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MONSANTO INDIA LIMITED
Regd.Office: Ahura Centre, 5th Floor, 96, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400 093.
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER  ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
    (R    U   P    E   E   S       I N        L   A    C   S)
SR.
NO.
PARTICULARS THREE MONTHS ENDED ON 31.12.2007
(UNAUDITED)
CORRESPONDING THREE MONTHS ENDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON 31.12.2006
(UNAUDITED)
YEAR TO DATE FIGURES FOR CURRENT PERIOD ENDED ON 31.12.2007 (UNAUDITED) YEAR TO DATE FIGURES FOR PREVIOUS PERIOD ENDED ON 31.12.2006 (UNAUDITED) PREVIOUS ACCOUNTING YEAR ENDED 31.03.2007 (AUDITED)
    THREE MONTHS ENDED ON 30.09.2007
(UNAUDITED)
CORRESPONDING THREE MONTHS ENDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON 30.09.2006
(UNAUDITED)
YEAR TO DATE FIGURES FOR CURRENT PERIOD ENDED ON 30.09.2007 (UNAUDITED) YEAR TO DATE FIGURES FOR PREVIOUS PERIOD ENDED ON 30.09.2006 (UNAUDITED) PREVIOUS ACCOUNTING YEAR ENDED 31.03.2007 (AUDITED)
1 Sales (Net of Excise Duty) 6449 6820 31341 28788 30910
2 Other Income 369 357 1465 1141 1654
3 Profit on Divestiture of Business 1450 1485 1450 1485 1485
        TOTAL INCOME 8268 8662 34256 31414 34049
4 Total Expenditure          
    -  Decrease/(Increase) in stock in trade 764 3063 4048 3930 21
    -  Consumption of Materials    1016 789 7299 8771 12180
    -  Purchase of Finished Goods 330 72 1684 701 1324
  Staff Cost 1132 627 2565 1837 2360
  Other Expenditure 2145 1951 7623 7410 9415
        TOTAL EXPENDITURE 5387 6502 23219 22649 25300
5 Interest  6 6 17 20 24
6 Depreciation  312 200 913 595 809
7 Profit Before Tax  (1+2+3-4-5-6) 2563 1954 10107 8150 7916
8 Provision for Taxation:           
        -  Current Tax 598 453 1058 893 700
        -  Deferred Tax  31 21 46 (74) 10
        -   Fringe Benefit Tax 134 50 240 104 148
        -   Wealth Tax 0 0 2 2 4
9 Net Profit after tax (7-8) 1800 1430 8761 7225 7054
10 Paid-up Equity Share Capital
(face value of Rs.10/- per share)
863 863 863 863 863
11 Free Reserves (excluding   - - - - 36634
      revaluation reserves)
12 Basic and diluted Earnings per share (EPS) – Rs. 20.86 16.56 101.50 83.72 81.72
13 Aggregate of  Public Shareholding:          
-        Number of Shares 2404152 2404152 2404152 2404152 2404152
-        Percentage of Shareholdings 27.85 27.85 27.85 27.85 27.85
Notes:
1 The Company's performance is affected having regard to the mix of products sold in respective quarters.
2 The Company has one primary business segment  namely "Agriculture Inputs".
3 Information on Investor complaints for the quarter (Nos.) Opening Balance:0,  New: 22, Disposals: 22  and Closing Balance: 0.
4 "Profit on Divestiture of business" represents profit on sale by the Company of its Sunflower business in terms of the resolution
passed by the shareholders of the Company through postal ballot on 30th October, 2007, at a consideration of Rs.1602 Lacs.
5 On January 21, 2008, the Board of Directors decided to sell certain brands in the chemical business of the Company. The trancation is subject to the approval of the shareholders by way of postal ballot.
6 The financial results for the three months ended 31st December, 2007 have been approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on 23rd January, 2008 and have been subjected to a Limited Review by the Statutory Auditors of the Company.
7 Previous period's/year's figures have been re-grouped wherever necessary to correspond with the current period's/year's figures.
 
For MONSANTO INDIA LIMITED 
AMITABH   JAIPURIA
Mumbai: 23rd January, 2008 MANAGING DIRECTOR