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09

Report & Accounts
For the year ended 31 March 2009
Trikona Trinity Capital PLC

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Contents

Chairman’s Statement

Investment Portfolio Summary

Investment Manager’s Report

Development Project Update

Equity Holdings

Directors’ Report

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

Corporate Governance Statement

Report of the Independent Auditors

Consolidated Income Statement

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Company Balance Sheet

Statements of Changes in Equity

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

Notes to the Financial Statements

Valuation Letter

Company Information

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Chairman’s Statement
Martin Adams
Chairman of Trikona Trinity Capital PLC

Dear Shareholder,

The difficult conditions experienced in international financial markets in the past 18
months caused a sea change in shareholders’ perceptions of the prospects for Indian
real estate, from which the Company was not immune.  Shareholders adopted a new
investment policy for the Company in March 2009, which led to significant changes
in the Board to oversee its implementation.  In line with the new investment policy,
strategies relating to each of the investments held by Trikona Trinity Capital PLC
(“TTC”) are currently under reconsideration and a comprehensive review of the
Company’s structure and operations is being undertaken. Although dealing with these
fundamental changes at the Company are challenging, we are making good progress. 

During the financial year to 31 March 2009, the
Company’s Net Asset Value (“NAV”) declined by
25% from £1.51 to £1.13 per share. The Group
incurred a loss per share of £0.24 (2008: profit of
£0.27) after allowing for a fair value loss on the
revaluation of investments of £163 million. The fall
in NAV was mitigated by the positive effects of an
8% depreciation of UK sterling against the Indian
rupee during the year. As stated in the Company’s
Admission Document, TTC does not hedge currency
risk exposures between UK sterling and the Indian
rupee. The Company’s share price experienced a
substantial drop during the last financial year, and
at its lowest was £0.23 per share representing a 
discount to the last previously published NAV of 83%. 

At an Extraordinary General Meeting held on 24
March 2009 (“EGM”), shareholders approved the 
following new Investment Policy for the Company:

“The Company shall promptly but having due 
regard to all applicable legal, governmental and 
regulatory constraints and with a view to maximising
shareholder value, dispose of all its assets in an
orderly fashion.

If the Company's Ordinary Shares are trading at 
a price below the NAV per Ordinary Share, the
Company shall immediately effect a return of 
capital through a cash distribution to Shareholders.

The Company shall continue to seek new investment
opportunities. If the Company's Ordinary Shares are
trading at a price above the NAV per Ordinary Share,
the Board will selectively determine, on a periodic
basis, whether or not to make new investments.”

Implementation of the new Investment Policy has
required, with the assistance of the Manager, a
detailed review of the performance and strategies
with regard to each of the Company’s investments,
with a view to accelerating realisation timetables
without unduly comprising projected returns.
Inevitably, the time frames envisaged for realising
development properties remains longer than those
projected for listed and unlisted equity investments.
The recent buoyant Indian stock market conditions
will, hopefully, permit the acceleration of realisations
of our non-project specific Indian investee companies
and the Manager is currently focused particularly on
supporting these companies through to flotation.

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Returns on the project development assets will be
slower to generate and are crucially dependent on
our partners, licensing, marketing and construction.
New investments and follow-ons by TTC are, in
effect, on hold except where required to protect the
Company’s original investment and/or where legal
obligations exist. New investment opportunities
will, however, be considered as and when the
Company’s share price exceeds NAV.

The Company is not conducting a fire sale of its
assets and remains committed to maximising 
shareholder value by selling investments only when
it is appropriate to do so. TTC’s investments in
Pipavav Shipyard Limited and IL&FS Transportation
Networks Limited are progressing towards IPOs in
India and realisation opportunities will arise as 
a consequence. On the other hand, as site 
development has not commenced on either the
Uppal IT Park – ‘Tech Oasis’ or Luxor Cyber City 
projects, realisation prospects are more distant.
Although TTC holds interests in 16 different 
companies/projects, the performance and 
realisation risk with respect to 8 of the investments
is concentrated on three independent developers:
SKIL, Rustomjee and the Dynamix Balwas group. 
The development and performance risk with respect
to 5 investments, comprising 26.8% of the portfolio
at current valuations, rests with Panthera
Developers, a company related to the Manager.
Disposal proceeds from realised investments will 
be distributed periodically to shareholders after 
taking into consideration on going liabilities. If
investment realisations are implemented as 
currently planned, the Board expects that the
Company will be able to return to Shareholders 
in the order of £100 million within the 24 month
timescale announced in March 2009.

At 31 March 2009, the Company held £60 million 
in cash.  Of this amount, £13.2 million was held 
as a reserve against investment commitments 
and approvals.  Since the end of March, the
Company has distributed £12 million through the 
repurchase of 21,367,702 shares, equivalent to
9.2% of TTC’s share capital before the buyback 
commenced. The Board has authority to purchase

and cancel up to 70% of the Company's ordinary
shares through a general share buy-back or 
tender offer(s). The Board will consider the most
appropriate methods of distributing cash taking into
account the views of shareholders. 

Remuneration of the Manager aside, the Company’s
operating costs of £2.6 million incurred in the financial
year to 31 March 2009 were equivalent to 1.0% of 
period end NAV. Including payments to the Manager
and its related parties, operating costs amounted to
7.5% of NAV. The Audit Committee is undertaking,
with the assistance of the Administrator, a thorough
review of all operating costs with a view to bringing
expenses down to more normal levels. 

One of the more significant challenges we face is the
realignment of the Manager’s interests with those of
the Company in the context of the new Investment
Policy. The existing investment management 
agreement is long term in nature and incentivises the
Manager to invest and maximise returns over the
longer term. It is not easy to switch investment strategy,
particularly in relation to development properties.
Nevertheless, the Manager has assured the Board
that they will implement the new Investment Policy
even without changes to the management agreement
and incentives. Since the EGM, the Manager has 
renegotiated existing investment agreements and
released the Company from £12.9 million of previously
contracted commitments. During our continuing 
discussions, TTC will endeavour to clarify and simplify
the multiple service relationships that exist with parties
connected to the Manager and/or its principals. 

Valuations of real estate assets in an emerging 
economy such as India’s remains a challenge, 
particularly as all investments are held through complex
corporate structures and comparables are few and can
be difficult. In valuing TTC’s investments, the Audit
Committee is advised by CB Richard Ellis and Protiviti
Consulting. As required by the Company’s Admission
Document, property valuations have been carried out
in accordance with the Valuation Standards (6th
Edition) of the Royal Institute of Chartered
Surveyors. Although the Company had adopted a new
Investment Policy prior to the end of the financial year,

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Chairman’s Statement (cont.)

there has been no material change to the valuation
methodology applied as compared with previous
years’ valuations.    

During the last two years, the Company has 
developed an important partnership with
SachsenFonds Asset Management GmbH
(“SachsenFonds”), a leading German fund manager.
In 2007 and 2008, SachsenFonds completed the
launch of two India-focused closed end real estate
funds in Germany which acquired significant inter-
ests in TTC’s assets. During the last financial year,
the second SachsenFonds vehicle acquired assets
for £54.3 million from TTC, crystallising a gain of
£16.5 million over cost for the Company. Although the
Company announced that it intended to sell further
assets to a third fund launched by SachsenFonds, the
vehicle failed to complete its capital raising and that
new fund is, to all intents and purposes, dead. TTC
had invested £26 million in companies in India
(shorty after the collapse of Lehman Brothers) in
anticipation of selling a significant portion of some of
those assets to the third SachsenFonds vehicle.
Despite this disappointment, SachsenFonds remains
an important partner for TTC, having invested, in
aggregate, over £86.4 million in TTC assets and the
Company retains certain contingent liabilities
towards SachsenFonds. We intend to engage more
closely with SachsenFonds in the coming months
with a view to maximising potential returns for both
TTC’s and SachsenFonds’ investors.

During the year, several changes were made 
to the Board.  In October 2008, Andrzej Sobczak 
and Pradeep Verma, both of whom worked 
with Carrousel Capital Limited, a significant 
shareholder in TTC, joined the Board as non-
executive directors. In March 2009, Rak Chugh, 
a Managing Director of the Manager, and 
Andrzej Sobczak, resigned from the Board. On 
the same day, I joined as a Director. Subsequent 
to the end of the financial year, in July 2009, 
Michael Cassidy, the former chairman, Paul 
Orchard-Lisle and Bill Hamilton-Turner all 

resigned. Steve Coe joined the board and heads 
the Audit Committee. I was asked to assume 
the Chairmanship. Of the four current directors, 
only Pradeep Verma is remunerated by a 
shareholder. As such, the Board is independent 
of the shareholders and we are acting in the
interests of the Company and shareholders as 
a whole. The Board hopes to appoint one further
independent director with Indian real estate 
experience in due course. 

Being a Director of TTC has never been for the 
faint-hearted and has been a far more demanding
role than many other AIM-listed investment 
vehicles. As such, I should like to express the
Board’s gratitude for the services and efforts of
Michael, Paul, Bill, Rak and Andrzej. 

Other material changes which occurred with respect
to the operation of TTC during the last financial year
include the appointment of a new Nominated
Adviser, Evolution Securities and new brokers,
Evolution Securities and Arden Partners.  

In terms of the outlook for the Company, the 
investment environment in India should help facilitate
implementation of the new Investment Policy. The
May 2009 elections in India, which brought about a
decisive victory for the United Progressive Alliance
party led by Manmohan Singh, should provide stable
government with a positive impact on the Indian
economy as further reforms are implemented. The
improved business sentiment and rally in the 
Indian stock markets since the election is already
facilitating potential disposal opportunities for TTC.
Nevertheless, much work remains ahead of us. As
progress is made in implementing the Investment
Policy, we hope that investor confidence in TTC will
return and that the stability and positive sentiment
that now exists in India will also prevail among the
shareholders of the Company.  

Martin M. Adams
Chairman

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Investment Portfolio Summary

Exchange rate is INR 72.86 = £1 at 31 March 2009

ID**

Investment Name

Location

Project
Type

Investment
Date

Capital
Commited
(£m)

Nav as of
31 March
2009
(£m)
(100% basis)

Effective
Trikona TC
Nav as of
31 March
2009
(adjusted basis*)

% of total
NAV

Oct-06

36.2

39.1

28.7

11.0

Oct-06

10.6

12.4

DP1

Uppal IT Park
“Tech Oasis” 

DP2

Rustomjee’s Township 
(Kapstone)

DP4

Lady Ratan Seasons
(Lokhandwala)

DP6 Neelkamal  

Marine Drive 
(DB Hospitality)

DP10 Luxor Cyber City

Greater Noida,
NCR of Delhi

Thane, Mumbai

Worli, 
Southern Mumbai

Mumbai, 
Pune and Goa

Gurgaon, 
NCR of Delhi

DP11 Dynamix Balwas Realty

Mumbai

DP13 MIG Bandra IV

Mumbai

Rustomjee Constructions 

DP14 Sankalp Township

Amreli, Gujarat

DP15 Jodhana Developers 
Private Limited

DP16 Virar Township

Jodhpur, 
Rajasthan

Thane

IT/ITES SEZ 
with Residential, 
Commercial & IT

Residential, 
Commercial 
& Retail

Residential 
Space

Development 
company & 
Hospitality 
Platform

IT/ITES SEZ

Residential & 
Commercial

Residential 
Space

Township - 
Residential, 
Commercial, Retail, 
Hospitality, 
Healthcare

Residential Villas 
and Commercial

Residential, 
Commercial, Retail

Oct-06

Dec-06

Jun-07

Apr-07

May-08

Oct-08

Oct-08

Oct-08

EH7

EH8

EH9

Fortis Healthcare 
Limited

Pipavav Shipyard
Limited

IL&FS Transportation 
Networks Limited (ITNL)

Pan India

Infrastructure

Jan-07

Pipavav Port, 
State of Gujarat

Infrastructure

Jan-07

Pan India

Infrastructure

Oct-06

EH12 Phoenix Mills Limited

Pan India

Retail, Commercial 
& Hospitality

Jun-07

EH17 Horizon Countrywide 
Logistics Limited

Mumbai

Infrastructure

Oct-08

MK Malls Mezzanine debt Mumbai

Other

TOTAL

-

Retail

-

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* Adjusted by NAV attributable to minority holders of the Mauritian SPV post realisation 
** DP = Development Project; EH = Equity Holding

12.4

10.7

11.7

25.3

46.2

1.5

2.2

8.3

5.5

7.4

4.7

4.1

4.5

9.7

17.7

0.6

0.8

3.2

2.1

2.8

18.2

11.7

29.8

46.2

1.5

2.2

8.3

5.5

7.4

29.7

29.7

11.4

6.0

1.7

5.1

16.5

39.7

281.0

6.0

1.7

5.1

16.5

42.4

261.3

2.3

0.7

1.9

6.3

16.2

100

13.1

12.2

38.4

26.4

1.6

3.3

6.1

5.7

13.5

13.5

5.1

7.4

11.2

12.3

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Investment Manager’s Report

The year to 31 March 2009 has been a challenging
one for Trikona Trinity Capital. The global financial and 
economic turmoil, and more specifically the extensive
corporate activity faced by the Company during the 
second half of the year, had a significant impact on its
strategic direction.  These events led to a detailed
Strategic Review of the Company, with an Extraordinary
General Meeting (“EGM”) then held on 24th March
2009 to reconsider the Company’s Investment Policy.
The Manager continues to work with the Board to help
implement the new Investment Policy and assist with
opportunistic asset realisations.

We have proven our ability to create shareholder
value by investing in projects at early stages,
attracting institutional follow-on investment at higher
values, and creating multiple exit opportunities.
During the year, we have worked alongside investee
companies and partners to build value in a tough
global environment. Through rigorous project 
monitoring and reporting, we have ensured that
development hurdles were sufficiently addressed
and overcome.

As the year has progressed, we have regularly
reviewed the product-mix of each of our developments
in the context of its environment and the surrounding
area. Where prudent, we have initiated detailed 
discussions with the relevant developer and investee
companies to suggest ways in which we can change
the product-mix to more effectively utilise cash and
ensure sales continuity. These discussions have
been well-received and several of our developments
have proceeded with these changes. 

We have also actively managed the finances of 
our developments, ensuring that none of our 
projects ran low on debt despite a high level of
credit deficiency across the industry. In addition, 
the Manager has discouraged leveraging the 
portfolio in response to the hike in interest rates.

Investment Highlights

projects. Some of the major highlights are as follows:

In Uppal IT Park (DP1), the project received formal
approved as an SEZ by the Government of India and
is in the process of being notified by the state 
government. The master plan for the property has
been approved by GNIDA.

In Rustomjee’s Township (DP2), a total saleable area
of 1,178,000 sq. ft (1297 units) has been launched in
the Project, of which 701,275 sq. ft. (790 units) has
been pre-sold. This development continues to make
progress and within the next year Kapstone
Constructions Private Ltd. plans to launch another
1.1 million sq. ft. of which it anticipates being able
to pre-sell around 550,000 sq. ft.

DB Hospitality (DP6) continues to perform well and
make good progress; civil construction for the Goa
hotel is complete and the finishing/interior work is
developing well. The hotel will be ready for soft
launch in December 2009 and is likely to be 
commissioned in March 2010. The superstructure
for the Pune hotel and foundation work for the
Mumbai hotel are progressing and it is anticipated
that they will be operational by December 2010 and
May 2012 respectively. Since the March year-end,
DB Hospitality has diversified into providing in-flight
catering to airlines including Lufthansa Airlines and
Thai Airlines. The company has also signed an
exclusive agreement with Japan’s JAL Hotels
Company Limited, who own 59 luxury hotels 
worldwide. Under the agreement, DB Hospitality will
be developing DB-Nikko branded properties across
nine cities in India, whilst investing US$1 billion in
hotel projects in India over the next four years. The
Company also have signed an agreement with Hyatt
Place and have two hotels under construction; one
in Pune and the second in Mundra SEZ. As planned
the Le Meridien Ahmedabad was inducted in to 
the DB Hospitality portfolio after following the 
prescribed process.

