Appendix 1Top 100 Companies 2007

by percentage of Franco-Mauritians on the board of directors

Number Name Company >80% >50% >20% None1 Air Mauritius Ltd 2 Ireland Blyth Ltd x 3 British American Investement (Mtius) Ltd x4 Shell Mauritius Ltd x5 The Rogers Group x 6 CIEL Group x 7 Groupe Mon Loisir x 8 Food and Allied Group of Companies x 9 Mauritius Telecom Group x10 Total Mauritius Ltd x 11 New Mauritius Hotels Ltd x 12 The Harel Companies x 13 Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile Ltée x14 Chevron-Caltex x15 Currimjee Group of Companies x16 Sun Resorts Ltd x 17 British American Tobacco (Mtius) PLC x18 Indian Oil x19 Princes Tuna (Mtius) Ltd x 20 ABC Group x21 Phoenix Beverages x 22 Jan de Nul Pacific x23 The State Investment Corporation Group x24 The Leal Group 25 Palmar Group of Companies x 26 The Swan Group x 27 Somags Ltd x 28 Naiade Resorts Group x 29 General Construction Co. Ltd x 30 Innodis Ltd x 31 Airports of Mauritius Co. Ltd x32 Espitalier Noël Group x 33 The FUEL Group / Italian x 34 The Esquel Group x35 Gamma-Civic Ltd x36 The Medine Sugar Estates Ltd x 37 United Basalt Products Ltd (UBP) x 38 Constance Hotels Services Ltd x 39 Mauvilac Group x 40 Mauritius Duty Free Paradise Co. Ltd x41 Udis Ltee (Super U) x42 Hassam Moussa Rawat Export Ltd x43 Rehm-Grinaker Construction Co. Ltd x

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Number Name Company >80% >50% >20% None44 Robert Le Maire Group x 45 Sotramon Limitee x 46 Star Knitwear Ltd x47 World Knits Ltd x 48 The Ramdenee Group of Companies x49 State Insurance Company of Mauritius Ltd x50 Denim de L'Ile Limited 51 New Goodwill Investment Group x52 Apavou Holdings Ltd x53 Lafarge (Mauritius) Cement Ltd x 54 Cargo Handling Corporation Ltd x55 Mauritius Oil Refineries Ltd x 56 Fronterra Brands / Edendale x57 Richfield Tang x58 Holcim x59 Jacques Li Wan Po Group 60 Automatic Systems Ltd x 61 AJ & Maurel Construction Ltée x62 Socota textile Mills Ltd x63 Finlease Company Ltd x 64 Mauritius Union Assurance Co. Ltd 65 Bhunjun & Sons Ltd x66 Mauritius Housing Company Ltd x67 La Prudence Mauricienne Assurances Ltée x 68 Soniawear Co. Ltd x69 Rey and Leferna Limited x 70 Kalachand Group x71 HV International Limited x72 Happy World Ltd x73 Jan de Nul (Mauritius) Ltd x74 Li Wan Po & Co. Ltée x75 St Malo Exports Ltd x76 Shoprite (Mauritius) Ltd x 77 MSM Ltd x 78 Lai Fat Fur Brothers & Co. Ltd x79 Eal Man Hin and Sons Limited x80 Belle Mare Beach Development Company Ltd x81 Meaders Feed Ltd x 82 Mon Tresor and Mon Desert Ltd x 83 Yiptong & Sons Ltd x84 SIT x85 Groupe Union x 86 Maritim (Mauritius) Ltd x 87 Life Insurance Corporation of India (Mtius) x88 Shibani Inwear x89 Beechand Company Ltd / Toyota Mauritius x90 Premixed Concrete x 91 Morning Light Co. Ltd x92 Sagar Hotels and Resorts Ltd x93 Compagnie de Beau Vallon Ltée x 94 Joonas Group x95 Firemount Textiles Ltd x96 Superdist x

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Number Name Company >80% >50% >20% None97 Sotravic x98 Cogir Ltée x 99 United Bus Service Ltd x100 Mauritius Shipping Corporation Ltd x

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