FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TARO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD [ TAROF ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 11/04/2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) 09/29/2010 |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
Ordinary Shares(1) | 11/04/2010 | P | 5,159,765 | A | $16 | 14,497,933(2)(3)(4) | I | See Footnote(2)(3)(4) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. Equivalent to Common Stock. All Ordinary Shares of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (the "Issuer") control in the aggregate two-thirds of the voting power of the Issuer. |
2. This amount represents 58,000 Ordinary Shares acquired by Sun Pharma Global, Inc. ("Sun Pharma"), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ("Sun"), on July 7, 2007 and 500 Ordinary Shares acquired by Sun Pharma on July 23, 2007, in each case in open market transactions; 3,712,557 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. ("Alkaloida"), an indirect subsidiary of Sun, on February 19, 2008 and 797,870 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on June 23, 2008, in each case in a private transaction; 29,382 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on September 14, 2010 upon the expiration of its tender offer to acquire all of Issuer's outstanding Ordinary Shares; and 2,405,937 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida pursuant to a letter agreement dated September 20, 2010. |
3. This amount also includes 2,333,922 Ordinary Shares indirectly acquired by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. ("Sun Michigan"), a Michigan corporation and a direct subsidiary of Sun, through a merger of a subsidiary of Sun Michigan with and into The Taro Development Corporation on October 1, 2010; and 5,159,765 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on November 4, 2010 from Templeton Asset Management Ltd in a private transaction. |
4. In addition, Sun indirectly owns 13,575,000 Ordinary Shares which are restricted stock consisting of: (i) 3,770,833 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on May 21, 2007 and 3,016,667 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on May 30, 2007, in each case pursuant to the share purchase agreement dated May 18, 2007, between Alkaloida and the Issuer; (ii) 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on August 2, 2007, pursuant to Sun's rights under the warrant, dated May 18, 2007, issued by the Issuer to Sun, and (iii) 3,712,500 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on September 24, 2010 and 75,000 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on September 27, 2010, in each case pursuant to a warrant dated August 2, 2007, between Sun and the Issuer. |
/s/ Sailesh T. Desai, Director of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | 11/04/2010 | |
/s/ Harin Mehta, Managing Director of Sun Pharma Global, Inc. | 11/04/2010 | |
/s/ Harin Mehta, Managing Director of Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. | 11/04/2010 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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