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Notice convening 24th Annual General meeting of the Company

NOTICE is hereby given that the Twenty Fourth Annual General Meeting of the members of Mercator Lines Limited will be held at C. K. Nayudu Hall, The Cricket Club of India Limited, Brabourne Stadium, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020 on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at 4.00 p.m. to transact the following business: -

ORDINARY BUSINESS:
  1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2008, the Audited Profit and Loss Account for the year ended on that date, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.
  2. To note, confirm and ratify payment of dividend on Preference Shares.
  3. To declare dividend on Equity Share Capital.
  4. To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Anil Khanna, who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
  5. To appoint Auditors to hold the office from the conclusion of this meeting, until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting and to fix their remuneration.
By Order of the Board


H.K. MITTAL
Executive Chairman

Regd. Office:
3rd Floor, Mittal Tower,
B-wing, Nariman Point,
Mumbai -400021
Dated: May 14, 2008.

NOTES:
  1. A MEMBER ENTITLED TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE MEETING IS ENTITLED TO APPOINT A PROXY TO ATTEND AND VOTE INSTEAD OF HIMSELF AND SUCH PROXY NEED NOT BE A MEMBERDETHE COMPANY.

  2. The Instrument of proxy, in order to be effective, must be deposited at the Company’s Registered office not less than forty-eight hours before the time of the meeting.The Instrument of proxy, in order to be effective, must be deposited at the Company’s Registered office not less than forty-eight hours before the time of the meeting.

  3. Members desiring any information on the accounts at the Annual General Meeting are requested to write to the Company at least 7 days in advance, so as to enable the Company to keep the information ready.

  4. The Register of Members and Share Transfer Books will remain closed from Monday, the July 7, 2008 to Wednesday the July 16, 2008 (both days inclusive); to decide the entitlement of Members for payment of dividend that may be declared at the Annual General Meeting.

  5. The dividend on shares for the financial year ended on March 31, 2008, as recommended by the Directors, if declared at the meeting; will be payable on or after July 16, 2008.

  6. a) Pursuant to Section 205A of the Companies Act, 1956, unpaid dividend for the financial year 1993-94 has been transferred to the General Revenue Account of the Central Government. Those members, who have not encashed the dividend warrant for the said year, are requested to claim their dividend amount from the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra.
    b) Pursuant to the amended provisions of the said Act, the amount of dividend in respect of the years 1994-95 to 1999-2000 remaining unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years have been transferred to the Investors Education and Protection Fund.
    c) The members who have not encashed their dividend warrants for any of the subsequent years are requested to write to the Company for issue of duplicate warrants in their own interest.

  7. Members are requested to notify immediately any changes in their address to the Company. In case their shares are held in dematerialized form, the information should be passed on to their respective Depository Participants without any delay.

  8. Members are requested to furnish/update their Bank Account details to the Company/Registrar & Transfer Agents/Depository Participants to enable the Company to print the same on the dividend warrants/to avail of ECS facility, wherever applicable.

  9. Members, who hold shares in de-materialized form are requested to bring their Client ID and DP ID Nos, for easier identification of attendance at the meeting.

  10. All the documents referred to in this notice are available for inspection of the members at the registered office of the Company on any working day between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the registered office of the Company, up to the conclusion of the said Annual General Meeting.

  11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RE-APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR:

    Mr. Anil Khanna, the Director retiring by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting has offered himself for re-appointment as Director of the Company. Mr. Anil Khanna, aged 49 years is a a senior Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is associated with the Company since 1994. He has varied experience in corporate counseling with special expertise in corporate audit and taxation laws. He is a Chairman of Audit Committee and a member of Expansion Committee; Shareholders' Grievance Committee and ESPS Committee of the Company. He is also a Director of following Companies: 1) CLSA Securities Ltd.; 2)Korn/Ferry International Pvt. Ltd.; 3) Shri Shambhu Offshore Services Pvt. Ltd.; 4) Rockstone Finlease Pvt. Ltd.; 5)Baruki Agro & Oils Pvt. Ltd.; 6) Shaffer India Pvt. Ltd.; 7) Rolv Berg Drive (India) Pvt. Ltd.; and 8) Expert Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd.

    He has been actively associated with the Company and his advisory Services have always been of great importance in the growth of the Company. He holds 2,51,120 equity shares of the Company.

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