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    "Growth has no limit at Reliance. I keep revising my vision. Only when you can

    dream it,you can do it."

    Dhirubhai H. AmbaniFounder Chairman Reliance GroupDecember 28, 1932 - July 6, 2002

    Dhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance as a textile company and led its evolution as a globalleader in the materials and energy value chain businesses.

    He is credited to have brought about the equity cult in India in the late seventies and isregarded as an icon for enterprise in India. He epitomized the spirit

    'dare to dream and learn to excel'.

    What is Reliance? The Reliance Group is Indias largest business house with total

    revenues being more than $22.6 billion. This is equal to 3.5% of Indias GDP. Reliance

    contributes to 10% of Indias total indirect tax and 6% of her total exports. Reliance network

    of exports spread out to more than one hundred countries across the globe.

    What are the activities of Reliance? It is involved in oil exploration and production, gas

    refining and marketing, petrochemicals, textiles, financial services, insurance, power,

    telecommunications and infocom initiatives.

    The names of Reliance and Dhirubhai Ambani go hand in hand. He was born on 28th

    December 1932, in Chorwad, Gujarat. He belonged to the Hindu Modh Bania community.

    Dhirubhai built Indias largest private sector empire, Reliance, and created an equity cult. His

    father was a schoolteacher. Dhirubhai started off by selling fried snacks to pilgrims in Mount

    Girnar during weekends. After school he became a dispatch clerk at A.Besse & Company.

    The latter became distributors of Shell and Dhirubhai was sent to manage an oil filling station

    at Aden. For sometime he also worked in Dubai. In 1958 he returned to India with INR

    50,000/- in his pocket. With this he set up a textile trading company.

    This was the first chapter of the story of Reliance. Aptly helped by his wife and two sons

    Dhirubhai diversified his interests to petrochemicals, telecommunications and information,

    technology, energy, power, finance, capital markets and logistics. Reliance gave new

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    dimensions to Indias equity culture. Till then the market had been dominated by financial

    institutions but with Reliance coming into the picture thousands of retail investors jumped

    into the fray by putting their trust in the name of Reliance. With innovative instruments like

    convertible debentures from the 1980s Reliance became a hot favorite in the Stock Market.

    Reliance was the pioneer Indian company to raise funds in the international markets. Only

    Indias sovereign rating restricted its high credit taking in international markets.The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry named Dhirubhai Ambani of

    Reliance.

    The Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th century. The Times of India conducted a poll in

    which he was acclaimed to be the greatest creator of wealth in the 20th century.

    Thus we see that Reliance Industries Ltd was the brainchild and product of the labors of

    Indian business tycoon, Dhirubhai Ambani alias Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani.

    The story of Reliance makes fascinating reading. During the 1950s the administrators of

    Yemen discovered that a lot of their currency, the Rial, was disappearing through Aden

    because of a young man placing unlimited buy orders for Rials. The Rials, at that time, were

    made of pure silver and was greatly in demand in the London Bullion Exchange. Dhirubhai

    bought and melted the Rials and sold it to the London bullion traders. Within three months

    his work came to a halt but by that time he had made few lacs.

    In the 60s Dhirubhai returned to India and started Reliance Commercial Corporation with a

    humble capital. The business was related to the import of polyester yarn and export of spices.

    The first address of Reliance was in Narsinathan Street in Masjid Bunder a small 350 sq ft

    joint with a telephone, table and three chairs and only two assistants. The family too managed

    in a one room flat.

    The fortunes of Reliance soon began to change. In 1966 the first textile mill was set

    up at Naroda using polyester fibre. He branded his products Vimal and thanks to

    intensivemarketing , Vimal became a household name. Financial retail outlets were set up

    where only Vimal brands were sold. In 1975 a visiting World Bank team certified it to be

    excellent even by the standards of the developed world.

    The next step of Reliance was to enter the equity world. An equity cult came to be

    created. Nearly 60,000 investors from all parts of India placed their trust in Reliance IPO in

    1977. Rural India and first time investors learnt to place its trust and money in the name of

    Reliance.

