Form 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2015

Commission File Number 1-15182

DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

8-2-337, Road No. 3, Banjara Hills              

Hyderabad, Telangana 500 034, India              

  +91-40-49002900  

 

 

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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QUARTERLY REPORT

Quarter Ended December 31, 2015

Currency of Presentation and Certain Defined Terms

In this Quarterly Report, references to “$” or “dollars” or “U.S.$” or “U.S. dollars” are to the legal currency of the United States and references to “Rs.” or “rupees” or “Indian rupees” are to the legal currency of India. Our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in Indian rupees and are prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, “Interim Financial Reporting” (“IAS 34”). Convenience translation into U.S. dollars with respect to our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements is also presented. References to a particular “fiscal” year are to our fiscal year ended March 31 of such year. References to “ADS” are to our American Depositary Shares. All references to “IAS” are to the International Accounting Standards, to “IASB” are to the International Accounting Standards Board, to “IFRS” are to International Financial Reporting Standards, to “SIC” are to Standing Interpretations Committee and to “IFRIC” are to the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee.

References to “U.S. FDA” are to the United States Food and Drug Administration, to “NDAs” are to New Drug Applications, and to “ANDAs” are to Abbreviated New Drug Applications.

References to “U.S.” or “United States” are to the United States of America, its territories and its possessions. References to “India” are to the Republic of India. All references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “DRL,” “Dr. Reddy’s” or the “Company” shall mean Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited and its subsidiaries. “Dr. Reddy’s” is a registered trademark of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited in India. Other trademarks or trade names used in this Quarterly Report are trademarks registered in the name of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited or are pending before the respective trademark registries, unless otherwise specified. Market share data is based on information provided by IMS Health Inc. and its affiliates (“IMS Health”), a provider of market research to the pharmaceutical industry, unless otherwise stated.

Except as otherwise stated in this report, all convenience translations from Indian rupees to U.S. dollars are at the certified foreign exchange rate of U.S.$1.00 = Rs.66.19, as published by Federal Reserve Board of Governors on December 31, 2015. No representation is made that the Indian rupee amounts have been, could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at such a rate or any other rate. Any discrepancies in any table between totals and sums of the amounts listed are due to rounding.

Information contained in our website, www.drreddys.com, is not part of this Quarterly Report and no portion of such information is incorporated herein.

 

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statement

IN ADDITION TO HISTORICAL INFORMATION, THIS QUARTERLY REPORT CONTAINS CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED AND SECTION 21E OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE REFLECTED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. FACTORS THAT MIGHT CAUSE SUCH A DIFFERENCE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE DISCUSSED IN THE SECTION ENTITLED “OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW” AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. READERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH REFLECT OUR ANALYSIS ONLY AS OF THE DATE HEREOF. IN ADDITION, READERS SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE INFORMATION IN OUR PERIODIC REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH AND/OR FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (“SEC”) FROM TIME TO TIME.

 

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     4   

ITEM 2. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, TREND INFORMATION

     38   

ITEM 3. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     48   

ITEM 4. OTHER MATTERS

     50   

ITEM 5. EXHIBITS

     51   

SIGNATURES

     52   

EXHIBIT 99.1: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

  

 

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

          As of  
     

 

 

 
      Particulars   

Note

 

  

 

    December 31, 2015  

 

    

December 31, 2015

 

    

March 31, 2015  

 

 

 

 
          Convenience
translation into U.S.$
(See Note 2.(d))
               
     

 

 

       

ASSETS

           

Current assets

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   5      U.S.$89                 Rs.5,903               Rs.5,394      

Other investments

   6      485                 32,125               34,259      

Trade and other receivables

        633                 41,904               40,755      

Inventories

   7      403                 26,689               25,529      

Derivative financial instruments

   9      3                 227               800      

Current tax assets

        22                 1,439               1,819      

Other current assets

        167                 11,040               11,282      
     

 

 

 

Total current assets

        U.S.$1,803                 Rs.119,327               Rs.119,838      
     

 

 

 

Non-current assets

           

Property, plant and equipment

   10      U.S.$797                 Rs.52,736               Rs.48,090      

Goodwill

   11      57                 3,794               3,380      

Other intangible assets

   12      316                 20,945               13,050      

Investment in equity accounted investees

        19                 1,241               1,033      

Other investments – non-current

   6      52                 3,464               2,817      

Deferred tax assets

        83                 5,493               5,792      

Other non-current assets

        13                 882               762      
     

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

        U.S.$1,338                 Rs.88,555               Rs.74,924      
     

 

 

 

Total assets

        U.S.$3,141                 Rs.207,882               Rs.194,762      
     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

           

Current liabilities

           

Trade and other payables

        U.S.$179                 Rs.11,833               Rs.10,660      

Derivative financial instruments

   9      0                 6               462      

Current tax liabilities

        49                 3,243               2,506      

Short-term borrowings

   13      348                 23,004               21,857      

Long-term borrowings, current portion

   13      2                 104               6,962      

Provisions

        67                 4,446               4,231      

Other current liabilities

        312                 20,635               17,317      
     

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        U.S.$956                 Rs.63,271               Rs.63,995      
     

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

           

Long-term borrowings, excluding current portion

   13      U.S.$162                 Rs.10,692               Rs.14,307      

Provisions – non-current

        1                 57               53      

Deferred tax liabilities

        28                 1,877               1,779      

Other non-current liabilities

        50                 3,304               3,326      
     

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

        U.S.$241                 Rs.15,930               Rs.19,465      
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        U.S.$1,197                 Rs.79,201               Rs.83,460      
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

 

          As of  
     

 

 

 
      Particulars   

 

Note

 

  

  December 31, 2015  

 

    

December 31, 2015

 

    

    March 31, 2015  

 

 

 

 
          Convenience
translation into U.S.$  
(See Note 2.(d))
               
     

 

 

       

Equity

           

Share capital

   16      U.S.$13            Rs.853         Rs.852       

Share premium

        341            22,601         22,178       

Share based payment reserve

        15            986         1,081       

Retained earnings

        1,493            98,804         83,643       

Other components of equity

        82            5,437         3,548       
     

 

 

 

Total equity

        U.S.$1,944            Rs.128,681         Rs.111,302       
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

        U.S.$3,141            Rs.207,882         Rs.194,762       
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM INCOME STATEMENT

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

 

          Nine months ended December 31,      Three months ended December 31,     
     

 

 

 
  Particulars   

 

Note

 

  

2015  

 

    

2015

 

    

2014

 

    

2015

 

    

2014  

 

 

 

 
         

Convenience
translation into
U.S.$

  (See Note 2.(d))  

                             
     

 

 

             

Revenues

        U.S.$1,770             Rs.117,146         Rs.109,485         Rs.39,679         Rs.38,431    

Cost of revenues

        697             46,141         45,303         16,089         16,079    
     

 

 

 

Gross profit

        1,073             71,005         64,182         23,590         22,352    
     

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

        515             34,070         32,503         12,039         11,151    

Research and development expenses

        196             12,955         12,304         4,095         4,316    

Other (income)/expense, net

   14      (9)             (567)         (791)         (122)         (341)    
     

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

        702             46,458         44,016         16,012         15,126    
     

 

 

 

Results from operating activities

        371             24,547         20,166         7,578         7,226    

Finance income

        21             1,368         2,712         396         1,264    

Finance expense

        (22)             (1,430)         (797)         (458)         (251)    
     

 

 

 

Finance (expense)/income, net

   15      (1)             (62)         1,915         (62)         1,013    

Share of profit of equity accounted investees, net of tax

        3             170         151         64         47    
     

 

 

 

Profit before tax

        372             24,655         22,232         7,580         8,286    

Tax expense

   19      81             5,388         5,242         1,788         2,541    
     

 

 

 

Profit for the period

        291             19,267         16,990         5,792         5,745    
     

 

 

 

Attributable to:

                 

Equity holders of the Company

        291             19,267         16,990         5,792         5,745    

Non-controlling interest

        -             -         -         -           
     

 

 

 

Profit for the period

        U.S.$291             Rs.19,267         Rs.16,990         Rs.5,792         Rs.5,745    
     

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

                 

Basic earnings per share of Rs.5/- each

        U.S.$1.71             Rs.112.99         Rs.99.77         Rs.33.95         Rs.33.72    

Diluted earnings per share of Rs.5/- each

        U.S.$1.70             Rs.112.63         Rs.99.42         Rs.33.86         Rs.33.61    

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

 

    Nine months ended December 31,     Three months ended December 31,     
 

 

 

 
  Particulars   2015       2015     2014     2015     2014    

 

 
   

Convenience
translation into
U.S.$

  (See Note 2.(d))  

                         
 

 

 

         

Profit for the period

    U.S.$291          Rs.19,267        Rs.16,990        Rs.5,792        Rs.5,745     

Other comprehensive income/(loss)

         

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:

    -          -        -        -        -     

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

         

Changes in fair value of available for sale financial instruments

    U.S.$21          Rs.1,398        Rs.283        Rs.1,236        Rs.46     

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    5          319        67        47        (87)     

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net

    11          713        58        323        343     

Tax on items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

    (8)          (541)        (73)        (331)        (79)     
 

 

 

 

Total items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

    U.S.$29          Rs.1,889        Rs.335        Rs.1,275        Rs.223     
 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period, net of tax

    U.S.$320          Rs.1,889        Rs.335        Rs.1,275        Rs.223     
 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

    U.S.$320          Rs.21,156        Rs.17,325        Rs.7,067        Rs.5,968     
 

 

 

 

Attributable to:

         

Equity holders of the Company

    320          21,156        17,325        7,067        5,968     

Non-controlling interests

    -          -        -        -        -     
 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

    U.S.$320              Rs.21,156            Rs.17,325        Rs.7,067        Rs.5,968     
 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

  Particulars     Number of shares          Share capital         Share premium             Fair value
reserve
   

 

Share based
payment reserve

 

         

Balance as of April 1, 2015

    170,381,174        Rs.852           Rs.22,178          Rs.1,141        Rs.1,081  

Issue of equity shares on exercise of options

    226,479        1           423          -        (423)  

Share based payment expense

    -        -           -          -        328  

Profit for the period

    -        -           -          -        -  

Dividend paid (including corporate dividend tax)

    -        -           -          -        -  

Net change in fair value of available for sale financial instruments, net of tax expense of Rs.408

    -        -           -          990        -  

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax expense of Rs.75

    -        -           -          -        -  

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax expense of Rs.58

    -        -           -          -        -  
 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2015

    170,607,653        Rs.853           Rs.22,601          Rs.2,131        Rs.986  
 

 

 

Convenience translation into U.S.$ (See Note 2.(d))

      U.S.$13           U.S.$342          U.S.$32        U.S.$15  
 

 

 

         

Balance as of April 1, 2014

    170,108,868        Rs.851           Rs.21,553          Rs.78        Rs.1,008  

Issue of equity shares on exercise of options

    256,971        1           412          -        (411)  

Share based payment expense

    -        -           -          -        365  

Profit for the period

    -        -           -          -        -  

Dividend paid (including corporate dividend tax)

    -        -           -          -        -  

Sale of equity shares held by controlled trust(1)

    -        -           196          -        -  

Net change in fair value of available for sale financial instruments, net of tax expense of Rs.91

    -        -           -          192        -  

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax benefit of Rs.17

    -        -           -          -        -  

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax benefit of Rs.1

    -        -           -          -        -  
 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2014

    170,365,839        Rs.852           Rs.22,161          Rs.270        Rs.962  
 

 

 

 

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The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

[Continued from above table, first column repeated]

 

 

  Particulars    Equity shares
held by a
controlled trust
     Foreign currency
translation
reserve
    

Hedging

reserve

     Retained
earnings
         Actuarial
gains /
(losses)
     Total

 

                 

Balance as of April 1, 2015

     Rs.-           Rs.4,455         Rs.(1,765)           Rs.83,643           Rs.(283)         Rs.111,302  

Issue of equity shares on exercise of options

     -           -         -           -           -         1  

Share based payment expense

     -           -         -           -           -         328  

Profit for the period

     -           -         -           19,267           -         19,267  

Dividend paid (including corporate dividend tax)

     -           -         -           (4,106)           -         (4,106)  

Net change in fair value of available for sale financial instruments, net of tax expense of Rs.408

     -           -         -           -           -         990  

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax expense of Rs.75

     -           244         -           -           -         244  

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax expense of Rs.58

     -           -         655           -           -         655  
  

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2015

     Rs.-           Rs.4,699         Rs.(1,110)           Rs.98,804           Rs.(283)         Rs.128,681  
  

 

 

Convenience translation into U.S.$

(See Note 2.(d))

     U.S.$-           U.S.$71         U.S.$(17)           U.S.$1,493           U.S.$(4)         U.S.$1,944  
  

 

 

                 

Balance as of April 1, 2014

     Rs.(5)           Rs.4,477         Rs.(1,960)           Rs.65,051           Rs.(252)         Rs.90,801  

Issue of equity shares on exercise of options

     -           -         -           -           -         2  

Share based payment expense

     -           -         -           -           -         365  

Profit for the period

     -           -         -           16,990           -         16,990  

Dividend paid (including corporate dividend tax)

     -           -         -           (3,587)           -         (3,587)  

Sale of equity shares held by controlled trust(1)

     5           -         -           -           -         201  

Net change in fair value of available for sale financial instruments, net of tax expense of Rs.91

     -           -         -           -           -         192  

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax benefit of Rs.17

     -           84         -           -           -         84  

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax benefit of Rs.1

     -           -         59           -           -         59  
  

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2014

     Rs.-           Rs.4,561         Rs.(1,901)           Rs.78,454           Rs.(252)         Rs.105,107  
  

 

 

(1) During the nine months ended December 31, 2014, the Company disposed of all of the shares held by its controlled trust for a total consideration of Rs.201. A gain of Rs.196 arising from this transaction was recorded in share premium.

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

 

          For the nine months ended December 31,
     Note      2015       2015      2014  

 

Particulars        

Convenience

 translation into U.S.$ 

(See Note 2.(d))

             
     

 

 

       

Cash flows from/(used in) operating activities:

           

Profit for the period

        U.S.$291           Rs.19,267       Rs.16,990  

Adjustments for:

           

Income tax expense

        81           5,388       5,242  

Dividend and profit on sale of investments

        (6)           (406)       (458)  

Depreciation and amortization

        110           7,310       5,871  

Impairment loss on intangible asset

        3           194       534  

Inventory write-downs

        27           1,777       2,492  

Allowance for doubtful trade and other receivables

        1           83       136  

Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets, net

        0           23       41  

Allowance for sales returns

        32           2,131       2,154  

Share of profit of equity accounted investees

        (3)           (170)       (151)  

Exchange (gain)/loss, net

        32           2,105       259  

Interest (income)/expense, net

        (5)           (305)       (72)  

Share based payment expense

        5           349       365  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

           

Trade and other receivables

        (1)           (46)       (9,194)  

Inventories

        (41)           (2,705)       (7,630)  

Trade and other payables

        7           465       1,255  

Other assets and other liabilities

        10           665       (290)  
     

 

 

Cash generated from operations

                        U.S.$546           Rs.36,125       Rs.17,544  

Income tax paid

        (62)           (4,134)       (2,772)  
     

 

 

Net cash from operating activities

        U.S.$483           Rs.31,991       Rs.14,772  
     

 

 

Cash flows from/(used in) investing activities:

           

Expenditure on property, plant and equipment

        U.S.$(132)           Rs.(8,709)       Rs.(6,857)  

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

        1           46       123  

Expenditure on other intangible assets

        (39)           (2,606)       (5,731)  

Purchase of other investments

        (580)           (38,361)       (26,350)  

Proceeds from sale of other investments

        631           41,774       29,822  

Cash paid for acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

   4        (120)           (7,936)       (276)  

Interest and dividend received

        8           526       730  
     

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        U.S.$(231)                   Rs.(15,266)               Rs.(8,539)  
     

 

 

Cash flows from/(used in) financing activities:

           

Proceeds from issuance of equity shares

        U.S.$0           Rs.1       Rs.1  

Proceeds from sale of equity shares held by a controlled trust

        -           -       201  

Proceeds from/(repayment of) of short term borrowings, net

        10           636       (2,222)  

Repayment of long term borrowings

        (176)           (11,647)       (1,809)  

Dividend paid (including corporate dividend tax)

        (62)           (4,106)       (3,587)  

Interest paid

        (11)           (722)       (820)  
     

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

        U.S.$(239)           Rs.(15,838)       Rs.(8,236)  
     

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

        13           887       Rs.(2,003)  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

        (6)           (378)       (170)  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

   5        81           5,394       8,451  
     

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

   5                        U.S.$89           Rs.5,903       Rs.6,278  
     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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1.

