Corporate announcements

Further, the Company has issued a Press Release in this regard. Details of the press release shall be available on the NSE website (http://www.nseindia.com) under: Corporates > Latest Announcements and on the Extranet Server (/Common/CorporateAnnouncements).

Astra Microwave Products Limited has informed the Exchange that one of the Company's shareholder (i.e. M/s Strategic Ventures Fund (Mauritius) Ltd) who is holding 20.62% in the total shareholding of the Company, has sold 20000 shares of Astra Microwave Products Limited on September 09, 2005. After the above transaction the shareholding of M/s Strategic Ventures Fund (Mauritius) Ltd has come down to 20.25% from 20.62%.

Birla Global Finance Ltd has informed the Exchange that the meeting of the Board of Directors of Birla Global Finance Limited ("the Company") was held on September 11, 2005, at which the proposal to amalgamate the entire business and undertaking of the Company into Indian Rayon And Industries Limited ("IRIL") in terms of a scheme of amalgamation under section 391 - 394 of the Companies Act 1956 was considered and approved. The proposed scheme of amalgamation provides that upon its sanction, the merger will take effect from the appointed date i.e. September 1, 2005 ("the Appointed Date"). All a

Indo Gulf Fertilisers Limited has informed the Exchange that a meeting of the BODs of the Company was held on September 11, 2005, at which the proposal to amalgamate the entire business and undertaking of Company into Indian Rayon and Industries Limited ("IRIL") in terms of scheme of amalgamation under section 391-394 of the Companies Act 1956 was considered and approved. The proposed scheme of amalgamation provides that upon its sanction, the merger will take effect from the Appointed Date i.e. September 01, 2005 ("the Appointed Date"). All assets, liabilities and obligations of the Company a

Ifgl Refractories Ltd has informed the Exchange that acquisition of business of Monocon International Refractories Ltd and Monocon Overseas Ltd (including its subsidiary companies namely Mono Ceramics Inc, USA, Monocon Taiwan Ltd, Taiwan, Tianjin Meinuo Minerals Company Ltd, China and Monocon Refractories Limitada, Brazil) has been completed through step down subsidiaries of the Company, on September 10, 2005.

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the shareholders of the Company have approved the amalgamation of Draexlmaier & Motherson Electrical Systems India Limited, a 100% subsidiary of the Company with the Company in the meeting convened on September 10, 2005.

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 1,50,000 equity shares of the Company on September 08, 2005.

Associated Cement Co. Ltd has informed the Exchange that pursuant to the order dated August 05, 2005, passed by the High Court of Judicature, Bombay in Company Application No. 464 of 2005, a meeting of the equity shareholders of the company was held on September 08,2005 for the purpose of considering and if thought fit approving with or without modifications the Scheme of Amalgamation of Bargarh Cement Limited with The Associated Cement Companies Limited. The Results of the voting for approving the Scheme of Amalgamation is as follows :- 1) Number of Ballot Forms :- 144; 2) Number of members v

Adlabs Films Limited has informed the Exchange that the Company is looking into acquiring overseas distribution business of Hindi films. Further it is also negotiating on deals relating to acquisition of various films under production. The Company has further informed that the above activities would either form part of the Company's normal course of business activities or that of its associate or subsidiary.

Hyderabad Industries Ltd has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the Company have at their meeting held on September 6, 2005, approved a draft Scheme of Amalgamation whereby Malabar Building Products Limited will be amalgamated with Hyderabad Industries Limited subject to necessary consents, confirmations, approvals and sanctions as required under law in respect of the said Scheme of Amalgamation. The salient features of the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation are as follows: (1) The Appointed Date under the Scheme is April 1, 2005. (2) Every equity shareholder of Malabar Building Products Limi

Jain Irrigation Systems Limited has informed the Exchange that the Company has held its Board meeting on September 5, 2005 and the Board has among other items, decided on the following: (1) The Board has given its "in-principle" approval for the amalgamation of Terra Agro Technologies Limited, an unlisted Indian Company, being a 100% Export Oriented Unit engaged in the business of cultivation and dehydration of vegetables for export ("Terra Agro") with the Company w.e.f. April 1, 2005. The said Company holds quality assets in form of almost new equipment, 1200 acres of agricultural land, and g

Mahindra Ugine Steel Co. Ltd has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the Company at their meeting held on September 5, 2005 have proposed a compromise or arrangement under sections 391 & 394 of the Companies Act,1956 involving the amalgamation and merger of Pranay Sheetmetal Stampings Ltd. (Pranay) , Console Estate & Investments Ltd. (Console) and Valueline Hotels & Resorts Ltd. (Valueline) with Mahindra Ugine Steel Co. Ltd ('the Company'). The proposed scheme of Amalgamation (the scheme) is subject to the sanction of the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay or such other competent authority. (1)

(c) To the equity shareholders of Valueline: 14 (Fourteen) equity shares of Rs.10/- each fully paid up of the Company to be issued and allotted at par for every 1(one) equity share of Rs.10/- each fully paid up in Valueline.

