MONSANTO INDIA LIMITED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL  RESULTS  FOR THE QUARTER AND  YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2009     (Rupees in Lacs)                   SR.NO. PARTICULARS Year  to date figures for the period ended  30.12.2008 (Unaudited) Year  to date figures for the period ended  30.12.2007 (Unaudited) Three Months   ended on 31.03.2009  (Unaudited ) Corresponding three months ended in the previous year on 31.03.2008 (Unaudited) Year  to date figures for the period ended  31.03.2009 (Audited) Year  to date figures for the period ended  31.03.2008 (Audited) Previous  accounting   year ended  31.03.2008 (Audited)                   1 (a) Sales (Net of Excise Duty) ( Including product sales of Rs.Nil  and Rs. 5,297 lacs for the quarter and year to date respectively  of Alachlor & Butachlor Business operated for a third party. See Note 4 below)   38,425  31,647                                        594                                     4,876                                   39,019  36,523 36,523   (b) Other Operating Income         25        179                                           81                                             0                                        106        179 179   TOTAL INCOME ##### ##### 675 4,876 39,125 36,702 36,702 2 Total Expenditure                 (a) (Increase)/Decrease  in stock in trade     1,520    4,261                                   (9,852)                                    (4,711)                                   (8,333)     (450)                               (450)   (b)Consumption of Materials #####    7,268                                     8,521                                     6,859                                   18,801  14,127 13,914   (c)Purchase of Finished Goods    2,353    1,684                                        290                                      (452)                                     2,644    1,232 1,232   (d) Staff Cost     3,324    2,567                                     1,210                                     1,055                                     4,533    3,621 3,621   (e) Depreciation & Amortisation        990       920                                        345                                        350                                     1,335    1,270 1,270   (f) Other Expenditure      9,117    7,579                                     3,401                                     2,970                                   12,518  10,549 10,763   TOTAL EXPENDITURE ##### #####                                    3,915                                    6,072                                  31,498 ##### 30,350 3 Profit from  Operations before  Other Income, Interest & Exceptional Items ( 1-2) #####   7,546                                 (3,240)                                 (1,196)                                    7,627   6,351 6,352 4 Other Income        893     1,127                                         196                                        482                                     1,089    1,609 1,609 5 Profit before Interest and  Exceptional Items ( 3+4)  11,759    8,674                                 (3,043)                                     (714)                                    8,716   7,960 7,961 6 Interest Expense         22          17                                             2                                           18                                           24         35 35 7 Profit after Interest but before  Exceptional Items ( 5-6)   11,737    8,657                                 (3,045)                                     (732)                                    8,693   7,925 7,926 8 Exceptional Items          -            -                                               -           -Profit on Divestiture           -      1,450                                           -                                       3,136                                           -      4,586                              4,586 9 Profit from ordinary  activities but before Tax ( 7-8)   11,737  10,107                                 (3,045)                                    2,403                                    8,693 ##### 12,512 10 Tax expense:                   - Current Tax    1,467    1,058                                       (217)                                      1,192                                     1,250    2,250 2,250    - Deferred Tax          47         46                                       (177)                                         (34)                                      (130)          12 12    -Fringe benefit Tax       193       240                                           23                                           81                                         216       320 320    -Wealth  Tax            2            2                                           -                                               2                                             3            4 4    -Excess provision in respect of earlier years          -            -                                             -                                             91                                           -          (91)                                  (91) 11 Net  Profit from Ordinary  Activities  after tax( 9-10) 10,028 8,762                                 (2,674) 1,162 7,354 10,016 10,017 12 Extarordinary Items( net of tax expenses Rs. NIL)                                               -                                             -                                             -            -                                      -   13 Net  Profit for the period (11-12)                                     (2,674) 1,162 7,354 10,016 10,017 14 Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value Rs. 10/- per share)       863       863                                        863                                        863                                        863       863 863 15 Free reserves (excluding revaluation reserves)                                           30,678                              25,748 16 Basic and diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS) - Rs  116.19  101.52                                   (30.98)                                      13.47                                     85.19  116.03                            116.05 17 Aggregate of Public Shareholding :                  - Number of Shares ##### #####                             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    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 Pursuant to an ongoing agreement to operate, in the transition period, the Alachlor and Butachlor business activities for the buyer of the business,      the above financial results include an amount of Rs.Nil  and 5,297 Lacs for the quarter and  year to date respectively  in Sales as well as in expenditure.    5 The  financial results for the quarter and year ended 31st March 2009 have been approved  by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 10th June , 2009.   6 The Board of  Directors declared a final dividend of Rs. 12 per share at its meeting  held on 10th June 2009.   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:10th June 2009         MANAGING  DIRECTOR                                       (1,041)                                     1,696                                    13,112  14,910                            14,696 1716 3180 26014 21792 22006 289% 65% 67% 60%