Reporting entity

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited (the “parent company”), together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), is a leading India-based pharmaceutical company headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Through its three businesses - Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients, Global Generics and Proprietary Products – the Company offers a portfolio of products and services, including Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (“APIs”), Custom Pharmaceutical Services (“CPS”), generics, biosimilars, differentiated formulations and New Chemical Entities (“NCEs”). The Company’s principal research and development facilities are located in Telangana, India, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Leiden, the Netherlands; its principal manufacturing facilities are located in Telangana, India, Andhra Pradesh, India, Himachal Pradesh, India, Cuernavaca-Cuautla, Mexico, Mirfield, United Kingdom, Louisiana, United States, and Tennessee, United States; and its principal markets are in India, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Germany. The Company’s shares trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in India and also on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.

 

2.

Basis of preparation of financial statements

 

a)

Statement of compliance

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are prepared in accordance with IAS 34, “Interim Financial Reporting” as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. They do not include all of the information required for a complete set of annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Company’s Board of Directors on February 9, 2016.

 

b)

Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies applied by the Company in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those applied by the Company in its audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2015 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F.

 

c)

Functional and presentation currency

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in Indian rupees, which is the functional currency of the parent company. All financial information presented in Indian rupees has been rounded to the nearest million.

In respect of all non-Indian subsidiaries that operate as marketing arms of the parent company in their respective countries/regions, the functional currency has been determined to be the functional currency of the parent company (i.e., the Indian rupee). The operations of these entities are largely restricted to importing of finished goods from the parent company in India, sales of these products in the foreign country and making of import payments to the parent company. The cash flows realized from sales of goods are available for making import payments to the parent company and cash is paid to the parent company on a regular basis. The costs incurred by these entities are primarily the cost of goods imported from the parent company. The financing of these subsidiaries is done directly or indirectly by the parent company. In respect of subsidiaries whose operations are self-contained and integrated within their respective countries/regions, the functional currency has been determined to be the local currency of those countries/regions.

 

d)

Convenience translation

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in Indian rupees. Solely for the convenience of the reader, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of and for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 have been translated into U.S. dollars at the certified foreign exchange rate of U.S.$1.00 = Rs.66.19, as published by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on December 31, 2015. No representation is made that the Indian rupee amounts have been, could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at such a rate or any other rate. Such convenience translation is not subject to review by the Company’s independent auditors.

 

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2.

Basis of preparation of financial statements (continued)

 

e)

Use of estimates and judgments

The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates. In preparing these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2015.

 

f)

Recent accounting pronouncements

Standards issued but not yet effective and not early adopted by the Company

IFRS 9- Financial instruments

In July 2014, the IASB issued the final version of IFRS 9, “Financial instruments”. IFRS 9 significantly differs from IAS 39, “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement”, and includes a logical model for classification and measurement, a single, forward-looking ‘expected loss’ impairment model and a substantially-reformed approach to hedge accounting. IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early application permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements.

Amendments to IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment and IAS 38 Intangible assets

In May 2014, the IASB issued limited-scope amendments to IAS 16, “Property, plant and equipment” and IAS 38, “Intangible assets”, to clarify the use of a revenue-based depreciation or amortization method. With respect to property, plant and equipment, the IASB has clarified that the use of revenue-based methods to calculate the depreciation of an asset is not appropriate because revenue generated by an activity that includes the use of an asset generally reflects factors other than the consumption of the economic benefits embodied in the asset. With respect to intangible assets, the amended standard incorporates a rebuttable presumption that an amortization method based on the revenue generated by an activity that includes the use of an intangible asset is inappropriate. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016, with early application permitted. The Company believes that these amendments will not have any material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 15, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard also will result in enhanced disclosures about revenue, provide guidance for transactions that were not previously addressed comprehensively (for example, service revenue and contract modifications) and improve guidance for multiple-element arrangements.

The new revenue recognition standard was issued with an effective date of January 1, 2017. However, in April 2015, the IASB voted to defer the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard to January 1, 2018. Early application of the new standard is permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new standard on its consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 16, Leases

In January 2016, the IASB issued a new standard, IFRS 16, “Leases”. The new standard brings most leases on-balance sheet for lessees under a single model, eliminating the distinction between operating and finance leases. Lessor accounting, however, remains largely unchanged and the distinction between operating and finance leases is retained. IFRS 16 supersedes IAS 17, “Leases”, and related interpretations and is effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Earlier adoption of IFRS 16 is permitted if IFRS 15, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, has also been applied.

The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new accounting standard on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

3.

Segment reporting

The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) evaluates the Company’s performance and allocates resources based on an analysis of various performance indicators by operating segments. The CODM reviews revenue and gross profit as the performance indicator for all of the operating segments, and does not review the total assets and liabilities of an operating segment.

The Company’s reportable operating segments are as follows:

 

   

Global Generics;

   

Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients (“PSAI”); and

   

Proprietary Products.

Global Generics. This segment consists of the Company’s business of manufacturing and marketing prescription and over-the-counter finished pharmaceutical products ready for consumption by the patient, marketed under a brand name (branded formulations) or as generic finished dosages with therapeutic equivalence to branded formulations (generics). This segment includes the operations of the Company’s biologics business.

Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients. This segment includes the Company’s business of manufacturing and marketing active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, also known as “API” or bulk drugs, which are the principal ingredients for finished pharmaceutical products. Active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates become finished pharmaceutical products when the dosages are fixed in a form ready for human consumption such as a tablet, capsule or liquid using additional inactive ingredients. This segment also includes the Company’s contract research services business and the manufacture and sale of active pharmaceutical ingredients and steroids in accordance with the specific customer requirements.

Proprietary Products. This segment consists of the Company’s differentiated formulations business, New Chemical Entities (“NCEs”) business, and the dermatology focused specialty business operated through Promius™ Pharma.

Others. This includes the operations of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited, a discovery stage biotechnology company developing novel and best-in-class therapies in the fields of oncology and inflammation and which works with established pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in early-stage collaborations, bringing drug candidates from hit generation through Investigational New Drug (“IND”) filing.

The measurement of each segment’s revenues, expenses and assets is consistent with the accounting policies that are used in preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

  Information about

  segments:

  

For the nine months ended December 31, 2015

  

 

 

  Segments            Global    
        Generics    
       PSAI          Proprietary
Products
         Others         Total  

 

Revenues (1)(2)

             Rs.97,287             Rs.16,614         Rs.2,014             Rs.1,231       Rs.117,146  
  

 

 

Gross profit

     Rs.64,992             Rs.3,744         Rs.1,684             Rs.585       Rs.71,005  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

               34,070  

Research and development expenses

               12,955  

Other (income)/expense, net

               (567)  
              

 

Results from operating activities

               Rs.24,547  

Finance (expense)/income, net

               (62)  

Share of profit of equity accounted investees, net of tax

               170  
              

 

Profit before tax

               Rs.24,655  

Tax expense

               5,388  
              

 

Profit for the period

                       Rs.19,267  
              

 

 

(1)

Segment revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 does not include inter-segment revenues from the PSAI segment to the Global Generics segment, which is accounted for at a cost of Rs.3,954.

 

(2)

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, there was a change in the monitoring of performance of one product from the Global Generics segment to the Proprietary Products segment. Consequently, revenues and gross profit from such product for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014 have been reclassified to conform to the change.

 

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3. Segment reporting (continued)

 

  Information about segments:   

For the nine months ended December 31, 2014

 
  

 

 

 
  Segments        Global    
    Generics    
     PSAI        Proprietary
Products
     Others        Total  

 

 

Revenues (1)

         Rs.88,681           Rs.18,042         Rs.1,872         Rs.890         Rs.109,485     
  

 

 

 

Gross profit

     Rs.58,333           Rs.3,996         Rs.1,588         Rs.265         Rs.64,182     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

                 32,503     

Research and development expenses

                 12,304     

Other (income)/expense, net

                 (791)     
              

 

 

 

Results from operating activities

                 Rs.20,166     

Finance (expense)/income, net

                 1,915     

Share of profit of equity accounted investees, net of tax

                 151     
              

 

 

 

Profit before tax

                 Rs.22,232     

Tax expense

                 5,242     
              

 

 

 

Profit for the period

                     Rs.16,990     
              

 

 

 

 

(1)

Segment revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2014 does not include inter-segment revenues from the PSAI segment to the Global Generics segment, which is accounted for at a cost of Rs.5,600.

 

  Information about segments:   

For the three months ended December 31, 2015

 
  

 

 

 
  Segments        Global    
    Generics    
     PSAI        Proprietary
Products
     Others        Total  

 

 

Revenues (1)

         Rs.33,558             Rs.5,082         Rs.654         Rs.385         Rs.39,679     
  

 

 

 

Gross profit

     Rs.22,017           Rs.886         Rs.546         Rs.141         Rs.23,590     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

                 12,039     

Research and development expenses

                 4,095     

Other (income)/expense, net

                 (122)     
              

 

 

 

Results from operating activities

                 Rs.7,578     

Finance (expense)/income, net

                 (62)     

Share of profit of equity accounted investees, net of tax

                 64     
              

 

 

 

Profit before tax

                 Rs.7,580     

Tax expense

                 1,788     
              

 

 

 

Profit for the period

                       Rs.5,792     
              

 

 

 

 

(1)

Segment revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2015 does not include inter-segment revenues from the PSAI segment to the Global Generics segment, which is accounted for at a cost of Rs.1,252.

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

3. Segment reporting (continued)

 

Information about segments:

  

 

For the three months ended December 31, 2014

  

  

 

 

 

Segments

    
 
    Global
    Generics
  
  
     PSAI        
 
Proprietary
Products
  
  
     Others         Total   

 

 

Revenues (1)

         Rs.31,335           Rs.6,112         Rs.743             Rs.241         Rs.38,431     
  

 

 

 

Gross profit

     Rs.20,572         Rs.1,050         Rs.631         Rs.99         Rs.22,352     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

                 11,151     

Research and development expenses

                 4,316     

Other (income)/expense, net

                 (341)     
              

 

 

 

Results from operating activities

                 Rs.7,226     

Finance (expense)/income, net

                 1,013     

Share of profit of equity accounted investees, net of tax

                 47     
              

 

 

 

Profit before tax

                 Rs.8,286     

Tax expense

                 2,541     
              

 

 

 

Profit for the period

                       Rs.5,745     
              

 

 

 

 

(1) Segment revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2014 does not include inter-segment revenues from the PSAI segment to the Global Generics segment, which is accounted for at a cost of Rs.1,882.  

Analysis of revenue by geography:

The following table shows the distribution of the Company’s revenues by geography, based on the location of the customers:

 

                   Nine months ended December 31,      Three months ended December 31,     
  

 

 

 

Country

     2015         2014         2015         2014     
  

 

 

 

India

     Rs.17,959         Rs.15,746         Rs.6,427         Rs.5,277     

United States

     60,770         50,835         21,154         18,096     

Russia

     8,375         12,290         3,138         3,958     

Others

     30,042         30,614         8,960         11,100     
  

 

 

 
                     Rs.117,146                         Rs.109,485                         Rs.39,679                         Rs.38,431     
  

 

 

 

4. Acquisition of select products portfolio of UCB

On April 1, 2015, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with UCB India Private Limited and other UCB group companies (together referred to as “UCB”) to acquire a select portfolio of products business in the territories of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives. The transaction includes approximately 350 employees engaged in operations of the acquired India business. The acquisition is expected to strengthen the Company’s presence in the areas of dermatology, respiratory and pediatric products.

The total purchase consideration was Rs.8,000. The acquisition was closed on June 16, 2015. The Company has accounted for the transaction under IFRS 3, Business Combinations, and allocated the aggregate purchase consideration as follows:

 

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4. Acquisition of select products portfolio of UCB (continued)

 

Particulars    Amount       

 

  

Total consideration

   Rs.8,000       

Identifiable assets acquired

     

Current assets

   225       

Property, plant and equipment

   6       

Other intangible assets:

     

Product related intangibles

   6,734       

Marketing rights

   743       

Liabilities assumed

     

Current liabilities

   (31)       
  

 

  

Total identifiable net assets

       Rs.7,677       

Goodwill

   Rs.323       

The total goodwill of Rs.323 is attributable primarily to the acquired employee workforce, intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition and the expected synergies.

Acquisition related costs of Rs.9 were excluded from the consideration transferred and were recognized as expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim income statement for the nine months ended December 31, 2015.

Out of the total purchase consideration of Rs.8,000, the Company paid Rs.7,936 to UCB as of December 31, 2015.

The amount of revenue included in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim income statement since June 16, 2015 pertaining to the business acquired from UCB was Rs.488 and Rs.939 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively.

No pro-forma information is disclosed in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, as the impact of this acquisition on these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements is immaterial.

5. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following:

 

     As of     
  

 

 

  
           December 31, 2015                   March 31, 2015     
  

 

 

  

 Cash balances

     Rs.4       Rs.3     

 Balances with banks

     2,413       3,939     

 Term deposits with banks (original maturities up to 3 months)

     3,486       1,452     
  

 

 

  

 Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial position

     5,903       5,394     

 Bank overdrafts used for cash management purposes

     -       -     
  

 

 

  

 Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flow

     Rs.5,903       Rs.5,394     
  

 

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents included restricted cash of Rs.3,234 and Rs.1,971, respectively, as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, which consisted of:

 

   

Rs.63 as of December 31, 2015 and Rs.57 as of March 31, 2015, representing amounts in the Company’s unclaimed dividend and debenture interest accounts;

 

   

Rs.3,117 as of December 31, 2015 and Rs.1,796 as of March 31, 2015, representing cash and cash equivalents of the Company’s subsidiary in Venezuela, which are subject to foreign exchange controls;

 

   

Rs.0 as of December 31, 2015 and Rs.107 as of March 31, 2015, representing amounts deposited as security for a bond executed for an environmental liability relating to the Company’s site in Mirfield, United Kingdom; and

 

   

Rs.54 as of December 31, 2015 and Rs.11 as of March 31, 2015, representing other restricted cash amounts.

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

6.

