|
Unaudited
financial results for the quarter ended 31 December,
2004
|
(Rs
in crores)
|
|
|
Particulars
|
Unaudited
|
Audited
|
|
Quarter
ended 31 December, 2004
|
Corresponding
Quarter in the Previous Year
|
Nine
Months ended 31 December, 2004
|
Corresponding
Nine Months in the Previous Year
|
Year
ended 31 March, 2004
|
|
1
|
Sales
/ Income from Operations
|
1,069.67
|
783.07
|
2,370.81
|
2,059.44
|
2,652.73
|
|
|
Less
: Excise Duty
|
30.53
|
28.19
|
82.23
|
80.45
|
108.58
|
|
|
Net
Sales/ Income from Operations
|
1,039.14
|
754.88
|
2,288.58
|
1,978.99
|
2,544.15
|
|
2
|
Expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a)
|
Decrease
/ (Increase) in stock-in-trade
|
204.51
|
79.28
|
128.94
|
34.19
|
(21.68)
|
|
|
b)
|
Consumption
of Raw Materials
|
283.71
|
244.58
|
803.10
|
721.37
|
975.47
|
|
|
c)
|
Cost
of Traded Goods
|
125.47
|
65.12
|
179.47
|
134.50
|
157.50
|
|
|
d)
|
Staff
Cost
|
27.66
|
25.86
|
78.42
|
73.73
|
97.93
|
|
|
e)
|
Stores,
Spare Parts and Consumables
|
36.77
|
25.83
|
96.81
|
76.48
|
139.80
|
|
|
f)
|
Power
& Fuel
|
96.57
|
85.33
|
281.97
|
244.39
|
321.68
|
|
|
g)
|
Freight
and Forwarding Charges
|
55.70
|
48.21
|
148.95
|
137.74
|
173.02
|
|
|
h)
|
Other
Expenditure
|
78.36
|
59.92
|
188.77
|
171.13
|
240.64
|
|
|
|
Total
Expenditure (2a to 2h)
|
908.75
|
634.13
|
1,906.43
|
1,593.53
|
2,084.36
|
|
3
|
Profit
from Operations (1-2)
|
130.39
|
120.75
|
382.15
|
385.46
|
459.79
|
|
4
|
Other
Income
|
29.46
|
6.47
|
59.32
|
33.31
|
38.85
|
|
5
|
Interest
on Refunds of Tax
|
22.23
|
16.26
|
22.75
|
31.97
|
38.26
|
|
6
|
Interest
- net
|
6.15
|
11.93
|
19.29
|
42.95
|
50.91
|
|
7
|
Profit
after Interest but before Depreciation,
Exceptional Items and Tax (3+4+5-6)
|
175.93
|
131.55
|
444.93
|
407.79
|
485.99
|
|
8
|
Depreciation
|
34.03
|
36.05
|
102.54
|
107.89
|
144.15
|
|
9
|
Profit
before Exceptional Items and Tax (7-8)
|
141.90
|
95.50
|
342.39
|
299.90
|
341.84
|
|
10
|
Exceptional
Items Employees'
Separation Compensation
|
0.49
|
3.59
|
1.47
|
14.88
|
15.76
|
|
11
|
Profit
before Tax (9-10)
|
141.41
|
91.91
|
340.92
|
285.02
|
326.08
|
|
12
|
Taxes
|
44.82
|
32.76
|
111.50
|
94.15
|
105.55
|
|
13
|
Profit
after Tax (11-12)
|
96.59
|
59.15
|
229.42
|
190.87
|
220.53
|
|
14
|
Paid
up Equity Share Capital
(Face value : Rs. 10 per Share)
|
215.16
|
215.16
*
|
215.16
|
215.16
*
|
215.16
*
|
|
15
|
Reserves
excluding Revaluation Reserves
|
|
|
|
|
1,820.18
|
|
16
|
Basic
and Diluted Earnings - Rs. per Share
(not annualised)
|
4.49
|
2.75
|
10.66
|
8.87
|
10.25
|
|
17
|
Aggregate
of Non-Promoter Shareholding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
Number of Shares
|
156,894,617
|
160,216,769
|
156,894,617
|
160,216,769
|
160,214,769
|
|
|
-
Percentage of shareholding
|
72.94%
|
74.48%
|
72.94%
|
74.48%
|
74.48%
|
|
*
After adjustment of Rs 34.46 crore for shares
issued to the shareholders of erstwhile
Hind Lever Chemicals Limited
|
Segmentwise
revenue, results and capital employed
|
(Rs
in crores)
|
|
|
Particulars
|
Quarter
ended 31 December, 2004
|
Corresponding
Quarter in the Previous Year
|
Nine
Months ended 31 December, 2004
|
Corresponding
Nine Months in the Previous Year
|
Year
ended 31 March, 2004
|
|
1
|
Segment
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a.
