Auditor Report of Novartis India Ltd.

Mar 31, 2022

Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of NOVARTIS INDIA LIMITED (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31^st March 2022, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2022, and its loss, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.

Key Audit Matter

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.

Key Audit Matter

Auditor’s Response

Revenue recognition - Sale of products [Note 1(J) to the financial statements] The nature of operations of the Company being driven by trading activities, the focus of internal reporting as well as of external stakeholders is on revenue which could be a causal factor to record revenues for sales that either did not occur, or for which the revenue recognition criteria may not have been met. This risk is furthered considering that the Company sells its products across the country through wide spread distribution points. We have therefore specifically focused on the said risk and have considered this to be a key audit matter.

Assessed the appropriateness of the Company’s revenue recognition policies by mapping them with the applicable accounting standards. Performed a walkthrough of the revenue business cycle to gain an understanding of the relevant risks and controls around occurrence and timing of revenue recognition. Tested the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the relevant controls. During the fourth quarter of 2021-22, the Company has entered into an agreement with the customer, who has enhanced reach within the geographies of India, which will further enhance reach of the Company’s products. Tested transactions on a sample basis by, agreeing sales with the invoices, purchase orders and delivery documents, comparing the invoice prices to the Company price lists and, agreeing the revenue amount recorded by management to underlying accounting records. Reviewed the contracts / purchase orders, as applicable, to assess the terms of sale and confirmed that the sales were recorded in the correct accounting period. Sought confirmations from customers on a test check basis and checked realisation / performed other alternate procedures, where applicable, to support the assertion that revenue has been recognised for sales that have occurred during the year. Made enquiries of the management and obtained written representations as to whether there exist any side agreements or unusual arrangements which may impact revenue recognition. Reviewed variations in revenue over the corresponding period, checked subsequent sales returns and tested any unusual transactions to determine whether the information corroborates with the revenue recorded in the books of account.

Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon

• The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Business Responsibility Report, Directors’ report including annexures to the Directors’ Report and Report on Corporate Governance, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.

• Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

• In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS

and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report, that:

a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.

b) I n our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.

c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.

e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2022 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2022 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting.

g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended,

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.

h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements.

ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of it’s knowledge and

belief, as disclosed in the note 42 to the financial statements no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the note 42 to financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under subclause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.

v. The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.

As stated in note 12 to the financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company has proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend proposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.

2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

For Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP Chartered Accountants (Firm’s Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)

Rakesh N. Sharma Partner

(Membership No. 102042) (UDIN: 22102042AJFSLA5910)

Place : Mumbai

Date : 19^th May, 2022

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Mar 31, 2018

Independent Auditor''s Report To the Members of Novartis India Limited

Report on the Ind AS Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying Ind AS financial statements of Novartis India Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Ind AS Financial Statements

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.

This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.

In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder and the Order issued under section 143(11) of the Act.

We conducted our audit of the Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Ind AS financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Ind AS financial statements.

Opinion

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31^st March, 2018, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:

a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.

b) I n our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.

c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

d) I n our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act.

e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of the Company as on 31st March, 2018 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2018 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting

g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note 27 to Ind AS financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses. The Company did not have any derivative contracts;

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

(Referred to in paragraph 1(f) under ‘Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements’ section of our report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the Ind AS financial statements for the year ended 31^st March, 2018) Report on the Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”)

We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Novartis India Limited (“the Company”) as of 31st March, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to Company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the “Guidance Note”) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Standards on Auditing prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained, is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls system over financial reporting.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at 31st March, 2018, based on the criteria for internal financial control over financial reporting established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

(Referred to in paragraph 2 under ‘Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements’ section of our report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the Ind AS financial statements for the year ended 31^st March, 2018)

(i) In respect of its fixed assets:

(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.

(b) The Company has a program of verification to cover all the items of fixed assets in a phased manner 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 program, certain fixed assets were physically verified by the management during the year. According to the information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the records examined by us and based on the examination of registered sale deeds/share certificate provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of buildings, are held in the name of the Company as at the balance sheet date.

(ii) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during the year by the Management at reasonable intervals except for inventories lying at third party locations, for which confirmations have been obtained by the management and goods in transit. No material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.

(iii) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act hence reporting under clause (iii) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable.

(iv) The Company has not granted any loans, made investments or provided guarantees or securities hence reporting under clause (iv) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable.

(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposit during the year. The Company does not have unclaimed deposits as at 31st March, 2018 and accordingly, the provisions of Sections 73 to 76 or any other relevant provisions of the Act are not applicable to the Company.

