Basis of Allotment

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wpe1.jpg (4325 bytes) SOTAC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
CIN: U24230GJ2015PLC085451

Our Company was originally formed and registered as a Partnership firm under the Partnership Act, 1932 ("Partnership Act") in the name and style of "Ms Sotac Pharmaceuticals', pursuant to a deed of partnership dated December 10, 2014 Thereafter *M/s. Sotac Pharmaceuticals" was converted from Partnership Firm to a Private Limited Company under Part I (Chapter XXI) of the Companies Act, 2013 in the name of "Sotac Pharmaceuticals Private Limited" and received a certificate of incorporation dated December 18, 2015 from the Assistant Registrar of Companies, Gujarat. Later on our Company was converted into a Public Limited Company pursuant to shareholders resolution passed at Extra-ordinary General Meeting of our Company held on November 12, 2022 and the name of our Company was changed to "Sotac Pharmaceuticals Limited" A fresh Certificate of Incorporation consequent upon Conversion from Private Limited Company to Public Limited Company dated November 22, 2022 was issued by the Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad. The Corporate Identification Number of our Company is U24230GJ2015PLC085451.

Registered Office: Plot No. PF-21. Nr. ACME Pharma, Opp. Teva Pharma Sanand GIDC-II, Sanand Ahmedabad -382110, Gujarat, India
Tel No.: +91 90819 93300; Email: compliance@sotacpharma.com Website: www.sotacpharma.com
Contact Person: Ms. Pooja Bagrecha, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer.
PROMOTERS OF OUR COMPANY: MR. SHARADKUMAR DASHRATHBHAI PATEL, MR. DINESHKUMAR BABULAL GELOT, MR. VISHALKUMAR DEVRAJBHAI PATEL, MR. CHETANKUMAR BACHUBHAI PATEL AND MRS. KIRAN BALDEVBHAI JOTANIA
BASIS OF ALLOTMENT

INITIAL PUBLIC ISSUE OF 3000000 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF Rs.10/- EACH OF SOTAC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED ("SPL" OR THE "COMPANY'' OR THE "ISSUER") FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF Rs.111/- PER EQUITY SHARE INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF Rs. 101/- PER EQUITY SHARE (THE "ISSUE PRICE") AGGREGATING TO Rs. 3,330.00 LAKHS ("THE ISSUE"), OF WHICH 150000 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF Rs. 10/- EACH FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF Rs. 111/- PER EQUITY SHARE INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF Rs.101/- PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO Rs.166.50 LAKHS ARE RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIPTION BY MARKET MAKER TO THE ISSUE (THE "MARKET MAKER RESERVATION PORTION i.e. NET ISSUE OF 2850000 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF Rs.10/- EACH AT A PRICE OF Rs. 111/- PER EQUITY SHARE INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM of Rs. 101/- PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO Rs. 3,163.50 LAKHS IS HEREIN AFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "NET ISSUE". THE ISSUE AND THE NET ISSUE WILL CONSTITUTE 27.15% AND 25.79%. RESPECTIVELY, OF THE POST ISSUE PAID UP EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL OF OUR COMPANY. THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES IS Rs. 10/- EACH.

ISSUE PRICE: Rs. 111.00 PER EQUITY SHARE OF FACE VALUE Rs. 10/- EACH.
ANCHOR INVESTOR ISSUE PRICE: Rs. 111.00 PER EQUITY SHARE
THE ISSUE PRICE IS 11.10 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE
Risks to Investors:
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The Merchant Banker associated with the Issue has handled 4 public issue in the past three years out of which Issue closed below the Issue Price on Listing date.
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Average cost of acquisition of Equity Shares held by the Promoters is mentioned below
Sr. No Name of Promoter No of Shares Held Average Cost of Acquisition per equity share (in Rs.)*
1. Mr. Sharadkumar Dashrathbhai Patel 1431500 3.09
2. Mr. Dineshkumar Babulal Gelot 1431500 3.09
3. Mr. Vishaikumar Devrajbhai Patel 1431500 3.09
4. Mr. ChetankumarBachubhai Patel 1069250 3.18
5. Mrs. Kiran Baldevbhai Jotania 1449000 0.03
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Weighted Average Return on Net worth for Fiscals 2022,2021 and 2020 is 32.03% on Standalone Basis.
ANCHOR INVESTORS BIDDING DATE : TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2023
BID/OFFER OPENED ON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023;BID/OFFER CLOSED ON: MONDAY, APRIL 03, 2023