Since listing, Trikona Trinity Capital has successfully
realised cash-on-cash returns on six of its 16 

The “Kandivili Suburbia” project (one of the eight
projects launched under DB Realty (DP11)), pre-sold
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weeks of the launch, representing approximately
70% of total flats available. Also four further 
projects are underway, including the retail project 
at Dahisar where the mix has changed to include
3300 affordable homes, of which 2,077 homes have
been pre sold.

In September 2008, the Company announced that
it had invested £24.68 million in four new projects:
Sankalp Buildwell Private Limited (“Sankalp”)
(DP14), Jodhana Developers Private Limited 
(DP15), Enigma Constructions Private Limited
(“Virar”) (DP16) and Horizon Countrywide Logistics
Limited (EH17). 

Sankalp is an ‘integrated township’ development
project planned over 186 acres in Pipavav, Gujarat.
The project is very well positioned to capture the
industrial growth being generated in the region, 
and once built the development will cater to the
workforce employed by several nearby enterprises
including Pipavav shipyard, the Port of Pipavav,
Birla Goup’s cement plant and other major 
industries planned. Since the March year-end, the
Manager has been informed that the ‘Master Plan’
for the township has been approved by the Town
Planning Authority.

Jodhana is a high-end residential and commercial
project located within the precincts of Umaid
Bhavan Palace, a prime location in Jodphur and
home to the Marwari community. Demand for this
type of development is high amongst affluent local
businesses and high net worth individuals.  

Spread over 217 acres, Virar is one of Mumbai’s
largest affordable middle-income-group housing
projects, with housing starting at as little as
£11,000. At the time of our investment, the intended
project size was just 43 acres, but it has grown 
considerably since then, at no additional cost to the
Company. The project also benefits from having all
approvals and permissions in place. To date, 2,070
flats out of a total of 2,378 have been pre-sold.

As reported in note 11 of the Company’s Interim
Report and Accounts as at 30th September 2008,
the Board set aside £9.6 million of reserve funding
for Sankalp (DP14) and Jodhana (DP15). After the
year-end, the Company announced it has satisfied
all requirements through a payment of £1.12 million
for Sankalp and no payment owing for Jodhana. 

The remaining balance of £8.48 million is no longer
required to be held in reserve. 

Post year-end, in September 2009, the Company
announced that Pipavav Shipyard Limited (EH9)
submitted its Red Herring Prospectus for the issue
of 85,450,225 equity shares, which constitutes
12.83% of the post-issue equity share capital of the
company. The price band for the IPO has been fixed
at INR 55-60 per share. The IPO was oversubscribed
by over eight times. Trikona TC invested in January
2007 at 25 INR per share and this gives a substantial
uplift in comparison with the valuation as of 31
March 2009 of 47 INR per share.

Market Overview

The Indian economy registered strong growth 
averaging 8.9% during the period from 2003 to
2008. This began to only moderate in September
2008, following the growing global distress among
large international financial institutions and the 
declaration of bankruptcy by Lehman Brothers. As
credit markets froze, central banks across the world,
along with the respective governments, responded
with both conventional and unconventional measures.
The knock-on effect of these unprecedented adverse
global developments became evident in the 
macroeconomic performance of the Indian economy,
particularly in the second half of the year.

GDP growth slowed to 5.8% in the third quarter of
the financial year against 7.7% in the previous two
quarters, reflecting a deceleration in industrial and
services growth; a moderation of consumption
growth led by high interest rates and credit curbs
and a sudden widening of trade deficit.  While 
financial markets remained relatively orderly during
the first quarter of the financial year, equity markets
also experienced a sharp decline in value, and the
real estate sector was not spared, with many real
estate companies carrying higher than normal debt
on their balance sheets. A period of sustained fiscal
consolidation brought about by government’s 
compliance with milestones of the Fiscal
Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act
came to an end in 2008. The rapid deterioration in
the global economy resulted in inflation surging
during the early part of the year and since then 
several measures have been taken by the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) including cuts in cash reserve

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ratio and unwinding/de-sequestering of balances
held by the Government with the Reserve Bank.
Post period end, the government’s efforts have
resulted in head line inflation in negative territory
and estimated longer-term GDP growth returning to
levels of 7-8% with an expected 6.5% GDP growth
rate in the full-year of 2010.

Concerns of macroeconomic risk loom over India
due to almost certain lower agricultural output and
the resultant inflation in food prices. 

The May 2009 election outcome led the way for a
stable and progressive political regime, unfettered
by the consensus required from smaller regional
parties. The new Government in its budget for the
year 2009 - 2010 continued from the Stimulus 
policies where focus was on increasing public
spending and signalling across the board tax 
cuts on individual’s and corporate income to give
impetus to investment growth and consumption.
The spending measures on ‘Infrastructure’ and
‘Rural Spend’ focused on ‘Inclusive Growth’.
Essentially three broad challenges were addressed:
1) Rapid return to high growth rates 2) Ensure
Inclusive growth 3) Reenergize Government by
focusing on ‘Execution of policies and reforms’. In
line with the announcements a new Direct tax-code
has been introduced.

Post the measures taken by RBI and the
Government of India, Indian capital markets have
performed remarkably well and ahead of most
emerging markets with reduced risk and volatility. 
In the quarter ending June 2009, FII’s were net 
buyers of US$8.3 billion having previously sold of
US$15 billion in the full year 2009. In most cases
Indian equity markets have outperformed emerging
markets and other developed countries due to the
perception of political stability and higher than
expected GDP growth. A few developers have sold
stakes and raised capital from the equity markets,
thereby restructuring their debt and improving cash
flows for their projects.

Further, several lead indicators to the IIP (Index of
Industrial Production), which had started falling,
rapidly responding to global cues since June 2008,
are now firming into a reversed trend. Soft interest
rates and availability of funds have supported
domestic industrial activity. The IIP, for July 2009,
rose 6.8% year-on-year, up from 6.4% a year back. 

Real Estate view

The Indian real estate markets saw a sharp 
correction with a decline in property prices, demand
and transaction volumes between September 2008
and April 2009. The Indian real estate market which
saw a 45% CAGR growth over FY2005-2008, 
experienced a decline of almost 30% on the new
base post the global market fallout in September
2008. The softness in demand led to price cuts, a
reallocation of resources by developers to affordable
housing programs, execution of commercial projects,
and postponement of new projects. This was 
followed by a slew of new and realigned project
developments catering to the affordable housing
markets. The recent analyses of sales patterns
across India vindicate the change in strategy of the
developers. Sales have been brisk and developers
with a good execution record have been able to 
sell 2 year forward deliveries, as their existing
inventories get exhausted.  Developers, in order 
to cash in on the demand for new housing, exited
non-performing large projects, restructured their
portfolio mix, and significantly reduced prices to
suit the ‘buyers’ expectation. 

Another significant reason for demand revival was
the easing of housing loan interest rates, which
decreased from 13-14% at the end of 2008 to 8-10%
in April of 2009. The Government also announced an
interest rate subsidy of one percent for housing
loans up to INR 1 million. These lower interest 
rates, combined with the announced 15-25% price
reduction across the residential, commercial and
retail markets, are steadily helping the demand
recovery in the system.

Valuation of Property Portfolio

CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) conducted an independent
valuation of the development properties in which
Trikona Trinity Capital holds full or partial ownership
interest. Thereafter, the Board of Directors fair 
valued the assets using valuation procedures and
techniques, which were validated based on certain
agreed upon procedures by Protiviti, an independent
firm of advisors. 

Additionally unlisted equity securities that amount
to £57.3 million have been valued by directors using
valuation procedures and techniques, which were

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validated based on certain agreed upon procedures
by Protiviti. Further, listed equity securities that
amount to £9.1 million have been fair-valued using
the trading data on the Stock Exchange as on 31
March 2009. 

Based on this assessment, the Directors’ valuation
of Trikona Trinity Capital’s total investments, 
including cash and entity level shareholdings, 
produced a NAV of £261.3 m of £1.13 per share at 
31 March 2009, representing a change of  minus
25% year-on-year. 

In all previous financial statements, the Manager
and Board have presented Cost of Equity (COE) as a
single number, which includes a uniform construction
risk premium of between 1.5% and 2.5% across 
all projects. In the year to 31 March 2007, this 
combined figure was 13.29% and for the year to 
31 March 2008, this figure was 15.54%. 

In this report, the COE is comprised of two numbers
a base rate, assumed as 15.77% and a project-by-
project risk premium ranging from 2.5% to 10%
added to the base rate, and which is based on
agreed upon procedures between Protiviti and the
Company. This represents a significant increase in

the COE when compared with prior year accounts
and reflects a higher degree of conservatism. On a
constant risk basis, taking the traditional construc-
tion risk premium of 1.5% to 2.5%, the NAV per
share would be £1.24 per share as at 31 March
2009, compared with £1.13 per share as reported at
31 March 2009.

Realisation of Assets

In accordance with the Investment Policy adopted 
at the Company EGM on 24 March 2009, the
Manager is committed to maximising shareholder
value by disposing of existing assets in an orderly
fashion with due regard to all applicable legal, 
governmental and regulatory restraints. 

Outlook

Our role as Manager remains to seek suitable exit
opportunities, and source attractive deals through
our partnerships, networks, and broad expertise in
India. Our team is committed to achieving value for
all shareholders and will strive to seek transactions
that attain a fair asset value in light of the prevailing
global and local conditions at that time.

Trikona Trinity Capital’s Track Record
As at 31 March 2009

£ million

Total Realized

Total Unrealized

Total Weighted Average

Capital Invested
£ million

Cash Distributions/Value of  
Unrealized Investments  
£ million

40.7

196.8

237.4

86.2

216.4

302.6

Investment
Multiple

2.12

1.10

1.27

Gross IRR

97%

6%

22%

Important Notes:
(1) Exchange rate as at 31 March 2009
(2) Defined as cash distributed to fund investors or re-invested.
(4) Multiples are on a gross basis, before deducting carried interest and expenses, including management fees.
(5) Gross IRR reflects return before deducting carried interest and expenses, including management fees.

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Development Project Update

DP1

Project Name

Address

Asset Classes

Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV

Mauritian SPV

Uppal IT Park 
(Tech Oasis)

Tz-7, Information Technology Park,
TechZone, Greater Noida, 
Uttar Pradesh, India
IT/ITES SEZ with Residential, 
Commercial & IT
10.16 million sq. ft. on 76 acres
Panthera Developers (Promoter)
Uppal IT Projects Private 
Limited (Company)
Trinity Capital (One) Limited (TC-1)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment

Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
18 October 2006
Total capital invested
Cash realized
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP1
** mezzanine investment.

IRR%
36%

Multiple (x)
1.53

Nav (£m)
28.7
October 2006
October 2009**
25.77% 
(COE base= rate + 10% execution risk)
July 2016
£28.9 million
£7.5 million**
£36.4 million
£26.72 million from sale to SF

67%

100%

Project Summary
Located in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, Greater Noida
represents one of the fastest growing emerging townships of Uttar
Pradesh. The township is spread over 36,000 hectares, supports a
population of over 500,000 people and is expected to more than
double by 2021. 

Designated ‘Tech Zone’ by the government of Uttar Pradesh, the plot is
diagonally opposite the recently built Gautam Buddha University, which
is spread over 800 acres and houses a campus hosting residential 
facilities for 6000 students. The original investment thesis considered
both independent development and the use of an outside partner by
Joint Development Agreement (‘JDA’) partners.

The project has been formally approved as an SEZ by the Government
of India and is in the process of being notified by the state government.
The master plan for the property has been finalized, but may require
reworking. The agreement with the co-developer is in its late stages,
with the detailed building drawings/excavation work commencing
shortly. With enhanced FSI under the revised guidelines, completion is
expected by July 2016.

Key future milestones
• The project value should increase upon the execution of a Joint

Development Agreement (JDA) with an external development partner.

• Phase I involves developing approximately one million sq. ft. 

of IT/ITeS, residential and hotel space and is expected to complete
in approximately two years.

Significant developments post March year-end
• Environmental clearance for the project has been received from the

authorities.

• Approval has been received from the air force authorities providing
clearance for a 190.75 meter high structure.  Earlier, the airport
authorities granted the same approval.

• GNIDA approved the master plan for the project.

• The timeline as stipulated in the lease deed from GNIDA, for Phase

I has been extended.

Sale Rate Assumption
Based on CBRE assumptions, the sale rate for Residential is assumed to
be INR 2,450 per sq. ft. while comparable projects in the vicinity are
quoting between INR 1,700 to INR 3,300 per sq. ft. Lease rate for IT is
assumed to be INR 30 per sq. ft. per month while comparable projects
are quoting INR 28 to INR 35 per sq. ft. per month. Lease rate for
Commercial space is assumed to be INR 35 per sq. ft. per month while
comparable projects are quoting INR 50 to INR 150 per month. 

FDI guidelines (project specific)
As state level SEZ notification is under process, the project is governed
by guidelines as stipulated under Press Note 2 issued by the DIPP
(Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion). 

Quoting from Press Note 2 of the 2005 series:

Original investment cannot be repatriated before a period of 3 years
from completion of minimum capitalization (US$10 mn since this is a
wholly owned subsidiary). However the investor may be permitted to
exit earlier with the prior approval of the Government through the
FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board).

The guidelines also stipulate that “at least 50% of the project must
be developed within a period of 5 years from the date of obtaining
all statutory clearances. The investor would not be 
permitted to sell undeveloped plots.”

Realization through stake sale to SachsenFonds

% of Mauritian SPV sold

TTC’s remaining % of Mauritian SPV

Sale Price (£ million)*

IRR at sale (%)

Multiple (x)

To whom

27 Dec 07
8

17 June 08
25

92

6.48

161

2.87

SF I

67

20.24

101

2.86

SF II

*Trikona TC investment of £28.9m, TTC has realized £26.88m through the
sale to SF I and SF II. 

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55%
base rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even
lower: March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54% 

DP2

Project Name

Address

Asset Classes
Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Rustomjee’s Township
Rustomjee Urbania, Majiwade, Balkum,
Mumbai-Nashik Highway Thane West, 
Maharashtra
Residential, Commercial, Retail, Hospitality
7.2 million sq. ft. on 127 acres
Keystone Realtors Pvt. Ltd. (Promoter)
Kapstone Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Three) Limited (TC-3)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
23 October 2006
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP2

IRR%
7%

Multiple (x)
1.17

Nav (£m)
12.35
October 2006
21.77% 
(COE base rate= + 6% execution risk)
June 2016

£14.4 million
£10.6 million*

100%

16%

*The Indian SPV had an option to call for £3.80 million which has been
surrendered post March year-end.

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Project Summary
Spanning an area of c. 147 sq. km., Thane houses over one million
people and contains over 200 km of roadway. As the fastest growing
satellite city to Mumbai, Thane’s seamless connectivity by road and
rail makes it a preferred destination for the middle and upper middle
class population working in Mumbai and Thane.

Rustomjee’s Township is a planned development of an integrated 
city spread over 127 acres. At the time of investment in October
2006, the plan was to construct 7.2 million sq. ft. in a phased manner
over 7 years.  In the last 18 months, the developer and Trikona TC
have been working closely to deem the project as the approved 
town centre.  If awarded this status, the construction area could
potentially increase to 9.4 million sq. ft. 

Master planning for the overall project is complete and the decision
regarding town centre approval for the project to obtain enhanced
FSI is expected. Phase I is sold out and under construction, whilst
phase II is currently in the pre-sales stage.  Project debt for both
phases has been secured and has been drawn upon as per the
schedule agreed with the bank.

Major infrastructure work, such as land levelling, the laying of
approach roads, and the re-laying of community water pipelines 
has been completed. The steel yard and mix plant have been
installed at the site to ensure uninterrupted supply of materials 
and it is anticipated that the construction of a flyover to connect 
two land segments will be completed by the end of this year.
Construction of the superstructure for six buildings and foundation
work for another two are in progress.

The project, with enhanced FSI under its township and town centre
status, is expected to be completed by June 2017. 

Key future milestones
The project value should increase upon receipt of the town centre
approval, at which point it is anticipated that development activity 
will increase and subject to market conditions, the entire project 
execution program will be put on fast track.

