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LUPIN LIMITED

Registered Office: 159, C.S.T. Road, Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400 098.

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.

(Rs. in Lakhs)


 
Particulars Quarter Ended
30/09/2008
(Unaudited)
Quarter Ended
30/09/2007
(Unaudited)
 

Half Year Ended 30/09/2008 (Unaudited)

Half Year Ended 30/09/2007 (Unaudited)

Accounting Year Ended 31/03/2008 (Audited)
 
1) a. Sales (Gross)    

76,564

73,094

149,358

134,828 260,986
    Less: Excise Duty    

1,296

  1,662

    2,848  

    3,221    6,617
    Sales (Net)    

75,268

71,432

 146,510  131,607 254,369
    b. Other Operating Income    

  1,879

  1,412

   3,532

  2,470

 18,226
2) Total    

77,147

72,844
150,042

134,077

  272,595

3) Expenditure

             
  • Decrease/(Increase) in stock  in trade and work-in-progress
   

 (6,644)

 (4,280)

(7,672)

(8,079)

( 18,417)

  • Consumption of raw and packing materials
   

26,701

28,107

48,333

49,176

97,087

  • Purchase of traded goods goods
   

  8,273

  8,216

17,674

16,455

30,952

  • Employees cost (Refer note no.7 below)
   

  10,563

   

6,734

17,329

  12,149

24,182

  • Depreciation and amortisation
   

  1,580

1,389

  3,116

  2,658

   5,611

  • Manufacturing and other expenses
   

 20,728

17,136

41,432

35,979

75,493

Total

   

61,201

57,302

 120,212

  108,338

214,908

4 ) Profit from Operations before Other Income, Interest and Exceptional Items  

15,946

15,542
29,830

25,739

57,687
5 ) Other Income

97

349
325
  805
1,516
6) Profit before Interest and Exceptional Items     16,043
15,891
30,155

26,544

59,203
7) Interest and finance charges    

1,079

800

 

1,944

 

1,690

3,439

8) Profit after Interest but before Exceptional Items    

14,964

15,091

 

28,211

 

24,854

55,764

9) Exceptional items    

-

-

 

-

 

-

-

10) Profit from Ordinary Activities before tax    

14,964

15,091 

 

28,211  

 

24,854

55,764

11) Tax Expense                  
  • Current and deferred tax

   

1,242

2,927

3,282

4,499

10,280

  • Fringe benefit tax

   

528

356

883

709

1,146

12) Net Profit from Ordinary Activities after tax    

 13,194

  11,808
24,046

19,646

44,338
13) Extraordinary items (net of tax expense)

-

-
-

-

-
14) Net profit    

13,194

 11,808
24,046

19,646

      44,338
15) Paid up equity share capital (Face value Rs.10/- each)    

8,229

  8,205
  8,229

8,205

8,208
16) Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserves
 
 
123,497
17) Earnings Per Share [EPS] (Not Annualised) Rs.            
  • Basic
   

16.06

14.59

29.28

24.25

54.31

  • Diluted
   

15.79

14.33
28.78

23.80

54.06
18) Public Shareholding      

Number of share

   

40356748

40082086

40356748

40082086

40117137

Percentage of shareholding    

49.04

48.85
49.04

48.85

48.88
 NOTES:
 
 
 

1. The above financial results were reviewed by the Audit Committee and thereafter approved and taken on record by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on October 24, 2008. The statutory auditors of the Company have carried out limited review of the above results pursuant to Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement.

2. The Company is exclusively in the Pharmaceutical business and has only one reportable primary segment.

3. The aggregate amount of revenue expenditure incurred on Research and Development and shown in the respective heads of account is as under:

           
Quarter
Ended
 30/09/200
8
Quarter
Ended
 30/09/200
7
Half Year
Ended
 30/09/2008
Half Year
Ended
30/09/2007
Accounting Year Ended
31/03/2008
Rs. in Lakhs

5,143

3,147

9,234

6,879

15,464


4.
During the quarter, 125,128 (year to date 131,930) equity shares of Rs.10/- each, fully paid-up were allotted on exercise of the vested stock options in accordance with the terms of exercise under the Lupin Employees Stock Option Plans, thereby resulting into an increase in the paid-up share capital by Rs.12 lakhs (year to date Rs. 13 lakhs) and securities premium by Rs. 377 lakhs (year to date Rs. 401 lakhs).

5. During the quarter, in accordance with the terms of issue, Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds aggregating US$ 1 million (year to date US$ 1 million) were converted into 81,581 (year to date 81,581) equity shares of Rs.10/- each, fully paid-up, at a predetermined price of Rs. 567.04 per share, thereby resulting into an increase in the paid-up share capital by Rs. 8 lakhs (year to date Rs.8 lakhs) and securities premium by Rs. 454 lakhs (year to date Rs. 454 lakhs).

6. The Company during the quarter through its wholly owned subsidiary Lupin Holdings B.V., Netherlands acquired 100% equity shares of Hormosan Pharma GmbH, Germany and 60% equity shares of Pharma Dynamics (Proprietary) Ltd., South Africa.and also subscribed to 36.65% of equity shares of Generic Health Pty. Ltd., Australia, thereby becoming its largest shareholder.

7.
The Company during the quarter recognised an amount aggregating Rs. 2,974 lakhs towards the termination benefits payable to the permanent workers under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) and discounted value of the pensions payable under the said scheme consequent to implementation of the VRS scheme on restructuring of operations of its manufacturing plant located at Aurangabad.

8.
There was no unresolved investor complaint pending as on July 01, 2008. The Company received 17 complaints during the quarter which were resolved. There was no unresolved complaint pending as on September 30, 2008.

9. Figures for the previous periods have been regrouped, wherever necessary, to correspond with the figures of the current period.

By order of the Board
For Lupin Limited
   
  Place: Mumbai
  Dated: October 24 , 2008

Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta
   Chairman

   

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