(vi) The maintenance of cost records has not been specified by the Central Government under section 148(1) of the Act.

(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us in respect of statutory dues:

(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Income-tax, Goods and Services Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.

(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Income-tax, Goods and Services Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31st March, 2018 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.

(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as on 31st March, 2018 on account of disputes are given below:

Name of the statute	Nature of dues	Forum where the dispute is pending	Period to which the amount relates	Amount Involved (? million)	Amount Unpaid (? million) *
Income Tax Act, 1961	Income Tax including tax deducted at source and interest, as applicable	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner level	Assessment years 1994-95 and 2008-09 to 2017-18	445.7	403.0
		Income Tax Appellate Tribunal	Assessment years 2006-07 and 2012-13	64.0	31.6
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and Local Sales Tax Acts	Sales tax including interest and penalty, as applicable	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level	2000-2001 to 2014-2015	485.2	429.3
		Tribunal	1993-1994, 2001-2002 to 2002 to 2003 2004-2005 to 2005-2006, 2007-08 2010-2011 to 2012-2013	60.1	29.2
		The High Court of Kerala	1997-1998	0.3	0.2
		West Bengal Sales Tax Appellate and Revisional Board	2008-2009 to 2010-2011	15.4	15.4
The Finance Act, 1994	Service tax	Tribunal	September 2004 to September 2009	4.8	4.8
The Customs Act, 1962	Customs Duty	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level	2002-2003	0.4	0.4
The Central Excise Act, 1944	Excise duty including penalty, as applicable	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level	1990 and June 1993 to October 1993	0.6	0.6
		Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal	August 1993 to December 1996	2.4	2.4

(ix) The Company has not raised any moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) or term loans and hence reporting under clause (ix) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable.

(x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.

(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has paid/provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

(xii) The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause (xii) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable.

(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us the Company is in compliance with section 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the Ind AS financial statements etc. as required by the applicable accounting standards.

(xiv) During the year the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures and hence reporting under clause (xiv) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable.

(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its directors or directors of its holding company or persons connected with them and hence provisions of Section 192 of the Act are not applicable.

(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 hence reporting under clause (xiv) of paragraph 3 of the Order is not applicable.

For Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP

Chartered Accountants

(Firm’s Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)

Uday M. Neogi

(Partner)

(Membership No. 30235)

Place : Mumbai

Date : 10^th May, 2018

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Mar 31, 2017

Report on the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Novartis India Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2017, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Ind AS Financial Statements

2. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements to give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance (including other comprehensive income), cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards specified in the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under including the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under.

5. We conducted our audit of the Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial controls relevant to the Company’s preparation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Ind AS financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Ind AS financial statements.

Opinion

8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2017, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Other Matter

9. The financial information of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2016 and the transition date opening balance sheet as at April 1, 2015 included in these Ind AS financial statements, are based on the previously issued statutory financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 prepared in accordance with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 (as amended) which were audited by us and on which we expressed an unmodified opinion dated May 26, 2016 and May 27, 2015 respectively. The adjustments to those financial statements for the differences in accounting principles adopted by the Company on transition to the Ind AS have been audited by us.

Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

10. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016, issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (“the Order”), 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 B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

11. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:

(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.

(b) I n our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) I n our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2017 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2017 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.

(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in Annexure A.

(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

i) The Company has disclosed the impact, if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2017 on its financial position in its Ind AS financial statements -Refer Note 29;

i i) The Company has long-term contracts as at March 31, 2017 for which there were no material foreseeable losses. The Company did not have any derivative contracts as at March 31, 2017;

iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2017;

iv) The Company has provided requisite disclosures in the financial statements as to holdings as well as dealings in Specified Bank Notes during the period from November 8, 2016 to December 30, 2016. Based on audit procedures and relying on the management representation we report that the disclosures are in accordance with books of account maintained by the Company and as produced to us by the Management - Refer Note 35.

Annexure B to Independent Auditors'' Report

Referred to in paragraph 10 of the Independent Auditors’ Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the Ind AS financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2017

i. (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 have been noticed on such verification.

