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Unichem Laboratories Ltd. Capital/Financing Update 2023

Dec 4, 2023

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Capital/Financing Update

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December 04, 2023

The Manager – Department of The Manager – Listing Department Corporate Services BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited P. J. Towers Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C-1, Block G Dalal Street, Fort Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai – 400001 Mumbai – 400051 Scrip Code : 506690 Symbol : UNICHEMLAB Dear Sir/Madam,

SUB: Intimation and disclosures under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, as amended (“Listing Regulations”)

This is in continuation of our earlier letter May 10, 2022, wherein it was informed that the Company had sold its strategic investment in Optimus Drugs Private Limited (Optimus) to Sekhmet Pharmaventures Private Limited (Sekhmet) and that the balance 4918 equity shares representing 0.02% holding in Optimus with carrying value of Rs 0.29 crore in the Company’s books of accounts will be sold later in the second tranche.

After satisfaction of necessary conditions precedent, the Company has now sold the said balance equity shares held in Optimus to Sekhmet for an aggregate consideration of Rs 67.47 crores.

This intimation is given under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

In terms of the Listing Regulations read with SEBI Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD/4/2015 dated 9 September 2015. Please refer to Annexure I attach herewith for further details in relation to the change in the shareholding from the last disclosure made.

Kindly take the above on record and oblige.

Thanking you. Yours faithfully For UNICHEM LABORATORIES LIMITED PRADEEP Digitally signed by PRADEEP BHANDARI BHANDARI Date: 2023.12.04 15:15:52 +05'30' PRADEEP BHANDARI Head – Legal & Company Secretary

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Registered Office: Unichem Bhavan, Prabhat Estate, Off S. V. Road Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai – 400 102, Maharashtra, India.

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Annexure I – Part A 1 (ii)(b) Change in the shareholdings from the last disclosure made by the Company: Optimus Drugs Private Limited.

S. No. Details required Information about such event
a) Name of the target entity,
details in brief such as size,
turnover etc.
Sale of equity shares held by the Company in
Optimus Drugs Private Limited (“Optimus”) to
Sekhmet Pharmaventures Private Limited.
Total turnover of Optimus (audited): Rs. 1139
crores (22-23)
b) Whether the~~acquisition/s~~ale
would fall within related party
transaction(s) and whether the
promoter/ promoter group/
group companies have any
interest in the entity being
~~acquired~~/sold? If yes, nature of
interest and details thereof and
whether the same is done at
“arm’s length”
No
c) industry to which the entity
beingsold/~~acquired~~belongs;
Active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) and
intermediates
d) objects
and
effects
of
~~acquisition/~~sale (including but
not limited to, disclosure of
reasons for~~acquisition/~~sale of
the target entity, if its business
is outside the main line of
business of the listed entity);
Liquidation of strategic investment by the
Company.
e) brief
details
of
any
governmental or regulatory
approvals required for the
acquisition;
Approval from the Competition Commission of
India
f) The indicative time period for
completion
of
the
sale~~/acquisition;~~
The transfer of shares and sale consideration
for
4918
equity
shares
to
Sekhmet
representing 0.02% holding in Optimus with
carrying value of Rs 0.29 crore in the
Company’s
books
of
accounts
will
be
completed by December 4, 2023.

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Registered Office: Unichem Bhavan, Prabhat Estate, Off S. V. Road Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai – 400 102, Maharashtra, India.

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S. No. Details required Information about such event
g) nature
of
consideration
-
whether cash consideration or
share swap and details of the
same;
Cash consideration
h) ~~Cost of sale /acquisition~~or the
price at which the shares are
sold/~~acquired;~~
Rs 67. 47 crores
i) percentage of shareholding /
control sol~~d/acquired~~and / or
number
of
shares
sold/~~acquired;~~
Sale
of
balance
4918
equity
shares
representing 0.02% equity shares in the
Optimus
j) brief background about the
entity sold/~~acquired~~in terms of
products/line
of
business
acquired,
date
of
incorporation, history of last 3
years turnover, country in
which the acquired entity has
presence
and
any
other
significant
information
(in
brief);
Incorporated on December 2, 2003, Optimus is
engaged in the business of researching,
developing, manufacturing, marketing, and
distribution
of
active
pharmaceutical
ingredients and intermediates.
Optimus’s turnover was Rs 1025 Crores
(audited) in 2020-21, Rs. 1123 Crores (audited)
in 2021-22 and Rs. 1139 Crore (audited) in
2022-23.

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Registered Office: Unichem Bhavan, Prabhat Estate, Off S. V. Road Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai – 400 102, Maharashtra, India.