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18 TH ANNUAL REPORT 2006 - 07 blending engineering and creativity

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Page 1: 18 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 - 07 - Tata Elxsi - Engineering ... · 18TH ANNUAL REPORT 2006 - 07 ... instrumentation, semiconductors, and networking and ... & Company Secretary Mumbai, 20th

18TH ANNUAL REPORT2006 - 07

blending

engineering and creativity

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At Ta

ta El

xsi,

we h

ave c

reat

ed an

d fo

ster

ed a

cultu

re

embo

died

by cr

eativ

e tec

hnol

ogy,

best

-fit s

olut

ions

,

seam

less

del

ivery

, res

pons

ive p

eopl

e and

abid

ing

valu

es.

Toda

y we b

oast

of st

rong

com

pete

ncie

s acro

ss th

e

prod

uct d

esig

n lif

ecyc

le in

vert

icals

such

as au

tom

otive

,

stor

age,

cons

umer

elec

troni

cs, m

edia

, scie

ntifi

c

inst

rum

enta

tion,

sem

icond

ucto

rs, an

d ne

twor

king

and

com

mun

icatio

n…

abou

t us

01

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Tata

Elx

si ha

s arc

hite

cted

solu

tions

w

ith to

ugh-

to-b

eat v

alue

: ful

l life

cy

cle

prod

uct d

esig

n se

rvic

es

(incl

udin

g ha

rdw

are,

softw

are,

en

clos

ures

and

em

bedd

ed

syst

ems)

; sty

ling

and

Clas

s A

surfa

cing

serv

ices

for a

utom

otiv

e in

dust

ry; a

nim

atio

n an

d vi

sual

eff

ects

for fi

lm, t

elev

ision

and

ga

mes

; and

syst

ems i

nteg

ratio

n se

rvic

es fo

r des

ign

tool

s, vi

sual

izat

ion,

adv

ance

d co

mpu

te

infra

stru

ctur

e, n

etw

orki

ng a

nd

stor

age

syst

ems,

and

med

ia a

nd

broa

dcas

t.

solu

tions

tech

nolo

gy

Sinc

e in

corp

orat

ion

in 1

989,

Tata

Elx

si ha

s bui

lt st

rong

com

pete

ncie

s acr

oss t

he p

rodu

ct

desig

n lif

ecyc

le in

ver

tical

s suc

h as

aut

omot

ive,

st

orag

e, c

onsu

mer

ele

ctro

nics

, med

ia, s

cien

tific

inst

rum

enta

tion,

sem

icon

duct

ors,

netw

orki

ng

and

com

mun

icat

ion.

The

com

pany

’s co

re p

ract

ices

enc

ompa

ss

Embe

dded

Pro

duct

Des

ign

Serv

ices

, Ind

ustr

ial

Des

ign

and

Engi

neer

ing,

Ani

mat

ion

and

Visu

al

Effec

ts, a

nd S

yste

ms I

nteg

ratio

n Se

rvic

es.

Tata

Elx

si br

ings

con

tem

pora

ry te

chno

logi

es to

cu

stom

ers t

hrou

gh p

artn

ersh

ips w

ith g

loba

l le

ader

s suc

h as

ARM

, TI,

Supe

rH, I

ntel

, M

icro

soft,

Tens

ilica

and

Xili

nx; a

nd a

llian

ces

with

stan

dard

s bod

ies s

uch

as F

lexR

ay, S

NIA

an

d U

PnP

Foru

m.

Tata

Elx

si pr

ovid

es e

xper

tise

in V

LSI d

esig

n,

embe

dded

softw

are,

net

wor

king

, tel

ecom

, m

ultim

edia

, sto

rage

, visu

al a

nd

high

-per

form

ance

com

putin

g, m

echa

nica

l pr

oduc

t des

ign

and

digi

tal c

onte

nt c

reat

ion.

Tata

Elx

si’s s

peci

alist

s hel

p bu

ild si

licon

, sys

tem

an

d so

ftwar

e la

yers

acr

oss p

rodu

ct li

fe c

ycle

s, co

mpl

emen

ted

by a

uni

que

IP p

ortfo

lio

com

prisi

ng re

usab

le so

ftwar

e co

mpo

nent

s and

re

ady-

to-d

eplo

y pr

oduc

t fra

mew

orks

.

Driv

en b

y a

pass

ion

for e

xcel

lenc

e an

d ba

cked

by

SEI

CM

Mi L

evel

5, I

SO 9

001:

200

0 an

d BS

779

9 ce

rtifi

ed p

roce

sses

, Tat

a El

xsi

acce

lera

tes c

usto

mer

s’ tim

e-to

-mar

ket w

hile

lo

wer

ing

desig

n ris

ks. T

ata

Elxs

i is t

he w

orld

’s fir

st c

ompa

ny to

be

cert

ified

at S

EI C

MM

i Lev

el

5 fo

r pro

duct

des

ign

wor

kflow

s – a

test

imon

y to

its q

ualit

y fo

cus.

peop

letec

hnolo

tech

nolog

yee

alues

vayysoo

lution

sss

deliv

dve

ryss

02

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peop

leva

lues

deliv

ery

engi

neer

ing

crea

tivity

03

Tata

Elx

si is

driv

en b

y Tr

ust,

Qua

lity

and

Lead

ersh

ip –

the

valu

es

cham

pion

ed b

y th

e Ta

ta G

roup

for

over

a 1

00 y

ears

.

Tata

Elx

si is

a ca

ring

corp

orat

e ci

tizen

with

a so

lid h

istor

y of

de

mon

stra

ted

resp

onsib

ility

to th

e co

untr

ies,

com

mun

ities

and

en

viro

nmen

ts in

whi

ch it

ope

rate

s.

Wor

king

out

of 2

0 in

tern

atio

nal

office

s, fo

ur In

dia

deve

lopm

ent

cent

ers,

a st

ate-

of-t

he-a

rt

pre/

post

pro

duct

ion

cent

er in

M

umba

i for

visu

al e

ffect

s, a

rich

netw

ork

of 1

2 offi

ces a

cros

s In

dia

supp

ortin

g In

dian

cu

stom

ers,

and

a ne

ar-s

hore

ce

nter

in Ja

pan

– Ta

ta E

lxsi’

s te

chno

logi

sts o

ffer

time-

to-m

arke

t sol

utio

ns

seam

less

ly to

an

expa

ndin

g gl

obal

clie

nt-b

ase.

Hea

dqua

rter

ed in

Ban

galo

re, T

ata

Elxs

i is a

25

00+

com

bina

tion

of h

igh-

end

engi

neer

ing

and

crea

tive

min

ds –

left

and

right

bra

in th

inke

rs: s

oftw

are

and

hard

war

e en

gine

ers;

styl

ing

mec

hani

cal,

grap

hic

and

inte

rface

des

igne

rs, a

nim

ator

s an

d vi

sual

effe

cts e

xper

ts.

Rath

er th

an sp

read

ing

expe

rtise

thin

ly

acro

ss m

arke

ts a

nd in

dust

ries –

tryi

ng to

m

ean

ever

ythi

ng to

eve

ryon

e w

ith

mid

dle-

of th

e-ro

ad so

lutio

ns –

Elx

sians

do

wha

t the

y ar

e go

od a

t: cr

eativ

ity, d

esig

n an

d em

ergi

ng te

chno

logi

es.

Com

pete

nce

and

cont

ribut

ion

dete

rmin

e th

e ca

reer

traj

ecto

ry o

f eve

ry E

lxsia

n,

ensu

ring

ever

yone

find

s a p

lace

in a

th

rivin

g or

gani

zatio

n.

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Embe

dded

Pro

duct

Des

ign

Serv

ices

Indu

stria

l Des

ign

and

Engi

neer

ing

Tata

Elx

si pr

ovid

es fu

ll se

rvic

e m

echa

nica

l pro

duct

des

ign

prog

ram

s to

glob

al

cust

omer

s in

tran

spor

tatio

n, F

MCG

, con

sum

er a

nd in

dust

rial e

lect

roni

cs, a

nd

appl

ianc

es se

ctor

s. Th

ese

incl

ude

com

plet

e de

sign

lifec

ycle

serv

ices

for n

ew

prod

uct d

evel

opm

ent c

over

ing

conc

ept i

deat

ion,

pro

duct

stra

tegy

, pro

toty

pe

deve

lopm

ent a

nd im

plem

enta

tion.

Thes

e m

echa

nica

l pro

duct

des

ign

prog

ram

s are

ena

bled

by

a la

rge

spec

ialis

t tea

m o

f ind

ustr

ial d

esig

ners

and

mec

hani

cal e

ngin

eers

, gra

phic

s and

br

and

desig

ners

em

ploy

ing

adva

nced

dig

ital s

tylin

g, C

AD to

ols

and

conc

urre

nt d

esig

n pr

oces

ses.

Tata

Elx

si’s E

mbe

dded

Pro

duct

Des

ign

Serv

ices

incl

udes

full

serv

ice

softw

are,

ha

rdw

are,

and

syst

em d

esig

n an

d de

velo

pmen

t pro

gram

s for

tech

nolo

gy

prod

ucts

. Em

bedd

ed P

rodu

ct D

esig

n Se

rvic

es o

ffers

a ri

ch p

ortfo

lio o

f re

usab

le so

ftwar

e co

mpo

nent

s, re

ady-

to-d

eplo

y pr

oduc

t fra

mew

orks

, lic

ensa

ble

IPs (

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty)

and

pro

duct

dev

elop

men

t ser

vice

s. It

serv

ices

sect

ors s

uch

as a

utom

otiv

e, a

eros

pace

, con

sum

er p

rodu

cts,

netw

orki

ng, s

emic

ondu

ctor

s, m

ultim

edia

, tel

ecom

, sto

rage

and

in

stru

men

tatio

n w

ith c

ost e

ffect

ive

prod

uct e

ngin

eerin

g, ti

me-

to-m

arke

t ad

vant

age,

mul

ti-sit

e de

liver

y m

odel

and

qua

lity

stan

dard

s.

Tata

Elx

si dr

aws o

n its

cor

e do

mai

n an

d te

chno

logy

exp

ertis

e in

VLS

I des

ign,

em

bedd

ed so

ftwar

e, n

etw

orki

ng, t

elec

om, m

ultim

edia

, sto

rage

, visu

al a

nd

high

-per

form

ance

com

putin

g, m

echa

nica

l pro

duct

des

ign

and

digi

tal c

onte

nt

crea

tion.

busin

ess

uni

ts

04

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Ani

mat

ion

and

Visu

al E

ffect

s

Visu

al C

ompu

ting

Labs

(VCL

) is a

n An

imat

ion,

Visu

al E

ffect

s and

Gam

e As

set B

uild

ing

faci

lity

serv

icin

g pr

oduc

tion

hous

es w

orld

wid

e, in

ters

ectin

g hi

gh c

reat

ivity

with

le

adin

g-ed

ge te

chno

logy

.

VCL

addr

esse

s its

cus

tom

ers’

pre-

prod

uctio

n, p

rodu

ctio

n an

d po

st-p

rodu

ctio

n re

quire

men

ts (i

nclu

ding

Cha

ract

er D

esig

n, A

sset

Bui

ldin

g, A

nim

atio

n, H

igh

end

Visu

al

Effec

ts, C

ompo

sitin

g, V

irtua

l Set

s).

