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