(c) The title deeds of immovable properties, as disclosed in Note 3 on fixed assets to the Ind AS financial statements, are held in the name of the Company.

ii. The physical verification of inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been conducted at reasonable intervals by the Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) and (iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. The Company has not granted any loans or made any investments, or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185 and 186. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the Rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. Pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the Company is required to maintain cost records as specified under Section 148(1) of the Act in respect of its products. We have broadly reviewed the same, 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.

vii. (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 in respect of service tax, though there have been delays in a few cases for service tax payable based on reverse charge mechanism and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, employees’ state insurance, income tax, sales tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, 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, the particulars of dues of income tax, sales tax, value added tax, service tax, duty of customs and duty of excise as at March 31, 2017 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:

Name of the statute	Nature of dues	Amount Rs. in Million*	Period to which the amount relates	Forum where the dispute is pending
The Income-tax Act, 1961	Income-tax including tax deducted at source and interest, as applicable	274.1	Assessment Years 1994-1995, 2008-2009 to 2016-2017	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level
		23.0	Assessment Year 2006-2007	Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 and Local Sales Tax Acts	Sales tax including interest and penalty, as applicable	374.1	2000-2001 to 2013-2014	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level
		48.1	1993-1994, 2001-2002 to 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2010-2011 and 2012-2013	Tribunal
		0.2	1997-1998	The High Court of Kerala
		15.4	2008-2009 to 2010-2011	West Bengal Sales Tax Appellate and Revisional Board
The Finance Act, 1994	Service tax	4.8	September 2004 to September 2009	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level
The Customs Act, 1962	Customs Duty	0.4	2002-2003	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level
The Central Excise Act, 1944	Excise duty including penalty, as applicable	0.6	1990 and June 1993 to October 1993	Appellate Authority - up to Commissioner’s level
		2.4	August 1993 to December 1996	Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

* Net of amounts paid including under protest.

viii As the Company neither has any loans or borrowings from any financial institution or bank or Government, nor has it issued any debentures as at the balance sheet date, the provisions of Clause 3(viii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

ix. The Company has not raised any money by way of initial public offer, further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

x. 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 by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

xi. The Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014 are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company

xiii The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188 of the Act. The details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the Ind AS financial statements as required under Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 24, Related Party Disclosures specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015 (as amended).

xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xv. The Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its directors or persons connected with him within the meaning of Section 192 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

For Lovelock & Lewes

Firm Registration No. 301056E

Chartered Accountants

Asha Ramanathan

Partner

Mumbai, May 23, 2017 Membership No. 202660

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Mar 31, 2016

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Novartis India Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2016, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

2. The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these financial statements to give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under including the accounting standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report.

5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.

Opinion

8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2016, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

9. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2016'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), 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 B, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

10. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:

(a) We have sought and 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 it appears from our examination of those books, except that the backup of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2016 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2016 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

(f) With respect to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith, reference is made to our comment in Paragraph 10(b) above that the backup of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in Annexure A.

(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors'' Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact, if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2016 on its financial position in its financial statements – Refer Note [19];

ii. The Company has long-term contracts as at March 31, 2016, for which there were no material foreseeable losses. The Company did not have any derivative contract as at March 31, 2016;

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2016.

Referred to in paragraph 9 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2016

i. (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 have been noticed on such verification.

(c) The title deeds of immovable properties, as disclosed in Note 9 on fixed assets to the financial statements, are held in the name of the Company.

ii. The physical verification of inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) and (iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. The Company has not granted any loans or made any investments, or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185 and 186. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the Rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. Pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the Company is required to maintain cost records as specified under Section 148(1) of the Act in respect of its products. We have broadly reviewed the same, 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.

vii. (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 in respect of service tax, though there has been a slight delay in a few cases, and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, employees'' state insurance, income tax, sales tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, 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 value added tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income tax, sales tax, service tax, duty of customs and duty of excise as at March 31, 2016 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:

Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which statute Rs, in the amount Million* relates

The Income-tax Income-tax 33.0 Assessment Act, 1961 including tax Years 1994- 1995, deducted at source 2008-2009,

and interest, as 2009-2010, applicable 2011-2012 and 2012-2013

23.0 Assessment Year

The Central Sales tax 338.1 2000-2001 to Appellate

Sales Tax Act, including interest 2013-2014

1956 and Local and penalty, as Sales Tax Acts applicable

48.1 1993-1994, 2001-2002 to 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2010-2011 and 2012-2013

0.2 1997-1998

15.4 2008-2009 to

2010-2011

The Finance Service tax 4.7 September 2004 Act, 1994 to September 2009

The Customs Customs Duty 0.4 2002-2003 Act, 1962

The Central Excise Act, including 0.6 penalty, 1993 to October 1944 as applicable 1993

2.4 August 1993 to , December 1996



Name of the forum where the dispute is pending

The Income tax Appellate Authority- up to Act 1961 Commissioners level



Income Tax Appellate tribunal

The Central Appellate Authority up to sales Tax Act Commissioner level 1956 and lacal sales Tax Act

