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Centurion Bank Limited has informed the Exchange that the Compensation Committee of the Board at their meeting held on January 10, 2005 approved the grant of stock options to employees of the Bank as per details given below : (1) Grant of 11050000 stock options at an exercise price of Rs.4/- per share exercisable within a period of five years from the date of grant under the Key Employees Stock Option Plan 2004 (Key ESOP 2004); (2) Grant of 8350000 stock options at an exercise price of Rs.19.50 per share exercisable within a period of five years from the date of grant under the General Employe

Centurion Bank Limited has informed the Exchange that the Board of Directors at its meeting held on January 10, 2005, approved a proposal to raise additional equity capital of an amount not exceeding Rs.600 Crores in one or more tranches, either by way of a domestic public issue or by way of private placement of equity shares or by way of an international offering (ADR/GDR/FCCB or other convertible instruments),subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Bank by a special resolution under section 81(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956 and subject to all other provisions of applicable laws. T

Centurion Bank Limited has informed the Exchange that the consent of the shareholders for the following Resolutions has been obtained by way of postal ballot and the same have been approved and passed by the shareholders with requisite majority: (1) alteration of the Objects Clause of the Memorandum of Association under section 17 of the Companies Act, 1956; (2) grant of Stock Options under Key Employees Stock Options Plans - 2004; (3) grant of Stock Options under General Employees Stock Options Plan - 2004. The details of the Scrutinizer's Report shall be available on the NSE website (http://

Centurion Bank Limited has informed the Exchange that the Bank has on October 29, 2004 stated that its operations have been unaffected by the fire at Center Point building, Lalbaug in Mumbai where the Bank has one of its administrative offices. The details of the press release issued by the Company shall be available on the NSE website (http://www.nseindia.com) under: Corporates > Latest Announcements and on the Extranet Server (/Common/CorporateAnnouncements).

Centurion Bank Limited has informed the Exchange that they have appointed M/s Karvy Computershare Private Limited as the Bank's Registrars and Transfer Agents for both physical and electronic shares w.e.f. October 29, 2004.

Centurion Bank Limited has informed the Exchange that in terms of the authority granted by the BoD's, the Compensation Committee of the Board at their meeting held on October 11, 2004 approved, subject to the approval of the shareholders by a special resolution, the grant of stock options to the directors and employees of the Bank under the following Stock Option Plans: i) Key Employees Stock Option Plan - 2004; ii) Employees Stock Option Plan - 2004. The detailed terms of the stock options, including the vesting period, time period for exercise and exercise price, are contained in the above t