Basis of Allotment

UTTAM SUGAR MILLS LIMITED

UTTAM SUGAR MILLS LIMITED

(Originally incorporated as Associated Sugar Mills Limited on October 04, 1993 vide registration no. 55-55495 and received the Certificate for Commencement of Business on April 08, 1994 from the Registrar of Companies, N.C.T. of Delhi and Haryana. The name of our Company was changed to Uttam Sugar Mills Limited w. e. f. November 24, 1998.)

Registered Office: 7C, 1st Floor, J Block Shopping Centre, Saket, New Delhi - 110 017.
Telefax: +91 011 2956 1721. E-mail: uttamipo@uttamsugar.com; Website: www,uttamsugar.com
Corporate Office: A-2E, III Floor, CMA Tower, Sector-24, Noida (UP) - 201301. Tel.: +91 0120 241 2716-8, 241 2722-6;
Fax: +91 0120 241 2715. Contact Person: Mr. G. Ramarathnam-Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

BASIS OF ALLOCATION

PUBLIC ISSUE OF 40,00,000 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF RS. 10/- EACH OF UTTAM SUGAR MILLS LIMITED (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "COMPANY" OR "ISSUER") FOR CASH AT A PREMIUM OF RS. 330 PER EQUITY SHARE AT A PRICE OF RS. 340 PER EQUITY SHARE AGGREGATING TO RS. 13600 LACS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "ISSUE"). THE ISSUE WOULD CONSTITUTE 15.53% OF THE POST ISSUE PAID UP CAPITAL OF OUR COMPANY.

ISSUE PRICE: RS. 340 PER EQUITY SHARE OF FACE VALUE OF RS. 10/- EACH.

ISSUE PRICE IS 34 TIMES OF THE FACE VALUE.

In terms of Rule 19(2) (b) of the SCRR, this Issue was made through a 100% Book Building Process wherein a minimum of 60% of the Issue was to be allocated on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers ("QIBs") (including 5% of the QIBs portion that was to be specifically reserved only for Mutual Funds and Mutual Fund applicants were to be also eligible for proportionate allocation under the balance available for QIBs). Further, upto 10% of the Issue was to be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and upto 30% of the Issue was to 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 received 44019 applications for 18531740 equity shares resulting in 4.6329 times subscription. The details of the application received in the Issue from Retail Individual Bidders, Non Institutional Investors and Qualified Institutional Buyers categories is as under:

Category No. of Applications No of Shares Bid* No. of times Subscribed #
Retail Individual Bidders 43888 5232460 4.3604
Non Institutional Bidders 106 586560 1.4664
Qualified Institutional Buyers 25 12712720 5.2969
Total 44019 18531740 4.6329

* Including bids received at cut off price # After eliminating cheque returns.

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

Bid Price No. of Equity shares % of Total Cumulative Total Cumulative %
290 448380 2.3343 19208300 100.0000
291 360 0.0019 18759920 97.6657
292 2280 0.0119 18759560 97.6638
295 440 0.0023 18757240 97.6517
297 1080 0.0056 18756780 97.6493
300 8880. 0.0462 18755680 97.6436
305 480 0.0025 18746760 97.5972
310 176740 0.9201 18746180 97.5942
312 360 0.0019 18569420 96.6739
315 460 0.0024 18569020 96.6719
317 460 0.0024 18568560 96.6695
320 4000 0.0208 18568100 96.6671
325 1300 0.0068 18564100 96.6462
330 720 0.0037 18562800 96.6395
333 240 0.0012 18562080 96.6357
340 13464700 70.0983 18561740 96.6340
9999 5097040 26.5356 5097040 26.5356

The Basis of Allotment was finalised in consultation with National Stock Exchange of India Limited ("NSE") on April 1, 2006.

A) Allocation to Retail Individual Bidders

The Basis of Allocation to the Retail Individual Bidders, who have bid at cut-off or at the Issue Price of Rs. 340 per Equity Share, was finalized in consultation with NSE. The category was subscribed 4.30352 times. The total number of shares allotted in this category is 1200014 Equity Shares. The sample of the category-wise details of the Basis of Allocation are as under:

Category No.of
Appins.
% to Total Total No.
of shares
applied
%to Total No. of shares
allocated in
the category
Ratio Total No.
of Shares
allocated
20 5408 12.52 108160 2.09 20 8:25 34620
40 4554 10.55 182160 3.53 20 23:50 41980
60 3546 8.21 212760 4.12 20 7:10 49640
80 2381 5.51 190480 3.69 20 93:100 44300
100 4029 9.33 402900 7.8 23 FIRM 92667
120 1501 3.48 180120 3.49 28 FIRM 42028
140 15005 34.75 2100700 40.68 32 FIRM 480160
160 441 1.02 70560 1.37 37 FIRM 16317
200 373 0.86 74600 1.44 46 FIRM 17158
280 5546 12.84 1552880 30.07 65 FIRM 360490