VCL

boas

ts o

f a d

iver

se p

ortfo

lio o

f Hol

lyw

ood

prod

uctio

ns in

clud

ing

Spid

er-M

an 3

(fo

r Son

y Pi

ctur

es Im

agew

orks

), In

to th

e Bl

ue (f

or M

GM

), an

d O

ne N

ight

with

the

King

. Its

equ

ally

stro

ng In

dia

port

folio

com

prise

s of m

ovie

s suc

h as

Ta

Ra R

um P

um, K

abhi

A

lvid

a N

aa K

ehna

, Dho

om 2

, Fan

aa a

nd R

ang

De

Basa

nti.

VCL

has c

reat

ed 3

D a

nim

atio

n fo

r pop

ular

inte

rnat

iona

l tel

evisi

on se

ries a

nd c

omm

erci

als

for c

lient

s as d

iver

se a

s Cok

e, H

indu

stan

Lev

er, R

eebo

k an

d W

rigle

y.

Syst

ems

Inte

grat

ion

Serv

ices

Tata

Elx

si’s S

yste

ms I

nteg

ratio

n Se

rvic

es im

plem

ents

des

ign

solu

tions

in

the

auto

mot

ive,

aer

ospa

ce, e

nter

tain

men

t, m

anuf

actu

ring,

go

vern

men

t and

edu

catio

n se

gmen

ts. T

his i

s bac

ked

by a

net

wor

k of

offi

ces;

a te

am o

f spe

cial

ists i

n de

sign

tool

s, vi

sual

izat

ion,

com

pute

sy

stem

s, st

orag

e, a

nd n

etw

orki

ng; a

nd a

llian

ces w

ith w

orld

lead

ers.

Syst

ems I

nteg

ratio

n Se

rvic

es in

clud

es th

e Pr

ofes

siona

l Ser

vice

s Gro

up

(PSG

) tha

t fur

ther

ext

ends

serv

ices

to a

pplic

atio

ns, d

ata

min

ing,

fa

cilit

ies m

anag

emen

t, ne

twor

k m

anag

emen

t, st

orag

e co

nsul

tanc

y an

d m

anag

emen

t, an

d ov

erse

as su

ppor

t and

serv

ices

.

05

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02

Our

Cha

irman

, Mr.

Syam

al G

upta

rece

ives

a m

emen

to

from

Mr.

Rata

n Ta

ta, G

roup

Cha

irman

on

his c

ompl

etio

n of

50

year

s w

ith th

e Ta

ta G

roup

.

50 G

LORI

OU

S YE

ARS

WIT

H T

HE

TATA

GRO

UP

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07

Mr.

S Ra

mad

orai

Mr.

Syam

al G

upta

Mr.

Cyr

us

Pallo

nji

Mis

try

Mr.

E A

K F

aizu

llab

hoy

Mr.

Ho

shie

Mal

gh

am

Mr.

Patr

ick

McG

old

rick

Mr.

Piyu

sh G

Man

kad

Mr.

Sujit

Gu

pta

Mr.

Mad

huka

r Dev

Dr.

R N

atar

ajan

Boar

d O

f D

irect

ors

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RD O

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Syam

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upta

Ch

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Vi

ce C

hairm

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K F

aizu

llabh

oy

Sujit

Gup

ta

H H

Mal

gham

P

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anka

d P

McG

oldr

ick

C P

Mis

try

Dr.

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ajan

M

adhu

kar D

ev

Man

agin

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irect

or

STAT

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(P

ursu

ant t

o th

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stin

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reem

ent w

ith th

e St

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AU

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Dar

asha

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aji M

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ate

20, D

r. E.

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alax

mi,

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bai -

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ors

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9

NO

TIC

EN

otic

e is

her

eby

give

n th

at th

e E

IGH

TE

EN

TH

AN

NU

AL

GE

NE

RA

L M

EE

TIN

G o

f TA

TA

EL

XS

I L

IMIT

ED

will

be

held

at S

t. Jo

hn’s

Aud

itoriu

m, 1

00Fe

et R

oad,

opp

. BD

A C

ompl

ex, K

oram

anga

la, B

anga

lore

560

034

on

27th

July

, 200

7 at

12.

00 n

oon

to tr

ansa

ct th

e fo

llow

ing

busi

ness

:

1.To

rece

ive

and

adop

t the

Dire

ctor

s’ Re

port

and

the

Audi

ted

Prof

it an

d Lo

ss A

ccou

nt fo

r the

yea

r end

ed M

arch

31,

200

7 an

d th

e Ba

lanc

eSh

eet a

s at

that

dat

e an

d th

e Au

dito

r’s R

epor

t the

reon

.

2.To

dec

lare

div

iden

d fo

r the

yea

r end

ed 3

1st M

arch

, 200

7.

3.To

app

oint

a D

irect

or in

pla

ce o

f Mr.

S. R

amad

orai

who

retir

es b

y ro

tatio

n an

d is

elig

ible

for r

eapp

oint

men

t.

4.To

app

oint

a D

irect

or in

pla

ce o

f Mr.

H. H

. Mal

gham

who

retir

es b

y ro

tatio

n an

d is

elig

ible

for r

eapp

oint

men

t.

5.To

app

oint

a D

irect

or in

pla

ce o

f Mr.

C. P

. Mis

try

who

retir

es b

y ro

tatio

n an

d is

elig

ible

for r

eapp

oint

men

t.

SP

EC

IAL

BU

SIN

ES

S

6.To

con

side

r and

if th

ough

t fit,

to p

ass,

with

or w

ithou

t mod

ifica

tion,

the

follo

win

g re

solu

tion

as a

n O

rdin

ary

Reso

lutio

n:

“RES

OLV

ED t

hat

in p

arti

al m

odifi

cati

on o

f th

e re

solu

tion

s pa

ssed

at

the

Ann

ual

Gen

eral

Mee

ting

s of

the

Com

pany

hel

d on

22nd

Jul

y, 2

005

and

28th

Jul

y, 2

006,

and

pur

suan

t to

the

prov

isio

ns o

f Sec

tions

198

, 269

, 30

9, 3

10,

Sche

dule

XIII

and

oth

er a

pplic

able

pro

visi

ons,

if

any,

of

the

Com

pan

ies

Act

, 19

56 t

he C

omp

any

here

by

app

rove

s th

e an

nual

rev

isio

n in

the

bas

ic s

alar

y of

Mr.

Mad

huka

r Dev

, Man

agin

g D

irect

or to

Rs.1

65,0

00/-

p.m

. fro

m 1

6th

Janu

ary,

200

7 til

l 15t

h Ja

nuar

y, 2

008,

with

such

ben

efits

, per

quis

ites

and

allo

wan

ces a

s may

be

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e Bo

ard

from

tim

e to

tim

e an

d an

nual

ince

ntiv

e re

mun

erat

ion/

com

mis

sion

bas

ed o

n ce

rtai

npe

rfor

man

ce c

riter

ia p

resc

ribed

by

the

Boar

d”.

7.To

con

side

r and

if th

ough

t fit,

to p

ass,

with

or w

ithou

t mod

ifica

tion,

the

follo

win

g re

solu

tion

as a

n O

rdin

ary

Reso

lutio

n:

“RES

OLV

ED p

ursu

ant

to t

he p

rovi

sion

s of

Sec

tions

224

, 225

and

oth

er a

pplic

able

pro

visi

ons,

if an

y, o

f the

Com

pani

es A

ct, 1

956,

tha

tM

/s D

eloi

tte

Has

kins

& S

ells

, Cha

rter

ed A

ccou

ntan

ts, b

e an

d ar

e he

reby

app

oint

ed a

s St

atut

ory

Audi

tors

of t

he C

ompa

ny in

pla

ce o

f the

retir

ing

Aud

itors

, M/s

RSM

& C

o., t

o ho

ld o

ffice

from

the

conc

lusi

on o

f thi

s Ann

ual G

ener

al M

eetin

g to

the

conc

lusi

on o

f the

nex

t Ann

ual

Gen

eral

Mee

ting

and

to e

xam

ine

and

audi

t the

acc

ount

s of t

he C

ompa

ny fo

r the

Fin

anci

al Y

ear 2

007-

08 a

t a re

mun

erat

ion

to b

e de

cide

dby

the

Boar

d of

Dire

ctor

s an

d re

ason

able

out

of p

ocke

t exp

ense

s in

curr

ed b

y th

em in

con

nect

ion

with

the

audi

t”.

By

Ord

er

of

the

Bo

ard

of

Dir

ec

tors

For T

AT

A E

LX

SI

LIM

ITE

D

VIJ

AY

KR

ISH

NA

MU

RT

HY

Chie

f Fin

anci

al O

ffice

r&

Com

pany

Sec

reta

ry

Mum

bai,

20th

Apr

il, 2

007,

Re

gis

tere

d O

ffic

e :

ITPB

Roa

d, W

hite

field

,Ba

ngal

ore

560

048.

NO

TE

S :

a)Th

e re

leva

nt d

etai

ls in

resp

ect o

f ite

m N

os. 3

to 5

abo

ve p

ursu

ant t

o Cl

ause

49

of th

e Li

stin

g A

gree

men

t are

ann

exed

her

eto.

b)A

MEM

BER

ENTI

TLED

TO

ATT

END

AN

D V

OTE

IS E

NTI

TLED

TO

APP

OIN

T A

PRO

XY T

O A

TTEN

D A

ND

VO

TE IN

STEA

D O

F H

IMSE

LF A

ND

TH

EPR

OXY

NEE

D N

OT

BE A

MEM

BER.

c)M

embe

rs d

esiro

us o

f get

ting

any

info

rmat

ion

in re

spec

t of A

ccou

nts

of th

e Co

mpa

ny a

re re

ques

ted

to s

end

thei

r que

ries

in w

ritin

g to

the

Com

pany

at t

he R

egis

tere

d O

ffice

so

as to

reac

h at

leas

t 7 d

ays

befo

re th

e da

te o

f the

Mee

ting

so th

at th

e re

quire

d in

form

atio

n ca

nbe

mad

e av

aila

ble

at th

e M

eetin

g.

d)M

embe

rs /

Prox

ies a

tten

ding

the

Mee

ting

are

requ

este

d to

brin

g th

eir c

opy

of th

e A

nnua

l Rep

ort f

or re

fere

nce

at th

e M

eetin

g as

als

o th

eAt

tend

ance

Slip

dul

y fil

led

in fo

r att

endi

ng th

e M

eetin

g.

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I LIM

ITED

Eigh

teen

th A

nnua

l Rep

ort 2

006

- 07

10

e)Th

e Re

gist

er o

f Mem

bers

and

Tra

nsfe

r Boo

ks o

f the

Com

pany

will

be

clos

ed fr

om 1

7th

July

, 200

7 to

27t

h Ju

ly, 2

007

(bot

h da

tes i

nclu

sive

)fo

r the

pur

pose

of d

eter

min

ing

the

shar

ehol

ders

ent

itled

to th

e pa

ymen

t of D

ivid

end

decl

ared

, if a

ny, a

t the

Ann

ual G

ener

al M

eetin

g on

27th

July

, 200

7 fo

r the

yea

r end

ed M

arch

31,

200

7.