Sale Rate Assumption
The sale rate for Residential is INR 3,960 to INR 4,050 per sq. ft. while
comparable projects in the vicinity are quoting between INR 3,150 to
INR 5,500 per sq. ft.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54%.

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DP4

Project Name

Lady Ratan Seasons

Address

Asset Classes
Saleable Area

Partner
Indian SPV

Mauritian SPV

Plot 1 & 2 (of Lower Parel Division), 
J.R. Boricha Marg, Mahalaxmi,  Mumbai, India
Residential
1.25 million sq. ft. on 7 acres 
(post FSI increase)
Lokhandwala Group (Promoter)
Lokhandwala Kataria Constructions Pvt.
Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Five) Limited (TC-5)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
12 October 2006
Total capital invested
Cash realized
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP4

IRR%
65%

Multiple (x)
1.56

Nav (£m)
10.73
October 2006
20.77% 
(COE base rate= + 5% execution risk)
July 2013

£12.6 million
£6.3 million
£4.76 million to SF I**

59%

27%*

**This will increase to 49% after funding of balance tranche.

**Of the committed investment of £12.6m, Trikona TC has realized
£4.76m through the sale to SF I.

Project Summary
Worli represents one of the most desirable residential locations in
South Mumbai. It is home to senior executives, boutique financial
services firms, and the self-employed. This prime development area
enjoys occupancy levels as high as 85% to 90%. 

Lady Ratan Seasons is a redevelopment project under a scheme
devised by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority. The value for investors
should be enhanced post the relocation of the slum’s current tenants
away from the saleable area, but within the overall plot and upon
commencement of the new building,  which is expected in December
2009 as per the revised understanding with the promoters. The three
year lock-in also expires by this date and the revised scheduled 
completion of the project is March 2013.

Consequent to the revised guidelines issued by the authorities, there
is a significant increase in both rehabilitation and saleable areas
which has led to the rework of designs to accommodate increased
construction on the same land area. It is believed that the process will
be completed upon fulfilment of the pending committed investment of
£ 6.3 million which should be given to the Company for completion of
the project. As per the revised terms, the saleable area increased from
0.67 million sq. ft. to 0.85 million sq. ft. in view of the changed Slum
Rehabilitation Authority guidelines, which should considerably
enhance the total value of the project.

Construction of the balance rehab building is expected to start from
October-2009 and that of the sale building is expected to start from
January 2010. The project, with enhanced FSI under the revised
guidelines, is expected to complete by June 2013. 

Key future milestones
The project value is anticipated to increase upon full clean up of the
slum area.

In a major positive development for the project, the Slum Rehabilitation
Authority revoked the Stop Work Notice on July 3, 2009 acting on the
directives of the Home Department and Government of Maharashtra.

Realization through stake sale to SachsenFonds

% of Mauritian SPV sold
TTC’s remaining % of Mauritian SPV
Sale price (£ million)*
IRR at sale (%)
Multiple (x)
To whom

27 Dec 07
41
59
4.76
84
2.04
SF I

*Of the committed investment of £12.6m, TTC has realized £4.76m through
the sale to SF I. 
Sale Rate Assumption
Based on CBRE assumptions, the sale rate for Residential is assumed 
at INR 14,000 per sq. ft. while comparable projects in the vicinity are
quoting between INR 19,000 to INR 29,000 per sq. ft.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54%.

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

DB Hospitality 
(previously Neelkamal Marine Drive)

Key future milestones
The project value should increase upon:

DP6

Project Name

Address

Asset Classes
Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

South Mumbai (New Marine Lines), Goa 
(Bambolim), Pune (Nagar Road) and Sahar 
(near the International Terminal, Mumbai)
Hospitality
26.6 acres consolidated across the 4 projects
Dynamix Balwas Group (Promoter)
DB Hospitality (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Seven) Limited (TC-7)

IRR%
-2%

Multiple (x)
0.96

Nav (£m)
11.748
15 December 2006
18.27%-20.77%  
(COE base rate= + 2.5 to 5% execution risk)
May 2012

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed £12.2 million

Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP6

(15 December 2006 - £5.73m, 
31 January 2008 - £6.4m*)
£12.13 million*

100%

9.54%

*Exchange rate differential at the time of investment

Project Summary
India’s growing middle class fuelled by robust economic performance
is proving to be a burgeoning audience for the Indian leisure industry.
DB Hospitality currently owns an operational five star hotel, Le
Meridien, in Mumbai and land under development for three luxury
hotels over the next two to three years under the Hyatt Brand. The
investments are in the cities of Mumbai, Pune and Goa - which offer
higher occupancy rates and higher average room rates. 

DB Hospitality offered Trikona TC the opportunity to own a stake in the
development and operation of five star hotels, serviced apartments,
leased apartments, a prime resort and a hotel with villas in key 
business and tourist destinations across India.The decision to invest
was driven by the fact that DB Group already had two operational
hotels and proposed to develop further hotels in Mumbai, Pune and
Goa; cities that offer relatively higher occupancy and room rates.

Design work on all the hotels is complete. The civil construction for
the Goa hotel is complete and the finishing/interior work is in
progress. The Goa hotel is likely to be soft commissioned in March
2010. Pune and Mumbai hotels are planned to be operational by
December 2010 and May 2012 respectively. 

• The planned commissioning of Goa’s largest five-star deluxe

resort, the Grand Hyatt 

• Substantial progress has been made on finalising the design and

pre-construction of the shell of the iconic development which shall
be the tallest structure in India comprising of a five star deluxe
hotel, serviced apartments and a premium retail mall in south
Mumbai with an expected completion date of May 2012.

Average Room Rate (ARR) Assumption
Based on CBRE assumptions, the ARR for the Mumbai hotel (under 
construction) is INR 16,250, Mumbai hotel (operational) is INR 8,750
and average Occupancy Rate is 70%, Goa hotel (under construction) is
INR 7,000 and Pune hotel (under construction) is INR 9,000.

Subsequent events post March year-end
DB Hospitality has diversified into providing in-flight catering services
to airlines through an entity called ‘Conwood Inflight’. It has an
agreement with Lufthansa Airlines and Thai Airlines for its catering
services. Within India, they currently cater to two Kingfisher Red 
sectors and propose to increase this to 11 sectors over the next quarter.
The Company has also signed a comprehensive exclusive agreement
with Japan’s JAL Hotels Company Limited which has 59 luxury hotels
worldwide, comprising of 829 rooms in Europe, the Middle East, the
US and throughout Japan and the Asia Pacific region. 

Under this agreement DB will be developing properties bearing the
brand DB-Nikko in nine cities in India. It is planned that DB Hospitality
invest a total of USD 1 billion over the next four years for the 
development of hotel projects in the country. The Nikko hotel openings
will start from 2010. 

Under another agreement with Hyatt Place, DB Hospitality have two
hotels under construction – one in Pune and the other in the Mundra
SEZ (the only port based SEZ in India). The Hyatt Place hotels are
anticipated to be mid-market city hotels located in and around centres
of trade activity and business.

As planned, the operational Le Meridien Ahmadabad was inducted into
the DB Hospitality portfolio.

Total area constructed and sold (under progress)
Grand Hyatt Goa, 171 rooms and 20,000 sq. ft. of retail space

Park Hyatt Mumbai, 510 mts with 95 storeys, 275 Rooms; 50 
serviced apartments and 50 long stay residences and 125, 000 sq. ft.
of retail space

Grand Hyatt Pune: 324 rooms

Le Meridien, Mumbai (Operating): 171 rooms

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54% .

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DP10

Project Name

Luxor Cyber City 

Address

Asset Classes
Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Village Shikopur, Tehsil Sohna, Gurgaon, 
Haryana 
IT/ITeS
8.18 million sq. ft. on 62.6 acres
Uppal & Luxor Group (Promoter)
Luxor Cyber City Pvt. Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Fourteen) Limited (TC-14)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Cash realized
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP10

IRR%
-6%

Multiple (x)
0.91

Nav (£m)
25.33
12 June 2007
21.27%  
(COE base rate= + 5.5% execution risk)
December 2014
£38.4 million
£38.4 million
£9.42 million to SF II

85%

49.38%*

Project Summary
Luxor Cyber City is a planned 63 acre development of an IT/ITeS SEZ
in Gurgaon, the second largest IT/ITeS destination in India. It is also
among the first few Special Economic Zones declared in the National
Capital Region, enabling it to take advantage of the fact that over
8,000 companies may move into an SEZ to retain the tax-free status
they may lose in the future.

The partners in the project intend to trifurcate the land and carry on
their own proportionate developments. TC-14 has recently acquired a
99.99% stake in Nirmaan Buildwell Pvt. Ltd which should become the
co-developer of the SEZ for TC-14’s share of the land, and the Trikona
TC Board has approved the £10.5 million required for completion which
is to be drawn in tranches as per the requirements of the project.

The earlier plan was for the partners to jointly develop the land along-
side a reputed co-developer. Despite efforts by Trikona TC, the final
offer from a leading international developer was not considered to be
in the best interest of all parties. Hence, it is planned that Trikona TC’s
portion of the land will be developed on a standalone basis. 

The master plan for the entire property has been prepared and has
been sent to the authorities for approval. The government has 
decided to lay a new road running though the property which 
should significantly improve access to our site. It is anticipated that
construction activity will start on the approval of the master plan 
and execution of the trifurcation agreement.

The project is expected to complete by September 2016. 

Key future milestones
The project value should increase upon approval by the SEZ authorities
of Nirmaan Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. as the co-developer, and post the devel-
opment of phase I, which comprises 900,000 sq. ft. out of a total of 3.3
million sq. ft. and is due over the next 24 months.

Subsequent events post March year-end
Cash for completion of £10.5 million, as approved by the Board is yet to
be released.

The Board of LCC has approved the trifurcation process and accordingly
it has been agreed that the TC-14 portion of the property will be 
developed on a standalone basis by a company nominated by TC-14.

The Master Plan for the entire property has been prepared and 
submitted to HUDA for approval.

Sale Rate Assumption
Based on CBRE assumptions, the lease rate has been assumed at INR
36 per sq. ft. per month while comparable projects in the vicinity are
quoting between INR 35 to INR 50 per sq. ft. per month.

FDI guidelines (project specific)
Being a notified SEZ this project is governed by the SEZ Act 2005. 

Realization through stake sale to SachsenFonds

% of Mauritian SPV sold
TTC’s remaining % of Mauritian SPV
Sale Price (£ million)*
IRR at sale (%)
Multiple (x)
To whom

17 June 08
15
85
9.42
63
1.64
SF II

*Of the committed investment of £38.4m, TTC has realized £9.42m through
the sale to SF II.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54%.

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Key future milestones
The project value should increase upon the completion of the high-end
residential projects in Goregaon and Kandivili and Dahisar which are
planned to be constructed over the next 18 months. Progress on the
Mahul project, involving development of 8.8 million sq. ft. in one 
location should also add considerable value.

The IPO registration process for this company is underway. Once priced,
the Company should see better valuation and liquidity for this investment.

Subsequent events post March year-end
The project value should increase upon:

• The Dahisar Retail Mall has been repositioned and re-launched as

a residential project comprising of 3300 affordable homes of which
2077 have been pre-sold.

• The Kandivali project was launched in the last quarter and 

approximately 70% (393 out of 543) of total flats were sold. 

• The developer plans to launch four more projects this year in 

addition to six projects already under construction out of the total
20 projects.

• In addition 3 new projects have been added to the portfolio – two
in Mumbai and one in Pune. This takes the total number of projects
in the portfolio to 23.

• The Board of DB Realty has approved the IPO process to be initiated.

Sale Rate Assumption
The average realisation to date from the Mahul project has been INR
2154 per sq. ft. The average sale rate for Gokuldham is INR 7,483 per
sq. ft. and for Kandivali Suburbia is INR 5,863 per sq. ft., while for the
Dahisar project it is INR 2,972 per sq. ft.

State of planning, physical progress and completion
Total area constructed and sold (under progress)

Mahul
25 out of 65 buildings have been constructed.  This project will 
ultimately rehabilitate Project Affected People (PAP) in Mumbai. The
project generates Transferable Development Rights (TDR) in lieu of 
constructed space handed over to the Government. On completion, 
this project is anticipated to generate 8.8 million sq. ft. of TDR – of this,
3.3 million sq. ft. has already been generated. 

Gokuldham
480, 365 sq. ft. of high-end residential space pre-sold, out of 1.1 million
sq. ft. planned to be built.

Kandivali Suburbia
227, 098 sq. ft. of affordable residential space pre-sold.

Dahisar
2077 of 3,300 affordable homes have been pre-sold.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54%.

DP11

Project Name

Address
Asset Classes
Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Dynamix Balwas Realty 
(DB Realty)

Projects in Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra
Residential, Commercial, Retail and Hospitality
39.93 million sq. ft. 
Dynamix Balwas Group (Promoter)
DB Realty (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Eleven) Limited (TC-11)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP11

Multiple (x)
1.75

IRR%
36%

Nav (£m)
46.17
23 April 2007
20.77% 
(COE base rate= + 5% execution risk)
March 2014
£26.4 million
£26.4 million

100%

5.92%

Project Summary
Dynamix Balwas Realty (DB Realty), promoted by Dynamix Balwas
Group, is a US$2 billion conglomerate with a 25 year track record in
real estate development.  Designed as a holding company with the
specific purpose of undertaking development rights based or joint
ventures (JVs)/special purpose vehicles (SPVs) based projects in
Mumbai, it is now well known for its strong residential portfolio and
capabilities in developing different asset types.

The group’s portfolio of 20 projects is located in prime areas of
Mumbai and Pune and will result in 39.93 million sq. ft. of residential,
commercial, retail and urban rejuvenation space. 

Following successful investments in DB Hospitality and MK Malls, the
Manager was presented with several interesting projects by the
Dynamix Balwas Group (DB) and jointly created DB Realty as a holding
company of development rights in JVs and SPVs. Based on an 
investment philosophy of focussing on redevelopment projects, the
DB Group operates by clearing tenanted properties where they 
compensate existing tenants and redevelop the land. The group 
targets projects in populated areas where land availability is scarce.
Strong execution skills complement DB Realty’s business philosophy,
and have given the group a competitive advantage as it redefines the
landscape of Mumbai through the development of about 40 million
sq. ft. of land.

Trikona TC’s investment of £26.4 million concluded simultaneously
with Lehman Brothers’ and IIML’s investment for the same amount
and stake holding.DB subsequently added eight more projects in 
the SPV without any additional equity infusion by investors. 

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DP13

Project Name MIG Group IV
Address

MIG Group-IV, Gandhi Nagar, Bandra East,
Mumbai - 400051, Mumbai
Urban Rejuvenation, Residential
267, 370 sq. ft. and rehabilitation 
330, 000 sq. ft.
Keystone Realtors Pvt. Ltd. (Promoter)
Rustomjee Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Fifteen) Ltd. (TC-15)

Asset Classes
Saleable Area

Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP13

IRR%
-11%

Multiple (x)
0.91

Nav (£m)
1.48
May 2008
21.27% 
(COE base rate= + 5.5% execution risk)
September 2009
£20.5 million
£3.79 million*

45%

49%

*The investment was intended to be made in 4 tranches as envisaged in
the business plan.

Project Summary
The site is in close proximity to the Secondary Business District
(SBD) of Mumbai known as the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which is
fast outgrowing the traditional/preferred Central Business District
(CBD) of Nariman Point. As more corporate offices are moving into
BKC, there is an increasing demand for quality residential real estate
space in the adjoining areas.

The MIG colony in Bandra East is divided into six groups – Group I 
to VI. All the groups are at varying stages of negotiations for 
redevelopment. The proposed redevelopment project will see a 
complete renewal of the neighbourhood as the program will involve
adding of new community facilities in addition to high-rise housing.
The project will encompass 598,133 sq. ft. of which 330,763 sq. ft.
will be used for rehabilitating the existing society members and
267,370 sq. ft. will be available to the project SPV for sale at the
market value.