Tata Power Co. Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the Company has entered into an Agreement for Sale of its entire shareholding in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tata Power Broadband Company Limited to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited for a consideration of Rs.239 crores. The Agreement for Sale shall terminate upon the execution of the Share Purchase Agreement or October 31, 2005, whichever is earlier. The Share Purchase Agreement will be executed subject to fulfillment of certain conditions precedent.

(2) Reconstitution of Senior Management - Presently Mr. Christopher Sinclair is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Services Holdings, LLC and Mr. Satyen Patel is the Executive Vice Chairman of Cambridge Services Holdings, LLC. In the backdrop of the proposed amalgamation, the senior management of the Company has been reconstituted and towards this end Mr. Sinclair has been appointed as an Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Satyen Patel as Executive Vice Chairman and Mr. Dilip Keshu as whole time director designated as President IT Services business

Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the company has completed acquisition of Offshore Jackup Drilling Rig named Rowan Texas on September 02, 2005. The Rig will be henceforth known as Aban VII.

Scandent Solutions Corporation Limited has informed the Exchange that the Board of directors at their meeting held on September 05, 2005, considered and approved the following: (1) Merger of Cambridge Services Holdings, LLC with Scandent Solutions Corporation Limited - The Board approved the proposal for the Merger of Cambridge Services Holdings, LLC ('Cambridge') with Scandent Solutions Corporation Limited ('Scandent') under section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956. The Salient features of the merger would be as follows: (i) The Appointed date of the scheme is April 01, 2005. (ii) The sh

Four Soft Limited has informed the Exchange that the Company through its Wholly Owned Subsidiary Four Soft B.V. in Netherlands acquires DCS Transport and Logistics Division of DCS Group Plc. with operations in UK, Netherlands, Germany and USA, for approximately Rs.85 Crores in all cash deal. The size of cumulative business volumes of the operations is approximately Rs.120-125 Crores.

Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd had informed the Exchange about the proposal for amalgamation of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Chemguard Coatings Limited with Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd.. The Company has now informed the Exchange that consequent to the approval of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras and the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay, and the filing of the court orders with the Registrar of Companies at Chennai and Mumbai respectively, the amalgamation procedure has been completed on September 01, 2005.

Gtn Textiles Ltd has informed the Exchange that as per the directions of the Hon'ble High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam the meetings of Secured Creditors and the Equity Shareholders of the company were held on August 26, 2005 under the Chairmanship of Shri. P N Ravindran, Advocate, Chairman Appointed by the Hon'ble High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam. The Secured Creditors and the Equity Shareholders of the Company have unanimously approved the Scheme of Arrangement, subject to the approval of High Court of Kerala. Thereafter, the Company has moved a Joint Petition alongwith M/s. GTN Industries Lim

Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd has informed the Exchange that the Members of the Company at the Bombay High Court convened Shareholders Meeting held on August 29, 2005 approved Scheme of Amalgamation of Chemidye Manufacturing Company Pvt. Ltd. (Transferor Company) with Thirumalai Chemicals Limited (Transferee Company).

Ramco Systems Limited has informed the Exchange that the following transaction(s) has taken place in respect of the shares of Ramco Systems Limited: 1) Mrs. A Ramalakshmi has sold 1450 shares on September 01, 2005. 2) Mrs. J Sethulakshmi has sold 650 shares on September 01, 2005.