    In 1982 Reliance Industries came up against a rights issue about partly convertible

    debentures. It was rumored that Reliance was making all efforts to see that their stock prices

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    vendetta. But despite everything people did not lose faith in Reliance. Reliance ran into rough

    weather also with the V.P.Singh government. The license for importing Purified Terephthalic

    Acid was cancelled. This was essential as a raw material for manufacturing polyester yarn.

    The first stroke had paralyzed Dhirubhai but the second stroke spelt out the death

    sentence for him. He died in 2nd July 2002 leaving behind at the helm of Reliance his two

    sons Mukesh and Anil, wife and two daughters. His funeral was attended not only by big

    business and politicians but also by thousands of ordinary folks. He is an example of what a

    common person can do to help himself as well as the economy of his country.

    At the time of his death the Reliance group had a gross turn over of INR 75,000 crores

    from 70 crores in 1976/77. In 20003 Government of India issued a postal stamp

    (denomination 5/- INR) in Dhirubhais honour.

    Reliance began to flow through two channels after the death of Dhirubhai.

    Differences broke out between his two sons over ownership issues as well as private matters.

    It was expressed that this would have no impact on the functioning of the company it being a

    company managed aggressively by professionals. This is of great importance to the Indian

    economy as a whole. The wife of Dhirubhai, Kokilaben mediated for her sons.

    Mukesh was awarded Reliance Industries and IPCL and this group came to be known,

    as Reliance Industries Ltd. Anil became head of Infocomm, Reliance Energy and Reliance

    Capital known as the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)

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    "Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship

    and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth."

    Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani

    Founder Chairman Reliance GroupDecember 28, 1932 - July 6, 2002

    Board of Directors of Reliance Industries Limited

    Shri Mukesh D. AmbaniChairman & Managing Director

    Shri Nikhil R. MeswaniExecutive Director

    Shri Hital R. MeswaniExecutive Director

    Shri H.S.KohliExecutive Director

    Shri PMS PrasadExecutive Director

    Shri Ramniklal H. Ambani Shri Mansingh L. Bhakta

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    Shri Yogendra P. Trivedi Dr. D. V. Kapur Shri M. P. Modi

    Prof. Ashok Misra Prof. Dipak C Jain Dr. RaghunathAnant Mashelkar

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    Board Composition

    The Company's policy is to maintain optimum combination of Executive and Non-

    Executive Directors. The Board consists of 13 Directors, out of which 7 are Independent

    Directors. Composition of the Board and category of Directors are as follows:

    Category Name of the Directors

    Promoter Director Mukesh D. AmbaniChairman & Managing Director

    Executive Directors

    Nikhil R. Meswani

    Hital R. Meswani

    Hardev Singh Kohli

    PMS Prasad

    Non-Executive,

    Ramniklal H. AmbaniNon-Independent Director

    Independent Directors

    Mansingh L. Bhakta

    Yogendra P. Trivedi

    Dr. D. V. Kapur

    M. P. Modi

    Prof. Ashok Misra

    Prof. Dipak C Jain

    Dr. Raghunath A Mashelkar

    Board Committees

    The Board has established the following Committees to assist the Board in discharging its

    responsibilities:

    Audit Committee

    Remuneration Committee

    Shareholders'/Investors' Grievance Committee

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    Finance Committee

    Health, Safety and Environment Committee

    Corporate Governance and Stakeholders' Interface Committee

    Employees Stock Compensation Committee

    The Board has adopted charters setting forth the roles and responsibilities of each of the

    above Committees as well as qualifications for Committee membership, procedures for

    Committee members' appointment and removal, Committee structure and operations and

    reporting to the Board. The Board may constitute new Committees or dissolve any existing

    Committee, as it deems necessary for the discharge of its responsibilities.

    Growth through Governance

    Reliance is in the forefront of implementation of Corporate Governance best practices

    Corporate Governance at Reliance is based on the following main principles:

    Constitution of a Board of Directors of appropriate composition, size, varied expertiseand commitment to discharge its responsibilities and duties.

    Ensuring timely flow of information to the Board and its Committees to enable themto discharge their functions effectively.

    Independent verification and safeguarding integrity of the Companys financialreporting.

    A sound system of risk management and internal control.

    Timely and balanced disclosure of all material information concerning the Companyto all stakeholders.

    Transparency and accountability.

    Compliance with all the applicable rules and regulations.

