Ambuja Cements

Ambuja Cements Limited, formerly known as Gujarat Ambuja Cement Limited, is a major cement producing
company in India. The Group's principal activity is to manufacture and market cement and clinker for both
domestic and export markets.

About Ambuja Cement

Ambuja Cements Ltd (ACL), a part of a global conglomerate Holcim, is one of Indias leading cement
manufacturers and has completed over 25 years of operations. The company, initially called Gujarat Ambuja
Cements Ltd, was founded by Narotam Sekhsaria in 1983 in partnership with Suresh Neotia. Global cement
major Holcim acquired management control of Ambuja in 2006. The Company has also made strategic
investments in ACC Limited.

Partnership
The company has entered into a strategic partnership with Holcim, the second largest cement manufacturer in
the world from 2006. Holcim had, in January, bought a 14.8 per cent promoters' stake in the GACL for INR 21.4
billion.
Currently Holcim holds 50.17% of shares in Ambuja Cements.

Codes
The shares of the company are traded publicly on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock
Exchange (NSE). Following are the codes assigned to Ambuja Cement Limited

BSE:500425

NSE:AMBUJACEM

Bloomberg:ACEM:IN

Reuters:GACM.BO

Ambuja Cements Limited

Type

Public, (BSE: 500425), (NSE: AMBUJACEM)

Industry

Cement

Founded

1986

Headquarters

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Key people

Suresh Neotia, Founder, Chairman Emeritus

N. S. Sekhsaria,Co-Founder, Chairman[1]

Products
Revenue
Website

Ajay Kapur, Managing Director & CEO

Cement
76378.1 million(US$1.2 billion)2010
www.ambujacement.com

Products and services

High Strength. High Performance.
Ambuja Cement is committed to make high strength cement that would enable our customers build strong and durable structures.
To achieve this, the finest quality of limestone is used and state-of-the-art technology deployed. But our people have also used one
more ingredient Innovation. They have developed an innovative way of using fly ash to produce high strength Portland
Pozzolana Cement (PPC)

Millions of tons of fly ash is generated as waste annually by thermal power plants and poses a high environmental hazard. This
waste is put to productive use and this innovation has also meant 25% less limestone is used in the production of cement.
Ambuja Cement latest breakthrough is the launch of Ambuja PLUS, a high quality cement with a promise of more strength. This
new cement, just released in the eastern and western markets, offers twin advantages higher strength in concrete as well as
long term durability.
Our wholly owned subsidy Alccofine, specializes in micro materials which are widely used in high strength concrete at prestigious
projects throughout India. The Alccofine Micro Materials range from high strength concrete additives to special applications in
tunnels and dams.
Knowledge Centres & Concrete Labs
So far, Ambuja Cement has set up 14 Ambuja Knowledge Centres across the country to provide a knowledge sharing platform for
construction professionals. Here, professionals provide all technical knowledge support which includes practical workshops on mix
design and quality supervision. Sessions conducted in these centres are popular and attended by professionals of established large
scale projects to small scale individual start-ups. For more information, visit www.foundationsakc.com.
In its concrete labs two of which are NABL accredited Ambuja has successfully developed 100 MPa grade concrete and other
special concrete like self compacting concrete and pervious concrete as per the clients specific requirements.

Sustainability
AMBUJAS JOURNEY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Ambuja Cement Limited in line with its corporate philosophy of Sustainable Development, has always been in the forefront of
environmental improvement initiatives.
Ambuja Cement Ltd started its journey with the commissioning of its first Cement Production Complex at Ambujanagar with a
capacity of 0.7 MTPA. Thereafter, the second and third production lines at Ambujanagar were commissioned on reclaimed mined
land, mined during the initial 22 months of Ambuja Cement Ltds production. In recognition of the activities carried out by Ambuja
Cement Ltd in the areas of environment and social responsibility, Ambujanagar was cited as an example for the Indian Cement
Industry and The Ministry of Environment & Forests acknowledged this achievement and bestowed the first National Award for
Prevention of Pollution in 1991. This National award was once again accorded to us in 2002-2003 for our Unit at Ropar.
At all locations you will find 100% restoration of mined area, 100% recycling of sewage, zero discharge of waste water and
emissions well below statutory standards. All our units are certified to the global standard- Environment Management System (ISO
14001:2004). A few of our units are certified to Integrated Management System including Quality Management System (ISO 9000),
Environment Management System (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001). We
regularly check the environmental performance of our units through the management system and Plant Environment Performance
(PEP) framework.
Ambuja Cement Ltd enjoys recognition for high productivity, low power consumption, low fuel consumption, best pollution control
and environmental preservation efforts, as well as Energy Conservation and has received many awards.

Policy and Goals

We believe the vision of sustainable development and environment conservation can be achieved more effectively through a
structured and systematic approach. ACL is empowered by the overarching Corporate Environment Policy along with unit specific
policies. The corporate policy is in conformance with the Ministry of Environment and Forests guidelines. In addition, we also have
various specific policies like Corporate Sustainability Policy, Climate Change Mitigation Policy and Green Procurement Policy which
mention Companys approach on Sustainable Development,Climate Change Mitigation and Greening of Supply Chain.

All our manufacturing locations have environment team, equipped with laboratory facilities to enable the complete monitoring of
stack emissions, ambient air quality, noise level and water quality. These teams are also responsible for implementing various
environment initiatives at the units.

Competition
Name

Last Price

Sales
Turnover

Net Profit

Total Assets

(Rs. cr.)