Div

iden

d on

shar

es, w

hen

decl

ared

, will

be

paid

onl

y to

thos

e m

embe

rs w

hose

nam

es a

re re

gist

ered

as s

uch

in th

e Re

gist

er o

f Mem

bers

of t

he

Com

pan

y af

ter

giv

ing

eff

ect

to v

alid

sh

are

tran

sfer

s in

phy

sica

l fo

rm l

odg

ed w

ith

th

e C

omp

any

on o

r b

efor

e16

th Ju

ly, 2

007

and

to th

e Be

nefic

ial H

olde

rs a

s pe

r the

Ben

efic

iary

Lis

t as

on 1

6th

July

, 200

7, p

rovi

ded

by th

e N

SDL

and

CDSL

.

f)M

embe

rs h

oldi

ng s

hare

s in

ele

ctro

nic

form

may

ple

ase

note

tha

t as

per

the

regu

latio

ns o

f Nat

iona

l Sec

uriti

es D

epos

itory

Ltd

. (N

SDL)

and

Cent

ral D

epos

itory

Ser

vice

s (In

dia)

Ltd

. (CD

SL),

the

Com

pany

is o

blig

ed to

prin

t the

ban

k de

tails

on

the

divi

dend

war

rant

s as f

urni

shed

by t

hese

Dep

osito

ries

to t

he C

ompa

ny a

nd t

he C

ompa

ny c

anno

t en

tert

ain

any

requ

est

for

dele

tion

/ ch

ange

of b

ank

deta

ils a

lread

ypr

inte

d on

div

iden

d w

arra

nts

as p

er in

form

atio

n re

ceiv

ed fr

om t

he c

once

rned

Dep

osito

ries.

In t

his

rega

rd, M

embe

rs s

houl

d co

ntac

tth

eir D

epos

itory

Par

ticip

ant (

DP)

and

furn

ish

part

icul

ars

of a

ny c

hang

es d

esire

d by

them

.

g)

Me

mb

ers

wh

o h

av

e n

ot

rec

eiv

ed

th

eir

div

ide

nd

pa

id b

y t

he

Co

mp

an

y i

n r

esp

ec

t o

f e

arl

ier

ye

ars

are

re

qu

est

ed

to

ch

ec

k w

ith

th

e

Co

mp

an

y’s

Re

gis

tra

rs &

Tra

ns

fer

Ag

en

ts i

.e.

M/s

. T

SR

Da

ras

ha

w L

imit

ed

, 6

-10

Ha

ji M

oo

sa

Pa

tra

wa

la I

nd

us

tria

l E

sta

te,

20

, D

r. E

. M

ose

s R

oa

d,

Ma

ha

lax

mi,

Mu

mb

ai

40

0 0

11

. M

em

be

rs a

re r

eq

ue

ste

d t

o n

ote

th

at

in t

erm

s o

f S

ec

tio

n 2

05

C o

f th

e

Co

mp

an

ies

Ac

t, 1

95

6 a

ny

div

ide

nd

un

pa

id /

un

cla

ime

d f

or

a p

eri

od

of

7 y

ea

rs f

rom

th

e d

ate

th

ese

fir

st b

ec

am

e d

ue

fo

r p

ay

me

nt

are

re

qu

ire

d t

o b

e t

ran

sfe

rre

d t

o t

he

Ce

ntr

al

Go

ve

rnm

en

t to

th

e c

red

it o

f th

e I

nv

est

or

Ed

uc

ati

on

& P

rote

cti

on

Fu

nd

. Th

ere

aft

er,

no

cla

im s

ha

ll b

e e

nte

rta

ine

d i

n r

esp

ec

t o

f th

e d

ivid

en

d t

ran

sfe

rre

d t

o t

he

Fu

nd

.

Me

mb

ers

wh

o h

av

e n

ot

ye

t e

nc

as

he

d t

he

ir d

ivid

en

ds

fo

r th

e f

ina

nc

ial

ye

ar

en

de

d 3

1s

t M

arc

h,

20

00

on

wa

rds

are

be

ing

ind

ivid

ua

lly

in

tim

ate

d a

nd

are

re

qu

est

ed

to

ma

ke

th

eir

cla

ims

to t

he

Co

mp

an

y’s

Re

gis

tra

rs &

Tra

nsf

er

Ag

en

ts a

cco

rdin

gly

,

wit

ho

ut

un

du

e d

ela

y.

It m

ay

be

no

ted

th

at

the

un

cla

ime

d d

ivid

en

d f

or

the

fin

an

cia

l y

ea

r e

nd

ed

31

st

Ma

rch

, 2

00

0 a

nd

31

st

Ma

rch

, 2

00

1

are

d

ue

fo

r tr

an

sfe

r to

th

e

Inv

es

tor

Ed

uc

ati

on

&

P

rote

cti

on

F

un

d

on

2

5th

J

un

e,

20

07

a

nd

6th

Oc

tob

er,

20

08

re

spe

cti

ve

ly.

Ex

pla

na

tory

Sta

tem

en

t p

urs

ua

nt

to S

ec

tio

n 1

73

of

the

Co

mp

an

ies

Ac

t, 1

95

6

Ite

m N

o.

6

The

Mem

bers

had

, at t

he A

nnua

l Gen

eral

Mee

tings

hel

d on

22n

d Ju

ly, 2

005

and

28th

July

, 200

6, fi

xed

Rs.1

50,0

00 p

.m. a

s th

e m

axim

um c

eilin

gon

the

mon

thly

bas

ic sa

lary

of M

r. M

adhu

kar D

ev, M

anag

ing

Dire

ctor

, with

libe

rty

to th

e Bo

ard

to d

ecid

e th

e an

nual

revi

sion

s the

reto

, alo

ngw

ithbe

nefit

s, pe

rqui

site

s an

d al

low

ance

s su

bjec

t to

the

max

imum

spe

cifie

d pe

rcen

tage

of h

is a

nnua

l sal

ary

and

annu

al in

cent

ive

rem

uner

atio

n/co

mm

issi

on b

ased

on

cert

ain

perf

orm

ance

crit

eria

pre

scrib

ed b

y th

e Bo

ard,

and

as m

ay b

e de

term

ined

by

the

Boar

d fr

om ti

me

to ti

me,

with

inth

e ov

eral

l lim

its p

resc

ribed

und

er S

ectio

n 19

8, 2

69, 3

09, 3

10, S

ched

ule

XIII

and

othe

r app

licab

le p

rovi

sion

s, if

any,

of t

he C

ompa

nies

Act

, 195

6.

The

Rem

uner

atio

n Co

mm

ittee

of t

he B

oard

of D

irect

ors a

t the

ir m

eetin

g on

15t

h M

arch

, 200

7 an

d su

bseq

uent

ly th

e Bo

ard

at th

eir m

eetin

g on

26th

Mar

ch, 2

007,

app

rove

d an

ann

ual r

evis

ion

in th

e ba

sic

sala

ry o

f Mr.

Dev

to R

s.165

,000

/- p

.m. e

ffect

ive

16th

Jan

uary

, 200

7, s

ubje

ct to

the

Mem

bers

app

rova

l at

the

fort

hcom

ing

Ann

ual G

ener

al M

eetin

g. T

he M

embe

rs a

ppro

val i

s no

w b

eing

sou

ght

to r

evis

e th

e m

onth

ly b

asic

sala

ry o

f Mr.

Dev

in e

xces

s of

the

ceili

ng e

arlie

r fix

ed b

y th

e M

embe

rs, w

ith c

onse

quen

tial i

mpa

ct o

n th

e be

nefit

s, pe

rqui

site

s an

d al

low

ance

san

d an

nual

ince

ntiv

e re

mun

erat

ion/

com

mis

sion

pay

able

to M

r. D

ev.

Not

with

stan

ding

any

thin

g to

the

cont

rary

her

ein

cont

aine

d, w

here

in a

ny fi

nanc

ial y

ear d

urin

g th

e cu

rren

cy o

f Mr.

Dev

’s te

nure

, the

Com

pany

has

no p

rofit

s or

its

prof

its a

re in

adeq

uate

, the

Com

pany

will

pay

rem

uner

atio

n by

way

of s

alar

y, p

erqu

isite

s an

d al

low

ance

s an

d in

cent

ive

rem

uner

atio

n, a

s sp

ecifi

ed a

bove

.

The

Boar

d co

mm

ends

the

Reso

lutio

n fo

r app

rova

l by

the

Mem

bers

.

Non

e of

the

Dire

ctor

s of

the

Com

pany

exc

ept M

r. D

ev is

con

cern

ed o

r int

eres

ted

in th

e af

ores

aid

revi

sion

.

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11

Ite

m N

o.

7

The

Com

pany

has

rece

ived

a s

peci

al n

otic

e fr

om a

mem

ber p

ursu

ant t

o Se

ctio

n 22

5 re

ad w

ith S

ectio

n 19

0 of

the

Com

pani

es A

ct, 1

956

and

Artic

le 1

32 o

f the

Com

pany

’s A

rtic

les

of A

ssoc

iatio

n, p

ropo

sing

the

app

oint

men

t of

M/s

Del

oitt

e H

aski

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7 (2

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of t

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ompa

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Act

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ceiv

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agem

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irm th

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prep

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nual

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llow

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at th

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nsul

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utor

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udito

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rovi

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pani

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ct,1

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hav

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e an

nual

acc

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s on

a g

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con

cern

bas

is.

8.

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Your

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driv

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hum

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ulti-

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20th

Apr

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Chai

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17

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ELXS

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teen

th A

nnua

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- 07

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CO

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GO

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AN

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nd

ato

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eq

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em

en

ts :

1.

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rie

f st

ate

me

nt

on

th

e C

om

pa

ny

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hil

oso

ph

y o

n c

od

e o

f g

ov

ern

an

ce

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r Com

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s in

con

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ffairs

with

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high

est l

evel

s of

inte

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, with

pro

per a

utho

risat

ions

, acc

ount

abili

ty a

nd tr

ansp

aren

cy.

