The Board of Directors hereby submits the report of the business and operations of “Speciality Medicines Limited(“the Company”), along with the audited financial statements, for the financial year ended March 31,2025.
Speciality Medicines Limited was originally incorporated as “Speciality Medicines Private Limited” as a PrivateLimited Company, under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. Later on, pursuant to a special resolutionpassed by our Shareholders in the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting held on April 04, 2024, our Company wasconverted from a private limited company to public limited company and consequently, the name of our Companywas changed from “Speciality Medicines Private Limited” to “Speciality Medicines Limited”.
Our company is engaged in marketing & distribution of finished formulations of Specialty pharmaceuticals - high-costoral or injectable medications used to treat complex chronic conditions in Domestic as well as International Market.Having cultivated strong and dependable customer relationships in Specialty pharmaceuticals, we have, through ourdistributions, established good repo with our customers spreading across more than 20 states of India and morethan 35 countries all over the worlds. Our mission is to enhance patient care by supplying high-quality, innovativemedicines that address unmet medical needs. With a strong commitment to excellence, we aim to make a positiveimpact on the lives of patients worldwide.
Our Company is majorly engrossed in the Specialty pharmaceuticals business involving marketing, trading anddistribution of wide range of Specialty pharmaceuticals finished formulations and products. Depending upon businessrequirements, we procured the products from existing manufacturers based in India.
Particulars
F.Y. 2024-25
F.Y. 2023-24
Revenue from Operations
5827.14
2752.48
Add: Other Income
26.83
13.24
Total Income
5853.96
2765.72
Less: Purchase & Other Direct Expenses
5151.66
2163.91
Less: Changes in Inventories
-934.46
-343.60
Less: Employee Benefit Expenses
208.33
147.77
Less: Finance Charges
47.27
113.96
Less: Depreciation
19.76
23.19
Less: Other Expenses
492.40
258.33
Total Expense
4984.96
2363.55
Net Profit/(Loss) Before Tax
869.00
402.17
Less: Tax expenses
0.00
-2.97
Less: Tax Expenses for previous Year
149.38
Net Profit/(Loss) After Tax
719.62
405.14
During the year under review, the revenue from operation of the Company was stood at INR 5827.14 Lakhs asagainst that of INR 2752.48 Lakhs for previous year.
Profit before Tax for the financial year 2024-25 stood at INR 869.00 Lakhs as against Profit before Tax of INR 402.17Lakhs making the net profit of INR 719.62 Lakhs for the financial year 2024-25 as against the net profit of INR 405.14Lakhs for the financial year 2023-24.
The Board expects a growth in the Revenue from operations and ultimately an increase in the Net Profit over theupcoming years.
During the year under review, following changes were carried out in the share capital of the Company:
Authorized Capital
During the year under review, the Authorized Share Capital of the company was increased from Rupees
6.00. 00.000/- divided into 60,00,000 Equity Shares of Rupees 10/- each to Rupees 11,00,00,000/- divided into
1.10.00. 000 Equity Shares of Rupees 10/- each vide Special Resolution passed by the Members at their Extra¬Ordinary General Meeting held on June 29, 2024.
The Authorized share Capital of the Company, as on the date of this report is Rupees 11,00,00,000/- divided into
1.10.00. 000 Equity Shares of Rupees 10/- each.
Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital
During the financial year 2024-25,
• Vide Special Resolutions passed by the Members at their respective Extra Ordinary General Meeting held onApril 26, 2024, the Company has allotted total 33,967 Equity shares to identified Investor, on Preferential Basis,at an Issue Price of INR 94.00 per Equity Shares as on May 25, 2024.
• Vide Special Resolutions passed by the Members at their respective Extra Ordinary General Meeting held onJune 29, 2024, the Company has further allotted total 12,85,000 Equity shares to identified Investor, onPreferential Basis upon Conversion of Loans, at an Issue Price of INR 50.00 per Equity Shares as on July 03,2024.
Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up share Capital of the Company as at closure of financial year 2024-25, was INR6,43,57,960.00 divided into 6435796 Equity Shares of INR 10.00 each.
There were no other changes took place in the Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up share Capital of the Company duringthe period beginning from closure of financial year 2024-25 to till the date of this report.
Description
Date of issue and allotment of Shares
Date of issue: 26/04/2024
Date of issue: 29/06/2024
Date of allotment: 25/05/2024
Date of allotment: 03/07/2024
Number of Shares
33,967
12,85,000
Whether the issue of Shares was by wayof preferential allotment, privateplacement, public issue
Preferential Allotment
Issue price
INR 94/- per Share
INR 50/- per Share
Maturity date
NA
Amount raised, specifically stating as towhether twenty five percent of theconsideration has been collectedupfront from the holders of the warrants
Terms and conditions of warrantsincluding conversion terms
During the year under review, pursuant to special resolutions passed by the Members of the Company, in their Extra¬Ordinary General Meeting held on April 04, 2024, members decided to convert the Company from “Private Limited”to “Public Limited”. The application was submitted to the Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad and Registrar hasvide their Certificate dated June 25, 2024 issued new certificate of incorporation consequent to conversion of theCompany from “Private Limited” to “Public Limited”.
