Calibrating Precision: Annual Report
Calibrating Precision: Annual Report
Precision
Annual Report
2020
Calibrating
Precision
“The Golden Ratio is a mathematical
ratio you can find almost anywhere, like
nature, architecture, painting, and
music. It creates an organic, balanced,
and aesthetically pleasing composition”
At GSK our goal is to bring a sense of order
and harmony in the world of healthcare
through our intricate golden ratio.
INTRODUCTION
In today’s day and age, where
technology, innovation and new
practices are redefining healthcare all
over the world. GSK has calibrated and
applied its own version of the golden ratio
to every aspect of its business. At GSK
Pakistan, we have studied and understood the
intricate balance required to create and attain
harmony in our vision to enable people to do
more, feel better and live longer. We recognize
that in order to touch lives, we need to embody
trust for doctors, to perform we need to
demonstrate integrity, to grow we must learn, to
innovate we need to evolve and to be leaders we
must give back to our community.
Contents
Corporate Information 02 • Project Tezz
• Online Printing of Prices on
GSK at a Glance 06 • Imported Products
• Warehouse Upgradation
The GSK Story 10
Corporate Governance 56
• Who we are
• What we do • Corporate Governance Statement
• How we do it • Chairman’s Review on the
Performance of the Board
Company Profile and Group Structure 12 • Compliance with the Best
Corporate Practices
Pakistan Market Overview 15 • Compliance with Listed Companies
(Code of Corporate Governance)
Organogram 16 Regulations,, 2019
• Exceeding Legal Requirements
Global Reporting 17 • Compliance and Ethics
• Conflict of Interest among Board
Key Quantitative Information 18 Members
• Whistle Blowing Policy
Position of Reporting Organization 19 • Stakeholders’ Engagement
in Value Chain • Corporate Briefing Session
• Investors’ Grievance
Timelines 22 Policy/Redressal of
• Investors’ Complaints
Our People 24 • Investors’ Section on Website
• Policy for Safeguarding of Records
Top Brands and Initiatives 32 • Role of the Board and Directors
• Profile of Board Members
Significant Factors Affecting the External 36 • Board Composition
Environment and the Associated • Changes in the Board Composition
Organization’s Response • Board of Directors’ Meetings
• Other Directorships
Strategy and Resource Allocation 38 • Brief Roles and Responsibilities of
the Chairman
Risk and Opportunities 41 • Brief Roles and Responsibilities of
the Chief Executive Officer
Quality Management System (QMS) 45 • Board Committees
• Annual Evaluation of the Board
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 47 and its Committees
• Inclusion and Diversity in the Board
Our Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic 49 • Board Induction and Orientation
• Director Training
Awards and Recognition 50 • Remuneration Policy
• Policy of Retention of Board Fee by
Key Initiatives: 52 the Security Clearance of Foreign
Directors
• CRSF Packaging (Child Resistant • Executive Director in Other
Senior Friendly) Companies
• One ERP SAP Implementation • Executive Director in the Company
• Digital Doctor Serving as Non-Executive Director
• Online Ordering Portal • Trading in Shares by Directors and
Executives
• Policy of Related Parties Vertical Analysis 103
• Board Meetings Outside Pakistan
• Business Continuity Plan Statement of Compliance with the Code of 104
• Presence of the Chairperson Audit Corporate Governance
Committee at the AGM
• Issues raised at Last AGM Review Report to the Members 107
• Inclusion and Diversity Policy
• Encouraging Minority Shareholders Auditor’s Report to the Members 108
to Attend General Meetings
• Directors’ Training Program attended Statement of Financial Position 113
by Female Executives and Head Of
Department and/or Exemptions Statement of Profit or Loss and other 114
• Communication of Financial Results Comprehensive Income
• Auditors
• Management Committee Statement of Changes in Equity 115
Patient Focus
Patient Focus Our
Our
Transparency
T ransparency Values
Values
Respect
Respect
Integrity
Integrity
CCourage
ourage
Accountability
Accountability
Development
Development
Teamwork
T eamwork
Transparency
Transparency helps us build trust with each other and with society by
being honest and open about how and what we do.
Respect
Respect means supporting colleagues and the communities around us,
embracing diversity and individuality, so we can all achieve great things.
Integrity
Integrity is about how we expect the highest ethical behaviours of
ourselves and others.
We have three global businesses that research, develop and manufacture innovative
pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products. Every day,
we help improve the health of millions of people around the world
What we do
We aim to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as
many people as possible, with our 3 global businesses, scientific and technical
know-how and talented people.
Innovation
Performance
We deliver growth by
investing effectively in our
business, developing our £34bn £9bn adjusted £5.4bn free £4bn
turnover in operating profit cash flow in dividends
people and executing 2020 in 2020 2020 paid in
2020
competitively.
Trust
We are a responsible
company - using our
science and technology to
address health needs, we 84% employee £250m donated 1st in Access to
engagement in 2020 to Medicines Index
are focused on making our score on our community since the
latest health assessment began
products affordable and employee programmes in 2008
available, and being a survey
modern employer.
To achieve this, GSK has built an agile, future-ready organisation in Pakistan comprising an
extensive manufacturing and distribution network that is quick to adapt to patient needs and
grow competitively, in line with our values.
GSK Pakistan caters to many therapy areas which include Anti-infectives, Respiratory,
Vaccines, Dermatology, Gastrointestinal, Analgesics, Urology, Allergy, Central Nervous
System, Cardiovascular and Vitamins.
Today GSK stands as the pharma market leader in Pakistan with a volume share of 12%.
Through the successfully integration of BMS, UCB, Novartis Vaccines, and Stiefel over the
years, GSK Pakistan has grown into a highly diverse and profitable business that now boasts
115 brands and 270 registered products.
GSK Pakistan presently employs almost 1,900 persons across its manufacturing,
pharmaceutical and sales functions. Our manufacturing division, Pharma Supply Chain (PSC),
consists of three facilities, all of which are situated in Karachi at West Wharf, F-268 SITE and
Korangi.
GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline
Finance Plc Pakistan Limited
100%
Related parties with which the Company has had transactions during the year are disclosed in Note 36.1 of the
financial statements.
57%
43%
Shareholders
Company
Secretary
Business
Support
Manager
Above Country
CEO
Director Medical
Director
Regulatory Affairs
Chief Financial
Officer
HR Country Head
Legal Director
Country Compliance
Officer
Site Director -
West Wharf
Head of Procurement
Average number of employees including contractual employees during the year 1,952
WW
Kor
68
ang
F-2
Warehouses
(3rd party) Distributors Pharmacies Patient
Quarter 02
• Q-2 Board of Directors’ Meeting
• Annual General Meeting
• World Asthma Day
Quarter 01
• Q-1 Board of Directors’ Meeting
• International Women’s Day
• World Cancer Day
• COVID-19 Lockdown: Work From Home initiated
Quarter 04
• International Men’s Day
• Q-4 Board of Directors’ Meeting
• World Pneumonia Day
• World Mental Health Day Awareness Session
• Antibiotics Awareness Week
• Launch of One ERP SAP
• Corporate Briefing Session
• Gender Sensitization Workshop
Diversity and Inclusion Moreover, in 2020 we continue the focus on mental health
awareness sessions, part of World Mental Health Day
The year 2020, marked further success of GSK’s Women celebrations and under the umbrella of GSK’s Modern
Leadership Initiative (WLI). Reawakening self-awareness and Employer agenda. These were virtual sessions whereby
Mental Health awareness sessions were conducted virtually. renowned psychiatrists addressed and discussed any mental
health concerns that employees are facing at work / work
At GSK, we are also focused on promoting the Environment In 2020, we promoted the use of HR chatbot by the name of
Health and Safety agenda – by including the reporting of ‘HR KAY’ available for 24/7 support to answer common HR
unsafe incidents in employee objectives. queries in less than 20 seconds. This not only promoted
self-service but also encouraged employees to acquaint
GSK is committed to providing such programs and facilities themselves with a variety of GSK CH's online facilities,
that enable employees to understand and protect their health especially in the times of remote working. HR Kay can help
and make healthy choices – to feel healthier, happier and employees with a wide range of different HR queries. Total of
energized. 757 users have interacted with HR Kay in 2020, and 6,586
queries were addressed.
Developing Our People
In 2020, HR announced the launch of a new chatbot as well
Our continued commitment to developing and sustaining our namely Workday Assistant. Workday Assistant is Workday’s
talent pipeline by attracting and retaining the most talented purpose-built chatbot that can help you complete common
people is a key success factor in GSK's outstanding results. In Workday tasks like entering your absence or feedback, finding
2020, as part of our ongoing focus to make our systems and information and helping you navigate around Workday. The
processes easier for our customers, we have improved Assistant makes interacting with Workday as simple as starting
recruitment process which can be directly facilitated through a conversation and works from the Workday mobile App as
Workday. This uses innovative technology to deliver a well as on desktop. It can display data quickly and easily and
cutting-edge global recruitment platform that not only makes it even transact some items like ‘request time off’. The Workday
quicker and easier for recruiters and managers to fill vacancies Assistant will keep improving over time, try asking it ‘How can
with the best candidates but also makes it easier and a better you help me?’
experience, for external candidates and employees to find new
job opportunities. Further, adopting to the new ways of working, Virtual
Onboarding program was launched in 2020, whereby the
At GSK, we view career development as a bridge towards new joiners gets the invite for a virtual session in the first week
building experience and capability instead of focusing solely on of their hiring and they are briefed about the various GSK
promotion and advancement. We inspire our managers to platforms and any questions they have are addressed by
promote a culture where straight talk is encouraged, and concerned member of HR team.
diverse opinions are accepted. This is further strengthened
through regular check-in sessions between employee and his Another achievement marked in 2020 is the successful
/ her line manager and the use of One80 survey tool in which transformation to e-letters. Employee letters such as for job
employees give anonymous feedback to their managers to changes no more require the manual process of sending the
help them adopt a better leadership style, suited for their hard copies to the employees, these are now provided in PDFs
team’s needs. and are available in their workday as well.
GSK's Future Leaders Program is a key driver of our talent We at GSK, under the Modern Employer Agenda 2020, were
pipeline, designed to attract, develop and nurture talented focused to give our employees a congenial environment that
individuals. We aim to enable them to become our Future makes them feel at ease – where their work is more valued
Leaders through our robust program which provides ambitious than adherence to a strict work schedule.
individuals with various opportunities to lead GSK CH into the
future whilst developing their own long-term careers. We place Furthermore, we designed certain communications to further
immense focus on our values when we hire future leaders; facilitate this agenda and connected it to our value of Respect
these are consumer first, integrity, respect for people and for People e.g. the launch of respect for work hours where
transparency. employees were encouraged to be respectful of each other’s
personal and family time, make efforts to disconnect ourselves
Our motto is to select the best talent and facilitate them to from work after business hours and reflect twice before
hone their technical skills and business acumen and enable contacting a fellow colleague via call / text /emails unless
there’s an emergency to connect immediately.
Ventolin stands out as a leader in the inhaled asthma reliever market with an accelerated performance compared to other
relievers competing within this segment.
Ventolin’s performance further paced up with its inclusion in Respiratory Portfolio, emphasizing on the “Continuum of Care’’
approach in Asthma space having Seretide as the Controller and Ventolin as a Reliever Therapy.
Year 2020 had been a good year for Ventolin with exceptional
increase in HCP engagement, which further translated into EI of
102 on volume and 106 on value. Utilizing the principles of Good
Sales Outcome and Patient Focused Scientific Selling Model, we
have been able to make our communication more impactful by
revolving it around the patient, which helped us build doctors’ trust
on Ventolin even more.
Amoxil dominates the market with its leadership in the Amoxicillin category in terms of value, volume and
prescriptions. It is promoted in the indications of Tonsillopharyngitis and Helicobacter Pylori induced infections.
Calpol continues to be the leading antipyretic amongst healthcare professionals. By virtue of its renewed co-promotion strategy
with Augmentin, Calpol has strengthened its position in the pain and fever market. Owing to its longstanding legacy and
reliable quality, Calpol has grown on the prescription front by engaging HCP and pharmacist through extensive
multichannel engagement strategies. Calpol aims to surpass the landmark achievement of PKR 2 billion by leveraging its
strong footprint as the preferred antipyretic in both children and adults.
Digital channels were exploited to spread the message of Theragran Ultra in 2020, to HCP’s across the country. Moreover,
channel activations like OiT and pharmacist webinars were also initiated during the year.
Theragran Ultra and the Multivitamin market have shown promising growth in the past year, thus providing a good opportunity to
capitalize on in the future.
Even in the unprecedented situation last year, Velosef retained its position as the #1 Rx Cephalosporin in Pakistan with a
16.7% prescription growth*; with total sales exceeding PKR 3 billion** and delivering a growth of 7.12 %. The brand
continues to lead the molecule category with ~70% value share.
The success is attributed to the team’s perseverance and quickly adapting to the COVID-19 situation. The transition from face–to–
face to digital platforms, supported in reaching out to >10,000 HCPs across the country.
Continued engagements in the heartland indication of; gynecological surgeries, skin and soft tissue infections and support from
trauma / emergency and acute tonsillopharyngitis helped deliver the exceptional Rx growth.
At GSK Pakistan, the dermatology portfolio prides itself as being the first treatment of choice for all skin related concerns and
diseases, trusted by our healthcare providers, pharmacists and the general public alike. As an unparallel market leader in volume,
value and prescriptions, it goes without saying that we are recognized as a holistic solution provider for all key skin conditions,
ranging from Psoriasis, Eczema, Atopic Dermatitis and other difficult to treat steroid responsive dermatoses to Acne and all types of
superficial skin infections. Year on year, our trusted, legacy and innovative brands continue to enable millions of patients to achieve
their desired treatment goals, help bring back their skin confidence and significantly improve their quality of life.
GSK Clobetasol brands Dermovate and Clobevate, are super potent topical corticosteroids with a rich heritage of being the leading
brands within the TCS market, across all key parameters; value, volume and prescription. As super potent therapy options, they
enable healthcare providers and patient to treat psoriasis, lichen planus, and other difficult to treat and stubborn cases of steroid
responsive dermatoses.
Cutivate is recognized as the leading solution for patients with inflammatory, pruritic manifestations of steroid responsive
dermatoses, like Eczema & Atopic dermatitis. Specifically designed for efficacy and tolerability, Cutivate is suitable for adults and
children over the age of three months. It is this combination of potency and safety that makes it a preferred choice for HCP’s
looking for topical therapy in treating steroid responsive dermatoses.
Similarly, in cases where superficial skin infections limit patients’ lives, Bactroban is a topical antibiotic with wide coverage across all
primary and secondary superficial skin infections like folliculitis, furunculoses and impetigo. With robust manufacturing processes to
ensure quality and consistency, it was honored by the Queens Award of Technology in the UK in 1992. Approved in over 90
countries and recommended across international guidelines, it has become a key driver for the dermatology portfolio since its
relaunch in Pakistan, in quarter 4 2019.
During the pandemic, many OPDs and clinics were closed which
impacted Pharma Business. The Company established new ways of
working to ensure business continuity during this time. The Company
formed an IMT (Issue Management Team) to review the COVID-19
situation and ensure business continuity and also accelerated digital
The outbreak of the pandemic forced connects with HCPs (health care practitioners).
Economic shut-down of businesses and resulted
in global depression. The Company also continues to focus on internal cost saving and
operational efficiency across the organization to mitigate the inflationary
impact. The company monitors the changes in macro-economic policies
on an ongoing basis and takes appropriate action in case of significant
changes in the environment.
Political uncertainty and policy Stay updated on policy changes implemented by relevant authorities
changes. During 2020, the government and hold regular discussions with them on the same.
helped to mitigate the impact of the
pandemic through smart lockdowns. Moreover, industry issues are addressed to respective authorities
Political The government also took other through Pharma Bureau and other relevant business associations.
measures during the pandemic like
introduction of relief packages for The Company formed IMT (Issues Management Team) to deal with the
sectors. pandemic and ensure business continuity.
Different acts like the Companies Act The Company ensures compliance with all the required laws and
2017, Income Tax Ordinance, Sales regulations. Further, it stays updated about new laws and ensures that
Legal Tax Acts, the Drug Regulatory the relevant departments are complying with the same.
Authority of Pakistan Act.
Owing to the vast range of GSK products, seasons impact the Company’s sales differently in different therapy areas such as
sales of Anti-infectives and Derma increases in winters whereas sales of Wellness portfolio increases in summer season. The
Company manages seasonality through alignment on production planning cycles involving multiple stakeholders and inventory
management at GSK as well as distributor warehouses to ensure enhanced availability of our products for patients without
any supply limitations enabling them to do more, feel better and live longer.
Introducing state-of-the-art
Build an effective commercial
manufacturing technology to Drive sustainable Digital
Objective Retain market leadership organisation which allows us to
ensure patient access to quality Transformation
get closer to our customers
medicines
Future
The KPIs will remain relevant in The KPIs will remain relevant in The KPIs will remain relevant in The KPIs will remain relevant in
Relevance the future the future the future the future
of KPIs
Opportunity:
Opportunity:
1 - Adapting new ways of working
Leverage hybrid rep model to
Opportunities and capitalizing the technological
advancements
drive enhance customer
Increasing capacity of GSK sites
Opportunity:
Capitalizing new digital channels to
engagement by tapping in an
/ Threats appropriate channel mix in the
be relevant to the customers
Threat: Local pharma industry
new normal
practices
Resources Human Resource and Financial Human Resource and Financial Human Resource and Financial Human Resource and Financial
Capital Capital Capital Capital
Allocated
1 - Percentage of female
KPI employeees Number of individuals / teams
Number of digital and face-to-face
connects with channel
1 - Gross Profit & Net Profit Margin
2 - Percentage of diverse talent recognized for high performance 2 - Return On Investment
Monitored in key roles
intermediaries
Future
The KPIs will remain relevant in The KPIs will remain relevant in The KPIs will remain relevant in The KPIs will remain relevant in
Relevance the future the future the future the future
of KPIs
Optimizing resource
1 - Building the culture of
allocation at every level. However,
Diversity and Inclusion Building an efficient sales
Opportunities 2 - Empowerment for organization driven through data
Build pharmacists’ capability to
support patients in prescription
some uncontrollable factors like
devaluation of currency /
Development of Female analytics and embedding
/ Threats Leadership under Modern performance culture
and dosage compliance increase in raw material costs
may impact the Company's
Employer agenda
profitability
The Company is adequately liquid and has PKR 6 billion of cash and cash equivalents as of 31st December 2020 to manage its
cashflow requirement. Furthermore, there are no significant long-term or short-term debt obligations.
The Company is sufficiently cash surplus and doesn’t have any major debt obligations. In addition to this, the Company also has
running finance facilities from it banking partners to manage additional working capital requirement, if any required.
Significant Plans
GSK Pakistan continues to be one of the key countries within the Emerging Markets Region. The global Company has high
expectation from the Local Operating Committee (LOC). The management of GSK Pakistan is fully committed to deliver to that
expectation amidst a volatile and challenging working environment.
The company has implemented a new ERP system in the year. In the future, the company also plans to invest on CRSF, solar
systems and Compression machines. Additional details of future projects are mentioned in section pertaining to capital
expenditure.
Risk:
Currency Increasing costs due to inflation
devaluation and high and currency devaluation are
inflation risk beyond our control. Incase such a
impacting business Keep risk arises, the company will take
Opportunity
profitability operating proactive measures to minimize
and Risk
costs low them. The Company will continue
Opportunity: to take cost mitigation initiative to
Opportunity to earn manage business profitability.
through export sales
Opposing
viewpoints
If such a risk arises, the Company
regarding Maintain public will take appropriate measures to
drugs safety Risk image about respond to it via media and other
could impact drug safety channels.
company
image
Our Board rigorously works to develop and monitor risk management policies to determine the Company’s level of risk tolerance.