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busi

ness

ope

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ns o

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fit a

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artic

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ll st

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of

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the

year

200

6-07

and

the

gap

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two

mee

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did

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four

mon

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date

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19

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oces

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d th

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at th

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if r

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rep

lace

men

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rem

oval

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stat

utor

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prov

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men

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par

ticul

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fere

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part

men

t, st

affin

g an

dse

nior

ity o

f the

offi

cial

hea

ding

the

depa

rtm

ent,

repo

rtin

g st

ruct

ure,

cov

erag

e an

d fr

eque

ncy

of in

tern

al a

udit;

h.D

iscu

ssio

n w

ith in

tern

al a

udito

rs a

ny s

igni

fican

t fin

ding

s an

d fo

llow

up

ther

e on

;

i.Re

view

ing

the

findi

ngs

of a

ny in

tern

al in

vest

igat

ions

by

the

inte

rnal

aud

itors

into

mat

ters

whe

re t

here

is s

uspe

cted

fra

ud o

rirr

egul

arity

or a

failu

re o

f int

erna

l con

trol

sys

tem

s of

a m

ater

ial n

atur

e an

d re

port

ing

the

mat

ter t

o th

e Bo

ard;

j.D

iscu

ssio

n w

ith st

atut

ory

audi

tors

bef

ore

the

audi

t com

men

ces,

abou

t the

nat

ure

and

scop

e of

aud

it as

wel

l as p

ost-

audi

t dis

cuss

ion

to a

scer

tain

any

are

a of

con

cern

;

k.To

look

into

the

rea

sons

for

subs

tant

ial d

efau

lts in

pay

men

t to

the

dep

osito

rs, d

eben

ture

hol

ders

, sha

reho

lder

s (in

cas

e of

non

paym

ent o

f dec

lare

d di

vide

nds)

and

cre

dito

rs;

l.To

revi

ew th

e fu

nctio

ning

of t

he W

hist

le B

low

er m

echa

nism

, in

case

the

sam

e is

exi

stin

g;

m.

Carr

ying

out

any

oth

er fu

nctio

n as

is m

entio

ned

in th

e te

rms

of re

fere

nce

of th

e Au

dit C

omm

ittee

.

The

Audi

t Com

mitt

ee re

view

ed th

e re

port

s of t

he in

tern

al a

udito

rs, t

he re

port

s of t

he st

atut

ory

audi

tors

aris

ing

out o

f the

qua

rter

ly, h

alf-

year

ly a

nd a

nnua

l rev

iew

of t

he a

ccou

nts,

cons

ider

ed s

igni

fican

t fin

anci

al is

sues

affe

ctin

g th

e Co

mpa

ny a

nd h

eld

disc

ussi

ons

with

the

inte

rnal

and

sta

tuto

ry a

udito

rs a

nd th

e Co

mpa

ny’s

man

agem

ent,

durin

g th

e ye

ar.

Four

Aud

it Co

mm

ittee

Mee

tings

wer

e he

ld d

urin

g th

e ye

ar 2

006-

07. T

he d

ates

on

whi

ch th

e Au

dit C

omm

ittee

Mee

tings

wer

e he

ld w

ere

21st

Apr

il, 2

006,

25t

h Ju

ly, 2

006,

27t

h O

ctob

er, 2

006,

29t

h Ja

nuar

y, 2

007.

The

com

posi

tion,

nam

es o

f the

mem

bers

, cha

irper

son,

par

ticul

ars

of th

e M

eetin

gs a

nd a

tten

danc

e of

the

mem

bers

dur

ing

the

year

are

as fo

llow

s:

Sl.

Na

me

s o

f M

em

be

rsC

ate

go

ryN

o.

of

Me

eti

ng

s a

tte

nd

ed

No

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uri

ng

th

e y

ea

r 2

00

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7

1.M

r. H

. H. M

algh

am, C

hairm

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depe

nden

t/N

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xecu

tive

4

2.M

r. S.

Ram

ador

aiN

ot In

depe

nden

t/N

on-E

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tive

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3.M

r. E.

A. K

. Fai

zulla

bhoy

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depe

nden

t/N

on-E

xecu

tive

4

* A

ppoi

nted

as

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rman

of t

he A

udit

Com

mitt

ee fr

om 2

8th

July

, 200

6 to

26t

h Se

ptem

ber,

2006

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ELXS

I LIM

ITED

Eigh

teen

th A

nnua

l Rep

ort 2

006

- 07

20

CO

MP

LIA

NC

E R

EP

OR

T O

N C

OR

PO

RA

TE

GO

VE

RN

AN

CE

(C

on

td..

.)4

.R

em

un

era

tio

n C

om

mit

tee

The

term

s of

refe

renc

e m

anda

ted

by y

our B

oard

are

:

●To

dec

ide

the

polic

y on

spe

cific

rem

uner

atio

n pa

ckag

es f

or M

anag

ing/

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

ors

incl

udin

g pe

nsio

n rig

hts

and

any

com

pens

atio

n pa

ymen

ts;

●To

app

rove

the

term

s of

any

Em

ploy

ee S

tock

Opt

ion

Sche

me

or P

lan

as m

ay b

e is

sued

from

tim

e to

tim

e by

the

Com

pany

.

All

Non

-Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

ors

of y

our

Com

pany

rec

eive

sitt

ing

fees

for

eac

h m

eetin

g of

the

Boa

rd o

r Co

mm

ittee

the

reof

att

ende

d by

them

. Th

e ne

t pr

ofits

of

the

Com

pany

, not

exc

eedi

ng 1

%, a

re d

istr

ibut

able

, as

com

mis

sion

, am

ongs

t th

e N

on-E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

sco

nsid

erin

g th

e sp

ecia

l ser

vice

s an

d ef

fort

s re

nder

ed. O

ther

tha

n si

ttin

g fe

es a

nd c

omm

issi

on o

n th

e ne

t pr

ofits

of t

he C

ompa

ny, n

oot

her r

emun

erat

ion

is p

ayab

le to

the

Non

-Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

ors

for 2

006-

07.

Two

Rem

uner

atio

n Co

mm

ittee

Mee

tings

wer

e he

ld d

urin

g th

e ye

ar 2

006-

07. T

he d

ates

on

whi

ch th

e Re

mun

erat

ion

Com

mitt

ee M

eetin

gsw

ere

held

wer

e 21

st A

pril,

200

6, a

nd 1

5th

Mar

ch, 2

007.

The

com

posi

tion,

nam

es o

f the

mem

bers

, cha

irper

son,

par

ticul

ars

of th

e M

eetin

gs a

nd a

tten

danc

e of

the

mem

bers

dur

ing

the

year

are

as fo

llow

s:

Sl.

Na

me

s o

f M

em

be

rsC

ate

go

ryN

o.

of

Me

eti

ng

s a

tte

nd

ed

No

.d

uri

ng

th

e y

ea

r 2

00

6-0

7

1.M

r. C.

P.

Mis

try,

Cha

irman

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pend

ent/

Non

-Exe

cutiv

e2

2.M

r. Sy

amal

Gup

taN

ot In

depe

nden

t/N

on-E

xecu

tive

2

3.M

r. S.

Ram

ador

aiN

ot In

depe

nden

t/N

on-E

xecu

tive

2

The

rem

uner

atio

n ea

rned

dur

ing

2006

-07

by th

e N

on-E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

s is

giv

en b

elow

:

Sl.

Na

me

s o

f th

e N

on

-Ex

ec

uti

ve

Dir

ec

tors

Sit

tin

g F

ee

sC

om

mis

sio

n

No

.R

s.R

s.

1.M

r. Sy

amal

Gup

ta60

,000

12,5

0,00

0

2.M

r. S.

Ram

ador

ai55

,000

8,00

,000

3.M

r. E.

A. K

. Fai

zulla

bhoy

85,0

005,

50,0

00

4.M

r. Su

jit G

upta

25,0

002,

25,0

00

5.M

r. H

. H. M

algh

am1,

00,0

006,

75,0

00

6.M

r. P.

G. M

anka

d40

,000

2,25

,000

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r. P.

McG

oldr

ick

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002,

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00

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r. C.

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istr

y30

,000

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,000

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r. R.

Nat

araj

an20

,000

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,000

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ails

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resp

ect o

f Mr.

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huka

r Dev

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agin

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irect

or, a

re g

iven

bel

ow:

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sic

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lary

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mm

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on

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n t

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l

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nd

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ite

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Inv

est

or

Gri

ev

an

ce

s C

om

mit

tee

The

term

s of

refe

renc

e m

anda

ted

by y

our B

oard

, whi

ch is

als

o in

line

with

the

stat

utor

y an

d re

gula

tory

requ

irem

ents

, are

:

●Re

dres

sing

of S

hare

hold

ers

and

Inve

stor

s co

mpl

aint

s;●

To e

nsur

e ex

pedi

tious

sha

re tr

ansf

ers;

●To

revi

ew s

tatu

s of

lega

l cas

es in

volv

ing

the

inve

stor

s w

here

the

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pany

has

bee

n m

ade

a pa

rty.

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21

CO

MP

LIA

NC

E R

EP

OR

T O

N C

OR

PO

RA

TE

GO

VE

RN

AN

CE

(C

on

td..

.)Fo

ur In

vest

or G

rieva

nces

Com

mitt

ee M

eetin

gs w

ere

held

dur

ing

the

year

200

6-07

. The

dat

es o

n w

hich

the

Inve

stor

Grie

vanc

es C

omm

ittee

Mee

tings

wer

e he

ld w

ere

21st

Apr

il, 2

006,

27t

h Ju

ly, 2

006,

27t

h O

ctob

er, 2

006,

30t

h Ja

nuar

y, 2

007.

The

com

posi

tion,

nam

es o

f the

mem

bers

, cha

irper

son,

par

ticul

ars

of th

e M

eetin

gs a

nd a

tten

danc

e of

the

mem

bers

dur

ing

the

year

are

as fo

llow

s:

Sl.

Na

me

s o

f M

em

be

rsC

ate

go

ryN

o.

of

Me

eti

ng

s a

tte

nd

ed

No

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uri

ng

th

e y

ea

r 2

00

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7

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r. E.

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bhoy

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irman

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pend

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r. P.

G. M

anka

dIn

depe

nden

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on-E

xecu

tive

3

Nam

e, d

esig

natio

n &

addr

ess

of th

e Co

mpl

ianc

e O

ffice

r :

Mr.

V

ija

y K

rish

na

mu

rth

y

Chie

f Fin

anci

al O

ffice

r & C

ompa

ny S

ecre

tary

Tata

Elx

si L

td.,

ITPB

Roa

d, W

hite

field

, Ban

galo

re-5

60 0

48.

Phon

e:

+91-

80-2

2979

736

Fax

:+9

1-80

-229

7977

0E-

mai

l:

veek

ay@

tata

elxs

i.co.

in

Det

ails

of I

nves

tors

com

plai

nts

rece

ived

dur

ing

2006

-07

are

as fo

llow

s:

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No

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atu

re o

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om

pla

ints

Re

ce

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corr

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ce a

re u

sual

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with

with

in 1

0 da

ys o

f rec

eipt

and

are

com

plet

ely

reso

lved

exc

ept i

n ca

ses w

here

litig

atio

nis

invo

lved

.

Det

ails

of s

hare

s in

phy

sica

l for

m lo

dged

for t

rans

fer d

urin

g 20

06-0

7 ar

e as

follo

ws:

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od

ge

d f

or

tra

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er

Tra

nsf

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ark

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s ha

ve n

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and

wer

ere

turn

ed u

nder

obj

ectio

n

Shar

e tr

ansf

er lo

dgem

ents

are

pro

cess

ed w

ithin

30

days

and

retu

rned

exc

ept i

n ca

ses

whe

re li

tigat

ion

is in

volv

ed.

The

follo

win

g pe

rson

s ca

n al

so b

e co

ntac

ted

in c

ase

of in

vest

ors

grie

vanc

es:

a.M

s. M

ary

Alle

s (e

mai

l: m

ary@

tata

elxs

i.co.

in;

phon

e: +

91-0

80-2

2979

789;

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: +91

-080

-229

7977

0)

b.TS

R D

aras

haw

Ltd

. (em

ail:

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unit@

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aras

haw

.com

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: +91

-022

-665

6849

4)

6.

