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MONSANTO INDIA LIMITED
Regd.Office: Ahura Centre, 5th Floor, 96, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400 093.
AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR  ENDED MARCH 31, 2007
    (R    U   P    E   E   S       I N        L   A    C   S)
SR. NO. PARTICULARS NINE MONTH
ENDED ON 31.12.2006
(UNAUDITED)
QUARTER
ENDED ON 31.03.2007
(UNAUDITED)
QUARTER ENDED ON 31.03.2006
(UNAUDITED)
YEAR
ENDED 31.03.2007
(AUDITED)
YEAR ENDED 31.03.2006
(AUDITED)
     
1 Sales (Net of Excise Duty) 29097 1825 2926 30922 33084
2 Other Income 1141 513 361 1654 1460
3 Profit on Divestiture of Leader Business 1485 0 0 1485 0
        TOTAL INCOME 31723 2338 3287 34061 34544
4 Total Expenditure:          
  a)  Materials and Inputs:          
    -  Decrease/(Increase) in stock in trade 3930 (3909) (4065) 21 (735)
    -  Consumption of Materials    8864 3316 4906 12180 13333
    -  Purchase of Finished Goods 701 623 480 1324 3160
  b)  Staff Cost 1837 523 609 2360 2244
  c) Other Expenditure 7626 1802 1893 9428 8162
        TOTAL EXPENDITURE 22958 2355 3823 25313 26164
5 Interest  20 4 4 24 22
6 Depreciation  595 214 200 809 782
7 Profit/(Loss) Before Tax  (1+2+3-4-5-6) 8150 (235) (740) 7915 7576
8 Provision for Taxation:           
        -  Current Tax 893 (193) (351) 700 400
        -  Deferred Tax  (74) 84 (10) 10 (39)
        -  Fringe Benefit Tax 104 44 46 148 115
        -  Wealth Tax 2 2 5 4 5
  Excess provision of earlier years 0 0 (182) 0 (182)
9 Net Profit/(Loss) after tax (7-8) 7225 (172) (248) 7053 7277
10 Paid-up Equity Share Capital
(face value of Rs.10/- per share)
863 863 863 863 863
11 Free Reserves (excluding   - - - 36634 31839
      revaluation reserves)
12 Basic and diluted Earnings per share (EPS)–Rs. 83.72 (1.99) (2.87) 81.72 84.31
13 Aggregate of Non Promoters           
      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 Directors have recommended the final dividend of Rs.2.50  per share for the year ended 31st March, 2007.
3 The Company has one primary business segment  namely "Agriculture Inputs".
4 Information on Investor complaints for the quarter (Nos.) Opening Balance:0,  New: 11, Disposals: 11 and Closing Balance: 0.
5 The above results were reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting
held on 25th May, 2007.
6 "Profit on Divestiture of  Leader Business" represents profit on sale by the Company of its product line under the
trade mark of "Leader" (Sulfosulfuron 75% WG).
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 
SEKHAR NATARAJAN
Mumbai: 25th May, 2007 CHAIRMAN