Our Board’s main responsibility includes establishing and overseeing an effective risk management framework in the Company.
Our risk management framework is well-embedded within the processes of the business and continually reviewed with oversight
at Board level through our Audit Committee. This framework enables the Board to identify, evaluate, manage our principal risks
and is designed to support our long-term priorities. It provides our businesses with a framework for risk management and upward
escalation of significant risks. Our values and expectations and Speak Up processes ensure that the risks associated with our
business activities are actively and effectively agreed and mitigated and provides reasonable assurance against material
misstatement or loss.
Our Board monitors various compliance initiatives and promotes risk management and compliance culture in the Company. Our
Board has delegated the responsibility of monitoring and control of business risks to the management of the Company.
The Board monitors the principal risks facing the Company, including those that would threaten the business model, future
performance, solvency or liquidity. This responsibility has been delegated by them to Risk Management and Compliance Board
(RMCB) which is comprised of GSK management team.
Our Risk Management and Compliance Board (RMCB) supports to establish a framework for ensuring risk management is
embedded throughout the organisation and is an integral part of the decision making. The RMCB is responsible for promoting a
‘tone from the top’ risk culture, as well as ensuring effective oversight of internal controls and risk management processes for
identifying, assessing, treating, monitoring and reporting all known and significant emerging risks associated with the business.
The RMCB comprises of a structure whereby designated Risk Owners, who are members of Senior Management, are accountable
for identifying and mitigating significant risks, while the Compliance Officer is responsible for facilitating a risk-based approach in
establishing internal control systems within GSK. The RMCB held 07 meetings during the year.
Strategic Risks – are those which pose a significant threat to meeting the business objectives and are outside the entity’s control.
The principal strategic risk being faced by the Company remains the highly restrictive regulatory environment and lack of
market-oriented pricing policies. While a new drug pricing policy which addresses a majority of long-standing issues was rolled out
Operational Risks – are those which hinder the entity from running its operations smoothly. Our main operational risks are the
supply issues, inflation and the potential for fraud and employee turnover. These risks are being managed through development of
alternate sourcing of materials, facility upgradations, robust forecasting process in commercial and manufacturing, simplification of
operating model, spend management, adequate segregation of duties, refresher trainings of Code of Conduct, job rotations and
employee empowerment.
Commercial Risks – are those which stem from the commercial nature of the industry and are a direct threat to the profitability
of the entity. In GSK’s case, the main threat stems from the acceleration of low cost generics in the market, which we counter
through capacity enhancement/plant upgrading, new product launches, R&D and providing affordable healthcare solutions to
maintain the Company’s market share.
Financial Risks – are those that may cause financial loss to the entity and are described in more detail in note 39 of the Financial
Statements. The above risks are categorised using the following grid:
4 Likely Major
3 Moderate Moderate
2 Modest Unlikely
1 Minor Rare
The Board has formed the following Committees in line with best practices and requirements of the Code of Corporate
Governance:
*The Audit Committee annually reviews the financial aspects and appropriateness of resources, the corporate accounting
and financial reporting process, the effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls, the management of risks and the
external and internal audit process.
*The Human Resource and Remuneration Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities in the review,
formulation, recommendation and implementation of Human Resource policies and the appointment and remuneration of
the CEO, CFO, Company Secretary and Chief Internal Auditor. It also considers and approves recommendations of the CEO
on matters related to succession planning of key management positions and ensuring proper compensation to GSK
employees.
*The Environment, Health and Safety Committee monitors and reviews the EHS compliance and performance of Company
operations. Through the committee, previous targets are reviewed, new targets are set, and actions are prioritised. It also
ensures necessary planning and the availability of required resources for mitigation of risks identified.
Standard Operating Procedures are a vital part of the Company's governance framework. These are adopted to ensure best
practice and Senior Management ensures that there is compliance with the same.
3. Control Activities
Senior Management has placed controls to mitigate risks. There is regular management monitoring to ensure compliance.
4. Internal Audit
The internal audit function examines Company records and operations, ensuring fair financial reporting processes,
compliance with applicable laws and adherence with internal control systems. It provides detailed reports to the audit
committee on the same.
The cash generation from Company’s business operations allow retiring of its obligations in a timely manner. Besides, robust
liquidity monitoring controls are in place to ensure that sufficient financing is in place to cater all business requirement, further
running finance facilities are also availed via banking partner, if needed.
Total equity increased by 5.9% to Rs. 16.1 Billion comprising of share capital amounting to Rs. 3.2 Billion which consists of issued
share capital of 318,467,278 shares of Rs. 10.00 each. S.R. One International B.V., Netherlands and its nominees are the major
shareholder of the Company, having 263,029,794 shares being 82.59% of total paid-up capital.
The Company’s Statement of Financial Position is entirely financed via equity. The Company generates adequate liquidity through
its business operations and does not need any secondary financing. Therefore, GSK Pakistan believes that the prevailing Capital
Structure is adequate.
GSK’s Quality Management System (QMS) is a comprehensive process of management responsibilities, quality culture
expectations, and documented policies and procedures. GSK QMS encompasses regulations applicable throughout product
life cycle and supply chain, including good manufacturing practice, good distribution practice (GxPs), EU, US, WHO
regulations and other industry standards. QMS activities ensure supply of quality products (quality) to patients or
customers and meeting expectations of applicable regulations (compliance).
The LOC (Locally Operating Company) Quality unit operates in the LOC business organisation but reports independently to
the Pharma Supply Chain (previously known as Global Manufacturing and Supply, GMS) Quality group.
Ensuring the Quality, safety and reliable supply of our products is critical to accomplishing our goal of becoming one of the world’s
most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies.
Holding ourselves to high-quality standards expected of us protects GSK’s licence to operate and our competitive advantage. This
is why we strive for excellence, always aiming to deliver right first time and to meet the needs of our patients, consumers, health
care professionals and regulators around the world. We do this through teamwork, high performing quality systems and our culture,
which is shaped by GSK’s values and expectations.
QMS at GSK is the foundation that underpins everything we aspire to in terms of product quality. We help achieve this by providing
vigilance across the organisation to ensure all of the activities we undertake are fully compliant with internal GSK polices and those
of our local regulators and will also lead to an improvement in performance for the benefit of the business and our shareholders.
Our long-term sustainability depends on the benefit our products give to people to improve their quality of life and help them do
more, feel better and live longer. Therefore, the responsibility to make, test and ship our products with the highest quality standards
will always remain the foremost focus of our attention.
LOC Quality acts as point of contact for customer complaints received from different sources and ensures that the complaints are
handled as per global guidelines and outcomes are communicated to the customer to drive continuous improvement and build a
relationship of trust with the customer. Additionally, product incidents are proactively monitored on a routine basis to ensure
investigation, escalation and informed decision making.
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Our business is health, and this starts with our own people.
GSK Pakistan is committed to providing a safe workplace
where everyone is healthy and taking actions to protect our
planet. And we all have a part to play.
Living Safety
What?
How?
Benefits?
Why?
In August, after the first wave subsided, the company resumed its field work in a phased approach. A robust risk assessment of
operations, in view of the COVID-19 risk, was carried out; staff was trained on the new ways of working and personal protective
equipment (PPE) were given to the entire field force so that they were able to perform their duties without exposure to any
unnecessary risk. A weekly pulse check survey was conducted to gauge staff’s level of comfort; evaluate the on-ground situation
and acquire field force’s feedback on the implemented precautionary measures. This enabled IMT to take timely and effective
decisions.
The office-based staff was divided into 3 categories: Category A comprised of those individuals who were deemed critical for
business continuity and were required to attend office. The second category were those employees who were able to perform their
duties effectively from home, while all those employees who could not come to office due to personal reasons (family issues or
pre-existing medical conditions) were classified as category C. All necessary safety arrangements, complying with the Government
and GSK SOPs and CDC/WHO guidelines were made for employees who were attending office. A weekly roster was
implemented to adhere to 30% daily staff capacity restriction. Meeting room capacities were revised, social distancing protocols
established, floor markings were carried out, PPE and sanitizer availability were ensured and arrangements for meal delivery in
disposable boxes at the desk were made. An ergonomic allowance along with other IT facilities were also provided to employees
working from home to ensure their comfort and effectiveness.
Throughout the year and even now, regular monitoring of the situation is carried out by the IMT. Refresher trainings for employees
have been conducted so that compliance to COVID-19 SOPs is ensured. Throughout the pandemic, GSK has taken all possible
measures to ensure that the people associated with the company or working for it are not exposed to any risk while also being able
to help fulfil our commitment to our patients and consumers. The journey of continuous improvement is still in progress to adhere to
the situation as it evolves.
GSK Pakistan participated in Top Employers Certification program during Q3 of 2020 and was recognised as a Top Employer in
Pakistan for 2021
Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through
excellent HR policies and people practices.
The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practices
Survey. This survey covers 6 HR domains consisting of 20 topics such as People Strategy, Work Environment, Talent Acquisition,
Learning, Well-being and Diversity and Inclusion and more.
The programme has certified and recognised more than 1,600 Top Employers in 120 countries / regions across five continents.
GSK Pakistan won 1st place in the Pharma Category for the best Annual
Report. The award is issued annually by the Institute of Chartered
Accounts and Institute of Cost and Management in Pakistan
Site received PLM Award given by the GSK Global Technical Team for Process Improvement initiative and process control
strategy implementation in manufacturing of ENO Powder, which delivered a significant increase in throughput and manufacturing
capacity.
CERTIFICATIONS:
ISO Certification - During the COVID-19 outbreak, the site has still managed to maintain its ISO certifications with zero
non-conformities identified. The site has migrated from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 in 2020 and has maintained its ISO 14001
as well as ISO 9001 certifications. This is a key part for the sites for our tender business.
GSK F268 continued to maintain its certifications without any major non-conformance against the international standards of,
GSK’s goal is to be one of the world's most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare
Companies. In keeping with this mission, GSK continues to do whatever it takes to keep families
healthy and safe. In 2020 GSK launched a Child Resistant packaging initiative to help reduce the
risk of serious harm to children resulting from unsupervised access to medicines by a child for
Fefolvit with a number of other products to be added in the next year.
3. Digital Doctor
The development of Digital Doctor, a Pakistan Tech initiative based on gamification technology. This case study-based tool
will enable us to transform HCP engagement from conventional to digital channels at product education meetings.
The implementation of Online Ordering Portal (OOP), a tool to help bridge gaps between GSK and Distributors. The OOP is
also integrated with SAP which has enabled this shift from manual to digital e-Commerce interaction between the Company
and its vendors.
5. Project Tezz
Project Tezz is the implementation of the Meeting Authorization Portal in Pakistan. This solution is selected as a best practice
to be implemented in other Emerging Markets as well. MAP is an end to end automation tool for of all GSK meetings and
supports sales, marketing and medical teams to conduct meetings efficiently.
This printing assists in the timely implementation of new prices on key imported assets. The online printing process has been
deployed on key assets such as the Seretide Evohaler and upcoming supplies of the Ventolin Evohaler will be also delivered
using this upgrade.
Upgradation of West Wharf Raw Material Warehouse with new racking of international standards with enhanced safety
compliance and increase of sites pallet space from 1,100 to 1,500.
Our governance structure operates from the Board COMPLIANCE WITH LISTED COMPANIES
across the Company and we believe it underpins our (CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)
ability to deliver our strategy and create long-term value REGULATIONS, 2019
and benefit for our shareholders and stakeholders. Our
purpose and values have always been a source of great Our Board is aware of the new requirements of Listed
pride for the Board and our employees. It is a powerful Companies (Code of Corporate Governance)
force in attracting and retaining talented people who, as Regulations, 2019 and has taken relevant steps to
individuals, want to be part of a Company that contributes ensure compliance with the same.
meaningfully to society.
EXCEEDING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD GSK strives to operate transparent, consistent and timely
compliance with all prevailing laws and regulations of
Review by the Chairman on the overall performance of Pakistan. We take pride in positioning ourselves as the
the Board and effectiveness has been covered in more leaders of exceeding legal requirements by adopting of
detail on 86-87 pages of the Annual Report. best business practices from around the world.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE BEST CORPORATE In addition to all the mandatory requirements of the laws
PRACTICES and regulations of Pakistan, some examples are given
below:
GSK is fully complaint to the requirements of Listed
Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) • The Code of Corporate Governance requires that
Regulations, 2019. The Report issued by the auditors at-least half of the directors on the Board of a
confirming the Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Company must have completed the Directors'
Governance) Regulations, 2019 is contained on the Training Program trained by 30th June 2020.
page no. 107. Currently, as of December 2020 more than 50% of
the Directors are either trained or exempted from the
The Directors of the Company confirm compliance with program.
the below mentioned:
• In order continuously improve, achieve and exceed
• Financial statements accurately represent the current global standards for product safety, quality, HSE,
standing of the Company, its operations, cash flows manufacturing and management excellence; as of
and changes in equity. January, 2018 GSK has implemented a robust and
aggressive Health, Safety and Environment policy,
• Books of accounts of the Company have been along with strategies and road shows to ensure
properly maintained. safety of employees and equipment.
• Internal control has been implemented and monitored COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS
by the Internal Audit function led by the Chief Internal
Auditor supported by Deloitte, Chartered We are committed to creating an ethical, values-driven
Accountants. culture, in which any issues are responded to swiftly and
transparently. We expect everyone at GSK to live our
• The Company has followed the International Financial values and expectations, speak up if they have any
Reporting Standards (IFRS) in preparation of financial concerns, engage appropriately with stakeholders and
statements. respect human rights. We also extend these ethical
expectations to the third parties we work with.
• Departures from the IFRS, if any, have been
adequately disclosed and explained throughout this
Annual Report.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AMONG BOARD GSK treats all questions and issues confidentially, where
MEMBERS possible, while investigating fairly, cooperating with
governments and complying with legal obligations. When
The Company has a clear policy on conflict of interests is someone reports a concern in good faith, GSK will support that
contained in the Code of Conduct, duly approved by the individual.
Board of Directors. As per Code of Corporate
Governance every Director is required to bring to the As a part of our expectations and values of doing the right
attention of the Board complete details regarding any thing, all GSK employees are required to promptly raise
material transaction which has a conflict of interest for concerns of possible misconduct, potential conflicts, or known
prior approval of the Board. The interested Directors breaches with the GSK Code of Conduct, and other company
neither participate in discussions nor vote on such policies and procedures. Further, any suspected violations of
matters. Further, complete details of all transactions with country laws and regulations must also be reported. Non-GSK
related parties are submitted to the Audit Committee personnel working on behalf of the Company are also required
who recommends them to the Board for approval in to report misconduct concerns, with ‘Speak Up’ integrity line
each quarter. These transactions are also fully disclosed information provided in the GSK Third Party Code of Conduct.
in the annual financial statement of the company. The
Directors are reminded of insider trading and avoiding in
the dealing of shares during the closed period.
• Promoting informal dialogue and collaboration through our INVESTORS’ GRIEVANCE POLICY/
new internal tech platform REDRESSAL OF INVESTORS’ COMPLAINTS
• Let’s Talk events with leaders and members of the The Management is committed to ensure that grievances
Corporate Executive Team notified by the shareholders are handled and resolved
efficiently at an appropriate level within shortest possible time.
Suppliers and Distributors
The Management of the Company is also committed to
We work with numerous suppliers, large and small, who provide equal and fair treatment to all shareholders through
provide goods and services that support us in delivering transparent investor relations, increased awareness, effective
high-quality, safe products for our patients and consumers. communication and prompt resolution of shareholders’
complaints. Further, the Company maintains a record of all
• Engaging with suppliers through our Third-Party Oversight such grievances along with actions taken for resolution. Main
programme and external platforms to help monitor principles of the Shareholders Grievance Policy are as follow:
performance
• All the Shareholders are always treated fairly and equally.
• Providing a platform for our suppliers to share best
practices in environmental performance through our • Complaints raised by shareholders are dealt with courtesy
Supplier Exchange online community and in a timely manner.
• Auditing our suppliers’ quality processes to ensure they • The Management works in good faith and without prejudice
comply with relevant regulations towards the interests of any of the shareholders.
During his career journey with GSK, he has held multiple She has also represented the industry on various forums
positions of increasing responsibility across different across different countries as part of the Industry associations
geographies including Finance Director Planning and Analysis and is a member of the Managing Committee of OICCI.
Europe, Finance Partner Vaccines Emerging Markets and
Europe, Senior FD Ukraine, Belarus Moldova and Caucasus Erum is the first woman from the subcontinent to be appointed
and Finance Manager, Central Asia. as GM by GSK. She was also the first female GM in Malaysia,
Bangladesh and now Pakistan.
Prior to joining GSK, Dmytro was based in Ukraine, working for
Price Waterhouse Coopers in the capacity of a Senior Auditor. MAHEEN RAHMAN
Independent Director
ERUM SHAKIR RAHIM
CEO and Executive Director Nationality: Pakistani
Appointment: December 5, 2018
Nationality: Pakistani Years of experience: 20 years of experience in
Appointment: March 01, 2020 investment banking, research
Years of experience: 25 years of experience in and asset management.
Pharmaceutical sector Education: Maheen holds a B.Sc. (Hons)
Education: Erum Rahim holds a Master’s in Economics from the Lahore
degree in Mass University of Management
Communication. Sciences (LUMS) and a M.Sc.
in Finance and Economics
Erum Shakir Rahim is currently serving as the Vice President from Warwick Business
and General Manager of GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited. School, UK.
She started her career in the field of media, first in advertising, Maheen has recently been appointed as the CEO at Infra
then as a journalist and later joined GSK in Pakistan. Zamin Pakistan, a for-profit, Karandaaz and InfraCo Asia joint
venture which seeks to provide credit enhancement facilities to
In GSK Pakistan, Erum did multiple commercial roles in Rx, infrastructure projects. The company is part of the wider Private
Vaccines and Consumer. These included Marketing, Sales, Infrastructure Development Group which seeks to fill
Comms, GA and Business Development (leading the BMS, infrastructure financing gaps in frontier markets. Through such
Stiefel and UCB acquisition as well as launching around 20 credit guarantee structures as well as a mandate for
assets across oncology, vaccines and Specialty and growing achievement of ESG goals under each project, Infra Zamin
GSK core assets). During her tenure, GSKP had absolute hopes to fill in a crucial funding gap while achieving positive
leadership of the market with a 14% market share. social impact.
Maheen also serves as Chairperson and Director of the Mutual Mr. Mehmood Mandviwalla is the Senior Partner of the law firm
Funds Association of Pakistan and Director at Pakistan’s “Mandviwalla and Zafar”. Mr. Mandviwalla has extensive
Institute of Corporate Governance. experience spanning over 38 years in all aspects of
commercial and corporate law including mergers and
MARK DAWSON acquisitions in the field of banking, corporate and financial
Non-Executive Director restructuring privatizations.
Nationality: United Kingdom Mr. Mehmood Mandviwalla is the member of the Board of
Appointment: October 26, 2017 Directors of The Deposit Protection Corporation – Subsidiary
Years of experience: More than 20 years of of The State Bank of Pakistan. He is also the President of
experience in Pharmaceutical SAARCLAW (South Asia Association for Regional
sector. Co-operation in Law).
