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Pfizer Ltd. — Regulatory Filings 2024
May 27, 2024
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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
May 27, 2024
| The Corporate Relationship Dept. | The Manager, Listing Dept. |
|---|---|
| BSE Limited | The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. |
| 1st Floor, P.J.Towers | Exchange Plaza, 5th 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: Auditor's Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
Ref.: Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
We refer to our letter dated May 17, 2024, informing you about the Audited financial results for the financial year ended March 31, 2024, Statement of Assets and Liabilities as on March 31, 2024, Statement of Audited Cash Flows for the year ended March 31, 2024 and Declaration with respect to Audit Report with unmodified opinion. We wish to bring to your notice that by oversight the Auditor's Report was not attached along with the said filing.
Please find attached the Auditor's Report dated May 17, 2024, by our Statutory Auditors, M/s. B S R & Co., LLP.
Please note that there are no changes in the Audited financial results for the year ended March 31, 2024, published on May 17, 2024.
Request you to please take the above on record.
Thanking you,
Yours truly, For Pfizer Limited Prajeet Nair PRAJEET NAIR Digitally signed by PRAJEET NAIR Date: 2024.05.27 14:43:02 +05'30'
Director – Corporate Services & Company Secretary
Encl.: A/a
8 SR & Co. LLP Chartered Accountants
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Independent Auditor's Report
To the Board of Directors of Pfizer Limited
Report on the audit of the Annual Financial Results
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying annual financial results of Pfizer Limited (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"} for the year ended 31 March 2024, attached herewith, being submitted by the Company pursuant to the requirement of Regulation 33 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements} Regulations, 2015, as amended ("listing Regulations"}.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid annual financial results:
- a. are presented in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 33 of the Listing Regulations in this regard; and
- b. give a true and fair view in conformity with the recognition and measurement principles laid down in the applicable Indian Accounting Standards, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the net profit and other comprehensive income and other financial information for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SAs") specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act"). Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Annual Financial Results section of our report. We are independent of the Company, in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act, and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us, is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the annual financial results.
Management's and Board of Directors' Responsibilities for the Annual Financial Results
These annual financial results have been prepared on the basis of the annual financial statements.
The Company's Management and the Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation and presentation of these annual financial results that give a true and fair view of the net profit/ loss and other comprehensive income and other financial information in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles laid down in Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act and other accounting principles generally accepted in India and in compliance with Regulation 33 of the Listing Regulations. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the annual financial results that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
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BS R & Co. LLP
Independent Auditor's Report (Continued)
Pfizer Limited
In preparing the annual financial results, the Management and the Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Annual Fmancial Results
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the annual financial results as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these annual financial results.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the annual financial results, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3} (i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion through a separate report on the complete set of financial statements on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures in the annual financial results made by the Management and Board of Directors.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the appropriateness of this assumption. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the annual financial results or, if such disclosures are inadequate, lo modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the annual financial results, including the disclosures, and whether the annual financial results represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
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BS R & Co. LLP
Independent Auditor's Report {Continued) Pfizer Limited
Other Matter
The annual financial results include the results for the quarter ended 31 March 2024 being the balancing figure between the audited figures in respect of the full financial year and the published unaudited year to date figures up to the third quarter of the current financial year which were subject to limited review by us.
For B S R & Co. LLP
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Mumbai 17 May 2024
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