With view to save the profit for future expansion purpose, the Board of Directors regret to recommend any dividend(Previous Year Nil).
Your directors do not propose to transfer any amount to the General Reserves. The Board of Directors of theCompany have decided to carry the entire amount of Net profit to the Balance Sheet.
During the year, your Company has not changed its business and continues to be in the same line of business asper the main object of the Company.
During the year under review, the board in their meeting held on April 16, 2024, shift the registered office of theCompany from ‘H-401, Silver Stroke Apartment Govt Tube Well Ni Gali, Village-Bopal, Ta-Daskroi, Ahmedabad,Gujarat 380058, India’ to ‘913, One World West, S. No. 396, FP 119, Village: Vejalpur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380051,India’ with effect from April 16, 2024.
The composition of Board complies with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”). None of the Directorsof Board is a member of more than ten Committees or Chairperson of more than five committees across all the Publiccompanies in which they are Director. The necessary disclosures regarding Committee positions have been madeby all the Directors.
The Board of the Company comprises five Directors out of which two are Promoter Executive Directors and one isProfessional Non-Executive Non-Independent Director and two are Non-Executive Independent Directors.
As on the date of this report, The Board comprise following Directors;
Date ofAppointmentat currentTerm
No. of Committee"
No. ofShares heldas on March31, 2025
Name of Director
Category CumDesignation
Total
Directorship~
in whichDirectoris
Member
in whichDirector isChairperson
Mr. ParthkumarGoyani
Chairman and
Managing
Director
01/06/2024
3
2
0
19,55,250
Mr. Sumit Goyani
Whole-Time
6
19,15,250
Mr. BhaveshkumarSavani
Non-Executive
26/07/2024
1
Mr. ChandreshUnagar
Independent
Mrs. ArchanaBhayani
4
A Committee includes Audit Committee and Shareholders’ Grievances Committee across all Public Companies.~ Excluding Foreign Companies, Section 8 Companies & struck off Companies.
The Directors on the Board have submitted notice of interest under Section 184(1) i.e. in Form MBP 1, intimationunder Section 164(2) i.e. in Form DIR 8 and declaration as to compliance with the Code of Conduct of the Company.None of the Directors of the Company is disqualified for being appointed as Director as specified in Section 164 (2)of the Companies Act, 2013.
Board Meeting
Regular meetings of the Board are held, inter-alia, to review and discuss the various businesses that require theapproval of the Board. Additional Board meetings are convened, as and when required, to discuss and decide onvarious business policies, strategies and other businesses. The Board meetings are generally held at corporate officeof the Company and few meetings are held at registered office of the Company.
During the year under review, Board of Directors of the Company met 31 (Thirty-one) times, viz April 04, 2024, April06, 2024, April 16, 2024, April 22, 2024, April 25, 2024, May 25, 2024, June 01,2024, June 24, 2024, June 26, 2024,June 27, 2024, June 28, 2024, July 01,2024, July 03, 2024, July 05, 2024, July 08, 2024, July 26, 2024, August 02,2024, August 08, 2024, August 10, 2024, August 12, 2024, August 13, 2024, August 14, 2024, August 26, 2024,September 02, 2024, October 22, 2024, November 12, 2024, December 06, 2024, December 09, 2024, February03, 2025, February 18, 2025 and March 31,2025. The gap between two consecutive meetings was not more thanone hundred and twenty days as provided in section 173 of the Act.
The details of attendance of each Director at the Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting are given below.
Parthkumar
Goyani
Sumit
Vaishali
Patel$
Bhaveshkumar
Savani#
ChandreshUnagar *
Archana
Bhayani*
Number of BoardMeeting held
31
Number of BoardMeetings Eligible toattend
12
20
24
Number of BoardMeeting attended
Presence at theprevious AGM
Yes
$ Mrs. Vaishali Hareshbhai Patel Appointed as Additional (Non-Executive) Director of our Company as on March 07,2024 and resigned as Additional (Non-Executive Director) of the Company w.e.f. July 01,2024.
# Mr. Bhaveshkumar Savani was Appointed as Additional (Non-Executive) Director of our Company as on June 28,2024. Thereafter, pursuant to the approval of members in the Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on July 26, 2024,he was regularized and appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company w.e.f. July 26, 2024.
* Mr. Chandresh M Unagar and Mrs. Archana Bhayani was appointed as an Additional Independent Director of theCompany with effect from June 01, 2024. Thereafter, pursuant to the approval of members in the Extra OrdinaryGeneral Meeting held on June 25, 2024, they were regularized and appointed as an Independent Director of theCompany for a period of five years w.e.f. June 01,2024.
Independent Directors
In terms of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under and Listing Regulations, theCompany has three Non-Promoter Non-Executive Independent Directors. In the opinion of the Board of Directors,all three Independent Directors of the Company meet all the criteria mandated by Section 149 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and rules made there under and they are Independent of Management. Further, both the IndependentDirectors of the Company had registered themselves in the Independent Directors’ Data Bank.