Other investments

Other investments consist of investments in units of mutual funds, equity securities and term deposits (i.e., certificates of deposit having an original maturity period exceeding 3 months) with banks. The details of such investments as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:

 

  

 

 

 
    

Cost

 

         Gain recognized
    directly in equity
    

      Fair value  

 

 
  

 

 

 

Investment in units of mutual funds

     Rs.21,048         Rs.1,165         Rs.22,213     

Investment in equity securities(1)

     1,456         1,768         3,224     

Term deposits with banks

     10,152         -         10,152     
  

 

 

 
           Rs.32,656         Rs.2,933         Rs.35,589     
  

 

 

 

Current portion

        

Investment in units of mutual funds

     Rs.20,835         Rs.1,145         Rs.21,980     

Term deposits with banks

     10,145         -         10,145     
  

 

 

 
     Rs.30,980         Rs.1,145         Rs.32,125     
  

 

 

 

Non-current portion

        

Investment in units of mutual funds

     Rs.213         Rs.20         Rs.233     

Investment in equity securities(1)

     1,456         1,768         3,224     

Term deposits with banks

     7         -         7     
  

 

 

 
     Rs.1,676         Rs.1,788         Rs.3,464     
  

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2015, the details of such investments are as follows:

 

  

 

 

 
    

Cost

 

         Gain recognized
    directly in equity
    

      Fair value  

 

 
  

 

 

 

Investment in units of mutual funds

     Rs.21,237         Rs.404         Rs.21,641     

Investment in equity securities(1)

     1,456         1,131         2,587     

Term deposits with banks

     12,848         -         12,848     
  

 

 

 
     Rs.35,541         Rs.1,535         Rs.37,076     
  

 

 

 

Current portion

        

Investment in units of mutual funds

     Rs.21,024         Rs.398         Rs.21,422     

Term deposits with banks

     12,837         -         12,837     
  

 

 

 
           Rs.33,861         Rs.398         Rs.34,259     
  

 

 

 

Non-current portion

        

Investment in units of mutual funds

     Rs.213         Rs.6         Rs.219     

Investment in equity securities(1)

     1,456         1,131         2,587     

Term deposits with banks

     11         -         11     
  

 

 

 
     Rs.1,680         Rs.1,137         Rs.2,817     
  

 

 

 

(1) Primarily represents the shares of Curis, Inc. Refer to Note 25 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

 

7.

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

 

     As of  
  

 

 

 
         December 31, 2015        March 31, 2015     
  

 

 

 

Raw materials

     Rs.5,874         Rs.6,753      

Packing materials, stores and spares

     2,120         1,981      

Work-in-progress

     7,485         6,769      

Finished goods

     11,210         10,026      
  

 

 

 
     Rs.26,689         Rs.25,529      
  

 

 

 

 

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7.

Inventories (continued)

 

The above table includes inventories of Rs.793 and Rs.901 which are carried at fair value less cost to sell, as at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively.

For the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded inventory write-downs of Rs.775 and Rs.1,777, respectively (as compared to Rs.1,185 and Rs.2,492 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively). These adjustments were included in cost of revenues.

Cost of revenues for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015 includes raw materials, consumables and changes in finished goods and work in progress recognized in the income statement of Rs.8,814 and Rs.24,847, respectively (as compared to Rs.9,616 and Rs.25,910 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively). Cost of revenues for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015 includes other expenditures recognized in the income statement of Rs.7,275 and Rs.21,294, respectively (as compared to Rs.6,462 and Rs.19,392 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively).

 

8.

Hedges of foreign currency risks

The Company is exposed to exchange rate risk that arises from its foreign exchange revenues and expenses, primarily in U.S. dollars, U.K. pounds sterling, Russian roubles, Venezuelan bolivars and Euros, and foreign currency debt in U.S. dollars, Russian roubles and Euros.

The Company uses forward contracts, option contracts and currency swap contracts (collectively, “derivatives”) to mitigate its risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company also uses non-derivative financial instruments as part of its foreign currency exposure risk mitigation strategy.

In respect of all of its foreign exchange derivative contracts, the Company has recorded, as part of finance costs, a net gain of Rs.320 and a net loss of Rs.346 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to a net gain of Rs.238 and Rs.1,000 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively).

Hedges of highly probable forecasted transactions

The Company classifies its derivative contracts that hedge foreign currency exchange rate risks associated with its highly probable forecasted transactions as cash flow hedges and measures them at fair value. The effective portion of such cash flow hedges is recorded as a component of equity within the Company’s “hedging reserve”, and re-classified in the income statement as revenue in the period corresponding to the occurrence of the forecasted transactions. The ineffective portion of such cash flow hedges is immediately recorded in the income statement as a finance cost.

The Company also designates certain non-derivative financial liabilities, such as foreign currency borrowings from banks, as hedging instruments for the hedge of foreign currency exchange rate risks associated with highly probable forecasted transactions and, accordingly, applies cash flow hedge accounting for such relationships. Re-measurement gain/loss on such non-derivative financial liabilities is recorded as a component of equity within the Company’s “hedging reserve”, and re-classified in the income statement as revenue in the period corresponding to the occurrence of the forecasted transactions.

In respect of the aforesaid hedges of highly probable forecasted transactions, the Company has recorded, as a component of equity, a net gain of Rs.323 and Rs.713 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to a net gain of Rs.343 and Rs.58 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively). The Company also recorded, as part of revenue, a net loss of Rs.294 and Rs.854 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to a net loss of Rs.66 and net gain of Rs.62 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively).

The net carrying amount of the Company’s “hedging reserve” as a component of equity before adjusting for tax impact was a loss of Rs.1,091 and Rs.1,805 as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively.

Hedges of recognized assets and liabilities

Changes in the fair value of forward contracts and option contracts that economically hedge monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies, and for which no hedge accounting is applied, are recognized in the income statement. The changes in fair value of these forward contracts and option contracts, as well as the foreign exchange gains and losses relating to the monetary items, are recognized as part of “net finance costs”.

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

9.

Financial instruments

Non-derivative financial instruments

Non-derivative financial instruments consist of investments in mutual funds, equity and debt securities, trade receivables, certain other assets, cash and cash equivalents, loans and borrowings, trade payables and certain other liabilities.

Derivative financial instruments

The Company uses forward contracts, futures contracts, swaps and option contracts (collectively, “derivative contracts”) to mitigate its risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company uses interest rate swaps (including cross currency interest rate swaps) to mitigate the risk of changes in interest rates.

Financial instruments by category

The carrying value and fair value of financial instruments by each category as at December 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

        Note       Loans and
receivables
     Available
for sale
     Other
financial
liabilities
     Derivative
financial
instruments
     Total
carrying
value
     Total fair  
value  
 
  

 

 

Assets:

                    

Cash and cash equivalents

   5      Rs.5,903         Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.5,903         Rs.5,903     

Other investments

   6      10,152         25,437         -         -         35,589         35,589     

Trade and other receivables

        41,904         -         -         -         41,904         41,904     

Derivative financial instruments

        -         -         -         227         227         227     

Other assets(1)

        2,668         -         -         -         2,668         2,668     
     

 

 

 

Total

              Rs.60,627         Rs.25,437         Rs.-         Rs.227            Rs.86,291            Rs.86,291     
     

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                    

Trade and other payables

        Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.11,833         Rs.-         Rs.11,833         Rs.11,833     

Derivative financial instruments

        -         -         -         6         6         6     

Long-term borrowings

   13      -         -         10,796         -         10,796         10,796     

Short-term borrowings

   13      -         -         23,004         -         23,004         23,004     

Other liabilities and provisions(2)

        -         -         23,551         -         23,551         23,551     
     

 

 

 

Total

        Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.69,184         Rs.6         Rs.69,190         Rs.69,190     
     

 

 

 

The carrying value and fair value of financial instruments by each category as at March 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

       Note       Loans and
receivables
     Available
for sale
     Other
financial
liabilities
     Derivative
financial
instruments
    Total carrying
value
    Total fair  
value  
 
 

 

 

Assets:

                 

Cash and cash equivalents

  5      Rs.5,394         Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.-        Rs.5,394          Rs.5,394     

Other investments

  6      12,848         24,228         -         -        37,076          37,076     

Trade and other receivables

       40,755         -         -         -        40,755          40,755     

Derivative financial instruments

       -         -         -         800        800          800     

Other assets(1)

       1,585         -         -         -        1,585          1,585     
    

 

 

 

Total

           Rs.60,582         Rs.24,228         Rs.-         Rs.800        Rs.85,610          Rs.85,610     
    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

                 

Trade and other payables

       Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.10,660         Rs.-        Rs.10,660          Rs.10,660     

Derivative financial instruments

       -         -         -         462        462          462     

Long-term borrowings

  13      -         -         21,289         -        21,289          21,289     

Short-term borrowings

  13      -         -         21,857         -        21,857          21,857     

Other liabilities and provisions(2)

       -         -         19,440         -        19,440          19,440     
    

 

 

 

Total

       Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.73,246         Rs.462        Rs.73,708          Rs.73,708     
    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Other assets that are not financial assets (such as receivables from statutory authorities, export benefit receivables, prepaid expenses, advances paid and certain other assets) of Rs.10,693 and Rs.12,278 as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively, are not included.

 

 

(2)

Other liabilities that are not financial liabilities (such as statutory dues payable, deferred revenue, advances from customers and certain other accruals) of Rs.8,134 and Rs.7,993 as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively, are not included.

 

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

9. Financial instruments (continued)

 

Fair value hierarchy

Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices).

Level 3 - Inputs for the assets or liabilities that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The following table presents the fair value hierarchy of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2015:

 

Particulars

     Level 1         Level 2         Level 3           Total     

 

 

Available for sale - Financial asset - Investments in units of mutual funds

     Rs.22,213         Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.22,213     

Available for sale - Financial asset - Investment in equity securities

     3,224         -         -         3,224     

Derivative financial instruments - gain/(loss) on outstanding foreign exchange forward, option and swap contracts and interest rate swap contracts(1)

     -         221         -         221     

The following table presents the fair value hierarchy of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2015:

 

Particulars

       Level 1         Level 2         Level 3         Total     

 

 

Available for sale - Financial asset - Investments in units of mutual funds

       Rs.21,641         Rs.-         Rs.-         Rs.21,641     

Available for sale - Financial asset - Investment in equity securities

       2,587         -         -         2,587     

Derivative financial instruments - gain/(loss) on outstanding foreign exchange forward, option and swap contracts and interest rate swap contracts(1)

       -         338         -         338     

(1) The Company enters into derivative financial instruments with various counterparties, principally financial institutions and banks. Derivatives valued using valuation techniques with market observable inputs are mainly interest rate swaps, foreign exchange forward option and swap contracts. The most frequently applied valuation techniques include forward pricing, swap models and Black-Scholes-Merton models (for option valuation), using present value calculations.

The models incorporate various inputs, including foreign exchange spot and forward rates, interest rate curves and forward rate curves. As at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, the changes in counterparty credit risk had no material effect on the hedge effectiveness assessment for derivatives designated in hedge relationships and other financial instruments recognized at fair value.

10.  Property, plant and equipment

Acquisitions and disposals

During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company acquired assets at an aggregate cost of Rs.9,232 (as compared to a cost of Rs.7,835 and Rs.10,025 for the nine months ended December 31, 2014 and the year ended March 31, 2015, respectively).

Assets with a net book value of Rs.69 were disposed of during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 (as compared to Rs.163 and Rs.315 for the nine months ended December 31, 2014 and the year ended March 31, 2015, respectively), resulting in a net loss on disposal of Rs.23 for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 (as compared to net loss of Rs.41 and Rs.144 for the nine months ended December 31, 2014 and the year ended March 31, 2015, respectively).

Depreciation expense for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015 was Rs.1,685 and Rs.4,810, respectively (as compared to Rs.1,462 and Rs.4,189 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively).

Capital commitments

As of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, the Company was committed to spend approximately Rs.5,293 and Rs.4,173, respectively, under agreements to purchase property, plant and equipment. This amount is net of capital advances paid in respect of such purchases.

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

11.  Goodwill

Goodwill arising upon business acquisitions is not amortized but tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if there is any indication that the cash generating unit to which goodwill is allocated is impaired.

The following table presents the changes in goodwill for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and the year ended March 31, 2015:

 

                As of  
 

 

 

 
            December 31, 2015                               March 31, 2015    
 

 

 

 

Opening balance, gross (1)

    Rs.19,654                                 Rs.19,702     

Goodwill arising on business combinations during the period(2) (3)

    323                                 203     

Effect of translation adjustments during the period

    91                                 (251)     

Impairment loss(4)

    (16,274)                                 (16,274)     
 

 

 

 

Closing balance (1)

    Rs.3,794                                 Rs.3,380     
 

 

 

 

 

(1) 

This does not include goodwill arising upon investment in an associate of Rs.181, which is included in the carrying value of the investment in the equity accounted investee.

 

(2) 

Rs.323 represents goodwill arising from the acquisition of a select portfolio of products business from UCB during the three months ended June 30, 2015. Refer to Note 4 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

 

(3) 

Rs.203 represents goodwill arising from the acquisition of net assets from Cherokee Pharma LLC during the year ended March 31, 2015. Total purchase consideration was Rs.292 and the fair value of the net assets acquired was Rs.89. The amount of goodwill is primarily attributable to the acquired workforce and expected synergies. The acquisition was not material to the Company and, accordingly, no further disclosures have been made in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

 

(4) 

The impairment loss of Rs.16,274 includes Rs.16,003 pertaining to the Company’s German subsidiary, betapharm Arzneimittel GmbH, which is part of the Company’s Global Generics segment. This impairment loss was recorded for the years ended March 31, 2009 and 2010.

12.  Other intangible assets

During the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company acquired intangible assets at an aggregate cost of Rs.1,766 and Rs.10,154, respectively (as compared to a cost of Rs.5,314 and Rs.5,606 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively and Rs.5,840 for the year ended March 31, 2015), including assets acquired through business combinations of Rs.0 and Rs.7,477 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to a cost of Rs.0 and Rs.56 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively and Rs.60 for the year ended March 31, 2015).

Additions to intangible assets during the three months ended December 31, 2015 include:

 

   

Rs.1,158 (U.S.$17.5), representing the consideration for the purchase of intellectual property rights relating to fondaparinux sodium forming a part of the Company’s Global Generics segment. Refer to Note 28 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details; and

 

   

Rs.341 (U.S.$5), representing a development milestone paid for the purchase of rights relating to XeglyzeTM Lotion, an innovative prescription product forming a part of the Company’s Proprietary Products segment. Refer to Note 27 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

Intangible assets acquired through business combination during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 represents assets related to the acquisition from UCB of a select portfolio of products business. Refer to Note 4 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

Selling, general and administrative expenses include Rs.841 and Rs.2,400 of amortization of other intangible assets for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to Rs.579 and Rs.1,682 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively). Research and development expenses include Rs.22 and Rs.71 of amortization of other intangible assets for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to Rs.0 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014). Cost of revenues include Rs.29 of amortization of other intangible assets for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015 (as compared to Rs.0 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014).

 

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(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

13.  Borrowings

Short term borrowings

The Company had net short term borrowings of Rs.23,004 as of December 31, 2015, as compared to Rs.21,857 as of March 31, 2015. The borrowings primarily consist of “packing credit” loans drawn by the parent company and an unsecured loan drawn by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories SA (one of the Company’s subsidiaries in Switzerland).

