16.2 Rights, preferences and restrictions attached to Equity Shares
The Company has one class of equity shares having a par value of ? 2/- per share. Each shareholder is eligible for one vote per share held. The dividend if proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting, except in case of interim dividend. In the event of liquidation, the equity shareholders are eligible to receive the remaining assets of the Company after distribution of all preferential amounts, in proportion to their shareholding.
18.1 During the year ended 31st March 2026, the Company has repaid the term loan facility including interest availed from bank at a floating rate linked to repo rate which was repayable in 20 quarterly instalments over the tenure of 5 years commenced from December 2021. Refer note 38 for securities pledged against the loan.
18.2 During the year ended 31st March 2024, the Company had entered into a hedge transaction of interest rate currency swap by notionally converting the term loan from INR into USD. The effective portion of changes in fair value is recognised in other comprehensive income of ? Nil (P.Y. ? 1.13 crores). Also refer note 43.
18.3 The Company has obtained Foreign Currency Term Loan [ECB] at a floating rate linked to SOFR which is repayable in 16 quarterly instalments commencing from January 2026. Refer note 38 for securities pledged against the loan.
33.2.1 The Government of India has consolidated 29 existing labour legislations into a unified framework comprising four labour codes viz the Code on Wages, 2019, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (collectively referred to as the "Codes"). The Codes have been made effective from 21st November 2025 and have implication on employee benefits including gratuity, leave encashment and other related obligation.
The incremental impact of these changes, assessed by the Company, on the basis of the information available, consistent with the guidance provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has recognised amount of ? 15.40 crores in the standalone financial results of the Company for the year ended 31st March 2026 under exceptional items - "employee benefit expense" as reported in note 33.2 above. Once the State Rules are notified by the Government on all aspects of the Codes, the Company will evaluate impact, if any, on the measurement of employee benefits and would provide appropriate accounting treatment.
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35 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND OTHER LIABILITIES WHICH ARE REMOTE IN NATURE A. Matters considered as contingent liability
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(? in crores)
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Particulars
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2025-2026
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2024-2025
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(i) Claims not acknowledged as debts (refer note 35.1)
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116.72
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105.79
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(ii) In respect of the Guarantees given to bank on behalf of subsidiaries
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505.43
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30.39
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(iii) Other money for which the Company is contingently liable
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1.39
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3.96
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(iv) Other bank guarantees (refer note 35.2)
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7.65
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7.31
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Total
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631.19
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147.45
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35.1 It mainly comprises of disputed tax matters towards GST and income tax. Further it includes ? 0.12 crores (P.Y. ? 0.47 crores) towards income tax / sales tax refund amount kept on hold, GST amount paid under protest / deposit made pending adjudication under the Income tax Act, 1961, the Finance Act, 1994, Central Excise Act, 1944, Central Goods and Services tax Act, 2017 and respective StateVAT Acts.
35.2 Bank Guarantees aggregating to ? 3.82 crores (P.Y. ? 5.63 crores) are fully secured against Fixed Deposits with Bank of India.
Future cash outflow, if any, will be based on the outcome of the appeals / writ petition in case of disputed (a) statutory dues and (b) claims from regulatory authorities. In respect of bank guarantee and letter of credit, the Company does not expect any cash outflow.
B. Other liabilities which are remote in nature
(i) Claims made by the ex-employees whose services have been terminated in earlier years are not acknowledged as debts. The matters are frivolous and are disputed under various forums. However, in the opinion of the management, these claims are not tenable.
(ii) The Company has filed rectification letters in respect of certain income-tax refunds which have been with held by the department. The Company is of the view that once the rectification letters are processed by the department, the refunds will be received by the Company.
In respect of matters stated in B (i) to (ii), the possibility of any liability devolving on the Company is remote and hence, no disclosure as contingent liability is considered necessary.
