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Laurus Labs Limited: Notice
Laurus Labs Limited: Notice
Laurus Labs Limited: Notice
Notice
Notice is hereby given that the 13th Annual General Meeting 7. To consider, and if thought fit, to pass, with or without
of the Members of Laurus Labs Limited (the Company) will be modification(s) the following resolution as an
held at Oyster Hall, Waltair Club, Opposite Government Circuit Ordinary Resolution:
House, Siripuram, Visakhapatnam – 530003, Andhra Pradesh at
3.00 p.m. on Thursday the 05th day of July, 2018, to transact the “RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section
following business: 148 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the
Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder the
ORDINARY BUSINESS : re-appointment of M/s. Bharathula & Associates, Cost
1. To consider and adopt the audited Standalone Financial Accountants, as Cost Auditors for the financial year 2018-19
Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended by the Board of Directors at a remuneration not exceeding
March 31, 2018, the reports of Board of Directors and 3,50,000/- (Rupees three lakhs and fifty thousand only)
Auditors thereon per annum excluding out of pocket & other expenses and
service tax, as may be incurred in the course of Audit, be
2. To consider and adopt the audited Consolidated Financial and is hereby ratified”
Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended
March 31, 2018 and report of Auditors thereon. SPECIAL BUSINESS:
8. APPOINTMENT OF DR. VENKATA LAKSHMANA RAO
3. To declare dividend on equity shares of the Company for CHUNDURU (DIN 06885453) AS DIRECTOR OF THE
the Financial Year 2017-18. COMPANY
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following
4. To appoint a Director in place of Dr. Satyanarayana Chava resolution with or without modifications, as Ordinary
(DIN 00211921) who retires by rotation and, being eligible, Resolution:
offers himself, for re-appointment.
“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to Sections 160 & 161 of the
5. To appoint a Director in place of Mr. V.V.Ravi Kumar (DIN Companies Act, 2013 and any other applicable provisions,
01424180) who retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers Dr. Venkata Lakshmana Rao Chunduru, who was appointed
himself, for re-appointment. by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Additional
Director on March 08, 2018 be and is hereby appointed as a
6. To consider, and if thought fit, to pass, with or without Director of the Company who is liable to retire by rotation.”
modifications, the following resolution as an Ordinary
Resolution: “RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Mr. Ravi Kumar V V, Executive
Director & CFO and Mr. G. Venkateswar Reddy, Company
”RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section Secretary be and are hereby severally authorized to make
139 and all other applicable provisions, if any, of the necessary entries in the statutory registers of the Company,
Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) and the Companies (Audit sign and file necessary forms and documents with the
and Auditors) Rules, 2014 as amended from time to jurisdictional Registrar of Companies and to do all other
time, the Company hereby ratifies the appointment of necessary acts and deeds with respect to appointment of
Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Dr. Venkata Lakshmana Rao Chunduru.”
Registration No. 117366W/W–100018), as Auditors of
the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this 9. APPOINTMENT OF DR. VENKATA LAKSHMANA
Annual General Meeting (AGM) till the conclusion of the RAO CHUNDURU (DIN 06885453) AS EXECUTIVE
Fourteenth (14th) Annual General Meeting to be held in DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY
2019 to examine and audit the accounts of the Company To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following
for the financial year 2018-19 at such remuneration as may resolution with or without modifications, as Ordinary
be mutually agreed between the Board of Directors of the Resolution:
Company and the Auditors.
STOCK OPTION SCHEME 2018” (hereinafter referred as the the Company in the previous annual general meeting of
“ESOP Scheme, 2018” or “Scheme”), options exercisable into the Company held on 12th July 2017) be and is hereby
equity shares being not more than 300,000 equity shares approved by way of special resolution.”
of Rs.10 each of the Company at an exercise price of 25%
discount on the Fair Market Value of Share on the date of “RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Board of Directors of
Grant of Options under ESOP Scheme 2018, in one or more the Company be and is hereby authorized to file necessary
tranches and on such terms and conditions as may be fixed forms with the concerned authorities and to do all acts,
or determined by the Board/Committee in accordance deeds and things required to give effect to this Resolution”
with the provisions of the Companies Act 2013 or SBEB
Regulations or other provisions of the laws as may be By order of the Board
prevailing and applicable at that time, each option granted Laurus Labs Limited
being exercisable for one equity share of the Company.”
