms and pre-paid cation project, on Thursday. Nowclearlyallthe business envelope is not being sent to the members. The Company is accordingly pleased to offer are“Now clearly all the piecesthere — technology, the piecesarethere.Thereis e-voting facility to the members to cast their votes electronically and instructions regarding the same areprovided in the notes to this postal ballot notice. Members may note that the e-voting commences interfaces (DPI), and the ven- technology,the on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. IST and ends on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ture money,” said Nilekani, interfaces(DPI)andthe IST. Members are therefore requested to cast their vote not later than 5:00 p.m. IST on Saturday, duringafiresidechatwithAnilKumar,chiefexecutiveofficer, venturemoney…Ithink January 6, 2024 been received from the members., to be eligible for being considered, failing which it will be considered that no vote has during“GroundRedseerStrategyConsultants,theZeroconsulting9.0, Resiliencefirm’s wewillbeseeinganaccelerationofstartups a. InExplanatoryaccordanceStatementwith relevanthas beenMCAsentandviaSEBIelectronicCirculars,mode noticeon Thursday,of PostalDecemberBallot along7, 2023,withtotheall in Action” event here. thatusethevarious those members whose names appear in the Register of Members / Register of Beneficial Owners as acceleration“I think we’ll be seeing anof startups that (DPI)infrastructures Company / Depositories.on Friday, December 1, 2023 (“Cut-off date”) and whose e-mail addresses are registered with the use the various (DPI) infrasb. The postal ballot notice is available on website of the Company at www.pfizerltd.co.in website of tructuresthatwehavetobuild Stock Exchanges i.e. BSE Limited at www.bseindia.com and National Stock Exchange of India (innovations).” NANDAN NILEKANI Limited at www.nseindia.com and on the website of KFin Technologies Limited at muchPlatformsHe said DPI was becomingmoresuch asorganised.the Open Co-founder,Infosys c. The Company has engaged the services of KFin Technologies Limited for providing e-voting facilitywww.evoting.kfintech.com. NetworkforDigitalCommerce andmakeitveryinclusiveand to the Members to cast their votes electronically. (ONDC) were creating hackalow-cost to enable billions of d. The e-voting period is as follows: country’s first ONDC-focusedthons for companies to buildplatform,innovation.leadingearly-startinvestmenthasAntlercreatedIndia,thea applications on top of it.”facestransactions,” said Nilekani.Aadhaar“You open it up with inter-so anyoneand canUPIbuildare e. Saturday, Members Conclusion of e-votinCommencement of e are January requested 6,-2024votingg to noteandthatthe e-votingfacility SaturdaFriday, December 8, 2023 (9:00 A.M. IST) shallshallbe y, not Januar disabledbe allowed y 6 by , 2024 KFinbeyond (5:00 P.M. IST Technologies 5:00 p.m.) Limited IST on venture platform. already mature programmes thereafter. Once the vote on a resolution is cast by a Member, the Member shall not be allowed to DPIreferstoblocksorplatnow.UPIdoes10billiontranschange it subsequently. forms such as digital identifiactions per month. Today it is f. A person whose name appears in the register of members/register of beneficial owners as on the cation, payments infrastrucused by 350 million people cut-off date shall only be entitled to avail the facility of e-voting. Voting Rights shall be reckoned ture, and data-exchange and 50 million merchants. on the paid-up value of equity shares registered in the name of the Members as on the cut-off date. their people, empowering cit-solutions.deliverTheseessentialhelp servicescountriesto coconut vendor on the streetis using UPI,” said Nilekani.The fact that the platform“The vegetable or the g. Aperson who is not a Member as on the cut-off date shall treat the postal ballot notice for informationpurposes only.Members holding shares in the dematerialized mode, are requested to register their email izens and improving lives by is free and small transactions addresses and mobile numbers with their relevant Depositories through their Depository Participants. enabling digital inclusion. are widely done has enabled Members holding shares in physical mode are requested to furnish their email addresses and mobile “For