It is envisaged that the development will comprise of high-end 
residential condominiums under the MHADA redevelopment scheme
in a prime location of Bandra East. Of the total committed investment
of INR 1625 million, an initial investment of INR 300 million was
made in May 2008, held by Trikona TC and SF (45:55 respectively).

In view of Trikona TC’s new investment policy, a resolution was
passed at the TC-15 level between itself and SF to review the 
transaction in March 2009. Trikona Capital Group commenced 
negotiations with the development partner (Keystone Group) in 
April 2009 to unwind the transaction. The FEMA consultant and legal
counsel are currently working on this.

The process has freed up the committed investment such steps are
being taken for making an application to FIPB seeking an earlier
repatriation of INR 300 million (£3.89 m) as the invested amount is
locked in for 3 years. Upon approval TCM will receive back 45% of
the invested amount less the cost of winding the transactions out 
of the disbursed amount subject to RBI/FIPB approvals.  

State of planning, physical progress and completion
Due to market conditions, the Manager asked the developer to 
renegotiate terms with the MIG Housing Society. A revised proposal
with the corpus modified down from INR 1,120 million to INR 600 
million was presented to the MIG Housing Society and negotiations 
are underway. 

Since there was a request from Trikona TC to generate extra cash, 
the Manager has initiated the process of unwinding this investment
with permission from SF and the local developer; a resolution to this
effect was passed in Mauritius. The IRR would have been in excess of
28% if the project was implemented as per the proposed renegotiated
program.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54% .

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Key future milestones
The project is expected to be completed in approximately 6 years. The
project value is anticipated to increase on the delivery of the first 252
residential apartments to Pipavav Shipyard Limited, which is expected
within the next two years.

Update since March 2009
The Master Plan for the township has been approved by the Town
Planning Authority.

State of planning, physical progress and completion
• The topographical survey of the project land along with detailed site
and layout analysis has been completed and the Environmental
Impact Assessment survey is underway. 

• The master plan for the proposed township has been finalized and
submitted to the Town Planning Authority for approval.  This has
now been approved.

• Detailed building design and cost estimates are being reviewed for

the proposed 252 apartments forming part of phase I of the project. 

• The project engineer has been appointed alongside architectural,
structural and MEP design consultants. Design of 252 apartments
offered to Pipavav Shipyard Limited has been completed.

• In January 2009, the developer and Company entered into a

Memorandum of Understanding with the Gujarat Maritime Board
(GMB), wherein the Government of Gujarat (GoG) and the GMB will
co-operate to establish, develop and implement this project. 

• Land development activity is in progress. Tenders for construction

of 252 apartments are being floated. Construction activity is
expected to start from October 2009.

• Completion is anticipated to be in March 2021.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54%

DP14

Project Name

Address
Asset Classes

Saleable Area

Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP14

Sankalp Township  
Pipavav, District Amreli, Gujarat
Township - Residential, Commercial, 
Retail, Hospitality  and Healthcare
6,622,166 sq. ft. (Residential Plots and Low 
Rise Apartments); 877, 600 sq. ft. (Hotel and 
Retail) and 239, 176 sq. ft. (other Amenities) 
over 217 acres 
Panthera Developers Private Ltd. 
Sankalp Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Fourteen) Limited (TC-14)

Multiple (x)
0.65

IRR%
-65%

Nav (£m)
2.2
October 2008
21.77% 
(COE base rate= + 6% execution risk)
June 2014
£3.1 million*
£3.1 million

100%

31.6%

*The with an option to invest additional £ 1.4 million
**Voting Rights on the 31.6% and economic benefits on 61.84% post 
the second amendment agreement. The balance commitment has been
cancelled.

Project Summary
The Sankalp project in Pipavav, Gujarat, is an integrated township
project spread over 217 acres, adjacent to one of the fastest growing
ports and industrial towns in India. The project will cater to the
demand for housing generated by the large blue collar and 
engineering workforce employed by the already operational port,
shipyard and cement plant. 

The area around the project site has witnessed tremendous 
industrial growth, while the local infrastructure and available 
residential facilities have not been able to keep pace. Sankalp 
is positioned to capture the local demand for residential and 
commercial space driven by this industrial development.

Plans for the township offer all the necessary amenities including 
a school, hospital, hotels and commercial and retail space in one
area. Construction activity in phase I to develop 100 acres should
commence in October 2009. Sankalp has signed a MoU to construct
252 (0.25 million sq. ft.) flats for shipyard staff as per the specifications
provided by Pipavav Shipyard Limited. Currently, this workforce 
commutes to and from work for a minimum duration of one to two
hours [each way/per day], whereas the Sankalp Township project is
located only 15 kms from the shipyard and port. 

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DP15

Project Name

Address

Asset Classes

Saleable Area

Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Jodhana Developers
Umaid Bhawan Palace Precincts,  District 
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Residential Villas and Commercial development
including Handicrafts space
1,176,120 sq ft (residential villas) and 
313,632 sq ft (commercial space)
Panthera Developers Private
Jodhana Developers Pvt. Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Seventeen) Limited (TC-17)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP17

Multiple (x)
1.36

IRR%
112%

Nav (£m)
8.26
1 October 2008
20.77% 
(COE base rate= + 5% execution risk)
September 2013
£11.9 million
£5.6 million*

100%

48%

*The balance commitment has been cancelled through an amendment
agreement.

Project Summary
The project comprises the development of 19 acres of commercial
area and 9.7 acres of high-end residential villas located within the
precincts of the Umaid Bhawan Palace. 

Umaid Bhawan Palace precincts are in prime locations of Jodhpur,
the second largest commercial city of Rajasthan.  It hosts India’s
largest handicrafts export market and is a gateway to the deserts of
Jaisalmer and Barmer and is also an important tourist destination of
India. The targeted clientele for the proposed handicrafts, commercial
and retail portion of the project are the successful businessmen of
the city. They are currently operating across the city due to a lack of
any planned development offering quality retail space. For residential
developments, the target market is the rich local and non-resident
Marwari diaspora (people originally from Marwar) dispersed across
India and abroad who are keen to have a luxury residence in the 
capital city of the Marwari Kingdom.  

Key future milestones
The project value should increase upon the commissioning of the 
handicrafts hub and presales of villas. It is anticipated that work shall
commence shortly.

Subsequent events post March year-end
TTC’s liability to fund the portion of SF’s commitment has been 
extinguished through an amendment agreement signed between the
project company and TTC announced in May 2009.

State of planning, physical progress and completion
The project comprises of residential and commercial developments 
on two land parcels. The Company has appointed JLLS (Jones Lang 
La Salle) to carry out the “best use” study to decide on the exact mix 
of commercial components on the 19 acres. The report was received in
the month of July 2009. Based on the recommendations from JLLS, 
the planning and design process should start for the commercial 
segment of 19 acres. The 9.68 acres of residential space is already 
part of a well laid-out township of Umaid Bhawan Heritage. Designs
and specifications for three specimen villas are being finalized. Project
completion is expected by January 2014.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54% .

DP16

Project Name

Address

Asset Classes

Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Virar Township
Survey Nos. 5,  Village Dongare (Dongar Pada)
(Village Narangi), Sub-District of Vasai, District
Thane, India
Residential, Commercial, High Street Retail 
and Retail Mall
12.4 million sq. ft.
Keystone Realtors Pvt. Ltd. (Promoter)
Enigma Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Eighteen) Limited (TC-18)

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Cost of equity

Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP13

Multiple (x)
0.98

IRR%
-5%

Nav (£m)
5.55
October 2008
21.77% 
(COE base rate= + 6% execution risk)
September 2016
£10.82 million
£5.09 million*

100%

23.03%

*The balance commitment has been cancelled through an amendment
agreement.

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Project Summary
Spread over 217 acres, this project is one of Mumbai’s largest 
affordable middle-income group housing projects. 

The informal launch has registered pre-sales of almost 30%. This
now makes the project a market leader in terms of size in the Virar
micro-market.

At the time of investment, the project had all approvals and permissions
in place. Subsequent to Trikona TC’s investment, there was a beneficial
change in the size of the project (from 43 acres to 217 acres) without
any additional investment. This project is now structured as a joint
venture with the landowner, and construction is proceeding according
to schedule. 

Key future milestones
The formal launch of 1 million sq. ft. is expected late in 2009.

Subsequent events post March year-end
As part of the re-worked strategy, the land cost has been reworked 
to INR 338 per sq. ft. from INR 905 per sq. ft. by undertaking the 
development of the entire 217 acres (43 acres earlier) through a JV with
the land owners (without any additional equity investment from TCM).
This has brought down the land cost per sq. ft. saleable area from INR
905 to INR 338, (-63%).

The construction cost also has been reduced from INR 1140 per sq. ft. to
INR 950 per sq. ft. through value engineering. This has enabled the
developer to reduce the sale price across all products.  In the two
months following the change in price, the developer sold an additional
1500 flats.

As of August end, a total of 2070 flats out of 2,378 have been sold.
Prices have been increased twice since May 2009 approximately 10-12%
each time. The average sale price is INR 1800.

State of planning, physical progress and completion
Master planning for the entire site is complete. Detailed designs for all
buildings in the project have been completed and initial approvals in the
form of Intimation of Disapproval (IoD) have been obtained. Foundation
work for 15 buildings is in progress. The compound wall for the entire
site has been constructed. Internal roads are being laid. Construction of
an eight acre amusement park is advancing as per the plan. The first set
of buildings is expected to be handed over to buyers by July 2010.

The project is expected to complete by March 2025. (previously 2011 –
extended due to an increase in land area). Cost for completion per sq.
ft. is down due to value engineering, with construction costs down to
INR 950 per sq. ft. from INR 1,140 per sq. ft.

Sale Rate Assumption
Based on CBRE assumptions, the sale rate for Residential is INR 1,800
to INR 1,900 per sq. ft. while comparable projects in the vicinity are
quoting between INR 1,800 to INR 2,491 per sq. ft.

=COE base rate for the cost of equity in March 2009 is 15.77%.  In the past, the Cost of Equity
number has been presented as a single number and included a uniform risk premium
between 1.5% and 2.5% across all projects. In this report the risk premium has been set on
project by project basis as shown above and added to the base rate to arrive at the COE for
the project.
In Sept ’08 a single cost of equity rate of 16.55% was applied across all projects (14.55% base
rate and 2% execution risk premium). Historically the final COE rate has been even lower:
March ’07 = 13.29%, Sept ’07 = 12.88%, and March ’08 = 15.54% .

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Equity Holdings 

EH7

Project Name

Location
Asset Classes
Partner
Mauritian SPV
Type

Percentage held
Type
Exchange
Ticker [BSE]

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in EH7

Fortis Healthcare Limited

Pan India 
Infrastructure 
Ranbaxy Group
Trinity Capital (Eight) Limited (TC-8)
Healthcare facilities, hospitals

Multiple (x)
0.55

3.5%
Public
Bombay Stock Exchange
FORTIS

IRR%
-25%

Nav (£m)
7.4
15 January 2007
September 2010
£13.5 million
£13.5 million

100%

100%

Project Summary
Fortis Healthcare Limited was established in 1996 by the promoters
of Ranbaxy Laboratories. Fortis Healthcare has a network of 16 
hospitals and 12 satellite centres with 2,500 operational beds and an
existing capacity of 3,000 beds.

Fortis recently acquired 10 marquee hospitals of Wockhardt with 
a capacity of 1,902 beds, taking Fortis’s total bed capacity to 
approximately 5000. The hospitals include multi-specialty and 
super-specialty centres, providing healthcare to patients in cardiac
care, orthopaedics, neurosciences, oncology, renal care, gastroen-
terology and mother and child care. Fortis has charted aggressive
plans for setting up around 40 hospitals with approximately 6000
beds in India. Currently the company’s two Greenfield projects are
under construction and will add around 600 beds by 2011.

The healthcare services market in India is expected to grow from
Rs1,513 billion in 2007 to Rs2,654billion by 2012 (Source: India
Healthcare Trends 2008, Technopak Advisors). According to the
World Health Organisation (WHO), India healthcare spending is very
low. In 2004, it was US$34.9bn, or 5.2% of GDP and government
spending was a meager 1.2% of the GDP. With the economy growing
and incomes rising, healthcare spending is expected to rise to 5.5%
of GDP (US$60.9bn) by 2012. Private healthcare spending is likely to
contribute the largest component in 2012, rising to Rs1,560 billion
from the current level of Rs690 billion.

Over the last 4 years, Fortis Healthcare added 21 hospitals to its 
bouquet through acquisitions.  In Jan 2009, International Hospital Ltd
(IHL), its 100 % subsidiary, acquired 28.89% interest in Medical and
Surgical Centre (MSCL), a company listed in Mauritius that owns the
120- bed Fortis Clinique Darné Hospital in Mauritius for Rs155 million.
In Feb 2009, IHL increased its equity interest in Lalitha Healthcare 

Private Ltd (LHPL), which owns the Fortis Hospital Seshadripuram in 
Bangalore, to 67.23% for Rs52 million. The same month, it added Fortis
Modi Hospital Kota, a 100-bed facility to its O&M hospital network taking
the count to five with around 500 operating beds. In August 2009, Fortis
acquired 10 key hospitals of Wockhardt hospitals with 1,902 beds.

Key future milestones
Fortis plans to double bed capacity by 2012 - The company is looking to
penetrate markets in west and south India. It also plans to increase bed
capacity to 6,000 by 2012 from the current capacity of 4,000 beds.

Deal between Fortis and Apollo - The company has taken over the 
operational and managerial control of the Apollo Modi Hospital in Kota
city (state of Rajasthan) to provide superior healthcare services in the
region.

Separate entity for Escorts Heart Institutes - The company is growing its
flagship cardiac hospital brand ‘Escorts Heart Institutes’ as a separate
entity within its newly acquired hospitals.

Subsequent events post March year-end
May 2009, Fortis completed the acquisition of Apollo RM Hospital in
Bangalore.

June 2009, Fortis took the management control of SL Raheja Hospital 
in Mumbai. The 200 bed S L Raheja Hospital is one of the affordable
destinations in Mumbai city for cancer and diabetes patients.

June 2009, Fortis reported positive Q1-FY10 top line growth. Fortis
Healthcare’s revenues increased 33% Y-o-Y to INR 1.85bn. Operating
margins improved by 500bps to 15.1%.

August 2009, Fortis announced a rights issue at INR 110 per share in
August’09: Fortis Healthcare announced the terms of an INR 10bn 
rights issue. The rights issue will result in a dilution of 40%. Since the
Company has not applied for the rights issue post the successful 
allotment, the company shareholding will reduce from 3.5% to
2.5%.The company intends to use the capital for the repayment of 
part debt payment of INR 1.7bn, redemption of preference capital of 
INR 2.6bn, 2bn for part funding of its upcoming 350 bed facility at
Gurgaon and funding of Shalimar Bag facility.

August 2009, Fortis acquired Wockhardt, representing the largest
acquisition in Indian Healthcare space. Fortis announced the acquisition
of 10 Wockhardt Hospitals across Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru 
with a total bed capacity of 1,902 beds for INR 9.1Bn. The acquisition
comprises of 8 operational hospitals with a capacity of 1,386 beds 
(856 operational beds) and 2 hospitals under construction which will
add another 534 beds.

Financials

March Y/E (MN)
Revenue
Y/Y Revenue growth
EBITDA margins
EPS
P/E (x)
EV/EBITDA
RoE

Source: Company reports

2008
5071
-2.4%
4.1%
(2.45) 

127.2
(5.8)

2009 
6307
24.4%
13.6%
0.9 
111x
31.1
1,9

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EH8

Project Name

Pipavav Shipyard

Address

Asset Classes
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Pipavav Shipyard, Post Ucchaiya, Via Rajula, 
District Amreli, Gujarat 
Infrastructure (Shipyard) 
SKIL Group (Promoter)
Pipavav Shipyard Limited (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Nine) Limited (TC-9)

Multiple (x)
2.19

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in EH8

IRR%
44%

Nav (£m)
29.67
23 January 2007
September 2010
£13.5 million
£13.5 million

100%

7.91%

Project Summary
The International Maritime Organization’s decision to either scrap
all single hull structure oil tankers or convert them into double hull
structures by 2010 has revived interest in the shipbuilding sector
across the globe, reinvigorating a USD250 billion market. This global
revival has translated into renewed interest in the Indian shipbuilding
market and has led to an increase in the order book from about INR
15 billion in 2002 to over INR 100 billion today. 

