This is to inform that the Company has acquired 97,00,000 equity shares having face value of Re. 1 each of Rallis India Limited (''''Rallis''''), a listed subsidiary of the Company at Rs. 215.05 per equity share representing 4.99% of the paid-up share capital of Rallis by way of a block deal today i.e. Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 8.45 a.m. The aforesaid acquisition has resulted in increase in shareholding of the Company in Rallis to 55.04%.