STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED,
REGISTERED OFFICE: ISPAT BHAWAN, LODI ROAD, NEW DELHI - 110003
Unaudited Financial Results for the half year ended on 30th September 2007
Rs / Million 
S. No. Particulars Quarter ended
( Unaudited )
Half year ended    
    30th September
2007
30th September
2006
30th September
2007
(Unaudited)
30th September
2006
(Reviewed)
Financial
year ended
31st March 2007
(Audited)
31.12.2006 31.12.2005
1. Gross sales/ Income from operations 105840.00 98196.40 197900.60 179567.50 397335.80    
  Less : Excise Duty 14205.10 12778.40 25871.00 24108.60 52655.40    
2. Net sales / Income from operations 91634.90 85418.00 172029.60 155458.90 344680.40    
3. Interest Earned 2869.80 2019.50 5739.80 3452.70 7526.00    
4. Other Income 172.80 241.10 372.10 320.60 866.10    
5. Total Income
( 2+3+4 )
94677.50 87678.60 178141.50 159232.20 353072.50    
                 
6. Expenditure              
  a) Increase
(-)/Decrease in stock-in-trade
561.70 2368.20 -7889.10 -5127.20 -2465.20 -845.08 -749.54
  b) Consumption of Raw Materials 29634.70 30467.90 59542.50 59210.60 122608.20 2990.78 2874.27
  c) Purchase of traded goods 1.60 2.30 1.70 5.20 12.90 0.01 0.29
  d) Employees' cost 14911.30 10420.30 29392.20 22287.40 50874.20 1448.09 1186.71
  e) Consumption of stores & spares 6778.30 6478.20 14121.50 12641.60 26054.90 734.32 616.34
  f) Power & Fuel 6889.00 6372.90 13629.30 12697.10 25788.40 674.03 632.42
  g) Depreciation 3012.00 3034.60 6023.90 5993.40 12114.80 301.19 295.88
  h) Other Expenditure 6567.40 5975.00 13111.80 12607.70 26118.50 654.44 663.27
  Total Expenditure
( a to h )
68356.00 65119.40 127933.80 120315.80 261106.70 5957.78 5519.64
7. Profit before Interest & Tax ( 5-6 ) 26321.50 22559.20 50207.70 38916.40 91965.80 -5957.78 -5519.64
                 
8. Interest 593.60 924.10 1390.00 1860.80 3321.30 79.64 93.67
9. Exceptional items 0.00 0.00 0.00 -5581.70 -5581.70    
10. Profit from ordinary activities before tax
( 7-8-9 )
25727.90 21635.10 48817.70 42637.30 94226.20 -6037.42 -5613.31
11. Provision for Taxation              
  (a) Current Tax 8606.00 7902.70 16329.50 16123.70 32991.20 772.35 822.10
  (b) Fringe Benefit Tax 67.00 61.10 135.00 122.00 264.80 6.80 6.09
  (c) Deferrred Tax Liability / Assets ( - ) 52.50 -445.90 99.60 -1589.70 -718.00 4.71 -114.38
  (d) Earlier years 0.00 -310.90 0.00 -310.90 -334.70 0.00 0.00
  Sub-Total ( a to d ) 8725.50 7207.00 16564.10 14345.10 32203.30 783.86 713.81
                 
12. Net Profit from ordinary activities after Tax ( 10-11 ) 17002.40 14428.10 32253.60 28292.20 62022.90 -6821.28 -6327.12
13. Extraordinary items (net of tax expense Rs. Nil) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00    
14. Net Profit ( 12-13 ) 17002.40 14428.10 32253.60 28292.20 62022.90 -6821.28 -6327.12
15. Paid up Equity Share Capital 41304.00 41304.00 41304.00 41304.00 41304.00 4130.4 4130.4
  ( Face value : Rs. 10 per share )              
16. Reserves (excluding revaluation reserve ) & surplus 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 131827.50 0  
17. Earnings per share - Basic and Diluted 4.12 3.49 7.81 6.85 15.02 3.69 3.36
  ( Not Annualised )
( Rupees )
             
18. Aggregate of public share holding              
  - Number of shares 58,48,32,010 58,40,67,725 58,48,32,010 58,40,67,725 58,41,63,425    
  - Percentage of share holding 14.16 14.14 14.16 14.14 14.15    
Notes :
i) The above results for the half year ended 30th Sept., 2007 were taken on record at the Board of Directors’ meeting held on 30th October, 2007.
II) The Company has two subsidiary companies: a) IISCO Ujjain Pipe & Foundry Co. Limited (IISCO-Ujjain) and b) Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Limited (MEL).
  The `IISCO-Ujjain’ is in liquidation. The consolidated figures including `MEL’, for the half year ended 30th September, 2007 are as follows :

a Turnover (Gross) (Rs. in millions ) 194250.90
b Net profit after tax - do - 32387.40
c Earnings per share (basic & diluted) (not annualised) (In rupees) 7.84

iii) The information on Investors’ complaints pursuant to clause 41 of the listing agreement for the quarter ended 30th September, 2007 :

Opening Balance Received during the quarter Resolved during the quarter Closing balance
1 19 19 1

iv) Figures for the previous periods have been regrouped, wherever necessary.
On behalf of Board of Directors
Place: New Delhi

Dated: October 30, 2007
(Soiles Bhattacharya)