    Fair and equitable treatment of all its stakeholders including employees, customers,

    shareholders and investors.

    Manufacturing Facilities

    Reliance Industries Limited operates world-class manufacturing facilities across the

    country at Allahabad, Barabanki, Dahej, Hazira, Hoshiarpur, Jamnagar, Nagothane,

    Nagpur, Naroda, Patalganga, Silvassa and Vadodara.

    Allahabad Manufacturing Division located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, is spread over

    105 acres. It is equipped with polymerization and continuous polymerization

    facilities.

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    Barabanki Manufacturing Division located near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, is spread

    over 106 acres. It manufactures Black Fibre.

    Dahej Manufacturing Division located near Bharuch, Gujarat, is spread over 1,778

    acres. It comprises of an ethane / propane recovery unit, a gas cracker, a caustic

    chlorine plant and 4 downstream plants, which manufacture polymers and fibre

    intermediates. Hoshiarpur Manufacturing Division located in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, is spread over 69

    acres. It manufactures a wide range of PSF, PFF, POY and polyester chips.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division located near Surat, Gujarat, is spread over 700 acres.

    It comprises of a Naptha cracker feeding downstream fibre intermediates, plastics and

    polyester plants.

    Jamnagar Manufacturing Division located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, is spread over 7,400

    acres. It comprises of a petroleum refinery and associated petrochemical plants. Therefinery is equipped to refine various types of crude oil (sour crude, sweet crude or a

    mixture of both) and manufactures various grades of fuel from motor gasoline to

    Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). The petrochemicals plants produces plastics and fibre

    intermediates.

    Nagothane Manufacturing Division located in Raigad, Maharashtra, is spread over

    1,860 acres. It comprises of an ethane and propane gas cracker and five downstream

    plants for the manufacture of polymers, fibre intermediates and chemicals.

    Nagpur Manufacturing Division located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, is spread over 368

    acres. It manufactures polyester filament yarn, dope-dyed specialty products of

    different ranges, fully drawn yarn and polyester chips.

    Naroda Manufacturing Division located near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is RILs first

    manufacturing facility and is spread over 150 acres. This synthetic textiles and fabrics

    manufacturing facility manufactures and markets woven and knitted fabrics for home

    textiles, synthetic and worsted suiting and shirting, ready to wear garments and

    automotive fabrics.

    Patalganga Manufacturing Division located near Mumbai, Maharashtra, is spread over

    200 acres. It comprises of polyester, fibre intermediates and linear alklyl benzene

    manufacturing plants.

    Silvassa Manufacturing Division located in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar

    Haveli, is spread over 127 acres. It manufactures a wide range of specialty products

    such as Recron Stretch, Linen Like, Melange, Thick-n-thin and Bi-shrinkage yarns.

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    Vadodara Manufacturing Division located in Vadodara, Gujarat, is spread over 1,263

    acres. It comprises of a Naptha cracker and 15 downstream plants for the manufacture

    of polymers, fibres, fibre intermediates and chemicals.

    Each of these complexes has world class manufacturing facilities.

    Products & Brands

    The Company expanded into textiles in 1975. Since its initial public offering in 1977, the

    Company has expanded rapidly and integrated backwards into other industry sectors, most

    notably the production of petrochemicals and the refining of crude oil.

    The Company now has operations that span from the exploration and production of oil and

    gas to the manufacture of petroleum products, polyester products, polyester intermediates,

    plastics, polymer intermediates, chemicals and synthetic textiles and fabrics.

    The Company from time to time seeks to further diversify into other industries. The

    Company's subsidiary Reliance Jamnagar Infrastructure Limited is currently establishing

    infrastructure facilities such as roads and buildings for the proposed Special Economic Zone

    (SEZ) at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

    The Company's major products and brands, from oil and gas to textiles are tightly integrated

    and benefit from synergies across the Company. Central to the Company's operations is its

    vertical backward integration strategy; raw materials such as PTA, MEG, ethylene, propylene

    and normal paraffin that were previously imported at a higher cost and subject to import

    duties are now sourced from within the Company. This has had a positive effect on the

    Company's operating margins and interest costs and decreased the Company's exposure to the

    cyclicality of markets and raw material prices. The Company believes that this strategy is

    also important in maintaining a domestic market leadership position in its major product lines

    and in providing a competitive advantage.