Education: Mark is a graduate of the
University of Sheffield in the ABDUL SAMAD
UK and a Chartered Engineer. CFO and Executive Director
Prior to GSK, Mark worked for several multinational companies Samad is the Chief Financial Officer/ Finance Director for
including Eli Lilly and Company, Kvaerner and Schneider Pakistan. He joined GSK in 2002 and over the years he has
Electric. worked in various roles in finance. These include covering
Finance Business Partnering, Shared Service, Compliance
Mark has held various private and public Board positions Internal Audit and Supply Chain, with a track record of strategy
including ViiV Healthcare, the University of Sheffield and the execution, driving organisational growth and delivering
Irvine Bay Regeneration Company. transformational commercial and finance projects. Within
GSK, Samad has also undertaken secondment assignments in
GSK Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS Audit Committee and Human Resource and Remuneration
Committee are held according to an annual schedule
Our Board has established a corporate governance framework circulated before each fiscal year to ensure maximum director
with clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities. The participation.
framework is designed to safeguard and enhance long-term
shareholder value and to provide a platform to realise the Scheduled Board and Committee attendance during
Group’s strategy through GSK’s long-term priorities of 2020-2021 is set out below:
4 2 5
1 Mr. Dmytro Oliinyk 4/4 2/2 5/5
2 Ms. Erum Shakir Rahim* 4/5
3 Mr. Abdul Samad 5/5
4 Mr. Muneer Kamal** 2/4 3/5
5 Mr. Mehmood Mandviwalla 4/4 2/2 5/5
6 Ms. Maheen Rehman 4/4 2/2 5/5
7 Mr. Mark Dawson 4/4 5/5
8 Mr. Sohail Ahmed Matin 2/5
9 Mr. Azizul Huq 1/5
*Ms. Erum Shakir Rahim was appointed on the Board on 1 March 2020 to fill the casual vacancy created on the resignation of Mr.
Azizul Huq
**Mr. Muneer Kamal was appointed on the Board on 2 April 2020 to fill the casual vacancy created on the resignation of Mr. Sohail
Ahmed Matin
19-Feb-20 20-Jan-20
11-Mar-20 11-Mar-20 11-Mar-20
15-May-20 15-May-20
24-Aug-20 24-Aug-20
28-Oct-20 28-Oct-20
OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
Directors Organizations
*Maheen Rahman resigned as CEO and Director of Alfalah GHP Investment Management as at 31 Jan 2021.
BRIEF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF and implementing the Company’s direction and strategy,
THE CHAIRMAN entrusted with the overall supervision and direction of the
Board’s proceedings, and has the power to set the agenda,
The board of directors has appointed a Chairman from among give directions and sign the minutes of the Board meetings. He
the non-executive directors. The Chairman and the Chief is also responsible to ensure that the Board plays an effective
Executive have separate and distinct roles. The board has role in fulfilling its responsibilities, besides assessing and
defined the respective roles and responsibilities of the making recommendations on the efficiency of the Committees
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. and individual Directors in fulfilling their responsibilities and
avoidance of conflicts of interests.
The Chairman has all the powers vested in him under the Code
of Corporate Governance and presides over all Board
meetings. The Primary role of the Chairman is to ensure that
the Board of Directors remains effective in its tasks of setting
• Act as a strategic partner by developing and implementing The Board has formed the following Committees in line with
the company’s plans and programs. best practices and requirements of the Code of Corporate
Governance:
• Analyze and make recommendation on the impact of
long-range growth initiatives, planning, and introduction of Audit Committee
new strategies and regulatory actions.
GSK Pakistan’s Audit Committee comprises of 5 members, all
• Develop credibility and authority for the finance leadership of whom are Non-Executive Directors including the Chairman
team by providing accurate analysis of budgets, reports and of the Committee, who is an Independent Director.
financial trends and operational procedures in order to
assist the BOD and senior executive team. The Audit Committee composition is made up of one member,
who is Chartered Accountant, while one member has a M.Sc.
• Create, improve, implement and enforce policies and in Finance and Economics, one holds an MBA degree, one is a
procedures of the organization that will improve operational lawyer and has an LLB degree and the fifth member is a
and financial effectiveness of the company. chartered engineer from UK. The Audit Committee members
have extensive experience in the fields of financial
• Communicate effectively and establish credibility management, accounting, business and economics.
throughout the organization and with the Board of Directors
as an effective developer of solutions to business The Committee annually reviews the financial aspects and
challenges. appropriateness of resources, the corporate accounting and
financial reporting process, the effectiveness and adequacy of
• Matters recommended and/or reported by the audit internal controls, the management of risks and the external and
committee and other committees of the Board; internal audit process.
• Improve the planning and budgeting process on a continual The Head of Internal Audit reports to the Audit Committee and
basis by educating departments and key members of acts as the Secretary of the Committee. The Internal Audit
corporate leadership. Function utilizes the services of an independent audit firm to
continuously examine Company records and operations,
• Provide strategic input and leadership on decision making ensuring fair financial reporting processes, compliance with
issues affecting the organization; specifically relating to the applicable laws and adherence with internal control systems.
evaluation of potential mergers, acquisitions or partnerships.
The Committee meets once every quarter of the financial year.
• Optimize the handling of banking relationships and work These meetings are held prior to the approval of the interim
closely with CFO to foster and grow strategic financial results of the Company by its Board of Directors and after
partnerships. completion of external audit.
• Determination of appropriate measures to safeguard the • Instituting special projects, value for money studies or other
Company’s assets; investigations on any matter specified by the Board of
Directors, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer
• Review of annual and interim financial statements of the and to consider remittances of any matter to the external
Company, prior to their approval by the Board of Directors, auditors or to any external body;
focusing on:
• Determining of compliance with relevant statutory
- Major judgmental areas; • Significant adjustment requirements;
resulting from the audit; • Going concern assumption;
• Monitoring compliance with these regulations and
- Any changes in accounting policies and practices; identification of significant violations thereof;
Compliance with applicable accounting standards;
• Review of arrangement for staff and Management to report
- Compliance with these regulations and other statutory to Audit Committee in confidence, concerns, if any, about
and regulatory requirements; and • All related party actual or potential improprieties in financial and other
transactions. matters and recommend instituting remedial and mitigating
measures;
• Review of preliminary announcements of results prior to
external communication and publications; • Recommend to the Board of Directors the appointment of
external auditors, their removal, audit fee, the provision of
• Facilitating the external audit and discussion with external any service permissible to be rendered to the Company by
auditors of major observations arising from interim and final the external auditors in addition to audit of its financial
audits and any matter that the auditors may wish to statements. The Board of Directors shall give due
highlight (in the absence of Management, where consideration to the recommendations of the Audit
necessary); Committee and where it acts otherwise it shall record the
reasons thereof; and
• Review of Management letter issued by the external
auditors and Management’s response thereto; • Considering of any other issue or matter as may be
assigned by the Board of Directors.
• Ensure coordination between the internal and external
auditors of the Company; Human Resource and Remuneration
Committee
• Review of the scope and extent of internal audit, audit plan,
reporting framework and procedures and ensuring that the The Company has established this Committee in accordance
Internal Audit function has adequate resources and is with the requirements of the Code of Corporate Governance.
appropriately placed within the Company; This Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities
in the review, formulation, recommendation and
• Consideration of major findings of internal investigations of implementation of Human Resource policies and the
activities characterised by fraud, corruption and abuse of appointment and remuneration of the CEO, CFO, Company
power and Management’s response thereto; Secretary, Chief Internal Auditor. It also considers and approves
recommendations of the CEO on matters related to
succession planning of key management positions and
ensuring proper compensation to GSK employees. This
Committee comprises of 5 Directors; consisting mainly
Non-Executive Directors, including one Independent Director.
Terms of Reference of the Human Resource • Understanding the Business including Risks
and Remuneration Committee
• Strategic planning
• Comprising of at least 3 members; consisting of mainly
Non-Executive Directors, including one Independent • Board’s overall scope of responsibilities, processes and
Director; a CEO can be a member, but not the Chairman of procedures
this committee. The CEO cannot participate in the
proceedings of the committee on matters related directly to • The effectiveness and efficiency of the operation of the
his performance and compensation. Board, CEO and its committees,
• Recommend HR Management Policies to the Board • Oversight of the Financial Reporting Process, including
Internal Controls
• Recommend to the Board for consideration and approval of
a policy framework for determination of remuneration of • Ethics and Compliance
Directors (both executive and non-executive directors and
members of senior management). • Evaluating the flow of information
• Recommend selection, evaluation, development, • The effectiveness and efficiency of the operation of the
compensation (including retirement benefits) and operation of the Board and it's committees
succession planning of the CEO, COO, CFO, Company
Secretary and Head of Internal Audit. Board and its Committees
• Consider and approve recommendations of CEO on The Company Secretary then draws all the responses together
matters related to key management positions who report from the information gathered. Strict level of confidentiality is
directly to CEO or COO. practiced upon receiving of filled questionnaire and Directors’
comments by the Company Secretary. Results from
• To approve and ensure dissemination of Company’s Code performance evaluations are then discussed in detail in the
of Conduct across the company. subsequent Board meeting to address the highlighted areas
and improve the Board’s performance.
• Undertake annually a formal process of evaluation of
performance of the Board as a whole and its committees. As a part of good governance, following the discussion with the
Board as a whole, areas of focus and improvement are
ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE BOARD AND identified by the Board. Currently, the areas of focus as
ITS COMMITTEES identified by the Board are risk management, business growth
and opportunities and providing oversight to the management.
In accordance with Listed Companies (Code of Corporate It was further decided by the company management that the
Governance) Regulations, 2019, the Board has carried out an Board Performance Evaluation is also to be carried out by
evaluation of performance of its individual members, the board external consultants, once every 3 years. Hence the Board has
and the performance of its Committees. recommended the appointment of external consultants to do
the needful from the year 2020.
Board evaluation process was conducted internally by the
Company Secretary who prepared an annual Evaluation Committees annual evaluation process was also conducted
Assessment Questionnaire which is circulated amongst the internally by the Secretaries of each respective Committee. The
Board Members to provide clarifications and further insights evaluation was conducted through an annual evaluation
and perspectives on the performance of the Board. questionnaire which was circulated amongst the Committee
Members to provide clarifications and further insights and
The salient features of the board self-evaluation are given on perspectives on the performance of the Committee.
the right side:
BOARD INDUCTION AND ORIENTATION - GSK’s business and financial structure, the commercial
and regulatory environment in which we operate, our
The Company Secretary assists the Chairman in designing and competitors and an investor’s perspective;
facilitating individual induction programmes for new Directors.
They are designed with the purpose of orientating and - Role and responsibility of the Directors under the
familiarising new Directors with our industry, organisation, Companies Act, 2017;
governance and our long-term IPT priorities.
- Roles and responsibility of the Directors under the Code
All new Directors receive a general induction, which includes of Corporate Governance and other laws and regulations
their duties and responsibilities as a Director of a listed of Pakistan;
company, the company’s Corporate Governance structure and
undertaking training on GSK’s Code of Conduct. - Investor relations and stakeholder reports to maintain
awareness of investor and stakeholder views and
The induction programme for Executive Directors normally competitors’ performance and strategy;
includes an explanation of the role of an Executive Director, if
appropriate, building relationships with the Chairman and the - Directors and officers (D&O) insurance and
Board and arranging to fill any capability gaps the new Director indemnification documents
may have.
- Yearly meeting schedules of the Company;
The induction programme for Non-Executive Directors
normally includes explanations of GSK’s business and financial - Latest financial statements
structure, the commercial and regulatory environment in which
we operate, our competitors and an investor’s perspective. - Important minutes of past meetings
To ensure that our Non-Executive Directors develop and - Major litigations status
maintain a greater insight and understanding of the business
and key stakeholders, they: DIRECTOR TRAINING
• Go through the process of familiarisation with the industry The Board is kept up to date on legal, regulatory and
and GSK. governance matters through regular papers and briefings from
the Company Secretary and presentations by internal and
• Explained the board’s operations, legal requirements and external advisers.
duties, committee structures and relevant charters.
Directors are responsible for upholding the corporate
• Explained the Board’s chair and committee chair roles governance and giving the Company a strategic direction. To
along with the CEO’s roles and responsibilities. optimize the effectiveness of the Board, it is pertinent for new
members to learn the dynamics and operations of the
• Given a review of director duties and the business judgment Company. Your Company conducts various training programs
rule. to make sure the entire board is aligned with the organization’s
missions and corporate governance.
All the other directors possess sufficient skills and experience All foreign directors on our Board are required submit relevant
of Board room as described in the Code of Corporate documents, including declarations and/or undertaking and any
Governance. document required to facilitate security clearance undertaken
by the Ministry of Interior. The documents of all foreign
As disclosed in the statement of compliance, three out of our directors are submitted to SECP within the prescribed time and
seven directors have either obtained training from SECP further documents to assist the clearance from Ministry of
approved institutions or are exempt from the directors’ training Interior are made available as and when needed. All
program by the virtue of experience. appointments of foreign directors made onto the Board are
subject to provision of security clearance certificate from the
REMUNERATION POLICY ministry.
The Company’s Remuneration policy for Independent EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE COMPANY
Directors, set out below, was approved on February 25, 2015 SERVING AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
at Board of Directors meeting.
In addition to being the Chief Executive Office of GSK
Keeping in view of the Company’s objectives, GSK operates an Pakistan Limited, Ms. Erum Shakir Rahim holds Non-Executive
independent and transparent method in order to fix Directorship on the board of GSK Consumer Healthcare
independent directors’ remuneration. The key element of Pakistan Limited.
determining the remuneration is by market benchmarking
against other key players of the Pharmaceutical Industry and TRADING IN SHARES BY DIRECTORS AND
remuneration is not at a level that could be perceived to EXECUTIVES
compromise the independence of the Directors. For the
purposes of clarity, no Director is involved in deciding their own The Company’s Independent Director traded a total of 2
remuneration. GLAXO shares during the year. Besides this, no other trading
was carried out by the Associated Companies, Directors,
The significant features and key elements of Directors’ Senior Management Officers/Executives, their spouses and
Remuneration are as follows: minor children. Number of shares held at the year-end are
summarized below:
• Independent Directors are only entitled to receive fixed fees
in lieu of remuneration for attendance of the Board and
Committee Meetings; Number of
Particulars
Shares
• Independent Directors are only entitled to meeting fees
together with travelling and lodging costs borne by the Directors and their spouse(s) 3
Company. and minor children
The CEO is an Executive Director on the Board of GSK Detailed ‘Pattern of Shareholding’ is disclosed on page no. 172
Pakistan Limited and holds position as Non-Executive Director of the Report.
on the Board of GSK Consumer Healthcare Pakistan Limited.
Fees paid by this company is in line with their respective The threshold for identification of ‘Executive’ is determined by
policies as approved by their Board of Directors. the Board in compliance with the Code, and reviewed annually.
Pakistan Stock Exchange is regularly updated on trading of
Company’s shares by management employees.
The record of all related party transactions are placed before ISSUES RAISED AT LAST AGM
the Board Audit Committee on a quarterly basis. Upon
recommendation of the Audit committee all related party No significant issues were raised by the shareholders during
transactions placed before the Board of Directors for their the Annual General Meeting, however same routine questions
review and approval. on the accounts and business were raised by the shareholder
and general clarifications were sought.
Names of all such related parties along with whom the
Company had entered into transactions during the year, along INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY POLICY
with the nature of their relationship and percentage holdings
have been appropriately disclosed in Note 36.1 and detailed We take a progressive approach to inclusion and diversity
disclosure regarding related party transactions has been because we want everyone to be themselves and bring their
presented in Note 36 of the Financial Statements. own perspectives to our business. Together, these unique
perspectives and wide variety of personal experiences make
BOARD MEETINGS OUTSIDE PAKISTAN our business stronger, enhancing our ability to innovate and
respond to the diverse needs of patients and consumers
No Board meeting was held outside Pakistan during the year - around the world.
2020.
We believe that everyone has a part to play in creating a fair
BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN and inclusive work environment that respects human rights
and the diversity of the cultures we operate in. When we
We routinely monitor the compliance of manufacturing external embrace diversity and individuality, we can support and inspire
suppliers to identify and manage risks in our supply base in each other to achieve great things.
case of any natural calamity or force majeure. Where practical,
we minimise our dependence on single sources of supply for We do not tolerate harassment, unwelcome, unreasonable or
critical items. Where alternative sourcing arrangements are not offensive behavior, or discrimination of any kind. This includes
possible, our inventory strategy aims to protect the supply chain any form of harassment and, in 2019, we included a module in
from unanticipated disruption. We use effective crisis our mandatory Code of Conduct training to reinforce our
management and business continuity planning to provide for zero-tolerance approach. This emphasised the importance of
the health and safety of our people and to minimise impact to bystander intervention to empower our employees to intervene
if they see harassment occurring. Being a modern employer,
we have 18.5% of female representation within the Company.
Directors’ Training Program was attended by CEO and • Reviewing business risks
Executive Director Ms. Erum Rahim in October 2020. The
Directors’ Training Program was conducted by Pakistan • Reviewing business strategy
Institute of Corporate Governance.
• Reviewing the business plans
COMMUNICATION OF FINANCIAL RESULTS
• Reviewing issues and progress of the same for respective
All important and relevant disclosures such as the quarterly functions
un-audited financial statements and the half-yearly financial
statements have been circulated within the prescribed time of • Reviews and advise the improvements to policies/
thirty (30) days and sixty (60) days respectively along with the procedures
Directors’ Report. Additionally, all important disclosures,
including the financial statement, were also made on the • Monitors the implementations of the same
Company’s website to keep the stakeholders duly informed.
• Alignment
Directors Organizations
*Ms. Mehar-e-daraksha Ameer appointed Legal Director and Company Secretary of GSK Pakistan Limited as at January 01,
2021, replacing Syed Azeem Abbas Naqvi.
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
(IASB) as notified under the Companies Act, 2017 (the Act); and
Where the provisions of and directives issued under the Act differ with the requirements of IFRSs, the provisions
of and directives issued under the Act have been followed.
Note 2.2.2 of the financial statements specifies the standards and interpretations which are yet to be effective in
Pakistan. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of these standards.
Dmytro Oliinyk is serving as the chairman of the board at GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited. He joined GSK in 2008
and has held multiple positions of increasing responsibility across different geographies.
He leads the board with dedication and is committed to delivering on the company's strategic priorities of Innovation,
Performance and Trust. He is currently serving as VP Growth Markets Finance Head.
This Directors’ Report has been prepared in accordance with We accelerated digital connects with Healthcare Professionals
section 227 of the Companies Act, 2017 and Listed (HCPs) through multiple channels including webinars, phone
Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) Regulations calls and other social media tools (emails, SMS and Veeva
2019 and will be submitted to members at the Seventy Fourth engage calls) ensuring uninterrupted flow of information on
Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on disease management and brands. With the ease in lockdowns,
April 27, 2021. we restarted face-to-face activities with full presence in the
field.
Overview of Economy and Business:
With a resurgence in cases again in November 2020 as
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 forced countries across Pakistan entered the second wave, the robust safety plans in
the globe to implement aggressive lockdown measures to place based on the learnings from the first wave ensured
control the spread of this pandemic. The forced shut-down of business was fully prepared to quickly adapt to the changing
businesses resulted in global depression. Pakistan’s economy scenario. This included a focused acceleration across all levels
was also impacted, which resulted in a decline in GDP during of activities including HCPs, Pharmacies and the tender
FY 2020. business.
Pakistan Government played an active role in mitigating the All the efforts resulted in a strong business performance which
economic impact of this unprecedented challenge by helped GSK maintain its market leadership position in the
introducing “smart” lockdowns instead of complete economic pharmaceutical sector. Innovation, Performance, Trust and
closure. Government and Central Bank also introduced Culture will continue to be the focus for the Company going
multiple relief packages for various sectors, reduction in policy forward.
rates, attracting remittances from expat. Pakistanis etc.
In 2020, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP)
The unprecedented COVID situation meant hospitals were has also made some amendments to the earlier issued 2018
overwhelmed with COVID patients and there was a significant Drug Pricing Policy (DPP), the most notable of which is the
reduction in non-COVID patient flow. Many OPDs and clinics automatic CPI related price adjustment now needs formal
were closed due to concerns around COVID spread. This was DRAP approval. Implementation of the annual price adjustment
observed almost till Q3 and impacted pharma business in process was also deferred in 2020 for two months at the
general. request of the Federal Government due to COVID.