The Pipavav port started operations in 1996 primarily to cater to the
refrigerated cargo market of Veraval but has over the years developed
into a port handling cargo from various nearby and north/west India
locations. It is the first private sector port in India controlled and
operated by the A. P. Moller Group (Maersk) of Denmark - one of the
largest maritime groups in the world. It has been commercially 
operational for the last six years and has state of the art handling
equipment, road networks and railroad connectivity, thus offering the
necessary logistical support to the shipyard. 

The Pipavav Shipyard is expected to be largest shipyard in India, with
the capacity to build and repair vessels of up to 400,000 DWT. The
shipyard has an all-weather marine enclave and one of the shortest
approach channels, allowing for easy ship movement and faster 
turnaround time.

The project is spread over 210 acres and is poised to become the
world’s fifth largest shipyard. Upon completion of construction, the
shipyard will be capable of ship construction and repairs for a range
of vessels of different sizes and types, as well as the fabrication and
construction of products such as offshore platforms, oil and gas rigs,
jackets and vessels. The shipyard is being constructed on the 
principle of concurrent shipbuilding, which means that production 
of vessels can commence simultaneously as the shipyard is built. 

Objective and context 
SKIL Group has an excellent track record, including but not limited 
to its implementation of India’s first private port, first PPP project 
for construction of a connecting railway line to the port and 
pioneering the largest SEZ outside Mumbai in which Reliance
Industries, India’s largest private sector conglomerate, acquired 
a controlling stake.

Trikona TC invested at a price of INR 25 per share followed by 
several PE players such as New York Life and Indus Capital at the
same price. Subsequently, Citadel, SemCorp, Standard Chartered
Bank’s Asian Infrastructure fund invested at INR 45 per share. The
last round investors which include Blackstone, Merrill Lynch, 
Galleon and Deutsche Bank invested at INR 80 per share. 

Punj Lloyd, one of India’s largest Engineering & Construction 
contractors joined the company as co-promoters taking a 25.1%
stake in the company bringing strategic value through potentially
lucrative new business opportunities such as oil rigs and Floating
Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels.

The promoters are at an advanced stage of obtaining approval for 
carrying out high end naval defence projects for the shipyard which
would insulate the project from cyclical effects of the shipbuilding
industry.

Key future milestones
• Project completion date for the shipyard expected around October

2009.

• Delivery of first ship out of the 22 under construction, expected

around April 2010 with subsequent deliveries at intervals ranging
from 1 to 3months...The Company expects offshore business of close
to INR 2 billion during the current year 2009-2010 based on 15%
success rate on a bidding of about INR 13 billion worth of tenders.

Subsequent events post March year-end
• Commercial operations commenced in April 2009 with construction

of four vessels,

• Awarded order for 12 OSV-Offshore Supply Vessels amounting US$

111.85 million from ONGC-Oil & Natural Gas Corporation.

• The shipyard has commenced commercial operations since April 2009.

• As planned, the company submitted its Red Herring Prospectus
(RHP) with SEBI on September 5, 2009 for issue of 85,450,225
Equity Shares. The issue will constitute 12.83% of the post-issue
equity share capital of the company. 

• The price band for the IPO has been fixed at INR 55/share – INR

60/share. 

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State of planning, physical progress and completion
Critical development risks have already been mitigated as PSL is 
in advanced stages of implementation and project completion for 
the shipyard is expected in October 2009. In the first phase of the
project, which is currently under way, one of the existing wet 
basins (680m x 65m) is being converted into a dry-dock of 661m x
65m. This is capable of being used either as one large dry dock 
capable of accommodating the largest vessels under construction, 
or as two separate dry docks, each capable of building one Panama 
x size vessel. This phase is expected to be commissioned by October
2009.

The dry dock will be serviced by two Goliath cranes, each having 
a lifting capacity of 600 tonne, and two level luffing cranes.
Dewatering systems capable of meeting the requirements of 
both docks are being installed. To facilitate afloat fit-out and 
commissioning of ships, including afloat repairs, a 300 meter 
long quay, with the capacity for berthing on both sides is being 

constructed with adequate draft and serviced by a level luffing 
crane. The entrance of the dry dock will also have a 100 meter 
extension track for the Goliath cranes for unloading heavy machinery
and equipment weighing up to 1200 tonne directly from ships and
heavy lift barges. It is planned that phase I of the Company’s 
expansion will be augmented with the addition of a shiplift facility
with land berths which will cater to the construction of small to 
medium sized ships and heavy lift barges, both merchant and
defence. This facility can also be used for ship repair.Planning is
underway to convert the second dock in to a dry dock.

PSL has executed firm contracts to build twenty two 74,500 
DWT Panamax Class bulk carriers with Golden Ocean Group 
Ltd. Bermuda/Norway, Setaf SAS (Bourbon Groupe, France) and 
AVGI Maritime, Marshall Islands. PSL’s order book currently stands
at USD 885 million. These ships will be delivered between Apr 
2010-2012. The first two ships are expected to be delivered b
Jan-Apr 2010.

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EH9

Project Name

ITNL

Address

Asset Classes
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

The IL&FS Financial Centre, Plot C22, G Block
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai
Infrastructure
IL&FS (Promoter)
IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd (Company) 
Trinity Capital (Two) Limited (TC-2)

Multiple (x)
1.17

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP2

IRR%
7%

Nav (£m)
5.9
5 October 2006
June 2010
£5.10  million
£5.10  million

100%

2.50%

Project Summary
IL&FS Transportation Networks (India) Limited (ITNL) was formed by
Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) to create 
a pan-India surface transport business. IL&FS has identified the
Transport Sector as an area of focus and represents itself in this 
sector through ITNL. 

ITNL has established itself as a player with significant experience 
in the development, commissioning and management of road 
projects and is also developing capabilities in other sub-sectors 
such as railways, urban transportation systems and logistics.

Trikona TC’s investment in ITNL was carried out with the objective of
participating in the development of core infrastructure facilities in India. 

Trikona TC’s investment at INR 100 per share was followed by
Goldman Sachs at the same price and Standard Chartered Asian
Infrastructure Fund (SCAIF) at INR 133 per share. 

ITNL, being promoted by IL&FS, has the unique advantage of being
able to enter into ‘Memorandum of Understanding’s’ with various
state and central government authorities for large road projects
under the PPP (Public Private Partnership) route, against the 
conventional bid process. ITNL is a dividend paying company and 
has paid out two rounds of dividends to Trikona TC between 2006
and 2008 totalling INR 12.01 million.

Key future milestones
The forthcoming IPO of one of ITNL’s subsidiary companies, in addition
to its own, will add significant value to Trikona TC’s investment. 

Update since May 2009
• ITNL executed the Concession Agreement for the Gomti Beawar

project on April 1, 2009 at Delhi. This was probably the last of the
projects which were awarded prior to the announcement of the
Election Model code of conduct and the first to be awarded by the
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 

• A consortium comprising ITNL Enso Rail Systems (IERS) and DLF is
all set to bag the first privately operated metro line project on a 

build-and-operate basis in Haryana. The consortium was the sole
bidder for the line that would come up in Gurgaon at a cost of
about INR 10 bn. IERS, together with affiliates, holds 74 percent
while the remaining 26 percent being held by India’s leading real
estate developer DLF. 

• ITNL was declared the preferred bidder for Narketpally Addanki
Medarametla Road (SH-2 on BOT (toll) basis) of Andhra Pradesh
Road Development Corporation (APRDC). Total length of the 
project is 213 Kms, with an estimated Total Project Cost of INR 
16 bn. Concession Period for the Project is 24 years including the
Construction Period of 910 days.  ITNL to get a grant amount of INR
4.74 bn for viability gap funding.

• ITNL has bid for 13 domestic projects for Road, Railways and

Airport developments and 4 international projects involving outlay
of over INR 170 bn/USD 3.4 bn.

• As ITNL was on a holding operation mode as the year of turbulent
in terms of economic and financial turmoil caused by the crisis in
the international financial sector.  Operating revenue of the company
remain stagnant at INR 1.3 bn as per unaudited results for 2008-
09; however total revenue including other income shown a decline
of 9% over previous year.  Consequently, Net profit after tax
declined to INR 504 m i.e. 35% over previous year.  Board of 
directors have recommended a dividend of 12.5% on equity shares
(previous year - 20%) which translates into aggregate dividend of
INR 5.35 m for TCM. 

As planned ITNL has initiated the process of filing documentation
required for an IPO. They are expected to file the Draft Red Herring
Prospectus (DRHP) with SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) 
by end of September 2009.

State of planning, physical progress and completion
At present, ITNL has a portfolio of 11 strategically located road projects
totalling over 3000 km. Out of the 11 projects, six projects are 
operational and the remaining five are under implementation. The
operational projects cover about 1500 km and are generating revenues
either in the form of toll revenues or annuity income from respective
state governments. ITNL is a dividend paying company.

Road Infrastructure Development Company of Rajasthan (RIDCOR) is a
50:50 JV between Government of Rajasthan (GoR) and ITNL. Phase I of
the project is operational and was conceptualised by the GoR for
development of linking roads to increase connectivity between the
north and south. It comprises of seven stretches of roads aggregating
to a total length of 1053 km at various strategic locations. Phase II of
the project is under implementation and comprises of nine stretches
with a total length of 1340 km.  Due to the performance of RIDCOR on
road improvement, the GoR recently awarded three additional road
stretches aggregating to a total length of 153 km as a part of phase II.     

The Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd. (NTBC) project is an eight lane, 7.5
km link across the river Yamuna connecting Noida with South Delhi. It
is fully operational, with a registered growth rate of over 150% from
previous year. Current revenues stand at £9.04 million and has been
built–up as per international standards. NTBC is a listed company.

In order to further its transport initiative, ITNL has acquired an 80%
stake for INR 80 million in Nagpur Bus Transport System from Vansh
Infotech Pvt. Ltd (VIPL). VIPL has been declared as a preferred bidder
by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for operating its City Bus
Service on a Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis for 10 years
extendable for another five years. The project envisages an acquisition
of about 200 buses for operating in city and payment of royalty of INR
3,750-4,000/ USD 75-80 per month per bus to NMC.

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EH12

Project Name

Address
Asset Classes
Type
Saleable Area
Partner
Indian SPV
Mauritian SPV

Phoenix Mills
Pan India
Retail, Hospitality and Commercial
Retail led mixed development 
21.4 million sq. ft.
Phoenix Mills Limited
Phoenix Mills Limited 
Trinity Capital (Thirteen) Limited (TC-13)

IRR%
-56%

Multiple (x)
0.23

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in DP12

Nav (£m)
1.72
June 2007
June 2010
£7.40  million
£7.40  million

100%

100%

Project Summary
India is one of the ten largest retail markets in the world. With a total
turnover of US$295 billion –its outlay is equivalent to approximately
50% of the total private expenditure on consumption and around one
third of the total Indian GDP. 

Phoenix Mills Limited is known for its expertise in planning and 
conceptualising large retail-led, entertainment, commercial and 
hospitality projects under one project plan and turning them into
landmark destinations. 

There are three main business verticals in Phoenix Mills, namely;
‘The High Street Phoenix Mills’ mall, 6 Market Cities, and the liquid
Investments and strategic investments in EWDPL, Big Apple and
Phoenix Hospitality. 

‘The High Street Phoenix Mills Ltd’ (HSP) consists of 1.6 million sq. ft.
excluding the Hotel ShangriLa. The HSP area is divided in 5 phases
with phase I (Skyzone) currently fully operational. Much of the 
existing income is derived from this phase. Some of the existing
Anchor tenants occupying space her are Big Bazaar, Lifestyle and
Pantaloons.  Phase II (Quorum) became fully operational in
December 2007. Brands here include Marks and Spencers, Lacoste,
Pepe etc. Phase III (Palladium) encloses an area of 300,000 sq. ft. of
retail space, and constitutes Grand Galleria, 3 levels of parking, auto
mall, spa, food zone. Once Palladium is fully operational, it will 
generate c. INR 65 million of revenue per month. Phase IV consists 
of the Shangri La Hotel, and the Standard Chartered area. The hotel
buildings will be completed by end of 2010 and will be  44 storeys,
consisting of 3 levels of podium parking, high end retail shops, grand
galleria, food court and hotel rooms from the 9th to 44th floors. 
The proposed school will either be operated or maintained by
Phoenix or the land will be sold off/leased to a specialized player.

The Six Market Cities are the Kurla mall which will (operational by
October 2010), the Chennai mall (operational by October 2010-March
2011), Bangalore’s Whitefield (complete it by October 2010), Raipur
and Kolkatta have been on hold and the Pune/Ramona mall is in 
ine development.

Market City 
MC Chennai 
MC Pune 
MC Kurla 
MC Bangalore (whitefield) 
MC Bangalore (GKW) 
Bangalore (GWK) Residential 
MC Raipur 

Phoenix Stake
29.00%
51.00%
24.26%
21.40%
70.00%
70.00%
33.33%

Key future milestones
Completion of the various malls expected in October 2010 – March 2011.

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EH17

Project Name

Address

Asset Classes
Type
Partner
Indian SPV

Mauritian SPV

Horizon Countrywide Logistics 
13-14 Khetan Bhavan, 191 Jamshedji Tata Road
Churchgate, Mumbai 400020
Infrastructure
Logistics industry
SKIL Group (Promoter)
Horizon Country Wide Logistics Limited 
(Company)
Trinity Capital (Four) Limited (TC-4)

Project Summary
TTC’s investment in HCWLL was carried out with the objective of par-
ticipating in the fast growing Indian Logistics industry with a special
focus on port related logistics through development of Container
Freight Stations (CFS), Free Trade Warehousing Zones and Inland
Container Depots (ICD).HCWLL, promoted by SKIL Group with whom
TTC also has an investment in their shipyard project is poised to
become one of the prime players in the sector. TTC’s investment at
INR 29.11 per share was preceded by an investment by Citadel at INR
27.5 per share.

Date
31 March 09
Date of investment
Scheduled exit
Total capital committed
Total capital invested
Trikona TC’s ownership 
in the Mauritian SPV
Mauritian SPV’s 
ownership in EH17

Nav (£m)
5.09
October 2008
October 2011
£11 million
£11 million

100%

27%

IRR%
-85%

Multiple (x)
0.45

Key future milestones
The project increases in value upon the commencement of operations in
the Mumbai CFS and FTWZ which is expected 12-18 months from now.

Update since March 2009
The company generated revenue of INR 270m from operating activities
during first 3 quarters of financial year 2008-09.  Company expects to
achieve commercial operations at all 8 sites during FY 2010-11.

State of planning, physical progress and completion
The land acquisition of four out of seven sites is complete with each of
the sites is taking 12-18 months to be developed. Site development is
already in progress in the case of the Navi Mumbai CFS.

The key parks near JNPT, namely the CFS and FTWZ will be the first to
be developed and the other sites will be developed subsequently.

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Directors’ Report

The directors have pleasure in presenting their report and financial statements of the Group for the year
ended 31 March 2009.

Principal activity and incorporation
The Company is a closed-end investment company, incorporated on 7 March 2006 in the Isle of Man as a
public limited company. It was admitted to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange
on 21 April 2006.

The Group invests in real estate and real estate related entities in India, primarily in commercial development
in the office and business space, residential, retail and hospitality sectors deriving returns from development,
long-term capital appreciation and income.

The consolidated financial statements comprise the results of the Company and its subsidiaries (together
referred to as the “Group”).  

Results and dividends
The Group’s results for the financial year ended 31 March 2009 are set out in the Consolidated Income
Statement on page 30.

A review of the Group’s activities are set out in the Chairman’s report and Investment Manager’s report on
pages 2 and 6 respectively.

The Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend (2008 : Nill) .

