We have audited the accompanying standalone I nd ASfinancial statements of Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesLimited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance sheetas at March 31 2026, the Statement of Profit and Loss,including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income,the Statement of Cash Flow and the Statement of Changes inEquity for the year then ended, and notes to the standaloneInd AS financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone Ind AS financial statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended (“the Act”)in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March31, 2026, its profit including other comprehensive income, itscash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended onthat date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financialstatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe ‘Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements' section of our report. We are
independent of the Company in accordance with the ‘Codeof Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the Ind AS financial statements underthe provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believethat the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thestandalone Ind AS financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone Ind AS financial statements for the financial yearended March 31, 2026. These matters were addressed inthe context of our audit of the standalone Ind AS financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.For each matter below, our description of how our auditaddressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor'sresponsibilities for the audit of the standalone Ind AS financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to thesematters. Accordingly, our audit included the performanceof procedures designed to respond to our assessment ofthe risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements. The results of our audit procedures,including the procedures performed to address the mattersbelow, provide the basis for our audit opinion on theaccompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Litigations (as described in Note 38 of the standalone Ind AS financial statements)
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings includingproduct liability, contracts, employment claims, Department ofJustice (DOJ) investigations, anti-trust, intellectual property and otherregulatory matters relating to conduct of its business.
The Company assesses the need to make provision or to disclose acontingent liability on a case-to-case basis considering the underlyingfacts of each litigation.
The eventual outcome of the litigations is uncertain and estimationat balance sheet date involves extensive judgement of managementincluding input from internal and external legal counsel due tocomplexity of each litigation. Adverse outcomes could significantlyimpact the Company’s reported results and balance sheet position.
Considering the judgement involved in determining the need to makea provision or disclose as contingent liability, the matter is considereda Key Audit Matter.
Our audit procedures included the following:
• Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectivenessof controls in respect of the identification and evaluation oflitigations, the recording / re-assessment of the related liabilities,provisions and disclosures.
• Obtained a list of litigations from the Company's in-house legalcounsel; identified material litigations from the aforementionedlist and performed inquiries with the said counsel; obtained andread the underlying documents to assess the assumptions used bymanagement in arriving at the conclusions.
• Circulated, obtained and read legal confirmations from Company'sexternal legal counsels in respect of material litigations andconsidered that in our assessment.
• Verified the disclosures related to provisions and contingentliabilities in the standalone Ind AS financial statements to assessconsistency with underlying documents.
Tax litigations and recognition of deferred tax assets (as described in Note 9 and 38(A) of the standalone Ind AS financial statements)
The Company has significant tax litigations for which the Companyassesses the outcome on a case-to-case basis considering theunderlying facts of each tax litigation. Adverse outcomes couldsignificantly impact the Company's reported results and balance sheetposition.
• Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness ofcontrols in respect of the identification and evaluation of taxlitigations/deferred tax and the recording and re-assessment of therelated liabilities/assets and provisions and disclosures.
The assessment of outcome of litigations involves significantjudgement which is dependent on the facts of each case, supportingjudicial precedents and legal opinions of external and internal legalcounsels and hence the matter has been considered as a Key AuditMatter.
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Obtained list of ongoing tax litigations from management alongwith their assessment of the cases based on past precedents,judgements and matters in the jurisdiction, legal opinions soughtby management, correspondences with tax department, etc.
Engaged tax experts, to evaluate management's assessment of
Recognition of deferred tax assets involves the assessment of its
the outcome of these litigations. Our experts considered legal
recoverability within the allowed time frame requiring significant
precedence and other rulings in evaluating management's position
estimate of the financial projections, availability of sufficient taxable
on these tax litigations.
income in the future and also involving significant judgements in theinterpretation of tax regulations and tax positions adopted by theCompany. Considering the judgement involved in determining therecovery of deferred tax assets, the matter is considered a Key Audit
Tested management's assumptions including forecasts andsensitivity analysis in respect of recoverability of deferred taxes onunabsorbed depreciation/carry forward losses/Minimum AlternateTax (MAT) credit.
