mylan laboratories ltd Directors report


Directors

Your directors are pleased to present their report for the financial year ended March 31,2014, along with the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, Cash flow statement and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Financial Results

The financial performance of your Company on both a stand-alone and a consolidated basis for the financial year ended March 31, 2014 is summarised below:

( Rs. Million)

Particulars

Stand-alone basis

Consolidated basis

2013-14 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13
Net sales 69,372.60 53,693.80 69,399.27 55,933.83
Profit before interest, depreciation, tax and exceptional items 14,228.50 12,035.01 14,117.09 12,287.70
Interest 2,484.62 630.16 2,552.72 765.87
Depreciation and amortization 3,461.79 964.65 3,665.19 1,280.71
Profit before tax and exceptional items 8,282.09 10,440.20 7,899.18 10,241.12
Exceptional items 2,983.77 (1,914.80) 5,615.95 (2,107.73)
Tax expense (2,816.78) (3,329.97) (2,752.37) (3,399.59)
Minority interest and share of loss in associate - - 48.32 (36.80)
Net profit for the year 8,449.08 5,195.43 10,811.08 4,697.00

Review of Operations

Your Company posted yet another impressive year of performance. During the year under review, the turnover, on a standalone basis, increased by 29.20%, while on a consolidated basis, the sales increased by 24.07% over the previous year. The increase in sales was mainly due to the increase in the sales of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Finished Dosage Form (FDF) products and also due to amalgamation of Agila Specialities Private Limited ("ASPL") and its subsidiary with your Company with effect from December 6, 2013. The net profit for the year also showed an impressive growth of 62.63 % on a standalone basis, while on a consolidated basis, the increase was 130.17% over the previous year.

During the year, your Company has raised funds through a mix of equity and debt from Mylan Luxembourg 2 S.a.r.l. (a promoter group entity) by way of issue of equity shares to the tune of Rs. 9,520.05 million and compulsory convertible debentures to the tune of Rs. 50,266.90 million aggregating to Rs. 59,786.95 million, for acquisition of the business of ASPL from Strides Acrolab Limited.

Your Company is in compliance with the regulations relating to downstream investment as laid down in the Foreign Exchange Management Regulations for the financial year 2013-14 and the same is certified by the auditors of the Company.

During the year, as part of group restructuring exercise, your Company has sold Matrix Laboratories (Singapore) Pte Limited along with its subsidiaries for a consideration of Rs. 3,495.29 million (EUR 40.9 million) to a fellow subsidiary. Consequent to the sale, the earlier provision made for diminution in the value of investment has been written back and profit on sale of Rs. 2,983.77 million and Rs. 5,615.15 million has been recognised in stand-alone financials and in consolidated financials respectively.

During the year under review, your Company filed 15 U.S. Drug Master Files (DMFs) and 16 EU DMFs / Certificates of Suitability to European Pharmacopoeia (CEPs). With these filings, as on March 31, 2014, the cumulative number of DMFs filed by your Company, together with its subsidiaries and associates is 189 U.S. DMFs and 194 EU DMFs / CEPs.

During the year, your Company has filed 24 Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), 11 with European regulatory agencies, 7 with the World Health Organisation (WHO), 7 with Canada regulatory agencies, 3 withapan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), 8 with Australian regulatory agencies, 6 with New Zealand regulatory agencies and 17 with South Africa regulatory agencies. Aggregate filings covering FDFs during the year were 83 in numbers.

Cumulatively, your Company made the filings of 175 ANDAs with the USFDA, 110 regulatory filings with European regulatory agencies, 48 filings with the WHO, 65 with Canadian regulatory agencies, 58 with Australian regulatory agencies, 37 with New Zealand and 91 with South Africa regulatory agencies aggregating to 584 regulatory submissions. During the year under review, your Company secured 13 approvals from the European regulatory agencies, 10 from Australian regulatory agencies, 5 from New Zealand regulatory agencies and 18 from South Africa regulatory agencies.

ASPL and Onco Therapies Limited ("OTL") have 222 ANDAs with the USFDA, 53 with Canada regulatory agencies and 58 with Africa regulatory agencies. Cumulatively, ASPL has 333 regulatory submissions.

Share Capital

Authorised Capital

During the year under review, consequent to the amalgamation of ASPL and its subsidiary OTL with your Company, the authorised share capital of your Company has been increased by Rs. 250 million. As a result of this, the authorised share capital of your Company is Rs. 650 million divided into 325 million equity shares of Rs. 2 each.

Issued, Subscribed and Paid up Capital

During the year under review, your Company has allotted 28.42 million equity shares of Rs. 2 each at an issue price of Rs. 335 per equity share to Mylan Luxembourg 2 S.a.r.l., an entity belonging to the promoter group. As a result of this, the issued, subscribed and paid up capital of your Company stands increased to Rs. 369.51 million divided into 184.76 million equity shares of Rs. 2 each.