    The Company's operations can be classified into four segments namely:

    Petroleum Refining and Marketing business

    Petrochemicals business

    Oil and Gas Exploration & Production business

    Others

    The Company has the largest refining capacity at any single location.

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    The Company is:

    Largest producer of Polyester Fibre and Yarn

    4th largest producer of Polypropylene (PP) and Paraxylene (PX)

    6th Largest producer of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA)

    7th largest producer of Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG)

    Growth through Recognition

    Reliance has merited a series of awards and recognitions for excellence for businesses and

    operations.

    2008-2009

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was awarded the Defence India Excellence Award 2007. The

    Award is a salute to those who have made the country proud.

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was conferred the Indian of the Year Award by NDTV. This is

    Indias most prestigious award for outstanding contribution towards the betterment of

    the nation. Shri Mukesh Ambani received the coveted award in the Business

    Category.

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was conferred the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year

    Award by CNBC TV18.

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was awarded the Business Leadership Award 2007 by NDTV

    Profit.

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was conferred the Leadership Award for Global Vision by the

    United States India Business Council.

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was elected to be a member of the Honorary Fellows of The

    Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK.

    On invitation to Shri Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited became a Council

    Member of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in July

    2007. Presently, Shri Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian CEO who is Council

    Member of WBCSD.

    Leadership

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    Shri Mukesh Ambani received the American India Foundation's (AIF), USA, 'The

    2008 Annual Spring Gala Award' in 2008.

    Shri Mukesh Ambani was elected as Vice Chairman of the World Business Council

    for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Executive Committee in 2008.

    Shri PMS Prasad has been named as the 'Energy Executive of the year 2008' by the

    London based magazine, Petroleum Economist in 2009.

    Dr. R. A. Mashelkar received 'Foreign Fellow' from Australian Academy of

    Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) in 2008.

    Dr. R. A. Mashelkar represented India in the 'I-20 Global Innovation Leadership

    Summit' held at San Francisco, USA, 2009.

    In recognition of his major contributions / achievements for the year, South Gujarat

    Chamber of Commerce and Industry conferred 'CEO 2007-08, Golden Jubilee Trust

    Award ' on Shri Hardev Singh Kohli in 2008

    Corporate Ranking & Ratings:

    RIL continues to be featured, for the fifth consecutive year, in the Fortune Global 500

    list of 'World's largest corporations'; ranking for 2009 is as follows:

    Ranked 264th in terms of sales Ranked 117th in terms of profits

    RIL is ranked 75th in 2009, in the FT Global 500 (up from previous year's 80th rank).

    RIL won the Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance

    for the year 2008.

    RIL is rated as 15th most innovative company in the world, climbing 4 positions, in a

    survey conducted by Business Week and Boston Consulting Group. This survey ofaround 3000 global CEOs is done to rate the world's top 50 most innovative

    companies.

    Jamnagar Manufacturing Division bagged the 'Refinery of the Year Award for 2008',

    for second successive year from 'Petroleum Federation of India'.

    Health, Safety and Environment

    Dahej Manufacturing Division received the 'Greentech Safety Award 2009 - Gold'

    from the Greentech Foundation for excellence in safety practices.

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    Hoshiarpur Manufacturing Division received BSC 5-Star Rating in Health & Safety

    certification by BSC, UK, with a score of 94.2 percent. Further, the manufacturing

    division got BSC 5Star Rating in environment certification by BSC, UK with a score

    of 97.4 percent.

    Hoshiarpur Manufacturing Division bagged Punjab Safety Award for two consecutive

    2007-08 & 2008-09.

    Hoshiarpur Manufacturing Division won 'Hong Kong Green Level Certificate' for its

    PET recycling initiatives; the division recycled PET bottles of 30 tons per day.

    Jamnagar Manufacturing Division received 'Platinum Award' for excellence in

    environment management in refinery and chemical sector, respectively, from

    GreenTech Foundation, India.

    Jamnagar Manufacturing Division received 'G-Cube Award for Good Green

    Governance' from Shrishti.

