COMPANY INFORMATION

Full name Birla Corporation Ltd. Legal Address Birla Building 3rd & 4th Floor, 9/1 R N Mukherjee Road, ; Kolkata; West Bengal; 700001 Status: Listed Legal Form: Public Limited Company Operational Status: Operational ISIN CODE : INE340A01012 Financial Auditors: HP Khandelwal & Co (2011) Incorporation Date: August 25, 1919 Total Employees: 9,818

Company Description Birla Corporation Limited is the flagship Company of the M.P. Birla Group, incorporated as Birla Jute Manufacturing Company Limited in 1919 and later changed to Birla Corporation Limited in 1998. Birla Corporation Limited has products ranging from cement to jute goods, PVC floor covering, as well as auto trims (jute felt-based car interiors). Company Analysis According to the Consolidated - Audited financial statement for the Year of 2011, total net operating revenues decreased with -1.35%, from INR 2,295.43 tens of millions to INR 2,264.35 tens of millions. Operating result decreased from INR 721.86 tens of millions to INR 556.15 tens of millions which means -22.96% change. The results of the period decreased -41.09% reaching INR 320.21 tens of millions at the end of the period against INR 543.57 tens of millions last year. Return on equity (Net income/Total equity) went from 30.32% to 15.61%, the Return On Asset (Net income / Total Asset) went from 21.05% to 10.41% and the Net Profit Margin (Net Income/Net Sales) went from 23.68% to 14.14% when compared to the same period of last year. The Debt to Equity Ratio (Total Liabilities/Equity) was

149.92% compared to 144.02% of last year. Finally, the Current Ratio (Current Assets/Current Liabilities) went from 1.96 to 2.34 when compared to the previous year. Key Executives Harsh V Lodha B R Nahar Anand Bordia B B Tandon D N Ghosh More Chairman Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Independent Non Executive Director Independent Non Executive Director Independent Non Executive Director

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