Manufacturing Facility Acquisition

As informed in the previous financial years report, your Company entered into a business transfer agreement on March 11, 2013, to purchase an oral solid finished dosage forms manufacturing facility (the "Facility") from Unichem Laboratories Limited. The Facility is located in the Pharma Zone of Indore Special Economic Zone in Pithampur District, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. The acquisition of this Facility would support Mylans continued expansion of its manufacturing footprint as your Company executes on its plan to double its manufacturing capacity over the next several years. The transaction was closed on October 24, 2013.

Acquisition of ASPL and its amalgamation with your Company

Your Company acquired the shares of ASPL and indirecdy the ownership of its wholly owned subsidiary OTL from Strides Arcolab Limited ("SAL") and its promoters, pursuant to a share purchase agreement on December 5, 2013.

The acquisition of the Injectables and Oncology business of ASPL and OTL, through share acquisition helped your Company to grow injectables business, expanding and strengthening Mylan Groups foothold in injectables segment and facilitate its entry into new geographic regions. The intention of this share acquisition was to seamlessly and rapidly integrate the businesses (in terms of broad product portfolio, drug applications and approvals, technical knowhow, employees, customers, etc.) of ASPL and OTL with your Company. Though the acquisition of ASPL and OTL were through acquisition of shares to facilitate smooth transition of control and management, the intention of your Company was always to integrate the businesses of ASPL and OTL with itself once the share acquisition process was completed.

Accordingly, your Company had filed a scheme of amalgamation of ASPL and OTL with Mylan Laboratories Limited ("Scheme") under Sections 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 with the Honble High Court ofudicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and for the State of Andhra Pradesh ("High Court") with appointed date of December 6, 2013 ("Appointed Date") and the High Court vide its order dated August 25, 2014 approved the said Scheme.

In terms of the Scheme, your Company has accounted for the amalgamation under the "Purchase Method" referred in Accounting Standard 14 - Accounting for amalgamation (AS-14). Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of ASPL and OTL have been taken over at their respective fair values (after making adjustments for adoption of uniform accounting policies). The excess of investment cancelled by your Company over the aggregate value of the net assets acquired has been treated as goodwill, to be amortised over a period of 5 years from the date of amalgamation.

Your Company had filed a copy of the order of the High Court with the Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad on October 13, 2014 (the "Effective Date"). Consequently, the amalgamation of ASPL and OTL with your Company became effective on October 13, 2014 with effect from the Appointed Date and ASPL and OTL are dissolved without being wound up. The financials of ASPL and OTL are forming part of the financials of your Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2014.

Dividend

Considering the acquisitions made by your Company and keeping in view the capital expenditure programmes under implementation to augment production capacities of the facilities, your directors have, after due deliberations, decided to plough back profits and hence, do not recommend any dividend for the financial year 2013-2014 .

Amalgamation of Astrix Laboratories Limited ("ALL") with your Company and Reduction of Equity Share Capital represented by Minority Shareholders

To enhance shareholder value, the Board of Directors of your Company at their meeting held onuly 16, 2014, approved a Composite Scheme of Arrangement between Astrix Laboratories Limited and Mylan Laboratories Limited and their Respective Shareholders ("Scheme") for amalgamation of Astrix Laboratories Limited with your Company to achieve operational synergies and great financial integration and flexibility and reduction of equity share capital, represented by equity shares held by the minority public shareholders of your Company, by paying cash in lieu of the equity shares held by them.

The members have approved the Scheme with requisite majority in number and value at the Court Convened Meeting held on October 17, 2014. Upon the Scheme becoming effective and with effect from 1 st April, 2014, the entire undertaking of ALL would stand transferred to your Company as a going concern together with all assets and liabilities of ALL. Upon the Scheme becoming effective, your Company will issue and allot 2 (two) fully paid up equity shares of Rs. 2/— each of your Company for every 1 (one) fully paid up equity share of Rs. 10/— each of ALL to the shareholders of ALL as on the record date.

The proposed reduction of equity share capital represented by minority shareholders in the equity share capital of your Company will be beneficial to the existing minority shareholders, as it provides them an exit option. By reducing the equity share capital of minority shareholders and offering cash i.e. Rs. 387/-(Rupees three hundred and eighty seven only) per equity share in lieu of the equity shares held by them, and by achieving the same through a court approved Scheme, the minority public shareholders would be provided an opportunity to liquidate their shareholding and realize the value of the equity shares held by them.

Upon the Scheme coming into effect, ALL will be dissolved without being wound up and minority shareholders would be paid cash in lieu of equity shares held by them. Your Company and ALL have filed necessary applications/ petitions before the Honble High Court ofudicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and for the State of Andhra Pradesh ("Honble High Court") and as on date, the Scheme is pending sanction of the Honble High Court. The Scheme is also subject to receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.

