MONSANTO INDIA LIMITED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL  RESULTS  FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 (Rupees in Lacs)               SR.NO. PARTICULARS Three Months   ended on 31.12.2009  (Unaudited ) Corresponding three months ended in the previous year on 31.12.2008 (Unaudited) Year  to date figures for the period ended  31.12.2009 (Unaudited) Year  to date figures for the period ended  31.12.2008 (Unaudited) Previous  accounting   year ended  31.03.2009 (Audited) Qurter               1 (a) Sales (Net of Excise Duty)                        6,721                          6,552                  38,183                 38,397 39,019   (b) Other Operating Income                            119                                  5                        268                         25 106   TOTAL INCOME                       6,840                         6,557                 38,451                38,422 39,125 2 Expenditure             (a) (Increase)/Decrease  in stock in trade & work-in-process                           267                         (1,912)                     6,178                   1,520               (8,333)  Margins 2008    (b)Consumption of Materials                         1,751                          3,012                   12,251                  11,013 18,801  Margins 2007  Sinochem COGS to be reversed and Inventory increased   (c)Purchase of Traded Goods                           253                             702                    2,032                   2,353 2,644   (d) Staff Cost                            854                          1,305                    3,048                   3,525 5,116   (e) Depreciation & Amortisation                            299                             332                        855                      990 1,335   (f) Other Expenditure                         2,125                          1,940                     7,697                    8,159 11,935   TOTAL EXPENDITURE                       5,549                         5,379                 32,061                27,560 31,498 3 Profit from  Operations before  Other Income, Interest & Exceptional Items ( 1-2)                       1,291                         1,178                   6,390                10,862 7,627 4 Other Income                            178                              351                        297                       893                 1,089 5 Profit before Interest and  Exceptional Items ( 3+4)                       1,469                         1,529                   6,687                11,755                8,716 6 Interest Expense                                7                                  6                          22                         18 23 7 Profit after Interest but before  Exceptional Items (5-6)                       1,462                         1,523                   6,665                11,737                8,693 8 Exceptional Items                              -                                  -                             -                            -                          -   9 Profit from ordinary  activities but before Tax (7+8)                       1,462                         1,523                   6,665                11,737 8,693 10 Tax expense:               - Current Tax                          (141)                              107                        193                    1,467 1,250    - Tax in respect of earlier years                            167                                -                          167                          -                          -      - Deferred Tax                           (40)                              115                          76                         47                   (130)    -Fringe benefit Tax                              -                                  65                           -                         193 216    -Wealth  Tax                              -                                  -                              2                           2 3 11 Net  Profit from Ordinary  Activities  after tax (9-10)                       1,476                         1,236                   6,227                10,028 7,354 12 Extarordinary Items( net of tax expenses Rs. NIL)                              -                                  -                             -                            -                          -   13 Net  Profit for the period (11-12)                       1,476                         1,236 6,227 10,028 7,354 14 Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value Rs. 10/- per share)                           863                             863                        863                       863 863 15 Reserves excluding revaluation reserves (as per Balance Sheet of the previous accounting year)                       30,678 16 Basic and diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS) - Rs                        17.10                          14.32                     72.14                  116.18                  85.19 17 Aggregate of Public Shareholding :              - Number of Shares                2,404,152                  2,404,152             2,404,152            2,404,152 2,404,152    - Percentage of shareholdings                        27.85                          27.85                     27.85                    27.85 27.85 18 Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding:             a) Pledged/ Encumbered             -  Number of shares                              -                                  -                             -                            -                          -     - Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter group)                              -                                  -                             -                            -                          -     Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share capital of the company)                              -                                  -                             -                            -                          -     b) Non-encumbered             -  Number of shares                6,227,022                  6,227,022             6,227,022            6,227,022          6,227,022   - Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter group)                     100.00                       100.00                 100.00                100.00              100.00   Percentage of shares (as a % of the total share capital of the company)                        72.15                           72.15                     72.15                    72.15                  72.15                             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 -16, Disposals -16  and Closing Balance - 0   4 The  financial results for the period ended 31st December 2009 have been approved  by the Board of Directors at its meeting held     on 23 January 2010 and have been subjected to a Limited Review by the Statutory Auditors of the Company.   5 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: 23 January 2010     MANAGING  DIRECTOR                     17,331                  16,891                  20,852                 21,506                13,112 26014                       654