The Allotment Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held today, has approved an allotment of 8,505 equity shares of Rs.10/- each, being the exercise of 1,007 equity stock options under the Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2009 Plan A (ESOS 2009 ? Plan A), 2,503 equity stock options under the Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2009 - Plan B (ESOS 2009 ? Plan B), and 4,595 equity stock options under the Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2013 (ESOS 2013) and 400 equity stock options under the Employee Stock Option Scheme, 2014 (ESOS 2014). Consequent to this the paid up equity share capital has increased from 30,412,622 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each to 30,421,127 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each. Kindly note that the Company has received the following in principle approvals from the Stock Exchanges in connection with the ESOS 2009 Plan A, ESOS 2009 Plan B and ESOS 2013 and ESOS 2014.