Directors
The Directors of the Company during the year and to date of this report, and their remuneration during the
financial year, were as follows

Michael Cassidy CBE 
Rakshitt Chugh
William Hamilton-Turner
Paul Orchard-Lisle CBE
Philip Scales
Andrzej Sobczak

Pradeep Verma
Martin Adams
Stephen Coe

Resigned 14 July 2009
Resigned 14 March 2009
Resigned 14 July 2009
Resigned 14 July 2009

Appointed 31 October 2008
Resigned 14 March 2009
Appointed 31 October 2008
Appointed 14 March 2009
Appointed 14 July 2009

£’000
78
-
38
45

11
11
-
-

Directors’ interests in the shares of the Company are detailed in note 13. 

Company Secretary
The secretary of the Company during the year and to the date of this report was Philip Scales.

Auditors
The auditors, KPMG Audit LLC, being eligible, have expressed their willingness to continue in office in 
accordance with Section 12(2) of the Isle of Man Companies Act 1982.

On behalf of the Board

Philip Scales
Director
28 September 2009

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
in Respect of the Annual Report and the Financial Statements

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance
with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare Group and Parent Company financial statements for each
financial year, which meet the requirements of Isle of Man company law.  In addition, the Directors have
elected to prepare the Group and Parent Company financial statements in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards.

The Group and Parent Company financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the
state of affairs of the Group and Parent Company and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period.  

In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

• state whether they have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards; and

• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that

the Group and Parent Company will continue in business.

The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy
at any time the financial position of the Parent Company and to enable them to ensure that its financial
statements comply with the Companies Acts 1931 to 2004.  They have general responsibility for taking such
steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the Group and to prevent and detect fraud
and other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information
included on the Company's website.  Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from one jurisdiction to another.

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Corporate Governance statement

Although the Company is not obliged by the listing rules to do so, the Board intends, where appropriate for
a Company of its size, to comply with the main provisions of the principles of good governance and code of
best practice set out in the Combined Code (‘the Code’).

Responsibilities of the Board
The Board of Directors is responsible for the determination of the investment policy of the Company and 
for its overall supervision via the investment policy and objectives that it has set out.  The Board is also
responsible for the Company’s day-to-day operations; however, since the Board members are all non-executive,
in order to fulfil these obligations, the Board has delegated operations through arrangements with the
Investment Adviser and Administrator.

At each of the regular Board meetings held, the financial performance of the Company and its portfolio
assets are reviewed.  The Board also receives regular investment performance reports from the Investment
Manager. 

Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is a sub-committee of the board and makes recommendations to the Board which
retains the right of final decision.  The Audit Committee has primary responsibility for reviewing the financial
statements and the accounting policies, principles and practice underlying them, liaising with the external
auditors and reviewing the effectiveness of internal controls.  The Audit Committee maintains a risk register
to help it identify, evaluate, monitor and control risks. 

The terms of reference of the Audit Committee covers the following:

• The composition of the Committee, quorum and who else attends meetings.  

• Appointment and duties of the Chairman.

• Duties in relation to external reporting, including reviews of financial statements, shareholder 

communications and other announcements.

• Duties in relation to the external auditors, including appointment/ dismissal, approval of fee, discussion

of the audit.

• Duties in relation to internal systems, procedures and controls.

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Report of the Independent Auditors
KPMG Audit LLC, to the members of Trikona Trinity Capital plc

We have audited the Group and Parent Company financial statements (the “financial statements”)  of Trikona
Trinity Capital plc for the year ended 31 March 2009 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, the
Consolidated and Parent Company Balance Sheets, the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of Changes
in Equity and the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and the related notes.  These financial statements have been
prepared under the accounting policies set out therein.

This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with section 15 of the Companies
Act 1982.  Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we
are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose.  To the fullest extent permitted by law,
we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s members as a
body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of Directors and Auditors
The Directors’ responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with
applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards are set out in the Statement of Directors’
Responsibilities on page 27.

Our responsibility is to audit the financial statements in accordance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements
and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).

We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view and are properly prepared
in accordance with the Companies Acts 1931 to 2004.  We also report to you if, in our opinion, the Company has not kept
proper accounting records, or if we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

We read the Directors’ Report and any other information accompanying the financial statements and consider
whether it is consistent with the audited financial statements.  We consider the implications for our report if we
become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements.
Our responsibilities do not extend to any other information.

Basis of opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the
Auditing Practices Board.  An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements.  It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgments
made by the Directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the accounting policies are
appropriate to the Group’s and Company's circumstances, consistently applied and adequately disclosed.

We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered
necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error.  In forming our opinion
we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.

Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, of the state of the Group

and Parent Company’s affairs as at 31 March 2009 and of the Group’s loss for the year then ended; and

• have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Acts 1931 to 2004.

KPMG Audit LLC
Chartered Accountants
Heritage Court, 41 Athol Street
Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1HN

28 September 2009

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30

Consolidated Income Statement
For the year ended 31 March 2009

Note

Interest income cash and cash equivalents

Dividend received

Foreign exchange gain/(loss)

10

17

Fair value movement on investments

Reclassification of subsidiary

Other

17

Net realised gains on disposal of subsidiaries

Net investment (loss)/income

6

6

Investment Manager’s management fees

Investment Manager’s performance fees

5 Other administration fees and expenses

Total expenses

(Loss)/profit before tax

7

Taxation 

(Loss)/profit for the year

Attributable to:

Equity holders of the Company

Minority interest

(Loss)/profit for the year

8

Basic and diluted (loss)/earnings per share (pence)

2009

£’000

4,102

98

86

53,403

(163,294)

31,795

(73,810)

(5,491)

20,459

(2,602)

12,366

(61,444)

-

(61,444)

(54,750)

(6,694)

(61,444)

(23.6)

2008

£’000

4,967

71

(41)

-

91,406

3,218

99,621

(5,052)

(27,663)

(3,227)

(35,942)

63,679

-

63,679

62,497

1,182

63,679

26.9

The notes on pages 35 to 47 form an integral part of the financial statements

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Consolidated Balance Sheet
at 31 March 2009

Note

Non-current assets

10

Investments as at fair value through profit or loss  

Total non-current assets 

Current assets

14

19

Trade and other receivables  

Cash and cash equivalents 

Inventory  
Prepayments 

Total current assets 
Total assets 

Liabilities

Non-current liabilities

6

Performance fee provision  

Borrowings  

Total non-current liabilities

Current liabilities

15

Trade and other payables  

Total current liabilities 

Total liabilities 

2009
£’000

234,727

234,727

101

60,038

-
142

60,281
295,008

(7,795)

-

(7,795)

(6,006)

(6,006)

(13,801)

2008
£’000

301,858

301,858

558

56,617

25,641
131

82,947
384,805

(36,308)

(1,250)

(37,558)

(4,350)

(4,350)

(41,908)

Net assets 

281,207

342,897

Represented by:

11 Ordinary shares  

Distributable reserve 

Retained reserves 

Other reserves 

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Company 

21 Minority interest  

Total equity 

2,321

217,362

41,758

(167)

261,274

19,933

281,207

2,321

217,362

96,508

212

316,403

26,494

342,897

18

Net Asset Value per share (£)

1.13

1.36

These financial statements were approved by the Board on 28 September 2009 and signed on their behalf by 

Philip Scales
Director

Steve Coe
Director

The notes on pages 35 to 47 form an integral part of the financial statements

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Company Balance Sheet
at 31 March 2009

Note

Non-current assets

9

Group balances 

Total non-current assets 

Current assets

14

Trade and other receivables  

Cash and cash equivalents 

Prepayments 

Total current assets 

Total assets 

Liabilities

Current liabilities

15

Trade and other payables  

Total current liabilities

Total liabilities 

2009

£’000

181,851

181,851

66

51,916

106

52,088

233,939

(3,285)

(3,285)

(3,285)

2008

£’000

185,963

185,963

92

45,645

89

45,826

231,789

(1,270)

(1,270)

(1,270)

Net assets 

230,654

230,519

Represented by:

11 Ordinary shares  

Distributable reserve 

Retained reserves 

12 Other reserves 

Total equity 

2,321

217,362

10,971

-

230,654

2,321

217,362

10,457

379

230,519

These financial statements were approved by the Board on 28 September 2009 and signed on their behalf by 

Philip Scales
Director

Steve Coe
Director

The notes on pages 35 to 47 form an integral part of the financial statements

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Statements of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 March 2009

Share  Distributable
Reserves

Capital

£’000

£’000

Retained
Reserves

£’000

Total
Other Shareholders’
Funds

Reserves

£’000

£’000

Group

Balance at 1 April 2007

2,321

217,362

Profit for the year

Increase in value of share options

Disposal of subsidiaries

Additional investment

Foreign exchange on translation

of subsidiaries

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

34,011

62,497

-

-

-

-

-

Balance at 31 March 2008

2,321

217,362

96,508

Balance at 1 April 2008

2,321

217,362

Loss for the year

Decrease in value of share options

-

-

Increase in minority interest shareholding -

Disposal of subsidiaries

Additional investment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96,508

(54,750)

-

-

-

-

(1)

-

379

-

-

-

(166)

212

212

-

(379)

-

-

-

253,693

62,497

379

-

-

-

(166)

316,403

316,403

(54,750)

(379)

-

-

-

Balance at 31 March 2009

2,321

217,362

41,758

(167)

261,274

Minority
Interest

£’000

-

1,182

-

25,082

230

-

-

Total
Equity

£’000

253,693

63,679

379

25,082

230

-

(166)

26,494

342,897

26,494

(6,694)

-

16,731

(16,824)

226

19,933

342,897

(61,444)

(379)

16,731

(16,824)

226

281,207

Share  Distributable
Reserves

Capital

£’000

£’000

Retained
Earnings

£’000

Other Shareholders’
Funds

Reserves

£’000

£’000

Company

Balance at 1 April 2007

2,321

217,362

Profit for the year

Increase in value of share options 

-

-

-

-

Balance at 31 March 2008

2,321

217,362

8,409

2,048

-

10,457

Balance at 1 April 2008

2,321

217,362

10,457

Profit for the year

Decrease in value of share options 

-

-

-

-

514

-

-

-

379

379

379

-

(379)

228,092

2,048

379

230,519

230,519

514

(379)

Balance at 31 March 2009

2,321

217,362

10,971

-

230,654

The notes on pages 35 to 47 form an integral part of the financial statements

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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
For the year ended 31 March 2009

Note

16

Net cash used by operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of investments 

Interest received

21

Disposal of subsidiaries

Reclassification of subsidiary

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Loan repayments

Net cash (outflow) from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the year

Effect of foreign exchange fluctuation on cash held

2009

£’000

(14,449)

(39,561)

4,201

54,754

(1,540)

17,854

-

-

3,405

56,617

16

2008

£’000

(15,854)

(88,010)

5,031

32,108

-

(50,871)

(461)

(461)

(67,186)

123,705

98

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

60,038

56,617

The notes on pages 35 to 47 form an integral part of the financial statements

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Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 March 2009

1. General information

The Company and its subsidiaries (together the Group) invest in real estate and real estate related entities in India, primarily in commercial
development in the office and business space, residential, retail and hospitality sectors deriving returns from development, long-term capital
appreciation and income.

The Company is a closed-end investment company incorporated on 7 March 2006 in the Isle of Man as a public limited company. The address
of its registered office is IOMA House, Hope Street, Douglas, Isle of Man. 

The Company is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.  

The Group has no employees.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies have been
consistently applied to all the entities included in the consolidated financial statements.

2.1 Basis of preparation

The financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), and the Isle of
Man Companies Act 1931 – 2004. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by including
non-controlling investments in portfolio companies at fair value.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management
to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or
areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements, are disclosed in Note 4.

In accordance with Section 3 of the Isle of Man Companies Act 1982, no separate income statement has been presented for the Company. The
amount of the Company’s profit for the year recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement is £514,000 (2008: £2,048,000).

2.2 Basis of Consolidation

(a)  Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and entities controlled by the Company (its subsidiaries
and subsidiary undertakings). Control is achieved where the Company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of a portfolio
company so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated income statement from the effective date of
acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate.

Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those
used by the Group.  All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

(b) Business combinations

The acquisition of subsidiaries is accounted for using the purchase method. The cost of the acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair
values, at the date of exchange, of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the Group in exchange for
control of the portfolio company, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. The portfolio company’s identifiable assets,
liabilities and contingent liabilities that meet the conditions for recognition under IFRS 3 are recognised at their fair value at the acquisition
date, except for non-current assets (or disposal groups) that are classified as held for resale in accordance with IFRS 5 Non Current Assets
Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, which are recognised and measured at fair value less costs to sell.

Goodwill arising on acquisition is recognised as an asset and initially measured at cost, being the excess of the cost of the business combination
over the Group’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised. If, after reassessment,
the Group’s interest in the net fair value of the portfolio company’s identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities exceeds the cost of
the business combination, the excess is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont)
For the year ended 31 March 2009

2.3 Segment reporting

A business segment is a group of assets and operations engaged in providing products or services that are subject to risks and returns that are 
different from those of other business segments. A geographical segment is engaged in providing products or services within a particular economic
environment that are subject to risks and returns that are different from those of segments operating in other economic environments.

The Directors are of the opinion that the Group is engaged in a single segment of business being property investment business in one geographical
area being India.

2.4 Revenue recognition

Revenue includes interest receivable, dividend income and fair value gains and losses. 

Interest receivable is accrued on a time basis by reference to the principal outstanding and the effective interest rate applicable.

Fair value gains and losses are recognised in the period of revaluation

Dividend income from investments is recognised when the Company’s right to receive payment has been established, normally the ex-dividend date.

2.5 Expenses

All expenses are accrued for on an accruals basis and are presented as revenue items except for expenses that are incidental to the disposal of
an investment which are deducted from the disposal proceeds.

2.6 Taxation

Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax expense is recognised in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates
to items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in equity.

(a) Current Income tax  

Current tax is the expected tax payable on the taxable income for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting
date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

(b) Deferred income tax

Deferred tax is recognised using the balance sheet method, providing for temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and
liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax is not recognised for the following 
temporary differences: the initial recognition of goodwill, the initial recognition of assets or liabilities in a transaction that is not a business
combination and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit, and differences relating to investments in subsidiaries and jointly controlled
entities to the extent that they probably will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax is measured at the tax rates that are expected
to be applied to the temporary differences when they reverse, based on the laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the
reporting date. 

2.7 Foreign currency transactions

(a) Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the Currency of the primary economic environment
in which the entity operates (‘the functional Currency’). The consolidated financial statements are presented in Sterling, which is the Company’s
functional and presentation Currency. 

(b) Transactions and balances

Transactions in currencies other than Sterling are translated at the foreign exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated into Sterling at the foreign exchange rate ruling at
that date. Foreign exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in the Income Statement. Non-monetary assets and liabilities that
are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of transaction. Non-monetary
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are translated into Sterling at foreign exchange rates ruling
at the dates the fair value was determined.

(c) Group companies

The results and financial position of all the group entities (none of which has the Currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a 
functional Currency different from the presentation Currency are translated into the presentation Currency as follows:

(i) 

assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that balance sheet;

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(ii) 

income and expenses for each income statement are translated at average exchange rates (unless this average is not a reasonable 
approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are 
translated at the rate on the dates of the transactions); and

(iii)  all resulting exchange differences are recognised as a separate component of equity.

2.8 Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when a Group entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of a financial 
instrument.  Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and 
interests and it is intended to settle on a net basis.

2.9 Investments

Investments of the Group where the Group does not have control are designated as at fair value through profit or loss on initial recognition.
They are measured at fair value.  Unrealised gains and losses arising from revaluation are taken to the income statement.

Investments in entities over which the Group has control are consolidated in accordance with IAS 27.

The fair value of unquoted securities is estimated by the Directors using the most appropriate valuation technique for each investment.

Securities quoted or traded on a recognised stock exchange or other regulated market are valued by reference to the last available bid price.

2.10 Other receivables

Other receivables do not carry any interest and are short-term in nature and are accordingly stated at their nominal value as reduced by 
appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts.