A separate meeting of Independent Directors was held on March 31, 2025 to review the performance of Non¬Independent Directors and Board as whole and performance of Chairperson of the Company including assessmentof quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between Company management and Board that isnecessary for the board of directors to effectively and reasonably perform their duties.
The terms and conditions of appointment of Independent Directors and Code for Independent Director areincorporated on the website of the Company at https://www.specialitymedicine.com/investors/.
The Company has received a declaration from the Independent Directors of the Company under Section 149(7) ofCompanies Act, 2013 confirming that they meet criteria of Independence as per relevant provisions of CompaniesAct, 2013 for financial year 2024-25. The Board of Directors of the Company has taken on record the saiddeclarations and confirmation as submitted by the Independent Directors after undertaking due assessment of theveracity of the same. In the opinion of the Board, they fulfill the conditions for Independent Directors and areindependent of the Management. In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors possess the requisiteexpertise and experience and are persons of high integrity and repute. All the Independent Directors have confirmedthat they are in compliance with Rules 6(1) and 6(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors)Rules, 2014, with respect to registration with the data bank of Independent Directors maintained by the IndianInstitute of Corporate Affairs. None of Independent Directors have resigned during the year.
During the financial year, following changes took place in the constitution of the Board of Directors;
Name
Date ofChange
Date ofApproval bythe Board
Date ofApproval bythe
Shareholders
Nature of Change
June 01,2024
-
Appointed as Additional Non¬Executive Independent Director
June 25, 2024
Changed designation toChairman and Managing Director
Changed designation to Whole¬Time Director
Changed designation to Non¬Executive Independent Director
June 28, 2024
Appointed as Additional Non¬Executive Director
Mrs. Vaishali Patel
July 01,2024
June 24, 2024
Resigned as Additional Non¬Executive Director
July 26, 2024
Changed designation to Non¬Executive Director
In accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association and Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr.Bhaveshkumar Savani, Non-Executive Director of the Company retires by rotation at the ensuing annual generalmeeting. He, being eligible, has offered himself for re-appointment as such and seeks re-appointment. The Board ofDirectors recommend his re-appointment as such on the Board.
The relevant details, as required under Secretarial Standards-II issued by ICSI, of the person seeking re-appointmentas Director is annexed to the Notice convening the Annual General Meeting.
During the year under review, following changes took place in the constitution of the Key Managerial Personnel.
Date of Approvalby the
Changed designation to Chairmanand Managing Director
Mr. SumitGoyani
Ms. Rashi KaurDaang
June 26, 2024
Appointment as CompanySecretary
Mr. RahulShinde
Appointment as Chief FinancialOfficer
January 31,2025
Resignation as Company Secretary
Post closure of financial year 2024-25, following changes took place in the constitution of the Key ManagerialPersonnel.
Date of Change
Date of Approval bythe Board
Mr. Rahul Shinde
May 17, 2025
May 17, 2024
Resignation as Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Anita Kumawat
June 10, 2025
Appointment as Company Secretary
Mr. Kalpesh Pipaliya
August 01,2025
Appointment as Chief Financial Officer
As on date of this report, the Company has Mr. Mr. Parthkumar Goyani as Chairman and Managing Director of theCompany, Mr. Sumit Goyani as Whole-Time Director of the Company, Mr. Kalpesh Pipaliya as Chief Financial Officerof the Company and Ms. Anita Kumawat as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer who are acting as KeyManagerial Personnel in accordance with Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, board committees andindividual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 in the following manners;
> The performance of the board was evaluated by the board, after seeking inputs from all the directors, on thebasis of the criteria such as the board composition and structure, effectiveness of board processes, informationand functioning etc.
> The performance of the committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from the committeemembers on the basis of the criteria such as the composition of committees, effectiveness of committeemeetings, etc.
> The board and the nomination and remuneration committee reviewed the performance of the individual directorson the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of the individual director to the board and committee meetingslike preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningful and constructive contribution and inputs inmeetings, etc.
> In addition, the performance of chairperson was also evaluated on the key aspects of his role. Separate meetingof independent directors was held to evaluate the performance of non-independent directors, performance ofthe board as a whole and performance of the chairperson, considering the views of executive directors and non¬executive directors. Performance evaluation of independent directors was done by the entire board, excludingthe independent director being evaluated.
Separate meeting of independent directors was held to evaluate the performance of non-independent directors,performance of the board as a whole and performance of the chairperson, considering the views of executivedirectors and non-executive directors. Performance evaluation of independent directors was done by the entireboard, excluding the independent director being evaluated.
Directors’ Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the board of directors, to the best of their knowledge andability, confirm that:
a) In preparation of annual accounts for the year ended March 31,2025, the applicable accounting standards havebeen followed and that no material departures have been made from the same;
b) The Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Companyat the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Company for that year;
c) The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d) The Directors had prepared the annual accounts for the year ended March 31,2025 on going concern basis.
e) The Directors had laid down the internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such InternalFinancial Controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
f) The Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws andthat such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
The Board of Directors, in line with the requirement of the act, has formed various committees, details of which aregiven hereunder.
