RNS Number:9814M
ACC Limited
31 January 2008



                                   ACC LIMITED
                        Registered Office : Cement House,
                   121, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai - 400 020
    AUDITED CONSOLIDATED AND STANDALONE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
                               DECEMBER 31, 2007.

     -    CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AFTER TAX FOR 2007 UP BY 15 % AT Rs. 1427.34 CRORE
          (STANDALONE -Rs. 1438.59 CRORE UP BY 17 %).
            
     -    CONSOLIDATED SALES VOLUME FOR 2007 19.97 MT UP BY 6.1%

     -    CONSOLIDATED SALES VALUE FOR 2007 UP BY 21 % (STANDALONE UP BY 21%)

     -    FINAL DIVIDEND 100% - TOTAL DIVIDEND 200 % INCLUDING  INTERIM DIVIDEND
          OF 100%.

I.   The audit  committee  have  reviewed  and Board of Directors of the company
     have approved the audited Consolidated and Standalone accounts for the year
     2007 (  January-December)  at its meeting  held on January  31,2008 and the
     text of this statement was also taken on record.

II   CONSOLIDATED RESULTS 
                                                  YEAR  ENDED        YEAR  ENDED
                                                   31-12-2007         31-12-2006
                                                      AUDITED            AUDITED
                                                    Rs. Crore          Rs. Crore
     1  SALES / INCOME FROM OPERATIONS                7915.98            6504.46
                  LESS: EXCISE DUTY RECOVERED          848.55             653.22
                  NET SALES / INCOME FROM             7067.43            5851.24
       OPERATIONS

     2  OTHER INCOME

        i)  Dividend                                    35.43              20.50
        ii) Gain/(Loss) on foreign exchange (Net)        7.32               1.95
        iii) Other items                                66.69              87.69
        iv) Profit on sale of investments               12.38              22.28

     3  Share of earnings of Associates                  0.18               0.90

     4  TOTAL  INCOME (1+2+3 )                        7189.43            5984.56

     5   EXPENDITURE
        a) (Increase) /Decrease in stock in              1.17              34.32
           trade and work in progress
        b) Consumption of Raw materials                848.52             687.46
        c) Purchase of traded Cement & Other            93.31              53.42
           Products
        d) Employee cost                               356.56             322.53
        e) Power & Fuel                               1198.63             979.13
        f) Outward Freight charges on Cement           937.90             811.86
           etc.
        g) Excise Duties  (Net)                        129.25              86.56
        h) Depreciation                                313.02             260.95
         i) Other Expenditure                         1570.93            1220.58
        Total Expenditure                             5449.29            4456.81

     6  Interest (Net)                                  24.37              54.37

     7  Minority Interest                                0.19               0.83

     8  EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
        a) Profit on sale of land and                (201.43)           (160.91)
           undertakings
        b) Profit on sale of investments in            (8.42)                 -
           subsidiary / associates                                               

     9  Profit from ordinary activities               1925.43            1633.46
        before tax (4) - (5+6+7+8)

    10  Tax Expenses ( including Fringe                498.09             393.86
        Benefit Tax)

    11  Net Profit for the period (9-10)              1427.34            1239.60


                                                  YEAR  ENDED        YEAR  ENDED
                                                   31-12-2007         31-12-2006
                                                      AUDITED            AUDITED
                                                    Rs. Crore          Rs. Crore

    12  Paid-up Equity Share Capital                   187.83             187.48
        ( Face value per share Rs.10 )
    13 Reserves excluding Revaluation                                    
       Reserves                                      3,974.44            2977.01

    14  Basic Earnings per Share       Rs.              76.16              66.43
        Diluted Earnings per Share     Rs.              75.85              65.92

    15  Public shareholding
        Number of Shares                         10,69,92,337       12,14,40,580
        Percentage of Shareholding                     57.02%             64.85%

Notes:

     1)   The Consolidated financial results are prepared in accordance with the
          Accounting  Standard (AS)  21"Consolidated  Financial  Statements" and
          (AS) 23 " Accounting  for  Investments  in Associates in  Consolidated
          Financial Statements" issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants
          of India.

     2)   Exceptional Items include:


          i)   Profit of Rs 201.43  crore on disposal of certain  surplus  asset
               including land at Surajpur, Haryana.

          ii)  Profit from divestment of subsidiary and associates is on account
               of wholly owned subsidiary, ACC Nihon Castings Limited.

