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As of March 31, 2009, our contingent liabilities, on a consolidated basis, were Rs.87,347.47 million. If any<br />

of these contingent liabilities materialize, our profitability may be adversely affected. For a more detailed<br />

description of our contingent liabilities, see note B-29 to our audited consolidated financial statements.<br />

Our Promoter will continue to retain majority shareholding in us after this Issue, which will allow them<br />

to exercise significant influence over us. We cannot assure you that our Promoter will always act in our<br />

or your best interest.<br />

As of September 30, 2009, 26.20% of our issued and outstanding Equity Shares are currently beneficially<br />

owned by our Promoter. Upon completion of this Issue, our Promoter will own 28.19 million Equity Shares,<br />

or [●]% of our post-Issue Equity Share capital, assuming full subscription of this Issue. Accordingly, our<br />

Promoter will continue to exercise significant influence over our business policies and affairs and all<br />

matters requiring shareholders‘ approval, including the composition of our Board of Directors, the adoption<br />

of amendments to our certificate of incorporation, the approval of mergers, strategic acquisitions or joint<br />

ventures or the sales of substantially all of our assets, and the policies for dividends, lending, investments<br />

and capital expenditures. This concentration of ownership also may delay, defer or even prevent a change in<br />

control of our Company and may make some transactions more difficult or impossible without the support<br />

of these shareholders. The interests of the Promoter as our controlling shareholders could conflict with our<br />

interests or the interests of our other shareholders. We cannot assure you that our Promoter will act to<br />

resolve any conflicts of interest in our or your favor.<br />

The structure and covenants of our financing arrangements could limit our ability for further<br />

borrowings and we may not be able to service our existing and future debt obligations.<br />

Certain of our loan agreements and other debt arrangements require us to obtain lender consents before,<br />

among other things, issuing debentures or shares; entering into any transaction of merger; consolidation;<br />

reorganization; disposing of assets or changing our management and control. Furthermore, certain financial<br />

covenants such as maintenance of certain financial ratios may limit our ability to raise additional funding or<br />

to grant additional security. There can be no assurance that such consents will be obtained in the future,<br />

which may adversely affect our operations and growth prospects.<br />

The use of borrowings also presents certain additional risks for us. We may be unable to service interest<br />

payments and principal repayments or comply with other requirements of any loans, rendering borrowings<br />

immediately repayable in whole or in part, together with any attendant cost. We may also be forced to sell<br />

some of our assets to meet such obligations, with the risk that borrowings will not be able to be refinanced<br />

or that the terms of such refinancing may be less favorable than the terms of the existing borrowing. In<br />

addition, our borrowings will generally be secured against some or all of our assets and in particular the<br />

assets related to the relevant project. Any event of default would result in the lenders enforcing their<br />

security and taking possession of the underlying assets. Any cross-default provisions could magnify the<br />

effect of an individual default and, if such a provision were exercised, this could result in us suffering a<br />

substantial loss.<br />

We may also guarantee the payment and performance of the obligations of certain of our subsidiaries and<br />

joint venture companies under various contracts and loan agreements. As default by such subsidiary or joint<br />

venture company would require us to fulfill its payment obligations under such guarantees, such default<br />

could have an adverse effect on our cash flows and results of operations.<br />

Our ability to meet existing and future debt service obligations and to repay outstanding borrowings under<br />

our funding arrangements will depend primarily upon the ongoing cash flow generated by our business.<br />

Certain of our borrowings are subject to floating interest rates which may increase the interest payment<br />

obligations in the event of an increase in interest rates. However, our revenue may not increase<br />

correspondingly. We may not generate sufficient cash to enable us to service existing or proposed<br />

borrowings, comply with covenants or fund other liquidity needs.<br />

Further, we will face additional risks if we fail to meet the debt service obligations or financial covenants<br />

required under the terms of our financing documents. In such a scenario, the relevant lenders could declare<br />

us in default under the terms of our borrowings, accelerate the maturity of our obligations, exercise rights of<br />

substitution over the financed project or replace directors on the board. There can be no assurance that in the<br />

event of any such acceleration, we will have sufficient resources to repay these borrowings. Failure to meet<br />

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