1. Audit Committee
2. Stakeholders Relationship Committee
3. Nomination and Remuneration Committee
4. Constitute Social Responsibility Committee
The composition of each of the above Committees, their respective role and responsibility are detailed in the Reporton Corporate Governance annexed to this Report.
The Board of Directors of our Company has, in pursuance to provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013and rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time, read with SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosuresRequirement) Regulations, 2015, as applicable, in its meeting held on July 01,2024 constituted Audit Committee.
The purpose of audit committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its overall responsibilities of monitoring financialreporting processes, reviewing the Company’s established systems and processes for internal financial controls,governance and reviewing the Company’s statutory and internal audit activities.
Composition of Committee, Meeting and Attendance of each Member at Meetings
Audit Committee shall meet at least four times in a year and not more than one hundred and twenty days shall elapsebetween two meetings. Additional meeting is held for the purpose of reviewing the specific item included in terms ofreference of the Committee.
The quorum for the meeting shall be one third of total members of the Audit Committee or Two, whichever is higher,subject to minimum two Independent Director shall be present at the meeting.
During the year under review, Audit Committee of the Company met 11 (Elevant) times, viz 03-07-2024, 05-07-2024,08-07-2024, 08-08-2024, 10-08-2024, 12-08-2024, 13-08-2024, 02-09-2024, 22-10-2024, 09-12-2024, and 31-03¬2025.
The composition of the Committee is and attendance of each members of the Committee are given below:
Name of Members
Category
Designation
Number of meetings during thefinancial year 2024-25
Committee
Held
Eligible toattend
Attended
Non-Executive IndependentDirector
Chairperson
11
Chairman and ManagingDirector
The Company Secretary of the Company is acting as Secretary to the Audit Committee.
The Chairman of the committee has attended 3rd Annual General Meetings of the Company to answer shareholderqueries.
The terms of reference of Audit Committee specified by the Board of Directors is briefed hereunder;
1. The recommendation for the appointment, re-appointment and, if required, the replacement or removal of thestatutory auditor, their remuneration and fixation of terms of appointment of the Auditors of the Company;
2. Approval of payment to statutory auditors for any other services rendered by the statutory auditors;
3. Review and monitor the auditors’ independence and performance, and effectiveness of audit process;
4. Discussion with statutory auditors before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well aspost-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern;
5. Oversight of the listed entity’s financial reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensurethat the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible;
6. Examination of financial statement and auditors’ report thereon including interim financial result beforesubmission to the Board of Directors for approval, particularly with respect to:
i. matters required to be included in the director’s responsibility statement to be included in the board’s report interms of clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013,
ii. Changes, if any, in accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same,
iii. Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by management,
iv. Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings,
v. Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to financial statements,
vi. Disclosure of any related party transactions,
vii. Modified opinion(s) / Qualifications in the draft audit report;
7. Reviewing, with the management, the quarterly / half yearly financial statements before submission to the boardfor approval;
8. Approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the Company with related party, subject followingconditions;
• The Audit Committee may make omnibus approval for related party transactions proposed to be entered into by the Company subject to such conditions provided under the Companies Act, 2013 or any subsequentmodification(s) or amendment(s) thereof;
• In case of transaction, other than transactions referred to in section 188 of Companies Act 2013 or anysubsequent modification(s) or amendment(s) thereof, and where Audit Committee does not approve thetransaction, it shall make its recommendations to the Board;
• In case any transaction involving any amount not exceeding one crore rupees is entered into by a directoror officer of the company without obtaining the approval of the Audit Committee and it is not ratified by theAudit Committee within three months from the date of the transaction, such transaction shall be voidable atthe option of the Audit Committee;
9. Reviewing, with the management, the statement of uses / application of funds raised through an issue (publicissue, rights issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those statedin the offer document / prospectus / notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency monitoring theutilisation of proceeds of a public issue or rights issue or preferential issue or qualified institutions placement,and making appropriate recommendations to the board to take up steps in this matter;
10. Scrutiny of Inter-corporate loans and investments;
11. To review the functioning of the Whistle Blower mechanism, in case the same is existing;
12. Valuation of undertakings or assets of the company, where ever it is necessary;
13. Evaluation of internal financial controls and risk management systems and reviewing, with the management,performance of internal auditors, and adequacy of the internal control systems;
14. Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department,staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure coverage and frequency ofinternal audit;
15. Discussion with internal auditors of any significant findings and follow up there on;
16. Reviewing and discussing the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters wherethere is suspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reportingthe matter to the board;
17. To look into the reasons for substantial defaults in the payment to the depositors, debenture holders,shareholders (in case of non-payment of declared dividends) and creditors;
18. Approval of appointment of chief financial officer after assessing the qualifications, experience and background,etc. of the candidate;
19. Reviewing the utilization of loans and/ or advances from/investment by the holding company in the subsidiaryexceeding rupees 100 crore or 10% of the asset size of the subsidiary, whichever is lower including existingloans / advances / investments existing as on the date of coming into force of this provision;
20. To consider and comment on rationale, cost-benefits and impact of schemes involving merger, demerger,amalgamation etc., on the listed entity and its shareholders; and
21. Carrying out any other function as assigned by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Review of Information by the Committee
The Audit Committee shall mandatorily review the following information:
1. Management discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations;
2. Statement of significant related party transactions (as defined by the audit committee), submitted bymanagement;
3. Management letters / letters of internal control weaknesses issued by the statutory auditors;
4. Internal audit reports relating to internal control weaknesses;
5. the appointment, removal and terms of remuneration of the chief internal auditor shall be subject to review bythe audit committee;
6. Quarterly / half yearly statement of deviation(s) including report of monitoring agency, if applicable, submitted tostock exchange(s) in terms of Regulation 32(1); and
7. annual statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated in the offer document/prospectus/noticein terms of Regulation 32(7).
