Share Holder Information
1 55th Annual General Meeting  
  Date & Time

September 06,2007 at 3.00 P.M.
     
  Venue Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan Auditorium, General Jagannath Bhosale Marg, Next to Sachivalaya Gymkhana, Mumbai-400 021
     

2

 Financial Calendar  
  Financial Reporting for Quarter ending 30/06/07 End July, 2007
  Financial Reporting for Quarter ending 30/09/07 End October, 2007
  Financial Reporting for Quarter ending 31/12/07 End January, 2008
  Financial Reporting for Quarter ending 31/03/08 End May, 2008
  Annual General Meeting for the year ending 31/03/08 August-September, 2008
     
3 Book Closure August 22, 2007 - September 06, 2007
     
4 Dividend Payment Date  
    September 11, 2007
     
5 (a) Listing on Stock Exchanges as of 31.03.07  
  BSE The Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai - 400 001
  NSE The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor, Plot No. C/1, G-Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051
  DSE * The Delhi Stock Exchange DSE House, 3/1, Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi – 110 002
  CSE * The Calcutta Stock Exchange 7 Lyons Range , Kolkata 700001
     
 

The Shareholders at the 54th AGM of the Corporation held on 14th September, 2006 have approved delisting of HPCL shares from Chennai / Delhi & Calcutta Stock Exchanges. We have already obtained the approval of delisting from Chennai Stock Exchange. The process of delisting the shares from Delhi / Calcutta Stock Exchanges is in progress.
   
5 (b) Listing Fees Listing fees for financial year 2006-07 have been paid to the Stock Exchanges in April, 2006.
   
6 Stock Code
  BSE                   500104
  NSE     HINDPETRO
  ISIN (for trading in Demat form) INE094A01015
   
7

Dematerialisation of shares and liquidity
 

The total number of shares dematerialised as on 31.03.2007 is 162577192 representing 97.79% of share capital excluding shares held by the Government of India.

Trading in Equity shares of the Company is permitted only in dematerialised form, w.e.f., February 15, 1999 as per notification issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
   
8 Stock Market Data
 
                                      HPCL Share Price – BSE 
  Year                                        High(Rs.)                         Low(Rs.)
  2006-07                                  361.00                              206.00
  2005-06                                  348.00                              283.30
  2004-05                                  538.50                              225.55
  2003-04                                  542.45                              269.40
  2002-03                                  329.60                              166.50
   
9 Performance in comparison to broad based indices
  As on          HPCL Share Price (Rs)       BSE 30 Sensex        NSE 50 Nifty
  31-3-2007           246.70                                13072.10               3821.55
  31-3-2006           322.90                                11279.96               3402.55
  31-3-2005           305.95                                6492.82                 2035.65
  31-3-2004           507.60                                5590.60                 1771.90
  31-3-2003           294.40                                3048.72                 978.20
   
   
10 Share Transfer System
  Activities relating to Share Transfers are carried out by M/s. ISRL who are the Registrars and Transfer Agents of the Company, who have arrangements with the Depositories, viz., National Securities Depository Limited and Central Depository Services (India) Limited. The transfers and dematerialisation requests, duplicate share certificate cases are approved by the Shares Committee. Share transfers are registered and Share Certificates are despatched within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt, if the documents are correct and valid in all respects.
   
  The number of shares transferred during last two years:
      Year                                 Numbers
  2006-07                               59,100
  2005-06                               79,200
   
11 Status of Investor Services
  Investor correspondence replied during the year are as follows:
  Nature of Correspondence Number
  Share Transfers and related issues

65
  Transmission of Shares / Nomination for shares

184
  Issue of Duplicate Share Certificates

219
  Dividend related issues

1882
  ECS/ Bank Mandates/ Request for Change of Address

1048
  Call Money Payment Correspondence/ Reminders

397
  SEBI/ Stock Exchange/ Legal cases

12
  Others

415
  Total - 4222
   
  All complaints received from SEBI, Stock Exchanges, Department of Company Affairs, etc.,have been appropriately dealt with.