Despite the challenging situation during pandemic, healthcare In 2020, GSK Pakistan also went through the rigorous process
companies were identified as essential industry and of certification for the top employer through the Top Employer
manufacturing and distribution operations were allowed to Institute, which is an international certification institute and has
continue. GSK Pakistan remained focused and committed to been recognized as a Top Employer in Pakistan for 2021.
deliver its priorities of People, Business Continuity and Support. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an
organisations’ dedication to a better world of work and exhibits
An Issues Management Team (IMT) was immediately formed this through excellent HR policies and people practices. It
to review the COVID situation in the country and met regularly covers 6 HR domains including People Strategy, Work
to ensure employee wellbeing during this difficult time, Environment, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Well-being and
business continuity to manufacture and distribute essential Diversity and Inclusion.
pharmaceutical products. Focus was also maintained to adopt
new ways of working to engage with our key customers and Financial Performance:
partners remotely. Other than business critical personnel that
were required to come to work, all other employees started For the year 2020, the Company achieved net sales of Rs. 35
working from home, maximizing our virtual business model, billion. The total net sales also include intercompany sales of
which within a couple of months became the norm. As the Rs. 1.2 billion (as compared to Rs. 4.7 billion in the same period
The Gross Margin of the Company for the year was 21.5% As of December 31, 2020, S.R. One International B.V.,
showing an improvement by 0.4% from last year. Gross margin Netherlands held 263,029,794 shares of Rs. 10 each. The
improved due to our continuous cost efficiency measures and ultimate parent of the Company continues to be
stable exchange rates. GlaxoSmithKline plc, UK.
GSK has been at the forefront in being an employer that not Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
only recognizes its people as key assets but also ensures that
this belief is translated into a working environment that GSK prioritizes the health, safety and wellbeing of its
encourages growth opportunities, respect, empowerment and employees and people connected to it. Robust and integrated
inspiration. As a Company that is geared towards helping safety management system demonstrates its commitment to
people ‘Do More, Feel Better, Live Longer’, we ensure that our safe and healthy workplace.
employees are not only committed to this vision with the
utmost passion and sincerity, but are also well equipped to The COVID-19 situation was regularly monitored and
perform and deliver to their best potential. During the year, managed by the GSK Pakistan Issue Management Team
enhancements to employee lifecycle system were made (IMT) comprising in the top leadership from all departments.
including Chatbots and Robotic Process, Automation of Policies and procedures were adapted in view of the evolving
employee assistance, ensuring we focus our energies on situation while precedence has always been employee and
business performance and that we deliver on our IPT priorities patient safety.
while we live our values and expectations.
A few important steps taken by the IMT include:
The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), which empowers
members as they develop and hone their personal leadership • Except for employees in business-critical roles that required
agenda, knowledge and skills, continues to be a flagship presence in the office, work from home ‘WFH’ was initially
program involving more than 4,000 women and men from over made mandatory for all other team members.
a dozen countries globally in a variety of functions within GSK.
The vision of WLI is to support a culture of inclusion with • Employees with underlying medical conditions or those
women and men working side by side, empowering women to looking after the elderly were advised to continue to work
realize their full potential without limitations. from home.
Be You, Feel Good, Keep Growing • GSK introduced a “Performance with Choice” philosophy to
ensure employees and their stakeholders could decide on
The Year 2020 proved to be a very different year and our core the most suitable way of working with hybrid or face-to-
values of Being Patient Focused, Respecting People, Acting face.
with Integrity and Operating with Transparency were best
practiced by our people. During the COVID period, we took Throughout the year, the focus on driver safety remained a
multiple initiatives for our people such as keeping the priority and trainings and monitoring continued through digital
workforce updated on Coronavirus updates and how they can channels. Looking back at the performance of 2020 with
adopt to virtual ways of working and leverage our digital regards to employee health and safety, GSK Pakistan feels
capabilities to flexibly work and engage with internal and proud of its approach and the decisions taken throughout the
external stakeholders. Employees health and well-being has year.
been the top priority throughout and time with regular trainings
and sessions on COVID-19 precautions, SOPs and wellbeing Business Ethics and Anti-Corruption Measures
for the employees.
At GSK, integrity and courage start with individual responsibility.
To facilitate our office-based people, an Ergonomics If we always aim to do the right thing, act honestly, ethically and
Allowance was introduced in to support the well-being of our openly and speak up if something doesn’t feel right, we are
employees during work from home in line with GSK acting with individual integrity and courage.
Ergonomics guidelines. GSK also promoted the use of
Employee Assistance Program and other Health and GSK builds its reputation as an outstanding social actor that
Wellbeing programs and services, webinars on mindfulness conducts its activities with principles as strong as honesty,
and sleep wellness. justice and integrity, in compliance with the laws and
regulations that govern our industry.
The Board of Directors of the Company has set down c) Disclosure Committee
acceptable business practices and behaviors in a “Code of
Conduct/Statement of Ethics and Business Practices”, which Ms. Erum Shakir Rahim* Chairperson
guide our people on how to apply our values in everyday Mr. Abdul Samad
activities. This Code, which is mandatory for all employees Mr. Dmytro Oliinyk
including senior management to sign, is also available on the Syed Azeem Abbas Naqvi***
Company’s website. Salient features of the Code of Conduct
are provided on page 56 to 58. d) Risk Management Committee
Category Name *** Ms. Mehar-e-daraksha Ameer appointed Legal Director and
Company Secretary of GSK Pakistan Limited on January 1,
Independent Director • Muneer Kamal 2021, replacing Syed Azeem Abbas Naqvi
• Maheen Rahman
As required, by the Code of Corporate Governance, extensive
Executive Directors • Erum Shakir Rahim details related to Board of Directors, including but not limited to,
• Abdul Samad profile of directors, board committees, training, diversity,
orientation and changes in the Board are covered under
Non-Executive Directors • Mehmood Mandviwalla Corporate Governance section on pages 60 to 70.
• Dmytro Oliinyk
• Mark Dawson
Further details are covered under Our Governance section on We anticipate the recent economic stabilization measures
pages 72 to 73. introduced by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic
will gradually improve the economic momentum and growth
Auditors outlook in upcoming financial year.
The present auditors, Messrs. Yousuf Adil, Chartered CEO's presentation video on Company's performance, strategy
Accountants, retire and being eligible, have offered themselves and outlook can be seen at the Company's website:
for re-appointment. www.pk.gsk.com
The Board of Directors endorses recommendation of the Audit Value of Investments of Provident, Gratuity and
Committee for their re-appointment as the Auditors of the Pension Funds
Company for the financial year ending December 31, 2021, at
a mutually agreed fee. The Company maintains retirement benefit plans for its
employees. Value of investments of provident and gratuity
Subsequent Events funds based on un-audited accounts as of December 31,
2020 are as follows:
No material changes or commitments affecting the financial
position of the Company have occurred between the end of 2020
the financial year of the Company till the date of this report. Rs. In millions
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It gives me great pleasure to present a review report under the requirement of Section 192 of the Companies
Act, 2017.
As we all know 2020 was an unprecedented year due to Given the tough economic environment, GSK Pakistan
COVID-19 and its impact on the economy, however, delivered a healthy business performance and continued
GSK Pakistan remained committed in terms of business to maintain market leadership position. The Company
continuity, employee wellbeing, business delivery and its continuously focused on cost improvement measures,
contribution to support the society. Inspired by our Values selling & marketing spend more through digital channel
of “Trust” and “Respect for People”, the Company during during COVID-19 to ensure sustainable profit delivery,
COVID -19 took immediate action to implement ‘Work while mitigating the inflationary pressure and the impact
from Home’ for office and field-based employees and of rupee devaluation; which although remained stable in
prioritized Supply Chain operations to ensure smooth this year. The Company is committed to focus on its
product supply. strategic priorities of Innovation, Performance and Trust.
With strong oversight on the reporting front, the Board has a Finally, I would like to thank all our Board members for their
responsibility to provide clear visibility of financial reports to commitment and contribution. I would also like to thank our
stakeholders in accordance with the Financial Reporting employees, customers, and suppliers for their support and hard
framework applicable in Pakistan. During the year we work in 2020 and I look forward to continue working with them
incorporated the new IFRS requirements and ensured to attain success in 2021.
compliance with the disclosure requirements of the new
Companies Act.
Rs. 35,090 M
Sales Revenue
(2019: Rs. 36,582 M)
Core pharma showed a
growth of 6%.
54.88 times
Net Assets per Share
2019: 50.67 times
Growth 8.3%
Rs. 10.6
Earnings per Share
2019: Rs. 9.55
Growth 9.9%
19.3%
Return on Equity
2019: 18.9%
Growth 2.4%
18.9%
Return on Capital
Employed
2019: 18.2%
Growth 3.85%
Net Profit
-
Rs. 3,375
Return Sales
on Assets x Rs. 35,090
12.9%
Non Current
Assets
Assets
Turnover
Rs. 11,023
1.3 Times
Return on Total
Assets +
Equity
19.3 % Rs. 26,072
Owners Current
Equity - Assets
Rs. 17,478 Rs. 15,049
Ownership Total
Ratio Liabilities
67.0% Rs. 8,594
Owners
Equity +
Rs. 17,478
Current
Liabilities
Rs. 7,403
*Total Cost includes COGS, Selling, Admin, Other Expenses, Financial charges and Taxation (less: Other income).
For the year 2020 the Company achieved net sales of Rs. 35 billion. Core pharma sales (excluding intercompany sales
to GSK CHC) showed a growth of 6%. However, excluding Zantac sales from last year, core pharma showed growth
of 9%. The key portfolios which contributed towards this growth were Antibiotics, Dermatologicals and Analgesics
therapy areas.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales of the Company decreased mainly on account of decline in sales to GSK Consumer Healthcare.
Selling and distribution expenses during the year decreased by 16.6% mainly attributable to lower spend in
promotional activities as we switched to digital engagement in COVID-19.
Administrative Expenses
The increase in the admin expense of 21% was mainly on account one off severance cost.
Financial Charges
Financial charges in the year decreased by 70%. The decrease in the charges is as result of utilisation of running
finance facility last year due to dM-Erp deployment.
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment have witnessed an increase over prior year due to investment in production facilities and
infrastructure to support growing scale of business. Major capital expenditure incurred during the year was for
enhancement of productivity and improvement of plant efficiency.
CURRENT ASSETS
The increase in current assets is mainly attributable to increase in cash and bank balances, due to improved liquidity,
which was offset by the decrease in the taxation - provision less payment as result of withholding tax exemption
obtained during the year.
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Increase in trade and other payables is on account of increase in trade payables as compared to last year as multiple
consignments of stock were in transit at year end.
EQUITY
Equity increased from prior year primarily due to profits during the year which was off set by dividends and actuarial
loss during the year.
There is an increase in cash flows from operating activities mainly due to favorable working capital changes as
compared to the last year.
Net cash outflows from investing activities has remained fairly constant as compared to previous year.
Cash outflow from financing activities decreased during the current year primarily on account of lower dividend
payout during the year versus last year.
PROFITABILITY RATIOS
Profitability ratios of the Company, in general, have increased versus last year, mainly on account of change in portfoilio
mix and saving in operating expenses due to COVID - 19.
Gross profit margin improved to 21.5% versus 21.1% last year. Net profit margin improved to 9.6% versus 8.3%
during 2019 which is in line with the reasons mentioned above.
LIQUIDITY RATIOS
Cash inflows from operating activities has significantly improved versus last year primarily on account of better working
capital management. The Company remains sufficiently liquid and has Rs. 6,052 million of cash and cash equivalents
as of December 31, 2020 to meet its investment and operational cash requirements.
Quick / acid test ratio (2020: 1.22, 2019: 1.02) and cash to current liabilities (2020: 0.82, 2019: 0.44) improved
versus last year, whereas, current ratio (2020: 2.02, 2019: 2.03) has remained fairly constant as compared to last year.
Operating cycle has remained fairly constant with last year (2020: 67 days, 2019: 68 days)
Total assets turnover ratio (average assets) and fixed asset turover ratio decreased in 2020 from as compared to
2019 mainly due to increase in capital expenditure during the year.
Earnings per share jumped to Rs. 10.6 in 2020 from Rs. 9.55 in 2019 as a result of increase in profit after tax by
10.9% as mentioned above.
Price Earnings ratio has increased to 17 in 2020 from 16.8 in 2019, mainly due to increase in price per share.
Dividend yield ratio has declined from 3.74% to 3.39% as a result of increase in per share price.
Dividend pay-out ratio decreased to 0.61 times in 2020 from 0.63 times in 2019, on account of increase in profit
after tax as mentioned above.
Market capitalisation has increased to Rs. 57,310 million in 2020 from Rs. 51,061 million in 2019 due to increase in
market price per share to Rs. 180.22 in 2020 from Rs. 160.57 in 2019.
Manufactured Capital
The company is highly successful business with 7.4% of the value and 12% of the volume share of Pakistan's Pharma
market.
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited has continued to maintain leadership position in the Pakistan's Pharma industry.
Sales Growth
The Company took various initiatives during the year to lower costs including introduction of digital engagement
channels to connect with health care professionals and initiatives in warehousing and transportation.
Relationship Capital
Award
GSK Pakistan won the best corporate and sustainability report 2019 award.
Corporate Briefing
We held successful corporate briefing session which included giving presentations to shareholders, institutional
investors and analysts at the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
Social capital
Several CSR initiatives were taken throughout the year to support causes which would have positive impact on the
community.
Human Capital
In 2020, the company was certified as a top employer through the Top Employer Institute. This shows the Company's
dedication to adopt worldclass HR practices.
The Women Leadership initiative at GSK encourages men and women to work together and supports women in
realizing their full potential. It develops and hones the leadership skills of its members.
Various initiatives were taken to automate employee assistance including chatbots and robotic processes.
Inhouse courses on GSK website are available to all employees to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Human Capital
The company prioritized employee health and safety by implementing safety measures. The percentage attendance of
office-based personnel was monitored.
All employees were given access to online healthcare physician and Ergonomic home office equipment allowance.
The employees also had full health insurance coverage which included COVID-19 related hospitalization and
expenses.
Field force employees were also given PPE and robust safety training.
Various online initiatives were introduced during the year for employee health and wellbeing. These included yoga
classes, sessions on how to take care of your family and webinars on mindfulness and sleep wellness.
Objective:Risk Management
Intellectual capital
Conclusion:
The company has set KPIs to ensure non-financial performance is upto the mark and monitors the same to ensure
that objectives are being achieved timely. The company regularly monitors KPIs and works on continous improvement
for measuring performance.
Profit Margins
Increasing production costs can lead to low profit margins which will impact our earnings negatively. This in turn would
have a negative impact on our share price.
Cost of Production
Spike in our costs of productions could negatively impact our earnings which would then cause pressure on our share
price to fall.
Government Policies
Changing government policies which impact the pharmaceutical sector could impact our share prices as well
depending on whether the policies are favorable or unfavorable.
The company imports its raw material, hence, devaluations in local currency could negatively impact its margins and
earnings. This would negatively impact the share price of the company.
Goodwill
Based on the news about the company in the market, the market sentiment may be positive or negative. Based on the
market sentiment, the company share price may increase or decrease.
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Some of the major capital expenditure projects and their rationales are mentioned below:
CRSF Project
GSK is a responsible business which is committed to providing the highest level of safety and quality for its patients. In
order to deliver on this commitment, GSK globally rolled out Child Resistant and Senior Friendly packaging . Child
Resistant technology has proven internationally to reduce deaths by accidental medicine ingestion, this is achieved by
modifying the packaging to variants difficult to open by children yet friendly to open by seniors.
For the same investment in F268 site was made. After 5 years of development work, the line conversions were
initiated in 2020 and will be completed by 2021 across all the SKUs which are in scope.
Solar:
In line with GSK sustainability agenda of "net zero", significant investment are planned to be made in 2021 to utilize all
available roof spaces for solar PV systems at F268 site. Currently, F-268 has 230kW capacity of solar installed and in
the future, an additional 800kW .
Compression Machine:
The Company is planning to replace 4 tablet press machines . These 4 will be replaced with 1 high speed state of the
art machine to reduce operational complexity and increase process capability.
* This represents final cash dividend of Rs. 6.5 per share, proposed by the Board of Directors subsequent to the year end.
Note: FY 2019 represents continuing operations for meaningful comparison.