Tribunal

The High Court of Kerela

west Bengal Sales Tax

Appellate and Revisional Board

The Finance Appellate authority up to Act 1961 Commissioners level



The Customs Act 1962 appellate authority up to Commissioners level

The Centrol Appellate Authority Excise Act up to Commissioners level 1944

Customs,excise & service Tax Appellate Tribunal

* Net of amounts paid including under protest.

viii As the Company neither has any loans or borrowings from any financial institution or bank or Government, nor has it issued any debentures as at the balance sheet date, the provisions of Clause 3(viii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

ix. The Company has not raised any moneys by way of initial public offer, further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

x. 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 by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

xi. The Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014 are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiii. The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188 of the Act. The details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the financial statements as required under Accounting Standard (AS) 18, Related Party Disclosures specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xv. The Company has not entered into any non cash transactions with its directors or persons connected with him within the meaning of Section 192 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

For Lovelock & Lewes

Firm Registration No. 301056E

Chartered Accountants

Asha Ramanathan

Partner Mumbai, May 26, 2016 Membership No. 202660

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Mar 31, 2015

Report on the Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Novartis India Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2015, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

2. The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these financial statements to give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor''s Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder including the accounting standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report.

5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on whether the Company has in place an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and the operating effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.

Opinion

8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2015, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

9. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2015'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), 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 3 and 4 of the Order.

10. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:

a. We have sought and 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 it appears from our examination of those books, except that the back up of the books of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained on servers physically located in India.

c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2015 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2015 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

f. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

1. The Company has disclosed the impact, if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2015 on its financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note 19.

2. The Company has long-term contracts as at March 31, 2015, for which there were no material foreseeable losses. The Company did not have any derivative contract as at March 31, 2015.

3. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2015.

Annexure to Independent Auditors'' Report

Referred to in paragraph 9 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2015

i. (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 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 have been noticed on such verification.

ii. (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.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a) and (iii)(b) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, 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 and 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.

v. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Rules framed thereunder to the extent notified, with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the Company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.

vi. 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 specified under sub-section (1) of Section 148 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.

vii. (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 in respect of service tax, though there has been a slight delay in a few cases, and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, sales tax, wealth tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, 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 wealth tax and value added tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income-tax, sales tax, service tax, duty of customs and duty of excise as at March 31, 2015 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -

Name of the statute Nature of dues Amount Rs.in Million*

The Income-tax Act, 1961 Income-tax including tax 37.3 deducted at source and interest, as applicable

The Central Sales Tax Sales tax including 454.5 Act, 1956 and Local interest and penalty, as Sales Tax Acts applicable

The Finance Act, 1994 Service tax 4.5

The Customs Act, 1962 Customs Duty 0.4

The Central Excise Act, Excise duty including 0.6 1944 penalty,as applicable

Amount Rs.in Period to which Forum where the Million* the amount relates dispute is pending

37.3 Assessment Years 1994-1995, Appellate Authority 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 to up to Commissioner''s 2011-2012 level 23.0 Assessment Year 2006-2007 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

454.5 2000-2001 to 2012-2013 and Appellate Authority August 2013 up to Commissioner''s level

28.4 1993-1994, 2000-2001 to 2002-2003, 2004-2005,2005-2006, Tribunal 2007-2008 and 2010-2011

0.2 1997-1998 The High Court of Kerala

15.4 2008-2009 to 2010-2011 West Bengal Sales Tax Appellate and Revisional Board

4.5 September 2004 to September Appellate Authority 2009 up to Commissioner''s level

0.4 2002-2003 Appellate Authority up to Commissioner''s level

0.6 1990 and June 1993 to October Appellate Authority 1993 up to Commissioner''s level

2.4 August 1993 to December 1996 Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

* Net of amounts paid including under protest.

(c) The amount required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund has been transferred within the stipulated time in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules made thereunder.

viii. The Company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the financial year and it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that date or in the immediately preceding financial year.

ix. As the Company does not have any borrowings from any financial institution or bank nor has it issued any debentures as at the balance sheet date, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

x. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(x) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xi. The Company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xii. 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 any such case by the Management.

For Lovelock & Lewes Firm Registration No. 301056E Chartered Accountants

Asha Ramanathan Partner Mumbai, May 27, 2015 Membership No. 202660

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Mar 31, 2014

Report on the Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Novartis India Limited (the ''company''), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2014 and the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, which we have signed under reference to this report.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

2. The company''s management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the company in accordance with the Accounting Standards notified under the Companies Act, 1956 of India (the ''Act'') read with the General Circular 15/2013 dated 13th September, 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 of India. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

4. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company''s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

6. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the accompanying financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the company as at 31st March, 2014;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

7. As required by ''The Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003'', as amended by ''The Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the ''Order'') 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 Order.

8. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, 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, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the Accounting Standards notified under the Act read with the General Circular 15/2013 dated 13th September, 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 of India;

(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2014 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2014 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act.

[Referred to in paragraph 7 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements as of and for the year ended 31st March, 2014]

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 have been noticed on such verification.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the year.

2. (a) The inventory 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. In our opinion, the discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

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, the provisions of Clause 4(iii)(b) to 4(iii)(d) 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, the provisions of Clause 4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, 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 and 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 we been informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

5. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are of the opinion that the particulars of all contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act have been so entered.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of any party during the year, we are unable to comment whether these transactions have been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time as there are no comparable market prices available since these transactions are of specialised/proprietary nature.

6. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has complied with the provisions of Sections 58A and 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.

7. In our opinion, the company has an internal audit system commensurate with its size and the 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 undisputed statutory dues in respect of sales tax and service tax though there has been a slight delay in a few cases and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, wealth tax, customs duty, excise duty 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 wealth tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income-tax, sales tax, service tax, customs duty and excise duty as at 31st March, 2014 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows –

Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which Forum where the statute Rs. in the amount dispute is pending Mill -ion* relates

The Income- tax Income-tax 33.0 Assessment Appellate Act, 1961 including tax Years 1994-1995, Authority – up to deducted at source 2005-2006, Commissioner''s level and interest, as 2009-2010 to applicable 2011-2012 and 2014-2015

23.0 Assessment Year Income Tax Appellate 2006-2007 Tribunal

The Central Sales tax 382.3 2000-2001 to Appellate Sales Tax Act, including interest 2010-2011, Authority – up to 1956 and Local and penalty, as October 2012 Commissioner''s level Sales Tax Acts applicable and August 2013

23.6 1993-1994, Tribunal 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 to 2006- 2007 0.2 1997-1998 The High Court of Kerala

The Finance Service tax 4.5 September 2004 Appellate Act, 1994 to September Authority – up to 2009 Commissioner''s level The Customs Customs Duty 0.4 2002-2003 Appellate Act, 1962 Authority – up to Commissioner''s level

The Central Excise duty 0.6 1990 and June Appellate Excise Act, including penalty, 1993 to October Authority – up to 1944 as applicable 1993 Commissioner''s level

2.4 August 1993 to Customs, Excise & December 1996 Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

* Net of amounts paid including under protest.

10. The company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the financial year 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 or debenture holders 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. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

13. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/nidhi/mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

14. In our opinion, the company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

16. The company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

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. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

19. The company has not issued any debentures during the year and does not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

20. The company has not raised any money by public issues during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

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 any such case by the management.

For Lovelock & Lewes

Firm Registration No. 301056E

Chartered Accountants

Himanshu Goradia

Partner

Mumbai, 22nd May, 2014 Membership No. 45668

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Mar 31, 2013

Report on the Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Novartis India Limited (the ''company''), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2013 and the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, which we have signed under reference to this report.

Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

2. The company''s management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the company in accordance with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of The Companies Act, 1956'' of India (the ''Act''). This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

4. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the company''s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

6. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the accompanying financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:

(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the company as at 31st March, 2013;

(b) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and

(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that date. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements ''

7. As required by ''The Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003'', as amended by ''The Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the ''Order'') 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 Order.

8. As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, 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, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss 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, 2013 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2013 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act.

[Referred to in paragraph 7 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements as of and for the year ended 31st March, 2013]

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 have been noticed on such verification.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the year.

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. In our opinion, the discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

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, the provisions of Clause 4(iii)(b) to 4(iii)(d) 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, the provisions of Clause 4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, 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 and 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 we been informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

5. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are of the opinion that the particulars of all contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act have been so entered.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of any party during the year, we are unable to comment whether these transactions have been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time as there are no comparable market prices available since these transactions are of specialised/proprietary nature.

6. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has complied with the provisions of Sections 58A and 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.

