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UPL Limited — Capital/Financing Update 2025
Nov 6, 2025
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UPL Limited , Uniphos House, C.D. Marg, 11[th] Road, Madhu Park, Khar (West), Mumbai – 400052, India
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w: www.upl-ltd.com e: [email protected] t: +91 22 6856 8000
November 6, 2025
BSE Limited Mumbai SCRIP CODE – 512070
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Mumbai
SYMBOL: UPL
Sub: Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2025
Dear Sir/Madam,
Pursuant to Regulation 32(6) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, read with Regulation 82(4) of the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2018, please find enclosed herewith Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, issued by CARE Ratings Limited for utilisation of proceeds of Rights Issue of the Company. There is no variation / deviation in the utilisation of such funds.
The aforesaid information is also being made available on the website of the Company at https://www.upl-ltd.com/investors/shareholder-center/announcements-and-updates .
We request you to take the above information on record.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For UPL Limited
Sandeep Digitally signed by Sandeep Mohan Mohan Deshmukh Date: 2025.11.06 Deshmukh 13:52:58 +05'30'
Sandeep Deshmukh Company Secretary and Compliance Officer (ACS-10946 )
Encl.: As above
Registered Office: 3-11, GIDC, Vapi, Valsad - 396 195, Gujarat, India. P +91 260 2432716 CIN: L24219GJ1985PLC025132
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Monitoring Agency Report
No. CARE/HO/GEN/2025-26/1138
The Board of Directors UPL Limited
Uniphos House Chitrakar Dhurandhar Road, Near Madhu Park Garden, Khar West, Mumbai Maharashtra 400052.
06/11/2025
Dear Sir/Ma’am,
Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended 30/09/2025 - in relation to the Rights issue of UPL Limited (“the Company”)
We write in our capacity of Monitoring Agency for the Rights Issue for the amount aggregating to ₹3,377.74 crore of the Company and refer to our duties cast under Regulation 82 of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations.
In this connection, we are enclosing the Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended 30/09/2025 as per aforesaid SEBI Regulations and Monitoring Agency Agreement dated 21/11/2024.
Request you to kindly take the same on records.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
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Arti Roy
Associate Director [email protected]
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CARE Ratings Limited
4th Floor, Godrej Coliseum, Somaiya Hospital Road, Off Eastern Express Highway, Sion (East), Mumbai Phone: +91-22-6754 3456 • www.careedge.in
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CIN-L67190MH1993PLC071691
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Report of the Monitoring Agency
Name of the issuer: UPL Limited For quarter ended: 30/09/2025
Name of the Monitoring Agency: CARE Ratings Limited (CareEdge Ratings) (a) Deviation from the objects: Nil (b) Range of Deviation: Not applicable
Declaration:
We declare that this report provides an objective view of the utilization of the issue proceeds in relation to the objects of the issue based on the information provided by the Issuer and information obtained from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. The MA does not perform an audit and undertakes no independent verification of any information/ certifications/ statements it receives. This Report is not intended to create any legally binding obligations on the MA which accepts no responsibility, whatsoever, for loss or damage from the use of the said information. The views and opinions expressed herein do not constitute the opinion of MA to deal in any security of the Issuer in any manner whatsoever. Nothing mentioned in this report is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the MA and any issuer or between the agency and any user of this report. The MA and its affiliates also do not act as an expert as defined under Section 2(38) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The MA or its affiliates may have credit rating or other commercial transactions with the entity to which the report pertains and may receive separate compensation for its ratings and certain credit related analyses. We confirm that there is no conflict of interest in such relationship/interest while monitoring and reporting the utilization of the issue proceeds by the issuer, or while undertaking credit rating or other commercial transactions with the entity.
We have submitted the report herewith in line with the format prescribed by SEBI, capturing our comments, where applicable. There are certain sections of the report under the title “Comments of the Board of Directors”, that shall be captured by the Issuer’s Management / Audit Committee of the Board of Directors subsequent to the MA submitting their report to the issuer and before dissemination of the report through stock exchanges. These sections have not been reviewed by the MA, and the MA takes no responsibility for such comments of the issuer’s Management/Board.
