Insecticides (India) Limited Posts Excellent Results

- Sales increased by 55%* - Net Profit increased by 169%* - EPS increased by 170%*

Mumbai, Maharashtra, February 1, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- Insecticides (India) Limited, BSE & NSE listed company is a fastest growing Insecticides manufacturing with known brands such as LETHAL, VICTOR and THIMET, has declared excellent results for the quarter ended 31st December 2009.

Insecticides (India) Limited , total income increased by 55%* as compared to last year quarter from Rs 52.62 Crores to Rs 81.81 crores for the period ending December 31, 2009. Similarly, the profit after tax also grew to Rs 5.57 Crores for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 as compared to Rs 2.07 Crores for period ending December 31, 2008, registering an impressive increase of 169%*.

EPS stands at Rs 4.40 as compared to Rs. 1.63 per share for the corresponding quarter of the last financial year, which is an increase of 170%*.

The results for the period of nine months have shown remarkable growth of 36 % in sales & 45% rise in net profit as compared to last year. The net sales and profit figures has already exceeded the figures of last financial year ending March 09 within 9 months of its working, sales already is up by 11%* and net profit up by 5 %*.

Commenting on the results, Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director - Insecticides (India) limited said, "The impressive Q3 results have been encouraging and we strive to continue enhancing our revenues. I expect our positive momentum to strengthen further with our forthcoming projects."

Notes to Editor

About IIL

Insecticides (India) Ltd. is India's leading and one of the fastest growing pesticides manufacturing company.

The wide acceptability of IIL's Tractor brand - its umbrella brand of agro products signifies the company's deep connection with the farming community. The largest selling brands of IIL include Lethal, Victor, Thimet, Indan, Hijack and Sharp. Out of these leading brands, Lethal brand was acquired in 2003 from Montari Industries Limited. The company has also entered into Technical and marketing MoU with AMVAC Chemical Corporation USA to manufacture and market the product "Thimet". Thimet is one of the premier brands of the agro chemicals market.

For production of a wide range of agro-chemicals and pesticides, IIL has set production units at Chopanki (Rajasthan) and Samba (Jammu). The company has a Pesticides Synthesis Plant, which manufactures technical grade pesticides like Imidacloprid, Acetamiprid, Dichlorovos, Lambdacyhalothrin, d-Trans Allethrin, Glyphosate, Thiophanate Methyl and Thiamethoxam. This plant provides the company with strategic advantage by backward integration.

The strength of IIL is its distribution network spread through out the country.

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