Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

January, 2024

 

Commission File Number 1-15182

 

DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

8-2-337, Road No. 3, Banjara Hills

Hyderabad, Telangana 500 034, India

[phone] 

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                                         Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ______

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ______

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes ¨                                         No x

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibits
99.1		Intimation dated January 29, 2024

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED (Registrant)
Date: January 29, 2024	By:	/s/ K Randhir Singh
		Name:	K Randhir Singh
		Title:	Company Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. 8-2-337, Road No. 3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana, India. CIN : L85195TG1984PLC004507   Tel      : [phone] Fax     : [phone] Email : [e-mail] www.drreddys.com

 

January 29, 2024

 

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (Scrip Code: DRREDDY-EQ)

BSE Ltd. (Scrip Code: 500124)

New York Stock Exchange Inc. (Stock Code: RDY)

NSE IFSC Ltd. (Stock Code: DRREDDY)

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

Sub: Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

 

This is to inform that the Nomination, Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 29, 2024, has approved the grant of stock options to the eligible employee(s) under the Employees Stock Option Schemes of the Company:

 

Sl. No.	Type of Option(s)	Number of options granted	Value	Exercise Price per share	ESOP Scheme
1	American Depository Receipts (ADRs) Stock Options	#2,229	Fair Market Value	Rs. 5,856/-	Dr. Reddy's Employees ADR Stock Option Scheme, 2007

 

^#These options shall vest in 3 years. i.e., 50% at the end of first year, 25% at the end of second year and 25% at the end of third year.

 

This is for your information and records.

 

Thanking you.

 

Yours faithfully,

For Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited

 

/s/ K. Randhir Singh
K. Randhir Singh
Company Secretary, Compliance Officer & Head-CSR

 

 

 

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