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Signature:
Name and designation of the Authorized Signatory: Arti Roy Designation of Authorized person/Signing Authority: Associate Director
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CARE Ratings Limited
4th Floor, Godrej Coliseum, Somaiya Hospital Road, Off Eastern Express Highway, Sion (East), Mumbai Phone: +91-22-6754 3456 • www.careedge.in
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CIN-L67190MH1993PLC071691
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1) Issuer Details:
Name of the issuer
: UPL Limited
Name of the promoter
Name of the promoter : Nerka Chemicals Pvt Ltd, Uniphos Enterprises Limited, Suresight Ventures Limited, Harmonic Ventures Limited, Jaidev Rajnikant Shroff, Vikram Rajnikant Shroff, Shilpa P Sagar, Demuric Holdings Private Limited, Jyoti Manshankar Bhatt, Jai Singh, Esthetic Finvest Private Limited, R Shroff Consultants Private Limited, & Varun Jaidev Shroff.
Industry/sector to which it belongs : Agribusiness Sector - The group operates across the value chain, offering high-yielding seeds, crop protection products, intermediates, specialty chemicals, soil enhancement technologies, and farmer engagement initiatives to capitalize on growth opportunities throughout the crop production cycle.
2) Issue Details
Issue Period : 05/12/2024 to 17/12/2024 Type of issue (public/rights) : Rights Issue Type of specified securities : Equity Shares IPO Grading, if any : Not applicable Issue size (in crore) : ₹3,377.74 crore
3) Details of the arrangement made to ensure the monitoring of issue proceeds:
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| Particulars | Reply | Source of information / certifications considered by Monitoring Agency for preparation of report |
Comments of the Monitoring Agency |
Comments of the Board of Directors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whether all utilization is as per the disclosures in the Offer Document? |
Yes | CA Certificate*, Bank Statements, & Management certificate |
Nil | Nil |
| Whether shareholder approval has been obtained in case of material deviations#from expenditures disclosed in the Offer Document? |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| Whether the means of finance for the disclosed objects of the issue have changed? |
No | CA Certificate* | There is a pending amount of ₹4.7 crore to be collected towards the First Call and ₹20.0 crore towards the Second and Final Call from the investors. The balance amount of ₹86.0 crore remaining unutilized has been deployed as follows: ₹8.1 crore in the Allotment Account, ₹7.9 crore in the Monitoring Account, and ₹70.0 crore placed as a Fixed Deposit with MUFG Bank Limited as on September 30,2025. |
No comments |
| Is there any major deviation observed over the earlier monitoringagencyreports? |
No | As per last monitoring agency report dated July25,2025 |
There was no deviation recorded post last monitoringagencyreport. |
No comments |
| Whether all Government/statutory approvals related to the object(s)have been obtained? |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | No comments | No comments |
| Whether all arrangements pertaining to technical assistance/collaboration are in operation? |
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | No comments | No comments |
| Are there any favorable/unfavorable events affecting the viabilityof these object(s)? |
No | CA Certificate* | No comments | No comments |
| Is there any other relevant information that may materially affect the decision makingof the investors? |
No | CA Certificate* | No comments | No comments |
*Chartered Accountant certificate from Vora & Associates (peer reviewed audit firm) vide CA certificate dated October 16, 2025
Where material deviation may be defined to mean:
a) Deviation in the objects or purposes for which the funds have been raised
b) Deviation in the amount of funds actually utilized by more than 10% of the amount projected in the offer documents.
