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To
The Board of Directors
Monsanto India Limited
Ahura center, 5th Floor,
96, Mahakali Caves Road,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai 400 093.
We haveexamined the Register of Members, beneficiary details furnished by the
Depositories and other records / documents maintained by Monsanto India
Limited (hereinafter referred to as "to Company") and its Registrar and
Share Transfer Agents, Intime Spectrum Registry Limited, for issuing this
certificate, in accordance with Circular D&CC/FITTC/CIR-16/2002 dated
December 31, 2002 issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and also
pursuant to Regulation 55A of SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations,
1996 as amended vide notification dated 2nd September, 2003.
In our opinion and to the best
of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us
and based on such verification as considered necessary by us, we hereby certify
the secretarial audit report in the prescribed format as under:
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1. |
For Quarter Ended
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31st March
2004 |
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2. |
ISIN |
INE274B01011
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3. |
Face Value |
Rs. 10/-
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4. |
Name of the Company
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Monsanto India
Limited |
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5. |
Registered office
Address |
Ahura center,
5th Floor,
96, Mahakali Caves
Road,
Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093. |
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6. |
Correspondence
Address |
Ahura center,
5th Floor,
96, Mahakali Caves
Road,
Andheri
(E),
Mumbai 400 093. |
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7. |
Telephone & Fax No.
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Tel.:
022-28246450/5690210
Fax: 022
56902121/22 |
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8. |
Email Address
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ajay.jain@monsanto.com
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9. |
Name of the
Stock Exchanges where the Companys securities are listed |
- The Stock Exchange, Mumbai
- National Stock Exchange
of India Ltd.
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Number of
Shares |
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10. |
Issued Capital
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8631574 |
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Number of
Shares |
% of Total
Issued Capital |
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11. |
Listed Capital
(Exchange-wise) |
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The Stock Exchange, Mumbai |
8631174 |
99.99 |
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National Stock Exchange of
India Ltd. |
8631174 |
99.99 |
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Number of
Shares |
% of Total
Issued Capital |
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12. |
Held in dematerialised form
in CDSL |
333695 |
3.86 |
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13. |
Held in dematerialized form
in NSDL |
1408297 |
16.32 |
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14. |
Physical |
6889182 |
79.81 |
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15. |
Total No. of Shares
(12+13+14) |
8631174 |
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16. |
Reasons for difference if
any, between
(10&11) (10&15),
(11&15) |
The difference
in Issued Capital vis-ΰ-vis listed capital/paid-up capital to the tune of 400
Equity Shares is on account of the same being held in abeyance.
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17. |
Certifying the
details of changes in share capital during the quarter under consideration as
per Table below : |
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Particulars of changes in
share capital |
No. of Shares
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Applied/ Not Applied for
listing |
Listed on Stock Exchanges
(Specify Names) |
Whether intimated to
CDSL |
Whether intimated to
NSDL |
In-principal approval
pending for Stock Exchanges (Specify Names) |
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N.A.
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N.A.
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N.A.
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N.A.
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N.A.
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N.A.
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N.A.
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18. |
Register of Members is
updated (Yes/No) |
Yes
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If not, updated upto which
date |
Not
Applicable |
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19. |
Reference of
previous quarter with regards to excess dematerialized shares, if any.
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Not
Applicable |
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20. |
Has the
Company resolved the matter mentioned in point No. 19 above in the current
quarter? If not, reason why? |
Not
Applicable |
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21. |
The total
number of requests, if any, confirmed/rejected after 21 days and the total no.
of requests pending beyond 21 days with the reasons for delay
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Total No. of demat requests
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No. of requests
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No. of Shares
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Reasons for delay
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Confirmed/rejected after 21
days |
21
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2104
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As per Annexure 1
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Pending for more than 21
days |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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22. |
Name, Telephone & Fax
No. of the Compliance Officer of the Company |
Mr. Ajai Jain
Tel. No.: 022
28247234
Fax No.: 022 56902122
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23. |
Name, Address, Tel & Fax
No., Regn. No. of the Auditor |
Mr. Himanshu
Kamdar
Rathi &
Associates
Company Secretaries
3rd Floor, Sundar
Bhuvan,
28/38, Perin Nariman Street,
(Bazar Gate
Street),
Fort, Mumbai 400 001.
Tel.: (022) 2262 6999
2262 2552
2265 4834
Fax.: (022) 2262
6327
ACS No. 11016
COP. No. 3030
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24. |
Appointment of Common agency
for share registry work |
Intime Spectrum Registry
Ltd.
Company-13,
Pannalal Silk Mills
Compound,
L. B. S. Marg,
Bhandup (west),
Mumbai 400 078
Tel.: 022
25923837/25652757
Fax: 022 -
25652757 |
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25. |
Any other
Detail that the auditor may like to provide (e.g. BIFR Company, delisting from
Stock Exchanges, company changed its name etc. |
None
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For Rathi Associates
COMPANY SECRETARIES
(HIMANSHU KAMDAR)
Place: Mumbai PARTNER
Date: 14th April 2004
ACS NO. 11016
COP. No. 3030 |
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Annexure 1
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Date of DRN
Generation |
Date of
Confirmation/
rejection
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No. of
Shares |
Delay in
days |
Reason for
delay |
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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(d) = { (b)
(a)- 21 } |
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03/12/2003 |
15/01/2004 |
100
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22
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15/12/2003 |
21/01/2004 |
200
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16
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18/12/2003 |
15/01/20004 |
32
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7
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**
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20/12/2003 |
21/01/2004 |
4
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11
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**
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22/12/2003 |
21/01/2004 |
200
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9
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**
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30/12/2003 |
30/01/2004 |
200
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10
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**
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31/12/2003 |
30/01/2004 |
4
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9
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01/01/2004 |
30/01/2004 |
100
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8
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**
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06/01/2004 |
30/01/2004 |
202
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3
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**
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08/01/2004 |
19/02/2004 |
100
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21
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10/01/2004 |
19/02/2004 |
4
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19
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13/01/2004 |
19/02/2004 |
2
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16
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**
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14/01/2004 |
19/02/2004 |
2
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15
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**
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31/01/2004 |
05/03/2004 |
32
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13
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**
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06/02/2004 |
31/03/2004 |
102
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33
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**
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11/02/2004 |
25/03/2004 |
204
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22
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**
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11/02/2004 |
25/03/2004 |
206
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22
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**
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11/02/2004 |
25/03/2004 |
204
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22
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**
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18/02/2004 |
25/03/2004 |
2
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15
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20/02/2004 |
31/03/2004 |
200
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19
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21/02/2004 |
31/03/2004 |
4
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18
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Total
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2104 |
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**DRF received late and/or Notice(s) sent to the Shareholders for confirmation of the signatures
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