This Issue is being made through the Book Building Process, in terms ot Rule I9(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended ("SCRR') read with Regulation 229 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations and in compliance with Regulation 253 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, wherein not more than 50.00% of the Net Issue shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers ("QIBs") (the "QIB Portion"), provided that our Company may, in consultation with the Book Running Lead Manager, allocate up to 60% of the QIB Portion to Anchor Investors on a discretionary basis in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations (‘Anchor Investor Portion'), of which one-third shall be reserved for domestic Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from domestic Mutual Funds at or above the Anchor Investor Allocation Price. In the event of under-subscription, or non-allocation in the Anchor Investor Portion. the balance Equity Shares shall be added to the Net QIB Portion. Further. 5 00% of the Net QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only, and the remainder of the Net QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIB Bidders, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Issue Price. However, if the aggregate demand from Mutual Funds is less than 5.00% of the Net QIB Portion, the balance Equity Shares available for allocation in the Mutual Fund Portion will be added to the remaining Net QIB Portion for proportionate allocation to QIBs. Further, not less than 15.00% of the Net Issue shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Investors and not less than 35.00% of the Net Issue shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Investors in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Issue Price. All Bidders (except Anchor Investors) are required to participate in the Issue by mandatorilly utilizing the Application Supported by Blocked Amount ("ASBA') process by providing details of their respective ASBA Account (as defined hereinafter) in which the corresponding Bid Amounts will be blocked by the Self Certified Syndicate Banks ("SCSBs") or under the UPI Mechanism, as the case may be, to the extent of respective Bid Amounts. For details, please refer "Issue Procedure" on Page No. 234 of the Prospectus.

The bidding for Anchor investors opened and closed on March 28, 2023 The company received 3 Anchor Investors application for 8,53,200 Equity Shares, The Anchor Investor Allocation Price was finalized at Rs. 111.00 per Equity Share. A total of 8,53,200 Equity Shares were allotted under the Anchor Investor portion aggregating to Rs. 9,47,05,200/-.

The offer (including Anchor Investor Portion) received applications for 40,03,200 Equity Shares (before technical rejections and after invalid bids Multiple/Duplicate) resulting in 1.47 times subscription (including reserved portion of market maker). The Details of the total Valid Applications received in the otter are for 40,03,200 Equity Shares from various categories and are as under:

Detail of the Applications Received:

CATEGORY NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS NO OF SHARES RESERVED NO OF TIMES SUBSCRIPTIONS AMOUNT
Anchor Investors 3 8,53,200 8.53 200 1.00 9,47,05,200
Market Makers 1 1,50,000 1,50.000 1.00 1,66,50,000
Qualified Institutional Buyers (excluding Anchor Investors) 2 5,70,000 5,70,000 1.00 6,32,70,000
Other than Retail Individual Investors 45 15,57,600 5,54,400* 2.81 17,28,93,600
Retail individual Investors 727 8,72,400 8,72,400 $ 1.00 9,68,36,400
TOTAL 778 40,03,200 30.00,000 44,43,55,200

* Include Spilled over of 126,000 Equity Shares from Retail category

$ Unsubscribed portion of 126.000 Equity Shares spilled over to NIB Category.

Final Demand

A summary of the final demand as per NSE as on the Bid,/offer Closing Date at different Bid Prices is as under:

S-No. Bid Price Bids Bids Quantity % of Total
1. 105 31 37,200 0.69
2. 106 3 3,600 0.07
3. 107 - - -
4. 108 4 4,800 0.09
5. 109 4 4,800 0.09
6. 110 8 10,800 0.20
7. 111 929 34,16,400 63.55
8. 9999 1582 18,98,400 35.31
TOTAL 2561 53,76,000 100.00

The Basis of Allotment was finalized In consultation with the Designated Stock Exchange - NSE on April 10, 2023.