    Silvassa Manufacturing Division achieved 5-Star Rating in Safety & Health with a

    rating score of 95.1% by British Safety Council (BSC), UK, and was also awarded the

    'Sword of Honour - 2008' by BSC, UK.

    Silvassa Manufacturing Division achieved 5-Star rating in environment with 98.76%

    by BSC, UK- highest percentage points in the world awarded by BSC so far in 95

    countries. Further, Silvassa Manufacturing Division recognised for Golden Globe

    Award in Environment by BSC, UK.

    Training and Development

    Hazira Manufacturing Division's 'Truckers Safety Programme' and 'Workers Safety

    Programme' received 'Excellence in Practice Award' from American Society for

    Training & Development (ASTD) in the training management category.

    Patalganga Manufacturing Division was selected to receive an 'Excellence in Practice

    Award' from ASTD

    for the case study 'Learning Function - A catalyst to Organisational Change for Global

    Leadership'.

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    Quality

    Allahabad Manufacturing Division's two quality circle projects were adjudged 'par

    excellent' in the annual quality control exhibitions organised by National Centre for

    Quality Control (NCQC) 2008.

    Dahej Manufacturing Division won the 'Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality

    Performance Excellence Trophy 2008'.

    Dahej Manufacturing Division's two quality circles: PVC and HDPE won the

    'Excellence Award' at the 22nd National Convention.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division was bestowed 'International Star of Quality Award -

    2008' (Platinum Category) at Geneva for institutionalising the TQM QC100 Quality

    Principles.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division's Quality Control Circle won the International

    Exposition on Team Excellence (IETEX) Gold Award 2008 at Singapore.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the second prize at International Quality &

    Productivity Centre QPC Asia-Pacific Summit-2008 (Singapore) by 'Cobalt recovery

    improvement in Catalyst Recovery Unit's Six Sigma project.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division excelled at the regional and national convention on

    quality circles held at Vadodara with all its 9 participating teams getting various

    recognitions for their QCC / Gemba Kaizen Activities.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division was conferred, at France, the highest recognition of 5

    Star rating for a non-European organisation by the European Foundation for Quality

    Management (EFQM) (Brussels), the Mecca for Business Excellence in Europe under

    the aegis of Global Excellence Model (GEM) Council.

    Patalganga Manufacturing Division has won international award in the category 'Best

    Process Improvement in Service & Transaction Project' through DMAIC of Six

    Sigma. This summit was organised by International Quality & Productivity Centre,

    London in 2008.

    Energy Conservation / Efficiency

    Dahej Manufacturing Division bagged the 'Excellence in Energy Award 2008' for

    energy conservation initiatives from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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    Dahej Manufacturing Division bagged the 'Most Efficient Unit Award 2008' for

    efficiency in water management at the site from CII.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the 'Golden Peacock Award for Combating

    Climate Change - 2008' from Indian Chemical Council Award for excellence in

    energy conservation and management.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the 'Indian Chemical Council Award' for water

    resource management in chemical industry.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the 'CII National Award in Energy Management

    2008'.

    Jamnagar Manufacturing Division received the National Award for 'Excellence in

    Energy Management' for the fifth time from CII.

    Technology, Patents, R&D and Innovation

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the 'Indian Chemical Council Acharya PC Ray

    Award 2008' for development of in-house technology of high performance catalyst for

    external donor.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the 'Indian Chemical Council Merit Award 2008'

    for Development of Indigenous Technology for Para Di Ethyl Benzene.

    Hazira Manufacturing Division won the 'Golden Peacock Innovation Award -2008'

    from Institute of Directors at London for catalyst innovation.

    Information Technology

    'Bronze Winner - Excellence in Information Integrity (EII) Award', for profit

    category, from Information Integrity Coalition (IIC), USA, in 2008.

    'The NASSCOM - CNBC TV 18 IT User Award', in the manufacturing sectorcategory, in 2008.

    'Indian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award', KNOW Network,

    USA, in 2008.

    'Global CIO 50 - IT Leaders Changing the Business World' by Information Week,

    USA, in 2009

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    According to the Nielsen India Corporate Image Monitor 2008, a study designed to

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    measure people's perceptions of the image and reputation of India's leading

    companies, RIL is one of the most admired companies by stakeholders for its CSR

    initiatives.

