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DESCRIPTION OF SHARES<br />

Set forth below is certain information relating to the share capital of the Company including a brief summary of<br />

certain of the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company relating to the rights<br />

attached to its shares.<br />

The following description of shares is subject to and qualified in its entirety by the Company’s Memorandum and<br />

Articles of Association and by the provisions of the Companies Act, which governs its affairs, and other applicable<br />

provisions of Indian law.<br />

General<br />

The authorised share capital of the Company is Rs. 1,760 million comprising of 355,000,000 Equity Shares of face<br />

value Rs. 2 each aggregating to Rs. 710 million and 3,000,000 6% optionally convertible preference shares<br />

aggregating to Rs. 1,050 million.<br />

Dividends<br />

The Company may pay dividends in proportion to the amount paid up or credited as paid up on each share, where a<br />

larger amount is paid up or credited as paid up on some shares than on others. The Company in a general meeting<br />

may declare a dividend to be paid to the members according to their respective rights and interests in the profits, and<br />

subject to the provisions of the Act, may fix the time for payment.<br />

No larger dividend shall be declared than is recommended by the Directors, but the Company in General Meeting<br />

may declare a smaller dividend. No dividend shall be payable except out of the profits of the year or any other<br />

undistributed profits of the Company, and the declaration of the Directors as to the amount of the net profits of the<br />

Company shall be conclusive.<br />

Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Directors may from time to time pay to the members on account of the next<br />

forthcoming dividend such interim dividends as in their judgment the position of the Company justifies.<br />

Subject to applicable provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules and regulations<br />

issued thereunder, as amended, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Equity Shares may<br />

be paid by the Company to the holder thereof in Indian Rupees and may be converted into foreign currency and<br />

freely transferred out of the Republic of India without the necessity of obtaining any governmental or regulatory<br />

authorisation or approval in the Republic of India or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof.<br />

Capitalisation<br />

Any general meeting may upon the recommendation of the capitalisation by Board resolve that any amounts<br />

standing to the credit of the share premium account or the capital redemption reserve account or any monies,<br />

investments or other assets forming part of the undivided profits (including profits or surplus monies arising from<br />

realisation and (where permitted by law) from the appreciation in value of any capital assets of the Company)<br />

standing to the credit of the general reserve, or any reserve fund or any other fund of the Company or is the hands<br />

of the Company and available for dividend be capitalised:<br />

a. by the issue and distribution as fully paid up shares of the Company; or<br />

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