1975
 
 - The company was originally incorporated as Rainbow Investments Ltd.
 on 8th September.  The Company Manufacture and deals in electrical
 wires and cables of all kinds.
 
 1976
 
 - The name was changed to Sterlite Cables, Ltd. on 19th October, and
 the Company undertook the manufacture of cables, conductors and
 enamelled copper wires at its factories in Mumbai and Pune.
 
 1981
 
 - 2,10,000 shares issued without payment in cash to the retiring
 partners of a partnership firm in which the Company was also a
 partner.
 
 1986
 
 - On 28th February, the name of the Company was changed to Sterlite
 Industries (India), Ltd. and a fresh Certificate of Incorporation to
 this effect was obtained from the Registrar of Companies,
 Maharashtra. The Company was promoted by Anil Kumar Agarwal, Dwarka
 Prasad Agarwal
 and Ishwarlal Patwari.
 
 - A technical collaboration agreement, approved by the Government of
 India, with M/s. Essex Group Inc, a division of United Technologies,
 U.S.A., provides for the technical information, know-how and
 knowledge relating to the manufacture of telephone cables for a
 period of five
 years.
 
 1988
 
 - The Company undertook a project to set up a continuous cost and
 rolled non-ferrous rods unit at Taxwe Khurd near Lonawala with the
 technical assistance of M/s. Continuus, SpA, Italy and M/s.  La Farga
 Lacambra Sa, Spain.  The unit was commissioned during 1989-90.
 
 - The Company issued 1,25,000 - 13.5% secured fully convertible
 debentures of Rs 175 each for cash out of which the following
 debentures were reserved for preferrential allotment (i) 6,250
 debentures to employees, etc. (ii) 31,250 debentures to non-resident
 Indians on repatriation basis.  The balance 87,500 debentures, along
 with the unsubscribed portion of 6,010 debentures out of the
 employees preferential quota were offered for public subscription
 during February 1988.  Additional 18,750 debentures were allotted to
 retain
 over-subscription
 
 - Each debenture of Rs 175 was compulsorily converted into 5 fully
 paid-up equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 25 per share
 after six months from the date of allotment of debentures. 
 
 - The Company privately placed with UTI 2,00,000 - 14%
 non-convertible debentures of Rs 100 each.  These debentures are
 redeemable at a premium of Rs 5% in five equal annual instalments
 commencing at the end of fifth year from the date of allotment, i.e.
 23rd February, 1989.
 
 - `Vision Finance & Leasing Ltd.' became a wholly owned subsidiary of
 the Company.
 
 - During February, the Company issued 4,55,000 No. of equity shares
 of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 25 per share to partly meet the cost
 of JFTC project, to meet the long term working capital needs for the
 then existing operations and to enlist the shares of the Company.
 
 - 7,18,750 shares issued (prem. Rs 25 per share) on conversion of
 debentures issued in February, 1988. 
 
 1989
 
 - The Company's XLPE Cable Unit and PVC insulated Power and Control
 cable unit were modernised with the technical assistance of Johan
 Royle & Sons, U.S.A.
 
 - 8,50,000 - 13.5% fully convertible debentures of Rs 140 each for Rs
 11.90 crores as follows:
 
 - (i) 4,65,000 debentures to the existing equity shareholders
 (including non-resident Indians) as rights in proportion one
 debenture for every five equity shares held
 
 - (ii) 3,85,000 debentures to the public out of which 42,500
 debentures were offered on a preferential basis to employees, etc. of
 the Company. Only 40,600 debentures were taken up by the employees. 
 The unsubscribed 1,900 debentures belonging to the employee's quota
 were added back to the public offer.  Additional 1,27,500 debentures
 were allotted to retain oversubscription (69,750 debentures to the
 equity shareholders and 57,750 debentures to the public).
 
 - Pursuant to the terms of the issue, 10,75,250 No. of equity shares
 were issued at the end of 18 months from the date of allotment i.e.
 on 7th September, 1990.
 
 1990
 
 - The Company diversified its activities by undertaking the
 manufacture of Jelly-filled telecommunication cables (JFTC) with an
 installed capacity of 6.25 lakh CKM.
 
 - The overhead power transmission conductor units capacity was raised
 to 6,000 TPA and that of PIJF plant, for manufacture of foam skin
 insulated telecables, to 12 lakh ckm.
 
