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History of Himalaya Granites Ltd.

YEAR EVENTS 1987 - The Comp. was incorporated as a Private Limited Comp. on 11th December, at Chennai. It was promoted by M/s. M.P. Valusami, M. Vijan, M.P. Balkrishnan, S. Susindran & R. Gunasekaran. On 11th September 1991, S.P. Mittal & R. Mittal took over the management of Company.

The Comp. was converted into a public limited Comp. on 28th February 1994 & a new Certificate of Incorporation was obtained on 21st March 1994.

- The Comp. had set up a 100% Export Oriented Unit for manufacture of processed granite monuments with an installed capacity of 9,000 sq. mtrs. per annum at village Panchalam, Chennai. The main object of Comp. is to manufacture granite monuments, Tomb Stone & Memorials.

1994 - The Comp. proposed to expand the installed capacity of polished granite monuments to 12,000 sq. mtrs. per annum at an estimated cost of Rs. 60.75 lakhs.

- During December the Comp. offered 10,00,000 No. of equity shares of Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs. 20 per share of which 1,00,000 shares were offered to promoters, directors, their friends & relatives, 50,000 shares were offered to IRBI, 50,000 shares offered to Kothari Pioneer Mutual Fund & the balance 8,00,000 shares were offered to the public. All were taken up.

- Subject to necessary approvals being obtained the Company proposed to change the name to `HGL Industries Ltd.' to reflect its diversified nature of its operation & popularity of abbreviated name.

- 20,05,000 shares were held by promoters.

1995 - During the Comp. proposed to diversify its activities into leather goods manufacturing.

1996 - Sale of monuments badly affected due to steep all in the rates of German Marks. Production was also affected to some extent due to on going expansion work at the factory.

2007

-Himalaya Granites Ltd has informed that the term of Mr. Shiv Prakash Mittal as a Managing Director and CEO of Comp. has expired on May 31, 2007 & he will continue as a Non executive Chairman of Company.