Financial Year
Board Meeting Announcement

18.07.2009
This is to inform that a Meeting of Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Friday, the 31st July 2009 at 11.00 A M at the Registered Office of the Company to transact the following items.

1) To consider and take on record the Unaudited Quarterly Standalone Financial
Results of the Company for the period ended 30th June 2009.

2) To consider and take on record the Unaudited Quarterly Consolidated Financial
Results of the Company for the period ended 30th June 2009.

3) To consider and approve the Audited Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2009.

4) To consider recommendation of Dividend on Preference and Equity shares for the year
2008-09.

5) To consider closure of Register of Members and Share Transfer Book(s) of the Company.

24.07.2009

This has reference to our letter dated 18th July, 2009 regarding Board Meeting scheduled to be held on Friday, the 31st July 2009 at 11.00 A M at the Registered Office of the Company.

In this connection we wish to inform you that in the scheduled meeting the following items will also be considered.


a) Raising of long term funds through issue of FCCBs, ADRs, GDRs etc.
b) Issue of equity related securities, etc. to Qualified Institutional Buyers.

Kindly take the above information on record.

31.07.2009

The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held today have recommended a Dividend of @180% on the Paid up equity share capital, (ie. for the Fully paid Shares : Rs.3.60 per share and Partly Paid Rs.1.80 per Share), a dividend @8% p.a., @9% p.a and @9.25% (prorata) p.a respectively on the paid up Non Convertible Cumulative Redeemable Preference Share Capital of the Company for the year / period ended 31st March 2009
The register of Members and Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from Thursday the 10th September 2009 to Wednesday the 16th September 2009 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of dividend declaration and Annual General Meeting