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4) Details of objects to be monitored:
(i) Cost of objects –
| Sr. No |
Item Head |
Item Head |
Source of information / certifications considered by Monitoring Agency for preparation of report |
Source of information / certifications considered by Monitoring Agency for preparation of report |
Source of information / certifications considered by Monitoring Agency for preparation of report |
Original cost (as per the Offer Document) in ₹ Crore |
Original cost (as per the Offer Document) in ₹ Crore |
Revised Cost in ₹ Crore |
Revised Cost in ₹ Crore |
Comments of the Monitoring Agency |
Comments of the Monitoring Agency |
Comments of the Board of Directors | Comments of the Board of Directors | Comments of the Board of Directors | Comments of the Board of Directors | Comments of the Board of Directors | Comments of the Board of Directors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for cost revision |
Proposed financing option |
Particulars of - firm arrangements made |
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| 1 | Prepayment, repayment and / or redemption of all, or a portion of, certain outstanding borrowings availed by our Company and certain of our Subsidiaries |
Offer document | 3,008.8 | NA | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | ||||||||||
| 2 | General corporate purposes* | Offer document | 337.8 | NA | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | ||||||||||
| 3 | Issue related expenses | Offer document | 31.2 | NA | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | ||||||||||
| Total | 3,377.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| *for general corporate exigencies/expenses (ii)Progress in the objects – |
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| Sr . N o |
Item Head |
Source of information / certifications considered by Monitoring Agency for preparation of report |
Amount as proposed in the Offer Document in ₹ Crore |
Crore | Total | Comments of the Monitoring Agency |
Comments of the Board of Directors |
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| Amount utilised in ₹ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amount received till Q2FY26 in ₹ Crore |
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| As at beginning of the quarter in ₹ Crore |
At the end | unutilised | Reasons for idle funds |
Proposed course of action |
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of the | amount in | ||||||||||||||||
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quarter in | ₹ crore | ||||||||||||||||
| ₹ Crore | ₹ Crore | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Prepayment, repayment and / or redemption of all, or a portion of, certain outstanding borrowings availed by our Company and certain of our Subsidiaries |
Bank Statement, Management Certificate, & CA Certificate* |
3,008.8 | 1,485.1 | 1,504.6 | 2,989.7 | 86.0# | The funds received from rights issue proceeds were utilized towards repayments of debt (UPL Limited: ₹2,840.7 crore & UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions Limited: ₹149.0 crore)asper |
Nil | Nil |
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| Sr . N o |
Item Head |
Source of information / certifications considered by Monitoring Agency for preparation of report |
Amount as proposed in the Offer Document in ₹ Crore |
Crore | Total | Comments of the Monitoring Agency |
Comments of the Board of Directors |
Comments of the Board of Directors |
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| Amount utilised in ₹ | |||||||||||
| Amount received till Q2FY26 in ₹ Crore |
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| As at beginning of the quarter in ₹ Crore |
At the end | unutilised | Reasons for idle funds |
Proposed course of action |
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of the | amount in | |||||||||
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quarter in | ₹ crore | |||||||||
| ₹ Crore | ₹ Crore | ||||||||||
| the objects of the issue. |
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| 2 | General corporate purposes^ |
Bank Statement, Management Certificate, & CA Certificate* |
337.8 | 165.5# | 91.9 | 257.4 | The funds received from rights issue proceeds were utilized towards working capital vendor payments and advance tax. |
Nil | Nil | ||
| 3 | Issue related expenses | Bank Statement, Management Certificate, & CA Certificate* |
31.2 | 23.1 | - | 23.1 | The funds received from rights issue proceeds were utilized towards reimbursement of Issue Expenses. |
Nil | Nil | ||
| Total | 3,377.7 | 3353.1 | 1,673.7 | 1,596.5 | 3,270.2 | 86.0# |
*The above details are verified by Vora & Associates (peer reviewed audit firm) vide CA certificate dated October 16, 2025
It includes interest of ₹0.51 crore on Fixed Deposit of ₹300 crore placed at an interest rate of 6.30% p.a. and ₹2.55 crore on Fixed Deposit of ₹1,500 crore placed with MUFG Bank Limited at an interest rate of 4.90-5.20% p.a.
^for general corporate exigencies/expenses
(iii) Deployment of unutilized proceeds:
| Sr. No. |
Type of instrument and name of the entity invested in | Amount invested |
Maturity date | Earning | Return on Investment(%) |
Market Value as at the end of quarter(in ₹ crore) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balance in Allotment account | 8.1 | - | - | - | 8.1 |
| 2 | Balance in Monitoringaccount | 7.9 | - | - | - | 7.9 |
| 3 | Fixed Deposit of ₹70 croreplaced with MUFG Bank Limited | 70.0 | October 03,2025* | 0.06 | 4.90% | 70.0 |
| Total | 86.0 | 86.0 |
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*The company has received the fixed deposit amount along with the interest income in its monitoring account upon maturity.
