MADRAS FERTILIZERS LIMITED
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
Regd. Office : Manali, Chennai 600 068
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS  FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
(Rs. in lakhs)
Particulars 3 months ended  Corresponding 3 months ended in the previous year Year to date figures for current period ended Year to date figures for the previous year ended Previous accounting    year          ended
  (30/09/2008) (30/09/2007) (30/09/2008) (30/09/2007) (31/03/2008)
   Unaudited  Unaudited  Unaudited  Unaudited Audited
  (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
               
1 (a) Net Sales/Income from Operations 46407 24889 65086 45028 114006
             
  (b) Other Operating Income          
             
             
             
             
2 Expenditure          
  a. Increase/Decrease in Stock in trade (1539) (79) (1285) (1763) (1937)
  and work in progress          
  b. Consumption of Raw Materials 27910 13957 36855 29008 68364
  c. Purchase of Traded Goods 42 513 59 643 1733
  d. Employees Cost 1003 994 2080 2042 3884
  e. Power, Water & Fuel 13639 8577 19712 14741 35261
  f. Depreciation 1113 1094 2226 2189 4284
  g. Other Expenditure 2202 2158 4094 4249 8843
  h. Total 44370 27214 63741 51109 120432
    (Any item exceeding 10% of the total expenditure to be shown separately)          
             
3 Profit from Operations before Other Income, Interest & Exceptional Items (1-2) 2037 (2325) 1345 (6081) (6426)
               
4 Other Income 40 98 57 253 863
             
5 Profit before Interest & Exceptional Items (3+4) 2077 (2227) 1402 (5828) (5563)
             
6 Interest 2363 2221 4697 4388 7910
             
7 Profit after Interest but before Exceptional Items (5-6) (286) (4448) (3295) (10216) (13473)
             
8 Exceptional Items          
             
9 Profit (+)/ Loss(-) from Ordinary Activities before tax (7 + 8) (286) (4448) (3295) (10216) (13473)
             
10 Tax Expense 7 3 10 7 12
             
11 Net Profit (+) / Loss (-) from Ordinary Activities after tax (9 - 10) (293) (4451) (3305) (10223) (13485)
             
12 Extraordinary Items (net of tax expense Rs...)          
             
13 Net Profit (+) / Loss (-) for the period (11-12) (293) (4451) (3305) (10223) (13485)
             
14 Paid-up equity share capital 16110 16110 16110 16110 16110
  (Face value Rs 10 per share)          
             
15 Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserves as per balance sheet of previous accounting year 1239 1239 1239 1239 1239
             
16 Earnings Per Share (EPS)          
  a) Basic and diluted EPS before Extraordinary (0.18) (2.76) (2.05) (6.35) (8.37)
  items for the period, for the year to date and
  for the previous year (not to be annualized)
  b) Basic & diluted EPS after Extraordinary (0.18) (2.76) (2.05) (6.35) (8.37)
  items for the period, for the year to date and
    for the previous year (not to be annualised)
             
17 Public Shareholding          
  - Number of Shares  23733100 23733100 23733100 23733100 23733100
  - Percentage of Shareholding 14.73 14.73 14.73 14.73 14.73
1 Ammonia and Urea Plants were shutdown from 07.05.2008 to 03.07.2008 for statutory inspection of Boilers and Annual Turnaround 
maintenance.
2 NPK Plants were shutdown during the period up to September 30, 2008 for want of raw materials due to paucity of funds.
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:17,  Disposed Off:17 
and Pending at the end of the Quarter: Nil
6 Audit observations on the Accounts for 2007-08 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 23, 2008.
By Order of the Board
Date : 23-10-2008                               S  Muralidharan
Place: New Delhi                     Chairman & Managing Director