MADRAS FERTILIZERS LIMITED
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
Regd. Office : Manali, Chennai 600 068
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS  FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006
(Rs. in lacs)
      Quarter  Corresponding Year-to-date Year-to-date Previous
  ended quarter ended figures for the figures for the Accounting
  31-Dec-06 31-Dec-05 current year previous year Year ending
  In the (01-04-06 to (01-04-05 to  
  previous year 31-12-06) 31-12-05) 31-Mar-06
  (3 months) (3 months) (9 months) (9 months) (12 months)
  (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
      (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
               
1 Net Sales/Income from Operations 29321 28711 91554 78711 108422
   
2 Other Income 102 87 262 228 577
   
3 Total Expenditure  
  a. (Increase)/Decrease in Stock in Trade 4601 2707 4188 591 1363
  b. Consumption of raw material 15156 15001 52723 44188 64785
  c. Staff Cost 1024 984 3075 3091 4264
  d. Power, Water & Fuel 7902 7619 26347 22132 28960
  e. Other Expenditure 2265 3164 7418 8729 11882
   
4 Interest 2085 1778 6426 5205 6777
   
5 Depreciation 1088 1100 3265 3316 4405
   
6 Profit/(Loss) before tax (1 + 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) (4698) (3555) (11626) (8313) (13437)
   
7 Write-off   
  - GOI - Interest  
  - Excess Provision writtern-back 376
   
8 Provision for taxation - Fringe Benefit Tax 6 30 18 90 113
   
9 Net Profit/(Loss)  (6 - 7 - 8) (4704) (3585) (11644) (8403) (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 (2.92) (2.23) (7.23) (5.22) (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 Plant was shutdown for 27 Hrs on account of  maintenance of Relief Valve in Ammonia Plant  between 08.11.2006 and 09.11.2006.
2 Urea plant was shutdown for 34 Hrs on account of  steam limitation and Ammonia flow restriction between 28.10.2006 and 30.10.2006 and 93 Hrs on account of exchanger cleaning in Ist Decomposer between  06.11.2006 and 10.11.2006. 
3 NPK Plants were shutdown on all the days during the complete quarter ended Dec 31, 2006 and 258 days during the period ended Dec 31, 2006 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:18,  Disposed Off:18 and Pending at the end of the Quarter: Nil.
7 Audit observations on the accounts 2005-06 and management clarification thereon  stand.
8 The unaudited results have been subject 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 ----------, 2007.
9 The above results have been approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on Jan 22, 
2007
By order of the Board
Place: Chennai Sukumar N Oommen
Date:  22.01.07   Chairman & Managing Director