Gross and Operating Profit (Rupees in million) Payout to Shareholders (Rupees in million)
10000 2500
9000
2,229
2,229
8000 2000
8,678
2,070
8,414
8,092
7000
1,911
7,712
1,911
7,464
7,534
6000 1500
5000
4,987
1,274
4,890
5,014
4,840
4000 1000
4,372
3,901
3000
2000 500
1000
0 0
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Revenue Generated
Total revenue * 37,069,622 100.0 38,580,126 100.0
Revenue distributed
Revenue from contract with customers 35,090 36,582 34,007 32,774 27,564 29,583
Gross profit 7,534 7,712 8,414 8,678 7,464 8,092
Operating profit 4,987 4,890 4,840 5,014 4,372 3,901
Profit before taxation 4,903 4,600 4,692 4,925 4,353 3,846
Taxation (1,527) (1,559) (1,460) (1,898) (1,708) (1,203)
Profit after taxation 3,375 3,041 3,232 3,027 2,645 2,643
EBITDA 5,621 5,464 5,396 5,739 4,929 4,349
Cash Dividend 2,070 1,911 2,229 2,229 1,911 1,274
Sales per employees 18,547 18,532 17,201 15,467 11,865 12,472
Assets and Liabilities (Rs. In Million) Return on Equity Share Price Sensitivity
25 300
12,000
9,936
9,480
274
8,921
8,865
22.7
10,000 20 233
21.0
20.2
7,648
19.3
19.8
220
18.8
7,196
6,304
199 194
15 192 188
5,404
6,000 153
150
4,121
161
109
10
4,000
100 82 113
1,181
1,191
1,153
1,087
1,167
1,110
1,111
987
831
2,000
917
5
723
640
50
-
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 0 -
Property, Plant & Equipment Non Current Assets Net Current Assets Non Current Liabilities 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Operating Activities Rs. in million 6,295 2,566 3,001 2,135 4,256 3,044
Investing Activities Rs. in million (1,029) (1,081) (479) (1,348) (1,623) (249)
Financing Activities Rs. in million (1,904) (2,228) (1,257) (2,929) (1,197) (1,805)
Changes in Cash equivalents Rs. in million 3,362 (743) 1,265 (2,142) 1,436 990
Cash and equivalents - Year end Rs. in million 6,052 2,690 3,433 2,168 4,310 3,642
Financial Highlights
Cash dividend per share Rupees 6.5 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 4.0
Market value per share - year end Rupees 191.83 160.57 112.68 167.88 233.3 220.0
Market value per share - high Rupees 199.44 187.73 219.8 274 252 244.8
Market value per share - low Rupees 149.26 82.04 109.41 153 194 161.0
Market price to book value with surplus Times 3.5 3.2 2.3 4.0 5.6 5.4
Market capitalization Rs.in million 57,310 51,061 35,832 53,424 74,189 70,069
Profitability Ratios
Profit before tax ratio % 14.0 12.6 13.8 15.0 15.8 13.0
Gross Yield on Earning Assets % 4.0 5.4 3.8 8.6 4.2 5.4
Gross Spread ratio Times 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3
Cost / Income ratio Times 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Return on Equity % 19.3 18.8 21.0 22.7 19.8 20.2
Return on Capital employed % 18.9 18.2 21.2 21.5 19.1 19.9
Gross Profit ratio % 21.5 21.1 24.7 26.5 28.0 27.4
Net Profit to Sales % 9.6 8.3 9.5 9.2 9.6 8.9
EBITDA Margin to Sales % 16.0 14.9 15.9 17.5 17.9 14.7
Operating leverage ratio Times -1.1 0.0 -1.3 0.7 -1.9 5.7
Investment/Market Ratios
Earnings per share (EPS) Rupees 10.6 9.5 10.1 9.5 8.3 8.3
Price Earnings ratio Times 18.1 16.8 11.1 17.7 28.1 26.5
Price to Book ratio % 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.2
Dividend Yield ratio % 3.4 3.7 6.2 4.2 2.6 1.8
Dividend Payout ratio Times 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5
Dividend Cover ratio Times 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 2.1
Earning assets to total assets ratio % 23.21 11.58 15.48 10.0 20.6 18.1
Net assets per share Times 54.9 50.7 48.4 41.8 41.8 41.0
Debt to Equity ratio Times 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Financial leverage ratio Times 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5
Interest Cover ratio Times 58.4 16.2 31.8 55.8 228.7 70.8
Advances to Deposits ratio Times 1.2 1.1 1.9 3.4 1.3 3.1
Current ratio Times 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.8
Quick / Acid test ratio Times 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.9
Cash to Current Liabilities Times 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6
Cash flow from Operations to Sales % 17.9 7.0 8.8 6.5 15.4 10.3
Inventory turnover ratio Times 4.5 4.7 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.4
No. of Days in Inventory Days 81 79 91 92 108 107
Debtor turnover ratio Times 30.1 26.9 17.2 22.7 52.5 56.1
No. of Days in Receivables Days 13 14 22 17 7 7
Creditor turnover ratio Times 13.6 14.9 13.0 12.0 8.6 10.6
No. of Days in Creditors Days 27 25 29 31 43 35
Total Assets turnover ratio Times 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.32 1.47
Fixed Assets turnover ratio Times 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.3 4.1
Operating Cycle Days 67 68 84 77 73 79
2.5
2.0
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.8
1.5
1.7
1.5
1.2
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.9
1.0
0.7
0.5
-
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
107
81
79
91
92
Days
22
17
13
14
Change in Shareholding and Liability from preceeding year Change in Assets from preceeding year
23,229 1,341 274 1,227 1 26,072 23,229 456 (80) (339) 77 2,729 26,072
Closing Reserves Non Current Trade and Other current Closing Closing Operating Other long Inventory Trade Other current Closing
2019 Liabilities other payables liabilities 2020 2019 fixed assets term assets receivables assets 2020
Share Capital and Reserves 67.0 69.5 69.5 61.3 63.8 65.0
Non Current Liabilities 4.6 3.9 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.2
Current Liabilities 28.4 26.6 26.0 34.9 32.7 31.8
Total Equity and Liabilities 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non Current Assets 42.5 45.8 45.6 46.1 45.2 41.3
Current Assets 57.5 54.2 54.4 53.9 54.8 58.7
Total Assets 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Profit or Loss Analysis (%) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
%
Revenue from contract with customers 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cost of sales 78.5 78.9 75.3 73.5 72.9 72.6
Gross profit 21.5 21.1 24.7 26.5 27.1 27.4
Selling, marketing and distribution expenses 7.9 9.1 10.5 10.0 10.2 13.5
Administrative expenses 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.6
Other operating expenses 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.0
Other operating income 5.6 5.4 4.3 3.2 3.8 3.9
Operating profit 14.2 13.4 14.2 15.3 15.9 13.2
Financial charges 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2
Profit before taxation 14.0 12.6 13.8 15.0 15.8 13.0
Taxation 4.4 4.3 4.3 5.8 6.2 4.1
Profit after taxation 9.6 8.3 9.5 9.2 9.6 8.9
Profit and Loss Statement for the year Cash Flow Statement
40,000
35,090
35,000 7,000
PKR. 8,985m
6,000 Investing Activites
30,000 ( 27,556 ) PKR. (1,029m)
Operating Activites
5,000 PKR. 6,295m
25,000
4,000 Financing Activites
20,000 PKR. 7,956m PKR. (1,904m)
3,000
15,000 PKR. 2,690m
Cash and cash
2,000 equivalent PKR. 6,052m
10,000 2019 Cash and cash
1,000 equivalent
( 1,435 ) ( 426 ) 1,977 ( 84 ) ( 1,527 ) 3,375 2020
5,000
-
-
Net Cost of Selling and Other Other Financial
Turnover sales Admin income Charges
expenses expenses
a) Male: 5
b) Female: 2
Category Name
* The requirement of Independent Directors is at least two or one-third of members of the Board, whichever is higher. Two
independent directors were appointed on the Company’s Board and the fraction of 0.33 was not rounded up as one since the two
Independent Directors have robustly protected the interests of the minority shareholders.
3. The Directors have confirmed that none of them is serving as a Director on more than seven listed companies, including this
company; (excluding the listed subsidiaries of listed holding companies where applicable).
4. The company has prepared a Code of Conduct and has ensured that appropriate steps have been taken to disseminate it
throughout the company along with its supporting policies and procedures.
5. The Board has developed a vision/mission statement, overall corporate strategy and significant policies of the company. The
Board has ensured that complete record of particulars of the significant policies along with the date of approval or updating
is maintained by the company.
6. All the powers of the Board have been duly exercised and decisions on relevant matters have been taken by
Board/shareholders as empowered by the relevant provisions of the Act and these Regulations.
7. The meetings of the Board were presided over by the Chairman and in his absence, by a Director elected by the Board for
this purpose. The Board has complied with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations with respect to frequency,
recording and circulating minutes of the meetings of the Board.
8. The Board have a formal policy and transparent procedures for remuneration of Directors in accordance with the Act and
these Regulations.
10. There was no fresh appointment of CFO, Company Secretary and Head of Internal Audit during the year ended December
31, 2020. The Board has approved appointment of Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and Head of Internal Audit,
including their remuneration and terms and conditions of employment and complied with relevant requirements of the
Regulations.
11. Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer duly endorsed the financial statements before approval of the Board.
12. The Board has formed committees comprising of members given below:
a) Audit Committee
i. Mr. Muneer Kamal • Chairman
ii. Ms. Maheen Rahman
iii. Mr. Mehmood Mandviwalla
iv. Mr. Mark Dawson
v. Mr. Dmytro Oliinyk
d) Disclosure Committee
i. Ms. Erum Shakir Rahim • Chairperson
ii. Mr. Dmytro Oliinyk
iii. Mr. Abdul Samad
iv. Mr. Azeem Naqvi
NOTE: {Ms. Mehar-e-daraksha Ameer appointed as Legal Director and Company Secretary on 1 January 2021 replacing Syed
Azeem Abbas Naqvi as Legal Director and Company Secretary, who resigned on 31 December 2020}
13. The Terms of Reference of the aforesaid committees have been formed, documented and advised to the committee for
compliance.
14. The frequency of the meetings (quarterly/half yearly/yearly) of the committees were as per following:
15. The Board has outsourced the internal audit function to Ernst and Young Ford Rhodes, who are considered suitably qualified
and experienced for the purpose and are conversant with the policies and procedures of the Company.
17. The statutory auditors or the persons associated with them have not been appointed to provide other services except in
accordance with the Act, these Regulations or any other regulatory requirement and the auditors have confirmed that they
have observed IFAC guidelines in this regard.
18. We confirm that all requirements of the regulations 3, 6, 7, 8, 27, 32, 33 and 36 of the Regulations have been complied with.
Review Report on the Statement of Compliance contained in Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance)
Regulations, 2019
We have reviewed the enclosed Statement of Compliance with the Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance)
Regulations, 2019 (the Regulations) prepared by the Board of Directors of GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (the Company)
for the year ended December 31, 2020 in accordance with the requirements of regulation 36 of the Regulations.
The responsibility for compliance with the Regulations is that of the Board of Directors of the Company. Our responsibility is to
review whether the Statement of Compliance reflects the status of the Company’s compliance with the provisions of the
Regulations and report if it does not and to highlight any non-compliance with the requirements of the Regulations. A review is
limited primarily to inquiries of the Company’s personnel and review of various documents prepared by the Company to comply with
the Regulations.
As a part of our audit of the financial statements we are required to obtain an understanding of the accounting and internal control
systems sufficient to plan the audit and develop an effective audit approach. We are not required to consider whether the Board of
Directors’ statement on internal control covers all risks and controls or to form an opinion on the effectiveness of such internal
controls, the Company’s corporate governance procedures and risks.
The Regulations require the Company to place before the Audit Committee, and upon recommendation of the Audit Committee,
place before the Board of Directors for their review and approval, its related party transactions. We are only required and have
ensured compliance of this requirement to the extent of the approval of the related party transactions by the Board of Directors
upon recommendation of the Audit Committee.
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention which causes us to believe that the Statement of Compliance does not
appropriately reflect the Company's compliance, in all material respects, with the requirements contained in the Regulations as
applicable to the Company for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Chartered Accountants
Place: Karachi
Date: March 25, 2021
We have audited the annexed financial statements of GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (the Company), which comprise the
statement of financial position as at December 31, 2020, and the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the
statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements,
including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, and we state that we have obtained all
the information and explanations which, to the best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purposes of the audit.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the statement of financial position,
statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows
together with the notes forming part thereof conform with the accounting and reporting standards as applicable in Pakistan and
give the information required by the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017), in the manner so required and respectively give a true
and fair view of the state of the Company's affairs as at December 31, 2020 and of the profit and other comprehensive loss, its
changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) as applicable in Pakistan. Our
responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for
Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants as adopted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (the
Code) and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we
have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
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.
S. No Key Audit Matters How the matter was addressed in our audit
01 Carrying value of intangible asset - goodwill In response to this matter, we performed the
following procedures:
Refer to note 4 to the financial statements.
- Obtained understanding of management’s
The Company has an intangible asset of goodwill process over the impairment assessment of
having carrying value of Rs. 955.74 million (2019: goodwill.
Rs.955.74 million) at year end.
- Obtained management’s future cash flow
This arose on acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb forecasts and tested arithmetical accuracy of
(BMS) by the Company through local underlying value-in-use calculations.
arrangements. BMS had ceased its operations in
Pakistan and all of the products received from BMS
on acquisition were continued by the Company with
the label of GSK in Pakistan.
03 Tax related litigations and contingencies In this respect, we performed following audit
procedures:
Refer to note 22.1 (b) and (c) to the financial
statements. - Obtained and reviewed details of the pending
litigations and discussed the same with the
The Company has litigation cases in respect of Company’s management.
income tax and sales tax matters, which are
pending at various forums including Honorable - Reviewed correspondences, on a sample
High Court of Sindh, Commissioner Inland Revenue basis, relating to pending tax assessments of
(Appeals) (CIR(A)) and Appellate Tribunal Inland the Company with the relevant authorities
Revenue (ATIR). including judgments or orders passed by the
competent authorities / courts of law in
Matters under litigation require management to relation to the issues involved or matters
make judgements and estimates in relation to the which have similarities with the issues
interpretation of laws, statutory rules, regulations, involved;
the probability of outcome and financial impact, if
any, on the Company for disclosure and recognition - Obtained confirmations from the Company’s
and measurement of any provisions that may be external legal and tax counsels for their views
required against such litigation matters. Further, on open tax assessments and legal cases;
management also has a practice of consulting their
legal and tax experts on the matters before - Involved internal tax professionals to assess
deciding on the significant tax matters. management’s conclusions on contingent tax
matters and to evaluate the consistency of
Due to significance of amounts involved, inherent such conclusions with the views of the
uncertainties with respect to the outcome of management and external tax advisors
matters and use of significant management engaged by the Company; and
judgement and estimates to assess the same
including related financial impacts, we considered - Reviewed disclosures made in respect of
litigation matters relating to tax contingencies as a these litigations in the financial statements.
key audit matter.
Management is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual
report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2020, but does not include the financial statements, our auditor’s report
thereon, and review report issued on statement of compliance with Code of Corporate Governance.
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 when
available, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained
in the 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 is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the accounting
and reporting standards as applicable in Pakistan and the requirements of the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017) and for such
internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that 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.
Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
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 ISAs as applicable in Pakistan 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 ISAs as applicable in Pakistan, 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 control relevant to the audit 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.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related
disclosures made by 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.
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• 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.
We communicate with the board of directors 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 the board of directors 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 the board of directors, 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.
a) proper books of account have been kept by the Company as required by the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017);
b) statement of financial position, the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in
equity and the statement of cash flows together with the notes thereon have been drawn up in conformity with the
Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017) and are in agreement with the books of account and returns;
c) investments made, expenditure incurred and guarantees extended during the year were for the purpose of the Company’s
business; and
d) zakat deductible at source under the Zakat and Usher Ordinance, 1980 (XVIII of 1980), was deducted by the Company and
deposited in the Central Zakat Fund established under section 7 of that Ordinance.
The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditor’s report is Nadeem Yousuf Adil.
Chartered Accountants
Place: Karachi
Date: March 25, 2021
Equity
Share capital 16 3,184,672 3,184,672
Reserves 17 14,293,592 12,952,724
17,478,264 16,137,396
Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Staff retirement benefits 18 508,622 228,437
Deferred taxation 19 674,967 645,955
Long-term portion of lease liabilities 7,778 42,564
1,191,367 916,956
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 20 7,215,123 5,987,372
Accrued mark-up - 2,353
Provisions 21 38,964 78,762
Current portion of lease liabilities 31,559 8,867
Unclaimed dividend 116,719 97,476
7,402,365 6,174,830
(123,568) (93,906)
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (the Company) is incorporated in Pakistan as a limited liability company and is listed on
the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Registered office of the Company is situated at 35 - Dockyard Road, West Wharf, Karachi,
Sindh. It is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of research based ethical specialties and pharmaceutical products.
The Company is a subsidiary of S.R. One International B.V., incorporated in Netherlands, whereas its ultimate parent
company is GlaxoSmithKline plc, UK (GSK plc).
1.1 Due to the pending transfer of marketing authorisations and certain permissions for certain Over the Counter (OTC)
products of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Pakistan Limited (GSK CH) with Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan
(DRAP), the Company, for and on behalf of GSK CH was engaged in the procurement, manufacturing and managing the
related inventory and receivable balances pertaining to such products against a service fee charged by the Company.
During the year, the marketing authorisation and permissions for certain OTC products have been transferred to GSK CH
and therefore, GSK CH is now involved in procurement, manufacturing and managing of such inventory items since
approval date.
The coronavirus outbreak situation, during the year, was evolving in the country. Up to the date of these financial statements,
the outbreak has not had a material adverse impact on the financial results of the Company. Presently, pharmaceutical
businesses have been allowed to continue their operations by both provincial and federal governments in order to ensure
availability of our products in the market.
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting and reporting standards as applicable in
Pakistan. The accounting and reporting standards applicable in Pakistan comprise of:
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) as
notified under the Companies Act, 2017 (the Act); and
Where the provisions of and directives issued under the Act differ with the requirements of IFRSs, the provisions of and
directives issued under the Act have been followed.
Items included in the financial statements are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which
the Company operates. These financial statements are presented in Pakistani Rupees which is the Company's functional
and presentation currency. All financial information presented in Pakistani Rupees has been rounded off to the nearest
thousand unless otherwise indicated.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with the accounting and reporting standards as applicable in Pakistan
requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the
process of applying the Company's accounting policies. The matters involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity,
or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant which have been disclosed in the relevant notes to the financial
statements are:
The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to
be reasonable under the circumstances, the result of which form the basis of making the judgements about the carrying
values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these
estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revision to accounting estimates
are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of revision
and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
2.2 Application of new standards, amendments and interpretations to the published approved accounting and
reporting standards
2.2.1 New accounting standards, amendments and IFRS interpretations that are effective for the year ended
December 31, 2020
The following standards, amendments and interpretations are effective for the year ended December 31, 2020. These
standards, amendments and interpretations are either not relevant to the Company's operations or are not expected to have
significant impact on the Company's financial statements other than certain additional disclosures.
- Amendments to the conceptual framework for financial reporting, January 01, 2020
including amendments to references to the conceptual framework in IFRS
- Amendments to IAS 1 'Presentation of Financial Statements' and IAS 8 January 01, 2020
'Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors' -
Definition of material
- Amendments to IFRS 9 'Financial Instruments', IAS 39 'Financial Instruments: January 01, 2020
Recognition and Measurement' and IFRS 7 'Financial Instruments: Disclosures' -
Interest rate benchmark reform
2.2.2 New accounting standards and IFRS interpretations that are not yet effective
The following standards, amendments and interpretations are only effective for accounting periods, beginning on or after
the date mentioned against each of them. These standards, interpretations and the amendments are either not relevant to
the Company's operations or are not expected to have significant impact on the Company's financial statements other than
certain additional disclosures.
- Amendment to IFRS 16 'Leases' - Covid-19 related rent concessions June 01, 2020
2.2.3 Other than the aforesaid standards, interpretations and amendments, the International Accounting Standards
Board (IASB) has also issued the following standards which have not been adopted locally by the Securities
and Exchange Commission of Pakistan:
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except as otherwise disclosed in the
accounting policies below.
2.4.1 The Company operates an approved funded gratuity plan (the Plan) for its permanent employees.
Gratuity is based on employees' last drawn salary. Provisions are made to cover the obligations under the scheme on the
basis of actuarial recommendations. The actuarial valuations are carried out using the Projected Unit Credit Method.
Actuarial gain or loss (remeasurements) are immediately recognised in ‘Other Comprehensive Income’ as they occur. The
amount recognised in the statement of financial position represents the present value of defined benefit obligation as
reduced by the fair value of the plan assets. Current service costs and any past service costs together with net interest cost
are charged to profit or loss.
Retirement benefits are payable to employees on completion of prescribed qualifying period of service under the Plan.
2.4.2 The Company also operates approved contributory provident funds for all its permanent employees. Equal monthly
contributions are made both by the Company and the employee at the rate of 10% per annum of the basic salary.
The Company provides for compensated absences of its non-management employees on unavailed balance of leave in the
period in which the leave is earned.
2.6.1 Current
The charge for current taxation is based on taxable income at the current rates of taxation after taking into account tax
credits and rebates available, if any, and taxes paid under the final tax regime.
2.6.2 Deferred
Deferred tax is recognised using balance sheet liability method for all major temporary differences arising between tax
bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements.
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised
to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits and taxable temporary differences will be available against which
deductible temporary differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting
date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits and taxable temporary differences
will be available to allow all or part of the assets to be recovered.
Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the liability is settled or the asset
realized. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or
credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. The effect of deferred taxation of the
portion of the income subject to final tax regime is also considered in accordance with the requirement of Technical
Release - 27 of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
These are stated initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Exchange gains and losses arising in respect of liabilities in foreign currency are added to the carrying amount of the
respective liability.
2.8 Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is
probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate of the amount can be
made. Provisions are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect current best estimate.
The amount recognised as provision is the best estimate of consideration required to settle the present obligation at the end
of reporting period, taking into account the risk and uncertainties surrounding the obligation.
Ordinary shares are classified as equity and are recorded at their face value.
Operating assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation / amortisation and accumulated impairment, if any.
Depreciation is charged using the straight line method whereby the carrying value of an asset less estimated residual value,
if not insignificant, is written off over its estimated remaining useful life. Depreciation / amortisation on assets is charged
from the month of addition to the month of disposal. Cost of leasehold land is amortised over the period of the lease.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset's carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when
it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost of the item can
be measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to income during the year in which they are incurred.
Gains and losses on disposal of fixed assets are included in statement of profit or loss during the year in which the asset is
disposed off.
Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values of each item of property, plant and equipment that is significant in
relation to the total cost of the assets are reviewed and adjusted, if appropriate annually.