B) Allocation to Non Institutional Bidders

The Basis of Allocation to the Non Institutional Investors, who have bid for at the Issue Price of Rs. 340 per Equity Share, was finalized in consultation with NSE. The category was subscribed 1.4391 times. The total number of shares allotted in this category is 399986 Equity shares. A sample of category-wise details of the Basis of Allocation are as under:

Category No. of
Applns.
% to Total Total No.
of shares
applied
% to Total No. of Shares
allocated in
the category
Ratio Total No.
of Shares
allocated
300 19 24.68 5700 0.99 208 FIRM 3952
3000 7 9.09 21000 3.65 2085 FIRM 14595
5200 1 1.3 5200 0.9 3613 FIRM 3613
7120 1 1.3 7120 1.24 4948 FIRM 4948
7340 2 2.6 14680 2.55 5101 FIRM 10202
8080 1 1.3 8080 1.4 5615 FIRM 5615
10000 4 5.19 40000 6.95 6949 FIRM 27796
14700 4 5.19 58800 10.21 10215 FIRM 40860
15000 1 1.3 15000 2.61 10423 FIRM 10423
18000 1 1.3 18000 3.13 12508 _FIRM 12508
294100 1 1.3 294100 51.09 204351 FIRM 204351

C) Allocation to Qualified Institutional Bidders:
Allocation to QIBs has been made on a proportionate basis in consultation with NSE. As per the SEBI Guidelines, Mutual Funds were initially allotted 5% of the QIB portion (120000 Equity Shares) and the remaining QIB portion (2280000 Equity Shares) was allocated to Net Issue.

Category Fls/Banks MFs Flls Insurance companies VCs Total
No of Shares 144029 505154 1729400 - 21417 2400000

The Board of Directors of Uttam Sugar Mills Limited at its Meeting held at Noida on April 3, 2006 has approved the basis of allocation of shares and allotted the shares to various successful applicants.

Bidders should note that on the basis of name of the Bidders, DP ID and Client ID provided by them in the Bid cum Application Form, Registrar to the Issue has obtained from the Demographic Details of the Bidders details such as address, bank account details alongwith the nine digit MICR Code and occupation (herein after referred to as "Demographic Details") from the DEPOSITORIES. These Demographic Details have been used for all correspondence with the Bidders including mailing of the refund orders/CANS/Allocation Advice/Refund Advice, printing of bank particulars on the refund order and for refunds through ECS/Direct Credit/RTGS. The Demographic Details given by the Bidders in the BID CUM APPLICATION FORM would not be used for these purposes by the Registrar. Investors should also note that the bank particulars received from the Depositories have been used for refund through ECS/Direct CrediURTGS and overprinted on the refund orders. Applicants having a bank account in any of the 15 centres where clearing houses are managed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) viz. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram, will get refunds through mandatory Electronic Clearance Scheme (ECS) only, except where applicant is otherwise disclosed as eligible to get refunds through direct credit or Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS). Applicants having a bank account at any of the 15 centers detailed above, and whose bid amount exceeds Rs. 1 million, were eligible to exercise the option to receive refunds, if any, through RTGS if the IFSC code was mentioned in the Bid Cum Application Form.

The despatch of Refund Orders has been completed by April 4, 2006 to the address of the investors as registered with the depositories. In case the same is not received within ten days, investors may contact at the address given below. The refund orders have been printed with the Bank Mandate details as registered, if any, with the depositories. The shares allocated to the successful applicants have been credited to their beneficiary accounts subject to validation of the account details with the depositories concerned. The Company has submitted the listing application on April 4, 2006. The Company is taking steps to get the Equity shares admitted for trading on National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited within seven working days from the date of approval of the basis of allocation.

INVESTORS PLEASE NOTE

The details of the allocation made has been hosted on the website of Registrars to the Issue, Intime Spectrum Registry Limited at www.intimespectrum.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 shares bid for, name of the Member of the Syndicate and Place where the bid was submitted and payment details at the address given below:

Intime Spectrum Registry Limited
C-13, Pannalal Silk Mills Compound, LBS Marg, Bhandup - (W), Mumbai - 400 078.
Tel.: +91 22 2596 0320-28, Fax: +91 22 2596 0329
Website: www.intimespectrum.com, E-mail: usmlipo@intimespectrum.com


Place : Noida
Date : April 5, 2006

For Uttam Sugar Mills Limited
Sd/
Managing Director

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 UTTAM SUGAR MILLS LIMITED.

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