Short term borrowings consist of the following:

 

     As at
  

 

 

       December 31, 2015      March 31, 2015      
  

 

 

  Packing credit borrowings

     Rs.19,366       Rs.20,857       

  Other foreign currency borrowings

     3,638       -       

  Other rupee borrowings

     -       1,000       
  

 

 

     Rs.23,004       Rs.21,857       
  

 

 

An interest rate profile of short term borrowings from banks is given below:

 

     As at
  

 

     December 31, 2015      March 31, 2015  
  

 

       Currency    Interest Rate          Currency    Interest Rate  
  

 

Packing credit borrowings

     USD      LIBOR + 10 to 15 bps         USD    LIBOR + 10 to 40 bps  
     EURO      LIBOR + 7.5 to 20 bps         EURO    LIBOR + 7.5 to 20 bps  
     RUB      11.00% to 12.5%         RUB    9.80% to 22.30%  

Other foreign currency borrowings

     USD      LIBOR + 40 bps         -    -  

Other rupee borrowings

     -      -         INR    10%  

Long-term borrowings

Long-term borrowings consist of the following:

 

                 As at
  

 

 

    

    December 31, 2015  

 

    

March 31, 2015

 

  

 

 

Foreign currency borrowing by the Company’s Swiss Subsidiary(1)

     Rs.-       Rs.10,292  

Foreign currency borrowing by the parent company

     9,923       9,375  

Foreign currency borrowing by the Company’s U.K. Subsidiary(1)

     -       740  

Obligations under finance leases

     873       862  
  

 

 

     Rs.10,796       Rs.21,269  
  

 

 

Current portion

     

Foreign currency borrowing by the Company’s Swiss Subsidiary(1)

     Rs.-       Rs.6,875  

Obligations under finance leases

     104       87  
  

 

 

     Rs.104       Rs.6,962  
  

 

 

Non-current portion

     

Foreign currency borrowing by the Company’s Swiss Subsidiary(1)

     Rs.-       Rs.3,417  

Foreign currency borrowing by the parent company

     9,923       9,375  

Foreign currency borrowing by the Company’s U.K. Subsidiary(1)

     -       740  

Obligations under finance leases

     769       775  
  

 

 

    

 

Rs.10,692

 

  

 

  

Rs.14,307  

 

  

 

 

 

(1) 

During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company’s U.K. Subsidiary and Swiss Subsidiary repaid the foreign currency borrowings.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

13. Borrowings (continued)

Long-term borrowings (continued)

 

In the above table, the term “Swiss Subsidiary” refers to Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, SA and the term “U.K. Subsidiary” refers to Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (EU) Limited.

Long-term borrowing of Swiss Subsidiary

During the year ended March 31, 2012, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, SA (one of the Company’s subsidiaries in Switzerland) (the “Swiss Subsidiary”) borrowed U.S.$220 from certain institutional lenders. The Swiss Subsidiary is required to repay the loan in eight equal quarterly installments commencing at the end of the 39th month and continuing until the end of the 60th month from September 30, 2011. The parent company has guaranteed all obligations of the Swiss Subsidiary under the loan agreement.

As part of this arrangement, the Company incurred U.S.$3.73 in arrangement fees and other administrative charges. The Company accounted for these costs as transaction costs under IAS 39 and they are being amortized over the term of the loan using the effective interest method.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, the Swiss Subsidiary repaid the third installment of U.S.$27.5 due under the loan agreement.

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Swiss Subsidiary repaid the entire amount of U.S.$137.5 outstanding under the loan arrangement (U.S.$27.5 as per the normal repayment schedule and a prepayment of U.S.$110). Consequently, the unamortized portion of arrangement fees and other administrative charges amounting to U.S.$0.26 was recognized as finance cost during the three months ended September 30, 2015.

Further, during the three months ended September 30, 2015, a short-term borrowing of U.S.$82.5 and a packing credit borrowing of U.S.$27.5 were taken by the Swiss Subsidiary and by the parent company, respectively. As both these loans are repayable within a period of 12 months, they are disclosed as part of short-term borrowings. During the three months ended December 31, 2015, the Company repaid U.S.$27.5 of the short-term borrowings taken by the Swiss Subsidiary.

Long-term borrowing of the parent company

During the year ended March 31, 2014, the Company borrowed U.S.$150. The Company is required to repay the loan in five equal quarterly installments commencing at the end of the 54th month and continuing until the end of the 66th month from August 12, 2013.

The loan agreement imposes various financial covenants on the Company. As of December 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with such financial covenants.

The interest rate profile of long-term loans and borrowings (other than obligations under finance leases) is given below:

 

       As at
    

 

         December 31, 2015         March 31, 2015    
    

 

           Currency      Interest Rate              Currency      Interest Rate
    

 

Foreign currency borrowings

         USD

    -

      

 

LIBOR+125bps

-

  

  

     USD

GBP

    

LIBOR+100 to 125 bps  

LIBOR+130 bps  

Undrawn lines of credit from bankers

The Company had undrawn lines of credit of Rs.15,725 and Rs.10,438 as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively, from its banks for working capital requirements. The Company has the right to draw upon these lines of credit based on its requirements.

Non-derivative financial liabilities designated as cash flow hedges

The Company has designated some of its foreign currency borrowings from banks (non-derivative financial liabilities) as hedging instruments for hedge of foreign currency risk associated with highly probable forecasted sales transactions and, accordingly, applies cash flow hedge accounting for such relationships. Re-measurement gain/loss on such non-derivative financial liabilities is recorded in the Company’s hedging reserve as a component of equity and re-classified to the income statement as revenue in the period corresponding to the occurrence of the forecasted sales transactions. The carrying value of such non-derivative financial liabilities as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015 was Rs.5,458 and Rs.10,313, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

14. Other (income)/expense, net

 

    Nine months ended
December 31,
     Three months ended    
December 31,    
 

 

 

                            2015        2014      2015        2014  
 

 

 

Loss/(profit) on sale/disposal of property, plant and
equipment and other intangibles, net

    Rs.23           Rs.41         Rs.1         Rs.1  

Sale of spent chemical

    (220)           (434)         (59)         (139)  

Miscellaneous income

    (370)           (398)         (64)         (203)  
 

 

 

    Rs.(567)           Rs.(791)         Rs.(122)         Rs.(341)  
 

 

 

15.  Finance (expense)/income, net

Finance (expense)/income, net consists of the following:

 

     Nine months ended
December 31,
       Three months ended
December 31,
  

 

 

                             2015        2014        2015        2014  
  

 

 

Interest income

     Rs.962           Rs.869           Rs.325         Rs.387  

Dividend and profit on sale of other investments

     406           458           71         211  

Foreign exchange gain/(loss), net(1)

     (773)           1,385           (297)         666  

Interest expense

     (657)           (797)           (161)         (251)  
  

 

 

     Rs.(62)           Rs.1,915           Rs.(62)         Rs.1,013  
  

 

 

(1) During the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded a foreign exchange loss of Rs.637 and Rs.776, respectively, on translation of certain monetary assets and liabilities of its subsidiary in Venezuela. Refer to Note 23 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

16.  Share capital and share premium

During the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, 226,479 and 256,971 equity shares, respectively, were issued as a result of the exercise of vested options granted to employees pursuant to the Dr. Reddy’s Employees Stock Option Plan-2002 and Dr. Reddy’s Employees Stock Option Plan-2007. During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, each of the options exercised had an exercise price of Rs.5, being equal to the par value of the underlying shares. During the nine months ended December 31, 2014, an aggregate of 254,471 options having an exercise price of Rs.5 (based upon the par value of the underlying shares) were exercised and 2,500 options having an exercise price of Rs.448 (based upon the grant-date fair market value of the underlying shares) were exercised. The amount of grant date fair value previously recognized for these options has been transferred from “share based payment reserve” to “share premium” in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of changes in equity.

17.  Employee stock incentive plans

Pursuant to the special resolutions approved by the shareholders in the Annual General Meetings held on September 24, 2001 and on July 27, 2005, respectively, the Company instituted the Dr. Reddy’s Employees Stock Option Plan-2002 (the “DRL 2002 Plan”) and the Dr. Reddy’s Employees ADR Stock Option Plan-2007 (the “DRL 2007 Plan”), each of which allows for grants of stock options to eligible employees.

The terms and conditions of the grants made during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 under the above plans were as follows:

 

 

     Particulars    Number of 
instruments 
       Exercise price        Vesting
period
     Contractual      
life      

 

  DRL 2002 Plan

     102,224           Rs.5.00          1 to 4 years      5 years    

  DRL 2007 Plan

     40,184           Rs.5.00          1 to 4 years      5 years    

The above grants were made on May 11, 2015.

 

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17.

Employee stock incentive plans (continued)

 

The terms and conditions of the grants made during the nine months ended December 31, 2014 under the above plans were as follows:

 

 

     Particulars    Number of  
instruments  
       Exercise price        Vesting  
period  
       Contractual    
life    

 

  DRL 2002 Plan

     230,840           Rs.5.00           1 to 4 years         5 years    

  DRL 2007 Plan

     45,796           Rs.5.00           1 to 4 years         5 years    

The above grants were made on July 14, 2014, June 15, 2014 and May 25, 2014.

The weighted average inputs used in computing the fair value of such grants were as follows:

 

  

 

 

             May 11, 2015                July 14, 2014                June 15, 2014                May 25, 2014  
  

 

 

Expected volatility

     25.98%         23.20%         23.15%       22.52%  

Exercise price

     Rs.5.00         Rs.5.00         Rs.5.00       Rs.5.00  

Option life

     2.5 Years         2.5 Years         2.5 Years       2.5 Years  

Risk-free interest rate

     7.87%         8.55%         8.38%       8.50%  

Expected dividends

     0.60%         0.67%         0.74%       0.78%  

Grant date share price

     Rs.3,359.70         Rs.2,695.00         Rs.2,445.15       Rs.2,308.70  

In addition to the above, during the year ended March 31, 2015, the Company adopted a new program to grant performance linked stock options to certain employees under the DRL 2002 Plan and the DRL 2007 Plan. Under this program, performance targets are measured each year against pre-defined interim targets over the three year period ending on March 31, 2017 and eligible employees are granted stock options upon meeting such targets. The stock options so granted are ultimately vested with the employees who meet subsequent service vesting conditions which range from 1 to 4 years. After vesting, such stock options generally have a maximum contractual term of five years.

The fair value of services received in return for stock options granted to employees is measured by reference to the fair value of stock options granted. The fair value of stock options has been measured using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model at the date of the grant.

Share-based payment expense

For the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded employee share based payment expense of Rs.117 and Rs.349, respectively (as compared to Rs.135 and Rs.365 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively). As of December 31, 2015, there was approximately Rs.558 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.22 years.

18.  Employee benefit plans

Gratuity benefits provided by the parent company

In accordance with applicable Indian laws, the Company has a defined benefit plan which provides for gratuity payments (the “Gratuity Plan”) and covers certain categories of employees in India. The Gratuity Plan provides a lump sum gratuity payment to eligible employees at retirement or termination of their employment. The amount of the payment is based on the respective employee’s last drawn salary and the years of employment with the Company. Effective September 1, 1999, the Company established the Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Gratuity Fund (the “Gratuity Fund”) to fund the Gratuity plan. Liabilities in respect of the Gratuity Plan are determined by an actuarial valuation, based upon which the Company makes contributions to the Gratuity Fund. Trustees administer the contributions made to the Gratuity Fund. Amounts contributed to the Gratuity Fund are primarily invested in Indian government bonds and corporate debt securities. A small portion of the fund is also invested in equity securities of Indian companies.

For the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the net periodic benefit cost was Rs.45 and Rs.136, respectively (as compared to Rs.45 and Rs.134 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively).

 

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18. Employee benefit plans (continued)

 

Compensated absences

The Company provides for accumulation of compensated absences by certain categories of its employees. These employees can carry forward a portion of the unutilized compensated absences and utilize it in future periods or receive cash in lieu thereof as per the Company’s policy. The Company records a liability for compensated absences in the period in which the employee renders the services that increases this entitlement. The total liability recorded by the Company towards this benefit was Rs.695 and Rs.616 as at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively.

Long term incentive plan

Certain senior management employees of the Company participate in a long term incentive plan which is aimed at rewarding the individual, based on performance of such individual, their business unit/function and the Company as a whole, with significantly higher rewards for superior performances. The total liability recorded by the Company towards this benefit was Rs.709 and Rs.323 as at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively.

19. Income taxes

Income tax expense is recognized based on the Company’s best estimate of the average annual income tax rate for the fiscal year applied to the pre-tax income of the interim period. The average annual income tax rate is determined for each taxing jurisdiction and applied individually to the interim period pre-tax income of each jurisdiction. The difference between the estimated average annual income tax rate and the enacted tax rate is accounted for by a number of factors, including the effect of differences between Indian and foreign tax rates, expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes, income exempted from income taxes, and effects of changes in tax laws and rates.

The Company’s consolidated weighted average tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were 21.9% and 23.6%, respectively. Income tax expense was Rs.5,388 for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to income tax expense of Rs.5,242 for the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The decrease in effective tax rate by 1.7% for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 was primarily attributable to the following:

 

   

a decrease in the effective tax rate primarily due to a favorable change in the jurisdictional mix of earnings (i.e., an increase in the proportion of profit in lower tax jurisdictions and a decrease in the proportion of profit in higher tax jurisdictions) for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014;

 

   

an increase in effective tax rate on account of foreign exchange loss on net monetary assets in respect of the Company’s Venezuela operations; and

 

   

an increase in effective tax rate on account of non-recognition of certain deferred tax assets, as the Company believes that availability of taxable profits against which the temporary differences can be utilized is not probable.

The Company’s consolidated weighted average tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was 23.6% and 30.7%, respectively. Income tax expense was Rs.1,788 for the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to income tax expense of Rs.2,541 for the three months ended December 31, 2014. The decrease in effective tax rate by 7.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2015 was primarily attributable to the following:

 

   

a decrease in the effective tax rate primarily due to a favorable change in the jurisdictional mix of earnings (i.e., an increase in the proportion of profit in lower tax jurisdictions and a decrease in the proportion of profit in higher tax jurisdictions) for the three months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014;

 

   

an increase in effective tax rate on account of foreign exchange loss on net monetary assets in respect of the Company’s Venezuela operations; and

 

   

a increase in effective tax rate on account of non-recognition of certain deferred tax assets, as the Company believes that availability of taxable profits against which the temporary differences can be utilized is not probable.

Total tax expenses of Rs.331 and Rs.541 were recognized directly in the equity for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively (as compared to tax expenses of Rs.79 and Rs.73 for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014, respectively). Such tax expenses and benefits were primarily due to tax effects on the changes in fair value of available for sale financial instruments and on the foreign exchange gain or loss on cash flow hedges. Refer to Note 8 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details on cash flow hedges.

 

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20. Related parties

During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company entered into transactions with the following related parties:

 

   

Green Park Hotel and Resorts Limited for hotel services;

 

   

Dr. Reddy’s Foundation towards contributions for social development;

 

   

Pudami Educational Society towards contributions for social development;

 

   

Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences for research and development services; and

 

   

Stamlo Hotels Private Limited for hotel services.

These are enterprises over which key management personnel have control or significant influence. “Key management personnel” consists of the Company’s Directors and members of the Company’s Management Council.

The Company has also entered into cancellable operating lease transactions with key management personnel and their relatives.

Further, the Company contributes to the Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Gratuity Fund, which maintains the plan assets of the Company’s Gratuity Plan for the benefit of its employees.

The following is a summary of significant related party transactions:

 

             Nine months ended
        December 31,
     Three months ended    
December 31,    
  

 

 

             2015      2014      2015      2014  
  

 

 

Purchases of raw materials(1)      Rs.-         Rs.5         Rs.-       Rs.-  
Research and development services received      76         73         26       22  
Contributions towards social development      173         176         48       65  
Hotel expenses paid      30         31         10       11  
Lease rentals paid under cancellable operating leases to key management personnel and their relatives      28         27         10       8  

 

  (1) 

The figures for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014 include transactions with Ecologic Chemicals Limited (“Ecologic”). Ecologic is not a related party of the Company as at and for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and, accordingly, the transactions with Ecologic during such period are not included in the above summary.