Restructuring of subsidiaries

During the financial year 2013-2014, after receipt of all the necessary approvals, your Company has sold its investment in Matrix Laboratories (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., along with its subsidiaries Matrix Pharma Group (Xiamen) Ltd., Mylan Laboratories Inc., and Matrix Laboratories (Xiamen) Limited to Mylan Luxembourg 8 S.A.R.L. The transaction was closed on 24th December, 2013.

Notes on Subsidiaries

Your Company had 3 subsidiaries as on March 31, 2014 namely Astrix Laboratories Limited, ASPL and OTL. The merger of ASPL and OTL with your Company became effective with appointed date of December 6, 2013 vide the order of Honble High Court ofudicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and for the State of Andhra Pradesh.

As per Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act"), your Company is required to attach Directors Report, Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss of each of its subsidiary. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India vide its circular no. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011 has provided an exemption to companies from complying with section 212 of the Act, provided such companies publish the audited consolidated financial statements in the annual report. Accordingly, the annual report 2013-2014 does not contain the financial statements of the subsidiaries. A statement containing certain particulars of the subsidiaries are attached to the annual report. Copies of the annual accounts of your Companys subsidiaries can be sought by any investor of your Company on making a written request to your Company at the registered office of your Company in this regard. The annual accounts of the subsidiary companies are also available for inspection to any investor at your Companys registered office.

Consolidated Financial Statements

In accordance with the Accounting Standard AS-21 on Consolidated Financial Statements, the audited Consolidated Financial Statements are attached to this annual report.

Fixed Deposits

Your Company has not accepted any public deposits and as such, no amount on account of principal or interest on public deposits was outstanding as on the date of the balance sheet.

Directors

Appointment of Directors

On October 31,2014, the Board appointed Mr. Rakesh Bamzai and Ms. Sarada Kalyani Bhagawati as additional directors of your Company effective from November 1, 2014.

The said additional directors will hold office of directorship till the ensuing Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of your Company. Due notice(s) in writing under the provisions of Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013 have been received from members proposing their appointment as directors of your Company. It is proposed to appoint them as directors of your Company liable to retire by rotation.

Mr. Rakesh Bamzai was also appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Sarada Kalyani Bhagawati as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of your Company effective November 1, 2014.

Cessation of Directors

On October 31,2014, the Board took on record the resignations of Dr. B. Hari Babu, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Sethi and Mr. Susanto Banerjee as directors of your Company.

The above resignations are effective from November 1, 2014.

Your Board places on record its appreciation of the valuable services rendered by the above-mentioned directors, during their tenure as directors of your Company.

Re-appointment of Directors retiring by rotation

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Rajiv Malik will retire by rotation at the ensuing AGM of your Company and, being eligible, seeks re-appointment.

Your Board of Directors recommend the re-appointment of Mr. Rajiv Malik as a director of your Company.

Auditors

Deloitte Haskins & Sells ("DHS"), Chartered Accountants, who are the auditors of your Company, hold office till the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM and your Company has received a certificate as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, confirming their eligibility and willingness to accept the office of auditors for the financial years 2014-2017, if re-appointed. Pursuant to the provisions of section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed thereunder, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of your Company recommend to re-appoint DHS as auditors of your Company from the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM till the conclusion of the thirty second AGM to be held in the year 2017, subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM.

Cost Audit

As per the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, the requirement of cost audit is not applicable to your Company as its revenue from exports, in foreign exchange, exceeds seventy five per cent of its total revenue. However, your Company would continue to maintain cost records as required under the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014. The relevant cost audit reports for the financial year 2013-2014 were filed within the due date.

Annual General Meeting

In view of the amalgamation of ASPL and OTL with your Company, your Company had sought extension of time from the Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad ("ROC") for holding the AGM. The ROC has granted your Company, extension of time to hold the AGM upto December 30, 2014. Since the amalgamation of ASPL and OTL became effective in October, 2014, the Board has decided to hold the AGM on December 26, 2014.

Directors Responsibility Statement

As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your directors confirm having:

i) Followed the applicable accounting standards with proper explanation relating to material departures in the preparation of the annual accounts

ii) Selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madeudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of your Company at the end of the financial year 2013-2014 and of the profit of your Company for that period

iii) Taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities and

iv) Prepared the annual accounts on a going-concern basis.

Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988

Information in accordance with the provisions of Section 217(l)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 relating to the conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo is given in the annexure I forming part of this report.

Particulars of employees

The details of the employees drawing remuneration exceeding the limits prescribed under the provisions of Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 is given in the annexure II forming part of this report.

