PRESS RELEASE

1 June 2009

Cement performance for May 2009

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-May 2009 has moved up by 18.16 per cent at 64.19 lakh mt as against 54.32 lakh mt during April-May 2008. Dispatches moved up 18.45 per cent at 63.59 lakh mt in April-May 2009 as against 53.68 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production and dispatches for the month of May 2009 stood at 32.35 lakh mt and 31.76 lakh mt, registering a growth of 19.96 per cent and 19.49 per cent over May 2008 respectively.