 

The Company had the following amounts due from related parties:

 

     As at
  

 

 

           December 31, 2015      March 31, 2015  
  

 

 

Key management personnel (towards rent deposits)

     Rs.8       Rs.8  

The Company had the following amounts due to related parties:

 

     As at  
  

 

 
           December 31, 2015    March 31, 2015    
  

 

 

Due to related parties

   Rs.1      Rs.4     

 

The following table describes the components of compensation paid or payable to key management personnel:

 

                 Nine months ended        
             December 31,        
       Three months ended    
December 31,    
  

 

 

                 2015        2014        2015        2014  
  

 

 

Salaries and other benefits(1)

     Rs.250           Rs.235           Rs.76         Rs.80  

Contributions to defined contribution plans

     14           12           4         4  

Commission to directors

     234           240           78         80  

Share-based payments expense

     54           51           20         17  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

Total

     Rs.552           Rs.538           Rs.178         Rs.181  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

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20. Related parties (continued)

 

 

  (1) 

In addition to the above, the Company has accrued Rs.34 and Rs.92 towards a long term incentive plan for the services rendered by key management personnel for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, respectively. Refer to Note 18 of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

Some of the key management personnel of the Company are also covered under the Company’s Gratuity Plan along with the other employees of the Company. Proportionate amounts of gratuity accrued under the Company’s Gratuity Plan have not been separately computed or included in the above disclosure.

 

21.

Disclosure of Expense by Nature

The following table shows supplemental information related to certain “nature of expense” items for the nine months and three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

           Nine months ended December 31, 2015  
  

 

 

 
 Particulars        Cost of  
    revenues  
     Selling, general and
administrative expenses
     Research and
development expenses
     Total    

 

 
 Employee benefits      Rs.7,164         Rs.12,472          Rs.3,629           Rs.23,265     
 Depreciation and amortization      3,620         2,896          794           7,310     
    

 

      Nine months ended December 31, 2014

 
  

 

 

 
 Particulars        Cost of  
    revenues  
     Selling, general and
administrative expenses
     Research and
development expenses
     Total    

 

 
 Employee benefits      Rs.7,166         Rs.11,553          Rs.2,954           Rs.21,673     
 Depreciation and amortization      3,015         2,179          677           5,871     
    

 

      Three months ended December 31, 2015

 
  

 

 

 
 Particulars        Cost of  
    revenues  
     Selling, general and
administrative expenses
     Research and
development expenses
     Total    

 

 
 Employee benefits      Rs.2,518         Rs.4,195          Rs.1,180           Rs.7,893     
 Depreciation and amortization      1,296         1,015          266           2,577     
    

 

      Three months ended December 31, 2014

 
  

 

 

 
 Particulars        Cost of  
    revenues  
     Selling, general and
administrative expenses
     Research and
development expenses
     Total    

 

 
 Employee benefits      Rs.2,334         Rs.3,782          Rs.1,081         Rs.7,197     
 Depreciation and amortization      1,046         732          263         2,041     

 

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22. Contingencies

The Company is involved in disputes, lawsuits, claims, governmental and/or regulatory inspections, inquiries, investigations and proceedings, including patent and commercial matters that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The more significant matters are discussed below. Most of the claims involve complex issues. Often, these issues are subject to uncertainties and therefore the probability of a loss, if any, being sustained and an estimate of the amount of any loss is difficult to ascertain. Consequently, for a majority of these claims, it is not possible to make a reasonable estimate of the expected financial effect, if any, that will result from ultimate resolution of the proceedings. This is due to a number of factors, including: the stage of the proceedings (in many cases trial dates have not been set) and the overall length and extent of pre-trial discovery; the entitlement of the parties to an action to appeal a decision; clarity as to theories of liability; damages and governing law; uncertainties in timing of litigation; and the possible need for further legal proceedings to establish the appropriate amount of damages, if any. In these cases, the Company discloses information with respect to the nature and facts of the case. The Company also believes that disclosure of the amount sought by plaintiffs, if that is known, would not be meaningful with respect to those legal proceedings.

Although there can be no assurance regarding the outcome of any of the legal proceedings or investigations referred to in this Note, the Company does not expect them to have a materially adverse effect on its financial position, as it believes that possibility of loss in excess of amounts accrued (if any) is not probable. However, if one or more of such proceedings were to result in judgments against the Company, such judgments could be material to its results of operations in a given period.

Product and patent related matters

Norfloxacin, India litigation

The Company manufactures and distributes Norfloxacin, a formulations product and in limited quantities, the active pharmaceutical ingredient norfloxacin. Under the Drugs Prices Control Order (the “DPCO”) the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (the “NPPA”) established by the Government of India had the authority to designate a pharmaceutical product as a “specified product” and fix the maximum selling price for such product. In 1995, the NPPA issued a notification and designated Norfloxacin as a “specified product” and fixed the maximum selling price. In 1996, the Company filed a statutory Form III before the NPPA for the upward revision of the maximum selling price and a writ petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court (the “High Court”) challenging the validity of the designation on the grounds that the applicable rules of the DPCO were not complied with while fixing the maximum selling price. The High Court had previously granted an interim order in favor of the Company; however it subsequently dismissed the case in April 2004.

The Company filed a review petition in the High Court in April 2004 which was also dismissed by the High Court in October 2004. Subsequently, the Company appealed to the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi (the “Supreme Court”) by filing a Special Leave Petition, which is currently pending.

During the year ended March 31, 2006, the Company received a notice from the NPPA demanding the recovery of the price charged by the Company for sales of Norfloxacin in excess of the maximum selling price fixed by the NPPA, which was Rs.285 including interest. The Company filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging this demand order. The High Court admitted the writ petition and granted an interim order, directing the Company to deposit 50% of the principal amount claimed by the NPPA, which was Rs.77. The Company deposited this amount with the NPPA in November 2005. In February 2008, the High Court directed the Company to deposit an additional amount of Rs.30, which was deposited by the Company in March 2008. In November 2010, the High Court allowed the Company’s application to include additional legal grounds that the Company believes will strengthen its defense against the demand. For example, the Company has added as grounds that trade margins should not be included in the computation of amounts overcharged, and that it is necessary for the NPPA to set the active pharmaceutical ingredient price before the process of determining the ceiling on the formulation price. In October 2013, the Company filed an additional writ petition before the Supreme Court challenging the inclusion of Norfloxacin as a “specified product” under the DPCO, which is currently pending. In January 2015, the NPPA filed a counter affidavit stating that the inclusion of Norfloxacin was based upon the recommendation of a committee consisting of experts in the field.

Based on its best estimate, the Company has recorded a provision for the potential liability related to the allegedly overcharged amount including interest thereon, and believes that possibility of any liability that may arise on account of penalties pursuant to this litigation is not probable. In the event the Company is unsuccessful in this litigation in the Supreme Court, it will be required to remit the sale proceeds in excess of the notified selling prices to the Government of India with interest and including penalties, if any, which amounts are not readily ascertainable.

 

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22. Contingencies (continued)

Product and patent related matters (continued)

 

Nexium United States litigations

Five federal antitrust class action lawsuits were brought on behalf of direct purchasers of Nexium®, and ten federal class action lawsuits were brought under both state and federal law on behalf of end-payors of Nexium®. These actions were filed against various generic manufacturers, including the Company and its U.S. subsidiary Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc. These actions were consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

The complaints alleged that AstraZeneca and the involved generic manufacturers settled patent litigation related to Nexium® capsules in ways that violated antitrust laws. The Company consistently maintained that its conduct complied with all applicable laws and that the complaints were without merit. In response to a motion for summary judgment made by the Company, the Court granted the motion in part and denied it in part, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate that the Company’s settlement of patent litigation with AstraZeneca included any large or unjustified reverse payment, but preserving other claims for trial.

On October 20, 2014, the Company reached a settlement with all plaintiffs who had cases pending in the District of Massachusetts. The settlements with the class plaintiffs were subject to the Court’s approval. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company will not make any payment to the class plaintiffs.

The Court granted preliminary approval of the Company’s settlements with the class plaintiffs on January 28, 2015, and granted final approval of such settlements on September 29, 2015.

In addition, two complaints, similar in nature to those referenced above, were filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by plaintiffs who chose to opt out of the class action lawsuit. No dispositive motions have been filed in these actions.

Reclast and Zometa United States litigation

In January 2013, Novartis AG (“Novartis”) brought patent infringement actions against the Company and a number of other generic companies in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Novartis asserted that the Company’s ANDA referencing Reclast® would infringe Novartis’ U.S. Patent No. 8,052,987 and that the Company’s ANDA referencing Zometa® would infringe Novartis’ U.S. Patent No. 8,324,189. In February 2013, Novartis sought a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Company and the other defendants from launching generic equivalents to the Reclast® and Zometa® products. The Court denied Novartis’ motion for a temporary restraining order on March 1, 2013 and, later that month, the Company launched its generic version of Novartis’ Zometa® Injection (zoledronic acid, 4 mg/5mL product). The Company launched its generic version of Novartis’ Reclast® Injection (zoledronic acid, 5 mg/100mL product) in April 2013.

In January 2016, the parties reached an agreement settling litigation regarding these products. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will make a one-time payment to Novartis in exchange for a license to all relevant patents. The settlement ends the potential patent related liability associated with the Company’s sale of product.

Pursuant to this agreement, the Company is required to pay Rs.430 (U.S.$6.5) to Novartis as a settlement amount for past and future sales of the products. Of the total amount, Rs.69 (U.S.$1.04) represents the payment for a non-exclusive license and is recognized as a product related intangible asset and the balance amount of Rs.361 (U.S.$5.46) is recorded as “Selling, general and administrative expense” in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim income statement for the three months ended December 31, 2015.

Child resistant packaging matter

In May 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) requested that Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company in the United States, provide certain information with respect to compliance with requirements of special packaging for child resistant blister packs for 6 products sold by the Company in the United States during the period commencing in 2002 through 2011. The Company provided the requested information. The CPSC subsequently alleged in a letter dated April 30, 2014 that the Company has violated the Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”) and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (“PPPA”) and intends to seek civil penalties. Specifically, the CPSC asserted, among other things, that from or about August 14, 2008 through June 1, 2012, the Company sold prescription drugs having unit dose packaging that failed to comply with the CPSC’s special child resistant packaging regulations under the PPPA and failed to issue general certificates of conformance. In addition, the CPSC asserted that the Company violated the CPSA by failing to immediately advise the CPSC of the alleged violations. The Company disagrees with the CPSC’s allegations and is engaged in discussions with the CPSC regarding its compliance with the regulations.

 

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22. Contingencies (continued)

Product and patent related matters (continued)

 

Simultaneously, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) had begun to investigate a complaint filed under the Federal False Claims Act related to these same issues. The Company cooperated with the DOJ in its investigation. On November 12, 2015, the Company received an order from the DOJ which states that the United States does not intend to intervene in this matter at this time and accordingly filed a Notice of Election to Decline Intervention.

However, the investigation by the CPSC is ongoing and at this stage of the proceedings, the Company cannot conclude that the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is either probable or remote. Accordingly, no provision related to these investigations and claims is made in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of December 31, 2015. An unfavorable outcome in these matters could result in significant liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Namenda United States litigations

In August 2015, Sergeants Benevolent Assoc. Health & Welfare Fund (“Sergeants”) filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Sergeants alleged that certain parties, including the Company, violated federal antitrust laws as a consequence of having settled patent litigation related to the anti-alzheimer’s drug Namenda® (memantine) tablets during a period from about 2009 until 2010. Sergeants seeks to represent a class of “end-payor” purchasers of Namenda® tablets (i.e., insurers, other third-party payors and consumers).

Sergeants seeks damages based upon an allegation made in the complaint that the defendants entered into patent settlements regarding Namenda® tablets for the purpose of delaying generic competition and facilitating the brand innovator’s attempt to shift sales from the original immediate release product to the more recently introduced extended release product. The Company believes that the complaint lacks merit and that the Company’s conduct complied with all applicable laws and regulations.

Four other class action complaints, containing similar allegations to the Sergeants complaint, have also been filed in the Southern District of New York. However, two of those complaints were voluntarily dismissed, and the other two do not name the Company as a defendant.

In addition, the State of New York filed an antitrust case in the Southern District of New York and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The case brought by the State of New York contained some (but not all) of the allegations set out in the class action complaints, but the Company was not named as a party. The case brought by the State of New York was dismissed by stipulation on November 30, 2015.

Private party class action litigation on pricing / reimbursement matters

On December 30, 2015, a class action complaint was filed against the Company and eighteen other pharmaceutical defendants (the “Action”) in State Court in the State of Pennsylvania. In the Action, class action plaintiffs allege that the Company and other defendants, individually or in some cases in concert with one another, have engaged in pricing and price reporting practices in violation of various Pennsylvania State laws. More specifically, plaintiffs allege that: (1) the Company provided false and misleading pricing information to third party drug compendia companies for the Company’s generic drugs, and such information was relied upon by private third party payers that reimbursed for drugs sold by the Company in the United States, and (2) the Company acted in concert with certain other defendants to unfairly raise the prices of generic divalproex sodium ER (bottle of 80, 500 mg tablets ER 24H) and generic pravastatin sodium (bottle of 500, 10 mg tablets). The Company disputes these allegations and intends to vigorously defend against these allegations.

Environmental matters

Land pollution

The Indian Council for Environmental Legal Action filed a writ in 1989 under Article 32 of the Constitution of India against the Union of India and others in the Supreme Court of India for the safety of people living in the Patancheru and Bollarum areas of Medak district of the then existing undivided state of Andhra Pradesh. The Company has been named in the list of polluting industries. In 1996, the Andhra Pradesh District Judge proposed that the polluting industries compensate farmers in the Patancheru, Bollarum and Jeedimetla areas for discharging effluents which damaged the farmers’ agricultural land. The compensation was fixed at Rs.0.0013 per acre for dry land and Rs.0.0017 per acre for wet land. Accordingly, the Company has paid a total compensation of Rs.3. The Company believes that the possibility of additional liability is remote. The Andhra Pradesh High Court disposed of the writ petition on February 12, 2013 and transferred the case to the National Green Tribunal (“NGT”), Chennai, India. The interim orders passed in the writ petitions will continue until the matter is decided by the NGT. The NGT has, through its order dated October 30, 2015, constituted a Fact Finding Committee. The NGT has also permitted the alleged

 

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Environmental matters (continued)

 

polluting industries to appoint a person on their behalf in the Fact Finding Committee. However, the Company along with the alleged polluting industries have challenged the constitution and composition of the Fact Finding Committee. The NGT has directed that until all the applications challenging the constitution and composition of the Fact Finding Committee are disposed of, the Fact Finding Committee shall not commence its operation.

Water pollution and air pollution

During the year ended March 31, 2012, the Company, along-with 14 other companies, received a notice from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (“APP Control Board”) to show cause as to why action should not be initiated against them for violations under the Indian Water Pollution Act and the Indian Air Pollution Act. Furthermore, the APP Control Board issued orders to the Company to (i) stop production of all new products at the Company’s manufacturing facilities in Hyderabad, India without obtaining a “Consent for Establishment”, (ii) cease manufacturing products at such facilities in excess of certain quantities specified by the APP Control Board and (iii) furnish a bank guarantee to assure compliance with the APP Control Board’s orders.