The Committee -
1. To investigate any activity within its terms of reference;
2. To seek information from any employees;
3. To obtain outside legal or other professional advice; and to secure attendance of outsiders with relevantexpertise, if it considers necessary;
4. Call for the comments of the auditors about internal control systems, the scope of audit, including theobservations of the auditors and review of financial statement before their submission to the Board and may alsodiscuss any related issues with the internal and statutory auditors and the management of the company; and
5. To investigate into any matter in relation to the items specified in sub-section (4) of Section 177 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 or referred to it by the Board and for this purpose shall have power to obtain professional advice fromexternal sources and have full access to information contained in the records of the company.
The recommendations of the Audit Committee on any matter relating to financial management, including the auditreport, are binding on the Board. If the Board is not in agreement with the recommendations of the Committee,reasons for disagreement are being incorporated in the minutes of the Board Meeting. However, there were no suchinstances where the Board had not accepted recommendations of Audit Committee during F.Y. 2024-25.
Vigil Mechanism
The Company has established a vigil mechanism and accordingly framed a Whistle Blower Policy. The policy enablesthe employees to report to the management instances of unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violationof Company’s Code of Conduct. Further the mechanism adopted by the Company encourages the Whistle Blowerto report genuine concerns or grievances and provide for adequate safe guards against victimization of the WhistleBlower who avails of such mechanism and also provides for direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee,in exceptional cases. The functioning of vigil mechanism shall be reviewed by the Audit Committee from time to time.None of the Whistle blowers shall be denied access to the Audit Committee of the Board. During the financial year2024-25, the board at its meeting held on July 08, 2024, approved the Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower) Policy ofthe Company and the same is available on the website of the Company at www.specialitymedicine.com.
The Board of Directors of our Company has, in pursuance to provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013and rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time, read with SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosuresRequirement) Regulations, 2015, as applicable, in its meeting held on July 01, 2024 constituted Nomination andRemuneration Committee.
The purpose of Nomination and Remuneration Committee is to assist the Board to identify persons who are qualifiedto become directors and who may be appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down andsuch other matters specified under various statute.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee shall meet at least once in a year. The quorum for a meeting of theNomination and Remuneration Committee shall be one third of total members of the Nomination and RemunerationCommittee or Two, whichever is higher, subject to minimum one Independent Director shall be present at themeeting.
During the year under review, Audit Committee of the Company met 3 (Three) times, viz 08-07-2024, 02-09-2024,and 31-03-2025.
Non-Executive Director
The Company Secretary of the Company is acting as Secretary to the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
The terms of reference of Nomination and Remuneration Committee are briefed hereunder;
1. Formulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director andrecommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel andother employees;
2. For every appointment of an independent director, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee shall evaluatethe balance of skills, knowledge and experience on the Board and on the basis of such evaluation, prepare adescription of the role and capabilities required of an independent director. The person recommended to theBoard for appointment as an independent director shall have the capabilities identified in such description. Forthe purpose of identifying suitable candidates, the Committee may;
a. use the services of an external agencies, if required;
b. consider candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, having due regard to diversity; and
c. consider the time commitments of the candidates.
3. Formulation of criteria for evaluation of performance of independent directors and the board of directors;
4. Devising a policy on diversity of board of directors;
5. To ensure that the relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate performancebenchmarks;
6. Identifying persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management inaccordance with the criteria laid down, and recommend to the Board of Directors their appointment and removaland shall carry out evaluation of every director’s performance.
7. To specify the manner for effective evaluation of performance of Board, its committees and individual directorsto be carried out either by the Board, by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee or by anindependent external agency and review its implementation and compliance;
8. To decide whether to extend or continue the term of appointment of the independent director, on the basis of thereport of performance evaluation of independent directors; and
9. To recommend to the board, all remuneration, in whatever form, payable to senior management.
Nomination and Remuneration Policy:
Nomination and Remuneration Policy in the Company is designed to create a high-performance culture. It enablesthe Company to attract motivated and retained manpower in competitive market, and to harmonize the aspirationsof human resources consistent with the goals of the Company. The Company pays remuneration by way of salary,benefits, perquisites and allowances to its Executive Directors and Key Managerial Personnel. Annual incrementsare decided by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee within the salary scale approved by the members andare effective from April 01, of each year.