2.11 Financial liabilities and equity

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangement entered into. An equity
instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after deducting all of its liabilities. Financial liabilities
and equity instruments are recorded at the proceeds received, net of issue costs.

2.12 Interest-bearing loans and borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are recognised initially at fair value less attributable transaction costs.  Subsequent to initial recognition, interest-
bearing borrowings are stated at amortised cost with any difference between cost and redemption value being recognised in the Income
Statement over the period of the borrowings on an effective interest basis.

2.13 Other payables

Other payables are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value. 

2.14 Provisions

A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, and it is
probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and the obligation can be reliably measured. If the effect is
material, provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the
time value of money and, where appropriate, the risks specific to the liability.

2.15 Share issue costs

The share issue costs of the Company directly attributable to the Placing that would otherwise have been avoided have been taken to the
share premium account

2.16 Dividend distribution

Dividend distribution to the Company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the Group’s financial statements in the period in which the
dividends are approved.

2.17 Impairment of assets

Assets including goodwill that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortisation and are tested annually for impairment. Assets 
that are subject to amortisation or depreciation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its
recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of 
assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (cash-generating units).

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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont)
For the year ended 31 March 2009

2.18 Inventories

Inventories, including development project work in progress, are carried at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value is
the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less cost to complete. Cost includes borrowing costs directly connected with
development work.

2.19 Trade receivables

Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less
provision for impairment. 

2.20 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original
maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

2.21 Interest expense

Interest expenses for borrowings are recognised within "finance costs" in the income statement using the effective interest rate method.

2.22 Trade payables

Trade payables are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value.

2.23 Share based payments transactions

Goods and services received or acquired in a share-based payment transaction are recognised when the goods or services are received.  A 
corresponding increase in equity is recognised if the goods or services are received in an equity-settled share-based payment transaction, or 
a liability if the goods or services are acquired in a cash-settled share-based payment transaction.

For equity-settled share based payment transactions, goods or services are measured at the fair value of the goods or services received, 
unless the fair value cannot be reliably measured – in which case fair value is measured by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments
granted.

The fair value of goods is recognised when they are received and the fair value of services is recognised over the period they are received. 

Where a reliable estimate cannot be made of the fair value of equity instruments granted at the measurement date, the equity instruments
granted are measured at intrinsic value.  This is measured initially at the date the goods are obtained or services rendered and subsequently
at each reporting date and at final settlement, with any changes to intrinsic value recognised in profit or loss.

2.24 Future changes in accounting policies

New/Revised International Financial Reporting Standards (IAS/IFRS)

IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements – Comprehensive revision including requiring a statement of 
comprehensive income (Revised 2007)

IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Revised May 2008)* 

IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements – Amendments relating to disclosure of puttable instruments 
and obligations arising on liquidation (2008)

IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Revised April 2009)**

IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows (Revised April 2009)**

IAS 23 Borrowing Costs – Comprehensive revision to prohibit intermediate expensing (Amended 2007)

IAS 23 Borrowing costs (Revised  May 2008)*

IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements – Consequential amendments resulting from 
amendments to IFRS 3 (2008)

IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements – Amendment relating to cost of an investment on 
first-time adoption (Revised 2008)

IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (Revised May 2008)*

IAS 28 Investments in Associates - Consequential amendments resulting from amendments to IFRS 3 (2008)

IAS 28 Investments in Associates*

Effective date
(accounting periods 
commencing on or after)

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2010

1 January 2010

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 July 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 July 2009

1 January 2009

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IAS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures - Consequential amendments resulting from amendments to IFRS 3 (2008)

IAS 31 Interests in Joint Ventures (Revised  May 2008)*

IAS 32 Financial instruments: Presentation  - Amendments relating to puttable instruments and obligations 
arising on liquidation

IAS 36 Impairment of Assets (Revised  May 2008)*

IAS 36 Impairment of Assets**

IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (Revised  May 2008)*

IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement – Amendments for embedded derivatives 
when reclassifying financial instruments

IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement – Amendments for eligible hedged items

IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (Revised April 2009)**

IAS 40 Investment Property (Revised  May 2008)*

IFRS 3 Business Combinations – Comprehensive revision on applying the acquisition method

IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations (Revised  May 2008)*

IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations**

IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures – Amendments enhancing disclosures about fair value and 
liquidity risk (Revised March 2009)

IFRS 8 Operating Segments (Original issuance 2006)

IFRS 8 Operating Segments (Revised April 2009)**

IFRIC Interpretation

IFRIC13 Customer loyalty programmes

IFRIC 15 Agreement for Construction of Real Estate

IFRIC 16 Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation

IFRIC 17 Distributions of Non-Cash Assets to Owners

IFRIC 18 Transfers of Assets from Customers

*
Amendments resulting from May 2008 Annual Improvements to IFRSs
** Amendments resulting from April 2009 Annual Improvements to IFRSs

1 July 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2010

1 January 2009

30 June 2009

1 July 2009

1 January 2010

1 January 2009

1 July 2009

1 July 2009

1 January 2010

1 January 2009

1 January 2009

1 January 2010

1 July 2008

1 January 2009

1 October 2008

1 July 2009

1 July 2009

IFRS 8 introduces the “management approach” to segment reporting, with information based on internal reports.  Management are currently
assessing the impact of these on the disclosures to be presented regarding segmental reporting.

The Directors do not expect the adoption of the other standards and interpretations to have a material impact on the Group’s financial 
statements in the period of initial application.

3. Financial risk management

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including currency risk, market price risk and interest rate risk), 
credit risk and liquidity risk.  

Risk management is carried out by the Board of Directors. The Board identifies and evaluates financial risks in close co-operation with 
the Manager.

(a) Market risk 

(i) Foreign exchange risk

The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures, primarily with 
respecto the Indian Rupee. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions, recognised monetary assets and liabilities 
and net investments in foreign operations.

Net assets denominated in Indian Rupee at the year end amounted to £232,078,000 (2008: £324,966,000)

At 31 March 2009, had the exchange rate between the Indian Rupee and Sterling increased or decreased by 5% with all other variables
held constant, the increase or decrease respectively in net assets would amount to approximately £11,604,000 (2008: £16,248,000).

The Group does not hedge against foreign exchange movements, except from time to time for short term receivables or payables with a
known settlement date.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont)
For the year ended 31 March 2009

(ii) Market price risk

The Group is exposed to market price risk arising from its investment in unlisted and listed equity investments.  All these securities 
present a risk of capital loss.  The Board and Manager are responsible for the selection of investments and monitoring exposure to 
market risk.  All investments are in Indian companies.

If the value of the Group’s investment portfolio had increased by 5%, the Group’s net assets would have increased by £11,736,000 
(2008: £15,093,000).  A decrease of 5% would have resulted in equal and opposite decrease in net assets.

The Group is exposed to property price risk, property rentals risk and the normal risks of property development through its investment in
Indian real estate companies.

(iii) Cash flow and fair value interest rate risk

The Group’s cash and cash equivalents are invested at short term market interest rates.  

The table below summarises the Group’s exposure to interest rate risks.  It includes the Groups’ financial assets and liabilities at the 
earlier of contractual re-pricing or maturity date, measured by the carrying values of assets and liabilities.

31 March 2009
Financial assets
Investments
Trade and other receivables
Cash
Prepayments
Total financial assets
Financial liabilities
Performance fee provision
Trade and other payables
Total financial liabilities
Total interest rate sensitivity gap

31 March 2008
Financial assets
Investments
Trade and other receivables
Cash
Prepayments
Total financial assets
Financial liabilities
Performance fee provision
Trade and other payables
Bank loan
Total financial liabilities
Total interest rate sensitivity gap

Less than
1 month
£’000

1-3 months
£’000

3 months
to 1 year
£’000

1-5 years Over 5 years
£’000

£’000

Non-interest
bearing
£’000

-
-
60,038
-
60,038

-
-
-
60,038

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

16,511
-
-
-
16,511

-
-
-
16,511

218,216
101
-
142
218,459

7,795
6,006
13,801

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

Less than
1 month
£’000

1-3 months
£’000

3 months
to 1 year
£’000

1-5 years Over 5 years
£’000

£’000

Non-interest
bearing
£’000

-
-
56,617

56,617

-
-
-
-
56,617

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
85
85
(85)

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
256
256
(256)

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
909
909
(909)

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

301,858
558
-
131
302,547

36,308
4,350
-
40,658

Total
£’000

234,727
101
60,038
142
295,008

7,795
6,006
13,801

Total
£’000

301,858
558
56,617
131
359,164

36,308
4,350
1,250
41,908

(b) Credit risk 
Credit risk arises on investments, cash balances and debtor balances.  The amount of credit risk is equal to the amounts stated in the balance sheet for
each of these assets.  Cash balances are limited to high-credit-quality financial institutions.  There are no impairment provisions as at 31 March 2009. 

(c) Liquidity risk

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding through an adequate
amount of committed credit facilities and the ability to close out market positions. The Company aims to maintain flexibility in funding.

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Residual undiscounted contractual maturities of financial liabilities:

31 March 2009
Financial liabilities
Performance fee provision
Trade and other payables
Investment commitments

31 March 2008
Financial liabilities
Performance fee provision
Trade and other payables
Bank loan

Less than
1 month
£’000

1-3 months
£’000

3 months
to 1 year
£’000

1-5 years Over 5 years
£’000

£’000

-
772
-
772

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-

Less than
1 month
£’000

1-3 months
£’000

3 months
to 1 year
£’000

1-5 years Over 5 years
£’000

£’000

-
782
-
782

-
-
85
85

-
-
256
256

-
-
909
909

-
-
-
-

No stated
maturity
£’000

7,795
5,234
10,582
23,611

No stated
maturity
£’000

36,308
3,568
-
39,876

4. Critical accounting estimates and assumptions

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience as adjusted for current market conditions and
other factors.

The Directors make estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the
related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of
assets and liabilities within the next financial year are outlined below.

(a) Estimate of fair value of unquoted investments

The Group holds full or partial ownership interests in a number of unquoted Indian companies.   Some of these companies invest in development
property projects (“the Project Companies”).   For the Project Companies, CB Richard Ellis (“CBRE”) conducted an independent valuation of the
development properties owned by each of these companies as at 31 March 2009.   Based on CBRE’s valuation of the development properties,
the Directors valued the Group’s interest in the equity interests held in each of the Project Companies.  The Directors also valued the Group’s
ownership interests in the non-development property owning unquoted companies.  Protiviti, an independent firm of advisors carried out 
certain agreed upon procedures to validate the computation of the fair value of Groups interest. 

For the Project Companies, the Directors’ valuations are based on a discounted cash flow methodology. The methodology is principally based
on company-generated cash flows and observable market data on interest rates and equity returns.  The discount rates used for valuing equity
securities are determined based on historic equity returns for other entities operating in the same industry for which market returns are
observable.  Management uses models to adjust the observed equity returns to reflect the actual debt/equity financing structure of the 
investment.  The discount rate applied varies from project to project to take account of the estimated risk and ranges between 18.3% and
25.8%.  For the non-development property company holdings, a combination of discounted cash flows and price earnings multiples is used. 

(b) Estimated performance fee (carried interest) on investments

As described in note 6, a provision has been established for performance fees.  This is based on the fair value gains recognised and an estimate
of the ultimate IRR of each investment.

5. Other administration fees and expenses 

Audit fees
Professional costs
Insurance
Directors’ fees
Bank charges
Share based payment expense (note 12)
Other

2009 
£’000
168
2,111
124
183
6
(379)
389
2,602

2008
£’000
235
1,993
146
138
7
379
329
3,227

Audit fees represent auditor’s remuneration for work undertaken in connection with the statutory audit of the Group.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont)
For the year ended 31 March 2009

6. Manager fees and performance fees

In consideration of the Manager providing management services, whether itself or through subcontractors, the Company pays fees to the
Manager in accordance with the Admission Document.  

The Manager receives a management fee of 2 per cent. per annum of the amount subscribed on the issue of the Placing Shares plus returns
from investment retained by the Group for further investment.  

The Manager is also entitled to a carried interest (performance fee) in relation to each investment, subject to meeting minimum returns.  The
hurdle is 10 per cent IRR on each relevant investment (“Hurdle”). Following the sale of an investment, if the Hurdle has been met, the Manager
will be entitled to receive a profit share of 20 per cent. of the gain generated by the Group in respect of that investment, provided that if the
IRR exceeds 20 per cent., the Manager shall be entitled to 30 per cent. of the gain in respect of that investment.  Upon entitlement, 80% of the
fee becomes immediately payable, and 20% of the fee is held in escrow. The escrow amount is either paid to the Manager or returned to the
Company at the end of the fund’s life or upon termination of the Portfolio Management Agreement in accordance with a calculation of the 
total profit share due. A fee of £8,053,000 became payable in the year on disposals, (2008 : £4,485,000) and a provision of £7,795,000 has
been made in respect of the relevant fair value investment gains recognised in the financial statements as at 31 March 2009. (31 March 2008:
provision of £36,308,000). The Income Statement in the year shows a credit of £28,513,000 due to the reduction in the performance fee 
provision (2008: a charge of £27,663,000.)  The amount held in escrow at 31 March 2009 was £2,584,000, and this is included in the cash
amount in the balance sheet. 

7. Taxation

There is no liability for income tax in the Isle of Man. 

The Group is subject to income tax in Mauritius at the rate of 15% on the chargeable income of Mauritian subsidiaries.  They are, however,
entitled to a tax credit equivalent to the higher of the foreign tax paid and a deemed credit of 80% of the Mauritian tax on their foreign source
income.  No provision has been made in the accounts due to the availability of tax losses.

The Group is liable to tax in India on the activities of its Indian subsidiary, however no income tax is due for the period since the Indian 
subsidiary is engaged in a development project which is still at an early stage and has not yet generated any taxable income.

8. (Loss)/earnings per share

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to equity shareholders of the parent by the weighted average number of
ordinary shares outstanding during the year.

(Loss)/earnings (thousands) for the purpose of basic (loss)/earnings per share 
(Loss/profit attributable to equity shareholders of the parent)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares (thousands) for the purposes of basic earnings per share

Basic (loss)/earnings per share (pence)

There is no difference between fully diluted earnings per share and basic earnings per share.

9. Investments in subsidiaries

2009 

£(54,750)

232,050

(23.6) p

2008

£62,497

232,050 

26.9 p

The subsidiaries of Trikona Trinity Capital PLC are recorded at cost in the accounts of the Company and consolidated in the group financial statements.

Name
Trinity Capital Mauritius Limited
Trinity Capital (One) Limited
Trinity Capital (Two) Limited
Trinity Capital (Three) Limited
Trinity Capital (Four) Limited
Trinity Capital (Five) Limited
Trinity Capital (Six) Limited
Trinity Capital (Seven) Limited
Trinity Capital (Eight) Limited
Trinity Capital (Nine) Limited
Trinity Capital (Ten) Limited
Trinity Capital (Eleven) Limited
Trinity Capital (Twelve) Limited

Country of Incorporation

Proportion of ownership interest  

Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius

at 31 March 2009
100%
67%
100%
100%
100%
59%
-
100%
100%
100%
12%
100%
100%

at 31 March 2008
100%
92%
100%
100%
100%
59%
59%
100%
100%
100%
60%
100%
100%

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Trinity Capital (Thirteen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Fourteen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Fifteen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Sixteen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Seventeen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Eighteen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Nineteen) Limited
Trinity Capital (Twenty) Limited
Trinity Capital (Twenty One) Limited
Trinity Capital (Twenty Two) Limited
Trinity Capital (Twenty Three) Limited
Trinity Capital (Twenty Four) Limited
Uppals I.T. Projects Private Limited

Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius
India

100%
85%
45%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
-

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
92%

Uppals IT is a wholly owned investment of Trikona Trinity Capital (One) Limited and was consolidated in the financial statements up to and
including the previous financial year.  For the current year, Uppals IT has not been consolidated as it no longer meets all the criteria for 
consolidation as required by IAS 27 following the disposal of a significant shareholding in Trinity Capital (One) Limited.