1) Allocation to Retail Individual Investors (After Technical Rejections & Withdrawal): The Basis of Allotment to the Retail Individual Investor's, who have bid at cut-off Price or at or above the offer Price of Rs. 111.00 per equity shares, was finalized in consultation with NSE The category was subscribed by 1.00 time (after spill over) i.e. for 8,72,400 Equity Shares. Total number of shares allotted in this category is 8,72,400 Equity Shares to 727 successful applicants. The category wise details of the Basis of Allotment as under:
No. of Shares Applied for (Category wise) No. of Applications received % tototal Total No. of Equity Shares applied In this Category % to total No. of Equity Shares allocated/allotted per Applicant Ratio Total Number of shares allotted Surplus/Deficite
1,200 727 100 8,72,400 100 1200 1 1 8,72,400 (1,26,000)
TOTAL 727 100 8,72,400 100 1200 8,72,400 (1,26,000)
2) Allocation to Non-Institutional Investors (After Technical Rejections & Withdrawal): The Basis of Allotment to Other than Retail Individual Investors, who have bid at Offer Price of 111.00 per equity shares or above, was finalized in consultation with NSE. The category was subscribed by 2.81 times i.e. for 15,57.600 Equity Shares the total number of shares allotted in this category is 5,54,400 Equity Shares to 41 successful applicants. The category wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under:
No. of Shares Applied for (Category wise) No. of Applications received % to total Total No. of Equity Shares applied in this Category % to total No. of Equity Shares allocated allotted per Applicant Ratio Total Number of shares allotted Surplus/Deficite
2400 14 31.11 33600 2.15 1200 5 7 12000 41
3600 4 8.88 14400 0.92 1200 1 1 4800 (325)
4800 1 2.22 4800 0.30 1200 1 1 1200 (509)
6000 2 4.44 12000 0.77 2400 1 1 4800 529
7200 2 4.44 14400 0.92 2400 1 1 4800 (325)
8400 6 13.33 50400 3.23 2400 1 1 14400 (3539)
8400 50400 1200 1 2 3600 3600
9600 1 2.22 9600 0.61 3600 1 1 3600 183
10800 1 2.22 10800 0.69 3600 1 1 3600 (244)
12000 1 2.22 12000 0.77 4800 1 1 4800 529
13200 2 4.44 26400 1.69 4800 1 1 9600 203
16800 2 4.44 33600 2.15 6000 1 1 12000 41
25200 1 2.22 25200 1.61 8400 1 1 8400 (570)
27600 1 2.22 27600 1.77 9600 1 1 9600 (224)
31200 1 2.22 31200 2 10800 1 1 10800 (305)
44400 1 2.22 44400 2.85 15600 1 1 15600 (203)
54000 1 2.22 54000 3.46 19200 1 1 19200 (20)
90000 1 2.22 90000 5.77 32400 1 1 32400 366
162000 1 2.22 162000 10.40 57600 1 1 57600 (61)
450000 1 2.22 450000 28.89 160800 1 1 160800 630
451200 1 2.22 451200 28.96 160800 1 1 160800 203
Total 45 100.00 1608000 100.00 554400 -
3) Allocation to QIBs excluding Anchor Investors (After Technical Rejections & Withdrawal): The Basis of Allotment to QIBs, who have bid at Offer Price of Rs. 111.00 per Equity Shares or above, was finalized in consultation with NSE. The category was subscribed by 1.00 times i.e. for 5,70,000 Equity shares the total number of shares allotted in this category is 5,70,000 Equity Shares to 2 successful applicants. The category wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under.
No. of Shares Applied for (Category wise) No. of Applications received %to total Total No. of Equity Shares applied in this Category % to total No. of Equity Shares allocated' allotted per Applicant Ratio Total Number of shares allotted Surplus/Deficite
270000 1 47.36 270000 47.36 270000 1 1 270000 -
300000 1 52.63 300000 52.36 300000 1 1 300000 -
Total 2 100.00 570000 100.00 570000 570000
4) Allocation to Anchor Investors (After Technical Rejections & Withdrawal): The Company in consultation with the BRLM has allotted 8,53,200 Equity Shares to 3 Anchor Investors at Anchor Investor Offer Price of Rs. 111.00 per Equity Shares in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations. The category wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under:
CATEGORY FIS/BANKS MF'S IC'S NBFC'S AIF FII OTHERS TOTAL
Anchor - - - - 8,53,200 - 8,53,200
5) Allocation to Market Maker (After Technical Rejections & Withdrawal): The Basis of Allotment to Market Maker who have bid at Offer Price of Rs. 111.00 per Equity Shares or above was finalized in consultation with NSE The category was subscribed by 1.00 times i.e. for 1,50,000 Equity shares the total number of shares allotted In this category is 1,50,000 Equity Shares. The category wise details of the Basis of Allotment are as under:
No. of Shares Applied for (Category wise) No. of Applications received % to total Total No. of Equity Shares applied in this Category % to total No. of Equity Shares allocated' allotted per Applicant Ratio Total Number of shares allotted Surplus/ Deficite
1,50,000 1 100 1,50,000 100 1,50,000 1 1 1,50,000 -
TOTAL 1 100 1,50,000 100 1,50,000 1,50,000 -

