Mumbai, May 14, 2015: Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), t h e w o r l d ' s l e a d i n g provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, presented the ' D u n & B r a d s t r e e t Corporate Awards 2015' to in the UPL LimitedAgrochemicals sector in Mumbai.

Mr. Bhupen Dubey, Regional Director, India - UPL Limited accepted the award. It was highlighted how Team UPL performed sterling under adverse market conditions. Mr. Bhupen Dubey thanked all the team members and stake holders for reposing faith in Team UPL. He also assured to continue with same commitment and professionalism to generate excellent results in future.

The occasion also marked the launch of the �fteenth edition of Dun & Bradstreet India's premium publication, 'India's Top 500 Companies 2015' by Chief Guest, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, country's Former Finance Minister, along with Guest of Honour, Mr. Bibek Debroy, Permanent Member NITI Aayog and Mr. Bob Carrigan, President, CEO & Director (Global), Dun & Bradstreet. Others present at the event were Mr. Manish Prakash, Director Airtel Business, Bharti Airtel Limited, Mr. Arun Khanna, Executive Vice-President, Dun and Bradstreet, Asia and Mr. Kaushal Sampat, President & Managing Director - India, Dun & Bradstreet. In addition, the eminent dignitaries also included the representatives from the companies featured in the Top 500 Companies list.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Bob Carrigan, President, CEO & Director (Global), Dun & Bradstreet said "India's Top 500 Companies" is in its 15th edition - and has catalogued the changing landscape of Corporate India over this period. In fact, since its inception in 1841, Dun & Bradstreet has a proud heritage of providing such indispensable content to the business and �nancial community globally."

"Dun & Bradstreet is privileged to be felicitating the best among India's companies. I would like to congratulate all the companies featured in India's Top 500 Companies 2015, and the award winners tonight - I wish all of you the very best for the future."

Key Highlights of Top 500 companies 2015 51 new entrants made their debut in 2015 edition as compared to 45 new

companies in the last edition. These new entrants recorded 17% growth in total income in FY14 compared to FY13

Due to tightened demand and continued macroeconomic pressure, top-line growth for the Top 500 Companies slowed down to 8.7% in FY14, compared to 11.7% in FY13 highlighting moderation from previous year

Slow income and pro�t growth led to the aggregate dividend paid by the Top 500 Companies slowing down from 18.2% in FY13 to 13.7% in FY14

In terms of y-o-y growth, total income of large-cap companies grew at a rate of 9.6% in FY14 as compared to the growth of 6.8% and 6.3% witnessed by mid-cap and small-cap companies, during the same period

Winners of Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards, 2015 Sector Award Winners 2015 1 Agro Chemicals UPL Limited 2 Auto Components Bosch Limited 3 Automobile - Two/Three Wheelers Hero MotoCorp Limited 4 Automobiles Maruti Suzuki India Limited 5 Banks HDFC Bank Limited 6 Batteries Exide Industries Limited 7 Bearings SKF India Limited 8 Cement UltraTech Cement Limited 9 Chemicals Pidilite Industries Limited 10 Cigarettes ITC Limited 11 Coal & Coal Products Coal India Limited 12 Construction - Infrastructure Development Larsen & Toubro Limited 13 Consumer Durables & Appliances Voltas Limited 14 Electrical & Electronics Havells India Limited

UPL Limited, Mumbai wins theDun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2015

15 Engineering Projects/ Capital Goods Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 16 Fertilizers Tata Chemicals Limited 17 FIs/NBFCs/Financial Services Power Finance Corporation Limited 18 FMCG Hindustan Unilever Limited 19 Food Products Nestle India Limited 20 Footwear Bata India Limited 21 Gas-Processing, Transmission and Marketing GAIL (India) Limited 22 Gems and Jewellery Titan Company Limited 23 Glass and Ceramics Kajaria Ceramics Limited 24 Graphite & Electrodes Graphite India Limited 25 Hotels EIH Limited 26 Iron and Steel Tata Steel Limited 27 Liquor United Breweries Limited 28 Media & Entertainment Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited 29 Metal Products Jindal Saw Limited 30 Mining - Metals & Minerals NMDC Limited 31 Non-Ferrous & Precious Metals Hindustan Zinc Limited 32 Oil - Re�ning & Marketing Reliance Industries Limited 33 Oil & Gas Exploration Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 34 Paints Asian Paints Limited 35 Paper & Paper Products Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited 36 Pharmaceuticals Lupin Limited 37 Plastic & Plastic Products Supreme Industries limited 38 Power NTPC Limited 39 Power Equipments Crompton Greaves Limited 40 Real Estate Prestige Estate Projects Limited 41 Retail Future Retail Limited 42 Shipping The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd 43 Software and ITeS Tata Consultancy Services Limited 44 Speciality Oils and Lubricants Castrol India Limited 45 Sugar E.I.D. - Parry (India) Limited 46 Telecom Services Bharti Airtel Limited 47 Textiles Vardhman Textiles Limited

48 Transportation & Logistics Container Corporation of India Limited 49 Tyres MRF Limited 50 Wood & Wood products Greenply Industries Limited

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