(iv) Delay in implementation of the object(s) –
| Completion Date | Completion Date | Comments of the Board of Directors | Comments of the Board of Directors | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delay (no. of | |||||
| Objects | As per the offer | ||||
| Actual | days/ months) | Reason of delay |
Proposed course of action | ||
| document | |||||
| Prepayment, repayment and / or redemption of all, or a portion of, certain outstanding borrowings availed by our Companyand certain of our Subsidiaries |
FY27 |
Ongoing | No delay | Nil | Nil |
| General corporatepurposes | FY27 | Ongoing | No delay | Nil | Nil |
| Issue related expenses | FY27 | Ongoing | No delay | Nil | Nil |
5) Details of utilization of proceeds stated as General Corporate Purpose (GCP) amount in the offer document:
| Amount | Source of information / certifications considered by | Comments of the | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. No | Item Head^ |
Comments of Monitoring Agency | |||
| in ₹ Crore | Monitoring Agency forpreparation of report | Board of Directors | |||
| 1 | Working Capital Vendor Payments |
230.4 |
Bank Statement, Management Certificate, & CA Certificate* | The funds received from rights issue proceeds were utilized towards vendor payments and advance tax. |
Nil |
| 2 | Advance Tax Payment | 27.0 | Bank Statement, Management Certificate, & CA Certificate* | ||
| Total | 257.4 | - |
*The above details are verified by Vora & Associates (peer reviewed audit firm) vide CA certificate dated October 16, 2025
^ Section from the offer document related to GCP:
“Our Company intends to deploy the balance Net Proceeds aggregating up to ₹337.77 crore towards general corporate purposes, provided that the amount to be utilized for general corporate purposes shall not exceed 25% of the Issue Proceeds, in compliance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations.
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Disclaimers to MA report:
a) This Report is prepared by CARE Ratings Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Monitoring Agency/MA” ). The MA has taken utmost care to ensure accuracy and objectivity while developing this Report based on the information provided by the Issuer and information obtained from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. The views and opinions expressed herein do not constitute the opinion of MA to deal in any security of the Issuer in any manner whatsoever.
b) This Report has to be seen in its entirety; the selective review of portions of the Report may lead to inaccurate assessments. For the purpose of this Report, MA has relied upon the information provided by the management /officials/ consultants of the Issuer and third-party sources like statutory auditor/internal auditor which is peer reviewed audit firm/peer reviewed audit firm appointed by the Issuer believed by it to be accurate and reliable.
c) Nothing contained in this Report is capable or intended to create any legally binding obligations on the MA which accepts no responsibility, whatsoever, for loss or damage from the use of the said information. The MA is also not responsible for any errors in transmission and specifically states that it, or its directors, employees do not have any financial liabilities whatsoever to the users of this Report.
d) The MA and its affiliates do not act as a fiduciary. The MA and its affiliates also do not act as an expert to the extent defined under Section 2(38) of the Companies Act, 2013. While the MA has obtained information from sources it believes to be reliable, it does not perform an audit and undertakes no independent verification of any information/ certifications/ statements it receives from statutory auditors/internal auditor which is peer reviewed audit firm/peer reviewed audit firm (or from peer reviewed CA firms), lawyers, chartered engineers or other experts, and relies on in its reports.
e) The MA or its affiliates may have other commercial transactions with the entity to which the report pertains. As an example, the MA may rate the issuer or any debt instruments / facilities issued or proposed to be issued by the issuer that is subject matter of this report. The MA may receive separate compensation for its ratings and certain credit-related analyses, normally from issuers or underwriters of the instruments, facilities, securities or from obligors.
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CARE Ratings Limited
4th Floor, Godrej Coliseum, Somaiya Hospital Road, Off Eastern Express Highway, Sion (East), Mumbai Phone: +91-22-6754 3456 • www.careedge.in
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CIN-L67190MH1993PLC071691