Nicholas Piramal Q4 net profit at Rs 112.30 cr

[B. KARTHICK]

Nicholas Piramal India Ltd has announced the following Audited results
for the quarter & year ended March 31, 2008:
The results for the Quarter ended March 31, 2008

The Company has posted a net profit of Rs 112.30 crore for the quarter
ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 26.92 crore for the
quarter ended March 31, 2007. Total Income is Rs 516.98 crore for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 387.21 crore
for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

The results for the Year ended March 31, 2008

The Company has posted a net profit of Rs 301.48 crore for the year
ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 188.28 crore for the
year ended March 31, 2007. Total Income is Rs 1938.07 crore for the
year ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 1639.88 crore
for the year ended March 31, 2007.

The Consolidated results are as follows:

The Unaudited consolidated results for the Quarter ended March 31,
2008

The Group has posted a net profit of Rs 132.82 crore for the quarter
ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 54.95 crore for the
quarter ended March 31, 2007. Total Income is Rs 767.90 crore for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 645.21 crore
for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

The Audited consolidated results for the Year ended March 31, 2008

The Group has posted a net profit of Rs 333.78 crore for the year
ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 218.05 crore for the
year ended March 31, 2007. Total Income is Rs 2878.91 crore for the
year ended March 31, 2008 where as the same was at Rs 2472.32 crore
for the year ended March 31, 2007.

The figures for the quarter ended and year ended March 31, 2008 are
not strictly comparable since they include operations of Nicholas
Piramal Consumer Products Pvt Ltd (NPCPPL) and NPIL Healthcare Pvt Ltd
(NHPL) and exclude operations of Piramal Life Sciences Ltd (PLSL)
w.e.f. appointed date April 01, 2007.