36 The Company and its subsidiary Niche Generics Ltd. ("Niche") had received a demand order dated 17th September 2025 from the European Commission (EU) for payment of fine and interest aggregating to Euro 19.55 million and the same was fully settled by the Company on 28th October 2025 after adjusting the payments of Euro 2.79 million already made by Niche in instalments to EU. In regard to above, the Company had fully recognised a provision in books towards payment of fine amounting to Euro 13.96 million towards EU fine during year ended 31st March 2024 and the balance amount representing the interest is recorded in year ended 31st March 2026 under exceptional items.
37 (a) Estimated amount of Contracts remaining to be executed (net of advances) on Capital account of ? 20.70 crores (P.Y. ? 33.24 crores) and
on other purchase orders of ? 156.33 crores (P.Y. ? 119.47 crores) are not provided for.
(b) The Company has imported goods under the advance authorisation scheme/ export promotion capital goods scheme to utilise the benefit of a zero or concessional customs duty rate and has availed packing credit against the export orders. These benefits are subject to future exports. Such pending export obligations at 31st March 2026 aggregate to ? 229.36 crores (P.Y. ? 408.75 crores).
(c) The Company's intention is to continue to provide financial support to its subsidiaries [mainly Niche Generics Ltd, Unichem Farmaceutica Do Brasil Ltda & Unichem China Pvt. Ltd.].
(d) The Company had passed resolution to subscribe to the non-cumulative redeemable preference shares upto GBP 2 million (equivalent ? 25.12 crores) to be issued by N iche Generics Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary.
38 During the year, Citibank N.A. Singapore has sanctioned working capital credit facility of ? 30.00 crores and same is secured by pari-passu first charge by way of hypothecation on Stock, book debts, receivables.
Working capital limits of Axis Bank was cancelled and the pari-passu first charge on current assets were satisfied.
Working Capital facilities from Kotak Mahindra Bank availed by the Company was secured by first and exclusive charge by way of hypothecation on movable property, plant and equipment at Goa as well as first charge by way of equitable mortgage on immovable property being Industrial land and building at Goa. Balance in Term loan (Original sanction ? 125 crores) has been repaid during the year and first and exclusive charge by way of hypothecation on movable property, plant and equipment at Goa as well as first charge by way of equitable mortgage on immovable property being Industrial land and building at Goa is satisfied.
Working capital facility sanctioned by the HDFC Bank is secured by pari-passu first charge by way of hypothecation of stock and book debts.
ECB Term Loan from Citibank N.A., Singapore is secured by first pari-passu charge by way of hypothecation on movable Plant and Machinery, machinery spares, tools and accessories, non-tradable receivables and other movables, both present and future, at Company's factories, premises and godown situated at Goa and Pithampur.
Additionally, charges for all the credit facilities, wherever applicable, have been registered with Registrar of Companies (ROC) within the prescribed due date.
39 As per Ind AS 108 'Operating Segment', segment information has been provided under the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
40 40.1 In respect of its investment in wholly owned subsidiary "Unichem Farmaceutica Do Brasil Ltda", Brazil, full impairment loss was
recognised in earlier years against total investment amount of ? 70.87 crores (P.Y. ? 70.87 crores). Impairment loss has been continued after an internal assessment based on circumstances prevailing as at the balance sheet date such as past performance, results, assets, expected cash flows, projections, status of product approvals and nature of the market and regulatory conditions.
40.2 In case of the subsidiaries (Niche Generics Ltd., Unichem China Pvt. Ltd. and Unichem Farmaceutica Do Brasil Ltda) the management of the Company is of the view that performance of these subsidiaries is improving and will turnaround and in case of China Subsidiary it is at nascent stage.
Note: During the year, the company has not spent any amount on CSR as there was no obligation to spend the same. However, the company is entitled to carry forward the amount of ? Nil (PY. ? 0.28 crores ) spent in the earlier years to the subsequent three financial years which can be set off against the CSR obligation of these years. However, for accounting purpose such excess amount spent is not considered as prepaid expenses. During the current year, ? 0.28 crores (P.Y. ? 0.63 crores) is lapsed for carry forward.