The Company appealed the APP Control Board orders to the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Appellate Board (the “APP Appellate Board”). The APP Appellate Board, on the basis of a report of a fact-finding advisory committee, recommended to the Andhra Pradesh Government to allow expansion of units fully equipped with Zero-Liquid Discharge (“ZLD”) facilities and otherwise found no fault with the Company (on certain conditions). The APP Appellate Board’s decision was challenged by one of the petitioners in the National Green Tribunal and the matter is currently pending before it.

Separately, the Andhra Pradesh Government, following recommendations of the APP Appellate Board, published a notification in July 2013 that allowed expansion of production of all types of existing bulk drug and bulk drug intermediate manufacturing units subject to the installation of ZLD facilities and the outcome of cases pending in the National Green Tribunal. Importantly, the notification directed pollution load of industrial units to be assessed at the point of discharge (if any) as opposed to point of generation.

In September 2013, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, based on the revised Comprehensive Environment Pollution Index, issued a notification that re-imposed a moratorium on expansion of industries in certain areas where some of the Company’s manufacturing facilities are located. This notification overrides the Andhra Pradesh Government’s notification that conditionally permitted expansion.

Indirect taxes related matters

Assessable value of products supplied by a vendor to the Company

During the year ended March 31, 2003, the Central Excise Authorities of India (the “Central Excise Authorities”) issued a demand notice to a vendor of the Company regarding the assessable value of products supplied by this vendor to the Company. The Company has been named as a co-defendant in this demand notice. The Central Excise Authorities demanded payment of Rs.176 from the vendor, including penalties of Rs.90. Through the same notice, the Central Excise Authorities issued a penalty claim of Rs.70 against the Company. During the year ended March 31, 2005, the Central Excise Authorities issued an additional notice to this vendor demanding Rs.226 from the vendor, including a penalty of Rs.51. Through the same notice, the Central Excise Authorities issued a penalty claim of Rs.7 against the Company. Furthermore, during the year ended March 31, 2006, the Central Excise Authorities issued an additional notice to this vendor demanding Rs.34. The Company filed appeals against these notices with the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (the “CESTAT”). In October 2006, the CESTAT passed an order in favor of the Company setting aside all of the above demand notices. In July 2007, the Central Excise Authorities appealed against CESTAT’s order in the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.

On November 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal of the Central Excise Authorities and passed an order in favor of the Company.

Distribution of input service tax credits

The Central Excise Authorities have issued various show cause notices to the Company objecting to the Company’s methodology of distributing input service tax credits claimed for one of the Company’s facilities. The below table shows the details of each of such show cause notices and the consequential actions on and status of the same.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

22. Contingencies (continued)

Indirect taxes related matters (continued)

 

  Period covered      

  under the notice      

  

 

Amount demanded

  

 

Status

March 2008 to   September 2009

  

Rs.102 plus 100% penalties and   interest thereon

  

The Company has filed an appeal before the CESTAT.

October 2009 to   March 2011

 

  

Rs.125 plus penalties of Rs.100   and interest thereon

 

  

The Company has filed an appeal before the CESTAT.

April 2011 to March   2012

  

Rs.51 plus interest and penalties

  

The Central Excise Commissioner issued an order against the Company. The Company is in the process of filing an appeal before CESTAT.

April 2012 to March   2013

  

Rs.54 plus interest and penalties

  

The Central Excise Commissioner issued an order against the Company. The Company is in the process of filing an appeal before CESTAT.

April 2013 to March   2014

  

Rs.69 plus interest and penalties

  

The Central Excise Commissioner issued an order against the Company. The Company is in the process of filing an appeal before CESTAT.

The Company believes that the possibility of any liability that may arise on account of the allegedly inappropriate distribution of input service tax credits is not probable. Accordingly, no provision relating to these claims has been made in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of December 31, 2015.

Value Added Tax (“VAT”) matter

The Company received various show cause notices from the Government of Telangana’s Commercial Taxes Department objecting to the Company’s methodology of calculation of VAT input credit. The below table shows the details of each of such show cause notices and the consequential actions on and status of the same.

 

Period covered under the notice  

 

 

Amount demanded    

 

 

Status

 

April 2006 to March 2009

 

Rs.66 plus 10% penalty  

 

The Company has filed an appeal before the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal.

 

April 2009 to March 2011

 

Rs.59 plus 10% penalty

 

The Company has filed an appeal before the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal.

 

April 2011 to March 2013

 

Rs.86 plus 10% penalty

 

The Appellate Deputy Commissioner issued an order partially in favor of the Company. In January 2016, the Assistant Commissioner issued an order partially in favor of the Company.

 

The Company has recorded a provision of Rs.41 for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, and believes that the possibility of any further liability that may arise on account of the allegedly inappropriate claims to VAT credits is not probable.

Others

Additionally, the Company is in receipt of various show cause notices from the Indian Sales Tax authorities. The disputed amount is Rs.56. The Company has responded to such show cause notices and believes that the chances of any liability arising from such notices are less than probable. Accordingly, no provision is made in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of December 31, 2015.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

22. Contingencies (continued)

 

Fuel Surcharge Adjustments

The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (the “APERC”) passed various orders approving the levy of Fuel Surcharge Adjustment (“FSA”) charges for the period from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2013 by power distribution companies from all the consumers of electricity in the then existing undivided state of Andhra Pradesh, India where the Company’s headquarters and principal manufacturing facilities are located. Separate writ petitions filed by the Company for various periods, challenging and questioning the validity and legality of this levy of FSA charges by the APERC, are pending before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and the Supreme Court of India.

After taking into account all of the available information and legal provisions, the Company has recorded an amount of Rs.219 as the potential liability towards FSA charges. The total amount approved by APERC for collection by the power distribution companies from the Company in respect of FSA charges for the period from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2013 is Rs.482. As of December 31, 2015, the Company has made “payments under protest” of Rs.354 as demanded by the power distribution companies as part of monthly electricity bills. The Company remains exposed to additional financial liability should the orders passed by the APERC be upheld by the Courts.

Direct taxes related matters

During the year ended March 31, 2014, the Indian Income Tax authorities disallowed for tax purposes certain business transactions entered into by the parent company with its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The associated tax impact is Rs.570. The Company believes that such business transactions are allowed for tax deduction under Indian Income Tax laws and has accordingly filed an appeal with the Income Tax Appellate Authorities. The Company further believes that the probability of succeeding in this matter is more likely than not and therefore no provision was made in respect of this matter in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of December 31, 2015.

Additionally, the Company is contesting various other disallowances by the Indian Income Tax authorities. The associated tax impact is Rs.611. The Company believes that the chances of an unfavorable outcome in each of such disallowances are less than probable and accordingly, no provision was made in respect of these matters in these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of December 31, 2015.

Others

Additionally, the Company is involved in other disputes, lawsuits, claims, governmental and/or regulatory inspections, inquiries, investigations and proceedings, including patent and commercial matters that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Except as discussed above, the Company does not believe that there are any such contingent liabilities that are expected to have any material adverse effect on its financial statements.

23. Venezuela operations

Dr. Reddy’s Venezuela, C.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is primarily engaged in the import of pharmaceutical products from the parent company and other subsidiaries of the Company and the sale of such products in Venezuela. During the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and year ended March 31, 2015, the Company’s revenues from Venezuela were Rs.4,327 (Venezuelan bolivar (“VEF”) 422) and Rs.8,335 (VEF 813) respectively.

In February 2015, the Venezuelan government launched an overhaul of the exchange rate system and introduced a new exchange rate mechanism. The Marginal Currency System (known as “SIMADI”) is the third mechanism in the new three-tier exchange rate regime and allows for legal trading of the Venezuelan bolivar for foreign currency with fewer restrictions than other mechanisms in Venezuela (CENCOEX and SICAD).

The new second tier, SICAD, is a combination of the former second and third tiers, SICAD I and SICAD II, with an initial rate of approximately 12 VEF per U.S.$1.00. The first tier, the official exchange rate, is unchanged and sells dollars at 6.3 VEF per U.S.$1.00 for preferential goods.

As of December 31, 2015, the exchange rates in all the three aforesaid tiers were as follows:

 

   

CENCOEX preferential rate – 6.3 VEF per U.S.$;

 

   

SICAD rate – 13.5 VEF per U.S.$; and

 

   

SIMADI rate - approximately 198 VEF per U.S.$.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

23. Venezuela operations (continued)

 

As per the existing laws in Venezuela, payments towards the importation of pharmaceutical products qualify for the CENCOEX preferential rate of 6.3 VEF per U.S.$1.00, and the Company has been receiving approvals from the CENCOEX at such preferential rate. Accordingly, monetary assets of VEF 366 (which equate to the amount of import payments (U.S.$58) that are eligible and pending for approval) and VEF 245 (which equate to the amount of import payments (U.S.$39) that are eligible and pending for approval) as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively, are translated at the preferential rate. During the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company received approvals for U.S.$0.3 and U.S.$4, respectively, from the CENCOEX for remittance towards the importation of pharmaceutical products.

The economic conditions in Venezuela continue to deteriorate, further increasing the risk of currency devaluation. The Company is evaluating its current arrangements with the Government of Venezuela to facilitate the payment of amounts at the CENCOEX preferential rate of 6.3 VEF per U.S.$. The Company continues to translate the monetary assets which equate to the amount of import payments that are eligible and pending for approval at such preferential rate. The Company will fully consider all the developments, facts and circumstances during the three months ending March 31, 2016 in evaluating the appropriate translation rate to be applied. If the facts and circumstances support a conclusion that the CENCOEX rate is no longer appropriate, it could have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

The balance of the Company’s Venezuelan monetary assets and liabilities, in the net amount of VEF 159 and VEF 88 as of December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively, may not qualify for the preferential rate of 6.3 VEF per U.S.$1.00. Following the guidance available in IAS 21, the Company assessed the rate at which such balances are likely to be realized or settled and believes that it is appropriate to use the SIMADI rate (VEF 198 per U.S.$1.00 as of December 31, 2015 and VEF 193 per U.S.$1.00 as of March 31, 2015) to translate such balances. Consequently, foreign exchange loss of Rs.776 and Rs.843 on translation of such monetary assets and liabilities at the SIMADI rate was recorded under “finance expenses” for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and the year ended March 31, 2015, respectively. The aforesaid foreign exchange loss does not include the impact of potential devaluation of the VEF, if any, that may be announced in the future by the Venezuelan government.

24. Agreement with Merck Serono

On June 6, 2012, the Company and Merck Serono (a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) entered into a collaboration agreement to co-develop a portfolio of biosimilar compounds in oncology, primarily focused on monoclonal antibodies. The arrangement covers co-development, manufacturing and commercialization of the compounds around the globe, with some specific country exceptions. Pursuant to the arrangement, the Company will lead early product development and complete Phase I development. Upon completion of Phase I, Merck Serono will carry out manufacturing of the compounds and will lead Phase III development. All of the related development expenditures will be shared by the parties in the proportion specified in the collaboration agreement.

Both the parties will undertake commercialization based on the regional rights as specified in the agreement. The Company is entitled to receive royalty payments from Merck Serono upon commercialization by them.

During the three months ended December 31, 2015, the Company is entitled to receive from Merck Serono certain amounts relating to its share of development costs and other amounts linked to the achievement of milestones for the development of compounds under the collaboration agreement, as amended.

The Company analyzed and accounted for the amounts receivable from Merck Serono under IFRS 11, “Joint arrangements”.

 

25.

Collaboration agreement with Curis, Inc.

On January 18, 2015, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited (“Aurigene”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company, entered into a Collaboration, License and Option Agreement (the “Collaboration Agreement”) with Curis, Inc. (“Curis”) to discover, develop and commercialize small molecule antagonists for immuno-oncology and precision oncology targets.

Under the Collaboration Agreement, Aurigene has the responsibility for conducting all discovery and preclinical activities, including Investigational New Drug (“IND”) enabling studies and providing Phase 1 clinical trial supply, and Curis is responsible for all clinical development, regulatory and commercialization efforts worldwide, excluding India and Russia. The Collaboration Agreement provides that the parties will collaborate exclusively in immuno-oncology for an initial period of approximately two years, with the option for Curis to extend the broad immuno-oncology exclusivity.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

25.

Collaboration agreement with Curis, Inc. (continued)

 

As a partial consideration for the collaboration, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 18, 2015, Curis issued to Aurigene 17.1 million shares of its common stock, representing 19.9% of its outstanding common stock immediately prior to the transaction (approximately 16.6% of its outstanding common stock immediately after the transaction). The shares issued to Aurigene are subject to a lock-up agreement until January 18, 2017, with the shares being released from such lock-up in 25% increments on each of July 18, 2015, January 18, 2016, July 18, 2016 and January 18, 2017, subject to acceleration of release of all the shares in connection with a change of control of Curis. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, lock-up restrictions were released on 4.275 million shares of common stock, representing 25% of the shares which Aurigene received from Curis. In connection with the issuance of such shares, Curis and Aurigene entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated January 18, 2015 which provides for certain registration rights with respect to resale of the shares. The fair value of the shares of common stock on the date of the Stock Purchase Agreement was Rs.1,452 (U.S.$23.5). These shares are classified as available-for-sale financial instruments and are remeasured at fair value at every reporting date. Accordingly, Rs.1,744, representing the gain arising from changes in the fair value of such shares of common stock, was recorded in other comprehensive income as of December 31, 2015.

Revenues under the Collaboration Agreement consist of upfront consideration (including the shares of common stock) and the development and commercial milestone payments described below, which are deferred and recognized as revenue over the period for which Aurigene has continuing performance obligations.

Under the Collaboration Agreement, Aurigene is entitled to development and commercial milestone payments as follows:

 

  ·  

for the first two programs: up to U.S.$52.5 per program, including U.S.$42.5 for approval and commercial milestones, plus pre-specified approval milestone payments for additional indications, if any;

 

  ·  

for the third and fourth programs: up to U.S.$50 per program, including U.S.$42.5 for approval and commercial milestones, plus pre-specified approval milestone payments for additional indications, if any; and

 

  ·  

for any program thereafter: up to U.S.$140.5 per program, including U.S.$87.5 for approval and commercial milestones, plus pre-specified approval milestone payments for additional indications, if any.

In addition, Curis has agreed to pay Aurigene royalties, ranging between high single digits to 10%, on its net sales in territories where it commercializes products. Furthermore, Aurigene is entitled to receive a share of Curis’ revenues from sublicenses, which share varies based upon specified factors such as the sublicensed territory, whether the sublicense revenue is royalty based or non-royalty based and, in some cases, the stage of the applicable molecule and product at the time the sublicense is granted.

This arrangement is accounted for as a joint operation under IFRS 11.

26. Agreement with Pierre Fabre

On February 11, 2014, Aurigene entered into a collaborative license, development and commercialization agreement with Pierre Fabre, the third largest French pharmaceutical company. This agreement granted Pierre Fabre global worldwide rights (excluding India) to a new immune checkpoint modulator, AUNP-12. AUNP-12 will be in development for numerous cancer indications.

Under the terms of this agreement, Aurigene received a non-refundable upfront payment from Pierre Fabre, which was deferred and recognized as revenue over the period in which Aurigene had continuing performance obligations.

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, Aurigene entered into another agreement with Pierre Fabre to transfer back to Aurigene the rights earlier out-licensed for the development and commercialization of AUNP-12. Consequent to such arrangement, Aurigene paid to Pierre Fabre a portion of the upfront consideration received and retained and recognized the remaining upfront consideration as revenue, as there are no pending performance obligations.