Oth

er

Co

mm

itte

es

In a

dditi

on to

the

abov

e Co

mm

ittee

s, th

e Bo

ard

has

also

con

stitu

ted

an E

xecu

tive

Com

mitt

ee, E

thic

s Co

mm

ittee

, Leg

al C

omm

ittee

and

a N

omin

atio

n Co

mm

ittee

. The

Exe

cutiv

e Co

mm

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rev

iew

s an

d gu

ides

the

Com

pany

on

vario

us o

pera

tiona

l mat

ters

. The

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ics

Com

mitt

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view

s co

mpl

ianc

e by

the

Com

pany

and

its

empl

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s w

ith th

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ta C

ode

of C

ondu

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I LIM

ITED

Eigh

teen

th A

nnua

l Rep

ort 2

006

- 07

22

CO

MP

LIA

NC

E R

EP

OR

T O

N C

OR

PO

RA

TE

GO

VE

RN

AN

CE

(C

on

td..

.)to

eth

ical

con

duct

. The

Leg

al C

omm

ittee

mon

itors

the

lega

l com

plia

nces

by

the

Com

pany

. The

Nom

inat

ion

Com

mitt

ee is

res

pons

ible

for

mak

ing

reco

mm

enda

tions

rega

rdin

g th

e co

mpo

sitio

n of

the

Boar

d fro

m ti

me

to ti

me.

The

com

posi

tion,

nam

es o

f the

mem

bers

, cha

irper

son,

par

ticul

ars

of th

e M

eetin

gs a

nd a

tten

danc

e of

the

mem

bers

dur

ing

the

year

are

as fo

llow

s:

Eth

ics

Co

mm

itte

e

The

Ethi

cs C

omm

ittee

met

on

26th

Mar

ch, 2

007.

Sl.

Na

me

s o

f M

em

be

rsC

ate

go

ryN

o.

of

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eti

ng

s a

tte

nd

ed

No

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uri

ng

th

e y

ea

r 2

00

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7

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r. H

. H. M

algh

am, C

hairm

anIn

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nden

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tive

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2.M

r. M

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ive

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ec

uti

ve

Co

mm

itte

e

The

Exec

utiv

e Co

mm

ittee

met

on

the

follo

win

g da

tes:

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Jun

e, 2

006,

16t

h Au

gust

, 200

6 an

d 26

th M

arch

, 200

7.

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me

s o

f M

em

be

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tte

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ed

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mit

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llow

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th Ju

ly, 2

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and

17th

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me

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inat

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mitt

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th M

arch

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7.

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CO

MP

LIA

NC

E R

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OR

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AN

CE

(C

on

td..

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en

era

l B

od

y M

ee

tin

gs

Part

icul

ars

abou

t the

last

thre

e A

nnua

l Gen

eral

Mee

tings

(AG

M’s)

of t

he C

ompa

ny a

re:

Sl.

No

.A

GM

Pa

rtic

ula

rsD

ate

Ve

nu

eT

ime

1.17

th A

GM

in re

spec

t of

28th

July

, 200

6Ta

ta E

lxsi

Lim

ited,

Whi

tefie

ld, H

oody

,12

:00

noon

the

year

200

5-06

Bang

alor

e

2.16

th A

GM

in re

spec

t of

22nd

July

, 200

5Ta

ta E

lxsi

Lim

ited,

Whi

tefie

ld, H

oody

,12

:00

noon

the

yea

r 200

4-05

Bang

alor

e

3.15

th A

GM

in re

spec

t30

th Ju

ly, 2

004

Tata

Elx

si L

imite

d, W

hite

field

, Hoo

dy,

12:0

0 no

onof

the

year

200

3-04

Ban

galo

re

No

item

of

busi

ness

, whi

ch r

equi

red

the

mem

bers

’ app

rova

l thr

ough

pos

tal b

allo

t, w

as t

rans

acte

d du

ring

2006

-07.

Acc

ordi

ngly

, the

Com

pani

es (P

osta

l Bal

lot)

Rul

es 2

001

is n

ot a

pplic

able

to th

e Co

mpa

ny d

urin

g th

e sa

id y

ear.

8.

Dis

clo

su

res

●Th

ere

are

no m

ater

ially

sig

nific

ant r

elat

ed p

arty

tran

sact

ions

dur

ing

the

year

that

hav

e po

tent

ial c

onfli

ct w

ith th

e in

tere

sts

of th

eCo

mpa

ny a

t lar

ge;

●Th

ere

has

been

no

non-

com

plia

nce

or p

enal

ties

or s

tric

ture

s im

pose

d on

you

r Com

pany

by

any

of th

e St

ock

Exch

ange

s or

SEB

I or

any

stat

utor

y au

thor

ity o

n an

y m

atte

r rel

ated

to c

apita

l mar

kets

dur

ing

the

last

thre

e ye

ars;

●Yo

ur C

ompa

ny h

as a

dopt

ed a

Whi

stle

Blo

wer

Pol

icy

whi

ch is

per

man

ently

pos

ted

on t

he C

ompa

ny’s

intr

anet

. All

issu

es r

aise

dun

der t

he W

hist

le B

low

er P

olic

y ar

e di

rect

ly re

port

ed to

the

Chai

rman

of t

he C

ompa

ny’s

Aud

it Co

mm

ittee

and

no

pers

onne

l has

been

den

ied

acce

ss to

the

Audi

t Com

mitt

ee.

●Th

e Co

mpa

ny h

as c

ompl

ied

with

all

the

man

dato

ry re

quire

men

ts a

nd m

ost o

f the

non

-man

dato

ry re

quire

men

ts s

peci

fied

in th

ere

vise

d Cl

ause

49

of th

e Li

stin

g Ag

reem

ent.

9.

Me

an

s o

f C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

●Yo

ur C

ompa

ny u

ses s

ever

al m

odes

of c

omm

unic

atin

g w

ith it

s ext

erna

l sta

keho

lder

s suc

h as

ann

ounc

emen

ts a

nd p

ress

rele

ases

inne

wsp

aper

s, ci

rcul

ar le

tter

s and

oth

er re

port

s to

the

mem

bers

, pos

ting

info

rmat

ion

on it

s web

site

(ww

w.ta

tael

xsi.c

om),

intim

atio

nto

the

Stoc

k Ex

chan

ges,

resp

ondi

ng to

ana

lyst

’s qu

erie

s et

c..

●Yo

ur C

ompa

ny’s

quar

terly

res

ults

are

dis

sem

inat

ed t

hrou

gh a

ll th

e m

odes

men

tione

d ab

ove.

Bus

ines

s St

anda

rd (E

nglis

h da

ily)

and

Sanj

evan

i (ve

rnac

ular

dai

ly) a

re u

sual

ly th

e pa

pers

in w

hich

the

quar

terly

resu

lts a

re p

ublis

hed.

●Yo

ur C

ompa

ny’s

Man

agem

ent

Dis

cuss

ion

& A

naly

sis

of t

he B

usin

ess

for

the

year

end

ed 3

1st

Mar

ch, 2

007

form

s a

part

of

this

Annu

al R

epor

t and

is g

iven

und

er th

e Se

ctio

n so

cap

tione

d.

10

.G

en

era

l S

ha

reh

old

ers

In

form

ati

on

Sl.

No

.S

ali

en

t It

em

s o

f In

tere

stP

art

icu

lars

i.AG

M D

ate,

tim

e an

d ve

nue

27th

July

, 200

7 at

12.

00 n

oon

at S

t. Jo

hn’s

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itoriu

m 1

00 ft

Roa

d,op

p. B

DA

Com

plex

, Kor

aman

gala

, Ban

galo

re -

560

034

ii.Fi

nanc

ial C

alen

dar

Year

end

ing

31st

Mar

ch, 2

007

iii.

Dat

e of

Boo

k Cl

osur

e17

th to

27t

h Ju

ly, 2

007

(bot

h da

tes

incl

usiv

e)

iv.

Div

iden

d Pa

ymen

t Dat

e30

th Ju

ly, 2

007

v.Li

stin

g on

Sto

ck E

xcha

nges

Ba

ng

alo

re S

toc

k E

xc

ha

ng

e L

imit

ed

Stoc

k Ex

chan

ge T

ower

s, 51

, 1st

Cro

ss,

J. C.

Roa

d, B

anga

lore

-560

027

, Ind

iaTe

l. : +

91-8

0-41

57 5

234,

Fax

: +9

1-80

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7 52

32B

om

ba

y S

toc

k E

xc

ha

ng

e L

imit

ed

Phiro

ze J

eeje

ebho

y To

wer

s, D

alal

Str

eet,

Mum

bai-4

00 0

01, I

ndia

Tel.

: +91

-22-

2272

123

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x : +

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919

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e D

elh

i S

toc

k E

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tio

n L

imit

ed

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se, 3

/1 A

SAF

Ali

Road

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ew D

elhi

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002

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iaTe

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29 2

417,

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: +9

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76

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teen

th A

nnua

l Rep

ort 2

006

- 07

24

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lot N

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lock

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dra-

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plex

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umba

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00 0

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aTe

l. :

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-22-

2659

810

0, F

ax :

+91

-22-

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0

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k Co

deBo

mba

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ock

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ange

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ited

-50

0408

The

Nat

iona

l Sto

ck E

xcha

nge

of In

dia

Lim

ited

-Ta

ta E

lxsi

vii.

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stra

r & S

hare

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nsfe

r Age

nts

TSR

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asha

w L

imite

d, 6

-10,

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i Moo

sa P

atra

wal

a In

d. E

stat

e,20

, Dr.

E. M

oses

Roa

d, M

ahal

axm

i, M

umba

i 400

011

viii.

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e Tr

ansf

er S

yste

mSh

ares

lodg

ed in

phy

sica

l for

m w

ith th

e Co

mpa

ny/it

s Reg

istr

ars &

Sha

re Tr

ansf

erAg

ents

are

pro

cess

ed a

nd r

etur

ned,

dul

y tr

ansf

erre

d w

ithin

30

days

nor

mal

ly,

exce

pt in

cas

es w

here

litig

atio

n is

invo

lved

.In

res

pect

of

shar

es h

eld

in d

emat

eria

lised

mod

e, t

he t

rans

fer

take

s pl

ace

inst

anta

neou

sly

bet

wee

n th

e tr

ansf

eror

, tra

nsfe

ree

and

the

Dep

osit

ory

Part

icip

ant t

hrou

gh e

lect

roni

c de

bit/

cred

it of

the

acco

unts

invo

lved

.

ix.

Dem

ater

ialis

atio

n of

sha

res

and

liqui

dity

As

at 3

1st M

arch

, 200

7, 2

,88,

31,8

96 s

hare

s w

ere

held

in d

emat

eria

lised

mod

e.x.

