August 24, 2011

Press Release No. 1

News about Lupin Limited

The media had reports that Japanese Drugmaker Takeda is in talks to buy Lupin Limited's pharma business.

The Exchange, in order to verify the accuracy or otherwise of the information reported in the media and to inform the market place so that the interest of the investors is safeguarded, had written to the company.

Lupin Limited has vide its letter inter-alia stated,"In this regard, please note that the Company is not in discussions with Takeda for the purposes of selling its domestic formulations business as mentioned in the aforesaid article. As such, the news report referred above is entirely baseless and speculative in nature and does not merit any explanation from us."

Press Release No. 2

News about Cipla Limited

The media had reports that Japanese Drugmaker Takeda is in talks to buy Cipla Limited's pharma business.

The Exchange, in order to verify the accuracy or otherwise of the information reported in the media and to inform the market place so that the interest of the investors is safeguarded, had written to the company.

Cipla Limited has vide its letter inter-alia stated, "The news item is baseless, untrue and is categorically denied."

Press Release No. 3

NSE completes its 2874^th Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2874^th Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Number N – 2011160 on Aug 24, 2011. The settlement statistics are as follows:

Particulars	Value
	N-2011160
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	5369.78
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	9617.06
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	2706.24
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	844.13
Shortages for the settlement	0.18%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	28.73%

Retail Debt Market has completed its 2147^th settlements, details of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value	Settlement Value
		Securities	Funds
D- 2011160	NIL	NIL	NIL