Capital work-in-progress is stated at cost less impairment in value, if any. It consists of expenditure incurred and
advances made in respect of tangible fixed assets in the course of their construction and installation. Transfers are
made to the relevant category of assets when assets are available for intended use.
Carrying values of assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
value may not be recoverable. If any such indication exists, assets or cash-generating units are tested for impairment.
Cash-generating units to which goodwill is allocated are tested for impairment annually. Where the carrying values of assets
or cash-generating units exceed the estimated recoverable amount, these are written down to their recoverable amount
and the resulting impairment is charged to statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Impairment is reversed only if there has been a change in estimates used to determine recoverable amounts and only to the
extent that the revised carrying value does not exceed the carrying value that would have existed, had no impairment been
recognised, except impairment of goodwill which is not reversed.
2.12 Intangibles
2.12.1 Goodwill
In a business combination, goodwill is recognised at the acquisition date and measured at the fair value of consideration
paid less the fair value of net assets acquired. After initial recognition, it is carried at cost less accumulated impairment, if any.
Goodwill is assessed annually for impairment.
Market authorisation rights (the rights) are recognised if it is probable that future economic benefits attributable to the rights
will flow to the Company and cost of such rights can be measured reliably. The rights acquired by the Company are initially
recognised at cost and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and impairment, if any.
These are valued at lower of cost, determined using weighted average method, and net realisable value, less provision for
obsolete items (if any). Items in transit are valued at cost comprising invoice value plus other charges incurred thereon upto
the reporting date. Provision is made for items which are obsolete and slow moving and is determined based on
management estimate regarding their future usability.
2.14 Stock-in-trade
These are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is determined using first-in first-out method.
Net realisable value signifies the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less costs necessary to be
incurred to make the sale.
Assets are classified as held for sale / disposal if their carrying amount is to be recovered principally through a sale
transaction rather than through continuing use. These assets are available for sale in their present condition subject only to
terms that are usual and customary for sale of such assets and their sale is highly probable.
The Company measures its assets classified as held for sale / disposal at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less
costs to sell. Costs to sell signify the incremental costs directly attributable to the disposal of an asset, excluding finance
costs and income tax expense.
Cash and cash equivalents are carried in the statement of financial position at cost / amortised cost. For the purpose of the
cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise of cash and cheques in hand, balances with banks on current,
savings and deposit accounts, short-term investments and short-term borrowings under running finance, having maturity of
upto three months.
Foreign currency transactions are recorded into Pakistani Rupee using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the
transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currency are translated into Pakistani Rupee at the rates of exchange
prevailing at the statement of financial position date. Exchange gains and losses are included in income currently.
Revenue is recognised at amounts that reflect the consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange
for transferring goods or services to a customer. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or
receivable, and is recognised on the following basis:
- Revenue from sale of goods, scrap sales or service fee is recognised when or as control of goods or services have
been transferred to a customer either over time or at a point in time, when the performance obligations are met.
- Returns on saving accounts, deposit accounts and investments at amortised cost are recognised using effective
interest rate method
- Promotional allowance is recognised when the right to receive the allowance is established.
a) Initial Recognition
All financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at their fair value plus or minus, in the case of a financial
asset or financial liability not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the
acquisition or issue of the financial asset and financial liability.
Financial liabilities are not recognised unless one of the parties has performed its part of the contract or the contract is a
derivative contract.
b) Classification
The Company determines the classification of financial assets at initial recognition. The classification of
instruments (other than equity instruments) is driven by the Company’s business model for managing the
financial assets and their contractual cash flow characteristics.
Financial assets that meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at amortised cost:
- the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is to hold financial assets in order to
collect contractual cash flows; and
- the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely
payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.
Financial assets that meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at FVTOCI:
- the financial asset is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting
contractual cash flows and selling the financial assets; and
- the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely
payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.
Financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost, unless they are required to be measured at FVTPL (such as
instruments held for trading or derivatives) or the Company has opted to measure them at FVTPL.
Elected investments in equity instruments at FVTOCI are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs.
Subsequently they are measured at fair value, with gains or losses arising from changes in fair value recognised in
other comprehensive income / (loss).
Financial assets and liabilities at amortised cost are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs, and
subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, and in the case of financial assets, less any
impairment.
Gains or losses are recognised in the statement of profit or loss when financial instrument are derecognised or
impaired or through the amortisation process.
Financial assets and liabilities carried at FVTPL are initially recorded at fair value and transaction costs are expensed
in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. Realized and unrealized gains and losses arising
from changes in the fair value of the financial assets and liabilities held at FVTPL are included in the statement of
profit or loss and other comprehensive income in the period in which they arise.
Where management has opted to recognize a financial liability at FVTPL, any changes associated with the Company’s
own credit risk will be recognised in other comprehensive (loss) income. Currently, there are no financial liabilities
designated at FVTPL.
d) Impairment of financial assets at amortised cost
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, recognition of impairment based on expected credit loss (ECL)
model. The Company measures loss allowance of an amount equal to lifetime ECL or 12 months ECL based on
credit risk.
When determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition and
when estimating ECLs, the Company considers reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available
without undue cost or effort. This includes both quantitative and qualitative information and analysis, based on the
Company’s historical experience and informed credit assessment and including forward-looking information.
The Company recognises lifetime ECL for trade receivables. The ECL on these financial assets are estimated using a
provision matrix based on the Company’s historical credit loss experience, adjusted for factors that are specific to the
debtors, general economic conditions and an assessment of both the current as well as the forecast direction of
conditions at the reporting date, including time value of money where appropriate.
For other financial assets, majority of the assets of the Company exposed to credit risk pertain to counter parties
which have high credit rating or where credit risk has not been increased since initial recognition. Therefore,
management believes that the impact of ECL would be very minimal and hence, the same has not been accounted
for in these financial statements.
The gross carrying amount of a financial asset is written off when the Company has no reasonable expectations of
recovering of a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof. The Company individually makes an assessment with
respect to the timing and amount of write-off based on whether there is a reasonable expectation of recovery. The
Company expects no significant recovery from the amount written off. However, financial assets that are written off
could still be subject to enforcement activities in order to comply with the Company’s procedures for recovery of
amounts due.
The Company derecognizes financial liabilities only when its obligations under the financial liabilities are
discharged, cancelled or expired. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability
derecognised and the consideration paid and payable, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities
assumed, is recognised in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Financial assets and liabilities are off-set and the net amount is reported in the statement of financial position if the
Company has a legal right to set off the transaction and also intends either to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset
and settle the liability simultaneously.
Dividend distribution to the Company's shareholders and appropriations to / from reserves is recognised in the period in
which these are approved.
Cash settled share based payments of GlaxoSmithKline Plc, UK shares provided to employees are recorded as liability in
the financial statements at fair value over the period the services are received.
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating
decision-maker (CODM) who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating
segments. The management has determined that the Company has a single reportable segment as the CODM views the
Company's operations as one reportable segment
The Company presents basic earnings per share (EPS) data for its ordinary shares. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the
profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding during the year.
2.25 Leases
At inception of a contract, the Company assesses whether a contract is, or contains, a lease based on whether the contract
conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.
The right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost, and subsequently at cost less any accumulated depreciation and
impairment losses if any, and adjusted for certain re-measurements of the lease liability. The right-of-use asset is
depreciated using the straight line method over the shorter of the lease term and the asset’s useful life. The estimated
useful lives of assets are determined on the same basis as that for owned assets. In addition, the right-of-use asset is
periodically reduced by impairment losses, if any.
The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement
date, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the Company’s
incremental borrowing rate.
The lease liability is subsequently increased by the interest cost on the lease liability and decreased by lease payments
made. It is re-measured when there is a change in future lease payments arising from a change in an index or rate, a
change in assessment of whether extension option is reasonably certain to be exercised or a termination option is
reasonably certain not to be exercised.
Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to statement of profit or
loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for
each period.
The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient not to recognise right-of-use asset and lease liabilities for short
term leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less and leases of low-value assets. The lease payments associated
with these leases is recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Opening net book value (NBV) 270,444 2,233,277 5,152,835 135,314 445,883 435,258 8,673,011
Additions (at cost) - 160,982 306,181 17,942 214,981 180,914 881,000
Disposals
- Cost - (27) (65,508) (6,950) (91,358) (11,507) (175,350)
- Accumulated depreciation - 15 52,934 6,464 59,536 10,017 128,966
- Accumulated impairment - 12 9,161 486 - 944 10,603
Disposals (at NBV) - - (3,413) - (31,822) (546) (35,781)
Transferred to disposal
group classified as
held for sale / disposal - note 15.1
Depreciation charge
- On assets classified as held for sale - (3,979) - (76) - (433) (4,488)
- On other assets (4,970) (79,910) (356,028) (23,978) (129,156) (100,017) (694,059)
(4,970) (83,889) (356,028) (24,054) (129,156) (100,450) (698,547)
Closing net book value 265,474 2,219,760 5,083,861 128,761 499,886 509,144 8,706,886
Opening net book value (NBV) 275,513 2,119,441 4,960,477 150,948 408,080 393,942 8,308,401
Additions (at cost) - 194,296 623,851 17,057 227,144 145,036 1,207,384
Disposals
- Cost - (2,733) (21,645) (40,471) (158,043) (52,906) (275,798)
- Accumulated depreciation - 624 10,445 33,143 97,381 43,924 185,517
- Accumulated impairment - - 9,001 - - - 9,001
Disposals (at NBV) - (2,109) (2,199) (7,328) (60,662) (8,982) (81,280)
Transferred to disposal
group classified as
held for sale / disposal - - - - - - -
Closing net book value 270,444 2,233,277 5,152,835 135,314 445,883 435,258 8,673,011
Plant & 1,040 299 741 64 (677) Tender M/s Ganatra Salvaging - B - 37, S.I.T.E,
machinery Karachi
Motor vehicles 2,519 1,889 630 1,906 1,276 Tender Mr. Maaz Saleem - A32 / 1 First Floor,
Scheme 33, Madras Society Gulzar e Hijri,
Karachi
" 2,577 1,933 644 628 (16) Company Policy Mr. Irfan Qureshi - Executive
" 2,573 1,930 643 643 - Company Policy Mr. Abdul Rauf - Ex - Executive
" 1,894 917 977 1,020 43 Company Policy Mr. Abdul Wahab Qureshi - Ex - Executive
" 2,647 1,448 1,199 2,440 1,241 Tender M/s Suzuki South - 25/1, Sector 23,
Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi
" 1,788 1,201 587 894 307 Company Policy Mr. Aslam Qureshi - Ex - Executive
" 1,789 1,202 587 984 397 Company Policy Mr. Faheem Uddin Bhutto - Executive
" 2,647 1,489 1,158 1,200 42 Company Policy Mr. Imran Amin - Ex - Executive
" 2,093 850 1,243 1,662 419 Company Policy Mr. Zeeshan Raza Mukhraj - Ex - Executive
" 1,733 939 794 1,040 246 Company Policy Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Zahid Asghar - Ex
- Executive
" 2,154 808 1,346 1,939 593 Company Policy Mr. M Mairaj Uddin - Ex - Executive
" 6,500 4,875 1,625 1,625 - Company Policy Dr. Tariq Farooq - Director
" 2,897 1,177 1,720 2,028 308 Company Policy Mr. Rafay Ahmed - Ex - Executive
" 2,154 572 1,582 2,138 556 Company Policy Mr. M Imran Gul - Executive
" 2,647 1,365 1,282 2,875 1,593 Tender M/s Augmentech Business Solution -
167/3, Sawera Residency Ground Floor,
" Khalid bin Waleed Rd PECHS Block 3,
Karachi
" 1,789 811 978 1,947 969 Tender Mr. Syed Riaz Ahmed - House No. A-216,
Block-3, Gulshan e Iqbal, Karachi
" 4,450 2,086 2,364 3,600 1,236 Company Policy Dr. Farheen Ali - Ex - Executive
" 2,154 505 1,649 1,831 182 Company Policy Mr. Adam Anwar - Ex - Executive
" 5,306 3,979 1,327 1,680 353 Company Policy Mr. M Salman Haider - Ex - Executive
" 2,577 1,933 644 2,000 1,356 Company Policy Mr. M Salman Haider - Ex - Executive
12,575 9,431 3,144 3,200 56 Company Policy Mr. Aziz Ul Huq - Ex - Chief Executive
" Officer
" 4,956 3,717 1,239 1,189 (50) Company Policy Dr. Gohar Nayab - Director
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
3.4 Capital work-in-progress
3.4.1 Capital work-in-progress is net off of accumulated impairment of Rs. 12.15 million (2019: Rs. 12.15 million).
3.4.2 The advances to suppliers do not carry any interest or mark up.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
3.5 Right-of-use assets - Land and buildings
3.6 Particulars of immovable properties in the name of the Company are as follows:
- Plot No. 5, Sector 21, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi Manufacturing 31,720
- Plot No. 77/80, Block-B, Akhuwat Naghar, Airport Road, Sukkur Not in use 2,479
- Islam-ud-din House, Mehmood Kot, Bosan Road, Multan Sales office 1,550
- Aleem House, Plot No. 409, Sector I-9, Industrial Area, Islamabad Sales office 4,645
- Nasir Pur, Near Abd Floor Mill, G. T. Road, Peshawar Not in use 6,576
4.1 This includes Rs. 40.3 million paid as consideration to Novartis Pharma (Pakistan) Limited (NPPL) in respect of acquiring
market authorisation rights in relation to NPPL's vaccine business and Rs. 86 million paid as consideration paid for acquiring
market authorisation rights of Traxon from Akhai Pharmaceuticals (Private) Limited. During the year, the Company has
provided Rs. 50 million in respect of marketing authorisation of Traxon from Akhai Pharmaceuticals (Private) Limited.
4.2 The recoverable amount of intangibles is the higher of value in use and fair value less cost to sell. Value in use is calculated
as the net present value of the projected cash flows of the intangibles to which the asset belongs, discounted at
risk-adjusted discount rate.
Details relating to the discounted cash flow model used in the impairment test are as follows:
Discount rate
Determination of assumptions Growth rates are internal forecasts based on both internal and external market
information and past performance.
Cost reflects past experience, adjusted for inflation and expected changes.
The valuation indicates sufficient headroom such that a 1% change in the terminal growth and discount rate has not
resulted in an impairment of the related intangibles.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
5. LONG - TERM LOANS TO EMPLOYEES
72,838 103,224
2020 2019
6. STORES AND SPARES Rupees in ‘000
194,317 206,202
2020 2019
7. STOCK-IN-TRADE Rupees in ‘000
6,328,215 6,680,059
Less: Provision for slow moving, obsolete and damaged items - note 7.3 (584,710) (609,806)
5,743,505 6,070,253
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
7.1 Details of stock-in-trade held with the third parties is as follows:
7.2 Finished goods include items costing Rs. 0.71 billion (2019: Rs. 1.17 billion) valued at net realisable value of Rs. 0.53 billion
(2019: Rs. 0.85 billion). Raw and packing materials have been lowered by Rs. 72.3 million (2019: Rs. 85.9 million) and WIP
has been lowered by Rs. 6.6 million (2019: Rs. 13.5 million) respectively to recognise them at Net Realizable Value.
7.3 During the year, stock-in-trade of Rs. 159.73 million (2019: Rs. 161.06 million) have been written off against provision.
1,411,668 1,373,692
1,204,143 1,126,700
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
8.1 Due from associated companies
48,032 8,107
8.1.1 The ageing analysis of due from associated companies is as follows:
8.2 The ageing analysis of trade receivables past due but not impaired is as follows:
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
8.3 The maximum aggregate amount due from GSK CH at the end of any month during the year was Rs. 48.03 million
(2019: Rs. 141.63 million).
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
9. LOANS AND ADVANCES
Considered good
Current portion of long-term loans to employees - note 5 52,331 59,605
Advances:
- to employees - note 9.1 39,238 31,899
- to suppliers 246,284 214,623
- against letter of credit 40,629 41,338
378,482 347,465
Considered doubtful
Advances to suppliers 6,387 6,387
384,869 353,852
Provision for doubtful advances (6,387) (6,387)
378,482 347,465
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
10. TRADE DEPOSITS AND PREPAYMENTS
Trade deposits
- considered good 194,854 176,120
- considered doubtful 65,039 56,070
259,893 232,190
Provision for doubtful deposits (65,039) (56,070)
194,854 176,120
Prepayments 112,439 137,859
307,293 313,979
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
11. REFUNDS DUE FROM GOVERNMENT
104,266 106,179
Provision for doubtful refundables (65,556) (65,556)
38,710 40,623
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
12. OTHER RECEIVABLES
Considered good
Others
- Considered good 9,000 35,063
- Considered doubtful 20,775 20,775
1,024,775 1,126,353
1,004,000 1,105,578
12.1.1 The Company also has Rs. 204.82 million (2019: Rs. 194.01 million) payable to the same entity that has been classified in
trade and other payables.
12.2 The maximum aggregate amount due from related parties at the end of any month during the year was Rs. 1.02 billion
(2019: Rs. 1.07 billion).
12.3 As at December 31, 2020, the age analysis of these related party receivables is as follows:
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
974,410 1,070,515
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
12.4 Workers' Profits Participation Fund
These represent two treasury bills (2019: two treasury bills) which are held with Company's banker for safe custody
yielding 7.15% to 7.18% per annum (2019: 13.34% to 13.53% per annum) with maturity by January 2021 and February
2021 respectively (2019: by February 2020).
14.1 At December 31, 2020 the rates of mark-up on PLS savings accounts and on term deposit accounts were 3% to 6.10%
(2019: 5.01% to 11.85%) per annum and 6.65% (2019: 13.05%) per annum respectively.
14.2 These include Rs.1.45 million (2019: Rs. 1.45 million) under lien with bank against bank guarantee issued on behalf of the
Company.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
15. ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
ASSETS
15.1 This represents net book value of old and inactive warehouses situated in 6 different locations across the country. The
management has initiated necessary procedure for their disposal.
16.2 The Company has one class of ordinary shares which carry no rights to fixed income. The holders of shares are entitled to
receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at the meeting of the Company. All
shares rank equally with regard to the Company's residual assets.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
17. RESERVES
Revenue reserves
17.1 This represents reserve created on various schemes of arrangements involving the Company.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
18. STAFF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
18.1.1 The Company operates approved funded gratuity schemes for its permanent employees (the Plan). Actuarial valuation of
this Plan is carried out every year and the latest actuarial valuation was carried out as of December 31, 2020.
18.1.2 Plan assets held in trust are governed by local regulations which mainly include Trust Act, 1882; the Companies Act, 2017;
Income Tax Rules, 2002 and the Rules under the trust deeds. Responsibility for governance of the Plan, including
investment decisions and contribution schedules, lies with the Board of Trustees of the Plan. The Company appoints the
trustees and all trustees are employees of the Company.
18.1.3 The latest actuarial valuation of the Plan as at December 31, 2020 was carried out using the Projected Unit Credit Method.
Details of the Plan as per the actuarial valuation are as follows:
2020 2019
18.1.4 Statement of financial position - Reconciliation Rupees in ‘000
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
173,922 131,078
18.1.9 Net recognised liability
100.00 100.00
18.1.11 Actuarial Assumptions
18.1.12 Pre-retirement and post-retirement mortality was assumed to be SLIC (2001-05) rated down one year.
18.1.13 In case of the funded plans, investment positions are managed within an asset-liability matching (ALM) framework that
has been developed to achieve long-term investments that are in line with the obligations under the retirement benefit
plan. Within this framework, the ALM objective is to match assets to the retirement benefit obligations by investing in
long-term fixed interest securities with maturities that match the benefit payments as they fall due.