Out

stan

ding

GD

Rs/A

DRs

/War

rant

s or

Ther

e ar

e no

out

stan

ding

inst

rum

ents

and

hen

ce th

ere

will

be

no d

ilutio

nan

y co

nver

tible

inst

rum

ents

, con

vers

ion

of th

e eq

uity

.da

te a

nd li

kely

impa

ct o

n eq

uity

xi.

Plan

t Lo

catio

nsYo

ur C

ompa

ny’s

soft

war

e de

velo

pmen

t ce

ntre

s ar

e lo

cate

d at

the

fol

low

ing

addr

esse

s:

a.IT

PB R

oad,

Hoo

dy, B

anga

lore

– 5

60 0

48b.

“Gay

atri”

Tec

hnop

ark,

Triv

andr

um –

695

581

c.‘G

una

Com

plex

’ No.

443

, Ann

asal

ai, T

eyna

mpe

t Che

nnai

– 6

00 0

18d.

Alp

ha –

1 B

uild

ing,

GIG

A S

pace

, 198

/1B,

Nag

ar R

oad,

Pun

e 41

1 01

4e.

201,

Bos

ton

Hou

se, S

uren

Roa

d, o

ff A

ndhe

ri Ku

rla R

oad,

And

heri

(Eas

t)M

umba

i – 4

00 0

93f.

Solid

Squ

are

Stre

et, 3

F, 58

0 H

orik

awa-

cho,

Kaw

asak

i-shi

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naga

wa

– 21

2-00

13, J

apan

xii.

Addr

ess

for

corr

espo

nden

ceIT

PB R

oad,

Hoo

dy, B

anga

lore

– 5

60 0

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Ma

rke

t P

ric

e D

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: H

igh

/Lo

w d

uri

ng

ea

ch

mo

nth

of

20

06

-07

on

th

e f

oll

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ex

ch

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mb

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tio

na

l

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teen

th A

nnua

l Rep

ort 2

006

- 07

26

Au

dit

ors

’ Cer

tifi

cate

on

Co

mp

lian

ce o

f co

nd

itio

ns

of

Co

rpo

rate

Go

vern

ance

as

per

Cla

use

49

of

the

List

ing

Ag

reem

ent

wit

h t

he

Sto

ck E

xch

ang

es

TO T

HE

MEM

BER

S O

F TA

TA E

LXSI

LIM

ITED

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hav

e ex

amin

ed t

he

com

plia

nce

of c

on

dit

ion

s o

f Co

rpo

rate

Gov

ern

ance

by

Tata

Elx

si L

imit

ed(‘t

he

Co

mp

any’

), fo

r th

e ye

ar e

nd

ed o

n M

arch

31, 2

007

as s

tip

ula

ted

in C

lau

se 4

9 o

f th

e Li

stin

g A

gre

emen

t o

f th

e C

om

pan

y w

ith

sto

ck e

xch

ang

es.

The

com

plia

nce

of c

on

dit

ion

s o

f Cor

po

rate

Gov

ern

ance

is t

he

resp

on

sib

ility

of t

he

man

agem

ent.

Ou

r ex

amin

atio

n w

as li

mit

ed t

o p

roce

du

res

and

imp

lem

enta

tio

n t

her

eof,

ado

pte

d b

y th

e C

om

pan

y fo

r en

suri

ng

th

e co

mp

lian

ce o

f th

e co

nd

itio

ns

of C

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f op

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n t

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finan

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any.

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ur

op

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nd

to

th

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d a

cco

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lan

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at h

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omai

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pert

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in c

urre

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mer

ging

tech

nolo

gies

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is te

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peo

ple

deve

lopm

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ocus

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hel

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in p

rovi

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ch e

nviro

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attr

act a

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tain

eng

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ring

and

tech

nica

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embe

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ele

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mar

ket

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xpec

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to r

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ter

stro

ng g

row

th in

seg

men

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as D

igita

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por

tabl

e en

tert

ainm

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and

mul

timed

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rodu

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wire

less

pho

nes.

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lso

expe

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to a

id g

ood

grow

th in

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sem

icon

duct

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dust

ry.

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incr

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rend

tow

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use

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read

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blo

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desi

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prod

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man

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ena

ble

fast

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redu

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men

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inve

sted

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in-h

ouse

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enab

le c

reat

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telle

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pert

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tec

hnol

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are

assu

ch a

s m

ultim

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wor

king

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obile

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sem

icon

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stor

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se a

re a

vaila

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trib

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targ

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indu

stry

sec

tors

.

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m th

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busi

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chni

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use

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es a

reas

onab

le b

asis

for o

ur o

pini

on.

3.A

s re

quire

d by

the

Com

pani

es (

Audi

tor’s

Rep

ort)

Ord

er, 2

003

(‘the

Ord

er’),

issu

ed b

y th

e Ce

ntra

l Gov

ernm

ent

of In

dia

in t

erm

s of

Sect

ion

227

(4A

) of t

he C

ompa

nies

Act

, 195

6 w

e en

clos

e in

the

Ann

exur

e, a

sta

tem

ent o

n th

e m

atte

rs s

peci

fied

in p

arag

raph

s 4

and

5of

the

said

Ord

er.

4.Fu

rthe

r to

our c

omm

ents

in th

e A

nnex

ure

refe

rred

to a

bove

, we

repo

rt th

at:

a.W

e ha

ve o

btai

ned

all t

he in

form

atio

n an

d ex

plan

atio

ns w

hich

to th

e be

st o

f our

kno

wle

dge

and

belie

f wer

e ne

cess

ary

for t

hepu

rpos

es o

f our

aud

it;

b.In

our

opi

nion

, pro

per

book

s of

acc

ount

as

requ

ired

by la

w h

ave

been

kep

t by

the

Com

pany

, so

far

as a

ppea

rs f

rom

our

exam

inat

ion

of t

hose

boo

ks;

c.Th

e Ba

lanc

e Sh

eet,

Prof

it an

d Lo

ss A

ccou

nt a

nd C

ash

Flow

Sta

tem

ent d

ealt

with

by

this

repo

rt a

re in

agr

eem

ent w

ith th

e bo

oks

of a

ccou

nt;

d.In

our

opi

nion

, the

Bal

ance

She

et, P

rofit

and

Los

s A

ccou

nt a

nd C

ash

Flow

Sta

tem

ent

com

ply

with

the

acc

ount

ing

stan

dard

sre

ferr

ed to

in s

ub-s

ectio

n (3

C) o

f Sec

tion

211

of th

e Co

mpa

nies

Act

, 195

6;

e.O

n th

e ba

sis

of t

he w

ritte

n re

pres

enta

tions

rec

eive

d by

the

Com

pany

from

its

dire

ctor

s, a

nd t

aken

on

reco

rd b

y th

e Bo

ard

ofD

irect

ors,

we

repo

rt t

hat

none

of t

he d

irect

ors

is d

isqu

alifi

ed a

s on

Mar

ch 3

1, 2

007

from

bei

ng a

ppoi

nted

as

a di

rect

or u

nder

clau

se (g

) of s

ub-s

ectio

n (1

) of S

ectio

n 27

4 of

the

Com

pani

es A

ct, 1

956;

f.In

our

opi

nion

and

to th

e be

st o

f our

info

rmat

ion,

and

acc

ordi

ng to

the

expl

anat

ions

giv

en to

us,

the

said

fina

ncia

l sta

tem

ents

read

with

the

note

s th

ereo

n, g

ive

the

info

rmat

ion

requ

ired

by th

e Co

mpa

nies

Act

, 195

6 in

the

man

ner s

o re

quire

d, a

nd g

ive

atr

ue a

nd fa

ir vi

ew in

con

form

ity w

ith th

e ac

coun

ting

prin

cipl

es g

ener

ally

acc

epte

d in

Indi

a:

i.in

the

case

of t

he B

alan

ce S

heet

, of t

he s

tate

of a

ffairs

of t

he C

ompa

ny a

s at

Mar

ch 3

1, 2

007;

ii.in

the

case

of t

he P

rofit

and

Los

s A

ccou

nt, o

f the

pro

fit o

f the

Com

pany

for t

he y

ear e

nded

on

that

dat

e;

and

iii.

in c

ase

of th

e Ca

sh F

low

Sta

tem

ent,

of th

e ca

sh fl

ows

of th

e Co

mpa

ny fo

r the

yea

r end

ed o

n th

at d

ate.

For R

SM

& C

o.

Char

tere

d Ac

coun

tant

s

Vil

as

Y.

Ra

ne

Part

ner (

F-33

220)

Mum

bai :

Apr

il 20

, 200

7

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teen

th A

nnua

l Rep

ort 2

006

- 07

32

AN

NE

XU

RE

TO

AU

DIT

OR

S’

RE

PO

RT

[Ref

erre

d to

in p

arag

raph

3 o

f our

repo

rt o

f eve

n da

te to

the

mem

bers

of T

ata

Elxs

i Lim

ited

on th

e fin

anci

al s

tate

men

ts fo

r the

yea

r end

edM

arch

31,

200

7]

(i)(a

)Th

e Co

mpa

ny h

as m

aint

aine

d pr

oper

reco

rds s

how

ing

full

part

icul

ars i

nclu

ding

qua

ntita

tive

deta

ils a

nd si

tuat

ion

of fi

xed

asse

ts.

(b)

The

Com

pany

has

a p

olic

y of

ver

ifica

tion

of a

ll fix

ed a

sset

s on

ce in

a p

erio

d of

tw

o ye

ars

whi

ch in

our

opi

nion

, is

reas

onab

leha

ving

rega

rd t

o th

e si

ze o

f the

Com

pany

and

the

nat

ure

of it

s bu

sine

ss. P

ursu

ant

to t

his

polic

y, p

hysi

cal v

erifi

catio

n of

fixe

das

sets

was

not

car

ried

out d

urin

g th

e ye

ar u

nder

repo

rt a

nd, a

ccor

ding

ly, t

he q

uest

ion

of id

entif

ying

dis

crep

anci

es if

any

, bet

wee

nth

e ph

ysic

al a

sset

s an

d th

e fix

ed a

sset

reco

rds,

doe

s no

t aris

e.

(c)

The

Com

pany

has

not

dis

pose

d of

a s

ubst

antia

l par

t of i

ts fi

xed

asse

ts d

urin

g th

e ye

ar; a

ccor

ding

ly th

ere

is n

o qu

estio

n of

the

goin

g co

ncer

n be

ing

affe

cted

.

(ii)

(a)

Acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e in

form

atio

n an

d ex

plan

atio

ns g

iven

to

us, t

he m

anag

emen

t co

nduc

ted

phys

ical

ver

ifica

tion

of in

vent

ory

atre

ason

able

inte

rval

s du

ring

the

year

.

(b)

In o

ur o

pini

on, a

nd a

ccor

ding

to th

e in

form

atio

n an

d ex

plan

atio

ns g

iven

to u

s, th

e pr

oced

ures

of p

hysi

cal v

erifi

catio

n of

inve

ntor

yfo

llow

ed b

y th

e m

anag

emen

t are

reas

onab

le a

nd a

dequ

ate

in re

latio

n to

the

size

of t

he C

ompa

ny a

nd n

atur

e of

its

busi

ness

.

