Oriental Trimex IPO Basis of Allotment

ORIENTAL TRIMEX LIMITED

Registered Office: 708,7th Floor, Padma Tower-1,5 Rajindra Place, New Delhi 110008
Phone No.: +91 11 41536970, Fax No.: +91 11 25816910; E-mail: ipo@orientaltrimex.com
Corporate Office: 26/25, IInd Floor, Bazar Marg, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi-110060.
Phono No.: + 91 11  25769567/68 Fax No.: + 91 11 25752007
Contact Perton: Mr. Hari Singh Bisht, General Manager (Corporate Affairs) and Company Secretary
Website: www.orientaltrimex.com

(Originally incorporated as Oriental Trimex Private Limited on April 22,1996 under the Companies Act, 1956 and converted to Public Limited Company on February 6,2001. The Registered office of the Company was changed from 26/25 Bazaar Marg, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi -110060 to 708, 7th Floor, Padma Tower-1, 5 Rajindra Place, New Delhi-110008 w.e.f. April 1,2006)

BASIS OF ALLOCATION

PUBLIC ISSUE OF 1,00,00,000 EQUITY SHARES OF RS. 10 EACH FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF RS. 48 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO RS. 4,800 LAKHS (THE ISSUE'). THE ISSUE COMPRISES OF PROMOTERS CONTRIBUTION OF 6,00,000 EQUITY SHARES AT A PRICE OF RS. 48 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING RS. 288 LAKHS. THE NET ISSUE TO PUBLIC IS OF 94,00,000 EQUITY SHARES AT A PRICE OF RS. 48 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO RS. 4,512 LAKHS. THE ISSUE WOULD CONSTITUTE 64.50 % OF THE FULLY DILUTED POST ISSUE PAID UP EQUITY CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY.

THE FACE VALUE PER EQUITY SHARE IS RS.10/- EACH FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF RS.48/- EACH AND THE ISSUE PRICE IS 4.8 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE.

The Issue is being made through the 100% Book Building Process wherein upto 50% of the Net Issue shall be available for allocation to QIBs, but at least 10% of the Issue size shall be mandatorily allotted to QIBs on a proportionate basis failing which the full subscription monies shall be refunded. Out of QIB portion, 5% shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only and the remainder shall be available for allotment on a proportionate basis to QIBs and Mutual Funds, subject to valid bids being received from them at or above the Issue Price. Further, not less than 15% of the Net Issue will be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Net Issue will be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Retail Individual Bidders, subject to valid bids being received at or above the Issue Price.

The Issue opened for subscription on Thursday, February 8, 2007 and closed on Wednesday, February 14,2007. The Issue has received 8788 applications for 8882125 Equity Shares resulting in 0.95 times subscription. The details of the applications received in the Issue from Qualified Institutional Buyers, Non-Institutional and Retail Investor categories are as under (Before technical and multiple rejections):

Final Demand
A sample of the final demand at different bid prices is as under:

The Basis of Allocation was finalized in consultation with the Designated Stock Exchange - Bombay Stock Exchange Limited ('BSE') on February 26,2007.

A. Allocation to Retail Investors
The category was over subscribed 1.54 times. The total number of shares allocated in this category is 5083250 Equity Shares. The category-wise details of the Basis of Allocation are as under:

B.Allocation to Non Institutional Investors
The category was subscribed 1.54 times. The total number of shares allocated in this category is 2161000 Equity Shares. The details of basis of allocation of some of the categories are as under: (Sample)

C. Allocation to QIBs

As per SEBI guidelines, Mutual Funds were to be initially allocated 5% of the quantum of shares available(i.e. 235000 Equity Shares) but, as there were no Mutual Funds applicants the reserved portion for Mutual Funds was added back to the QIB category. The category was subscribed 0.31 times. The total number of shares allocated in this category is 1467625 Equity Shares.

The Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting held at D-3, Site-V, Surajpur Industrial Area, Greater Noida, UP on February 27, 2007 has approved the basis of allocation of shares and allocated the shares to various successful applicants.The Physical refund warrant, information regarding refund through electronic modes (ECS, RTGS, NEFT or Direct Credit) and allotment advise have been dispatched to the address of the investors as registered with the depositories on February 28,2007. In case the same is not received within ten days, investors may contact Registrar to the Issue at the address given below.

The Equity Shares allocated to successful applicants have been credited to their beneficiary accounts subject to validation of the account details with the depositories concerned on February 28,2007.

The Listing Application has been filed with Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) on February 28,2007 and the Company is taking steps to get the Eq uity Shares admitted for trading on Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) within seven working days of finalization of the Basis of Allocation.

INVESTORS PLEASE NOTE
These details of the allocation made would be hosted on the website of Registrar to the Issue, Beetal Financial & Computer Services (P) Limited www.beetalfinancial.com
All future correspondence in this regard may kindly be addressed to the Registrars to the issue quoting full name of the First/ Sole applicant, Serial Number of the Bid-cum-Application form, Number of Equity Shares bid for, Name of the Member of the Syndicate, Place where the bid was submitted and payment details at the address given below:

Beetal Financial & Computer Services (P) Limited
Beetal House, 3rd Floor, 99 Madangir, Behind Local Shopping Centre, New Delhi-110 062
Phone: +91-11-29961281 (6 lines) Fax:+91-11-29961284
E-mail: beetal@beetalfinancial.com Website: www.beetaifinancial.com
Contact Person: Mr. Punit Mittal

This communication is intended for release solely in India. This communication is not an offer of securities for sale in any other jurisdiction, including the United States. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration underthe US Securities Act of 1933.

THE LEVEL OF SUBSCRIPTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO BE INDICATIVE OF EITHER THE MARKET PRICE OF THE EQUITY SHARE ON LISTING OR THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF ORIENTAL TRIMEX LIMITED.