The Directors have pleasure in presenting herewith the 35^th Annual Report of the business and operations alongwith Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended 31^st March, 2023.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (STANDALONE):

The summarised financial highlights for the year under review are as under:

CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS:

The Consolidated Financial Statements of your Company for the Financial Year 2022-2023 are prepared in compliance with applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Ind AS 110 -'Consolidated Financial Statements'. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the basis of audited financial statements of your Company, its subsidiaries and associate companies, as approved by the respective Board of Directors.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES:

During the year under review, no amount was transferred to general reserves.

OPERATIONAL REVIEW/AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY & FUTURE OUTLOOK:

The Financial Highlights are as under:

The Total Income for the Financial Year under review was ? 49,964.69 Lakhs as against ? 51,118.57 Lakhs in the previous year. The Total Expenses incurred in the current Financial Year was ? Rs. 51,025.31 Lakhs as against ? 50,793.35 Lakhs in the previous year.

The loss for the Financial Year under review was ? 1,039.58 Lakhs as against a profit of ? 8,147.39 Lakhs in the previous Financial Year.

SHARE CAPITAL:

The paid up capital of the Company is ? 32,70,54,980/- The Company had issued 40,000 equity shares under ESOP scheme 2016 during the financial year 2022-2023.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:

In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 a separate section on Management Discussion and Analysis (MDA), which also includes further details on the state of affairs of the Company, forms part of this Annual Report.

DIVIDEND:

As the net worth of the Company is negative, the Board of Directors of the Company has not recommended any dividend for the Financial Year 2022-2023.

ANNUAL RETURN:

Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 134(3)(a) and 92(3) of the Act read with Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return as on 31^st March, 2023, is placed on the website of the Company at http://www.wanburv.com/.

DEPOSITS:

The Company has not accepted any deposits during the year under review. Further, there are no deposits which remained unpaid / unclaimed at the beginning or at the end of the year under review.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:

The Board of Directors of the Company consists of the following:

Mr. N. K. Puri and Ms. Pallavi P Shedge are Independent Directors who are not liable to retire by rotation.

The terms and conditions of appointment of the Independent Directors and details of the familiarization programs formulated to educate the Directors regarding their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Company and the nature of the industry in which the Company operates, the business model of the Company, etc. are placed on the website of the Company < http://www.wanbury.com/>.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 (6) of the Act and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. K. Chandran, Executive Director, who has been longest in the office, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.

The notice convening the AGM includes the proposal for re-appointment of Mr. K. Chandran, as an Executive Director.

Other than this, no Director or Key Managerial Personnel was appointed or has resigned during the year under review. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Four (4) Board Meetings were held during the Financial Year 2022-2023. These meetings were held on 22 June 2022, 10 August 2022, 28 November, 2022 and 14 February, 2023.

DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

Independent Directors have given necessary declaration that they meet the criteria of independence as provided in sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Schedules and Rules made thereunder as well as Regulation 16(1) (b) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Further all the Independent Director are registered on Independent Director Database.

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:

The Company has devised a policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other Individual Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the Non-Executive Directors and Executive Directors.

The Company follows the best practices prevalent in the industry with respect to evaluation of Board Members.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186:

The Company has not given any loans, guarantee and made any investments pursuant to the provisions of Section 186 of Companies Act, 2013 during the year under review.

DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES:

Your Company has four foreign subsidiaries viz. Wanbury Holdings B. V. (Netherland), Wanbury Global FZE (UAE), Ningxia Wanbury Fine Chemicals Co. Ltd. (China) and Cantabria Pharma S. L. (Spain).

The accounts of Cantabria Pharma S. L. is not available due to the Company is being into liquidation.

The salient features of the financial statements of the subsidiaries in pursuance of Section 129 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are given in prescribed Form AOC-1 attached as Annexure - I to this report.

The Company is not having any Holding Company or Joint Venture or any Associate Company.

PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 188 of Companies Act, 2013, all contracts / arrangements / transactions entered into by the Company during the Financial Year with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis. During the year under review, the Company had not entered into any contract / arrangement / transaction with related parties, which could be considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions.

The transactions entered into with M/s. Wanbury Infotech Private Limited, related party are in the normal course of business and at arm's length basis. The Policy on materiality of Related Party Transactions and dealing with Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company's website at www.wanburv.com.

The details, in specified format in Form AOC-2, of the transactions with the related parties are given in the Annexure - II forming part of this report.

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE FINANCIAL YEAR END OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH FINANCIAL RESULTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THIS REPORT:

No material changes and commitments which could affect the Company's financial position have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company and date of this report.

STATUTORY AUDITORS:

As per the provisions of sections 139, 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder (hereinafter referred to as “The Act”), the Company at its Board Meeting Held on 22 June, 2022 subject to approval of members in the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held on 28 September, 2022 approved the re-appointment of M/S. V PAREKH & ASSOCIATES, Chartered Accountants (Firm Regn. No. 107488W) as statutory auditors for a period of 5 years commencing from the conclusion of 34th AGM till the conclusion of the 39th AGM.

AUDITOR'S REPORT:

The Notes on Financial Statements referred to in the Auditors Reports for the FY 2023 are self-explanatory and do not call for any comments and explanation.

The observations made in the Standalone Auditor's Report read together with relevant notes thereon are self explanatory and explained in notes to accounts and hence do not call for any further comments under the Companies Act, 2013. Auditors' Report to the Shareholders for the year under review does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer.

COST AUDITOR:

Your Directors have appointed M/S. GMVP & ASSOCIATES, LLP, Cost Accountant, Mumbai as the Cost Auditor for the Financial Year 2022-2023. M/S. GMVP & ASSOCIATES, LLP, Cost Accountant, Mumbai will submit the Cost Audit Report alongwith necessary annexure to the Central Government (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) in the prescribed form within specified time and at the same time forward a copy of such report to your Company.

The Cost Audit Report for the Financial Year ended 31^st March, 2022 which was due for filing upto 31^st October, 2022 was filed with the Central Government (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) on 5^th September, 2022.

The Board of Directors at its meeting held on 7^th July, 2023 has appointed M/s. Manish Shukla & Associates, Cost Accountant, Mumbai as Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial Year 2023-2024. As required by Section 148 of the Act, necessary resolution has been included in the Notice convening the 35^th Annual General Meeting, seeking approval by Members for the appointment & remuneration proposed to be paid to M/s. Manish Shukla & Associates, Cost Accountant, Mumbai as Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial Year 2023-2024.

ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS & INTERNAL AUDIT:

Your Company has in place adequate internal financial control systems, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. During the year, such controls were tested and no reportable material weakness in the operations was observed. The Company has appropriate policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence of the Company's policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of accounting records and timely preparation of reliable financial information.

M/s. BDO India LLP, Mumbai, Internal Auditors of the Company, monitor and evaluate the efficacy and adequacy of internal control systems in the Company. Based on the report of the Internal Auditors, respective departments undertake corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. Significant audit observations and corrective actions thereon are presented to the Audit Committee of the Board.

Your Company has a robust financial closure self-certification mechanism wherein the line managers certify adherence to various accounting policies, accounting hygiene and accuracy of provisions and other estimates.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT:

Pursuant to Section 204 of the Act and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Ms. Kala Agarwal, Practicing Company Secretary [FCS No.: 5976 and COP No.: 5356] to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31^st March, 2023 (i.e. from 1^st April, 2022 to 31^st March, 2023). The Secretarial Audit Report in Form MR-3 is annexed as Annexure - III to this report.

