Dear Shareholder, Colleague and Ladies & Gentlemen

We humbly owe in all respect, to the Almighty Magnificient Creator for enabling us to meet at the 43rd Annual General Meeting today. I hope you all have received the Copies of the Annual Report for 2008-09 containing the Directors' Report and Audited Accounts together with Auditors' Report thereon for the year 2008-09 which is being placed for your consideration and approval.

You will have observed that your Company has been steadily growing in turnover, profit, net worth and market capitalisation over the years. Nevertheless it held the peak position. The Company is looking for spreading its wings in the virgin markets of the world.Your investments should bring you rewards in income and capital appreciation. We all owe our countrymen our obligation to serve them through production and supply of medicines at reasonable costs that they can pay for their relief from diseases. We owe our employees, suppliers and providers of various services as much as we owe our Government. Your Company intends to conscientiously fulfill all these obligations with your active support in all respects by strictly following the due process of law and moral orders.

As you all are aware of the Country is passing through crises-ridden economic situation under world-wide recession the impact of which would not leave us unaffected. It is hoped that world wide socio-economic orders would stabilize soon as the economies of the developed and developing countries recover with positive impact on the growth of our income of exports, remittences, and resultant our people.

Looking for better days ahead for all the shareholders.

Sincerely yours

Samson H. Chowdhury
Chairman