 

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DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

 

27. Asset purchase agreement with Hatchtech Pty Limited

On September 7, 2015, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Hatchtech Pty Limited (“Hatchtech”) for the purchase of intellectual property rights to an innovative prescription head lice product, Xeglyze™ Lotion. The exclusive rights for this product are applicable for the territories of the United States, Canada, India, Russia and the CIS, Australia, New Zealand and Venezuela.

As partial consideration for the purchase of these assets, the Company paid Hatchtech an upfront amount of Rs.606 (U.S.$9.25). In addition to the foregoing payments, the Company is also required to pay certain development and commercial milestones related payments to Hatchtech for purchase of these assets.

The transaction was recorded as an acquisition of product related intangible asset. As the intangible asset is not yet available for use, it is not subject to amortization.

The carrying amount of the intangible asset as on December 31, 2015 was Rs.947 (U.S.$14.25), including Rs.341(U.S.$5) paid during the three months ended December 31, 2015.

28. Asset purchase agreement with Alchemia

During November 2015, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Alchemia Limited (“Alchemia”) for the purchase of worldwide, exclusive intellectual property rights to fondaparinux sodium. The closing conditions for the transaction included the approval of Alchemia’s shareholders which was obtained on November 10, 2015. As per the terms of the agreement, the Company paid a net consideration of Rs.1,158 (U.S.$17.5) upon the closing of the transaction in exchange for the acquired intellectual property rights.

Prior to this asset purchase agreement, the Company had worldwide, exclusive rights from Alchemia to market fondaparinux sodium in all territories in exchange for Alchemia’s right to an agreed share of the net profits generated from sales in those territories. Consequent to the closing of the asset purchase agreement, Alchemia is not entitled to receive any further profit share revenues from fondaparinux sales on or after July 1, 2015.

The transaction was recorded as an acquisition of technology related intangible asset with an estimated useful life of 4 years.

29. Receipt of warning letter from the U.S. FDA

The Company received a warning letter dated November 5, 2015 from the U.S. FDA relating to cGMP deviations at its API manufacturing facilities at Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh and Miryalaguda, Telangana, as well as violations at its oncology formulation manufacturing facility at Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh previously raised in Form 483 observations following inspections of these sites by the U.S. FDA in November 2014, January 2015 and February-March 2015, respectively.

The warning letter does not restrict production or shipment of the Company’s products from these facilities. However, unless and until the Company is able to correct outstanding issues to the U.S. FDA’s satisfaction, the U.S. FDA may withhold approval of new products and new drug applications of the Company, refuse admission of products manufactured at the facilities noted in the warning letter into the United States, and/or take additional regulatory or legal action against the Company. Any such further action could have a material and negative impact on the Company’s ongoing business and operations.

The Company submitted its response to the warning letter on December 7, 2015.

The Company believes that it can resolve the issues raised by the U.S. FDA satisfactorily in a timely manner. The Company takes the matters identified by U.S. FDA in the warning letter seriously, and will continue to work diligently to address the observations identified in the warning letter, and is concurrently continuing to develop and implement its corrective action plans relating to the warning letter.

Further, the Company provided an update to the U.S. FDA on the progress of remediation in January 2016.

30. Subsequent events

None.

 

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ITEM 2. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, TREND INFORMATION

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements, the related cash flow statements and notes, and the Operating and Financial Review and Prospects included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, and the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in our report on Form 6-K for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and September 30, 2015, all of which is on file with the SEC, and the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements contained in this report on Form 6-K.

This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. When used in this discussion, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “intend”, “will” and “expect” and other similar expressions as they relate to us or our business are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Actual results, performances or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Form 20-F. Readers are cautioned not to place reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of their dates.

Section A:

Three months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, financial data along with respective percentages to total revenues and the increase (or decrease) by item as a percentage of the amount over the comparable period in the previous year.

 

     For the three months ended December 31,  
  

 

 

 
      2015      2014         
  

 

 

 
           Rs. in
      millions
     % of  
Revenues  
     Rs. in 
millions 
     % of  
Revenues  
     Increase/    
(Decrease)    
 
  

 

 

 

Revenues

     Rs.39,679         100.0%         Rs.38,431         100.0%         3%     

Gross profit

     23,590         59.5%         22,352         58.2%         6%     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     12,039         30.3%         11,151         29.0%         8%     

Research and development expenses

     4,095         10.3%         4,316         11.2%         (5%)     

Other (income)/expense, net

     (122)         (0.3%)         (341)         (0.9%)         (64%)     

Results from operating activities

     7,578         19.1%         7,226         18.8%         5%     

Finance (expense)/income, net

     (62)         (0.2%)         1,013         2.6%         (106%)     

Share of profit of equity accounted investees,
    net of tax

     64         0.2%         47         0.1%         37%     

Profit before tax

     7,580         19.1%         8,286         21.6%         (9%)     

Tax expense

     1,788         4.5%         2,541         6.6%         (30%)     

Profit for the period

     Rs.5,792         14.6%         Rs.5,745         15.0%         1%     

Revenues

Our overall consolidated revenues were Rs.39,679 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 3% as compared to Rs.38,431 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, our consolidated revenues by segment:

 

    For the three months ended December 31,  
 

 

 

 
    2015     2014        
 

 

 

 
       Rs. in
    millions
(1)
    Revenues % of
Total
    Rs. in
millions
    Revenues % of
Total
    Increase/     
(Decrease)     
 
 

 

 

 

Global Generics

    Rs.33,558        84%        Rs.31,335        81%        7%     

Pharmaceutical Services and Active
    Ingredients

    5,082        13%        6,112        16%        (17%)   

Proprietary Products

    654        2%        743        2%        (12%)   

Others

    385        1%        241        1%        61%     
 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rs.39,679

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

100%

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rs.38,431

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

100%

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

3%  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(1) During the three months ended June 30, 2015, there was a change in the monitoring of performance of one product from the Global Generics segment to the Proprietary Products segment. Consequently, revenues and gross profit from such product for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2014 have been reclassified to conform to the change.

Segment Analysis

Global Generics

Revenues from our Global Generics segment were Rs.33,558 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 7% as compared to Rs.31,335 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

After taking into account the impact of exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, the foregoing increase in revenues of this segment was attributable to the following factors:

 

  ·  

an increase of approximately 7% resulting from the introduction of new products during the intervening period;

 

  ·  

an increase of approximately 7% resulting from a net increase in the sales volumes of existing products in this segment; and

 

  ·  

a decrease of approximately 7% resulting from the net impact of changes in sales prices of the products in this segment.

North America (the United States and Canada): Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from North America (the United States and Canada) were Rs.19,417 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 18% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. In U.S. dollar absolute currency terms (i.e., U.S. dollars without taking into account the effect of currency exchange rates), such revenues increased by 10% in the three months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014.

This revenue growth was largely attributable to the following:

 

  ·  

revenues from new products launched between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015, such as esomeprazole DR, pramipexole, pravastatin, memantine;

 

  ·  

a gain in market share of certain of our existing products, such as valganciclovir, sumatriptan injection, amlodipine besylate and atorvastatin calcium, OTC omeprazole magnesium and metoprolol ER; and

 

  ·  

partially offset by lower realization from certain of our existing products.

During the three months ended December 31, 2015, there were no new products which were launched in North America (the United States and Canada).

During the three months ended December 31, 2015, we made 4 filings, which includes 1 NDA filing under section 505(b)(2) and 3 ANDA filings. As of December 31, 2015 our cumulative filings were 236, which includes 3 NDA filings under section 505(b)(2) and 233 ANDA filings. Out of these ANDA filings, we had 79 ANDAs pending approval at the U.S. FDA of which 52 are Paragraph IV filings, and we believe we are the first to file with respect to 18 of these filings.

India: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from India during the three months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.5,805 million, an increase of 34% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. This growth was largely attributable to the revenues from new brands launched between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015 in India, the revenues from the acquired portfolio of products from UCB and increase in the sales volume of the existing products, partially offset by the decrease in sales prices of the existing products. According to IMS Health in its Moving Quarterly Total report for the three months ended December 31, 2015, our secondary sales in India grew by 20.3% during such period, as compared to the India pharmaceutical market’s growth of 16.0% during such period. During the three months ended December 31, 2015, we launched 5 new brands in India.

On April 1, 2015, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a select portfolio of products business of UCB in the territories of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives, and we completed the acquisition on June 16, 2015. Refer to Note 4 of our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.

Emerging Markets: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from “Emerging Markets” (which is comprised of Russia, other countries of the former Soviet Union, Romania and certain other countries from our “Rest of the World” markets, primarily Venezuela, South Africa and Australia) during the three months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.6,399 million, a decrease of 28% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014.

 

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Russia: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from Russia during the three months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.3,138 million, a decrease of 21% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. In Russian rouble absolute currency terms (i.e., Russian roubles without taking into account the effect of currency exchange rates), such revenues increased by 5% during the three months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. Our over-the-counter (“OTC”) division’s revenues from Russia during the three months ended December 31, 2015 were 38% of our total revenues from Russia.

According to IMS Health, as per its report for the three months ended December 31, 2015, our sales value (in Russian roubles) growth and volume growth from Russia, as compared to the Russian pharmaceutical market sales value (in Russian roubles) growth and volume growth during the three months ended December 31, 2015 was as follows:

 

     For the three months ended December 31, 2015          
  

 

     Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories    Russian pharmaceutical market          
  

 

               Sales value                  Volume                    Sales value            Volume          
  

 

Prescription (Rx)

   5.45%    (3.13%)    3.82%    (4.76%)          

Over-the-counter (OTC)

   12.74%    1.64%    (0.24%)    (8.91%)          

Total (Rx + OTC)

   7.99%    (1.98%)    2.46%    (7.75%)          

As per the above referenced IMS Health report, our volume market share during the three months ended December 31, 2015 and during the three months ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:

 

     For the three months ended December 31,
  

 

     2015   2014 
  

 

Prescription (Rx)

   4.53%   4.46%

Over-the-counter (OTC)

   0.52%   0.47%

Total (Rx + OTC)

   1.73%   1.63%

Other countries of the former Soviet Union and Romania: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from other countries of the former Soviet Union and Romania were Rs.871 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 17% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. This decrease was largely attributable to the decrease in sales volumes of our existing major brands coupled with currency depreciation across these markets.

“Rest of the World” Markets: We refer to all markets of this segment other than North America (the United States and Canada), Europe, Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, Romania and India as our “Rest of the World” markets. Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from our “Rest of the World” markets were Rs.2,390 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 38% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in our revenues in Venezuela primarily due to reduction in the sales volume of the existing products.

Europe: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from Europe are primarily derived from Germany, the United Kingdom and our out-licensing business across Europe, and were Rs.1,937 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 14% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. This growth was primarily on account of revenues from the increase in sales volumes of exiting products and new products launched between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015, partially offset by our reduced participation in the competitive bidding tenders sponsored by statutory health insurance funds and other health insurance providers in Germany.

 

Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients (“PSAI”)

Our PSAI segment’s revenues during the three months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.5,082 million, a decrease of 17% as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2014. After taking into account the impact of exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, this was largely attributable to:

 

   

decreased sales of active pharmaceutical ingredients during the three months ended December 31, 2015, primarily attributable to decreased sales volumes and sales prices of existing products, which decreased our PSAI segment’s revenues by approximately 18%; and

 

   

increased customer orders in our pharmaceutical development services, which increased our PSAI segment’s revenues by approximately 1%.

 

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During the three months ended December 31, 2015, we filed 21 Drug Master Files (“DMFs”) worldwide. Cumulatively, our total worldwide DMFs as of December 31, 2015 were 774, including 223 DMFs in the United States.

Gross Profit

Our total gross profit was Rs.23,590 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, representing 59.5% of our revenues for that period, as compared to Rs.22,352 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014, representing 58.2% of our revenues for that period.

The following table sets forth, for the period indicated, our gross profits by segment:

 

    For the three months ended December 31,  
 

 

 

 
       2015     2014       
 

 

 

 
    (Rs. in millions)  
 

 

 

 
       Gross Profit     

% of Segment  

Revenue  

    Gross Profit       % of Segment       
Revenue       
 
 

 

 

 

Global Generics

    Rs.22,017        65.6%        Rs.20,572        65.7%     

Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients

    886        17.4%        1,050        17.2%     

Proprietary Products

    546        83.4%        631        84.9%     

Others

    141        36.8%        99        41.1%     
 

 

 

 

Total

    Rs.23,589        59.5%        Rs.22,352        58.2%     
 

 

 

 

After taking into account the impact of the exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, the gross profits from our Global Generics segment decreased to 65.6% during the three months ended December 31, 2015 from 65.7% during the three months ended December 31, 2014. This decrease was due to a decrease in the proportion of sales of higher gross margin products and an increase in the proportion of sales of lower gross margin products.

The gross profits from our PSAI segment increased to 17.4% during the three months ended December 31, 2015, from 17.2% during the three months ended December 31, 2014. This increase was primarily due to an increase in sales of products with higher gross profit margins during the three months ended December 31, 2015.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Our selling, general and administrative expenses were Rs.12,039 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 8% as compared to Rs.11,151 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014. After taking into account the impact of exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, this increase was largely attributable to the following:

 

  ·  

increased legal and professional expenses, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 5%;

 

  ·  

increased personnel costs, due to annual raises and new recruitments, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 4%;

 

  ·  

decreased sales and marketing costs, which decreased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 2%; and

 

  ·  

increased other costs, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 1%.

As a proportion of our total revenues, our selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 30.3% during the three months ended December 31, 2015 from 29.0% during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

 

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Research and development expenses

Our research and development expenses were Rs.4,095 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 5% as compared to Rs.4,316 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014. Our research and development expenses decreased to 10.3% of our total revenues during the three months ended December 31, 2015 from 11.2% of our total revenues during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Other (income)/expense, net

Our net other income was Rs.122 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net other income of Rs.341 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Finance (expense)/income, net

Our net finance expense was Rs.62 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to net finance income of Rs.1,013 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014. The increase in net finance expense was due to the following:

 

  ·  

net foreign exchange gain of Rs.340 million (excluding the impact of Venezuela currency exchange loss described below) during the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net foreign exchange gain of Rs.666 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014;

 

  ·  

foreign exchange loss of Rs.637 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, on translation of certain monetary assets and liabilities of our Venezuelan subsidiary (Refer to Note 23 to these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details);

 

  ·  

profit on sale of investments of Rs.71 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to profit on sale of investments of Rs.211 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014; and

 

  ·  

net interest income of Rs.164 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net interest income of Rs.136 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Profit before tax

As a result of the above, our profit before tax was Rs.7,580 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 9% as compared to Rs.8,286 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Tax expense

Our consolidated weighted average tax rate was 23.6% during the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to 30.7% during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Our tax expense was Rs.1,788 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to Rs.2,541 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014.

Profit for the period

As a result of the above, our net profit was Rs.5,792 million during the three months ended December 31, 2015, representing 14.6% of our total revenues for such period, as compared to Rs.5,745 million during the three months ended December 31, 2014, representing 15.0% of our total revenues for such period.

 

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Section B:

Nine months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, financial data as percentages of total revenues and the increase (or decrease) by item as a percentage of the amount over the comparable period in the previous year.