The Company actively monitors how the duration and the expected yield of the investments are matching the expected
cash outflows arising from the retirement benefit plan obligations. The Company does not use derivatives to manage its
risk. Investments are well diversified, such that the failure of any single investment would not have a material impact on the
overall level of assets. A large portion of assets in 2019 consists of government bonds and listed securities. The Company
believes that government bond offers the best returns over the long term with an acceptable level of risk.
The Company's gratuity expense for the year ending December 31, 2021 is expected to be Rs. 232 million.
The actuary conducts separate valuation for calculating contribution rates and the Company contributes to the gratuity
plan according to the actuary's advice. Expense of the defined benefit plan is calculated by the actuary.
- Mortality risks:
The risk that the actual mortality experience is different. The effect depends on the beneficiaries’ service / age
distribution and the benefit.
- Investment risks:
The risk of the investment underperforming and not being sufficient to meet the liabilities.
- Withdrawal risks:
The risk of higher or lower withdrawal experience than assumed. The final effect could go either way depending on
the beneficiaries’ service / age distribution and the benefit.
The sensitivity of the defined benefit obligation to changes in the weighted principal assumptions is:
The above sensitivity analyses are based on a change in an assumption while holding all other assumptions constant. In
practice, this is unlikely to occur, and changes in some of the assumptions may be correlated. When calculating the
sensitivity of the defined benefit obligation to significant actuarial assumptions the same method (present value of the
defined benefit obligation calculated with the projected unit credit method at the end of the reporting period) has been
applied as when calculating the gratuity liability recognised within the statement of financial position.
Gratuity plans
Present value of defined benefit obligation (2,314,763) (1,990,687) (1,844,848) (1,880,479) (1,618,862)
Fair value of plan assets 1,806,141 1,762,250 1,474,049 1,586,448 1,677,349
Experience adjustments
Pension plan
Experience adjustments
Gain on obligation (as percentage of plan obligation) N/A N/A N/A N/A 7.04%
Loss on plan assets (as percentage of plan assets) N/A N/A N/A N/A (0.34)%
18.4 The weighted average duration of approved funded gratuity schemes for its permanent employees is 6.99 years
- Staff retirement benefits (64,782) (32,122) (50,354) (147,258) (102,680) 75,070 (37,172) (64,782)
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
20. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
20.2 The Royalty pertains to GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Trading Services Limited and GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property
Limited which are situated in England. The registered address of these Companies is 980 Great West Road, Brentford
,Middlesex, TW8 9GS. These Companies are associated companies of the Company.
20.3 This include Rs. 243 million (2019: Rs. 242 million) as advance from customers and Rs. 883 million (2019: Rs. 543 million)
as accrual for return and allowance.
20.4 The investments out of the provident fund have been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 218 of the
Companies Act, 2017 and the conditions specified there under.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
21. PROVISIONS
21.1 Provisions include restructuring costs and government levies of Rs. 21.57 million and Rs. 17.39 million (2019: Rs. 27.53
and Rs. 51.23 million) respectively.
22.1 Contingencies
(a) Claims against the Company not acknowledged as debt for reinstatement of employment and other
labour cases amount to Rs. 76.82 million (2019: Rs. 93.65 million) as at December 31, 2020.
(i) While finalizing income tax assessments in various years, assessing officers (AO) made certain additions to income
raising tax demands on the contention that the Company allegedly paid excessive amounts on account of royalty and
certain imported raw materials. The Company has been contesting these additions at various appellate forums. Details
of such cases are as under:
c. 2002-03 4.03 Proceedings in said assessment year are related to former ATIR
SmithKline and French of Pakistan Limited. The initial demand was
set aside by ATIR for fresh consideration. AO, however, maintained
the same demand which was also confirmed by CIRA’s order. The
Company has filed appeal, on 21 June 2012, against the order of
CIRA which is pending adjudication.
d. 2006 10.04 Demand raised by the AO was annulled by CIRA. This assessment ATIR
is related to former GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (Private)
Limited [formerly Bristol-Myers Squibb Pakistan (Private) Limited].
The department has filed appeal against CIRA’s order.
e. 2005 to 2008 243.69 Against the demand raised in tax years 2005 to 2008, CIRA has ATIR and
and 2011 granted certain relief (for tax years 2005 and 2008) while in tax CIRA (for tax
year 2011 CIRA maintained the demand raised by AO. Against the years 2006
remaining additions in tax years 2005 to 2008 and against order of & 2007)
CIRA for tax year 2011 (including addition on account of stock
written off), appeal has been filed by the Company, on 19
November 2014, which is pending adjudication.
f. 2009 68.23 CIRA’s order confirmed the demand raised by AO. Appeal has ATIR
been filed by the Company, on 19 December 2018, which is
pending adjudication.
g. 2012 82.5 Against the order of the AO, appeal was filed before CIRA which ATIR
deleted the additions made by AO under section 122(5A) of
Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 (Ordinance). The department has
filed the appeal against the order of CIRA which is pending
adjudication.
i. 2013 to 2016 230.5 Against the tax demand raised by AO, the CIRA decided the case ATIR
in favour of the department. Appeal has been filed, on 19
November 2018, by the Company which is pending adjudication.
(ii) In case of Stiefel Laboratories Pakistan (Private) Limited (Now GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited) the AO raised
demand of Rs. 17.70 million in financial year 2009 under section 161/205 of the Ordinance by applying arbitrary
withholding tax rates on the expenses in the audited accounts as compared to tax paid as per monthly withholding
statements. The CIRA remanded back the order, against which the Company has filed appeal before ATIR on 04
February 2019 which is pending for hearing. Further remanded back proceedings are yet to be initiated by the
department.
(iii) As a result of monitoring of withholding tax for the tax years 2012 and 2017, AO issued orders raising tax demands
amounting to Rs. 80 million (subsequently reduced to Rs. 15.5 million) and Rs. 38.7 million respectively. Such demands
have been made on the contention that the company did not deduct tax at the rate of 20% on payments for meetings
and symposia and gifts and giveaways under section 156 of the Ordinance. In both years, CIRA issued the decisions in
favour of the Company. The department’s appeals are pending before ATIR.
(iv) During year ended December 31, 2018, the AO raised aggregate demand of Rs. 31.39 million in tax years 2014,
2015 and 2016 on the issue of non-withholding of tax on sale by auction / tender. Against the orders of AO, the
Company has filed an appeal before CIRA. The CIRA confirmed the order of AO against which the Company filed
appeal before the ATIR, which maintained CIRA’s order. The Company filed an appeal before Honourable High Court
against ATIR's order on 22 September 2020 which is pending adjudication.
(i) Effective July 1, 2013, Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has levied Sindh Sales Tax at the rate of 16% on toll
manufacturing activities under Sindh Sales Tax on Services Act, 2011 treating such activity as a ‘service’. Historically,
such activity had been treated as ‘manufacturing’ of goods and were taxable within the domain of Sales Tax Act, 1990.
No sales tax was payable under the Federal law on toll manufacturing charges paid by the Company owing to the fact
that the Company is engaged in manufacturing of pharmaceutical products which are exempt from Federal sales tax.
In view of this, the Company has jointly filed a constitutional petition with M/s Pharmatec Pakistan (Private) Limited
(toll manufacturer of the Company) before the Sindh High Court (SHC) contending that toll manufacturing is a
process and not a service; therefore comes under the legislative authority of the Federal Government; hence, Sindh
Sales Tax is not chargeable on toll manufacturing charges billed to the Company. SHC has issued a stay against the
proceedings and restrained Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) from collection of sales tax on toll manufacturing charges
which estimates to the amount of Rs. 603.36 million (2019: Rs. 603.36 million).
(iii) During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company had received a show cause notice from Punjab Revenue
Authority for the payment of Rs. 121.80 million on account of Punjab Sales Tax on Royalty accrued from 2012 to
2015. Currently, the Company is depositing sales tax on royalties entirely with SRB’s exchequer. The Company has
filed an appeal in Lahore High Court, who granted stay against the show cause notice.
The management is confident that the ultimate decisions in the above cases will be in favour of the Company, hence no
provision has been made in respect of the aforementioned tax demands.
22.2 Commitments
Commitments for capital expenditure outstanding as at December 31, 2020 amount to Rs. 252.91 million (2019: Rs.
594.37 million).
Gross sales
Local - note 23.1 36,399,368 37,630,245
Export 16,895 57,716
36,416,263 37,687,961
Less: Commissions, returns and discounts 1,323,677 1,099,297
Less: Sales tax 2,474 6,915
35,090,112 36,581,749
23.1 This includes sales of OTC Products amounting to Rs. 1.2 billion (2019: Rs. 4.71 billion) to GSK CH being manufactured by
the Company due to pending transfer of marketing authorisations by Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan ('DRAP').
23.2 Sales of major product categories i.e. antibiotics, dermatologicals and respiratory during the year amounted to Rs. 15.83
billion, Rs. 5.18 billion and Rs. 1.54 billion (2019: Rs. 15.38 billion, Rs. 4.39 billion and Rs. 1.54 billion) respectively.
23.3 Company sells its products through a network of distribution channels involving various distributors / sub-distributors and
also directly to government and other institutions. Sales to two distributors (2019: two distributors) exceed 10 percent of
the net sales during the year, amounting to Rs. 5.5 billion and Rs. 6.64 billion (2019: 5.15 billion and Rs. 5.95 billion).
24,851,455 25,136,293
Opening stock of work-in-process 480,587 535,881
Closing stock of work-in-process (243,699) (480,587)
25,088,343 25,191,587
Opening stock of finished goods 2,887,952 2,877,193
Purchase of finished goods 2,925,123 3,689,418
30,901,418 31,758,198
27,555,732 28,870,246
24.1 Salaries, wages and other benefits include Rs. 92.87 million and Rs. 60.67 million (2019: Rs. 79.86 million and Rs. 53.22
million) in respect of charge for defined benefit plans and contributory provident fund.
24.2 This represents charge for severance costs recognised in respect of cost savings initiatives.
2,822,455 3,372,968
Less: Recovery of expenses - note 25.2 55,700 52,419
2,766,755 3,320,549
25.1 Salaries, wages and other benefits include Rs. 69.38 million and Rs. 48.46 million (2019: Rs. 57.91 million and Rs. 44.74
million) in respect of defined benefit plans and contributory provident fund respectively.
25.2 These represent cost reimbursements from GSK CH against various functions / services provided under cost sharing
agreements.
1,381,947 1,147,843
Less: Recovery of expenses - note 25.2 50,399 48,897
1,331,548 1,098,946
26.1 Salaries, wages and other benefits include Rs. 31.33 million and Rs. 20.41 million (2019: Rs. 23.83 million and Rs. 17.62
million) in respect of charge for defined benefit plans and contributory provident fund respectively.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
26.2 Auditors' remuneration
3,000 -
27. OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES
426,320 393,563
235,529 137,204
Others
Liabilities no longer required written back 63,871 -
Scrap sales 71,597 47,839
Insurance commission - 19,642
Promotional allowance - note 28.1 1,532,175 1,513,772
Insurance claim recovery - 6,646
Allowance from intercompany - note 28.2 - 150,033
Service fee - note 1.1 12,000 12,000
Others 44,653 60,225
1,977,036 1,991,462
28.1 This represents allowance from GSK Group against various promotional activities for brand building and sustainable
investments.
28.2 This represents allowance from GSK Group against product re-call for Zantac (tablets and injections).
2020 2019
29. FINANCIAL CHARGES Rupees in ‘000
84,111 289,611
2020 2019
30. TAXATION Rupees in ‘000
Current
- for the year 1,716,667 1,564,797
- for prior year (268,590) (72,865)
Deferred 79,365 67,241
1,527,442 1,559,173
31.1 A diluted earnings per share has not been presented as the Company did not have any convertible instruments in issue as
at December 31, 2019 and 2020 which would have any effect on the earnings per share if the option to convert is
exercised.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
32. CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS
820,637 1,314,961
Profit before working capital changes 5,723,319 5,915,257
1,464,806 (662,844)
7,188,125 5,252,413
For management purposes, the activities of the Company are organised into one operating segment i.e. pharmaceutical
segment. The Company operates in the said reportable operating segment based on the nature of the products, risks and
returns, organisational and management structure and internal financial reporting systems. In 2016, pursuant to the
Scheme of arrangement, the Consumer Healthcare Business was transferred to GSK Consumer Healthcare Pakistan
Limited. Accordingly, the figures reported in these financial statements are related to the Company’s only reportable
segment.
The amounts charged in these financial statements for remuneration of the Chief Executives, Directors and Executives are
as follows:
Chief Executives Director Executives
2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019
Rupees '000
In addition to the above, fee to three (2019: two) non-executive Directors during the year amounted to Rs. 1.3 million
(2019: Rs. 1.15 million).
Chief Executive, Executive Directors and certain executives are also provided with free use of the Company maintained cars
in accordance with the Company policy.
35.2 In addition to the above, the outgoing Chief Executive Officer has been paid severance amounting to Rs. 118.78 million
during the year.
The related parties include associated companies, directors and key management personnel of the Company. The
transactions with related parties are carried out in the normal course of business at contracted rates. The receivables and
payables are mainly unsecured in nature. Details of transactions with related parties and balances with them at period end,
other than those which have been disclosed elsewhere in these financial statements, are as follows:
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
Relationship Nature of transactions
Holding Company:
a. Dividend paid 1,578,179 1,841,209
Associated companies /
undertakings:
a. Purchase of goods 6,487,089 6,679,695
b. Sale of goods 1,221,818 4,762,967
c. Royalty expense charged 396,490 339,301
d. Recovery of expenses 633,648 1,158,057
e. Service fee 12,000 12,000
f. Promotional allowance 1,532,175 1,513,772
Staff retirement funds:
a. Payments to retirement benefit plans 251,401 580,496
Key management personnel:
a. Salaries and other employee benefits 441,959 254,607
b. Post employment benefits 26,743 20,511
c. Sale of assets - sales proceeds 6,014 15,327
36.1 Following are the related parties including associated companies with whom the Company had entered into transactions or
had arrangements / agreements in place during the year:
The facility for running finance available from banks amounted to Rs. 2.81 billion (2019: Rs. 2.77 billion). Rate of mark-up
ranges from one / three month KIBOR plus 0.3% to one month KIBOR plus 1% (2019: one month KIBOR plus 0.3% to
one month KIBOR plus 1%) per annum. The arrangements are secured by Intra Group Guarantee.
The facilities for opening letters of credit and guarantees as at December 31, 2020 amounted to Rs. 2.6 billion (2019: Rs.
3.4 billion) of which unutilised balances at the year end amounted to Rs. 1.9 billion (2019: Rs. 3.04 billion).
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
38. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS BY CATEGORY
8,664,624 5,357,943
(a) Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date.
The carrying values of all financial assets and liabilities reflected in the financial statements approximate their fair
values. Underlying the definition of fair value is the presumption that the Company is a going concern without any
intention or requirement to curtail materially the scale of its operations or to undertake a transaction on adverse
terms.
The Company discloses the financial instruments carried at fair value in the statement of financial position in
accordance with the following fair value hierarchy:
- Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
- Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or
liability, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices).
- Level 3: Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
As at December 31, 2020, the Company does not have any financial instruments carried at fair value.
The Company has exposure to the following risks from financial instruments:
- market risk
- credit risk
- liquidity risk
This note represents information about the Company's exposure to each of the above risks, Company's objectives, policies
and processes for measuring and managing risk, fair value of financial instruments and the Company's management of
capital.
The Company’s overall risk management programme focuses on having cost effective funding as well as to manage
financial risk to minimize earnings volatility and provide maximum return to shareholders.
The Company’s finance and treasury department oversees the management of the financial risk reflecting changes in the
market conditions and also the Company's risk taking activities, and provide assurance that these activities are governed by
appropriate policies and procedures and that the financial risks are identified, measured and managed in accordance with
the Company's policies and risk appetite.
Market risk is the risk that the value of the financial instrument may fluctuate as a result of changes in market
interest rates, foreign exchange rates or the equity prices due to a change in credit rating of the issuer or the
instrument, change in market sentiments, speculative activities, supply and demand of securities and liquidity in the
market. There has been no change in the Company's exposure to market risk or the manner in which this risk is
managed and measured.
Under market risk the Company is exposed to currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk (equity price risk).
Currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of
changes in foreign exchange rates. The liability is mainly denominated in US Dollars. Net (payables) / receivables
exposed to foreign currency risk as at December 31, 2020 amount to Rs. (376.57) million (2019: Rs. 89.447
million).
At December 31, 2020, if the Pakistan Rupee had weakened / strengthened by 5% against the US Dollar with all
other variables held constant, profit before tax for the year would have been higher / lower by Rs. 18.83 million
(2019: Rs. 4.47 million), mainly as a result of foreign exchange gains or losses on translation of US
Dollar-denominated trade payables and trade receivables.
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of
changes in market interest rates.
The Company’s interest rate risk arises primarily from balances held in savings account with banks. These are
benchmarked to variable rates which exposes the Company to cash flow interest rate risk only.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
Variable rate instruments - carrying amount
Financial assets
- profit and loss sharing accounts 400,828 3,247
A change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the year end would have increased or decreased the profit for the
year and shareholder's equity by Rs. 4.01 million (2019: Rs. 0.03 million). This analysis assumes that all other
variables remain constant. The analysis is performed on the same basis as for 2019.
Equity price risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of
changes in market prices (other than those arising from currency risk or interest rate risk), whether those changes
are caused by factors specific to the individual financial instrument or its issuer, or factors affecting all similar
financial instruments traded in the market.
As at December 31, 2020, there are no equity investments of the Company measured at fair value, hence no equity
price risk exists.
Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other
party to incur a financial loss, without taking into account the fair value of any collateral. Concentration of credit risk
arises when a number of counter parties are engaged in similar business activities or have similar economic
features that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in
economic, political or other conditions. Concentration of credit risk indicates the relative sensitivity of the Company's
performance to developments affecting a particular industry.
Credit risk arises from balances with banks and financial institutions, trade receivables, loans, advances, deposits and
other receivables. The credit risk on liquid fund is limited because the counter parties are banks with reasonably high
credit rating.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
Trade receivables of the Company are not exposed to significant credit risk as the Company trades with credit
worthy third parties. Trade receivables of Rs. 1.20 billion (2019: Rs. 1.05 billion) are past due of which Rs. 207.53
million (2019: Rs. 246.99 million) have been impaired. Past due but not impaired balances include Rs. 609.97 million
(2019: Rs. 754.43 million) outstanding for more than three months.
Bank balances represent low credit risk as these are placed with banks having good credit rating assigned by credit
rating agencies.
Settlement risk
Settlement risk is the risk of loss due to the failure of an entity to honour its obligations to deliver cash or other assets
as contractually agreed on sale. The risk is addressed more or less in accordance with the parameters set out in the
credit risk management above.
Liquidity risk represents the risk that the Company will encounter difficulties in meeting obligations associated with
financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. Prudent liquidity risk management
implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding through an adequate amount
of committed credit facilities. Due to dynamic nature of the business, the Company maintains flexibility in funding by
maintaining committed credit lines available.
2020 2019
Rupees in ‘000
41. RECONCILIATION OF LIABILITIES ARISING FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
The Company's objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company's ability to continue as a going concern
so that it can continue to provide adequate returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an
optimal return on capital employed. The current capital structure of the Company is equity based with no financing through
borrowings except for long - term lease liabilities.
The capacity and production of the Company's plants are indeterminable as these are multi-product and involve varying
processes of manufacture.
Warehouses and storage - Emirates Supply chain services, Head office 46 KM Multan Road, Lahore
facilities - Connect Logistics Karachi, Plot No. 73, Block K-28, Hawksbay Road, Karachi
- Connect Logistics Warehouse at main Multan Bahawalpur road, 2 km
from motorway interchange, Multan
Corresponding figures have been reclassified in these financial statements, wherever necessary to facilitate the comparison
and to conform with changes and presentation in the current year. However, no significant reclassifications were made in
the financial statements.