Matter.
Verified disclosures of the tax positions, tax loss carry forwards andtax litigations in the standalone Ind AS financial statement.
Identification and disclosures of Related Parties (as described in Note 49 of the standalone Ind AS financial statements)
The Company has related party transactions which include, amongst
others, sale and purchase of goods/services to its subsidiaries,associates, joint venture and other related parties and lending,investment and borrowing to/from its subsidiaries, associates andjoint venture.
Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectivenessof controls over identification and disclosure of related partytransactions.
Obtained a list of related parties from the Company's management
Identification and disclosure of related parties was a significant area of
and traced the related parties to declarations given by directors,
focus and hence is considered a Key Audit Matter.
where applicable, and to Note 49 of the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements.
Read minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors andAudit Committee and traced related party transactions with limitsapproved by Audit Committee / Board.
Read declarations of related party transactions given to the Boardof Directors and Audit Committee.
Verified the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financialstatements for compliance with Ind AS 24.
Other intangible assets (as described in Note 4 of the standalone Ind AS financial statements)
The Company has significant intangible assets, comprising productintangibles and acquired trademarks. The Company conducts anannual impairment testing of intangible assets.
• Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness ofmanagement's controls in assessing the carrying value of intangible
Significant judgements are used to estimate the recoverable amountof these intangible assets and hence is considered as a Key AuditMatter.
assets.
Obtained the Company's computation of recoverable amountand tested the mathematical accuracy and reasonableness of keyassumptions.
Obtained and evaluated management's sensitivity analysis toascertain the impact of changes in key assumptions.
Evaluated the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financialstatements.
Other Information
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual report, but does not include thestandalone Ind AS financial statements and our auditor'sreport thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether such otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the Ind AS financialstatements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on thework we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required toreport that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management for theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone Ind AS financial statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone Ind AS financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includesour opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone IndAS financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)0)of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company's ability
to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the Ind AS financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the standalone Ind AS financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standaloneInd AS financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone Ind AS financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31, 2026and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.
Report on Other Legal and RegulatoryRequirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Act, we give in the “Annexure 1” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, tothe extent applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as
it appears from our examination of those books
except for, the matters stated in the paragraph i(vi)below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Statement of Cash Flow and Statementof Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind ASfinancial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act,read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2026taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2026from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in paragraph (b) above on reportingunder section 143(3)(b) and paragraph i(vi) belowon reporting under Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to thesestandalone Ind AS financial statements and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure 2” to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration forthe year ended March 31, 2026 has been paid
/ provided by the Company to its directors inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 readwith Schedule V to the Act;
(i) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits standalone Ind AS financial statements -Refer Note 38(A) to the standalone Ind ASfinancial /statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,
if any, on long-term contracts including
derivative contracts - Refer Note 27 to thestandalone Ind AS financial statements;
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany except a sum of ^ 1.8 Million whichhas been kept in abeyance due to pendinglegal cases.
iv. a) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, and read with Note 54(19)to the standalone Ind AS financialstatements, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, andread with note 54(19) to the standaloneInd AS financial statements, no fundshave been received by the Company fromany person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever
by or on behalf of the Funding Party(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come
to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations under
sub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company duringthe year in respect of the same declared forthe previous year is in accordance with section123 of the Act to the extent it applies topayment of dividend.
The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date ofthis audit report is in accordance with section123 of the Act.
As stated in note 42 to the standalone Ind ASfinancial statements, the Board of Directorsof the Company have proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books ofaccount which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further,during the course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with. Additionally, the audit trail ofrelevant prior years has been preserved bythe Company in accordance with statutoryrecord-retention requirements to the extent itwas enabled and recorded in those respectiveyears, except that for two applications wherethe audit trail relating to direct changes madeusing privileged/administrative access rightshas not been preserved for the period May 24to November 24, as stated in the note 54(10)to the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
For S R B C & CO LLP
Chartered Accountants
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per Amit Singh
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Place of Signature: Mumbai
Date: May 22, 2026