 

    For the nine months ended December 31,          
 

 

 

 
          2015     2014        
 

 

 

 
   

    Rs. in  

    millions  

   

% of  

Revenues  

    Rs. in
millions
   

% of  

Revenues  

    Increase/  
(Decrease)  
 
 

 

 

 

Revenues

    Rs.117,146        100.0%        Rs.109,485        100.0%        7%     

Gross profit

    71,005        60.6%        64,182        58.6%        11%     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    34,070        29.1%        32,503        29.7%        5%     

Research and development expenses

    12,955        11.1%        12,304        11.2%        5%     

Other (income)/expense, net

    (567)        (0.5%)        (791)        (0.7%)        (28%)     

Results from operating activities

    24,547        21.0%        20,166        18.4%        22%     

Finance (expense)/income, net

    (62)        (0.1%)        1,915        1.7%        (103%)     

Share of profit of equity accounted investees, net of tax

    170        0.1%        151        0.1%        13%     

Profit before tax

    24,655        21.0%        22,232        20.3%        11%     

Tax expense

    5,388        4.6%        5,242        4.8%        3%     

Profit for the period

    Rs.19,267        16.4%        Rs.16,990        15.5%        13%     

Revenues

Our overall consolidated revenues were Rs.117,146 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 7% as compared to Rs.109,485 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, our consolidated revenues by segment:

 

    For the nine months ended December 31,  
 

 

 

 
    2015     2014        
 

 

 

 
   

   Rs. in

   millions

    Revenues % of  
Total  
   

Rs. in

millions

    Revenues % of  
Total  
    Increase/     
(Decrease)     
 
 

 

 

 

Global Generics

    Rs.97,287        83%        Rs.88,681        81%        10%     

Pharmaceutical Services and Active
    Ingredients

    16,614        14%        18,042        16%        (8%)     

Proprietary Products

    2,014        2%        1,872        2%        8%     

Others

    1,231        1%        890        1%        38%     
 

 

 

 

Total

    Rs.117,146        100%        Rs.109,485        100%        7%     
 

 

 

 

 

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Segment Analysis

Global Generics

Revenues from our Global Generics segment were Rs.97,287 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 10% as compared to Rs.88,681 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

After taking into account the impact of exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, the foregoing increase in revenues of this segment was attributable to the following factors:

 

  ·  

an increase of approximately 14% resulting from the introduction of new products during the intervening period;

 

  ·  

an increase of approximately 3% resulting from a net increase in the sales volumes of existing products in this segment; and

 

  ·  

a decrease of approximately 7% resulting from the net impact of changes in sales prices of the products in this segment.

North America (the United States and Canada): Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from North America (the United States and Canada) during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.56,496 million, an increase of 21% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. In U.S. dollar absolute currency terms (i.e., U.S. dollars without taking into account the effect of currency exchange rates), such revenues increased by 15% in the nine months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth, during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, products launched in North America:

 

  Product    Innovator’s Brand    Innovator

 

Esomeprazole DR

   Nexium®    AstraZeneca

Pramipexole ER

   Mirapex®    Boehringer Ingelheim

Memantine

   Namenda®    Eli Lilly

Pravastatin

   Pravachol®    Bristol Myers Squibb

India: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from India were Rs.16,026 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 22% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, we launched 13 new brands in India. This growth was largely attributable to the revenues from new brands launched between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015 in India, coupled with the revenues from the acquired portfolio of products from UCB. According to IMS Health in its Moving Annual Total report for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, our secondary sales in India grew by 14.5% during such period, as compared to the India pharmaceutical market’s growth of 15.1% during such period.

Emerging Markets: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from “Emerging Markets” (which is comprised of Russia, other countries of the former Soviet Union, Romania and certain other countries from our “Rest of the World” markets, primarily Venezuela, South Africa and Australia) during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.18,792 million, a decrease of 23% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Russia: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from Russia were Rs.8,359 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 32% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. In Russian rouble absolute currency terms (i.e., Russian roubles without taking into account the effect of currency exchange rates), such revenues decreased by 2% during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. Our over-the-counter (“OTC”) division’s revenues from Russia during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 were 37% of our total revenues from Russia, and we intend to further strengthen our OTC sales by continuous branding efforts.

According to IMS Health, as per its report for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, our sales value (in Russian roubles) growth and volume growth from Russia, as compared to the Russian pharmaceutical market sales value (in Russian roubles) growth and volume growth during the nine months ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:

 

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     For the nine months ended December 31, 2015
  

 

                   Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories            Russian pharmaceutical market          
  

 

             Sales value          Volume    Sales value    Volume      
  

 

Prescription (Rx)

     1.98%    (9.10%)    9.37%    (3.88%)      

Over-the-counter (OTC)

     10.59%    (5.92%)    5.70%    (7.45%)      

Total (Rx + OTC)

     5.00%    (8.32%)    7.41%    (6.44%)      

As per the above referenced IMS Health report, our volume-based market share during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and during the nine months ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:

 

         For the nine months ended December 31,    
  

 

     2015    2014
  

 

Prescription (Rx)

   4.60%    4.87%

Over-the-counter (OTC)

   0.63%    0.62%

Total (Rx + OTC)

   1.79%    1.82%

Other Countries of former Soviet Union and Romania: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from other countries of the former Soviet Union and Romania were Rs.2,678 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 1% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

“Rest of the World” Markets: We refer to all markets of this segment other than North America (the United States and Canada), Europe, Russia, India and other countries of the former Soviet Union and Romania as our “Rest of the World” markets. Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from our “Rest of the World” markets were Rs.7,755 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of 19% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in our revenues in Venezuela primarily due to reduction in the sales volume of the existing products.

Europe: Our Global Generics segment’s revenues from Europe were Rs.5,973 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 38% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. This growth was primarily on account of revenues from new products launched between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015.

Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients (“PSAI”)

Our PSAI segment’s revenues during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 were Rs.16,614 million, a decrease of 8% as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014. After taking into account the impact of exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against the multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, this increase was largely attributable to:

 

  ·  

decreased sales of active pharmaceutical ingredients during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, primarily attributable to decreased sales volumes of existing products, partially coupled with the net impact of changes in sales prices of existing products, all of which decreased our PSAI segment’s revenues by approximately 11%; and

 

  ·  

increased customer orders in our pharmaceutical development services for certain products provided to innovator companies, which increased our PSAI segment’s revenues by approximately 3%.

Gross Profit

Our total gross profit was Rs.71,005 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, representing 60.6% of our revenues for that period, as compared to Rs.64,182 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014, representing 58.6% of our revenues for that period.

 

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     For the nine months ended December 31,  
  

 

 

 
           2015      2014        
  

 

 

 
     (Rs. in millions)  
  

 

 

 
     Gross
          Profit
                     % of Segment
Revenue
     Gross
Profit
                     % of Segment  
Revenue  
 
  

 

 

 

Global Generics

     Rs.64,992         66.8%         Rs.58,333         65.8%     

Pharmaceutical Services and Active
Ingredients

     3,744         22.5%         3,996         22.2%     

Proprietary Products

     1,684         83.6%         1,588         84.8%     

Others

     585         47.5%         265         29.8%     
  

 

 

 

Total

     Rs.71,005         60.6%         Rs.64,182         58.6%     
  

 

 

 

After taking into account the impact of the exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, the gross profits from our Global Generics segment increased to 66.8% during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 from 65.8% during the nine months ended December 31, 2014. This increase was due to an increase in the proportion of sales of higher gross margin products and a decrease in the proportion of sales of lower gross margin products.

The gross profits from our PSAI segment increased to 22.5% during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, from 22.2% during the nine months ended December 31, 2014. This increase was primarily due to an increase in sales of products with higher gross profit margins during the nine months ended December 31, 2015.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Our selling, general and administrative expenses were Rs.34,070 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 5% as compared to Rs.32,503 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014. After taking into account the impact of exchange rate fluctuations of the Indian rupee against multiple currencies in the markets in which we operate, this increase was largely attributable to the following:

 

  ·  

increased personnel costs, due to annual raises and new recruitments, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 3%;

 

  ·  

increased legal and professional expenses, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 2%;

 

  ·  

increased amortization, primarily due to our acquisition of the Habitrol® brand in December 2014 and acquisition of a select portfolio of products business of UCB in June 2015, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 1%;

 

  ·  

decreased sales and marketing costs, which decreased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 2%; and

 

  ·  

increased other costs, which increased our selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately 1%.

As a proportion of our total revenues, our selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to 29.1% during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 from 29.7% during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Research and development expenses

Our research and development costs were Rs.12,955 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 5% as compared to Rs.12,304 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014. This increase was in accordance with our strategy to expand our research and development efforts in complex formulations, differentiated formulations and biosimilar compounds.

Other (income)/expense, net

Our net other income was Rs.567 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net other income of Rs.791 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

 

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Finance (expense)/income, net

Our net finance expense was Rs.62 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net finance income of Rs.1,915 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014. The increase in net finance expense was attributable to:

 

  ·  

net foreign exchange gain of Rs.3 million (excluding the impact of Venezuela currency exchange loss described below) during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net foreign exchange gain of Rs.1,385 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014;

 

  ·  

foreign exchange loss of Rs.776 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, on translation of certain monetary assets and liabilities of our Venezuelan subsidiary. (Refer to Note 23 to these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details);

 

  ·  

net interest income of Rs.305 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to net interest income of Rs.72 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014; and

 

  ·  

profit on sale of investments of Rs.406 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to profit on sale of investments of Rs.458 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Profit before tax

As a result of the above, our profit before tax was Rs.24,655 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of 11% as compared to Rs.22,232 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Tax expense

Our consolidated weighted average tax rate was 21.9% during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to 23.6% during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Our tax expense was Rs.5,388 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to Rs.5,242 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Profit for the period

As a result of the above, our net profit was Rs.19,267 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, representing 16.4% of our total revenues for such period, as compared to Rs.16,990 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014, representing 15.5% of our total revenues for such period.

 

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ITEM 3. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

We have primarily financed our operations through cash flows generated from operations and a mix of long-term and short-term borrowings. Our principal liquidity and capital needs are for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, making investments, regular business operations and research and development.

Our principal sources of short-term liquidity are internally generated funds and short-term borrowings, which we believe are sufficient to meet our working capital requirements. We borrowed U.S.$220 million during the year ended March 31, 2012, which is to be repaid in eight quarterly installments beginning in December 2014. During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, we repaid the entire outstanding loan amount, and we further borrowed U.S.$110 million of new short-term borrowings (Refer to Note 13 of our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details). We also borrowed U.S.$150 million during the year ended March 31, 2014, which is to be repaid in five quarterly installments beginning in February 2018. These loans were obtained primarily to repay some of our then existing short term and long term borrowings and to meet our anticipated capital expenditures over the near term. As part of our growth strategy, we continue to review opportunities to acquire companies, complementary technologies or product rights.

The following table summarizes our statements of cash flows for the periods presented:

 

    For the nine months ended December 31,  
 

 

 
    2015    2015      2014    
 

 

 
    (U.S.$ in millions, Rs. in millions)  
  Convenience translation into U.S.$      
Net cash from/(used in):        
Operating activities   U.S.$483                            Rs.31,991                     Rs.14,772         
Investing activities   (231)                (15,266)         (8,539)         
Financing activities   (239)                (15,838)         (8,236)         
 

 

 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   U.S.$13                Rs.887         Rs.(2,003)         
 

 

 

In addition to cash, inventory and accounts receivable, our unused sources of liquidity included approximately Rs.15,725 million in available credit under revolving credit facilities with banks as of December 31, 2015. We had no other material unused sources of liquidity as of December 31, 2015.

Operating Activities

The net result of operating activities was a cash inflow of Rs.31,991 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to a cash inflow of Rs.14,772 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

The net cash provided by operating activities increased during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 primarily on account of improvement in our business performance that resulted in an increase of Rs.3,341 million in our earnings before interest expense, profit/loss on sale of investments, tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”) (Rs.31,448 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to Rs.28,107 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2014). Further, there was a net difference in cash flows on account of a decrease in working capital by Rs.14,238 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of an increase in the balances of our trade receivables and inventories during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Our average days’ sales outstanding (“DSO”) as at December 31, 2015, September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, based on the most recent quarter’s sales, were 97 days, 99 days and 96 days, respectively.

 

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Investing Activities

Our investing activities resulted in a net cash outflow of Rs.15,266 million and Rs.8,539 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. This increase in net cash outflow of Rs.6,727 million was primarily due to:

 

  ·  

Rs.7,936 million paid to UCB for the acquisition of a select portfolio of products business during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 (Refer to Note 4 of our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details);

 

  ·  

an amount of Rs.1,158 million paid to Alchemia Limited for the purchase of worldwide, exclusive intellectual property rights to fondaparinux sodium during the nine months ended December 31, 2015 (Refer to Note 28 of our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details);

 

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an amount of Rs.5,097 million paid for acquisition from Novartis Consumer Health Inc. of the title and rights to its Habitrol® brand (an over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy transdermal patch) and related U.S. marketing rights during the nine months ended December 31, 2014; and

 

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a net increase in amounts spent on property, plant and equipment by Rs.1,852 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Financing Activities

Our financing activities resulted in a net cash outflow of Rs.15,838 million and Rs.8,236 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2015, we repaid long term borrowings of Rs.11,647 million which primarily consisted of the repayment of all long term borrowings by our subsidiaries in Switzerland and U.K. (Refer to Note 13 of our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details). Furthermore, we also paid dividends (including dividend distribution taxes) of Rs.4,106 million and borrowed short term loans of Rs.636 million.

In comparison, during the nine months ended December 31, 2014, we repaid long term borrowings and short term borrowings of Rs.1,809 million and Rs.2,222 million, respectively. Further, we paid dividends (including dividend distribution taxes) of Rs.3,587 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2014.

Principal Debt Obligations

The following table provides a list of our principal debt obligations (excluding capital lease obligations) outstanding as of December 31, 2015:

 

 

  Debt    Principal Amount      Currency    Interest Rate

 

     (U.S.$ in millions, Rs. in millions)            

 

    
 
 
Convenience
translation into
U.S.$
  
  
  
        

 

Packing credit borrowings (short term)

     U.S.$293         Rs.19,366       USD

EURO

RUB

   LIBOR + 10 to 15 bps

LIBOR + 7.5 to 20 bps            

11.00% to 12.5%

Other short-term borrowings

     55         3,638       USD    LIBOR + 40bps

Long-term borrowings

     150         9,923       USD    LIBOR + 125 bps

 

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ITEM 4. OTHER MATTERS

Civil Investigative Demand from the Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas

On or about November 10, 2014, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc., one of our subsidiaries in the U.S., received a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) from the Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas (the “Texas AG”) requesting certain information, documents and data regarding sales and price reporting in the U.S. marketplace of certain products for the period of time between January 1, 1995 and the date of the CID. Compliance with the CID is ongoing, and we understand that the investigation is continuing.

Subpeona duces tecum from the Office of the Attorney General, California

On November 3, 2014, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc. received a subpoena duces tecum to appear before the Office of the Attorney General, California (the “California AG”) and produce records and documents relating to the pricing of certain products. A set of five interrogatories related to pricing practices was served as well. Compliance with the subpoena is ongoing, and we understand that the investigation is continuing.

Receipt of Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) for esomeprazole capsules

On October 28, 2015, Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that our sale of esomeprazole magnesium in a two tone capsule infringes certain trademarks applicable to Nexium® Capsules.

On November 12, 2015, the Court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining us from selling our product in the current trade dress. We subsequently filed a response rejecting AstraZeneca’s claims.

On December 30, 2015, we re-launched the product with a change in the capsule color.

 

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ITEM 5. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description of Exhibits

99.1

   Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED (Registrant)

Date: February 9, 2016

   

By:

 

/s/ Sandeep Poddar

     

Name:

 

Sandeep Poddar

     

Title:

 

Company Secretary

 

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