UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30.06.01
Rs Lakhs
S.NO Particulars %age Quarter %age Corresponding Half year Corresponding %age Variance Accounting %age Previous Accounting    
       ended    Quarter ended  ended Half year   Absolute Year ended   Year ended Variance Variance
      30.06.01   30.06.00 31.03.00 ended      31.03.01   31.03.00 For the quarter For the year
       (1)    (2)   31.03.99   (1) - (2)           isdm Ep isdg ifd rg cms pfd vcd srfi ho total
            (Unaudited) (Unaudited)     (Audited)   (Audited)     May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96 May-97 May-96
1 Net sales/ Income from Operations 100.00 17636 100.00 16881 37971 29454 100.00 755 69286 100.00 66511 4% 4% 6,644 5,376 818 917 3,232 3,495 1,511 1,624 3,711 3,874 918 929 803 664 17,636 16,881
2 Other Income  (Note 1) 0.31 54 4.07 687 967 487 1.68 (633) 1164 0.35 233 -92% 400% 15 27 14 14 18 4 2 7 3 2 6 629 54 687
3 Total Expenditure (Incl NPA) 75.87 13380 76.83 12970 34137 21973 79.84 (410) 55315 69.57 46271 3% 20% 5,454 4,390 737 837 2,114 1,874 1,303 1,407 2,201 2,514 252 273 672 628 2 3 0 0 558 1,044 13,380 12,970
  ( a ) (Increase)/decrease in stock in trade       (1.97)                        (347)       (9.54)                  (1,611)       (1,264) (861)   (450) -78% 91% (301) (466) (32) (43) 16 (873) (24) 11 (156) (80) (7) (15) 0 (347) (1,621)
  ( b ) Consumption of raw material 52.34 9231 56.10 9471     48.16 240 34229 42.32 28601 -3% 20% 3,958 3,138 646 752 1,274 1,903 1,054 1,081 1,846 1,974 (42) 192 424 427 (159) 9,231 9,307
  ( c ) Staff cost 5.97 1054 5.23 883     5.32 (171) 3689 5.14 3418 19% 8% 354 324 29 28 152 126 78 71 90 107 59 2 45 37 247 189 1,054 883
  ( d ) Power & Fuel 9.69 1709 10.55 1781     9.85 72 6825 9.46 6293 -4% 8% 677 758 17 17 497 508 87 77 136 213 189 112 105 96 1,709 1,781
  ( e ) Other expenditure     (Note 2) 9.83 1734 14.49 2446     16.76 712 11609 12.64 8409 -29% 38% 766 [1] 637 77 83 175 [2] 210 108 168 130 376 45 46 104 82 2 3 311 1,015 1,734 2,621
4 Profit before interest, Depreciation and tax   (Note 3) 24.44 4310 27.24 4598 4801 7968 21.84 (288) 15135 30.78 20473 -6% -26% 1,206 1,013 81 80 1,132 1,635 226 221 1,512 1,367 668 657 133 43 (2) (3) 0 0 (558) (415) 4,310 4,598
5 Interest and Finance charges 8.83 1556 9.93 1676 2156 5199 10.00 120 6927 14.24 9473 -7% -27% 518 65 32 37 778 184 63 16 186 30 138 122 15 0 (265) 1,328 1,556 1,676
6 Gross profit after interest but before                          
  depreciation & taxation 15.61 2754 17.31 2922 2645 2769 11.85 (168) 8208 16.54 11000 -6% -25% 687 948 50 43 354 1,450 163 205 1,326 1,337 530 657 11 28 (2) (3) 0 0 (294) (1,744) 2,754 2,922
7 Depreciation 6.26 1105 5.70 962 2021 1761 5.72 (143) 3960 5.64 3751 15% 6% 363 247 14 17 449 455 38 34 69 52 87 76 65 61 10 10 1 1 10 9 1,105 962
8 Profit before  tax 9.35 1649 11.61 1960 624 1008 6.13 (311) 4248 10.90 7249 -16% -41% 325 701 36 26 (95) 995 125 171 1,258 1,285 443 581 (54) (33) (12) (14) (1) (1) (304) (1,753) 1,649 1,960
9 Provision for taxation  (Note 4) 0.72 126 0.96 162 450 155 0.33 36 229 4.81 3201 #REF! #REF! 0 0 0 0 0
10 Net profit 8.64 1523 10.65 1798 #REF! #REF! 0.11 (275) 4019 6.09 4048 #REF! #REF! 325 701 36 26 (95) 995 125 171 1,258 1,285 443 581 (54) (33) (12) (14) (1) (1) (304) (1,753) 1,649 1,960
11 Cash generated after tax   2,628   2,760 #REF! #REF!   (132) 7,979 0.68 450 -22% -49% 727
12 Paid up equity Share Capital   6554   6469 6467 6168     6554 #REF! #REF! -15% #REF!
13 Reserves excluding revaluation reserves   0   0 24391 21726     32903   #REF!    
14  Diluted Earning Per Share   2.32   2.78         6.23   6467 1% 1%
15 Aggregate of Non-Promoter shareholding                 24391 #DIV/0! 35%
  -Number of shares   47,471,866   47055946     47,471,866   4.15 -16% 50%
  -Percentage of shareholding   73.57%   72.93%         73.57%        
  47065293    
  72.94%    
Notes
1) Other Income for the quarter ended 30.6.00 includes Rs 626 lakhs on account of profits on sale of assets (residential property) . There is no corresponding income in the current quarter ended 30.6.01
2) Other expenditure for the current quarter ended 30/06/01  includes provision towards negative impact on account of foreign currency fluctuation  of Rs 7 lakhs (PY-negative impact Rs.252 lakhs )
3) Profitability of Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric business(NTCF) in the current quarter continues to be under severe pressure due to aggressive exports by South East and Far East Asian NTCF producers. .
4) The company continued the financial restructuring exercise by replacing high cost debt with cheaper loans. This has reduced the interest and finance charges by 6.2% for the current quarter to Rs.1572 lakhs(PY Q1-Rs 1676 lakhs)
5) Provision for tax has been made on Minimum Alternate Tax basis. Additional provision, if any, required in accordance with AS 22 - Accounting for Taxes on Income will be made at the end of the financial year.
6) As per the agreement between the Government of India and multilateral fund of Montreal Protocol for gradual phasing out of Chloro Fluoro Carbons, the company shall receive USD 34.48 Mn(Rs.162 crs) approx. over the next ten years. Of this amount USD 9.67 Mn (Rs 4452 lakhs) has been received during the financial year ended 31st March 2001 and USD 2.77 Mn (Rs 13.03 crs) in the current quarter . This has not been considered in the above results.
7) The company continues to provide for NPA as per the policy. Such provisions have been included under appropriate heads in item No. 3, whereas they were shown seperately in the quarterly results untill 31.3.2001
8) Figures for the previous year have been regrouped, reworked and rearranged to conform with those of the current year wherever necessary.
9) The above results were taken on record by the Board of Directors in the meeting held on 18th July '2001.
For and on behalf of the Board
Date:18th July 2001 Arun Bharat Ram
Place: New Delhi Vice Chairman & Sr. Managing Director

[1]
BDS chgs of Rs 53.59 L considered in Interest , in MIS considered before EBIDT .

[2]
BDS chgs of rs 42.48 L considered in Interest , In MIS considered before EBIDT .