The observations made in the Secretarial Audit Report are as under:

i. Only 90.03% of the Shareholding of Promoter & Promoter Group is in dematerialised form. However, as per SEBI circular No. SEBI/Cir/ISD/05/2011 & Regulation 31(2) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, 100 % Shareholding of Promoter & Promoter Group has to be in dematerialised form.

ii. As per Regulation 33(3)(d) the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, every listed Company is required to approve their audited Financial Statements within 60 days from end of each Financial Year, however the Company had delayed in holding Board Meeting for approving audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year ended 31^st March, 2022 and the Company had paid the penalty to BSE and National Stock Exchange of India for the said delays.

iii. As per Regulation 33(3)(a) the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, every listed Company is required to approve their quarterly un-audited/audited Financial Statements within 45 days from end of each quarter, however the Company had delayed in holding Board Meeting for approving Financial Statements for the quarter ended 30^th September, 2022 and the Company had paid the penalty to BSE and National Stock Exchange for the said delays.

iv. As per Regulation 17(1)(c) The Composition of Board of Directors should be 6. The tenure of Mr. Binod Chandra Maharana, Ms. Manisha Juvekar and Ms. Anupama Vaidya has been completed on 16th March, 2023 and due to such completion, the composition of Board of Directors has fallen below 6.

v. As per Regulation 19 (b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligation Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; All directors of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee shall be non-executive directors. The Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee includes Mr. Chandran Krishnamoorthy who is an Executive Director.

vi. As per Regulation 18(2)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligation Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the audit committee shall meet at least four times in a year and not more than one hundred and twenty days shall elapse between two meetings. However, there was a gap of 133 days between Board Meeting held on 08th February, 2022 and 22nd June, 2022

vii. As per Section 173 of Companies Act, 2013 and Secretarial Standards I, the gap between two Board Meeting shall not exceed 120 days. However, there was a gap of 124 days between Board Meeting held on 17 February, 2022 and 22 June, 2022.

Management Response to the aforesaid observations verbatim are as under:

i. The share certificate aggregating 30,24,000 Equity Shares held by M/s. Kingsbury Investment INC. (Promoter Group Company) of Wanbury Limited. These shares held by them are in physical mode. The Company is undertaking necessary steps to dematerialize these shares.

ii. The Company has paid Penalty aggregating to Rs. 1,15,000/- to the BSE Limited on 1 July, 2022 and NSE Limited on 1 July, 2022 respectively for non-compliance of Regulation 33 of Listing Regulations regarding delay in declaring AFR for the year ended 31 March, 2022 .

iii. The Company has paid Penalty aggregating to Rs. 70,000/- to the BSE Limited on 15 December, 2022 and NSE Limited on 15 December, 2022 respectively for non-compliance of Regulation 33 of Listing Regulations regarding delay in declaring UFR for the quarter ended 30 September, 2022.

iv. The Company is in the process of complying with Regulation 17(1) and have also paid the necessary penalty to BSE & NSE for the same.

v. The Company will re-constitute the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as required under Regulation 19 (b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligation Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015;

vi. The Company has paid the necessary penalty to the stock exchange on account of late holding of Board Meeting and will take care in future to comply with the Listing Regulation.

vii. The Company has paid the necessary penalty to the stock exchange on account of late holding of Board Meeting and will take care in future to comply with the Listing Regulation.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY POLICY:

Provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 relating to Corporate Social Responsibility are not applicable to the Company.

Therefore, the Company has not constituted Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Your Company's Audit Committee has been constituted in accordance with the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013.

During the year under review, Four (4) meetings of the Audit Committee were held on 22 June 2022, 10 August 2022, 28 November 2022 and 14 February, 2023 along with the Board Meetings.

Following are the Members of the Audit Committee:

The details pertaining to the Broad terms and conditions of the Audit Committee are included given in Corporate Governance Report, which form part of this report

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE:

Nomination and Remuneration Policy inter alia containing appointment criteria, qualifications, positive attributes, independence of Directors, removal, retirement and remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) and Senior Management Personnel of the Company has been formulated by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company and approved by the Board of Directors.