 1991
 
 - The Company proposed to set up a copper smelter project in
 technical collaboration with MIM Holdings Ltd., Australia with a
 capacity of 60,000 TPA at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
 
 - The Company proposed to increase the capacity of telecommunication
 cable division to 15 lakh CKM and that of continuous cart copper rod
 division to 30,000 TPA with technical assistance from Asarco Inc.
 U.S.A.
 
 - During January, the Company issued 6,10,000 - 13.5% secured
 redeemable partly convertible debentures of Rs 250 each of which
 85,000 debentures were reserved for preferential allotment to 
 employees/workers of the Company.  The Balance 5,25,000 debentures,
 were offered for public subscription.  Additional 91,500 debentures
 allotted to retain oversubscription.
 
 - 10,90,000 - 13.5% secured redeemable partly convertible debentures
 of Rs 250 each were offered to equity shareholders  on rights basis
 in the ratio of one debenture for every four equity share held. 
 Additional 1,63,500 debentures were allotted to retain
 oversubscription.
 
 - As per the terms of issue, part - `A' and part `B' of Rs 90/- each
 will be converted into one equity share of Rs 10 each at a premium of
 Rs 80/- per share at the end of six months and 12 months respectively
 from the date of allotment of debentures.  The balance Rs 70 of each
 debenture will be red eemed at par in two equal instalments of Rs 35
 each at the end of 7th and 8th year respectively from the date of
 allotment.
 
 - 39,10,000 No. of equity shares issued (prem. 80 per share) on
 conversion of debentures of Rs 250 each.
 
 1992
 
 - The company proposed to set up a phosphoric acid plant with a
 capacity of 1,00,000 TPA with technology from Hydro Agri, U.K. 
 
 - The Company had set up an additional plant for manufacture of Jelly
 filled cables with an installed capacity of 15 lakh CKM and the total
 capacity was raised to 33 lakh CKM.  The Company also set up a new
 plant with an annual capacity of 40,000 FKM at Aurangabad to
 manufacture optical fibre cables.
  
 - 66,15,284 Bonus shares issued in prop. 4:5.
 
 1993 - The Company commissioned a new plant at Silvassa for
 manufacture of Jelly filled cables with an installed capacity of 20
 lakh CKM.  The capacity of the Aluminium sheets and foils plant was
 proposed to be expanded to 60,000 MTs.
 
 - During January/February, the Company issued 33,07,650 - 16.5%
 secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCD) of Rs 450 each
 with detachable warrants to the existing equity shareholders on right
 basis in the ratio of 2 NCD for 5 equity shares held.  (Only
 32,82,237
 debentures were taken up).  These debentures are redeemable at par in
 three equal instalments of Rs 150 each at the end of 7th, 8th and 9th
 year respectively from the date of allotment. 
 
 - The Company issued 82,69,105 secured Zero Interest fully
 convertible debentures of Rs 360 each to the existing equity
 shareholders on right basis in the ratio of 1:1.  Another 46,58,300
 secured zero interest   fully convertible debentures of Rs 350 each
 were issued to the public 
 of which 10,32,000 debentures were reserved to the promoters, 20,000
 debentures offered to employees, (only 5,700 debentures were taken
 up). 
 
 - 7,00,000 debentures offered to NRIs (only 3,84,900 debentures were
 taken up) 2,00,000 debentures offered to FIIs (only 26,600 debentures
 were taken up).  Remaining 27,06,300 debentures offered to public.
 (All were taken up including unsubscribed portion from employees,
 NRIs and FIIs).
 
 - The debentures were convertible into two equity shares of Rs 10
 each at a premium of Rs 170 per share at the end of 18 months from
 the date of allotment.
 
 - During December, the company issued US 0,000,000 - 3 1/2%
 convertible bonds due 1999 convertible into GDRs (the Bonds) at an
 issue price of 100 per cent.  The bonds issued to be in denominations
 of US 00.
  
 - 25,480 No. of equity shares allotted on conversion of 3.5% Euro
 Convertible bonds.
 
 1994
 
 - 68,800 No. of equity shares were allotted upon conversion of
 certain foreign currency convertible bonds into GDRs (246 bonds
 converted at a conversion price of Rs 561.07.
 