               (Rs.2.51 crore) and associates Almatis ACC Ltd. ( Rs.5.91 crore)

     3)   Based  on  a  review  and   reassessment  of  the  intrinsic   machine
          configuration  and  capabilities,  plant  and  machinery  items at the
          Company's  grinding  units  at  Tikaria,  Sindri  and  Damodhar  which
          hitherto being  depreciated on the basis of " Continuous  Process" are
          now being  depreciated  at shift rate on the Straight Line Method.  In
          consequence of the above,  depreciation charge for the current year is
          higher by Rs.38.29 crore and the net profit is lower by Rs.25.28 crore
          ( Net of tax provision Rs.13.01 crore).

     4)   With effect from 17th November,2007 the company acquired 100% stake in
          Lucky Minmat Private Limited, a company engaged in mining of Limestone
          with estimated reserve of 80 M.T.

     5)   During the year pursuant to  implementation  of SAP ERP system certain
          cost formulas for inventory valuation have been changed. The impact of
          these changes is estimated to be immaterial.

     6)   Tax expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006 includes a charge of
          Rs.18.66 crore pertaining to prior period.

     7)   Previous period figures have been regrouped wherever necessary.




III  STANDALONE RESULTS

                                                  YEAR  ENDED        YEAR  ENDED
                                                  31-12- 2007         31-12-2006
                                                      AUDITED            AUDITED
                                                    Rs. Crore          Rs. Crore
     1  SALES / INCOME FROM OPERATIONS                7848.32            6453.07
                  LESS: EXCISE DUTY RECOVERED          841.15             649.59
                  NET SALES / INCOME FROM             7007.17            5803.48
                  OPERATIONS

     2  OTHER INCOME

        i)  Dividend                                    41.03              26.00
        ii) Gain/(Loss) on foreign exchange (Net)        7.32               1.60
        iii) Other items                                68.07              91.79
        iv) Profit on sale of investments               12.38              22.26

     3  TOTAL  INCOME (1+2)                           7135.97            5945.13

     4   EXPENDITURE
        a) (Increase) /Decrease in stock in            (6.93)              32.29
           trade and work in progress
        b) Consumption of Raw materials                816.74             677.39
        c) Purchase of traded Cement & Other            93.31              53.42
           Products
        d) Employee cost                               352.73             318.02
        e) Power & Fuel                               1194.62             972.66
        f) Outward Freight charges on Cement           944.22             818.84
           etc.
        g) Excise Duties  (Net)                        129.17              86.50
        h) Depreciation                                305.07             254.25
         i) Other Expenditure                         1565.92            1221.14
        Total Expenditure                             5394.85            4434.51

     5  Interest (Net)                                  23.94              52.03

     6  EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
        a) Profit on sale of land and                (201.43)           (160.91)
           undertakings
        b) Profit on sale of investments in           (11.68)                 -
           subsidiary / associates                                               

     7  Profit from ordinary activities               1930.29            1619.50
        before tax (3) - (4+5+6)

     8  Tax Expenses ( including Fringe                491.70             387.66
        Benefit Tax)

     9  Net Profit for the period (7-8)               1438.59            1231.84


                                                  YEAR  ENDED        YEAR  ENDED
                                                  31-12- 2007         31-12-2006
                                                      AUDITED            AUDITED
                                                    Rs. Crore          Rs. Crore

    10  Paid-up Equity Share Capital                   187.83             187.48
        ( Face value per share Rs.10 )
    11 Reserves excluding Revaluation                 3964.78            2955.16
       Reserves

    12  Basic Earnings per Share       Rs.             76.75              66.02
        Diluted Earnings per Share     Rs.             76.45              65.52

    13  Public shareholding
        Number of Shares                        10,69,92,337       12,14,40,580
        Percentage of Shareholding                     57.02%             64.85%

Notes:

     1)   Exceptional Items include:


          i)   Profit of Rs 201.43  Crore on disposal of certain  surplus  asset
               including land at Surajpur, Haryana.

          ii)  Profit from divestment of subsidiary and associates is on account
               of wholly owned subsidiary, ACC Nihon Castings Limited.

               ( Rs.3.98  crore)  and  associates  Almatis  ACC Ltd.  ( Rs..7.70
               crore).
 
     2)   During the year the following projects were commissioned:

          i)   Augmentation of grinding capacity at Tikaria Cement Works by 0.31
               M.T.

          ii)  Capacity  expansion  alongwith Captive Power plant at Lakheri and
               augmentation of grinding capacity at Kymore.

          iii) 9 MW Wind farm in Tamil Nadu & 25 MW TG set at Kymore plant.

          iv)  Further, Board has approved the setting up of the additional 7000
               TPD clinker line  alongwith a new  additional 25 MW Captive Power
               Plant at

               Chanda at a total outlay of Rs.1451 crore.

     3)   The Company  intends to transfer the Ready Mixed Concrete  Business to
          its wholly owned  subsidiary ACC Concrete Limited with effect from 1st
          January,2008.  During the year this activity  resulted loss before tax
          of (Rs.60.71  crore) and loss after tax of (Rs.40.28 crore) and profit
          before tax of (Rs.2.66  crore) and profit after tax of (Rs.1.59 crore)
          in previous year.

