Unaudited Financial Results for the Quarter/
Nine Months ended 31st December 2007

(Rs.Lacs.)

Sl.No. Particulars 3 months ended 31.12.07
Unaudited
Corresponding 3 months in Previous Yr. 31.12.06
Unaudited
Year to date figures for current 9 months period ended 31.12.07
Unaudited
Year to date figures for previous 9 months period ended 31.12.06
Unaudited
Previous Accounting year ended 31.3.07
Audited
1 Net Sales/ Income from operation

11,800

11,257

34,291

33,263

50,342

Sale of Scrap

 13

  15

 34

 41

 59

Net Activity

11,813

 11,272

34,325

33,304

50,401

2 Other Income

 6

  17

 90

 39

 562

Total Income

 11,819

 11,289

34,415

33,343

50,963

3 Expenditure          
a) Adjustment for (increase)/decrease in WIP/CIP

 75

  (261)

 (50)

 (446)

 (997)

b) Consumption of Raw Materials

6,538

 6,928

19,235

22,641

31,791

c) Purchase of Traded goods

46

  - 

 46

 - 

 
d) Outsourcing expenses for Job work

1,688

 1,909

5,629

 4,200

 9,227

e) Employees Cost

908

  617

2,297

 1,675

 2,359

f) Other Expenditure

1,546

 1,180

4,416

 2,916

 5,187

g) Loss on sale of Fixed Assets (Net)

 -

  161

 - 

 262

 314

4 EBIDTA
(1+2-3)

1,018

  755

2,842

 2,095

 3,082

5 Interest and Finance charges (Net)

 242

  276

 724

 679

 902

6 Depreciation

 55

  35

 153

 144

 172

7 Exceptional Items

 - 

  -   -   -   - 
8  Profit(+)/Loss(-) from ordinary activities before Tax (4-5-6-7)

 721

  444

1,965

 1,272

 2,008

9 Tax Expense          
Current Tax 210

  50

 400

 143

 203

Deferred Tax        

 19

Fringe Benefit Tax 16

  11

 32

 27

 36

10 Net Profit(+)/Loss(-) (8-9) from Ordinary Activities after Tax

 495

  383

1,533

 1,102

 1,750

11 Extraordinary Items (net of tax expense)  -    -   -   -   - 
12 Net Profit/(Loss) for the period (10-11)

 495

  383

1,533

 1,102

 1,750

13 Paid up Equity share Capital

2,869

 2,646

2,869

 2,646

 2,678

(Face value of the share Rs. 10)          
14 Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserve as per        

 5,979

Balance Sheet of previous accounting year          
15 Earnings per Share :          
  Basic EPS (Rs.)

 1.78

  1.45

 5.61

 4.17

 6.60

  Diluted EPS (Rs.)

 1.66

  1.45

 5.16

 4.17

 6.60

16 Public Shareholding :          
No. of Shares 19,809,970

17,415,696

19,809,970

17,415,696

17,733,598

Percentage of Shareholding

69.06

 65.81

69.06

 65.81

 66.22

 
NOTES:
 
1. The above unaudited results were taken on record by the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on 31st January, 2008.
   
2. The quarterly results for the quarter ended 31st December,2007 are subject to limited review by the Statutory Auditors of the Company.
   
3. The Company has orders in hand exceeding Rs.1500 Crores as on 31st December, 2007.
   
4. The auditors had qualified their report on the accounts for the year ended 31.3.2007 and expressed their inability to comment on the recoverability of investment amount due from Jayamkondam Lignite Power Corporation (JLPC) amounting to Rs.1,08,06,995/- in view of the prolonged non conclusive status of the Power Project set up by JLPC in which the Company was a co- promoter. The Company however is reasonably hopeful of recovering value of its advances and investment in JLPC and accordingly no provision for the same has been made till date.
   
5. The ACCOUNTING STANDARD (AS) - 15 (Revised) on 'Employee Benefits' issued by the institute of Chartered Accountants of India has become applicable during the current financial year and the company is in the process of ascertaining impact, if any, on certain accrued employee costs upto the period ended 31st December, 2007 in terms of the said AS. This will be accounted for on completion of aforesaid process. However, the company during the period April-December 2007 has provided Rs.58 lakhs towards gratuity liability.
   
6.  Adjustments for Deferred Tax, if any, shall be made at the year end.
   
7. The Company till date has converted US$ 7 Million out of the FCCB issue of US$ 10 Million.
   
8. The Company has further received Rs.18,88,76,470/- against convertible bonds from the promoters and key management persons, allotment of shares against which is pending subject to the approval of the Stock Exchanges.
   
9. The proceeds of the FCCB and the Convertible Warrants have been utilised as per the end-use disclosed in the issue documents.
   
10. Figures of Subsidiary Companies, EWB Korynyezetvedelmi Kft and EWB -MBE International Kornyezetvedelmi Kft. are not available on quarterly basis as these foreign Companies are statutorily required to draw up Accounts and get the same audited on Annual basis only.
   
11. The Company did not have any investor complaints pending as on 31st December, 2007.There were eight investors' complaints received and disposed off during the quarter ended 31st December, 2007.
   
12. Project business is subject to quarter to quarter variations and one quarter's performance in isolation does not necessarily indicate full year's performance.
   
13. Previous year's figures have been regrouped / rearranged wherever necessary.
   
Kolkata
31st January, 2008

SRINIVASH SINGH
MANAGING DIRECTOR

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