Regulatory Announcement

REG-Indian Film Co (The) Network 18 Declares Quarterly Results
Released: 16/10/2009

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RNS Number : 9337A  
  
Indian Film Company Limited (The)  
  
16 October 2009  
  
Press Release        16 October 2009  
  
The Indian Film Company Limited  
  
("IFC" or the "Company")  
  
 Network 18 Declares Results for Quarter Ended 30 September 2009  
  
The Indian Film Company Limited (AIM:IFC), the leading Bollywood film investment 
company announces that Network 18 Media and Investments Limited ("Network 18"), 
the parent company of IFC, has today released its quarterly results to the BSE 
and NSE in India. These are available on Network 18's website, 
www.network18online.com.  
  
The financial information presented in Network 18's quarterly results includes 
information based upon IFC's management accounts which have been prepared on the 
basis of Indian GAAP.  Network 18's offer for the Company was declared wholly 
unconditional on 28 August 2009 and the offer was closed on 7 September 2009. 
The IFC results included in Network 18's quarterly results are for the period 
from 7 September 2009 to 30 September 2009. The revenue figure being reported 
for IFC for this period in Network 18's quarterly results is INR 124.76 million 
(GBP 1.62 million*).  
  
The Company is expecting to announce its half yearly report and unaudited 
condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 
September 2009, prepared in accordance with IFRS, in December 2009.   
  
*Exchange rate of 1 GBP = INR 76.88 as at  30 September  2009  
  
 
                                                            
  For further information, please contact:                  
                                                            
                                                            
  The Indian Film Company Limited                           
                                                            
  www.theindianfilmcompany.com                              
                                                            
  Sandeep Bhargava                                          
  Tel: +91 22 6629 1723                                     
                                                            
                                                            
  Grant Thornton Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser)      
                                                            
  Fiona Kindness                                            
  Tel: +44 20 7383 5100                                     
                                                            
                                                            
  Elara Capital plc (Broker)                                
                                                            
  Raj Bhatt/Mary Phelan                                     
  Tel: +44 20 7486 9733                                     
                                                            
                                                            
  Oriel Securities Limited (Broker)                         
                                                            
  Natalie Fortescue/Daniel Conti                            
  Tel: +44 20 7710 7600                                     
                                                            
                                                            
  Pelham Public Relations                                   
                                                            
  Alex Walters/Francesca Tuckett                            
  Tel: +44 20 7337 1500                                     
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
  
  
Notes to Editors  
  
The Indian Film Company Limited (the "Company") is a specialist film investment 
company which was admitted to trading on the AIM market in June 2007 and raised 
GBP 55 million in order to invest in a diverse portfolio of Indian films 
targeted at the Indian audiences across varying genre, language and budgets. The 
Company is managed by Film Investment Managers (Mauritius) Ltd., which is 
jointly and equally owned by Viacom Inc. and BK Media Mauritius PVT. BK Media 
Mauritius PVT is owned by Raghav Bahl, the founder and controlling shareholder 
of Network 18.  
  
 
This information is provided by RNS  
  
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange  
  
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