Key points of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy are;
a. Policy on Appointment of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management Personnel:
o The policy is formulated to identify and ascertain the integrity, qualification, expertise and experience of theperson for appointment as Director, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management personnel andrecommend to the Board for his / her appointment.
o A person should possess adequate qualification, expertise and experience for the position he/ she isconsidered for appointment.
o In case of appointment of Independent Director, the Committee shall satisfy itself that number of Boards onwhich such Independent Director serves, is restricted to applicable regulations in force.
b. Policy on remuneration of Director, KMP and Senior Management Personnel:
The Company’s remuneration policy is driven by the success and performance of Director, KMP and SeniorManagement Personnel vis-a-vis the Company. The Company follows mixed of fixed pay, benefits andperformance based variable pay. The Company pays remuneration by way of salary, benefits, perquisites andallowance. The remuneration and sitting fees paid by the Company are within the salary scale approved by theBoard and Shareholders.
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy, as adopted by the Board of Directors, is placed on the website of theCompany at www.specialitymedicine.com.
Remuneration of Directors: (INR in Lakhs)
Name of Directors
Salary
Sitting Fees
Perquisite
Chairman & ManagingDirector
59.79
Whole-Time Director
0.75
Mr. Chandresh Unagar
Independent Director
Mrs. Archana Bhayani
The Board of Directors of our Company has, in pursuance to provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013and rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time, read with SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosuresRequirement) Regulations, 2015, as applicable, in its meeting held on July 01, 2024 constituted StakeholdersRelationship Committee for considering and resolving the grievances of security holders of the Company.
The Company has constituted Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee mainly to focus on the redressal ofShareholders’ / Investors’ Grievances, if any, like Transfer / Transmission / Demat of Shares; Loss of ShareCertificates; Non-receipt of Annual Report; Dividend Warrants; etc. The Committee also oversees the performanceof the Registrar & T ransfer agents of the Company relating to the investors’ services and recommends measures forimprovement.
Composition of Committee, Meetings and Attendance of each Member at Meetings
The Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee shall meet at least once in a financial year. The quorum shall be one thirdof total members of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee or Two, whichever is higher, subject to minimum oneIndependent Director.
During the year under review, Audit Committee of the Company met 1 (One) time, viz 08-07-2025.
The composition of the Committee during the year are given below:
Company Secretary and Compliance officer of the Company shall provide secretarial support to the Committee.
The terms reference of Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee is briefed hereunder;
Terms of Reference
1. Resolving the grievances of the security holders of the listed entity including complaints related totransfer/transmission of shares, non-receipt of annual report, nonreceipt of declared dividends, issue ofnew/duplicate certificates, general meetings etc;
2. Review of measures taken for effective exercise of voting rights by shareholders warrants/annual reports/statutorynotices by the shareholders of the company;
3. Review of adherence to the service standards adopted by the listed entity in respect of various services beingrendered by the Registrar & Share Transfer Agent;
4. Review of the various measures and initiatives taken by the listed entity for reducing the quantum of unclaimeddividends and ensuring timely receipt of dividend;
5. Resolving grievances of debenture holders related to creation of charge, payment of interest/principal,maintenance of security cover and any other covenants;
6. Reference to statutory and regulatory authorities regarding investor grievances and to otherwise ensure properand timely attendance and redressal of investor queries and grievances;
Provided that inability to resolve or consider any grievance by the Stakeholders Relationship Committee in goodfaith shall not constitute a contravention of Section 178 of Companies Act, 2013 or any subsequent modification(s)or amendment(s) thereof; and
7. Such other matters as may be required by any statutory, contractual or other regulatory requirements to beattended to by such committee from time to time.
As per the audited standalone financial statement for financial year 2024-25, the Company has crossed net profitthreshold provided in Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and CSR provisions are applicable to the Companyfrom financial year 2025-26 onwards.
The Board of Directors of our Company has, in pursuance to provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013and rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time, in its meeting held on May 24, 2025 constituted CorporateSocial Responsibility Committee.
The CSR Policy may be accessed at the web link www.specialitymedicine.com.
The terms of reference of the Committee inter alia comprises of the following:
a) Formulate and recommend to the Board, a “Corporate Social Responsibility Policy” which shall indicate theactivities to be undertaken by our Company as specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 and therules made thereunder, as amended, monitor the implementation of the same from time to time, and make anyrevisions therein as and when decided by the Board;
b) Review and recommend the amount of expenditure to be incurred on the activities referred to in clause (a) andthe distribution of the same to various corporate social responsibility programs undertaken by our Company;
c) monitor the Corporate Social Responsibility Policy of the company from time to time;
d) Ensure that the activities as are included in Corporate Social Responsibility Policy of the company areundertaken by the company;
e) Identify corporate social responsibility policy partners and corporate social responsibility policy programmes;
f) Delegate responsibilities to the corporate social responsibility team and supervise proper execution of alldelegated responsibilities;
g) Review and monitor the implementation of corporate social responsibility programmes and issuing necessarydirections as required for proper implementation and timely completion of corporate social responsibilityprogrammes;
h) Assistance to the Board to ensure that our Company spends towards the corporate social responsibility activitiesin every Fiscal, such percentage of average net profit/ amount as may be prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013and/ or rules made thereunder;
i) Providing explanation to the Board if our Company fails to spend the prescribed amount within the financial year;
j) Providing updates to our Board at regular intervals of 6 months on the corporate social responsibility activities;
k) Any other matter as the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee may deem appropriate after approval of theBoard or as may be directed by the Board, from time to time; and
l) Exercise such other powers as may be conferred upon the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee in termsof the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act.