7. In our opinion, the company has an internal audit system commensurate with its size and the 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 undisputed statutory dues in respect of provident fund, sales tax and service tax though there has been a slight delay in a few cases and is regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues including investor education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, wealth tax, customs duty, excise duty 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 wealth tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income-tax, sales tax, service tax, customs duty and excise duty as at 31st March, 2013 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -

Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which the Forum where the statute Rs. in Million* amount relates dispute is pending

The Income- tax Income-tax 3.1 Assessment Years Appellate Act, 1961 1991-1992 and Authority - up to 2005-2006 Commissioner''s level

23.0 Assessment Year Income Tax 2006-2007 Appellate Tribunal

The Central Sales Sales tax including 235.0 2000-2001 to Appellate Tax Act, 1956 and interest and penalty, 2010-2011 and Authority - up to Local Sales Tax as applicable August 2012 Commissioner''s Acts level

19.3 1993-1994, Tribunal 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 to 2006-2007

0.2 1997-1998 The High Court of Kerala

The Finance Act, Service tax 4.5 September 2004 to Appellate 1994 September 2009 Authority - up to Commissioner''s level

The Customs Act, Customs Duty 0.4 2002-2003 Appellate 1962 Authority - up to Commissioner''s level

The Central Excise Excise duty including 0.6 1990 and June Appellate Act, 1944 penalty, as applicable 1993 to October Authority - up to 1993 Commissioner''s level

2.4 August 1993 to Customs, Excise December 1996 & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

* Net of amounts paid including under protest.

10. The company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the financial year 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 or debenture holders 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. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

13. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/nidhi/mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

14. In our opinion, the company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

16. The company has not raised any term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

17. According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.

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. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

19. The company has not issued any debentures during the year and does not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

20. The company has not raised any money by public issues during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not applicable to the company.

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 any such case by the management.

For Lovelock & Lewes

Firm Registration No. 301056E

Chartered Accountants

Himanshu Goradia

Partner

Mumbai, 14th May, 2013 Membership No. 45668

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Mar 31, 2012

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Novartis India Limited (the 'company'), as at 31st March, 2012, and the related Statement of Profit and Loss 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 company's 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 (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 as amended by the Companies (Auditor's 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 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, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;

(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss 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, 2012 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2012 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, 2012;

(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, 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.

[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors' Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements as of and for the year ended 31st March, 2012]

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 and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the year.

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. In our opinion, the discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

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 for the current year.

(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) and (iii)(g) of paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the company for the current year.

4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, 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 and 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 we been informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

5. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to be maintained under that Section.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act and exceeding the value of Rs Five Lakhs in respect of any party during the year, prevailing market prices at the relevant time are not available as these transactions are of a special nature.

6. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has complied with the provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.

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 the 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 regular in depositing 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 and other material statutory dues as applicable with the appropriate authorities in India.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the company examined by us, there are no dues of wealth-tax and service tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income-tax, sales tax, customs duty and excise duty as at 31st March, 2012 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -

Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which the Forum where the statute Rs Million amount relates dispute is pending

The Income-tax Income-tax 28.5 Assessment Years Appellate Act, 1961 1991-1992, Authority - up to 2006-2007 and Commissioner's 2007-2008 level

The Central Sales Sales tax including 252.0 2000-2001 to Appellate

Tax Act, 1956 and interest and penalty, 2010-2011 Authority - up to Local Sales Tax as applicable Commissioner's Acts level

9.5 1993-1994, Tribunal

2000-2001 to 2002-2003 and 2004-2005

0.2 1997-1998 The High Court of Kerala The Customs Act, Customs Duty 0.4 2002-2003 Appellate

1962 Authority-up to Commissioner's level

The Central Excise Excise duty including 0.6 1990 and June Appellate Act, 1944 penalty, as applicable 1993 to October Authority-up to 1993 Commissioner's level 2.4 August 1993 to Customs, December 1996 Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

* Net of amounts paid including under protest.

10. The company has no accumulated losses as at 31st March, 2012 and 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 or debenture holders 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. The company is not a dealer or trader in shares, securities, debentures and other investments.

15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year.

16. In our opinion, the company has not obtained any term loans that were not applied for the purposes for which these were raised.

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, there are no funds raised on short-term basis which have been used for long-term investment.

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 fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the management.

For Lovelock & Lewes

Firm Registration No. 301056E

Chartered Accountants

Himanshu Goradia Partner

Mumbai, 24th May 2012 Membership No. 45668

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Mar 31, 2011

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Novartis India Limited (the 'company'), as at 31st March, 2011, 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 company's 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 (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 as amended by the Companies (Auditor's 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 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, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2011 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, 2011;

(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' Repcrt of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2011]

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 and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the year.

2. (a) The inventory has beer physically verified by the management during the year. 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. In our opinion, the discrepancies noticed on physical verification of Inventory as compared to book records were not material.

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 for the current year.

(b) The company has not teken 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) and (iii)(g) of paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the company for the current year.

4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, 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 and 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 we been informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

5. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to be maintained under that Section.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of any party during the year, prevailing market prices at the relevant time are not available as these transactions are of a special, nature.

6. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has complied with the provisions of Sections 5>8A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.

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 the 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 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 in India.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the company examined by us, there are no dues of wealth-tax, service tax and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income-tax, sales tax, customs duty and excise duty as at 31st March, 2011 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -

Name of the Nature of dues Amount* Period to which the Forum where the statute Rs.'OOO amount relates dispute is pending

The Income- tax Income-tax 23,128 Assessment Years Appellate Act, 1961 2006-2007 and Authority - up to 2007-2008 Commissioner's level

The Central Sales Sales tax including 223,986 2000-2001 to Appellate Tax Act, 1956 and interest and penalty, 2008-2009 and Authority - up to Local Sales Tax as applicable 2010-2011 Commissioner's Acts level

9,893 1993-1994, Tribunal 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 and 2004-2005

245 1997-1998 The High Court of Kerala

The Customs Act, Customs Duty 393 2002-2003 Appellate 1962 Authority - up to Commissioner's level

The Central Excise Excise duty including 551 1990 and June Appellate Act,1944 penalty, as applicable 1993 to October Authority - up to

1993 Commissioner's level

4,479 January 1987 to Customs,Excise February 1993 and & Service Tax August 1993 to Appellate Tribunal December 1996

* Net of amounts paid including under piotest.

10. The company has no accumulated losses as at 31st March, 2011 and 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 defaultec in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture holders.

12. The company has not granted any loans and advances on Ihe 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. The company is not a dealer or trader in shares, securities, debentures and other investments.

15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year.

16. In our opinion, the company has not obtained any term loans that were not applied for the purposes for which these were raised.

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, there are no funds raised on short-term basis which have been used for long-term investment.

18. The company has not made any preferential allotment af 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 pracices in India and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of such case by the management.

For Price Waterhouse

Firm Registration No. 007568S Chartered Accountants

Himanshu Goradia Partner Mumbai, 24th May 2011 Membership No. 45668

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Mar 31, 2010

1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Novartis India Limited (the company), as at 31st March, 2010, 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 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, 2010 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2010 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, 2010;

(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.

For Price Waterhouse Firm Registration No. 007568S Chartered Accountants Himanshu Goradia Partner Mumbai, 7th May 2010 Membership No. 45668



Annexure to Auditors Report

[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors Report of even date to the members of Novartis India Limited on the financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2010]

1. (a) The company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) A substantial portion of 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 on such verification. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.

(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of by the company during the year.

2. (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management during the year. 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. In our opinion, the discrepancies noticed on physical verification of Inventory as compared to book records were not material.

3. (a) The company has granted unsecured loans to two companies covered In the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act during the year. The maximum amounts of such loans involved during the year aggregate to Rs. 4,836,037(000). However, the aforesaid companies are not covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act as at the Balance Sheet date.

(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions of such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the company.

(c) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the companies are regular in repayment of the principal amounts and are also regular in payment of interest.

(d) In respect of the aforesaid loans, there is no overdue amount more than Rupees One Lakh.

(e) 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) and (iii)(g) of paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the company for the current year.

4. In our opinion, having regard to the explanation that certain items of inventory 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 and 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, carried out in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in India and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor have we been informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.

5. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to be maintained under that Section.

(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of any party during the year, have been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time. However, in respect of certain transactions including for purchases and sale of goods and services, prevailing market prices at the relevant time are not available as these transactions are of a special nature.

6. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has complied with the provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.

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 the 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 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 in India.

(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 and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of sales tax, customs duty and excise duty as at 31st March, 2010 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -

Name of the Nature of dues Amount* Period to which Forum where the statute Rs.OOO the amount dispute is pending relates

The Kerala Sales tax on concessional 245 1997-1998 The High Court of General Sales Tax sales Kerala Act, 1963

Sales tax (including interest, 18,407 2000-2001 Deputy where applicable) on free 2001-2002 Commissioner issues, sales returns, stock 2003-2004 (Appeals) transfers and concessional 2004-2005 sales 2006-2007 and 2007-2008

The Gujarat Sales Sales tax on CSD sales and 2,568 1993-1994 and Sales Tax Tribunal Tax Act, 1969 non submission of sales tax 2002-2003 exemption forms and sales tax on tax free sales

Sales tax on free issues 10,611 2003-2004 and Joint Commissioner and concess ional sales 2005-2006 and sales tax on enhanced turnover, non submission of sales tax exemption forms and non payment of purchase tax

The Karna taka Sales tax on sales returns 1,577 1998-1999 Joint Commissioner Sales Tax Act, and exempt sales (Appeals) 1957

