Company History
Incorporation / Change of name
Company was originally incorporated on August 22, 1944 under the Companies Act, 1913 as Boots Pure Drug Company (India) Limited. Its name was then changed to The Boots Company (India) Limited on November 1, 1971, thereafter to Boots Pharmaceuticals Limited on January 1, 1991. On October 31, 1995 the name was changed to Knoll Pharmaceuticals Limited, thereafter to Abbott India Limited on July 1, 2002.
Issue / Bonus Issue / Rights Issue / Offer for Sale / Buyback
| Year | No of Shares | Bonus / Rights | Ratio |
| December 1965 | 2,00,000 (premium - Rs 13 per share) |
Public Issue | -- |
| August 1969 | 2,50,000 | Bonus | 1:2 |
| September 1976 | 7,75,000 | Bonus | 1:1 |
| September 1977 | 1,48,150 (premium - Rs 3.50 per share) |
Rights | 2:9 |
| November 1979 | 2,66,050 | Bonus | 1:3 |
| September 1984 | 13,58,520 | Bonus | 3:5 |
| August 1986 | 3,00,000 | (Offer for sale by Boots PLC, Nottingham) | -- |
| August 1986 | 4,27,280 (premium - Rs 45 per share) |
Rights | 2:5 |
| September 1987 | 40,50,000 | Bonus | 1:1 |
| February 1998 | 8,91,000 | Open Offer (Parent Company stake increase from 40% to 51%) |
-- |
| October 1998 | 81,00,000 | Bonus | 1:1 |
| June 2001 | 11,66,184 | Open offer by Abbott Equity Holding Ltd. acquiring 7.2% | -- |
| April 2003 | 9,19,900 (Rs 350 per share) |
Buyback | -- |
| March 2007 | 8,07,360 (Rs 650 per share) |
Buyback | -- |
| September 2008 | 7,97,500 (Rs. 630 per share) |
Buyback | -- |
