The 2010-11 financial year (FY’11) featured record deliveries and profits from Tata Steel’s Indian operations and a significant turnaround in financial and operating performance in Europe.

Group Performance Highlights:

• Tata Steel Group recorded profit after tax of Rs8,983 crores (US$2,015 million) in FY’11, an improvement of Rs10,992 crores (US$2,466million) over the loss of Rs2,009crores (US$451million) in FY’10.
• Tata Steel Group recorded EBITDA of Rs17,103 crores (US$3,836 million) for the full year,  83% higher than the EBITDA of Rs9,340crores (US$2,095 million) in FY’10.
• The Indian operations’ profit after tax of Rs6,866 crores (US$1,540 million) and EBITDA of Rs12,225 crores (US$2,742 million) were the highest ever on the back of higher volumes, improved product-mix and higher realisations.
• The European operations recorded robust improvement, posting an EBITDA of Rs4,204crores (US$943 million), an increase of Rs5,555crores (US$1,246 million) over FY’10. Higher sales and realisations along with cost-cutting measures, initiated in the aftermath of the financial crisis, lay behind this performance. However, the Long Products business continues to face significant challenges and the Company accordingly announced restructuring initiatives earlier this month.
• The sale of Teesside Cast Products (a slab manufacturing facility mothballed in February 2010) was completed in March 2011 in a deal valuing the business at Rs2,091crores (US$469 million).
• Net debt at the end of March 2011 at 46,632 crores (US$10.46 billion) fell from Rs52,836 crores (US$11.85 billion) at the end of the previous quarter.
• The 2.9 million tpa brownfield expansion in Jamshedpur is progressing on schedule. The Company has also begun site work on its greenfield project in Odisha.
• The Board of Directors of the Company has recommended a dividend of Rs12 per equity share for the financial year ended March 2011

1. Financial Performance Analysis:

Consolidated Financial results summary (under Indian GAAP) for the year ending March 31, 2011

   All figures in US$ mn, unless specified

For the purposes of converting all financial numbers to US$ for all comparable periods, a US$/Rs exchange rate of 44.585 has been used throughout this document.

Executive Comment

Tata Steel Managing Director Mr HM Nerurkar said: “The Indian operations registered a 36% increase in annual profits because of favourable market conditions and the untiring efforts of employees to exceed targets. We enjoy an excellent position in India compared to our global peers to counter cost pressures, given the growing domestic market, a higher proportion of value-added products and a sizeable increase in capacity by the end of the financial year. The Odisha project is gaining momentum and its first phase is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2014. The South East Asian operations focused on tackling a challenging business environment and are now better placed to take advantage of improving market conditions.”

Tata Steel Europe MD & CEO Dr Karl-Ulrich Köhler said: “Our encouraging fourth-quarter performance consolidated the turnaround in the European operations achieved during the year. Higher selling prices and deliveries gave us a particularly strong end to the quarter, with additional one-off financial benefits from items such as the completion of the Teesside Cast Products sale. Our strategy, founded on four building blocks of market differentiation, technical innovation, cost leadership and operational excellence, is starting to deliver early successes as we focus on customer relationships. The measures announced last week in Long Products show our determination to complete the turnaround task and create a very competitive business that delivers robust performance in all market conditions.”

Disclaimer

Statements in this press release describing the Company’s performance may be “forward looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied. Important factors that could make a difference to the Company’s operations include, among others, economic conditions affecting demand/supply and price conditions in the domestic and overseas markets in which the Company operates, changes in Government regulations, tax laws and other statutes and incidental factor

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