G. Venkateswar Reddy
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Board be and is hereby Company Secretary
authorised to issue and allot Equity shares upon exercise Regd. Office:
of such options from time to time in accordance with ESOP Plot No.21,
Scheme, 2018 and such equity shares shall rank pari passu Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City,
in all respects with the existing Equity Shares of Parawada,
the Company.” Visakhapatnam – 531 021
E-mail:secretarial@lauruslabs.com
“ RESOLVED FURTHER THAT in case of any corporate
action(s) such as rights issue, bonus issues, stock split, Place: Hyderabad
merger and sale of division and others, if any additional Date: May 31, 2018
stock options are issued by the Board to the option grantees
for the purpose of making a fair and reasonable adjustment Notes:
to the options granted earlier, the above ceiling of 300,000 1. A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is
stock options shall be deemed to be increased/adjusted to entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of
the extent of such additional options issued” himself/herself and the proxy need not be a member of the
Company. The proxies to be effective should be deposited
“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT for the purpose of giving at the Corporate Office of the Company not later than 48
effect to any creation, offer, issue, allotment of equity hours before the commencement of the meeting. Blank
shares, the Board/Committee be and is hereby authorized proxy form is attached.
on behalf of the Company, to evolve, decide upon and
bring in to effect the Scheme and make any modifications, 2. A person can act as proxy on behalf of Members not
changes, variations, alterations, or revisions in the said exceeding fifty (50) and holding in the aggregate not more
Scheme from time to time or to suspend, withdraw or revive than ten percent of the total share capital of the Company.
the Scheme from time to time as may be specified by any
statutory authority and to do all such acts, deeds, matters 3. The Explanatory Statement pursuant to Section 102 of the
and things as it may in its absolute discretion deem fit or Companies Act, 2013 in respect of Special Business set out
necessary or desirable for such purpose and with power on above is annexed hereto and forms part of the Notice.
behalf of the Company to settle any questions, difficulties,
or doubts that may arise in this regard without requiring 4. Brief resume of Directors proposed to be appointed/re-
the Board to secure any further consent or approval of the appointed, nature of their expertise in specific functional
members of the Company.” areas, name of companies in which they hold directorships
and membership/chairmanships of Board Committees and
11. APPOINTMENT OF Dr. M. VENU GOPALA RAO AS shareholding in the Company as stipulated under SEBI
NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF THE (LODR) Regulations, 2015 are provided in the Report on
COMPANY Corporate Governance forming part of the Annual Report.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following
resolution with or without modifications, as a Special 5. Members/Proxies are requested to hand over the enclosed
Resolution: Attendance Slip duly filled in, at the entrance for attending
the meeting.
“RESOLVED THAT, in supersession of the earlier ordinary
resolution passed by the members at their 12th Annual 6. Corporate Members intending to send their authorized
General Meeting held on 12th July, 2017, and pursuant representatives to attend the meeting are requested to
to the SEBI (LODR) Amendment Regulations, 2018, the send a certified copy of Board Resolution authorizing their
appointment of Dr. M. Venu Gopala Rao as Non-Executive representatives to attend and vote on their behalf in
Independent Director of the Company for a period of five the meeting.
years (w.e.f.18.05.2017 as approved by the Members of
12. Members may also note that the Notice of the 13th v. You will reach the Password change menu wherein you are
Annual General Meeting and the Annual Report for 2017- required to mandatorily change your password. The new
18 will also be available on the Company’s website www. password shall comprise of minimum 8 characters with
lauruslabs.com for their download. The physical copies of the at least one upper case (A-Z), one lower case (e-z), one
aforesaid documents will also be available at the Company’s numeric value (0-9) and a special character. The system
Corporate Office in Hyderabad for inspection during normal will prompt you to change your password and update any
business hours on working days. Even after registering for contact details like mobile, email etc. on first login. You
e-communication, members are entitled to receive such may also enter the secret question and answer of your
communication in physical form, upon making a request choice to retrieve your password in case you forget it. It is
for the same, by post free of cost. For any communication, strongly recommended not to share your password with any
the shareholders may also send requests to the Company’s other person and take utmost care to keep your password
investor email id: secretarial@lauruslabs.com. confidential.
13. In case of joint holders attending the Meeting, only such vi. You need to login again with the new credentials.
joint holder who is higher in the order of names will be
entitled to vote. vii. On successful login, the system will prompt you to select the
EVENT i.e., Laurus Labs Limited.
14. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has
mandated the submission of Permanent Account Number viii. On the voting page, enter the number of shares as on the
(PAN) by every participant in securities market. Members cut-off date under FOR/AGAINST or alternately you may
holding shares in electronic form are, therefore, requested enter partially any number in FOR and partially in AGAINST
to submit their PAN to their depository participants with but the total number in FOR/AGAINST taken together
whom they are maintaining their demat accounts. Members should not exceed the total shareholding. You may also
holding shares in physical form can submit their PAN to the choose the option ABSTAIN.
Company/Karvy.
ix. Shareholders holding multiple folios / demat account shall
15. Members who have not registered their e-mail choose the voting process separately for each folios / demat
addresses so far are requested to register their email account.
address for receiving all communication including
Annual Report, Notices, Circulars, etc. from the x. Cast your vote by selecting an appropriate option and click
Company electronically. on SUBMIT. A confirmation box will be displayed. Click OK
to confirm else CANCEL to modify. Once you confirm, you 22. Any person who becomes a member of the Company after
will not be allowed to modify your vote. During the voting dispatch of the Notice of the meeting and holding shares as
period, shareholders can login any number of times till they on the cut-off date may obtain the USER ID and Password
have voted on the resolution. in the manner as mentioned below:
xi. Once the vote on the resolution is cast by the shareholder, a. If the mobile number of the member is registered
he shall not be allowed to change it subsequently. against Folio No. / DP ID Client ID, the member may
send SMS : MYEPWD <space> E-Voting Event number+
xii. The Portal will be open for voting from 9.00 a.m. on July 02, Folio No. or DP ID Client ID to 9212993399
2018 to 5.00 p.m. on July 04, 2018.
Example for NSDL : MYEPWD <SPACE>
xiii. In case of any queries, you may refer the Frequently Asked IN12345612345678
Questions (FAQs) for shareholders and e-voting User Manual Example for CDSL :M YEPWD <SPACE>
for shareholders available at the download section of http:// 1402345612345678
evoting.karvy.com or contact Toll Free No. 18003454001. Example for Physical : MYEPWD <SPACE>
XXX1234567890
xiv. Corporate / Institutional Members (i.e. other than
Individuals, HUF, NRI, etc.) are also required to send b. If e-mail address or mobile number of the member
scanned certified true copy (PDF Format) of the Board is registered against Folio No./ DP ID Client ID, then
Resolution / Power of Attorney / Authority Letter, etc., on the home page of https://evoting.karvy.com, the
together with attested specimen signature(s) of the duly member may click “forgot password” and enter Folio
authorized representative(s), to the Scrutinizer at e-mail ID: No. or DP ID Client ID and PAN to generate
secretarial@lauruslabs.com. They may also upload the same a password.
in the e-voting module in their login. The scanned image of
the above mentioned documents should be in the naming c. Member may call Karvy’s toll free number 1-800-
format “Corporate Name_EVENT NO.” 3454-001
17. The facility for voting through polling paper shall be made d. Member may send an e-mail request to einward.ris@
available at the Annual General Meeting (the “meeting”) karvy.com
and the members attending the meeting who have not cast
their votes by remote e-voting shall be able to exercise their If the member is already registered with Karvy e-voting platform
right to vote at the meeting. then he can use his existing User ID and password for casting the
vote through remote e-voting.
18. The members who have cast their vote by remote e-voting
may also attend the meeting but shall not be entitled to 24. The Scrutinizer, after scrutinizing the votes cast at the
cast their vote again. meeting and through remote e-voting, will, not later
than three days of conclusion of the meeting, make a
19. The Board of Directors of the Company has appointed consolidated Scrutinizer’s Report and submit the same
Mr.Y.Ravi Prasada Reddy, Proprietor of RPR & Associates, a to the Chairman. The results declared along with the
Practicing Company Secretary, as scrutinizer to scrutinize consolidated scrutinizer’s report shall be placed on the
the remote e-voting process and voting at the meeting in a website of the Company www.lauruslabs.com and on
fair and transparent manner and he has communicated his the website of the Karvy https://evoting.karvy.com. The
willingness to be appointed and will be available for the said results shall simultaneously be communicated to the Stock
purpose. Exchanges.