Inorganic Chemicals
|
297.16
|
253.53
|
815.67
|
749.24
|
1,012.14
|
|
|
b.
Fertilisers
|
741.98
|
506.41
|
1,472.91
|
1,244.59
|
1,551.75
|
|
|
Total
|
1,039.14
|
759.94
|
2,288.58
|
1,993.83
|
2,563.89
|
|
|
Less
: Inter segment revenue
|
-
|
5.06
|
-
|
14.84
|
19.74
|
|
|
Net
Sales / Income from Operations
|
1,039.14
|
754.88
|
2,288.58
|
1,978.99
|
2,544.15
|
|
2
|
Segment
Result
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
/ (Loss) before Tax and Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a.
Inorganic Chemicals
|
42.41
|
47.87
|
152.83
|
170.00
|
205.64
|
|
|
b.
Fertilisers
|
65.72
|
45.53
|
159.20
|
137.82
|
151.90
|
|
|
Total
|
108.13
|
93.40
|
312.03
|
307.82
|
357.54
|
|
|
Less
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i)
Interest - net
|
6.15
|
11.93
|
19.29
|
42.95
|
50.91
|
|
|
(ii)
Unallocable income net of unallocable expenditure
|
(39.43)
|
(10.44)
|
(48.18)
|
(20.15)
|
(19.45)
|
|
|
Profit
before Tax
|
141.41
|
91.91
|
340.92
|
285.02
|
326.08
|
|
3
|
Capital
Employed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a.
Inorganic Chemicals
|
797.58
|
935.81
|
797.58
|
935.81
|
894.30
|
|
|
b.
Fertilisers
|
1,247.73
|
1,317.42
|
1,247.73
|
1,317.42
|
1,464.76
|
Notes:
- Revenue in respect
of urea is recognised based on the provisional
concessional rates notified by the government
pending fixation of the final concessional rates.
Claims for escalation on input cost have been
taken into account based on the estimates, pending
final notification of the rates by the government.
- Other income includes
Rs 27.92 crore towards profit on sale of a long
term investment sold during the quarter.
-
Status
of complaints received from investors during
the quarter, complaints resolved and those
pending are as follows:-
|
Particulars
of Complaints
|
Numbers
|
|
Outstanding
as on 1 October, 2004
|
8
|
|
Received
during the quarter
|
14
|
|
Resolved
during the quarter
|
14
|
|
Outstanding
as on 31 December, 2004
|
8
|
|
|
-
The
Statutory Auditors have carried out a ‘Limited
Review’ of the results for the quarter and
nine months ended 31 December, 2004.
- The previous
period's figures have been restated to include
those of the Phosphatics Division, formerly
Hind Lever Chemicals Limited, and these have
been regrouped / rearranged wherever necessary.
This
has been taken on record in the board meeting
of date.
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Place:
Mumbai
Date:
January
18, 2005
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Tata
Chemicals Limited
Ratan N Tata
Chairman
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