instance, Aadhaar democratising digital paynumbers in form ISR – 1 and/or form ISR – 2 as the case maybe to Company’s Registrar and Transfer doesidentityandUPI(Unified ments across the country, Agent, KFin Technologies Limited. The said forms are available on Company’s website under PaymentsInterface).Thenyou beyond metros in small cities Investor Services Tab in Investors Section. do it for the whole population and towns. h. Instructions on the process of e-voting, including the manner in which Members holding shares in physical mode can cast their vote are provided as part of the postal ballot notice. i. The relevant documents referred to in the postal ballot notice shall be made available for inspection BILLING SYSTEM CASE their name, Folio No. /DP ID and Client ID, until the last date for receipt of votes through e-voting.electronically by the Members based on requests received at [email protected] mentioning j. The Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”) have appointed (CS) Mr. Nrupang B. Dholakia, Googlewithdraws Practicing Company Secretary & Designated Partner of Dholakia & Associates LLP, to act as thescrutinizer, for conducting the postal ballot voting process, in a fair and transparent manner. k. The Scrutinizer will submit his report to the Chairman or any Key Managerial Personnel authorized appealagainst by the Board after the completion of scrutiny, and the results of voting by postal ballot through the e-voting process will be announced by the Chairman or any person authorized by him, on or before Tuesday, January 9, 2024 and will also be displayed on the website of the Company DelhiHCorder www.pfizerltd.co.in besides being communicated to the Stock Exchanges, Depositories and Registrar and Share Transfer Agent. BHAVINI MISHRA NewDelhi,7December billingtech giantpolicy,to promptingfile an appealthe l. For detailed instructions pertaining to e-voting, Members may please refer to the section “Notes” in GoogleonThursdaywithdrewits appeal against a singlesentsagainst this order.Thea groupADIF,ofwhichdigitalrepre-startsection atMembersnotice of the postal ballot. In case of any queries or grievances regarding the e-voting facility, the www.evoting.kfintech.commay refer the frequently askedor may contact the following:questions and e-voting manual available under the help judgeapplication moved by a groupCompetitionofIndiaHighagainstthetechgiant’snewin-Indian(CCI)CourtorderdigitaltoCommissiondirectingoftakethestartupsupDelhithetheof alleged non-compliance withuntilinvestigationthe User Choice Billing (UCB),app billing fee system, calledsuspensionofGoogle'snewin-ups, filed the petition seekingthe CCIintocompletesGoogle’s ParticularsAddress KFin Technolo UNIT: PFIZER LIMITEDSelenium Tower B, Plot No 31 & 32,Gachibowli Financial District,Nanakramguda, Serilingampally,Hyderabad, Telan gies Limited gana – 500032. Pfizer Limited The Capital, 1802/1901, Plot No.C - 70, G Block, Bandra KurlaComplex, Bandra (East),Mumbai 400 051 appuserchoicebillingsystem. its directives. Name & Designation Mr. Premkumar Nair - Manager Prajeet Nair Thecompanywithdrewits The ADIF had alleged that Director – Corporate Services & appealonthegroundsthatthe despite the regulator’s direcCompany Secretary orderwaspassedwhentheCCI tive asking the California- Tel Tel: +91 40 6716 2222 Tel : +91 22 6693 2000 did not have the quorum to based company to allow the TOLL FREE NO.: 1800-309-4001 Fax : +91 22 2654 0274 hearthepetition.TheCCInow use of third-party billing serv- Email Id [email protected] [email protected] Alliancehearinghas the quorum and has beentheofpleaDigitalfiled byIndiathe ices for in-app payments, theUCBservicesystemfee. chargedThe CCI,a highin By Order of the Board of Directors Sd/Foundation (ADIF), it said. October 2022, imposed a pen- Prajeet Nair The CCI said it has no objecalty of ~936 crore on Google Director – Corporate Services & tion to the withdrawal. and asked it to allow and not Company Secretary The single-judge bench of restrict app developers from Membership No. ACS 19267 the Delhi High Court in April using any third-party billing hadaskedtheCCItodecideon servicesandtonotimposeany theADIFpleaagainstGoogle's discriminatory condition. Place: Mumbai Date: December 7, 2023

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