Advanta India

Our Company was incorporated on January 24, 1994 as ITC Zeneca 
 Limited with its registered office situated at Hyderabad in the State
 of 
 Andhra Pradesh, India. Our registered office was shifted to the State
 
 of Karnataka pursuant to a resolution of the shareholders on December
 
 17, 2001.
 
 ITC Zeneca Limited was formed as a joint venture between ITC Limited,
 
 an Indian company and Zeneca Limited, a company incorporated under 
 the laws of England, with the objective of research and development,
 
 production, marketing and sale of hybrid seeds. In April 1994, ITC 
 Zeneca Limited acquired the seeds business of Hysun India Limited.
 
 Pursuant to the restructuring of the businesses of ITC Limited and 
 Zeneca Limited, ITC Limited transferred it shareholding (held through
 
 one of its group companies) in ITC Zeneca Limited to Agro Tech Foods
 Limited (formerly known as ITC Agro Tech Limited) on April 18, 1998 
 and Zeneca Limited transferred its shareholding in ITC Zeneca Limited
 
 to Advanta Lambda B.V. (formerly known as Zeneca Lambda B.V. and 
 controlled by Advanta B.V.) on March 10, 1997. Pursuant to these 
 changes, the name of ITC Zeneca Limited was changed to Advanta India
 
 Limited on September 30, 1998, having passed a special resolution
 under Section 21 of the Companies Act.
 
 In 2004, Syngenta acquired control over the Advanta group worldwide
 by 
 acquiring the entire shareholding of the group holding company
 Advanta 
 B.V., a company incorporated under the laws of Netherlands. Syngenta,
 
 whilst retaining the Advanta group's North American corn, soybean and
 
 Agripro Wheat businesses, sold the rest of Advanta group's worldwide
 
 business to Fox Paine and Company, LLC, a United States based private
 
 equity firm. Fox Paine and Company, LLC, sold businesses of the
 Advanta 
 group worldwide to various purchasers, except certain businesses held
 by 
 Advanta Lambda B.V. 
 
 On March 24, 2005 Advanta Lambda transferred its shareholding in
 Advanta 
 India to Advanta Netherlands Holding B.V., whilst on July 31, 2005,
 Agro 
 Tech Foods Limited transferred its shareholding in Advanta India to
 Advanta 
 Finance B.V. On February 14, 2006, Bio-win Corporation Limited, a 
 Mauritius based subsidiary of UPL, acquired Advanta Netherlands
 Holdings 
 B.V. from Fox Paine and Company, LLC. (held through Advanta Holdings
 
 Luxembourg). Subsequently, on March 17, 2006, Advanta Finance B.V. 
 and Advanta Netherlands Holdings B.V., sold their respective
 shareholdings 
 in Advanta India to Bio-win Corporation Limited. Consequently,
 Advanta India 
 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bio-win Corporation with effect
 from 
 March 17, 2006.
 
 Advanta India acquired 180 ordinary shares of Euro 100 each in
 Advanta 
 Holdings B.V. on March 21, 2006. Consequently, Advanta Holdings B.V.
 
 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanta India, with effect from
 that 
 date. On March 30, 2006, Advanta Holdings B.V. acquired the
 shareholding 
 of Bio-win Corporation Limited in Advanta Netherlands Holdings B.V. 
 Pursuant to this, Advanta Netherlands Holdings B.V., Advanta Finance
 B.V., 
 Advanta International B.V., Pacific Seeds Holdings (Thai) Limited,
 Advanta 
 Semillas SAIC, Argentina, Pacific Seeds Pty. Limited, Pacific Seeds
 (Thai) 
 Limited and Advanta Africa Seeds (Proprietory) Limited, the direct
 and indirect 
 subsidiaries of Advanta Holdings B.V., became the subsidiaries of
 Advanta 
 India. UPL acquired the shareholding of Bio-win Corporation in
 Advanta India
 on August 3, 2006. As a result, Advanta India became a wholly owned 
 subsidiary of UPL.
 
 Date                        Event
 
 March 1998     We commenced operations of our second seed processing
 
                        plant in India at Medhcal, Andhra Pradesh
 July 7, 1997     We launched sale of commercial hybrid rice
 October, 1997  We launched sale of commercial hybrid hyola for the
 first time
 April, 2000       Det Norske Veritas certified that the management
 systems 
                        standard of the Company are in compliance of
 the standard 
                        ISO 9001: 2000
 March, 2004     International Seed Testing Association accredited our
 quality 
                        contol lab at Kurnool to be in compliance of
 the standard ISO 
                        17025 as it meets the both the domestic and
 international 
                        product quality standards
 March, 2004    Det Norske Veritas certified that the environment
 management 
                       systems of the Company are in compliance of the
 standard ISO 
                       14001:2004
 March, 2006    Our Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of
 Bio-win 
                       Corporation Limited
 
 
 2008
 
 -Advanta India Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of the
 Company at its meeting held on January 02, 2008 have approved the
 proposal of change of Registered Office of the Company. Consequently,
 the registered office of the Company is shifted from ARS, Koppa Road,
 Begur Post, Bangalore, Karnataka to Golden Seeds (A Divn. of Advanta
 India Ltd) B - 22, Brigade MM Building, K R Road Cross, Yediyur,
 Bangalore, Karnataka from January 02, 2008.
 
 - Advanta India Limited has informed that the Board of Directors in
 their meeting held on October 31, 2008 have appointed Mr. H.K.
 Agarwal, a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India as
 the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company, with
 effect from November 01, 2008.
 
 2009
 
 - Advanta India Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of the
 Company at its meeting held on January 05, 2009, has approved the
 proposal of Shifting of Registered Office of the Company from 493/A,
 27th Cross, 18th Main, Judicial Layout, GKVK Post, Bangalore-560 065
 to # 301 & 302, II Floor, Ram Infantry Manor, 70 Infantry Road,
 Bangalore - 560 001, with effect from January 15, 2009.
 
 2010
 
 - Advanta India stated that its American unit had acquired U.S.-based
 Crosbyton Seed Company (CSC) for an undisclosed amount.