Sales tax on sales returns 3,235 2002-2003 Sales Tax Appellate and exempt sales Tribunal

Sales tax paid but not 11,725 2004-2005 Deputy considered by the authority Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

The West Bengal Sales tax (including penalty, 34,169 2004-2005 and Joint Sales Tax Act, where applicable) on 2005-2006 Commissioner 1994 enhanced turnover, non submission of sales tax exemption forms, sales returns, exempt sales and difference In turnover and purchase tax

Sales tax (including penalty, 4,691 2000-2001 Deputy where applicable) on sales Commissioner returns, exempt sales and (Appeals) difference in turnover and purchase tax

The Delhi Sales Non submission of sales tax 1,349 2002-2003 and Additional Tax Act, 1975 exemption forms 2004-2005 Commissioner (Appeals)

The Madhya Sales tax on sales returns 114 2000-2001 and Deputy Pradesh and non sub mission of 2002-2003 Commissioner Commercial Tax sales tax exemption forms (Appeals) Act, 1994

The Rajas than Sales tax (including interest) 333 2002-2003 and Deputy Sales Tax Act, on free quantity schemes 2003-2004 Commissioner 1994 and non submission of (Appeals) sales tax exemption forms

Non sub mission of road 1,501 2000-2001 Sales Tax Tribunal permit

The Bihar Sales Sales tax on sales returns, 3,893 2002-2003 to Additional Tax Act, 1981 non sub mission of sales tax 2004-2005 Commissioner exemption forms and export (Appeals) sales

Sales tax on sales returns, 2,787 2005-2006 to Commissioner of non sub mission of sales tax 2007-2008 Commercial Taxes exemption forms and export sales

The Jammu and Sales tax on rejection of 822 2003-2004 Deputy Kashmir General claim for breakages, non Commissioner of Sales Tax Act, submission of sales tax Commercial Taxes 1962 exemption forms and expiry (Appeals) of goods

The Uttar Pradesh Sales tax on exempt 2,423 2005-2006 to Deputy Trade Tax Act, sales, sales returns, non 2007-2008 Commissioner of 1948 submission of sales tax Commercial Taxes exemption forms and (Appeals) enhanced turnover

The Central Sales Sales tax on sales returns, 1,546 2005-2006 to Commissioner of Tax Act, 1956 non sub mission of sales tax 2007-2008 Commercial Taxes exemption forms and export sales

Sales tax on sales returns, 8,151 2001-2002 Deputy difference in turnover, 2002-2003 and Commissioner import of miscellaneous 2004-2005 to (Appeals) items, stock transfers and 2007-2008 non submission of sales tax exemption forms

Non sub mission of sales tax 3,529 2003-2004 and Additional exemption forms 2004-2005 Commissioner

Non sub mission of sales tax 700 2004-2005 and Appellate Deputy exemption forms 2005-2006 Commissioner

Sales tax on sales returns, 22,049 2001-2002 and Joint Commissioner differ ence in turnover, 2003-2004 to import of miscell aneous 2005-2006 items, stock transfer and non sub mission of sales tax exemption forms

Non sub mission of sales tax 3,262 2002-2003 and Sales tax Appellate exemption forms 2004-2005 Tribunal

Sales tax on sales returns, 467 2004-2005 Additional non sub mission of sales tax Commissioner exemption forms and export (Appeals) sales

The Customs Act, Counter vailing Duty on 393 2002-2003 Deputy 1962 disputed classifi cation of Commissioner of goods Customs

The Central Excise Excise duty (inclu ding 2,351 August 1993 to Customs, Excise Act, 1944 penalty) on reje ction of December 1996 & Service Tax claim for concessi onal rate Appellate Tribunal of duty

Excise Duty on diffe rence 2,128 January 1987 to Customs, Excise in val uation due to non February 1993 & Service Tax approval of price list of Appellate Tribunal products

Disallo wance of Modified 494 June 1993 to Commissioner of Value Added Tax utilised October 1993 Central Excise

Disallo wance of refund of 57 1990 Assistant Excise Duty Commissioner of Central Excise

* Net of amounts paid under protest or otherwise



10. The company has no accumulated losses as at 31st March, 2010 and 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 or debenture holders 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. According to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year,

16. In our opinion, the company has not obtained any term loans that were not applied for the purposes for which these were raised.

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, there are no funds raised on short-term basis which have been used for long-term investment.

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.

For Price Waterhouse

Firm Registration No. 007568S

Chartered Accountants

Himanshu Goradia Partner Mumbai, 7th May 2010 Membership No. 45668