The Board of Directors in its meeting held on proposed a final cash dividend of Rs. 6.5 per share (2019: Rs. 6 per share)
amounting to Rs. 2.07 billion (2019: Rs. 1.91 billion) subject to the approval of the members in the forthcoming annual
general meeting of the Company.
These financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors of the Company on March
09, 2021.
The Company realizes that COVID will be there for the foreseeable future and is altering its current processes to ensure business
growth in 2021. However, the situation is still evolving and will need to be continuously monitored for impact.
We anticipate the recent economic stabilization measures introduced by the government during the COVID pandemic will gradually
improve the economic momentum and growth outlook in upcoming financial year.
The Drug Regulatory Authority has a crucial role to play in the pharmaceutical industry in ensuring availability of medicines to the
consumer at reasonable prices. The authority will continue to play a crucial role in making policies in relation to currency devaluation
and hardship prices. Certain amendments have been made to the Drug Pricing Policy, whereby the automatic annual CPI price
mechanism now requires the formal approval of DRAP. This is also something that needs to be closely gauged for impact and
mitigation in the coming year.
The Company will continue to invest in production facilities and infrastructure in line with current good manufacturing practices
(cGMP) to drive efficiencies and manage costs.
GSK Pakistan continues to be one of the key countries within the Emerging Markets Region. The company continues to focus on
efficiencies across the organization to mitigate the inflationary impact. The management of GSK Pakistan is fully committed to
deliver the expectation amidst a volatile and challenging working environment.
The forecasts are prepared in accordance with the future direction and strategic objectives of the company. The board of directors
review these plans and forecasts and ensures close monitoring of the result
There are many factors which are considered in preparing these forecasts. This mainly includes trend analysis, macro-economic
indicators, inflation rates and future assumptions like expected growth rates are also considered.
Different scenario analyses are conducted to mitigate the risk of any potential impact on the forecast. These assumptions are
documented and tracked on an ongoing basis.
Monitoring of the coronavirus situation In the initial stages of the pandemic, there was complete lockdown and
including the market demand, supply continuity businesses were affected. However, healthcare companies were
and wellbeing of our employees. identified as an essential industry and were given permission to continue
working.
In the second wave, the company adapted to new ways of working after
the outbreak of the coronavirus last year. An Issues Management Team
was formed to deal with issues related to the ongoing pandemic.
Furthermore, only business critical employees were required to come to
office, whereas others worked remotely. Additionally, the company used
digital ways of engagement with healthcare professionals.
After the lockdown, the GSK Sales team commenced face to face
interaction with HCPs in August 2020, and other teams (Commercial
and Medical) also followed suit from September onwards. The Head
office also resumed with strict COVID precautions.
ONE ERP implementation. The company has implemented One ERP in Commercial organization.
This was a completely remote deployment managed in conjunction with
in country and above country teams. This was a successful deployment
with timely go-live of the system despite the ongoing pandemic situation.
Take steps to mitigate inflationary impact. The company took cost saving initiatives during the year. For instance,
initiative was taken in warehousing and transportation areas. Additionally,
we introduced digital engagement channels to connect with healthcare
professionals which resulted in cost savings.
How the organization is currently equipped in responding to the critical challenges and uncertainties that are likely
to arise
The organization is well-equipped to deal with critical challenges and uncertainities which may arise. The organization has strong
leadership team which takes timely action in times of crisis. During the pandemic, the Company created the Issues Management
Team (IMT) which helped to ensure business as usual and employee safety and well-being.
Furthermore, we try to mitigate the risks in our supply base by monitoring the compliance of manufacturing external suppliers. We
try to ensure alternate sources of supply where possible.
Additionally, we have effective business continuity plans in place in case of any natural disasters or calamities. We also have
support from our Corporate Security team which takes various initiatives such as facilitation of simulation excercises, assessing our
preparedness and recoverability capability and provides oversight of our plans supporting our business critical processes.
At present, the requirement to publish an integrated report is not mandatory in Pakistan. The Company is reviewing the reporting
requirements of an integrated report mandated by the local authorities, so that compliance can be ensured timely, when required.
No. of Percentage
Name of Shareholder(s) Shares Held (%)
Only Two share of GSKPL, were traded by the Director during the financial year from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
Free Float Shares of the Company 51,876,825 i.e. (16.29%) Shares out of total 318,467,278 Shares as on December 31, 2020.
ORDINARY BUSINESS:
1. To receive, consider and adopt the audited Financial Statements together with the Directors’ and Auditors’ Report thereon
for the year ended 31 December 2020.
2. To consider, approve and declare the dividend on the ordinary shares of the Company. The Directors have recommended a
final cash dividend of 65% (Rs.6.50 per ordinary share of Rs. 10 each), for the year ended 31 December 2020.
3. To appoint External Auditors of the Company for the ensuing year, and to fix their remuneration. The Board of Directors, on
the recommendation of Audit Committee of the Company, has proposed re-appointment of M/s Yousuf Adil Chartered
Accountants as external auditors, for the year ending 31st December 2021.
Notes:
1. In pursuance of SECP Circular No. 5 dated March 17, 2020 and subsequent Circulars No. 25 of 2020 dated August 31,
2020, No. 33 of 2020 dated November 5, 2020, No. 4 of 2021 dated February 15, 2021 and No. 6 of 2021, issued by
Corporate Supervision Department of SECP, dated March 03, 2021 respectively regarding Regulatory Relief to dilute
impact of Corona Virus (COVID 19) for Corporate Sector (194), the proceedings of the AGM shall be held online through
WEBEX only. The shareholders attending the AGM through WEBEX, are requested to post/send their respective
questions/comments/suggestions along with their Name and Folio Number on the following Vevox link OR email address
according to their convenience.
For posting your questions please use the Vevox link below:
For attending live proceedings of the AGM, the shareholders are requested to log-on the following link:
https://gskmeeting.webex.com/gskmeeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=ee9f3fdda1fd59550d17a059090128a80
3. A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting may appoint another member as his/her Proxy to attend, speak and
vote at the Meeting on his/her behalf. The instrument appointing Proxy must be deposited at the Registered office of the
Company duly stamped and signed, not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting. A member cannot
appoint more than one proxy. Attested copy of the shareholder’s Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) must be
attached with the Form. For any other relevant aspects, contents of section 137 of the Companies Act, 2017 will apply.
The instrument appointing Proxy is available on the Company’s website (http://www.pk.gsk.com)
4. Shareholders are requested to notify the Company’s Share Registrar if there is any change in their registered postal
addresses.
5. In pursuance of SECP Circular No. 10 dated April 1, 2020 regarding Regulatory Relief to dilute impact of Corona Virus
(COVID 19) for Corporate Sector (194), the Annual Report shall be circulated via email to those shareholders whose email
addresses are present in the records/database of the CDC. The Annual Report has also been uploaded at the Company’s
website and is readily accessible to the shareholders (http://www.pk.gsk.com).
6. CDC Account Holders will further have to follow the undermentioned guidelines as laid down in circular no. 1 of 2000
dated 26 January 2000, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
i. In view of Circular No. 6 of 2021 issued by the Corporate Supervision Department dated March 03, 2021
in continuation of office Circular No. 4 dated February 15, 2021 and in view of the prevalent COVID-19
pandemic situation in the country, due to the practical difficulties faced by listed companies to hold the
meeting physically; the Company has decided to hold the meeting through electronic mode only.
ii. In case of individuals, the Account Holder or Sub-Account Holder and/or the person whose securities are
in group account and their registration details are uploaded as per the Regulations, shall attend live
proceedings of the AGM via log-in on the following link:
https://gskmeeting.webex.com/gskmeeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=ee9f3fdda1fd59550d17a059090128a80
You will be able to view the Directors and hear the live proceedings of the AGM but your connection will
be on mute, to avoid any connectivity disruptions. The shareholders attending the AGM through WEBEX,
may post/send their respective questions/comments/suggestions along with their Name and Folio
Number on the Vevox link/email address, provided above in this notice.
iii. In case of corporate entity, the Board of Directors’ Resolution /Power of Attorney with specimen
signature of the nominee shall be produced (unless it has been provided earlier) at the time of the
meeting.
i. In case of individuals, the Account Holder or Sub-Account Holder and/or the person whose securities are in group
account and their registration details are uploaded as per the Regulations, shall submit the Proxy Form as per the
above requirement.
ii. The Proxy Form shall be witnessed by two persons whose names, addresses and CNIC numbers shall be
mentioned on the Form.
iii. Attested copies of CNIC or the passport of the beneficial owners and the Proxy shall be furnished with the Proxy
Form.
iv. The Proxy shall produce his/her original CNIC or original passport at the time of the meeting.
v. In case of corporate entity, the Board of Directors’ Resolution /Power of Attorney with specimen signature shall be
submitted (unless it has been provided earlier) along with the Proxy Form to the Company
The Company continues to monitor the impact of COVID-19 and any relevant updates regarding the Meetings, including any
changes to the arrangements outlined in the Notice of AGM, will be announced via a Regulatory Information Service (PUCAR) and
will be available on http://www.pk.gsk.com
a. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan’s (SECP) SRO 831(1)/2012 dated July 05,
2012 read with SRO 19(1) 2014 dated January 10, 2014 and other relevant rules, the electronic dividend should
also bear the CNIC number of the registered shareholder or the authorized person, except in the case of minor(s)
and Corporate Shareholders.
b. As per Regulation No. 4 and 6 of the Companies (Distribution of Dividend) Regulations, 2017, the Company shall be
constrained to withhold the payment of dividend to the shareholders, In case of non-availability of identification
number (CNIC or National Tax Number) of the Shareholder or authorized person.
c. Accordingly, the shareholders, who have not yet submitted a copy of their valid CNIC or NTN, are once again
requested to immediately submit the same to the Company’s Share Registrar at CDC Share Registrar Services
Limited, CDC House, 99-B, Block – B, S.M.C.H.S., Main Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi. Corporate entities are requested to
provide their National Tax Number (NTN) and Folio Number along with the authorized representative’s CNIC copy.
a. In accordance with SECP Circular No. 18 of 2017 dated 1st August 2017 and instructions related to distribution of
dividend indicated in Companies (Distribution of Dividend) Regulations, 2017 and Section 242 of Companies Act,
2017, all listed companies are required to ensure that with effect from 1st November 2017, the Cash dividends shall
be paid through electronic mode only. Therefore, Shareholders are requested to provide the details of their Bank
Mandate specifying: (i) title of account, (ii) account number, (iii) IBAN number (iv) bank name and (v) branch name,
code and address and (vi) Mobile number to Company’s Share Registrar M/s. CDC Share Registrar Services
Limited. Those Shareholders who hold shares with Participants / Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC)
are advised to provide the same to their concerned participant/CDC.
b. Please note that as per Section 243(3) of the Companies Act, 2017, Company are entitled to withhold payment of
dividend, if necessary information is not provided by the Shareholders.
c. For the Convenience of shareholders e-Dividend Mandate Form is available on the Company’s website i.e.
http://www.pk.gsk.com.
a. In accordance with the provision of Section 223 of the Companies Act, 2017, the audited financial statements of the
Company for the year ended December 31, 2020, are available on the Company’s website {http://www.pk.gsk.com}.
b. Any shareholder desires to get the hard copy of the Annual Audited Financial Statements 2020, the same shall be
provided free of cost within seven working days of receipt of such request.
c. In pursuance of the directions given by SECP vide SRO 787 (1)/2014 dated September 8, 2014, those
shareholders who desire to receive Annual Financial Statements in future through email instead of receiving the
same by post are advised to give their formal consent along with their valid email address on a “Standard Request
Form”.
d. For convenience of shareholders, a “Standard Request Form” for provision of Annual Audited Financial Statements
is available on the Company’s website [http://www.pk.gsk.com].
a. This is with reference to final cash dividend announced by GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited at the rate of Rs. 6.50
per share to the shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2020.
b. Shareholders whose names are not appearing in the Active Tax-payers List (ATL) are advised to immediately make
necessary arrangement to make them active. Otherwise, tax on their cash dividend will be deducted as per law.
c. Further, according to clarification received from Federal Board of Revenue [FBR], withholding tax will be determined
separately on Active/Non-Active Status of Principal Shareholder as well as Joint-Holder(s) based on their
shareholding proportions, in case of joint accounts.
d. In this regard, all shareholders who hold shares with joint shareholders are requested to provide shareholding
proportions of Principal shareholder and Joint Holder(s) in respect of shares held by them to our Share Registrar, in
writing as follows:
Folio / Total
CDS Name and Shareholding Name and Shareholding
Account # Shares Proportion Proportion
CNIC # (No. of Shares) CNIC # (No. of Shares)
I. The required information must reach the Company’s Share Registrar by 20 April 2021; otherwise it will be assumed
that the shares are equally held by Principal shareholder and Joint Holder(s) and tax will be deducted accordingly.
II. The Corporate shareholders, having CDC accounts, are requested to have their National Tax Number (NTN)
updated with their respective participants. Corporate Physical Shareholders should send a copy of their NTN
Certificate to the Company's Share Registrar. The Shareholders, while sending NTN or NTN certificates, as the case
may be, must quote Company name and their respective folio numbers.
III. Withholding tax exemption from dividend income, shall only be allowed if a copy of valid tax exemption certificate is
made available to the Company’s Share Registrar by 20 April 2021.
As per Section 72 of the Companies Act, 2017 every existing listed company shall be required to replace its physical
shares with book-entry form in a manner as may be specified and from the date notified by the Commission, within a period
not exceeding four years from the commencement of the Act, i.e., May 30, 2017. The Shareholders having physical
shareholding are encouraged to open CDC sub - account with any of the brokers or Investor Account directly with CDC to
place their physical shares into scrip less form, this will facilitate them in many ways, including safe custody and sale of
shares, any time they want, as the trading of physical shares is not permitted as per existing regulations of the Pakistan
Stock Exchange.
As per the provisions of section 244 of the Companies Act, 2017, any shares issued or dividend declared by the Company
which have remained unclaimed/unpaid for a period of three years from the date on which it was due and payable, are
required to be deposited with Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan for the credit of Federal Government after
issuance of notices to the Shareholders to file their claim. Shareholders are requested to ensure that their claims for
unclaimed dividend and shares are lodged promptly. In case, no claim is lodged, the Company shall proceed to deposit the
unclaimed/unpaid amount and shares with the Federal Government pursuant to the provision of Section 244(2) of
Companies Act, 2017, as prescribed.
In accordance with the Companies (Postal Ballot) Regulations, 2018, for the purpose of Election of Directors and for any
other agenda item subject to the requirements of section 143 and 144 of the Companies Act, 2017, members holding in
aggregate 10% or more shareholding as per law, will be allowed to exercise their right of vote through postal ballot i.e. by
post or e-voting, in the manner and subject to conditions contained in aforesaid Regulations.
I. Pursuant to the provision of Section 215 of Companies Act, 2017 (the “Act”)
a) Without prejudice to his rights under this Act, a member of the company shall not exert influence or
approach the management directly for decisions which may lead to create hurdle in the smooth
functioning of management.
b) Any shareholder who fails to conduct in the manner provided in this section and as specified by the
Commission shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
of level 1 on the standard scale.
II. In compliance with Section 185 of Companies Act, 2017 Corporation shall not distribute gifts in any form to its
members in its meeting.
a. In accordance with Section 132 and 134 of the Companies Act, 2017, members can also avail video conference
facility.
b. If the Company receives consent from members holding in aggregate 10% or more shareholding residing at a
geographical location other than the city of the Meeting, to participate in the meeting through video conference at
least 7 days prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting, the Company will arrange video conference facility in
that city subject to availability of such facility in that city. In this regard, please fill the following form and submit the
same to the registered address of the Company 7 days before holding of the Annual General Meeting.
c. The Company will intimate to members regarding the venue of video conference facility at least 5 days before the
date of the Annual General Meeting along with complete information necessary to enable them to access such
facility.
__________________
Signature of Member
Lahore
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited
3rd Floor, The Enterprise Building,
Thokar Niaz Baig, Multan Road,
Lahore.
Tel: +92 42 37512755-60
Islamabad
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited
Aleem House, Plot No. 409, Sector I - 9, Industrial Area,
Islamabad.
Tel: +92 51 4433589, +92 51 4433598
Fax: +92 51 4433706
Peshawar
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited
Opposite Grand Hotel, Behind ECS, Tehkal Payan,
University Road,
Peshawar.
Tel: +92 91 5703641
Address: Address:
Notes:
1. The Member is requested:
(a) to affix Revenue Stamp of Rs. 5/- at the place indicated above;
(b) to sign in the same style of signature as is registered with the Company;
(c) to write down his/her Folio Number.
2. For the appointment of the above Proxy to be valid, this instrument of proxy must be received at the Registered Office of the Company at 35, Dockyard
Road, West Wharf, Karachi-74000, at least 48 hours before the time fixed for the Meeting.
3. Any alteration made in this instrument of proxy should be initialled by the person who signs it.
4. In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by Proxy will be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the
other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.
5. No person shall act as proxy unless he/she himself/herself is a member of the Company, except that a corporation may appoint a person who is not a
member.
For CDC Account Holders / Corporate Entities:
In addition to the above, the following requirements have to be met:
(i) The proxy form must be witnessed by two persons whose names, addresses and CNIC numbers shall be mentioned on the form.
(ii) Attested copies of CNIC or the passport of the beneficial owners and of the Proxy must be furnished with the proxy form.
(iii) The Proxy must produce his original CNIC or original passport at the time of the Meeting.
(iv) In case of corporate entities, the Board of Directors’ resolution/power of attorney and specimen signature must be submitted (unless it has been
provided earlier) along with proxy forms to the Share Registrars.
Dear Shareholder(s)
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan through its SRO 787(1)/2014 dated September 8, 2014 and SRO
470(1)/2016 dated May 31, 2016 has allowed the circulation of Company’s annual balance sheet and profit and loss
account, auditor’s report and directors’ report etc. (Audited Annual Financial Statements) to the Shareholders along with
notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM) through CD/DVD/USB/Email instead of transmitting the hard copies at their
registered address.
Therefore, if you wish to receive Company’s (Audited Annual Financial Statements) along with the notice of (AGM) via – email
or Hard copy, you are requested to provide this letter duly filled and signed to our Share Registrar at their below address:
CNIC / Passport #:
Address :
Yes, I wish to receive an emailed version of the GSK Annual Financial Statements every year.
Yes, I wish to receive a printed version of the GSK Annual Financial Statements every year.
*Please note: if you do not respond, we are not required to send copies of our Annual Financial Statements (although you
will always be able to access the report at the website specified above). You may change your preference to receive and
Financial Statements at any time by notifying us in writing at the above address.
Declaration
! I declare that the above – mentioned information is correct and in case of any change therein, I will immediately
intimate to the Company’s Share Registrar.
Signature Date / /
In order to receive your dividends directly into your Bank Account, please complete the particulars as mentioned below and return this letter
duly signed along with a copy of your valid CNIC to the Shares Registrar of GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (“the Company”) CDC Share
Registrar Services Limited CDC House, 99-B, Block – B, S.M.C.H. Society, Main Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi-74400..
IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS, THE COMPANY WILL WITHHOLD DIVIDEND PAYMENT AS
REQUIRED BY LAW.
Name of shareholder :
Account Number :
Name of Bank :
It is stated that the above particulars given by me are correct and to the best of my knowledge; I shall keep the Company
informed in case of any changes in the said particulars in future.
NOTES:
*Joint account holders shall specify complete Title of Account, including shareholders name.
**Please provide complete IBAN Number, after checking with your concerned Bank branch to enable electronic credit
directly into your bank account.