Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/23/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TARO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD [TAROF]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
17/B, MAHAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MAHAKALI CAVES ROAD, ANDHERI (EAST)
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Affiliated Party
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MUMBAI, K7 400 093
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Ordinary Shares (1) 4,568,927 (2)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Shares 05/18/2007   (3) Ordinary Shares 9,787,500 (4) $ 6 D  
Warrant (right to buy) 08/01/2007 05/18/2010 Ordinary Shares 3,787,500 (5) $ 6 D  
Option (right to buy)   (6)   (7) Ordinary Shares (8) $ 7.75 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD
17/B, MAHAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
MAHAKALI CAVES ROAD, ANDHERI (EAST)
MUMBAI, K7 400 093
    X   Affiliated Party
SUN PHARMA GLOBAL INC
KABAY JANOS UT 29.
TISZAVASVARI, K5 4440
    X    
Alkaloida Chemical CO Exclusive Group Ltd.
KABAY JANOS UT 29.
TISZAVASVARI, K5 4440
    X    

Signatures

/s/ Sailesh T. Desai, Director of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 07/03/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Harin Mehta, Managing Director of Sun Pharma Global, Inc. 07/03/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Harin Mehta, Managing Director of Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. 07/03/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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 11, 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, from Brandes Investment Partners, L.P., for and on behalf of certain of its investment advisory clients; and 797,870 Ordinary Shares acquired by Alkaloida on June 23, 2008, from Harel Insurance Company Limited.
(3) No expiration date.
(4) This amount represents (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, which entitled Alkaloida to acquire a total of 7,500,000 Ordinary Shares; and 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.
(5) This amount represents 3,787,500 Ordinary Shares which Sun, under certain circumstances, has the right to acquire pursuant to a warrant issued to Sun by the Issuer on August 2, 2007.
(6) The Options (as defined below) may be exercised by Sun and its affiliates within 30 days after the termination of the Merger Agreement, dated May 18, 2007, among the Issuer, Alkaloida and Aditya Acquisition Company Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alkaloida, subject to certain exception in the Option Agreement, dated May 18, 2007, among Alkaloida, Taro Development Corporation ("TDC"), Barrie Levitt, M.D., Tal Levitt, M.D., Daniel Moros, M.D. and Jacob Levitt (the "Option Agreement").
(7) The expiration date of the Options (as defined below) is subject to the provisions of the Option Agreement.
(8) Pursuant to the Option Agreement, Sun and its affiliates have the option (the "Options") to acquire (i) TDC, pursuant to a merger of a subsidiary of Sun with and into TDC, for consideration of approximately $18.1 million, (ii) 2,405,925 Ordinary Shares owned by Barrie Levitt, Daniel Moros and Tal Levitt for $7.75 per Ordinary Share, and (iii) all Class B Common Stock of Morley and Company, Inc. (a New York company controlled by Barrie Levitt, the Chairman of the Issuer; the company is referred to as "Morley") held by Barrie Levitt for no consideration. All Founders' Shares of the Issuer, which control in the aggregate one-third of the voting power of the Issuer ("Founders' Shares"), are owned indirectly by TDC and Barrie Levitt through Morley. TDC owns 2,332,931 Ordinary Shares and Morley owns 780 Ordinary Shares.

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