Transfer of Unpaid / Unclaimed dividend to Investor Education Protection Fund

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 205A (5) of the Companies Act, 1956, the dividend declared for the financial year 2005-2006, which remained unclaimed for a period of seven years has been transferred by your Company to the

Investor Education and Protection Fund established by the Central Government.

Acknowledgements

Your directors wish to express their grateful appreciation for the co-operation and support received from the Government of India, Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and Banks. Your Directors also thank the vendors, customers, consultants, auditors and others who have been assisting your Company in the various facets of its operations. Your directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation to its parent company Mylan Inc., for its support in implementing the organizational goals.

Your directors also wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the employees at all levels for their dedicated contribution towards the growth of your Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Dr. B. Hari Babu Susanto Banerjee
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director Executive Director
Place : Hyderabad
Date : October 31, 2014

Annexure-I to the Directors Report

Information required under the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988.

FORM A

A. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

Your Company continued periodical auditing of all the installations internally to find new opportunities to strengthen energy conservation efforts.

Your Company, in addition to the measures implemented last year, has identified and commissioned the following energy saving devices / equipment, during the year under review:

1. Replacement of existing reactor based distillation units in the effluent treatment plants by energy efficient multiple effect evaporator.

2. Replacement of existing high vaccum steam ejector systems with electrical operated dry vaccum pumps, there by reducing the operating cost by almost 50%.

3. Recycling of water from the effluent treatment plants into cooling towers thereby avoiding usage of fresh water. Particulars of Power & Fuel consumption for the year 2013-2014

A. POWER AND FUEL CONSUMPTION Current year 31.03.2014 Previous year 31.03.2013
1. Electricity
a) Purchased
Units (KWH) 172,160,197 113,292,810
Total Amount (Rupees in Million) 1,130.26 807.40
Rate per Unit ( Rs. ) 6.57 7.13
b) Own Generation
(i) Through Diesel Generator
Units (KWH) 14,831,411 31,433,519
Units per Litre of Fuel 4.37 3.40
Cost per Unit ( Rs. ) 13.32 14.69
(ii) Through Steam turbine / Generator
Units (KWH) 22,944,359 18,827,500
Units per unit of Fuel 0.39 0.33
Cost per Unit ( Rs. ) 4.59 1.71
2. Diesel
Quantity (Litres) 3,394,647 9,249,111
Total Value (Rupees in Million) 197.63 461.85
Average Rate per Litre ( Rs. ) 58.22 49.93
A. POWER AND FUEL CONSUMPTION Current year 31.03.2014 Previous year 31.03.2013
3. Coal
Quantity (Tonnes) 77,456 76,786
Total cost (Rupees in Million) 332.31 342.01
Average rate per Tonne( Rs. ) 4,290 4,454
4. Furnace Oil
Quantity (Litres) 7,024,237 5,795,032
Total Amount (Rupees in Million) 305.98 248.70
Average Rate per Litre( Rs. ) 43.56 42.92
5. Others/Internal generation Total Cost ( Rs. ) 70.67 44.69
TOTAL 2,036.85 1,904.64

B. Consumption per unit of production

Particulars Standard Current year Previous year
Product (with details) Units Since the Company manufactures a wide range of APIs, intermediates and finished dosage forms, it is not practicable to give consumption per unit of production.

FORM B

Disclosures of particulars with respect to Technology Absorption

A. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Mylan has been focusing on intellectual property-based research and development activity with the objective to develop novel routes and non-infringing processes to facilitate the Companys first-mover advantage across markets. Mylan is equipped with a strong API, FDF, Injectables and R&D teams.

B. EXPENDITURE ON RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Rs. Million

Current Year 31.03.2014 Previous Year 31.03.2013
(a) Capital 777.67 269.36
(b) Recurring 4,217.08 3,793.93
(c) Total 4,994.75 4,063.29
(d) Total R&D expenditure as a % of net sales 7.20% 7.57%

C. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION

Efforts, in brief, made towards technology absorption, adaptation and innovation:

a) Technology developed in-house has been scaled up.

b) Various novel processes /products have been developed in-house for some generic drug molecules, which are different from the existing processes/ products so far patented.

Benefits derived as a result of the above:

Capabilities in developing technology for new products and novel processes / products have helped entry into advanced markets such as USA, Canada and Europe.

Imported technology:

No technology has been imported

FORM C

D. FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Rs Million

Particulars Current Year 31.03.2014 Previous Year 31.03.2013
Foreign exchange earnings 59,354.53 48,350.42
Foreign exchange outgo 24,135.81 16,045.39
Net foreign exchange earnings 35,218.72 32,305.03

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Place : Hyderabad Dr. B. Hari Babu Susanto Banerjee
Date : October 31, 2014 Chief Executive Officer Executive Director
& Managing Director