43 HEDGE ACCOUNTING
The Company has managed the foreign exchange risk with appropriate hedging activities in accordance with policies of the Company. The Company manages currency risk as per trends and experiences. The Company uses forward exchange contracts to hedge against its foreign currency exposures relating to export receivables. The Company does not enter into any derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Hedge effectiveness is determined at the inception of the hedge relationship and through periodic prospective effectiveness assessments to ensure that an economic relationship exists between the hedged item and the hedging instrument, including whether the hedging instrument is expected to offset changes in cash flows of hedged items.
If the hedge ratio for risk management purposes is no longer optimal but the risk management objective remains unchanged and the hedge continues to qualify for hedge accounting, the hedge relationship will be re-balanced by adjusting either the volume of the hedging instrument or the volume of the hedged item so that the hedged ratio aligns with the ratio used for risk management purposes. Any hedge ineffectiveness is calculated and accounted in the Statement of Profit and Loss at the time of hedge relationship re-balancing.
The Company offsets a financial asset and a financial liability when it currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognized amounts and the Company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. During the year the Company has not settled any such transactions.
The estimates of future salary increase considered in actuarial valuation take account of inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors, such as supply and demand in the employment market. The discounting rate is based on material yield on government bonds having currency and terms consistent with the currency and terms of post-employment benefit obligations. The overall expected rate of return on assets is based on the LIC structure of interest rates on gratuity funds.
Sensitivity analysis for each significant actuarial assumptions namely Discount rate and Salary assumptions have been shown in the table above at the end of the reporting period, showing how the defined benefit obligation would have been affected by the changes. The Mortality and Attrition does not have a significant impact on the Liability , hence are not considered a significant actuarial assumption for the purpose of Sensitivity analysis. The method used to calculate the liability in these scenarios is by keeping all the other parameters and the data same as in the base liability calculation except the parameters to be stressed.
These plans typically expose the Company to actuarial risks such as: actuarial risk, investment risk, liquidity risk, market risk and legislative risk.
Actuarial Risk:
It is the risk that arises if benefits cost more than expected due to various reasons such as adverse salary growth experience, variability in mortality rates and withdrawal rates.
Investment risk:
The present value of the defined benefit plan liability is calculated using a discount rate which is determined by reference to market yields at the end of the reporting period on government bonds.
Liquidity risk:
A strain on the cash flows might occur on resignation / retirement of employees with high salaries and long duration or at a higher level hierarchy who accumulate significant benefits.
Market risk:
Market risk is a collective term for risks that are related to the changes and fluctuations of the financial markets. This risk might be significant in case of discount rate assumptions as this assumption may vary depending on the yields on the corporate / government bonds and hence, the valuation of liability might be exposed to fluctuations in the yields as at the valuation date.
Legislative risk:
Risk that arises due to change in legislation / regulation that can result in the risk of increase in the plan liabilities or reduction in the plan assets which will directly have an affect on the defined benefit obligation.
Asset-liability matching strategies
The trustees of the plan have outsourced the investment management of the fund to an insurance company. The insurance company in turn manages these funds as per the mandate provided to them by the trustees and the asset allocation which is within the permissible limits prescribed in the insurance regulations. Due to the restrictions in the type of investments that can be held by the fund, it may not be possible to explicitly follow an asset-liability matching strategy to manage risk actively in a conventional fund.
Notes related to (a) to (e)
1. Key Managerial Personnel and their relatives who are under the employment of the Company are entitled to post employment benefits and other long-term employee benefits recognised as per Ind AS 19 'Employee Benefits' in the financial statements. As these employee benefits are lump sum amounts provided on the basis of actuarial valuation, the same is not included above. Further, it also does not include actual payments of gratuity and leave encashment. Also, re-imbursement of expenses to KMP and their relatives are not included above.