 - Another 15,680 No. of equity shares were allotted to conversion of
 56 bonds into GDRs on 30.9.1994.  On 31.10.1994, 1,50,360 No.  of
 equity shares were allotted in conversion of 537 bonds.
 
 - 2,60,89,730 shares allotted on conversion of Euro Convertible
 Bonds.
 
 1995
 
 - 31,78,725 shares issued according to the scheme of amalgamation.
 
 1996
 
 - Sterlite communciations limited merged with the company w.e.f 1st
 April.  In accordance with the scheme of Amalgamation, 1 equity share
 of Rs 10 was allotted to every shareholder of the erstwhile sterlite
 communciations limited for every 4 equity shares held.
 
 1997
 
 - The Company proposed to construct a new greenfield aluminium
 smelter alongwith associated Captive Power Plant in Orissa.  The
 technical collaboration and technology license agreement was signed
 with Aluminium Pechiney (AP), France for the latest AP 30
 technology.
  
 - The Company undertook another project to manufacture Aluminium
 alloy rolling sheets and foils.
  
 - The controversy-dogged Rs.1,000-crore copper smelting plant set up
 by Sterlite Industries in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, has received a clean
 chit from the three member independent committee set up by the Tamil
 Nadu government to look into the environmental fallout of the
 project.
 
 - Sterlite is setting up a plant to manufacture blister copper and
 allied materials and work is progressing in two phases.
 
 - The Sterlite Industries here will set up a desalination plant to
 purify 45 lakh litres of water per day, needed for the copper
 smelting plant.
 
 1998
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. has agreed to make an open offer
 of 20 per cent for acquiring shares in Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd.
 (Indal). 
 
 - Sterlite Industries Limited, the Mumbai-based cable manufacturing
 company, which had made a public offer to acquire 20 per cent of
 Indal shares, is legally required to obtain RBI clearance for
 financing the acquisition cost.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. will accept all the shares of
 Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd. (Indal) received by it in response to its
 open offer to acquire 52.03 per cent stake in Indal.
 
 - Phosphoric acid plant of Sterlite Industries has remained shut for
 over six months, at the company's Tuticorin complex.  The plant was
 set up as a downstream facility that would make use of the sulphuric
 acid produced by Sterlite's copper smelter plant.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd's ambitious greenfield aluminium
 smelter will have a capacity of 1,25,000 tonnes in the first phase. 
 
 - 10% Non-Convertible Red. Cum. Pref. shares redeemable at par on the
 expiry of 3 years from the date of allotment i.e. 30th June, 1999.
 
 1999
 
 
 - SIL has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
 State Government 30,000 tonne capacity Mount Lyell copper mine, one
 of the low cost copper mine.  This would ensure long term supply of
 copper concentrate.
 
 - Sterlite Industries Ltd will implement its proposed Rs 3,400-crore
 one-million tonne greenfield aluminium project in Orissa through a
 joint venture company rather than going it alone.
 
 2000
 
 - The company has approved allotment of 90,00,000 No. of equity
 shares of Rs 10/- each at a premium of Rs 171/- per shares
 aggregating to Rs 162.90 crores in accordance with the SEBI
 Guidelines on preferential allotment of shares dated 05.08.1994
 against exercise of the warrants
 issued by the company in June '98.
 
 - Copper and cable major, Sterlite Industries and telecom
 multinational Alcatel have joined hands to provide telecom networking
 solutions in India.
 
 - Pursuant to the Scheme of Arranagement, the telecommunication
 business of the company has been demerged into a separate company
 -Sterlite Optical Technologies Limited with effect from July 01.  The
 Company has proposed to issue shares in its demerged telecom business
 at a ratio of 1:1 to all its existing shareholders.
 
 - The Company is set to acquire two copper mines in Australia.
 
 2001
 
 - Sterlite Industries Ltd hive off is power transmission the
 aluminium conductor division into a wholly owned subsidiary of the
 company. 
 
 - The Cabinet committee on disinvestment approved sale of 51 per cent
 of government equity in Bharat Aluminium Company to Sterlite
 Industries Ltd for a sum of rs 551.5 crore.
 
 - After bagging a 51 per cent stake in Bharat Aluminium Company,
 Sterlite Industries may now explore the possibility of hiving off its
 aluminium business into a separate company.
 
