AMBUJA CEMENT EASTERN LIMITED
Regd. Office : P.O. Rawan, Tehsil - Baloda Bazar, District - Raipur, Pin - 493 331 (Chhattisgarh)
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 2004
				Quarter ended		Half Year ended		Year ended
PARTICULARS				31.12.2004	31.12.2003	31.12.2004	31.12.2003	30.06.2004
				(unaudited)	(unaudited)	(unaudited)	(unaudited)	(Audited)
Production - Quantity in Lac Tonnes
- Clinker				2.94	3.20	5.64	5.20	11.69
- Cement				3.91	3.05	7.60	6.03	16.28
Sales - Quantity in Lac Tonnes
- Clinker				0.02	0.00	0.33	0.00	0.41
- Cement				3.86	3.07	7.58	6.06	16.22
								(Rs. in lacs)
Sales / Income from Operations				11349	8282	22733	16955	47121
Less:Excise Duty				1480	1226	2983	2255	6418
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Net Sales				9869	7056	19750	14700	40703
Other Income				185	93	401	211	504
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					6126		13800	40089
Total Expenditure
a) (Increase) / Decrease in Stock-in-trade				(296)	(930)	(156)	(900)	(614)
b) Consumption of Raw Materials				549	426	1047	799	2488
c) Staff Cost				440	417	897	810	1767
d) Power & Fuel				2287	2114	4488	3808	8681
e) Freight & Forwarding
	-On sales			1333	943	2527	1802	5074
	-On inter-unit clinker transfer			1000	737	1808	1588	4060
f) Other Expenditure				2671	1761	5376	4034	8983
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Total				7984	5468	15987	11941	30439
Operating Profit				2070	1681	4164	2970	10768
Interest				201	313	397	598	1063
Depreciation				808	702	1614	1402	2825
Profit before Exceptional Item and Taxation				1061	666	2153	970	6880
Exceptional Item-Depreciation				-	-	-	-	187
Profit after Exceptional Item but before Tax				1061	666	2153	970	6693
Provision for Taxation (Refer Note No. 1)
- Current Tax				-	-	-	-	-
- Deferred Tax				355	216	625	246	2186
Net Profit				706	450	1528	724	4507
Paid-up Equity Share Capital				19330	19330	19330	19330	19330
(Face value Rs.10/- each)
Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserve				-	-	-	-	1675
Earning per share (EPS - in Rs.)
Basic & Diluted				0.37	0.23	0.79	0.38	2.34
(EPS for quarter/half year not annualised)
Aggregate of non-promoter shareholding
- Number of shares (in lacs)						113.94	113.94	113.94
- Percentage of shareholding						5.92%	5.92%	5.92%
Notes:
1.	(a)	No provision for current taxation has been made in the accounts in view of the carried forward business losses / unabsorbed depreciation in respect of past years.
	(b)	The Provisions for deferred tax has been made net of deferred tax assets.
2.	The Company has only one business segment "Cement ".
3.	Provision for restoration cost of mining area,as required by Accounting Standard AS-29, "Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets" issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, will be ascertained and accounted at year end,whi
4.	During the quarter, 179 investor complaints were received, all of which were disposed off by the Company. No complaints were pending either at the beginning or at the end of the quarter.
5.	Figures in respect of previous periods have been regrouped / restated wherever necessary.
6.	The above results have been approved and taken on record by the Board of Directors of the Company at the meeting held on 14th January, 2005.
7.	Limited review of the results for the quarter/half year ended 31st December, 2004 has been completed by the Statutory Auditors.
								By Order of the Board
	Mumbai							Harshavardhan Neotia
	14th January, 2005							Managing Director