MADRAS FERTILIZERS LIMITED
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
Regd. Office : Manali, Chennai 600 068
           UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS  FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2007             (Rs in lakhs)
      3 months ended  Corresponding Year to date Year to date Previous
  3 months figures for  figures for Accounting
  ended in the  current the previous Year ended
  previous year Period ended year ended  
  (30/09/2007) (30/09/2006) (30/09/2007) (30/09/2006) (31/03/2007)
  Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited Audited
      (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
               
1 Net Sales/Income from Operations 24889 33453 45028 62233 121066
   
2 Other Income 98 101 253 160 685
   
3 Total Income (1+2) 24987 33554 45281 62393 121751
   
4 Expenditure  
  a. (Increase)/Decrease in Stock in trade (79) 2264 (1763) (413) 3094
  and work in progress  
  b. Consumption of Raw Materials 13957 19040 29008 37567 69619
  c. Purchase of Traded Goods 513 36 643 52 297
  d. Employees Cost 994 1002 2042 2051 4206
  e. Power, Water & Fuel 8577 9310 14741 18445 33745
  f. Depreciation 1094 1089 2189 2177 4336
  g. Other Expenditure 2158 2588 4249 5101 9832
  h. Total 27214 35329 51109 64980 125129
   
5 Interest 2221 2168 4388 4341 8087
   
6 Exceptional items  
   
7 Profit (+) / Loss (-) from (4448) (3943) (10216) (6928) (11465)
  Ordinary Activities before tax (3) - (4+5+6)  
   
8 Tax Expense 3 9 7 12 13
   
9 Net Profit (+) / Loss (-) from (4451) (3952) (10223) (6940) (11478)
  Ordinary Activities after tax (7-8)  
   
10 Extraordinary Items (net of tax expense Rs   )  
   
11 Net Profit (+) / Loss (-) for the period (9-10) (4451) (3952) (10223) (6940) (11478)
   
12 Paid-up equity share capital 16110 16110 16110 16110 16110
  (Face value Rs 10 per share)  
   
13 Reserves excluding Revaluation 1239 1239 1239 1239 1239
  Reserves as per balance sheet of  
  previous accounting year  
   
14 Earnings Per Share (EPS)  
  a)   Basic & diluted EPS before Extraordinary items (2.76) (2.45) (6.35) (4.31) (7.12)
  b) Basic & diluted EPS after Extraordinary items (2.76) (2.45) (6.35) (4.31) (7.12)
   for the period, for the year to date and  
  for the previous year (not to be annualised)  
   
15 Public 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 Plant was shutdown for 5 days on account of pipeline leakages during the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and for 37 days on account of Annual Turnaround 2007 coupled with pipeline leakages during the half year ended September 30, 2007. 
2 Urea Plant was shutdown for 8 days during the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and 44 days during the half year ended September 30,2007 on account of Ammonia Plant shutdown and other maintenance jobs. 
3 NPK Plants were shutdown for 90 days during the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and 164 days during the half year ended September 30, 2007 on account of raw material limitation.
4 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)
5 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)
6 Details of Investors complaints and services during the quarter:  Pending at the beginning of the Quarter: Nil,  Received:  27,  Disposed Off: 27 and Pending at the end of the Quarter: Nil.
7 Audit observations on the Accounts for 2006-07 and Management clarification thereon  stand.
8 The unaudited results have been subjected to Limited Review by Statutory Auditors
9 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 29, 2007.
       By Order of the Board
Place :  Chennai New Delhi            G S  Mangat
Date  :  29.10.2007 Chairman & Managing Director