 - The Company allotted 79,996 No. of equity shares on exercise of
 options by employees as per the ESOP scheme.
          
 - Copper majors Sterlite Industries, Indo Gulf Industries and SWIL
 Ltd have come together to promote copper consumption in the country
 through increased use of the metal in new areas such as motors,
 house-wiring, electricity transformers and plumbing.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd has reported a 32 per cent decline
 in net profit at Rs 23.97 crore (Rs 35.49 crore) in the first quarter
 ended September 30, 2001.
 
 2002
 
 -Sterlite Industries India Ltd has informed that Mr Somnath Patil CFO
 & Company Secretary has resigned from the company at the close of
 business hours on June 30, 2002.Mr S S Krishnan has been appointed as
 Head Legal & Secretarial wef July 01, 2002. He shall also act as a
 compliance officer of the company.
 
 2003
 
 -Birla Copper and Sterlite Industries secured LME(London Metal
 Exchange) registration, both companies' copper cathodes have been
 ratified as Grade A copper brands.
 
 -Mr.A.S Khandwala has been appointed as Company Secretary and
 Compliance Officer 
 of the Sterlite Industries Ltd.
 
 -Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Orissa laid the foundation stone
 of the proposed Rs.4000cr
 bauxite mining and alumina refinery project of the Sterlite
 Industries Ltd.
 
 -Income Tax Department filed a petition against Sterlite Industries
 proposed hive off as it has
 attached 54% of the company's shareholding belonging to Twin Star
 Holdings.
 
 -SEBI has directed Sterlite Industries and its two partner firms to
 pay interest NRI's, OCB's and 
 FII's for holding payment to them to buy out of Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
 
 -Sterlite, Essar and Videocon have tied up the confidential
 memorandum to buy the governments stake in SCI.
 
 -Mr Navin Agarwal has been appointed as Whole Time Director of the
 company for a period
 of five years on the board of the company.
 
 -Mr.C.V Krishnan CEO(Metals) of Sterlite group has expressed his
 desire to work for a social
 organization.
 
 -Mr Madan Gopal Pachisia who was a Director on the Board of Directors
 of the company expired on November 12, 2003.
 
 -Anil Agarwal, chairman of the company, climbed to 8th position in
 the Business Standard Billionaire rankings from 17th
 
 -The issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1 new share for every 1
 existing share
 
 - A rights issue in the ratio of 3 new shares for every 10 existing
 shares of the expanded share capital to raise at least Rs. 14,000
 million. A committee of directors will decide the rights issue price
 keeping in view the then prevailing market price.
 
 2004
 
 - Twinstar Holdings, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, has 
 increased its holdings in Sterlite Industries India (SIIL)by 2.4% to
 57.53%.
 
 - Sterlite Industries ties up with Brazil co, mulls set up plant in
 Orissa
 
 2005
 
 -Sterlite Industries inks deal with Escondida mine
 
 - Expansion of Tuticorin Smelter to 300,000 TPA and Successful ramp
 up of ISA furnace in a record period of 45 days. 
 
 - Sterlite Industries receives permission to operate copper smelter
 plant at Tuticorin.
 
 2006
 - Expansion on Tuticorin smelter to 400 KTPA through innovative
 debottlenecking.
 
 - Sterlite Industries India Ltd will be stepping into commercial
 energy business by setting up a 2,400 MW green field power plant in
 Jharsuguda, Orissa, involving an investment of .9 billion. The
 power business will be operated through Sterlite Energy Ltd, a wholly
 owned subsidiary of Sterlite Industries India Ltd, belonging to
 Vedanta Resources. 
 
 -Sterlite Industries (India) has given the Bonus in the Ratio of 1:1
 
 -Company has splits its Face value of Shares from Rs 5 to Rs 2
 
 2007
 - Sterlite Industries primary listing on NYSE in June 2007 
 
 - Sterlite Industries has commenced distribution of the preliminary
 prospectus in anticipation of a global offering of 125 million of its
 equity shares in the form of American Depositary Shares, or ADS. These
 equity shares in the form of ADSs will represent an approximately
 18.3% interest in Sterlite post-offering. The Company has applied to
 have its ADSs listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
 SLT.
 
