March 03, 2011

Press Release No. 1

Clarification by United Breweries Limited

Substantial increase in trading volumes has been observed in United Breweries Limited.

The Exchange, in order to ensure that investors have latest relevant information about the company and to inform the market place so that the interest of the investors is safeguarded, had written to the company.

United Breweries Limited has vide its letter inter-alia stated," We had intimated the Exchanges on February 10, 2011 about the sanction of the Scheme of Amalgamation of ADBL, MAPL and EBL into UBL by the respective High Courts of Karnataka and Madras. Further, we have also intimated to the Exchanges about the proposed amalgamation of UB Nizam Breweries Private Limited and UB Ajanta Breweries Private Limited into UBL on February 10, 2011. We are not aware of any information/ reason for increase in volumes as cited in your letter. However, we shall continue to keep the Exchanges informed on any price sensitive information as we have always done."

Press Release No. 2

NSE completes its 2754^th Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2754^th Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Number N – 2011040 on Mar 03, 2011. The settlement statistics are as follows:

Particulars	Values
	N-2011040
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	8461.68
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	16510.36
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	4026.57
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	1098.92
Shortages for the settlement	0.10%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	24.54%

Retail Debt Market has completed its 2027^th settlement, details of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value	Settlement Value
		Securities	Funds
D- 2011040	NIL	NIL	NIL