10. Investments – designated at fair value through profit or loss

Investments are recorded at fair value as follows: 

31 March 2009
Development property owning companies (all unlisted equity securities):
Uppal IT Project Pvt Ltd.
Lokhandwala Kataria Constructions Pvt Ltd.
Kapstone Constructions Pvt Ltd.
DB Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
M K Malls Developers 
Luxor Cyber City Pvt Ltd.
DB Realty Pvt Ltd.
Rustomjee Constructions Pvt Ltd. (“MIG Bandra”)
Sankalp Buildwell Pvt Ltd.
Jodhana Developers Pvt Ltd.
Enigma Constructions Pvt Ltd. (“Virar”)

Non-development property company holdings
Listed equity securities
Unlisted equity securities

31 March 2008
Development property owning companies (all unlisted equity securities):
Lokhandwala Kataria Constructions Pvt Ltd.
Kapstone Construction Pvt Ltd.
DB Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
Manjeera Retail Holdings
M K Malls Developers 
Luxor Cyber City Pvt Ltd.
DB Realty Pvt Ltd.

Non-development property company holdings
Listed equity securities
Unlisted equity securities

At cost Fair value Adjustment
£’000

£’000

At Fair Value 
£’000

36,194
6,258
10,593
12,176
12,283
37,904
26,381
1,630
3,330
6,060
5,660
158,469

20,898
29,498
208,865

2,894
5,477
1,759
(428)
4,228
(8,108)
19,789
(148)
(1,175)
2,202
(115)
26,375

(11,753)
11,240
25,862

39,088
11,735
12,352
11,748
16,511
29,796
46,170
1,482
2,155
8,262
5,545
184,844

9,145
40,738
234,727

At cost Fair value Adjustment
£’000

£’000

At Fair Value 
£’000

6,258
10,593
12,176
9,605
24,034
37,904
26,381
126,951

20,898
18,257
166,106

12,251
9,010
3,214
6,640
14,851
25,896
34,149
106,011

(3,945)
33,686
135,752

18,509
19,603
15,390
16,245
38,885
63,800
60,530
232,962

16,953
51,943
301,858

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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont)
For the year ended 31 March 2009

Unlisted equity securities including development property owning companies that amount to £225,582,000 (2008: £284,905,000) have been
fair valued by the Directors as at 31 March 2009. Protiviti, an independent firm of business advisors, carried out certain agreed upon procedures
to validate the computation of fair value.  All the fund’s unlisted equity securities comprising development projects are valued using discounted
cash flow techniques, with the exception of the investment in Rustomjee Constructions Pvt Ltd. which is valued at the Group’s share of the
estimated underlying net asset value.  The underlying cash flows for the development projects are based on data generated by CBRE (the
Company’s independent values) in conjunction with the Company’s Investment Advisor, with the exception of DB Realty.  DB Realty is valued
on the basis of a mix of discounted cash flows and market comparables.  The unlisted equity securities comprising non-development property
holdings are valued using a mixture of discounted cash flow and price earnings multiples, except for those holdings for which there is a recent
transaction in which case that transaction price is used as the valuation basis.

The investment in MK Malls Developers comprises mezzanine debt stated at a fair value of £16,511,000 and cost of £12,283,000 (31 March
2008: £13,479,000 and £12,283,000 respectively).

11. Share capital

Authorised share capital
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
Deferred shares of £0.01 each

Ordinary shares of £ 0.01 each
Deferred shares of £0.01 each

No. of shares 
416,750,000
250,000
417,000,000

No. of Shares Issued
and Fully Paid 
231,800,200
250,000
232,050,200

£
4,167,500
2,500
4,170,000

Share Capital 
£
2,318,002
2,500
2,320,502

The Deferred Shares rank pari passu with the Ordinary Shares save that the Deferred Shares have no right to dividends or voting rights or the
right to receive notice of or attend any general meeting. On the return of capital in a winding-up of the Company or otherwise (other than re-
purchases or redemptions of shares authorised by special resolution), the Deferred Shares have the right to return of par value paid up thereon
in priority to the return of the par value paid up on the Ordinary Shares.

Capital management

The Board’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future 
development of the business.  The Board manages the Group’s affairs to achieve shareholder returns through capital growth and income.

The Company had its authority to purchase up to 15% of its own shares on the market renewed at the AGM held on 19 December 2008, so as to
help manage the discount to net asset value at which the shares may trade.  No shares were purchased in the period ended 31 March 2009.

At the EGM held on 24 March 2009, the Company was given authority to purchase up to 70% of its own shares on the market.  The Company has
purchased 21,367,702 of its own shares since the balance sheet date for a consideration of £12,037,000.

Group capital comprises share capital and reserves.

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are subject to externally imposed capital requirements.

12. Share options

Options were granted at the time of the admission to AIM, giving the option holder the right to subscribe for shares at £1.00 per share, 
exercisable at any time between the first and fifth anniversaries of the admission to AIM, as follows:

Numis
Trikona Advisers
Founder shareholder

3,787,503 shares
2,525,002 shares
1,262,501 shares

The Directors have determined that the fair value of the options granted cannot be reliably measured at the measurement date (the date of
grant).  Therefore, the intrinsic value method has been used to determine the value of the share-based payment transaction.  

The intrinsic value at 31 March 2009 is nil (2008: £379,000).

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2009
Company
£’000
66
66

2009
Company
£’000
-
2,584
701
3,285

2008
Company
£’000
92
92

2008
Company
£’000
-
947
323
1,270

13. Directors’ interests

The following former Directors had interests in the shares of the Company at 31 March 2009:

M. J. Cassidy 
P. D. Orchard-Lisle

125,000 Ordinary Shares
74,192 Ordinary Shares

14. Trade and other receivables

Other receivable

15. Trade and other payables

Investment commitments on behalf of Minority Interest
Performance fee payable
Other payables

16. Cash used by operations

(Loss)/profit for the year
Adjustments for:
Fair value loss/(gains) on investments
Finance income
Profit on disposal of shares in subsidiaries
Share option expense
Changes in working capital
Increase in inventories
Increase in receivables
(Decrease)/increase in payables
Cash used by operations

17. Disposal of subsidiaries

2009
Group
£’000
101
101

2009
Group
£’000
2,650
2,584
772
6,006

2009
Group
£’000
(61,444)

109,891
(4,201)
(31,795)
(379)

-
(20)
(26,501)
(14,449)

2008
Group
£’000
558
558

2008
Group
£’000
2,654
914
782
4,350

2008
Group
£’000
63,679

(91,406)
(5,031)
(4,182)
379

(3,430)
(620)
24,757
(15,854)

On 9 May 2008 the Group disposed of the following interest in its subsidiaries for a cash consideration of £54,333,000.

Subsidiary
Trinity Capital (One) Limited
Trinity Capital (Six) Limited
Trinity Capital (Ten) Limited
Trinity Capital (Fourteen) Limited

Proportion of subsidiary 
shares sold
25%
59%
60%*
15%

Underlying
investment
Uppals IT Projects Private Limited
Manjeera Retail Holdings
M K Malls Developers
Luxor Cyber City

* The Group did not dispose of any of the shares in the class to which the economic rights of the underlying mezzanine finance to MK Malls are
attached.  This is the only economic interest in Trinity Capital (Ten) Limited which the Group retained following the disposal.  However, the Group
retained 12% of the voting shares in  Trinity Capital (Ten) Limited, but to which no economic rights are attached. 

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Following this disposal, the Group also has no interest in Trinity Capital (Six) Limited.

The sale crystallised fair value gains of £16,537,000 which had previously been recognised through the profit and loss account and gave rise to
additional gains of £13,709,000 not previously recognised. Selling costs of £1,630,000 have been deducted from the net realised gains in the
Income Statement. 

For Uppals IT, the disposal reduced the Group’s effective interest to 67%.  A shareholders agreement is also in place for this investment, such
that this investment has been reclassified from a subsidiary to an investment at fair value through profit or loss.  This reclassification gave rise
to an immediate fair value gain of £53,403,000, which has been recognised in the income statement.  The minority interest share of this gain,
being £17,623,000 has also been recognised in the income statement. 

18. Net asset valuation (NAV)

The NAV per share is calculated by dividing the net assets attributable to the equity holders of the Company at the end of the period by the
number of shares in issue.   

Net assets
Number of shares in issue (note 11)
NAV per share

2009

2008
£261,274,000 £316,403,000
232,050,000
232,050,000
£1.36
£1.13

As described in note 17, the fair value gain of the group’s interest in Uppals IT has been recognised for the first time in the current year.  If this
had been recognised in the previous financial year, the NAV per share would have been £1.51 instead of £1.36.

19. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash held with banks
Money market funds

2009
Group
£’000
*16,518
43,520
60,038

2008 
Group
£’000
*16,178
40,439
56,617

* Included in the cash balance is an amount of £2,584,000 (2008: £916,000) held in an escrow account, as described in note 6.

20. Commitments

As at 31 March 2009 the Group had capital commitments of £10,582,000 in respect of capital expenditures contracted for at the balance sheet
date but not yet incurred.  This comprised a commitment by Trinity Capital (Three) Limited of £4,117,000 in respect of Kapstone Constructions
which, since the balance sheet date has been waived by the promoter and a commitment by Trinity Capital (Five) Limited of £6,465,000 in
respect of Lokhandwala Kataria Constructions. Excluded from commitments is an amount of £10,500,000 which the Board approved for 
investment by Trinity Capital (Fourteen) Limited in Luxor Cybercity, but which is not subject to legal commitment.   

21. Contingent Liabilities

The disposal of subsidiaries contracted on 9 May 2008 included provisions whereby the Group would be obliged to make good to the acquiror
the economic loss which would arise upon the non fulfilment of certain conditions in the contractual arrangements with developers.  The
Directors cannot yet state with full certainty that such obligations will not arise, but it is not possible to quantify the level of compensation
which may become payable.  

22. Related party transactions

Related parties and material related party transactions and balances and other transactions with affiliates, including fees, commissions, no
charge transactions, purchases and sales and related amounts receivable or payable must be disclosed.

As defined in International Accounting Standard 24, Related Party Disclosures, parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability 
to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions.  Related party 
transactions are transfers of resources or obligations between related parties, regardless of whether a price is charged.

Rakshitt Chugh, who was a director of the Company until 14 March 2009, has a beneficial interest in the Manager.  Fees charged by the Manager,
including performance fees, are described in note 6.  The Manager was the beneficial owner of 6,700,000 shares at 31 March 2009.

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Panthera Developers Private Limited (“Panthera”), Enfield Property Management Services Private Limited
(“Enfield”), and Broadgate Securities Limited (“Broadgate”) are related parties to the Manager.  Panthera is the
developer of Uppals IT Projects Private Limited and co-developer of Luxor Cyber City.  During the year Panthera
entered into a relationship with Jodhana Developers Pvt. Ltd. as a 1% shareholder and Project Manager, and with
Sankalp Buildwell as a Developer and Project Manager with 76.14% voting rights but a profit share of 32.9%.
Panthera also entered into a Project Advisory relationship with Enigma Constructions Pvt. Ltd. .  Enfield is the 
property manager for some of the development property companies in which the Group is invested.  Broadgate 
provides to the Company capital market advisory services.  The aggregate amount of fees paid by the Company 
to Panthera, Enfield and Broadgate for the services described above for the year ended 31 March 2009 was
£3,414,000 (2008: £4,471,000).

Philip Scales is a director of the Company and of the Administrator.  The fees of the Administrator for the year
amounted to £95,000 (2008: £50,000).

23. Events after the balance sheet date

The Company purchased 21,367,702 of its own ordinary shares on the open market during the period from the 
balance sheet date up to 25 June 2009, for a total consideration of £12,037,000.

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Valuation Letter

Trikona Trinity Capital Plc
IOMA House
Hope Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 1AP

Dear Sirs

Valuation and Report as at 31 March 2009 of the India Property Portfolio for Trikona Trinity Capital Plc.

In accordance with our instructions from Trikona Trinity Capital Plc (Trikona Trinity) dated 16 February 2007,
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) have carried out a valuation of 12 properties located in India on behalf of Trikona
Trinity for accounting purposes.  The properties valued are: 

1. Neelkamal Marine Drive Developers – Royal Le Meridien Hotel, Mumbai. 
2. Neelkamal Marine Drive Developers – Hotel & Mixed Use Development, Maharishi Karve Road, Mumbai
3. Neelkamal Marine Drive Developers –Hotel Development, Goa
4.  Neelkamal Marine Drive Developers – Hotel Development, Pune
5.  Kapstone Constructions – Mixed Use Development, Thane
6.  Lokhandwala-Kataria Constructions – Apartment Development, Mumbai
7.  Uppals IT Projects – Mixed Use Development, Noida
8.  Luxor Cyber City Private Limited – Luxor IT SEZ, Gurgaon, Delhi – Commercial Development
9.  MIG Bandra (East), Mumbai – Residential Development
10.  Virar Township, Mumbai (New Property 03/2009)
11.  Sankalp Township, Gujarat
12.  Jodhana Residential Villas, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Eleven of the properties are either development sites or are in the course of development.  One property, 
Le Meriden Hotel in Mumbai, is a completed building and is held for investment. 

The valuations were carried out as at the 31 March 2009 and the bases and assumptions on which the
valuations have been carried out are as provided in our Valuation Report dated 31 March 2009.   

All the properties were inspected between February 2007 and April 2009. 

The valuations have been prepared in accordance with The RICS Valuation Standards (Sixth Edition).  We
have valued the properties individually and no account has been taken of any discount or premium that may
be negotiated in the market if all or part of the portfolio was to be marketed simultaneously, either in lots or
as a whole.  As instructed, the schedule of capital values contained in the property report provides the 100%
value of the properties in their current state and does not account for the ownership % share that Trikona
Trinity has in each project.

The properties have been valued by a valuer who is qualified for the purposes of the valuation in accordance
with the RICS Appraisal and Valuation Standards.  The valuations have been carried out by the valuation

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teams from CBRE in Delhi and Mumbai and the process has been overseen and managed by CBRE in
London.  CBRE have acted as External Valuers. 

The property details on which each valuation is based are as set out in our property report and we have
relied on information provided by Trikona Trinity and their representatives in India, including the proposed
projects for the sites, buildable areas and construction costs.  Appropriate checks were made by CBRE on
various assumptions to cross check with standard market practices.  We have assumed that all information
provided is correct and comprehensive. 

Where a property exists, we have relied upon the floor areas provided, and for the development projects we
have relied upon the proposed floor areas for the project. 

We have not undertaken, nor are we aware of the content of any environmental audit or other environmental
investigation or soil survey which may have been carried out on the properties and which may draw 
attention to any contamination or the possibility of any such contamination.   We have not carried out any
investigations into the past or present uses of the properties, nor of any neighbouring land, in order to
establish whether there is any potential for contamination and have therefore assumed that none exists. 

Our report dated 31 March 2009, and this letter, is for the use only of the party to whom it is addressed for
the specific purpose set out herein and no responsibility is accepted to any third party for the whole or any
part of its contents.  Neither the whole nor any part of our report nor any references thereto may be included
in any published document, circular or statement nor published in any way without our prior written approval
of the form and context in which it will appear.  

Yours faithfully

GRAHAM HUGHES BSc MRICS
Executive Director - Valuation Advisory
For and on behalf of CB Richard Ellis Limited

Company Information

Administrator and Registrar
IOMA Fund and Investment Management Limited
IOMA House
Hope Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 1AP

Auditors
KPMG Audit LLC
Heritage Court
41 Athol Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM99 1HN

Manager
Trikona Advisers Limited
c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited
PO Box 309 LT
Ugland House
South Church Street
George Town
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands

Valuer
CBRE
St Martin’s Court
10 Paternoster Row
London EC4M 7HP

Directors
Martin Adams (Chairman)
Philip Scales
Pradeep Verma
Stephen Coe

Company Secretary
Philip Scales

Registered Off ice
IOMA House
Hope Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 1AP

Nominated Adviser (NOMAD)
Evolution Securities Limited
100 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7AN

Joint-Broker
Arden Partners
Nicholas House
3 Laurence Pountney Hill
London