 -Registered Office of the Company has been shifted  To SIPCOT
 Industrial Complex, Madurai Bypass Road, TV Puram P.O, Tuticorin -
 628 002, Tamilnadu, India.
 
 2008
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd has signed a definitive Agreement
 to purchase substantially all the operating assets of ASARCO, LLC,
 the third largest copper producer in the United States of America.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (SIIL), a subsidiary of the London
 listed FTSE 100 diversified metals and mining company, Vedanta
 Resources Plc, has got the Golden Peacock Environment Award - 2008
 from World Environment Foundation.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (SIIL) has got the Golden Peacock
 Environment Award - 2008 from World Environment Foundation, selected
 by the jury chaired by Mr Justice P. N. Bhagwati, former Chief
 Justice of India and Member, UN Human Rights Commission. Out of 70
 companies that took part for various awards, 19 companies were chose
 for the awards under various categories and Sterlite was announced as
 winner in the Non Ferrous Category.
 
 - Sterlite Industries India Ltd has informed that the Board of
 Directors of the Company at its meeting held on December 24, 2008,
 appointed Mr. D D Jalan as an additional director of the Company.
 
 - CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2008 - Certificate of Commendation for
 Strong Commitment to excel for Sterlite
 
 - India Manufacturing Excellence Award 2008 - Corporate Super
 Platinum Award for Sterlite
 
 2009
 
 - SIIL got Outstanding Export Oriented unit Award
 
 - Sterlite Signs New Agreement to Purchase Operating Assets of ASAROC
 LLC
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. Announces Copper Expansion Project
 with 160 MW CPP at Tuticorin India.
 
 2010
 
 - Sterlite Inds - Sterlite Announces Successful Boiler Light-up Of
 First 600 MW Unit of its 2400MW Power Plant at Jharsuguda, Orissa
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd
 through its wholly owned subsidiary M/s. Sterlite Infra Ltd. has
 acquired 100% stake in Namibian Skorpian Mines from Anglo American
 Plc. Group.
 
 - Confederation of Indian Industry Excellence award in energy
 management: Energy efficient unit award   
         
 - American Society for Quality: International Team Excellence Awards:
 Finalist award in team excellence
 
 - India Manufacturing Excellence Awards: Corporate Platinum and
 consistency award
 
 - Indian National Suggestions' Scheme Association: Special and Merit
 awards for innovation and creativity
 
 -Sterlite Industries has given the Bonus in the Ratio of 1:1
 
 -Company has splits its Face value of Shares from Rs 2 to Re 1
 
 2011
 
 - Sterlite Technologies, the leading global provider of connectivity
 solutions for power and telecom industries, has bagged two contracts
 worth Rs 225 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) for
 manufacturing and supplying of power conductors.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd won Arbitration Award in relation
 to the purchase of 49% equity stake of Bharat Aluminium Company
 Limited (BALCO) by Sterlite Industries (India) Limited from the
 Government of India.
 
 - Sterlite commissioned Rs. 675 crore coal berth at Vizag
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Limited announced Completion of the
 Acquisition of Black Mountain Mines in South Africa.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd announced Completion of Acquisition
 of Lisheen Mine in Ireland
 
 2012
 
 - High Court of Madras  has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation of
 Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Limited (SOVL) with Sterlite
 Industries (India) Limited (SIIL) and their respective Shareholders
 (Scheme) under Section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act.
 
 - Sterlite Industries (India) Limited 80 MW CPP at Tuticorin
 Synchronised.
 
 - India Ratings has assigned an expected rating of IND AA+ to
 Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL) Rs 5 billion proposed
 non-convertible debenture (NCD) programme, reflecting its strong
 business profile as also seen in its EBITDA of USD 2.1 billion in FY
 2012.
 
 - Vedanta Group's flagship firm, Sterlite Industries lost the legal
 battle in US bankruptcy court against the copper miner Asarco, while
 being directed by the court to pay USD 82.75 million to Asarco. The
 battle started in 2010, when American company sued Sterlite for
 stepping back from the deal to acquire Asarco.
 
 2013
 
 - Hoping to see some appreciable development in Sterlite Industries,
 Morgan Stanley upgraded the company's stock to overweight  from
 neutral  earlier. Additionally, it also raised its target price to Rs
 142 from Rs 110.20.