m) Carrying out any other function as assigned by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Since, CSR obligation is being attracted in financial year 2025-26 first time, Annual Report on CSR activities is notapplicable for financial year 2024-25.
A. Conservation of energy -
i. ) The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy:
No major steps have been taken by the Company. However, the Company continues its endeavor to improveenergy conservation and utilization.
ii. ) The steps taken by the Company for utilizing alternate sources of energy:
The Company has not installed any alternate source of energy running on renewable energy source.
iii. ) The capital investment on energy conservation equipment: Nil
B. Technology absorption -
i. ) The effort made towards technology absorption
The Company does not require any technology since it is engaged in marketing and distribution ofpharmaceutical medicines.
ii. ) The benefit derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import
substitution: N.A.
iii. ) in case of imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from the beginning of the
financial year)
a. The details of technology imported: Nil
b. The year of import: N.A.
c. Whether the technology has been fully absorbed: N.A.
iv. ) If not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the reasons thereof: Not Applicable
v. ) The expenditure incurred on Research and Development: Nil
C. Foreign Exchange Earnings & Expenditure -i.) Details of Foreign Exchange Earnings
Sr. No.
1.
Exports of Services
4028.34
1582.72
ii.) Details of Foreign Exchange Expenditure: Nil
The details of Utilization of fund raised through issue of equity shares during F.Y. 2024-25 are given hereunder;
Modified
Original
Funds
Amount of
Remarksif any
Original Object
Object, if
Allocation (?
allocation,
Utilized (?
Deviation /
any
in Lakhs)
if any
Variation
To augment our capitalbase, to meet increasedworking capitalrequirements,Development andMarketing Cost, CapitalExpenditure and theGeneral Corporatepurpose.
674.43
The details of Utilization of fund raised through issue of equity shares during F.Y. 2023-24 are given hereunder;
ModifiedObject, ifany
OriginalAllocation (?in Lakhs)
Modifiedallocation,if any
FundsUtilized (?in Lakhs)
Amount ofDeviation /Variation
616.69
The Company has not accepted any deposits from Shareholders and Public falling within the ambit of Section 73 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under. Hence, the directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India &the Provision of Section 73 to 76 of the Company Act, 2013 or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Rulesthere under are not applicable.
Details of Loans, Guarantees, Investments and Security covered under the provisions of Section 186 of theCompanies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statement.
The Company had accepted loan of ? 1.01 Lakhs (net off of repaid) during the financial year 2024-25 from Promoter- Directors of the Company.
As on March 31,2025, the Company does not have any debentures.
The Company has not availed any rating.
There are no materially significant Related Party Transactions made by the Company with Promoters, Directors,Key Managerial Personnel which may have a potential conflict with the interests of the Company at large. All RelatedParty Transactions shall be placed before the Audit Committee and the Board for approval, if required. Prioromnibus approval of the Audit Committee shall be obtained for the transactions which are of a foreseen andrepetitive in nature.
All Related Party Transactions entered into during the financial year were on an arm’s length basis and were in theordinary course of business. Your Company had not entered into any transactions with the related parties whichcould be considered material in terms of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013. Particulars of contracts orarrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed FormAOC-2 is annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
There was no contracts, arrangements or transactions which was not executed in ordinary course of businessand/or at arm’s length basis.
The company doesn’t have any Subsidiaries, Joint Venture and Associate Company as on the closure of financialyear.
Ms. Anita Kumawat, Company Secretary & Compliance officer of the company is acting as Designated Officer underRule (9) (5) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014.
The link to access the Annual Return is
https://www.specialitymedicine.com/media/investors/annual_reports/Annual%20Return%202024-25.pdf.
To foster a positive workplace environment, free from harassment of any nature, we have institutionalized the Anti¬Sexual Harassment Initiative (ASHI) framework, through which we address complaints of sexual harassment at allthe workplaces of the Company. Our policy assures discretion and guarantees non-retaliation to complainants. Wefollow a gender-neutral approach in handling complaints of sexual harassment and we are compliant with the law ofthe land where we operate. The Company has setup an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) for redressal ofComplaints.
During the financial year 2024-25, the Company has received Nil complaints on sexual harassment, out of whichNil complaints have been disposed of and Nil complaints remained pending as of March 31,2025.
The Company has complied with the provisions related to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
The applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to ‘Meetings of the Board of Directors’ and‘General Meetings’, respectively, have been duly complied by your Company.