2. Related party contracts / arrangements have been entered in ordinary course of business and are approved by the board of directors / shareholders as applicable.
46 LEASE
Disclosure as per Ind AS 116 'Leases' is as given below. Also, refer note 2.14 and 4.
As a Lessee :
a) The Company has obtained certain equipment under non-cancellable lease agreements for the period of 36 months which are subject to renewal at mutual consent. For such leases with lower underlying value asset, the Company has applied the 'low value asset' recognition exemption. The expenses charged to the statement of profit and loss in current year is ? 0.21 crores (P.Y. ? 0.31 crores) and is grouped under note 33.1 (establishment and administrative expenses).
b) The Company has taken flats / office premises, vehicles and other machinery on cancellable operating leases. There are no restrictions imposed by lease arrangements. For such lease arrangement with lease terms of 12 months or less, the Company has applied the 'shortterm lease' recognition exemptions. There are no sub-leases. The deposit amount are refundable on completion / cancellation of lease term.The aggregate lease rentals charged as lease rent to the statement of profit and loss in current year is ? 0.58 crores (P.Y. ? 1.11 crores) and is grouped under note 33.1 (establishment & administrative expenses).
Investment in mutual funds & bonds:
The fair values represent net asset value as stated by the issuers of these mutual fund units in the published statements. Net asset values represent the price at which the issuer will issue further units in the mutual fund and the price at which issuers will redeem such units from the investors.
Equity investments :
a) Equity investments traded in an active market determined by reference to their quoted market prices.
b) Investments which are designated through other comprehensive income are fair valued and the changes in fair value is recognised in other comprehensive income. There are no gains / losses from such investments.
Derivative instruments:
For forward contracts and cross currency interest rate swaps, future cash flows are estimated based on forward exchange rates and forward interest rates (from observable forward exchange rates / yield curves at the end of the reporting period) and contract forward exchange rates and forward interest rates, discounted at a rate that reflects the credit risk of respective counterparties.
53 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company's activities are exposed to variety of financial risks. These risks include market risk (including foreign exchange risk and interest rate risks), credit risks and liquidity risk. The Company's overall risk management program seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Company through established policies and processes which are laid down to ascertain the extent of risks, setting appropriate limits, controls, continuous monitoring and its compliance.
Market risk: Market risk refers to the possibility that changes in the market rates may have impact on the Company's profits or the value of its holding of financial instruments. The Company is exposed to market risks on account of foreign exchange rates, interest rates and underlying equity prices.
Foreign currency exchange rate risk: The Company's foreign currency risk arises from its foreign operations, investments in foreign subsidiaries and foreign currency transactions. The fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates may have potential impact on the income statement and equity, where any transaction references more than one currency or where assets / liabilities are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Company.
Since a major part of the Company's revenue is in foreign currency and major part of the costs are in Indian Rupees, any movement in currency rates would have impact on the Company's performance. Consequently, the overall objective of the foreign currency risk management is to minimize the short-term currency impact on its revenue and cash-flow in order to improve the predictability of the financial performance.
The major foreign currency exposures for the Company are denominated in USD & EURO. Additionally, there are transactions which are entered into in other currencies and are not significant in relation to the total volume of the foreign currency exposures. The Company hedge trade receivables upto a maximum of 12 months forward based on historical trends. Hedge effectiveness is assessed on a regular basis.
Interest Rate Risk: Interest rate risk can be either fair value interest rate risk or cash flow interest rate risk. Fair value interest rate risk is the risk of changes in fair values of fixed interest bearing investments because of fluctuations in the interest rates and where the borrowings are measured at fair value through profit or loss. Cash flow interest rate risk is the risk that the future cash flows of floating interest bearing investments or borrowings will fluctuate because of fluctuations in the interest rates.
Exposure to interest rate risk: The Company adopts a policy of ensuring that maximum of its interest rate risk exposure is at a fixed rate and there are no financial instruments with floating interest rates.
