Group Simplification approved by High Court of Goa

3 April 2013

Group Consolidation and Simplification

 Approval by High Court of Bombay at Goa

Vedanta Resources Plc's subsidiaries, Sesa Goa Limited and Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, today issued the following announcements regarding the approval of the Schemes of Amalgamation and Arrangement by the High Court of Bombay at Goa in relation to the group consolidation and simplification, as announced by the company on 25 February 2012, to create Sesa Sterlite. The scheme is now awaiting the approval from the High Court of Madras, for which hearings have been completed.

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Sesa Goa Limited

Sesa announces approval of the Schemes of Amalgamation and Arrangement by the High Court of Bombay at Goa

Goa, 3 April 2013: The Honourable High Court of Bombay at Goa by order dated April 3, 2013 approved the Schemes of Amalgamation and Arrangement, to create Sesa Sterlite.

The update on the scheme(s) of Amalgamation and Arrangement are as stated below-

The Honourable High Court of Judicature of Bombay at Goa, by order dated April 3, 2013, has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement amongst Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, Madras Aluminium Company Limited, Sterlite Energy Limited, Vedanta Aluminium Limited and Sesa Goa Limited and their respective Shareholders and Creditors ('Composite Scheme') and the Scheme of Amalgamation of Ekaterina Limited with Sesa Goa Limited and their respective Shareholders and Creditors ('Ekaterina Scheme'). The Ekaterina Scheme was earlier approved by the Supreme Court of Mauritius by its order dated August 24 2012.

Sterlite Industries (India) Limited

Sterlite announces approval of the Schemes of Amalgamation and Arrangement by the High Court of Bombay at Goa

Tuticorin, 3 April 2013: The Honourable High Court of Bombay at Goa by order dated April 3, 2013 approved the Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement amongst Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, Madras Aluminium Company Limited, Sterlite Energy Limited, Vedanta Aluminium Limited and Sesa Goa Limited and their respective shareholders and creditors, to create Sesa Sterlite.

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