(4) The share entitlement ratio as per the valuation report rendered jointly by M/s Deloitee Haskins and Sells and M/s Praturi & Sriram, Chartered Accountants and the restructuring of share capital of the Demerged Companies consequent on demerger are briefly given hereunder. (i) The Equity shareholders of SRHHL, SRDKL and BIL would be allotted one, twenty nine and twenty six Equity shares of Rs.10/- each fully paid up in the share capital of SARAC for every four, hundred and hundred Equity shares of Rs.10/- each paid up held by them in SRHHL, SRDKL and BIL respectively. (ii) As a consequence o

Sree Rayalaseema Hi-Strength Hypo Limited has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the Company at their meeting held on August 31, 2005 approved the Scheme of Arrangement between Sree Rayalaseema Hi-Strength Hypo Limited (SRHHL), Sree Rayalaseema Dutch Kassenbouw Limited (SRDKL) and Brilliant Industries Limited (BIL), the Demerged Companies and SARAC Chemicals Limited (SARAC), the Resulting Company and their respective shareholders. The appointed date for the scheme is April 1, 2005. The salient features of the scheme are: (1) The chemical business undertakings of SRHHL, a listed Company and

Geojit Financial Services Limited has informed the Exchange regarding disclosure received from the following employee regarding sale of shares of Geojit Financial Services Ltd: 1) Vimala Jose has sold 4,500 shares.

Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the company met on August 31,2005 and have, in-principle, decided to demerge the offshore division(comprising of oil and gas business and marine logistics business) into a new company. The appointed date of the demerger shall be April 01,2005.Such demerger shall qualify as a demerger within the meaning of Section 2 (19AA) of the Income Tax Act,1961 and shall be carried out under the provisions of Section 391 to 394 of the Companies act,1956.Consequent upon such demerger the company's share capital shall stand reduced pr

Vijaya Bank has informed the Exchange that in respect of the proposed merger of Vibank Housing Finance Ltd with the parent Bank, i.e. Vijaya Bank, the said merger proposal was filed with the High Court of Karnataka. Vijaya Bank has now further informed that the High Court of Karnataka has approved the scheme of Amalgamation of Vibank Housing Finance Ltd. with Vijaya Bank. A certified copy of the High Court order will also be filed with ROC, Bangalore and as per the order Vibank Housing Finance Ltd will merge with Vijaya Bank on August 31, 2005.

Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd has informed the Exchange that at its meeting held on August 30, 2005, the BODs of the Company has approved acquisition of 19,80,000 Equity Shares of the face value of Rs. 10 each representing 55% of the paid up equity share capital of The Pratappur Sugar and Industries Limited (PSIL),from its existing promoters at a price of Rs. 55 per share, subject to the requisite compliance with the provisions of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997. The Board at its meeting held on August 30, 2005 has further approved making of the open offer to a

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 10,000 equity shares of the Company on August 25, 2005.

Trent Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the Company at its meeting held on August 30, 2005 has approved the acquisition of 76% controlling interest in LANDMARK for a consideration of Rs.103.60 Crores. Landmark is a leading, privately held book and music retailer in India operating 5 stores located in Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata. The details of the press release issued by the Company regarding the same shall be available on the NSE website (http://www.nseindia.com) under: Corporates > Latest Announcements and on the Extranet Server (/Common/CorporateAnnouncements).

Colour Chem Ltd has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the Company at their meeting held on August 29, 2005 considered the proposal and decided to amalgamate the Clariant group of companies in India namely Clariant (India) Limited, BTP India Pvt. Limited and Colour-Chem Limited and its subsidiaries, Vanavil Dyes and Chemicals Limited & Kundalika Investments Limited. Further, the Board also decided to appoint M/s. Bansi S. Mehta & Company, Chartered Accountants and M/s. N.M. Raiji & Company, Chartered Accountants, as the valuers for determining the "swap ratio" for the purpose of Amalgamati

Clariant (India) Ltd has informed the Exchange that the BODs of the Company at their meeting held on August 29, 2005 considered the proposal and decided to amalgamate the Clariant group of companies in India namely Clariant (India) Limited, BTP India Pvt. Limited, Colour-Chem Limited and its subsidiaries namely Vanavil Dyes and Chemicals Limited & Kundlika Investments Limited. Further, the Board decided to appoint M/s. Bansi S. Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants and M/s. N.M. Raiji & Co., Chartered Accountants as the valuers for determining the "swap ratio" for the purpose of the amalgamation.

Ramco Systems Limited has informed the Exchange that the following transaction(s) has taken place in respect of the shares of Ramco Systems Limited : 1)Mrs. A Ramalakshmi has sold 300 shares on August 25, 2005 and 200 shares on August 26, 2005. 2) Mrs. J Sethulakshmi has sold 300 shares on August 25, 2005 and 200 shares on August 26, 2005.