Credit risk: Credit risk is the risk of financial loss arising from counterparty failure to repay or service debt according to the contractual terms or obligations. Credit risk encompasses of both, the direct risk of default and the risk of deterioration of creditworthiness as well as concentration of risks. Financial instruments that are subject to concentrations of credit risk materially consists of trade receivables, investments and derivative financial instruments.
All trade receivables are subject to credit risk exposure. The Company's exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. The demographics of the customer, including the default risk of the industry and country, in which the customer operates, also has an influence on credit risk assessment. Credit risk is managed through established policies, controls relating to credit approvals and procedures for continuously monitoring the creditworthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit terms in the normal course of business. The Company uses expected credit loss model to assess the impairment loss or gain. The Company uses a provision matrix to compute the expected credit loss allowance for trade receivables (other than from subsidiaries) and unbilled revenues. The Company does not have significant concentration of credit risk related to trade receivables. In the current year, there is no single external party customer which contributes to more than 10% of outstanding accounts receivable (excluding outstanding from subsidiaries) as of 31st March 2026. In previous year, there was no single external party customer which contributed to more than 10% of outstanding accounts receivable (excluding outstanding from subsidiaries) as of 31st March 2025.
The Company limits its exposure to credit risk by generally investing in liquid securities having and only with counterparties that have a good credit rating. The Company does not expect any losses from non-performance by these counter parties and does not have any significant concentration of exposures to specific industry sectors.
None of the financial instruments of the Company result in material concentration of credit risk. Geographic concentration of credit risk relating to trade receivable (other than subsidiaries) is predominantly there in USA i.e. above 10% and less than 10% in other countries. Refer note 11 for movement in expected credit loss allowance.
Liquidity risk: Liquidity risk refers to the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The objective of liquidity risk management is to maintain sufficient liquidity and ensure that funds are available for use as per requirements. The Company generates cash flows from operations to meet its financial obligations, maintains adequate liquid assets in the form of cash & cash equivalents and has undrawn short term line of credits from banks to ensure necessary liquidity.
Capital Management:
Equity share capital and other equity (other than ESOP Reserve and Other Comprehensive Income) are considered for the purpose of Company's capital management (refer Statement of Changes in Equity of standalone financial statement). There are no externally imposed capital requirements on the Company. The Company's policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. The Company monitors the return on capital as well as the level of dividends on its equity shares. The Company's objective when managing capital is to maintain an optimal structure so as to maximize shareholder value.
The Company is predominantly equity financed. Further, the Company's current assets has always been higher than the liabilities. Also, current assets includes cash and bank balances along with investment which is predominantly investment in liquid and short-term mutual funds being far in excess of borrowings / debt.
No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the year ended 31st March 2026 and 31st March 2025.
55 As on 31st March 2026, the Company has not been declared wilful defaulter by any bank / financial institution or other lender.
56 The Company is not engaged in the business of trading or investing in crypto currency or virtual currency and hence no disclosure is required.
57 The Company has complied with number of layers prescribed under clause (87) of section 2 of the Act read with Companies (Restriction on number of layers) Rules, 2017.
58 The Company has not advanced any funds or loaned or invested by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding that the intermediary shall whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of Ultimate Beneficiaries.
The Company has not received any funds from any person(s) or entities including foreign entities ("Funding Parties") with the understanding that such entity shall whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provide guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
59 No proceedings have been initiated or are pending against the Company as on 31st March 2026 for holding any benami property under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 and rules made thereunder.
60 The Company does not have any transaction with companies struck off under section 248 of Companies Act, 2013 or section 560 of Companies Act, 1956 and hence, no disclosure is required.
61 The Company has not entered into any scheme of arrangements in terms of sections 230 to 237 of the Companies Act, 2013.
62 There is no transaction that is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
63 Figures for the previous year have been regrouped wherever considered necessary.
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