20. The voting rights shall be reckoned on the paid-up value of EXPLANATORY STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 102 OF
shares registered in the name of the member/ beneficial THE COMPANIES ACT 2013
owner (in case of electronic shareholding) as on the cut-off Item Nos. 8&9:
date i.e. 29th June 2018. Dr. Venkata Lakshmana Rao Chunduru was appointed as
additional director under the Companies Act, 2013 on March
21. A person, whose name is recorded in the register of 08, 2018, to hold office upto the date of this Annual General
members or in the register of beneficial owners maintained Meeting.
by the depositories as on the cut-off date i.e. 29th June
2018 only shall be entitled to avail the facility of remote Pursuant to Articles of Association Dr. Venkata Lakshmana Rao
e-voting/ voting at the meeting. Chunduru is being proposed to be appointed as director liable to
retire by rotation.
Explanation as per Rule 12 of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014:
A copy of the Scheme is available at the Corporate Office of the Company for inspection by the members.
Your Directors recommend this resolution for your approval as a Special Resolution.
None of the Directors or Key Managerial Personnel or relatives of Directors and Key Managerial Persons are concerned or interested in
this resolution.
Item No.11
As per SEBI (LODR) Amendment Regulations, 2018, no listed entity shall appoint a person or continue the directorship of any person
as non-executive director who has attained the age of seventy five years unless a special resolution is passed to that effect.
Dr. M. Venu Gopala Rao, 77 years, was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company for a period of 5 years
with effect from May 18, 2017, in the 12th Annual General Meeting of the Company held on July 12, 2017. Dr. MVG Rao was granted
with a B.Sc (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from the Andhra University. He also holds a post-graduation degree in Pulp and Paper
Technology from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. Dr. Rao has a rich and varied industry experience in the Pulp and Paper and
Bulk Drug industries. Dr. Rao was the Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Veera Laboratories, an USFDA approved Bulk Drug
Manufacturing Unit which got merged with Matrix Laboratories Limited (currently Mylan Laboratories). He is the director on various
Boards of Navabharat group of companies and also member and chairman of various committees in these companies. The Board of
Directors of your Company appointed him as Chairman of the Board for a period of two years in their meeting held on May 10, 2018.
The Board believes that his experience and vision will contribute to the growth of the Company and also in steering the Company with
best Corporate Governance practices.
None of the directors, except Dr. MVG Rao, is in any way concerned or interested in this resolution. Hence, the board recommends to
the members to pass this resolution as Special Resolution.
G. Venkateswar Reddy
Company Secretary
Regd. Office:
Plot No.21,
Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City,
Parawada,
Visakhapatnam – 531 021
E-mail:secretarial@lauruslabs.com
Place: Hyderabad
Date: May 31, 2018
Attendance Slip
I/We ............................................................................................ hereby record my/our presence at the 13th Annual General Meeting being held on
Thursday, July 05, 2018 at 3.00 PM at Waltair Club, Opp. Government Circuit House, Siripuram, Visakhapatnam – 530003.
Signature of Shareholder
Note:
1. Shareholder/Proxy intending to attend the meeting must bring the duly signed Attendance Slip to the Meeting and handover at
the entrance.
CIN: L24239AP2005PLC047518
Name of the Company: Laurus Labs Limited
Registered office: Plot No.21, Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City, Parawada, Visakhapatnam – 531 021
I/We, being the member (s) of ................................................................................. shares of the above named company, hereby appoint
1. Name: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Address: .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
E-mail Id: .................................................................................................................... Signature:......................................................................................., or failing him
2. Name: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Address: .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
E-mail Id: .....................................................................................................................Signature:......................................................................................., or failing him
3. Name: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Address: .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
E-mail Id: .................................................................................................................... Signature: ......................................................................................, or failing him
And whose signature(s) are appended below as my/our proxy to attend and vote (on a poll) for me/us and on my/our behalf at the 13th
Annual General Meeting of the Company, to be held on Thursday, July 05, 2018 at 3.00 PM at Waltair Club, Opp. Government Circuit
House, Siripuram, Visakhapatnam – 530003 and at any adjournment thereof in respect of such resolutions as are indicated below:
Resolution For Against
1.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Signed this ..................... day of ....................... 2018
Notes:
1) This form of proxy in order to be effective should be duly completed and deposited at the Registered Office of the Company not
less than 48 hours before the commencement of the meeting.