Following are the Members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee:

Nomination and Remuneration Policy is available on the website of the Company at www.wanburv.com STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE:

Your Company Stakeholder Relationship Committee has been constituted in accordance with the Regulation 20 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 in order to specifically look in to the mechanism of Redressal of grievances of Shareholders.

Following are the Members of the Stakeholder Relationship Committee:

RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:

The Board of Directors of the Company has constituted Risk Management Committee to consider the potential risks of the business of the Company and to plan for the mitigation of the same.

Following are the members of the Risk Management Committee:

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

In compliance with Regulation 34 (3) read with Schedule V (C) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a Report on Corporate Governance forms part of this Annual Report. The Auditors' certificate certifying compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance as prescribed under Schedule V (E) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed to the Corporate Governance Report.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

Disclosure pertaining to the remuneration and other details as required under Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are attached as Annexure-IV and forms part of this Report.

Information pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 pertaining to the top ten names and other particulars of employees also form part of this report. However, this information is not sent along with this report pursuant to the proviso to Section 136(1) of the Act. Any shareholder interested in obtaining a copy of the same may write to the Company Secretary/Compliance Officer at the Registered office address of the Company and the same will be furnished on request.

SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDER PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE:

Nil.

VIGIL MECHANISM/ WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:

The Company, pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read along with the rules made thereunder and Regulation 22 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, have established vigil mechanism for Director and Employees to report concern about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of Company's code of conduct or ethics policy. The Whistle Blower Policy is posted on the website of the Company at www.wanburv.com.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION & REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013:

The Company has in place an Anti Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013.

Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy.

The Company has not received any sexual harassment complaint during the Financial Year under review.

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION SCHEME:

The Company has instituted Employee Stock Option Scheme 2016 (“Wanbury ESOP 2016”) which was approved by the shareholders vide their resolution dated 29^th September, 2016 to reward eligible employees. Pursuant to the said scheme and on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board had granted 50,000 options to employees. During the year ended 31^st March, 2023, 40,000 options were allotted. 4,55,000 options are outstanding as on 31^st March, 2023.

The information required to be disclosed in terms of the provisions of the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 is enclosed as Annexure-V to this report.

SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Directors state that applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to 'Meetings of the Board of Directors' and 'General Meeting' respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.

UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND & SHARES

Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (the Rules), all unpaid or unclaimed dividends are required to be transferred by the Company to the IEPF established by the Central Government, after the completion of the seven years. Further, according to the Rules, the shares on which the dividend has not been paid or claimed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more shall also be transferred to the demat account of the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, the Company has transferred the unclaimed and unpaid dividend of ? 4,14,937/- for the Financial Year 2009-10.

Further, 3,38,865 corresponding shares were transferred as per the requirement of the IEPF Rules. The details are available on the website, at www.wanburv.com/PaidUnpaidDividends.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:

As required by Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 the relevant data pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo is given as Annexure - VI forming part of this report.

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

Pursuant to the provisions of sub-section (5) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors confirm that:

i. in the preparation of the annual accounts for the Financial Year ended on 31^st March, 2023 the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

ii. the accounting policies had been selected and applied consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the Financial Year ended on 31^st March, 2023 and of the profit and loss of the Company for that year;

iii. proper and sufficient care had been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

iv. the annual accounts had been prepared on a going concern basis;

v internal financial controls, to be followed by the Company, have been laid down and these controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and the Company has devised proper systems which are in place to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws which are considered adequate and are operating effectively.

GREEN INITIATIVE:

Your Company has adopted green initiative to minimize the impact on the environment. The Company has been circulating the copy of the Annual Report in electronic format to all those members whose email addresses are available with the Company. Your Company appeals other Members also to register themselves for receiving Annual Report in electronic form.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Your Company and its Directors wish to extend their sincere thanks to the Bankers, Central & State Government, Customers, Suppliers, Stakeholders and Staff for their continuous co-operation and guidance and also looking forward for the same in future.