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There are no outstanding warrants issued by the Company.

Apart from Shares and Convertible Instruments, the following Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) are listed on the National Stock Exchange under Wholesale Debt Market segment*:

The Trustees for the above debentures are Vijaya Bank, Merchant Banking Division, Head Office, 41/2, M.G. Road, Trinity Circle, Bangalore – 560 001 and Central Bank of India, Merchant Banking Division, 4th Floor, Central Bank of India Building, M. G. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001.

PLANT LOCATIONS

Action required regarding non-receipt of dividends, proceeds of matured deposits and interest and redeemed debentures and interest thereon:

  1. Pursuant to Sections 205A and 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 (or as amended/re-enacted) all unclaimed/unpaid dividend, application money, debenture interest and interest on deposits as well as principal amount of debentures and deposits pertaining to the Company and erstwhile Tata Finance Limited (TFL) remaining unpaid or unclaimed for a period of 7 years from the date they became due for payment, have been transferred to the Investors Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) established by the Central Government.
  2. In case of non receipt/non encashment of the dividend warrants, Members are requested to correspond with the Company's Registrars/the Registrar of Companies, as mentioned hereunder:

     

  3. Following table gives information relating to outstanding dividend accounts and due dates for claiming dividend:

     

  4. As of March 31, 2014, the Company transferred Rs.18,00,90,664.34 to IEPF including the following amounts during the year

     

  5. Whilst the Company's Registrar has already written to the Members, Debenture holders and Depositors informing them about the due dates for transfer to IEPF for unclaimed dividends/interest payments, attention of the stakeholders is again drawn to this matter through the Annual Report.
  6. Investors of the Company and of the erstwhile TFL who have not yet encashed their unclaimed/unpaid amounts are requested to do so at the earliest.
  7. Other facilities of interest to shareholders holding shares in physical form:
    • As per Clause 5A of the Listing Agreement, the Company has sent 9915 reminders in February 2013 to those shareholders whose certificates have been returned undelivered. These certificates are currently lying with the Registrar and Transfer Agents of the Company. Members, holding Company's shares in physical form, are requested to tally their holding with the certificates in their possession and revert in case of any discrepancy in holdings. In case there is no response after three reminders, the unclaimed shares shall be transferred to one folio in the name of "Unclaimed Suspense Account" and the voting rights on such shares shall remain frozen till the rightful owner claims the shares.
    • Nomination facility: Shareholders, who hold shares in single name or wish to make/change the nomination in respect of their shares as permitted under the Act, may submit to the Registrars and Transfer Agents, in the prescribed form.
    • Bank details: Shareholders are requested to notify/send the following to the Company's Registrars and Share Transfer Agents to facilitate better services:
      1. Any change in their address/mandate/NECS bank details; and
      2. Particulars of the bank account in which they wish their dividend to be credited, in case they have not been furnished earlier.
  8. Shareholders are informed that their respective bank details and address as furnished by them to the Company will be printed on their dividend warrants as a measure of protection against fraudulent encashment.

DECLARATION BY THE CEO UNDER CLAUSE 49 OF THE LISTING AGREEMENT REGARDING ADHERENCE TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT

In accordance with Clause 49 sub-clause I(D) of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges, I hereby confirm that, all the Directors and the Senior Management personnel of the Company have affirmed compliance to their respective Codes of Conduct, as applicable to them for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2014.

For Tata Motors Limited

R Pisharody
Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles)

Mumbai, May 29, 2014


PRACTISING COMPANY SECRETARIES' CERTIFICATE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

TO THE MEMBERS OF TATA MOTORS LIMITED

We have examined the compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance by Tata Motors Limited ('the Company') for the year ended on March 31, 2014, as stipulated in clause 49 of the Listing Agreement of the Company with the Stock Exchanges.

The compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance is the responsibility of the management. Our examination was limited to a review of procedures and implementation thereof, adopted by the Company for ensuring the compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance. It is neither an audit nor an expression of opinion on the financial statements of the Company.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, and the representations made by the Directors and the management, we certify that the Company has complied with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in the above mentioned Listing Agreement.

We state that such compliance is neither an assurance as to the future viability of the Company nor of the efficiency or effectiveness with which the management has conducted the affairs of the Company.

For Parikh & Associates
Practising Company Secretaries

P. N. Parikh
FCS: 327 CP: 1228
Mumbai, May 29, 2014