Good Health Can’t Wait.

Good Health Can’t Wait.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited
CHART 4: DIVIDEND HISTORY
FY2005-2015
%
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Proposed
400
360
300
275
225
225
125
75
75
100
100
CHART 5: BREAK UP OF SHARES
IN ELECTRONIC AND PHYSICAL
FORM AS ON 31 MARCH 2015
AND 31 MARCH 2014
%
ELECTRONIC
- NSDL
PHYSICAL ELECTRONIC
- CDSL
2015
2014
97.64
97.38
1.08
1.22
1.28
1.40
The shareholders holding the share
certificates of the above three companies
or of ` 10/- face value, are requested
to submit their those share certificates
either to the Company or to Registrar
and Transfer Agent, Bigshare Services
Private Limited. On receipt of these share
certificate(s), the new share certificate
would be mailed to the shareholders.
SHARE TRANSFER SYSTEM
All queries and requests relating to
share transfers/transmissions may be
addressed to our Registrar and
Transfer Agent:
BIGSHARE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
306, Right Wing, 3rd Floor, Amrutha Ville
Opp. Yashoda Hospital, Rajbhavan Road
Hyderabad 500 082, Telangana, India
Tel: +91-40-2337 4967
Fax: +91-40-2337 0295
E-mail ID: bsshyd@bigshareonline.com
To expedite the process of share
transfers, the Company Secretary has
been delegated with the power to
attend to the share transfer formalities at
regular intervals.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section
46 of the Companies Act, 2013 read
with Rule 6 (a) of the Companies (Share
Capital & Debentures) Rules, 2014,
duplicate share certificates, in lieu of
those that are lost or destroyed, should
only be issued with the prior consent
of the Board. However, the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs vide its General Circular
no. 19/2014, dated 12 June 2014,
has clarified that the powers of the
Board with regard to issue of duplicate
share certificates can be exercised by a
Committee of Directors. Therefore, the
Board of Directors, at its meeting held
on 12 May 2015, delegated the power to
issue duplicate share certificates, to the
Stakeholders Relationship Committee.
The Company periodically reviews the
operations of its Registrar and Transfer
Agent. The number of shares transferred/
transmitted in physical form during
the last two financial years are given
in Table 6.
DEMATERIALISATION OF SHARES
The Company’s scrip forms part of the
compulsory dematerialization segment
for all investors with effect from 15
February 1999. To facilitate easy access
of the dematerialized system to the
investors, the Company has signed up
with both the depositories — namely the
National Securities Depository Limited
(NSDL) and the Central Depository
Services (India) Limited (CDSL) — and
has established connectivity with the
depositories through its Registrar
and Transfer Agent, Bigshare Services
Private Limited.
During the year, towards shareholder
services, the Company tied up with a
depository participant, to facilitate
opening of demat account by the
Company’s shareholder at no charges
till 31 March 2016.
Chart 5 gives the breakup of
dematerialized shares and shares in
certificate form as on 31 March 2015
as compared with that as on 31 March
2014. Dematerialization of shares is done
through Bigshare Services Private Limited
and on an average the dematerialization
process is completed within 10 days
from the date of receipt of a valid
dematerialization request along with the
relevant documents.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT
For each quarter of FY2015, a qualified
practicing Company Secretary carried
out the reconciliation of share capital
audit to reconcile the total admitted
share capital with NSDL and CDSL, total
issued and listed share capital. The
reports confirm that the total issued/paid
up share capital is in agreement with the
total number of shares in physical form
and dematerialized form held with
NSDL and CDSL.
In addition to the above and pursuant
to Section 204 of the Companies Act,
2013 and corresponding Rule 9 of
the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration Personnel) Rules, 2014, a
Secretarial Audit for FY2015 was carried
out by Dr. K R Chandratre, practicing
Company Secretary, having more than 28
years of experience. The Secretarial Audit
report forms a part of this annual report.
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