2,577.20

70,718.72

20,279.80

2,144.47

21,970.29

226.20

35,038.40

9,160.35

1,294.57

9,514.69

Shree Cements

9,140.35

31,842.44

5,887.31

787.24

5,789.14

ACC

1,501.95

28,229.15

11,168.94

1,095.76

7,824.84

Ramco Cements

339.10

8,069.54

3,761.18

137.70

4,726.05

JK Lakshmi Cem

393.85

4,634.44

2,056.60

93.00

2,707.44

J. K. Cement

655.35

4,582.68

2,795.85

97.03

3,943.52

Prism Cement

77.35

3,893.46

4,964.86

-81.65

2,584.20

Dalmia Bharat

465.45

3,778.96

229.73

49.74

578.90

Birla Corp

471.15

3,628.11

3,016.35

129.76

3,605.50

India Cements

110.45

3,392.79

4,496.81

-35.85

6,843.64

Orient Cement

140.05

2,869.19

1,438.45

101.02

1,156.42

85.80

1,944.34

1,393.22

-40.73

2,190.18

304.75

1,734.03

1,855.52

97.87

1,728.11

50.10

1,685.09

70.72

15.30

496.90

310.60

829.11

697.31

29.61

703.32

55.30

712.93

622.19

1.27

764.94

Andhra Cement

9.55

280.31

--

-78.21

935.96

Guj Sidhee Cem

30.90

131.04

409.75

-2.72

163.95

Burnpur Cement

12.00

93.07

97.30

2.70

120.30

Barak Vally Cem

15.20

33.68

103.61

-0.64

139.25

UltraTechCement
Ambuja Cements

Heidelberg Cem
OCL India
Rain Industries
Mangalam Cement
KCP

CATEGORY OF
SHAREHOLDER

NO. OF
SHARE-HOLDERS

Market Cap.

TOTAL NO.
OF SHARES

TOTAL NO. OF
SHARES HELD IN
DEMATERIALIZED
FORM

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

TOTAL
SHAREHOLDING
AS A % OF TOTAL
NO. OF SHARES
AS A % OF
(A+B)
AS A % OF
(A+B+C)

SHARES
PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE
ENCUMBERED
NUMBER OF
SHARES
AS A % OF
TOTAL
NO. OF
SHARES

(1) Indian
(2) Foreign
Bodies Corporate

780,308,553

780,308,553

51.40

50.39

Sub Total

780,308,553

780,308,553

51.40

50.39

Total
shareholding of
Promoter and
Promoter Group
(A)

780,308,553

780,308,553

51.40

50.39

119

13,726,926

13,628,781

0.90

0.89

Financial
Institutions /
Banks

61

2,449,567

2,423,310

0.16

0.16

Insurance
Companies

91

139,571,065

139,561,315

9.19

9.01

Foreign
Institutional
Investors

403

458,678,638

458,614,363

30.21

29.62

Sub Total

674

614,426,196

614,227,769

40.47

39.68

1,954

7,162,231

6,639,379

0.47

0.46

(B) Public Shareholding

(1) Institutions
Mutual Funds /
UTI

(2) NonInstitutions
Bodies Corporate
Individuals
Individual
shareholders
holding nominal
share capital up
to Rs. 1 lakh
Individual
shareholders
holding nominal
share capital in
excess of Rs. 1
lakh
Any Others
(Specify)
Non Resident
Indians
Trusts

91,165,844

74,667,954

6.01

5.89

9,408,380

9,082,670

0.62

0.61

15,625,161

9,087,515

1.03

1.01

14,213,755

7,685,229

0.94

0.92

1,332,353

1,332,353

0.09

0.09

12,870

3,750

66,183

66,183

178,722

70

5,390

5,349
34

Overseas
Corporate Bodies

Foreign Nationals

Sub Total

186,136

123,361,616

99,477,518

8.13

7.97

Total Public
shareholding (B)

186,810

737,787,812

713,705,287

48.60

47.64

186,812

1,518,096,365

1,494,013,840

100.00

98.03

Total (A)+(B)
(C) Shares held
by Custodians
and against
which Depository
Receipts have
been issued-m

(1)

(2)

1.97

Sub Total

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

30,432,871

30,420,871

186,817

1,548,529,236

1,524,434,711

100.00

Bonus Summary
The last bonus that Ambuja Cements had announced was in 2005 in the ratio of 1:2.The share has been quoting exbonus from June 20, 2005.

Bonus History (Ambuja Cements)

Announcement Date

Bonus Ratio

Record Date

Ex-Bonus Date

19-04-2005

1:2

25-06-2005

20-06-2005

08-10-1999

1:1

04-01-2000

20-12-1999

14-10-1994

1:1

19-11-1994

21-10-1994

Splits Summary
Ambuja Cements had last split the face value of its shares from Rs 10 to Rs 2 in 2005.The share has been quoting on
an ex-split basis from June 20, 2005.

Splits History (Ambuja Cements)

Announcement Date
20-04-2005

Company Facts - Ambuja Cements

Registered Address
P.O. Ambujanagar,
Taluka Kodinar,
Junagadh
Gujarat
362715
Tel: 0285-221137 0285-232065
Fax: 0285-232629

Old FV

New FV

Ex-Split Date

10

20-06-2005

Email: shares@ambujacement.com
Website: http://www.ambujacement.com
Group: Ambuja Group

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Management - Ambuja Cements

Name

Designation

Suresh Neotia

Chairman Emeritus

Ajay Kapur

Managing Director & CEO

Bernard Terver

Director

Rajendra P Chitale

Director

Omkar Goswami

Director

B L Taparia

Director

Name

Designation

N S Sekhsaria

Chairman

Bernard Fontana

Director

Nasser Munjee

Director

Shailesh Haribhakti

Director

Haigreve Khaitan

Director

Usha Sangwan

Non Independent Director