(c)

In o

ur o

pini

on, t

he C

ompa

ny h

as m

aint

aine

d pr

oper

rec

ords

of i

nven

tory

dur

ing

the

year

. Dis

crep

anci

es n

otic

ed o

n ph

ysic

alve

rific

atio

n of

inve

ntor

y as

com

pare

d to

the

book

reco

rds

wer

e no

t mat

eria

l and

hav

e be

en p

rope

rly d

ealt

with

in th

e bo

oks

ofac

coun

t.

(iii)

Dur

ing

the

year

und

er r

epor

t, th

e Co

mpa

ny h

as n

eith

er g

rant

ed n

or a

vaile

d an

y lo

ans,

sec

ured

or

unse

cure

d, t

o or

fro

mco

mpa

nies

, firm

s or o

ther

par

ties c

over

ed in

the

regi

ster

mai

ntai

ned

unde

r Sec

tion

301

of th

e Co

mpa

nies

Act

, 195

6. A

ccor

ding

ly,

the

prov

isio

ns o

f sub

-cla

uses

(b),

(c),

(d),

(f) a

nd (g

) of c

laus

e (ii

i) of

par

agra

ph 4

of t

he O

rder

, are

not

app

licab

le.

(iv)

In o

ur o

pini

on, t

he C

ompa

ny h

as a

n ad

equa

te in

tern

al c

ontr

ol p

roce

dure

com

men

sura

te w

ith t

he s

ize

of t

he C

ompa

ny a

ndna

ture

of i

ts b

usin

ess

for t

he p

urch

ase

of in

vent

ory

and

fixed

ass

ets

and

for t

he s

ale

of g

oods

and

ser

vice

s. In

the

cour

se o

f our

audi

t, w

e ha

ve n

ot n

otic

ed a

ny c

ontin

uing

failu

re to

cor

rect

maj

or w

eakn

esse

s in

the

inte

rnal

con

trol

sys

tem

.

(v)

(a)

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

info

rmat

ion

and

expl

anat

ions

giv

en to

us,

and

base

d on

the

disc

losu

re o

f int

eres

t mad

e by

the

dire

ctor

s of

the

Com

pany

, we

are

of th

e op

inio

n th

at c

ontr

acts

or a

rran

gem

ents

that

nee

d to

be

ente

red

into

a re

gist

er in

pur

suan

ce o

f Sec

tion

301o

f the

Com

pani

es A

ct, 1

956

have

bee

n so

ent

ered

.

(b)

In o

ur o

pini

on a

nd a

ccor

ding

to th

e in

form

atio

n an

d ex

plan

atio

ns g

iven

to u

s, in

resp

ect o

f the

tran

sact

ions

mad

e in

pur

suan

ceof

con

trac

ts o

r arr

ange

men

ts e

nter

ed in

the

regi

ster

mai

ntai

ned

unde

r Sec

tion

301

of th

e Co

mpa

nies

Act

, 195

6 an

d ex

ceed

ing

the

valu

e of

Rup

ees f

ive

hund

red

thou

sand

for t

he y

ear u

nder

repo

rt, t

he ra

tes a

t whi

ch su

ch se

rvic

es a

re re

nder

ed a

re re

ason

able

havi

ng re

gard

to m

arke

t pric

es o

f suc

h se

rvic

es p

reva

iling

at t

he re

leva

nt ti

mes

.

(vi)

The

Com

pany

has

not

acc

epte

d an

y de

posi

ts fr

om t

he p

ublic

to

whi

ch t

he d

irect

ives

issu

ed b

y th

e Re

serv

e Ba

nk o

f Ind

ia a

ndth

e pr

ovis

ions

of S

ectio

n 58

A, 5

8AA

or a

ny o

ther

rele

vant

pro

visi

ons o

f the

Com

pani

es A

ct, 1

956

and

the

rule

s fra

med

ther

eund

er,

appl

y.

(vii)

In o

ur o

pini

on, t

he C

ompa

ny h

as a

n in

tern

al a

udit

syst

em th

at is

com

men

sura

te w

ith th

e si

ze o

f the

Com

pany

and

the

natu

re o

fits

bus

ines

s.

(viii

)Th

e Ce

ntra

l Gov

ernm

ent h

as n

ot p

resc

ribed

mai

nten

ance

of c

ost r

ecor

ds u

nder

Sec

tion

209(

1)(d

) of t

he C

ompa

nies

Act

, 195

6fo

r any

of t

he a

ctiv

ities

of t

he C

ompa

ny.

(ix)

(a)

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

info

rmat

ion

and

expl

anat

ions

giv

en to

us,

the

Com

pany

was

regu

lar d

urin

g th

e ye

ar in

dep

ositi

ng u

ndis

pute

dst

atut

ory

dues

incl

udin

g Pr

ovid

ent

Fund

, Inv

esto

r Ed

ucat

ion

and

Prot

ectio

n Fu

nd, E

mpl

oyee

s’ St

ate

Insu

ranc

e, In

com

e ta

x,Sa

les

tax,

Ser

vice

tax

, Cus

tom

dut

y an

d Ce

ss w

ith t

he a

ppro

pria

te a

utho

ritie

s. A

s at

the

Bal

ance

She

et d

ate,

the

re w

ere

nost

atut

ory

dues

of a

mat

eria

l nat

ure

that

rem

aine

d un

paid

for a

per

iod

exce

edin

g si

x m

onth

s fr

om th

e da

te th

ey w

ere

paya

ble.

(b)

Acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e in

form

atio

n an

d ex

plan

atio

ns g

iven

to

us, a

s at

the

Bal

ance

She

et d

ate,

the

Com

pany

has

not

dep

osite

d an

amou

nt o

f Rs.

6,04

,986

bei

ng in

com

e ta

x re

latin

g to

the

finan

cial

yea

rs 2

002-

03 a

nd 2

003-

04, i

n re

spec

t of w

hich

dis

pute

s ar

epe

ndin

g be

fore

the

Com

mis

sion

er (A

ppea

ls).

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33

AN

NE

XU

RE

TO

AU

DIT

OR

S’

RE

PO

RT

(C

on

td..

.)

(x)

The

Com

pany

doe

s no

t ha

ve a

ny a

ccum

ulat

ed lo

sses

as

at t

he B

alan

ce S

heet

dat

e. T

he C

ompa

ny d

id n

ot in

cur

cash

loss

esdu

ring

the

finan

cial

yea

r und

er re

port

and

in th

e im

med

iate

ly p

rece

ding

fina

ncia

l yea

r.

(xi)

Dur

ing

the

year

und

er re

port

, the

Com

pany

has

not

def

aulte

d in

repa

ymen

t of d

ues

to b

anks

in re

spec

t of i

ts b

orro

win

gs. T

heCo

mpa

ny d

id n

ot h

ave

borr

owin

gs fr

om fi

nanc

ial i

nstit

utio

ns a

nd a

lso

did

not

have

any

deb

entu

res

outs

tand

ing

durin

g th

eye

ar u

nder

repo

rt.

(xii)

Base

d on

our

exa

min

atio

n of

the

boo

ks a

nd re

cord

s of

the

Com

pany

, we

repo

rt t

hat

the

Com

pany

has

not

gra

nted

any

loan

san

d ad

vanc

es o

n th

e ba

sis

of s

ecur

ity b

y w

ay o

f ple

dge

of s

hare

s, d

eben

ture

s or

oth

er s

ecur

ities

.

(xiii

)Th

e Co

mpa

ny is

not

a C

hit F

und,

Nid

hi, o

r a M

utua

l Ben

efit

Fund

/Soc

iety

. Acc

ordi

ngly

, the

pro

visi

ons o

f cla

use

(xiii

) of p

arag

raph

4 of

the

Ord

er a

re n

ot a

pplic

able

.

(xiv

)Ba

sed

on o

ur e

xam

inat

ion

of th

e bo

oks a

nd re

cord

s of t

he C

ompa

ny, w

e re

port

that

dur

ing

the

year

und

er re

port

, it d

id n

ot d

eal

or t

rade

in s

hare

s, s

ecur

ities

, deb

entu

res

and

othe

r in

vest

men

ts.

(xv)

Acco

rdin

g to

the

info

rmat

ion

and

expl

anat

ions

giv

en to

us,

the

Com

pany

has

giv

en g

uara

ntee

s for

loan

s ava

iled

by it

s em

ploy

ees

from

ban

ks a

nd fi

nanc

ial i

nstit

utio

ns, a

ggre

gatin

g to

Rs.

275

.44

lacs

as

at th

e Ba

lanc

e Sh

eet d

ate.

In o

ur o

pini

on, t

he te

rms

and

cond

ition

s of

suc

h gu

aran

tees

are

not

pre

judi

cial

to th

e in

tere

st o

f the

Com

pany

.

(xvi

)Th

e Co

mpa

ny d

id n

ot h

ave

any

term

loan

s ou

tsta

ndin

g du

ring

the

year

und

er r

epor

t; ac

cord

ingl

y, w

e ha

ve n

o co

mm

ents

to

offe

r on

the

prov

isio

ns o

f cla

use

(xvi

) of p

arag

raph

4 o

f the

Ord

er.

(xvi

i)Ac

cord

ing

to th

e in

form

atio

n an

d ex

plan

atio

ns g

iven

to u

s, an

d on

an

over

all e

xam

inat

ion

of th

e ba

lanc

e sh

eet o

f the

Com

pany

,w

e re

port

that

, prim

a fa

cie,

the

Com

pany

has

not

app

lied

shor

t-te

rm fu

nds

for l

ong-

term

inve

stm

ents

.

(xvi

ii)D

urin

g th

e ye

ar u

nder

repo

rt, t

he C

ompa

ny h

as n

ot m

ade

any

pref

eren

tial a

llotm

ent o

f sha

res t

o pa

rtie

s and

com

pani

es c

over

edin

the

regi

ster

mai

ntai

ned

unde

r Sec

tion

301

of th

e Co

mpa

nies

Act

, 195

6.

(xix

)Th

e Co

mpa

ny d

id n

ot h

ave

any

debe

ntur

es o

utst

andi

ng d

urin

g th

e ye

ar u

nder

rep

ort;

acco

rdin

gly,

the

que

stio

n of

cre

atin

gse

curit

y in

resp

ect t

here

of d

oes

not a

rise.

(xx)

The

Com

pany

has

not

rai

sed

any

mon

ey b

y w

ay o

f pub

lic is

sue

durin

g th

e ye

ar u

nder

repo

rt; c

onse

quen

tly, t

he p

rovi

sion

s of

clau

se (x

x) o

f par

agra

ph 4

of t

he O

rder

are

not

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UN

TIN

G P

OL

ICIE

S

1.

Ba

sis

of

pre

pa

rati

on

The

finan

cial

stat

emen

ts a

re p

repa

red

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith In

dian

Gen

eral

ly A

ccep

ted

Acco

untin

g Pr

inci

ples

(“G

AA

P”) u

nder

the

hist

oric

alco

st c

onve

ntio

n on

the

acc

rual

bas

is o

f acc

ount

ing

and

com

ply

with

the

man

dato

ry a

ccou

ntin

g st

anda

rds

and

stat

emen

ts is

sued

by

Inst

itute

of C

hart

ered

Acc

ount

ants

of I

ndia

, (IC

AI)

and

the

prov

isio

ns o

f the

Com

pani

es A

ct, 1

956.

