MADRAS FERTILIZERS LIMITED
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
Regd. Office : Manali, Chennai 600 068
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS  FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
(Rs. in lacs)
      Quarter  Corresponding Year-to-date Year-to-date Previous
  ended quarter ended figures for the figures for the Accounting
  30-Sep-06 30-Sep-05 current year previous year Year ending
  In the (01-04-06 to (01-04-05 to  
  previous year 30-09-06) 30-09-05) 31-Mar-06
  (3 months) (3 months) (6 months) (6 months) (12 months)
  (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
      (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
               
1 Net Sales/Income from Operations 33453 25447 62233 50001 108422
   
2 Other Income 101 7 160 141 577
   
3 Total Expenditure  
  a. (Increase)/Decrease in Stock in Trade 2264 3119 (413) (2116) 1363
  b. Consumption of raw material 19040 12223 37567 29187 64785
  c. Staff Cost 1002 989 2051 2107 4264
  d. Power, Water & Fuel 9310 6688 18445 14514 28960
  e. Other Expenditure 2624 3042 5153 5535 11882
   
4 Interest 2168 1859 4341 3457 6777
   
5 Depreciation 1089 1107 2177 2216 4405
   
6 Profit/(Loss) before tax (1 + 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) (3943) (3573) (6928) (4758) (13437)
   
7 Write-off   
  - GOI - Interest  
  - Excess Provision writtern-back 376
   
8 Provision for taxation - Fringe Benefit Tax 9 30 12 60 113
   
9 Net Profit/(Loss)  (6 - 7 - 8) (3952) (3603) (6940) (4818) (13174)
   
10 Paid-up equity share capital 16110 16110 16110 16110 16110
  (Face value Rs 10 per share)  
   
11 Reserves excluding revaluation reserves 1239 1239 1239 1239 1239
  (as per balance sheet) of previous   
  accounting year  
   
12 EPS for the period, for the year to date (2.45) (2.24) (4.31) (2.99) (8.18)
  and for the previous year (Rs.)  
   
13 Aggregate of non-promoter shareholding  
  - Number of Shares  23733100 23733100 23733100 23733100 23733100
  - Percentage of Shareholding 14.73 14.73 14.73 14.73 14.73
               
Note :
1 Ammonia and Urea Plants were shutdown for maintenance of Exchanger tube leak in Ammonia Plant from 01.08.2006 to 06.08.2006 during the Quarter ended Sep 30, 2006. 
2 NPK Plants were shutdown for 86 days during the quarter ended Sep 30, 2006 and 166 days during the half year ended Sep 30, 2006 on account of raw material limitation.
3 Fertilizer manufacturing being the only main segment and trading operations being less than 10% of the total revenue, there is no reportable segment in MFL as per AS 17 (Segment Reporting)
4 In view of the loss incurred by the Company during the period provision for current tax is not considered necessary.  Also, as a prudent policy no deferred tax asset has been recognised per AS 22 (Accounting for Taxes on Income)
5 Details of Investors complaints and services during the quarter:  Pending at the beginning of the Quarter: Nil,  Received: 50,  Disposed Off: 50 and Pending at the end of the Quarter: Nil.
6 Audit observations on the accounts 2005-06 and management clarification thereon  stand.
7 The unaudited results have been subjected to Limited Review by Statutory Auditors.
8 The above results have been reviewed and recommended by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on October 25, 2006.
By order of the Board
Place: Chennai Sukumar N Oommen
Date:  25.10.06  Chairman & Managing Director