BHARAT FORGE LIMITED
Regd. Office : Mundhwa, Pune 411 036

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 2006.

           
(Rs. in Million)
Sr.No.
Particulars
Quarter ended
Nine Months ended
Year ended
   
31st December,
2006
(Reviewed)
31st December,
2005
(Reviewed)
31st December,
2006
(Reviewed)
31st December,
2005
(Reviewed)
31st March,
2006
(Audited)
             
1 Sales & Income from Operations
  - Domestic
3,196.70
2,723.42
9,071.72
7,649.30
10,430.88
  - F.O.B value of Exports & Corresponding Income
1958.25
1,588.56
5,506.33
4,637.35
6,554.89
  Total Sales
5154.95
4,311.98
14,578.05
12,286.65
16,985.77
  Less : Excise Duty
383.78
317.98
1,094.33
891.46
1,206.46
  Total Net Sales / Income from Operations
4771.17
3,994.00
13,483.72
11,395.19
15,779.31
   
2 Other Income
161.98
160.56
586.55
386.89
531.13
3 Total Income
4933.15
4,154.56
14,070.27
11,782.08
16,310.44
   
4 Total expenditure :          
  a) (Increase) / Decrease in stock in trade
(80.41)
(103.80)
(166.08)
(234.64)
(294.73)
  b) Consumption of raw materials
2255.43
1,880.20
6,143.45
5,338.12
7,598.08
  c) Manufacturing Expenses
837.76
657.83
2,373.82
1,859.98
2,535.03
  d) Staff Cost
277.92
250.84
796.57
708.30
917.24
  e) Others
241.51
322.44
903.18
880.35
1,127.63
  Total expenditure
3532.21
3,007.51
10,050.94
8,552.11
11,883.25
   
5 Profit before Interest, Depreciation and Tax
1400.94
1,147.05
4,019.33
3,229.97
4,427.19
   
6 Interest
215.34
153.39
587.60
393.12
547.85
   
7 Depreciation
252.57
191.26
731.04
516.04
730.41
   
8 Profit before Tax
933.03
802.40
2,700.69
2,320.81
3,148.93
   
9 Provision for taxation
  - Current
276.28
256.70
824.25
645.00
891.40
  - Deferred
22.32
3.92
51.04
112.58
154.88
 
- Fringe benefit tax
4.70
9.10
13.90
23.70
33.00
   
10 Profit after Tax & before Exceptional item
629.73
532.68
1,811.50
1,539.53
2,069.65
   
11 Exceptional item (Net of tax saving) ( See Note 5)
-
-
44.78
-
-
   
12 Net Profit
629.73
532.68
1,766.72
1,539.53
2,069.65
   
13 Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value Rs.2/-)
445.40
441.11
445.40
441.11
444.62
   
14 Reserves excluding revaluation reserves
11,096.68
   
15 Earning per share of Rs. 2/- (See Note 4)
 
Basic
2.82
2.44
8.10
7.11
9.50
 
Diluted
2.76
2.31
7.93
6.75
9.05
   
16 Earning per share of Rs. 2/- after Exceptional item
 
Basic
2.82
2.44
7.90
7.11
9.50
 
Diluted
2.76
2.31
7.73
6.75
9.05
   
17 Total public shareholding (#)
  - No of Shares
142,401,321
139,865,100
142,401,321
139,865,100
141,806,419
  - Percentage of shareholding
63.96%
63.43%
63.96%
63.43%
63.80%
             

( # ) Total Public Shareholdings as defined under Clause 40 A of the Listing Agreement (excludes shares held by Custodians of GDRs.) In respect of previous quarters figures have been adjusted/ represented accordingly.

 
     
 

Notes:

1. Previous year/ period's figures are regrouped/ restated wherever necessary to make them comparable with those of the current period.

2. The above results were reviewed by the Audit Committee, taken on record by the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 20, 2007 and were subjected to a "Limited Review" by the Auditors.

3. The Company has incurred an expenditure of Rs.6,878.90 Million upto December 31,2006 towards its ongoing Forging & Machining Capacity expansion program.

4(a). Company had issued 0.5% Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds ( FCCB) due 2010 in two Tranches ( Tranche 1 & 2), each having varied rights and obligations , aggregating US $ 60 million each, convertible at an initial price of Rs.336.11 and Rs. 384.12 per share of Rs.2/- each respectively subject to adjustments specified in the offering circular dated 15th April 2005. In view of the current market price of the Company's equity shares being less than the Floor price for exercise, in respect of tranche 2 of the Bonds , the option embedded in the said Tranche 2 Bonds to subscribe to Equity shares is, at present, antidilutive.

4(b). During the year , the Company has further issued Zero Coupon Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds ( FCCB) in two tranches (Viz. Tranche A and Tranche B) amounting to US $ 40.00 million and US $ 39.90 million due 2012 and 2013 respectively each having varied rights and obligations and optionally convertible at an initial price of Rs.604.33 and Rs.690.32 per share of Rs.2/- each respectively subject to adjustment specified in the offering circular dated 24th April, 2006. Since the current market price of the Company's Equity shares being less than the Floor price in respect of both the Tranches of the Bonds, the option embedded in the said Bonds to subscribe to Equity Shares is, at present, antidilutive.

Pending utilisation, the funds have been temporarily deployed in investments which together with funds out of GDR and Warrants issue, have generated other income aggregating Rs.176.50 million during the quarter and Rs. 507.93 Million year to date. ( Previous year Rs.98.06 million and Rs. 272.55 million respectively )

5. During the first quarter, the company had written off export incentives of Rs.44.78 million (net of tax saving) that had accrued and was accounted during the last year,due to reduction of incentive under Target Plus Scheme announced by Government of India in the current year with retrospective effect.

6. During the quarter, two Investor complaints were received and redressed. There were no Investor complaints pending for redressal as at the commencement and end of the quarter.

For Bharat Forge Limited

( B. N. Kalyani )
Chairman and Managing Director

 

 

Pune
Dated : January 20, 2007.