2.

Use

of

est

ima

tes

The

prep

arat

ion

of fi

nanc

ial s

tate

men

ts in

con

form

ity w

ith G

AA

P re

quire

s m

anag

emen

t to

mak

e es

timat

es a

nd a

ssum

ptio

ns th

at a

ffect

the

repo

rted

am

ount

s of a

sset

s and

liab

ilitie

s and

the

disc

losu

re o

f con

tinge

nt a

sset

s and

liab

ilitie

s at t

he d

ate

of th

e fin

anci

al st

atem

ents

and

the

repo

rted

am

ount

s of

reve

nues

and

exp

ense

s du

ring

the

perio

d re

port

ed. A

ctua

l res

ults

cou

ld d

iffer

from

thos

e es

timat

es. A

nyre

visi

on to

acc

ount

ing

estim

ates

is re

cogn

ised

pro

spec

tivel

y in

the

curr

ent a

nd fu

ture

per

iods

.

3.

Fix

ed

ass

ets

Fixe

d as

sets

are

sta

ted

at c

ost,

less

acc

umul

ated

dep

reci

atio

n/am

ortis

atio

n.

Dep

reci

atio

n is

pro

vide

d on

str

aigh

t lin

e m

etho

d on

pro

rata

bas

is in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

prov

isio

ns o

f Sch

edul

e XI

V to

the

Com

pani

esAc

t, 19

56, e

xcep

t th

at le

aseh

old

land

and

impr

ovem

ents

to

leas

ehol

d pr

emis

es is

dep

reci

ated

ove

r th

e le

ase

perio

d on

str

aigh

t-lin

eba

sis.

If an

y ad

ditio

n to

the

fixed

ass

ets i

s mad

e on

or b

efor

e 15

th o

f the

mon

th, t

hen

full

depr

ecia

tion

for t

hat m

onth

is p

rovi

ded,

oth

erw

ise

node

prec

iatio

n is

pro

vide

d fo

r tha

t mon

th.

Capi

tal a

dvan

ces

repr

esen

t out

stan

ding

or a

dvan

ce p

aid

to a

cqui

re fi

xed

asse

ts.

4.

Imp

air

me

nt

of

ass

ets

At e

ach

bala

nce

shee

t dat

e, th

e Co

mpa

ny re

view

s the

car

ryin

g am

ount

s of i

ts fi

xed

asse

ts to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

ther

e is

any

indi

catio

n th

atth

ose

asse

ts su

ffere

d an

impa

irmen

t los

s. If

any

such

indi

catio

n ex

ists,

the

reco

vera

ble

amou

nt o

f the

ass

et is

est

imat

ed in

ord

er to

det

erm

ine

the

exte

nt o

f im

pairm

ent l

oss.

Reco

vera

ble

amou

nt is

the

high

er o

f an

asse

t’s n

et se

lling

pric

e an

d va

lue

in u

se. I

n as

sess

ing

valu

e in

use

, the

estim

ated

futu

re c

ash

flow

s exp

ecte

d fro

m th

e co

ntin

uing

use

of t

he a

sset

and

from

its d

ispos

al a

re d

iscou

nted

to th

eir p

rese

nt v

alue

usin

ga

pre-

disc

ount

rate

that

refle

cts

the

curr

ent m

arke

t ass

essm

ent o

f tim

e va

lue

of m

oney

and

the

risks

spe

cific

to th

e as

set.

Reve

rsal

of i

mpa

irmen

t los

s is

reco

gnis

ed im

med

iate

ly a

s in

com

e in

the

prof

it an

d lo

ss a

ccou

nt.

5.

Inv

en

tori

es

Com

pone

nts

and

spar

es a

re v

alue

d at

cos

t. C

ost i

s de

term

ined

on

the

basi

s of

spe

cific

iden

tific

atio

n m

etho

d. A

ppro

pria

te p

rovi

sion

sar

e m

ade

for a

ntic

ipat

ed lo

sses

, if a

ny.

Com

pute

r sy

stem

s an

d so

ftw

are,

com

pone

nts

and

spar

es in

tend

ed fo

r cu

stom

er s

uppo

rt a

re w

ritte

n of

f ove

r th

e ef

fect

ive

life

of t

hesy

stem

s m

aint

aine

d, a

s es

timat

ed b

y th

e m

anag

emen

t.

6.

Inc

om

e

Sale

s

Inco

me

from

sale

s is r

ecog

nise

d up

on c

ompl

etio

n of

sale

. War

rant

y ch

arge

s for

min

g pa

rt o

f the

sale

s are

not

reco

gnis

ed se

para

tely

and

expe

nditu

re in

this

rega

rd is

acc

ount

ed a

s an

d w

hen

incu

rred

.

Serv

ices

a)In

com

e fr

om s

ervi

ces

is r

ecog

nise

d up

on r

ende

ring

of t

he s

ervi

ces.

Inco

me

from

mai

nten

ance

con

trac

ts r

elat

ing

to t

he y

ear

isre

cogn

ised

whe

n th

e co

ntra

cts

are

ente

red

into

on

a tim

e pr

opor

tiona

te b

asis

.b)

Reve

nue

from

soft

war

e de

velo

pmen

t on

fixed

pric

e, fi

xed

time

fram

e co

ntra

cts i

s rec

ogni

sed

as p

er th

e pr

opor

tiona

te c

ompl

etio

nm

etho

d. O

n tim

e an

d m

ater

ials

con

trac

ts, r

even

ue is

reco

gnis

ed a

s th

e re

late

d se

rvic

es a

re re

nder

ed.

c)In

resp

ect o

f ord

ers p

rocu

red,

for w

hich

sale

s are

effe

cted

dire

ctly

to th

e cu

stom

ers b

y Co

mpa

ny’s

vend

ors,

the

Com

pany

acc

ount

son

ly fo

r the

com

mis

sion

, ins

talla

tion

and

othe

r cha

rges

to w

hich

it is

ent

itled

.7

.R

eti

rem

en

t B

en

efi

ts

Liab

ility

for g

ratu

ity a

nd s

uper

annu

atio

n is

fund

ed w

ith th

e Li

fe In

sura

nce

Corp

orat

ion

of In

dia

and

incr

emen

tal l

iabi

lity

for t

he y

ear i

sch

arge

d to

the

prof

it an

d lo

ss a

ccou

nt.

Prov

isio

n fo

r lea

ve e

ncas

hmen

t is

base

d on

act

uaria

l val

uatio

n do

ne a

s at

the

clos

e of

the

finan

cial

yea

r.

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arc

h a

nd

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ve

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me

nt

Expe

nditu

re o

n re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent o

n re

venu

e ac

coun

t is c

harg

ed o

ff to

the

prof

it an

d lo

ss a

ccou

nt. A

sset

s acq

uire

d fo

r res

earc

han

d de

velo

pmen

t act

ivity

are

cap

italis

ed a

nd d

epre

ciat

ed in

the

sam

e m

anne

r as

othe

r fix

ed a

sset

s.

9.

Fo

reig

n c

urr

en

cy

tra

nsa

cti

on

s

a)Fo

reig

n br

anch

es:

i)Fi

xed

asse

ts a

re t

rans

late

d at

the

rat

es o

n th

e da

te o

f pur

chas

e of

ass

ets

and

depr

ecia

tion

is c

alcu

late

d on

the

val

ue s

oar

rived

.ii)

Curr

ent a

sset

s an

d cu

rren

t lia

bilit

ies

are

tran

slat

ed a

t the

exc

hang

e ra

te p

reva

iling

as

at th

e en

d of

the

finan

cial

yea

r.iii

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com

e an

d ex

pens

es a

re tr

ansl

ated

at a

vera

ge ra

tes

of e

xcha

nge.

b)O

ther

fore

ign

curr

ency

tra

nsac

tions

:

i)Fo

reig

n ex

chan

ge tr

ansa

ctio

ns a

re re

cord

ed a

t the

rate

s of e

xcha

nge

on th

e da

tes o

f the

resp

ectiv

e tr

ansa

ctio

ns. A

sset

s and

liabi

litie

s de

sign

ated

in fo

reig

n cu

rren

cy a

re c

onve

rted

into

rup

ees

at t

he r

ates

of e

xcha

nge

prev

ailin

g as

on

the

bala

nce

shee

t dat

e or

at t

he ra

te c

ontr

acte

d an

d co

rres

pond

ing

adju

stm

ent m

ade

to th

e re

leva

nt in

com

e, e

xpen

ditu

re, a

sset

s an

dlia

bilit

ies.

ii)Fo

rwar

d co

ntra

cts

are

acco

unte

d at

mat

urity

or o

n ca

ncel

latio

n.

10

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ax

ati

on

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ent

inco

me

tax

expe

nse

com

pris

es t

axes

on

inco

me

from

ope

ratio

ns in

Indi

a an

d fo

reig

n ta

x ju

risdi

ctio

ns. I

ncom

e ta

x pa

yabl

e in

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det

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in a

ccor

danc

e w

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he p

rovi

sion

s of

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me

Tax

Act

, 196

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ax e

xpen

se r

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to o

vers

eas

oper

atio

ns is

dete

rmin

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

tax

law

s ap

plic

able

in c

ount

ries

whe

re s

uch

oper

atio

ns a

re d

omic

iled.

Def

erre

d ta

x ex

pens

e or

ben

efit

is r

ecog

nise

d on

tim

ing

diffe

renc

es b

eing

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

taxa

ble

inco

me

and

acco

untin

gin

com

e th

at o

rigin

ate

in o

ne p

erio

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d ar

e ca

pabl

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reve

rsal

in o

n or

mor

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uent

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iods

. Def

erre

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x as

sets

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liab

ilitie

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em

easu

red

usin

g th

e ta

x ra

tes

and

tax

law

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at h

ave

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ena

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enac

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lanc

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ate.

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erre

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x as

sets

in re

spec

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bsor

bed

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rwar

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loss

es a

re re

cogn

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the

ext

ent

that

the

re is

virt

ual c

erta

inty

that

suf

ficie

nt ta

xabl

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com

e w

ill b

e av

aila

ble

to re

alis

e th

ese

asse

ts.

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othe

r def

erre

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x as

sets

are

reco

gnis

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nly

to th

e ex

tent

that

ther

e is

reas

onab

le c

erta

inty

that

suf

ficie

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ture

taxa

ble

inco

me

will

be

avai

labl

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real

ise

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sets

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re c

redi

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to c

apita

l res

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Oth

er re

venu

e su

bsid

ies

are

cred

ited

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rofit

and

loss

acc

ount

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educ

ted

from

rela

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nses

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timat

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n ca

pita

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ount

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of a

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Rs.

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31 la

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ar R

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rant

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give

n to

ban

kers

for g

uara

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sued

by

the

bank

ers

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91.0

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viou

s ye

ar R

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5.96

lakh

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ispu

ted

dem

ands

for I

ncom

e Ta

x ag

greg

ates

to R

s. 38

2.88

lakh

s (p

revi

ous

year

Rs.

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khs)

.

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uara

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Hou

sing

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