There have been no material changes and commitments for the likely impact affecting financial position betweenend of the financial year and the date of the report except the changes in KMP, Directors, address of Registeredoffice, Paid-up Capital and Authorized Capital as stated above. The Company proposes to come up with an InitialPublic Offer of 23,50,000 equity shares of INR 10.00 each by the way of Fresh Issue. The requisite approval of theshareholders has already been obtained by the Company vide special resolution passed by the company on August25, 2025 in suppression to the earlier resolution passed in the Extra-ordinary General Meeting of Members held onJuly 26, 2024.
There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the goingconcern status and Company’s operations in future.
There are no proceedings initiated/pending against your Company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016which materially impact the Business of the Company.
The assets of your Company have been adequately insured.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view to regulate trading insecurities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. The Code requires pre-clearance for dealingin the Company's shares and prohibits the purchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and the designatedemployees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Company and during theperiod when the Trading Window is closed. The Board is responsible for implementation of the Code.
A well-defined risk management mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis, risk exposure, potentialimpact and risk mitigation process is in place. The objective of the mechanism is to minimize the impact of risksidentified and taking advance actions to mitigate it. The mechanism works on the principles of probability ofoccurrence and impact, if triggered. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify, evaluate, monitor and manageboth business and non-business risks.
In terms of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Cost records and audits) Rules, 2014,the Company is not required to maintain the cost records and accordingly the Company has not maintained the Costrecord.
The Company is not falling within the ambit of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and accordingly, it does notrequire to obtain the report of Secretarial Auditor.
During the year under review, M/s. Rahul Mistri And Co., Chartered Accountants, Gandhinagar (FRN: 147586W)has resigned from the post of Statutory Auditors of the Company as on July 03, 2024 due to Pre-occupation in otherassignments.
M/s. A K Ostwal & Co., Chartered Accountant, Surat (FRN: 107200W) were appointed as Statutory Auditors ofCompany to fill up the casual vacancy at the Extra-ordinary General Meeting held on July 26, 2024, from theconclusion of Extra-ordinary General Meeting held on July 26, 2024 until the conclusion of the 3rd Annual GeneralMeeting.
Further, M/s. A K Ostwal & Co., Chartered Accountant, Surat (FRN: 107200W) were re-appointed as the StatutoryAuditors of Company in the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 30, 2024 to hold officefrom the conclusion of the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Company until the conclusion of the 8th Annual GeneralMeeting of the Company to be held in the year 2029 at such remuneration plus applicable taxes and reimbursementof out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the Audit as may be mutually agreed between the Board of Directorsof the Company and the Auditors.
The Notes to the financial statements referred in the Auditors Report are self-explanatory and therefore do not callfor any comments under Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Auditors’ Report does not contain anyqualification, reservation or adverse remark. The Auditors’ Report is enclosed with the financial statements in thisAnnual Report.
Though the various risks associated with the business cannot be eliminated completely, all efforts are made tominimize the impact of such risks on the operations of the Company. Necessary internal control systems are alsoput in place by the Company on various activities across the board to ensure that business operations are directedtowards attaining the stated organizational objectives with optimum utilization of the resources. Apart from theseinternal control procedures, a well-defined and established system of internal audit shall be in operation toindependently review and strengthen these control measures, which shall be carried out by an experience auditor.The audit shall be based on an internal audit plan, which is reviewed each year in consultation with the statutoryauditor of the Company and the audit committee. The conduct of internal audit shall be oriented towards the reviewof internal controls and risks in its operations.
Your Company has also put in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to the financial statementscommensurate with the size and nature of operations of the Company. During the year, such controls were testedand no material discrepancy or weakness in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting was observed.
The Auditors of the Company have not reported any fraud as specified under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act,2013.
During the year under review, there has been no one time settlement of loans taken from banks and financialinstitution.
The Company continues to maintain harmonious industrial relations. Company periodically reviews its HR policiesand procedures to aid and improve the living standards of its employees, and to keep them motivated and involvedwith the larger interests of the organization. The Company has systems and procedures in place to hear and resolveemployees’ grievances in a timely manner, and provides avenues to its employees for their all-round developmenton professional and personal levels. All these measures aid employee satisfaction and involvement, resulting in goodIndustrial Relations.
Your Directors state that the Company has made disclosures in this report for the items prescribed in section 134(3) of the Act and Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and other applicable provisions of the act andlisting regulations, to the extent the transactions took place on those items during the year.
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for significant contributions made by the employeesat all levels through their dedication, hard work and commitment, enabling the Company to achieve goodperformance during the year under review.
Your Directors also take this opportunity to place on record the valuable co-operation and support extended by thebanks, government, business associates and the shareholders for their continued confidence reposed in theCompany and look forward to having the same support in all future endeavors.
Registered office: By order of the Board of Directors
913, One World West, S. No. For, SPECIALITY MEDICINES LIMITED
396, FP 119, Village- Vejalpur, CIN: U85300GJ2021PLC120022
Ahmadabad City, Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, India, 380051.
Place: Mumbai Chairman & Managing Director Whole-Time Director
Date: August 27, 2025 DIN: 07885789 DIN: 07885780