     4)   Based  on  a  review  and   reassessment  of  the  intrinsic   machine
          configuration  and  capabilities,  plant  and  machinery  items at the
          Company's  grinding  units  at  Tikaria,  Sindri  and  Damodhar  which
          hitherto being  depreciated on the basis of " Continuous  Process" are
          now being  depreciated  at shift  rate on  Straight  Line  Method.  In
          consequence  of the above,  depreciation  charge is higher by Rs.38.29
          crore and net profit is lower by Rs.25.28 crore ( Net of tax provision
          Rs.13.01 crore).

     5)   During the year the Company made an investment in Shiva Cement Limited
          ( SCL)  by way of  21.5  million  shares  at  Rs.11  per  share  which
          represents  14.7% of SCL equity.  The Company has also  acquired  17.7
          million  warrants  at  Rs.2  each  which  are  exercisable  upto  17th
          December,  2008 at Rs.11 per share.  SCL has a plant in the  strategic
          market of Orrisa with capacity of 0.13 Million Tonnes. The Company has
          also an arrangement of trading of cement with them.

     6)   During the year pursuant to  implementation  of SAP ERP system certain
          cost formulas for inventory valuation have been changed. The impact of
          these changes is estimated to be immaterial.

     7)   Tax expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006 includes a charge of
          Rs.18.66 crore pertaining to prior period.

     8)   Previous period figures have been regrouped wherever necessary.

     9)   At the  beginning of the year ended  December 31, 2007,  there were no
          investor  complaints  pending.  During  the  year one  hundred  ninety
          complaints  were  received  and one  hundred  ninety  complaints  were
          resolved. No complaints were pending disposal as on December 31, 2007.


IV   Segment wise Revenue, Results and Capital Employed
                                                                                
                                                     Consolidated                           Standalone
                                                   Year ended         Year ended      Year ended      Year ended
       Particulars                                 31-12-2007         31-12-2006      31-12-2007      31-12-2006
                                                      AUDITED            AUDITED         AUDITED         AUDITED
                                                    Rs. Crore          Rs. Crore       Rs. Crore       Rs. Crore
  1    Segment Revenue (net sale / income
       from
       each segment)
     a Cement                                         6750.34            5615.03         6750.35         5593.34
     b Ready Mix Concrete                              367.02             300.44          367.02          300.44
     c Others                                           60.27              84.41
     d Unallocated                                       0.22               0.38            0.22            0.38
       Total                                          7177.85            6000.26         7117.59         5894.16
                                                                                       
Less:  Inter segment revenue                           110.42             149.02          110.42           90.68

       Net sales / income from operations             7067.43            5851.24         7007.17         5803.48

  2    Segment Results ( Profit) (+)/ Loss
       (-)
       before tax and interest)
     a Cement                                         1889.45            1608.88         1887.60         1594.17
     b Ready Mix Concrete                             (60.71)               2.66         (60.71)            2.66
     c Others                                            2.95               6.50
       Total                                          1831.69            1618.04         1826.89         1596.83

       Less: i   Interest                               24.37              54.37           23.94           52.03
                ii  Other Un-allocable
       Expenditure net off
                    Un-allocable income                 91.74              91.12           85.77           86.21

       Total Profit Before Exceptional Items          1715.58            1472.55         1717.18         1458.59
       & Tax

       Exceptional Items
     a Profit on sale of land and undertaking          201.43             160.91          201.43          160.91
     b  Profit on sale of investments in                 8.42                              11.68
       subsidiary / associates                                                                           -
                                                                             -

       Total Profit Before Tax                        1925.43            1633.46         1930.29         1619.50

  3    Capital Employed
       (Segment Assets - Segment
         Liabilities)

     a Cement                                         3032.47            2938.39         2974.07         2906.92
     b Ready Mix Concrete                               86.56              70.56           88.20           70.56
     c Others                                           32.13              45.18
                                                                                              -               -

       Sub-total                                      3151.16            3054.13         3062.27         2977.48
       Capital work in progress                        639.78             558.42          643.68          558.42

     Capital Employed  excludes assets and liabilities not allocable to specific
     segment & investments.

Notes:

     1)   The  Company has  reassessed  its  operations  and revised the segment
          reporting into two segments- Cement and Ready Mixed

          Concrete.  Cement business includes  consultancy  contracts for cement
          plant operations.

     2)   Previous period figures have been regrouped wherever necessary.



 Mumbai- January 31, 2008.
                                                               (Sumit Banerjee )
                                                               MANAGING DIRECTOR

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