The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on April 10, 2023 has approved the Basis of Allocation of Equity Shares as approved by the Designated Stock Exchange viz. NSE and has authorized the corporate action for issue of the Equity Shares to various successful applicants. The CAN-cum-allotment advices and/or notices will forwarded to the email id's and address of the Applicants as registered with the depositories / as filled in the application form on or before April 11, 2023, Further, the instructions to Self- Certified Syndicate Banks for unblocking the amount will process on or prior to April 11, 2023. In case the same is not received within ten days, investors may contact at the address given below. The Equity Shares allocated to successful applicants are being credited to their beneficiary accounts subject to validation of the account details with the depositories concerned. The Company is taking steps to get the Equity Shares admitted for trading on the NSE EMERGE within six working days from the date of the closure of the issue.

Note: All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus dated April 08, 2023 ("Prospectus") filed with Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad.

INVESTORS PLEASE NOTE

The details of the allotment made would also be hosted on the website of the Registrar to the issue. KFIN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED at www.kfintech.com. All future correspondence in this regard may kindly be addressed to the Registrar to the offer quoting full name of the First/ Sole applicants, serial number of the Bid cum Application Form, number of shares applied for and Bank Branch where the application had been lodged and payment details at the address of the Registrar given below:

KFIN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
SEBI Registration Number INR000000221
Address: Selenium Tower-8, Plot 31 & 32, Gachibowli, Financial District, Nanakramguda, Serilingampally,
Hyderabad - 500 032, Telangana, India, Tel. Number: +91 40 6716 2222
Fax: +91 40 2343 1551
Email Id: sotac.ipo@kfintech.com
Investors Grievance Id: einward.ris@kfintech.com
Website: www.kfintech.com
Contact Person: Mr. Murali Krishna
CIN: U72400TG2017PLC117649
For SOTAC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Sd/-
Mr. Sharadkumar Dashrathbhai Patel
Dale: April 11, 2023 Chairman and Managing Director
Place: Ahmedabad DIN: 07252252

THE LEVEL OF SUBSCRIPTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO BE INDICATIVE OF EITHER THE MARKET PRICE OF THE EQUITY SHARES ON LISTING OR THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF SOTAC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED.

Sotac Pharmaceuticals Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions, public issue of its equity shares and has filed the Prospectus with the Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad. The Prospectus is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in, the website of the Lead Manager at www.beelinemb.com, website of the NSE at www.nseindia.com and website of Issuer Company at www.sotacpharma.com Investors should note that investment in Equity Shares involves a high degree of risk For details, investors shall refer to and rely on the Prospectus including the section titled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 42 of the Prospectus, which has been filed with ROC. The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act (the "Securities Act") or any state securities law in United States and may not be Issued or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in the Regulation S under the Securities Act), except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

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