Glenmark Pharma

1.  We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Glenmark
 Pharmaceuticals Limited, as at 31st March, 2009 and the related Profit
 and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that
 date annexed thereto, which we have signed under reference to this
 report. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
 Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
 these financial statements based on our audit.
 
 2.  We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
 generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
 perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
 financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
 includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
 and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
 assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
 by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
 presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
 our opinion.
 
 3.  As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
 amended by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
 (together the Order) issued by the Central Government of India in
 terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of The Companies Act, 1956
 of India (the Act) and on the basis of such checks of the books and
 records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
 the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
 statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
 Order.
 
 4.  Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
 above, we report that:
 
 (a) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
 best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
 audit;
 
 (b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
 been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
 those books;
 
 (c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
 dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
 
 (d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
 Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
 standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
 
 (e) On the basis of written representations received from the
 directors, as on 31st March, 2009 and taken on record by the Board of
 Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2009
 from being appointed as a director in terms of Clause (g) of
 sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
 
 (f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
 the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
 with the notes thereon and attached thereto give in the prescribed
 manner the information required by the Act and give a true and fair
 view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
 India:
 
 (i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
 Company as at 31st March, 2009; (ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss
 Account, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and (iii) in
 the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
 ended on that date.
 
 ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS REPORT
 
 [Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors Report of even date to the
 members of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited on the financial statements
 for the year ended 31 st March, 2009]
 
 1.  (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
 particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
 assets.
 
 (b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the management
 according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a
 period of three years, which in our opinion, is reasonable having
 regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets.
 Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been
 physically verified by the management during the year and no material
 discrepancies between the book records and the physical inventory have
 been noticed.
 
 (c) In our opinion, the Company has disposed of a substantial part of
 fixed assets during the year. On the basis of our examination of the
 books and records of the Company, and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, in our opinion, the disposal of the said part
 of fixed assets has not affected the going concern status of the
 Company.
 
 2.  (a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been
 physically verified by the management during the year. In respect of
 inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been
 confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
 reasonable.
 
 (b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
 inventory followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in
 relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
 
 (c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
 opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
 discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
 to book records were not material and have been properly dealt with in
 the books of account.
 
 3.  (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
 companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
 under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, Clauses (iii)(b) to (iii)(d)
 of paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
 
 (b) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
 companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
 under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, Clauses (iii)(f) to (iii)(g)
 of paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
 
 4.  In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, having regard to the explanation that certain items
 purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources
 do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, there is an adequate
 internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and
 the nature of its business for the purchase of inventory, fixed assets
 and for the sale of goods and services. Further, on the basis of our
 examination of the books and records of the Company, and according to
 the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come
 across nor have been informed of any continuing failure to correct
 major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
 
 5.  According to the information and explanations given to us, there
 have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of
 the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
 maintained under that Section. Accordingly, commenting on transactions
 made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements does not arise.
 
 6.  The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
 the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
 there under.
 
 7.  In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
 commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
 
 8.  We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
 Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the
 Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
 prescribed under Clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
 Act and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts
 and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a
 detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
 they are accurate or complete.
 
 9.  (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
 the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
 is generally regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues
 including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
 Employees State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service
 Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues
 as applicable with the appropriate authorities.
 
 (b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
 records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of Income-
 tax, Wealth Tax, Service tax, Customs Duty and Cess which have not been
 deposited on account of any dispute.
 
 The particulars of dues of Excise Duty and Sales Tax as at 31st March,
 2009 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute are as
 follows -
 
 Name of the statute                           Nature of       Amount*
                                                    dues   (Rs. Lakhs)
 
 The Central Excise Act, 1944                Excise Duty        247.02
 The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (Andhra       Sales Tax          5.20
 Pradesh)
 The Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969/              Sales Tax         20.64
 The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (Gujarat)
 
                       Period to which the  Forum where the dispute is
                            amount relates                     pending
 
 Name of the statute   2002 - 2006   The Central Excise and Service Tax
                                     Appellate Tribunal
                       2005 - 2006   Deputy Commissioner (CT) Appeals
                       2004 - 2005   Deputy Commissioner (CT) Appeals
 
 * Net of amount deposited under protest.
 
 10.  The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31 st March, 2009 and
 it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
 date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
 
 11.  According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
 information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted
 in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank as at the
 balance sheet date.
 
 12.  The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
 security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
 
 13.  The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
 nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the Company.
 
 14.  In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
 securities, debentures and other investments.
 
 15.  In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
 Company, for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
 during the year, are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
 
 16.  In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
 given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
 the purposes for which they were obtained.
 
 17.  On the basis of an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the
 Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, short-term funds amounting to Rs.6398.69
 lakhs have been used for long-term investments.
 
 18.  The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
 parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
 301 of the Act during the year.
 
 19.  The Company has not issued any debentures.
 
 20.  The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
 year.
 
 21.  During the course of our examination of the books and records of
 the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
 auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
 explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
 material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
 year, nor have we been informed of such case by the management.
 
 
 Partha Ghosh
 Partner
 Membership Number F-55913
 For and on behalf of
 Price Waterhouse
 Chartered Accountants
 
 Place: Mumbai
 Date: 26th June, 2009