The Company was originally incorporated as Shree Renuka Sugars Limited vide certificate of incorporation no. 08-19046 dated October 25, 1995 with Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bangalore and received the certificate for commencement of business on January 5, 1996. HISTORY AND OTHER CORPORATE MATTERS OVERVIEW The Company was originally incorporated as Shree Renuka Sugars Limited vide certificate of incorporation no. 08-16046 dated October 25, 1995 with Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bangalore and received the certificate for commencement of business on January 5,1996. The key events in the business of our Company are as follows: Year Milestone achieved 1998 Acquisition of assets of Nizam Sugars Limited Our Company bought over the sick unit (sugar mill), from Nizam Sugars Limited with an existing capacity of 1,250 TCD and land admeasuring 135.552 acres situated at Sudhanagar Sugar Unit, Parigi Mandal, near Hindupur, Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh. At) the land, buildings, plant and machinery along with the employees were taken over by our Company. 1999 Shifting of plant from Hindupur to Munoli, and enhancement of capacity Our Company subsequent to purchase of the mill from Nizam Sugars Limited, transferred all the plant and machinery along with the employees to the Munoli Unit at Belgaum and enhanced the capacity to 2,500 TCD. 1999 Commencement of commercial production We started our commercial production of sugar at the Munoli unit. We entered into a power purchase agreement with the Karnataka Electricity Board for sale of surplus electricity, being 7.55 MW for an initial period of 10 years from the date of commercial production and a renewal period of 20 years at the rate of Rs. 2.25 per kilowatt hour with escalation at the rate of 5% per annum. 2000 Commencement of 11.2 MW cogeneratlon plant We commissioned a 11.2 MW cogeneration plant for producing electricity from the Bagasse 2002 Commencement of 60 KL distillery at Munoli in Karnataka We installed a distillery with a capacity of 60 KL at our Munoli unit for manufacture and production of Ethanol. 2003 Increase in co-generation capacity to 20.5 MW and setting up 250 TPD sugar refinery at Munoli We increased our co-generation capacity of power from 11.2 MW to 20.5 MW by adding an additional turbine and boiler. We also installed a sugar refinery at our Munoli unit with a capacity of 250 TPD. 2004 Expansion of refinery capacity to 1000 TPD Subsequent to the installation of the 250 TPD sugar refinery and successful operation, we expanded the capacity to 1000 TPD 2004 Lease for operation of Unit II at Ajara in Maharashtra Our Company vide a lease agreement with Ajara Shetkari Sahakari (a co-operative sugar factory) Sakhar Karkhana Limited dated October 29, 2004, leased the sugar factory at Ajara in Maharashtra with a capacity of 2,500 TCD for a period of two years until September 26, 2006. 2004 Setting up subsidiary in Dubai We incorporated and registered Renuka Commodities DMCC as a Company in the Free Trade Zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to carry on the business of wholesale trading of sugar in the International market. 2005 Lease for operation of Unit III at Mohannagar in Maharashtra Our Company vide a lease agreement with Mohanrao Shinde Sahakari (a co-operative sugar factory) Sakhar Karkhana Limited dated July 2005, leased the sugar factory at Mohannagar village of Taluka Miraj, District Sangli in Maharashtra with a capacity of 2500 TCD for a period of six years for the entire crushing season of 2005-2006 to end of crushing season 2010-2011. 2005 We have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Haripriya Sugar Works Limited to acquire all assets (excluding receivables) of Haripriya Sugar Works Limited (Haripriya Sugar) including land admeasuring 162 acres and 29 guntas situated at village Burlatti (old Kokantur), Taluka Athani, District Belgaum, Karnataka for a sum of Rs. 40 million. For details, see "Objects of the Issue" on page 29 of this Red Herring Prospectus. Changes in Registered Office of the Company The table below shows the changes in the Registered Office of the Company since incorporation: Previous Address New Address 1438/2 Kalmath Road, BC 105, Havelock Road, Belgaum - 590 002. Cantonment, Belgaum - 590 001. Reasons for Change in Office Date of Change Shifting of operational office February 23, due to expansion of facilities. 1996. Form 18 dated February 23, 1996 for the change in address of the Registered Office has been filed with the Registrar of Companies, Karnataka at Bangalore. 2006 -Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd has informed that there has been a change in Company's Board of Directors, consequent to the withdrawal of nomination of Institutional Nominee Director, Mr B S Parashivamurthy, by IDBI w.e.f. October 23, 2006. -Shree Renuka Sugars enters into MoU with Copersucar, Brazil -Shree Renuka joins hand for Munoli project 2007 -Shree Renuka Sugars Limited has appointment Mr Nitin Puranik as Whole Time Director of the Company w.e.f. 20th April, 2007. 2008 -Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., (HPCL) for formation of a Joint Venture Company (JV) for the purposes of setting up of an Integrated Sugar and Ethanol Plant in the State of Maharashtra. - The Company has splits its face value from Rs10/- to Rs1/-. -Shree Renuka Sugars acquired 87pc stake in Gokak Sugars 2009 -Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd has informed BSE that the Company has acquired 5% equity stake in National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) from Intercontinental Exchange Holdings and Goldman Sachs Investments (Mauritius) I Ltd. for a total consideration of Rs. 36.50 crores. -Shri Renuka Sugars acquires Brazilian VDI. -The Company has acquired Brazilian sugar and ethanol maker VDI which will help the company to expand its operations in the sugar rich region of Latin America. 2010 -The Company creates one of the largest Sugar / Ethanol Groups in Brazil with Equipav Deal. -The company announced the acquisition of 51 % stake in Brazilian firm - Equipav S.A. Acucar e Alcool (Equipav) for Rs. 1,530 crore. -The Comapny has bagged orders to supply 118 million litres of ethanol to oil marketing companies in five states for a period of one year. -Shree Renuka Sugars has given the Bonus in the Ratio of 1:1 2011 -The Company announces Commissiong of Kandla Sugar Refinery. 2012 -Increased stake in Renuka do Brazil S/A to 59.4%. 2013 -Shree Renuka Sugars Limited inaugurates its first sugar depot in Guwahati, Assam -Shree Renuka Sugars Board recommends Dividend @ Re. 0.50 (50%) per share on Equity Shares (Face value of Re.1/- each) of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2013. 2014 -Wilmar to acquire strategic stake in Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd 2018 -Wilmar to acquire strategic stake in Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd 2021-Shree Renuka Sugars Limited has Capacity expansion for ethanol production 2022-Amalgamation of Monica Trading Private Limited, Shree Renuka Tunaport Private Limited and Shree Renuka Agri Ventures Limited, wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. 2023 -The Company completed the acquisition of 100% of equity shares of Anamika Sugar Mills Private Limited. -Company Commenced commercial production of Ethanol.