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 1,81,67,505 equity shares of the Company on August 26, 2005.

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 8,00,000 equity shares of the Company on August 18, 2005.

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 19,20,779 equity shares of the Company on August 22, 2005.

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 21,71,717 equity shares on August 12, 2005 and 17,30,000 equity shares on August 16, 2005 of S.Kumars Nationwide Limited.

Television Eighteen India Ltd. has informed the Exchange that Mr. Raghav Bahl, Managing Director of the Company, has sold 3,00,000 shares of TV18 in the week from August 22, 2005 to August 26, 2005, in the open market. The funds raised by this sale will be applied towards the subscription of over 1 million equity warrants, allotted to the promoter group vide the Rights Issue through letter of offer dated August 20, 2004.

S. Kumars Nationwide Ltd has informed the Exchange that M/s. Chamundeshwari Trading and Finance Private Limited has sold 10,000 equity shares of the Company on August 25, 2005.

Birla Global Finance Ltd has informed the Exchange that the Bombay High Court has approved the Scheme of Arrangement of the Company with Birla Global Asset Finance Company Limited.

Geojit Financial Services Limited has informed the Exchange regarding disclosures received from the following employees regarding sale of shares of Geojit Financial Services Ltd.: 1) Sojan C. Mathew has sold 300 shares. 2) Thomas has sold 100 shares. 3) Binson Mathew has sold 1200 shares. 4) Anil Kumar N. has sold 51 shares. 5) Sreeraj P. has sold 100 shares. 6) Ramanan has sold 1500 shares. 7) P.V. Mathew has sold 1400 shares.

Ing Vysya Bank Limited had informed the exchange regarding the decision of the BODs of the bank at its meeting held on May 28,2005, about the offer for sale of its entire equity stake of 14.87% constituting 5.80 crore equity shares in ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Private Limtied(the company) to Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited(GACL),subject to approval of regulatory authorities. Insurance Regulatory Development Authority(IRDA) has since approved the transaction. The company has now informed that the sale transaction has been completed on August 25,2005 by effecting transfer of shares in favo

Gufic Biosciences Limited has informed the Exchange that the Company has received intimation from Zircon Finance And Leasing Private Limited (Promoters Category) about their sell of 1375000 (1.78%) equity shares of the Company. After the said transaction, their holding stands to 21894460 shares.

Gufic Biosciences Limited has informed the Exchange that the Company has received intimation from Mr. Jayesh P. Choksi (Promoter Category)about his sell of 300000 (0.39%) equity shares of the Company. After the said transaction, his holding stands to 18027910 shares.

Bpl Limited has informed the Exchange that the Hon'ble High Court of Kerala has passed the final order approving the Scheme of Arrangement with the Secured Creditors of the Company under section 391(2) of the Companies Act, 1956. The Order sanctioning the Scheme was pronounced in the Court on August 23, 2005.The company has further informed that the written order sanctioning the scheme is expected shortly.

Ramco Systems Limited has informed the Exchange that Mrs. A. Ramalakshmi has sold 600 shares of Ramco Systems Limited on August 22, 2005 and Mrs. J. Sethulakshmi has sold 600 shares of Ramco Systems Limited on August 22, 2005.

Tasc Pharmaceuticals Limited has informed the Exchange that with reference to the scheme of Amalgamation of Marksans Pharma Ltd. (formerly Glenmark Laboratories Ltd.) with Tasc Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the High Court has passed the order approving the Scheme of Amalgamation of aforesaid both the Companies on August 19, 2005.

Ramco Systems Limited has informed the Exchange that Mrs. A. Ramalakshmi has sold 300 shares of Ramco Systems Limited on August 19, 2005.

Sutlej Industries Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the BODs of Sutlej Industries Limited(SIL) met on August 22,2005.The BODs of SIL has resolved that SIL, subject to the consent of the shareholders and creditors of SIL, undertake a Scheme of Arrangement among SIL, Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd. (STIL) and their respective shareholders and creditors in accordance with Sections 391-394 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the "Scheme"). The salient features of the proposed scheme are as follows: 1) The scheme provides for the demerger of the Textile Division of SIL and its vesting with STIL w.e.f

Television Eighteen India Ltd. has informed the Exchange that Octopus V C Limited (PAC) within the TV 18 promoter group, has informed the Company that they have sold 184000 TV18 shares in the open market during the last four trading days.