NOTICENotice is hereby given that the 27th Annual General Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Members <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jindal</strong> Drilling & Industries Limited will be heldon Tuesday, the 20th September, 2011 at 12.15 P.M. at Narsi Banquet, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon - 122017 (Haryana) to transact thefollowing business:ORDINARY BUSINESS:-1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2011 and the Reports <strong>of</strong> Directors andAuditors thereon.2. To declare dividend on Equity Shares.3. To appoint a Director in place <strong>of</strong> Shri Vijay Kaushik, who retires by rotation and being eligible, <strong>of</strong>fers himself for re-appointment.4. To appoint M/s. G. Sanyal & Co., Chartered Accountants, as Auditors <strong>of</strong> the Company to hold <strong>of</strong>fice from the conclusion <strong>of</strong>this Annual General Meeting until conclusion <strong>of</strong> the next Annual General Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Company in place <strong>of</strong> M/s. S.S. KothariMehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, who have expressed their unwillingness to be re-appointed, as Auditors <strong>of</strong> the Company,and to fix their remuneration.Place : GurgaonDated : 3rd August, 2011Regd. & Corp. Office:Plot No. 30, Institutional Sector-44,Gurgaon, Haryana -122002By order <strong>of</strong> the BoardRAJEEV RANJANCompany Secretary10
NOTES:1. A MEMBER ENTITLED TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE MEETING IS ENTITLED TO APPOINT A PROXY TO ATTEND AND VOTEINSTEAD OF HIMSELF AND A PROXY NEED NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY.Form <strong>of</strong> proxy is separately annexed. The proxy must be deposited at the registered <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> the Company, not less than 48hours before the commencement <strong>of</strong> the meeting.2. Members / Proxies attending the meeting are requested to bring their copy <strong>of</strong> the Annual Report for reference at the meetingand also the Attendance Slip duly filled in for attending the meeting.3. The Register <strong>of</strong> Members and Share Transfer Books <strong>of</strong> the Company will remain closed from 27th August, 2011 to 31st August,2011 (both days inclusive) for the purpose <strong>of</strong> determining the shareholders, entitled to dividend for the year ended 31stMarch, 2011, if declared at the Annual General Meeting on 20th September, 2011. Dividend on shares, when declared, willbe paid only to those members whose names are registered as such in the Register <strong>of</strong> Members <strong>of</strong> the Company after givingeffect to valid share transfers in physical form lodged with the Company on or before 26th August, 2011 and to the BeneficialHolders as per the Beneficiary List as on 26th August, 2011 provided by the NSDL and CDSL. Subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> 206A<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Companies</strong> Act, 1956, dividend if declared at the meeting, will be payable on or after 24th September, 2011.4. Members holding shares in electronic form may please note that as per the regulations <strong>of</strong> National Securities Depository Ltd.(NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. (CDSL), the Company is obliged to print the bank details on the dividendwarrants as furnished by these Depositories to the Company and the Company cannot entertain any request for deletion /change <strong>of</strong> bank details already printed on dividend warrants as per information received from the concerned Depositories.In this regard, Members should contact their Depository Participant (DP) and furnish particulars <strong>of</strong> any changes desired bythem.5. Members desirous <strong>of</strong> getting any information in respect <strong>of</strong> Accounts <strong>of</strong> the Company are requested to send their queries inwriting to the Company at the Registered Office <strong>of</strong> the Company so as to reach at least 7 days before the date <strong>of</strong> the meetingso that the required information can be made available at the meeting.6. The Ministry <strong>of</strong> Corporate Affairs (MCA) has taken a "Green Initiative in Corporate Governance" allowing paperlesscompliances by <strong>Companies</strong> through electronic mode. <strong>Companies</strong> are now permitted to send various notices / documentsto its shareholders through electronic mode to the registered e-mail addresses <strong>of</strong> shareholders. This move by theMinistry is welcome since it will benefit the society at large through reduction in paper consumption and contributiontowards a Greener Environment. It will also ensure prompt receipt <strong>of</strong> communication and avoid loss in postal transit.Keeping in view the underlying theme and the circular issued by MCA, we propose to send all documents to be sentto Shareholders like General Meeting Notices (including AGM), Annual Report etc. henceforth to the shareholders inelectronic form, to the e-mail address provided by them and made available to us by the Depositories. Please notethat these documents will also be available on the Company's website www.jindal.com for download by theshareholders. In case you desire to receive the above mentioned documents in physical form, you are requested tosend an e-mail to secretarial@jindaldrilling.in. Please note that you will be entitled to be furnished free <strong>of</strong> cost, witha copy <strong>of</strong> the Annual Report <strong>of</strong> the Company, upon receipt <strong>of</strong> a requisition from you, any time, as a member <strong>of</strong> theCompany.Members who have not registered their e-mail addresses so far are requested to register their e-mail addresses inrespect <strong>of</strong> electronic holdings with the Depository through their concerned Depository Participant. Members whohold shares in physical form are requested to register their e-mail addresses with Alankit Assignments Limited,Registrar and Share Transfer Agents <strong>of</strong> the Company.7. In accordance with the provisions <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Companies</strong> Act, 1956, the amount <strong>of</strong> dividend which remains unpaid or unclaimedfor a period <strong>of</strong> 7 years are to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund constituted by the CentralGovernment and shareholders are not able to claim any amount <strong>of</strong> dividend so transferred to the Fund.11