    Sustainability Report

    Amongst 'India's 10 largest companies by market capitalisation', International Finance

    Corporation (IFC) has rated RIL's Sustainability Report's reporting quality as "good" -

    the highest rating given for this report, in 2009

    Major Milestones

    2009

    RPL merger with RIL: Value creation through scale and synergies - The merger of

    Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has

    enabled seamless integration of operational scale and financial synergies that existed

    between the two Companies. Assets and liabilities of RPL have been transferred to

    RIL with effect from 1st April 2008, as per the approval granted by the Hon. High

    Courts of Mumbai and Gujarat. Shareholders of RPL received 1 share of RIL in lieu

    of every 16 shares of RPL held by them, as per the scheme of merger. Accordingly,

    6.92 crore new equity shares of RIL have been allotted to the shareholders of RPL.

    RIL joins the league of global deepwater oil and gas operators - RIL commenced

    production of hydrocarbons in its KGD6 block in the Krishna Godavari basin with the

    production of sweet crude of 420 API. The production of oil in KG-D6 was

    commissioned in just over two years of its discovery, making it the worlds fastest

    green-field deepwater oil development project.

    2008

    During the year, Reliance signed an agreement to acquire certain polyester (capacity)

    assets of Hualon, Malaysia.

    In the Refining & Marketing business, Reliance took over majority control of Gulf

    Africa Petroleum Corporation (GAPCO) and started shipping products to the East

    African markets.

    Reliance also signed MoU with GAIL (India) Limited to explore opportunities of

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    setting up petrochemical plants in feedstock rich countries outside India.

    Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) continued the second year of implementation of its

    refinery project with an overall project progress of 90%.

    During the year, Reliance Retail Limited (RRL) continued its rollout of stores across

    various verticals and formats. Reliance Retail today operates over 590 stores in 57

    cities, spanning 13 states, with over 3.5 million square feet of trading space.

    2007

    Value creation through integration - A landmark merger of Indian Petrochemicals

    Corporation Limited (IPCL) with Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has been completed.

    Reliance Retail entered the organised retail market in India with the launch of its

    convenience store format under the brand name of Reliance Fresh.

    The worlds largest polyester expansion project commissioned during the year. We

    brought a Polyester capacity of 550 KTA on stream at globally competitive costs in a

    record time of eighteen months. With this expansion, our polyester capacity has been

    augmented to 2 million tonnes per year. Subsequently, Reliance now have 4% of

    global polyester capacity and 6% of global production.

    During the year, we expanded our polypropylene (PP) capacity by 280 KTA atJamnagar that increased the combined capacity to 1,710 KTA. With this expansion,

    we now have 3.5% of global PP capacity and 3.6% of global PP production.

    Financial Milestones

    2009

    Total Assets crossed Rs. 200,000 crore mark (Rs. 245,706 crore, US$ 48.44 billion),

    Networth crossed Rs. 100,000 crore mark (Rs. 126,373 crore, US$ 24.92 billion),

    unparalleled in the Indian Private sector.

    RIL declares Dividend of 130%. Payout of Rs 1,897 Crore, highest in the Indian

    Private Sector.

    2008

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    Revenue crossed Rs. 130,000 crore mark (Rs. 139,269 crore, US$ 34.7 billion), Net

    Profit crossed Rs. 15,000 crore mark (Rs. 19,458 crore, US$ 4.9 billion) and Total

    Assets crossed Rs. 140,000 crore mark (Rs. 149,839 crore, US$ 37.3 billion),

    unparalleled in the Indian Private sector.

    Exports crossed Rs. 80,000 crore mark (Rs. 83,492 crore, US$ 20.8 billion), 13.4%of India's total exports.

    RIL declares Dividend of 130%. Payout of Rs 1,631 Crore, highest in the Indian

    Private Sector.

    2007

    Revenue crossed Rs. 100,000 crore mark (Rs. 118,354 crore, US$ 27 billion), Net

    Profit crossed Rs. 10,000 crore mark (Rs. 11,943 crore, US$ 2.75 billion) and Total

    Assets crossed Rs. 100,000 crore mark (Rs. 117,353 crore, US$ 27 billion),

    unparalleled in the Indian Private sector.

    Exports crossed Rs. 60,000 crore mark (Rs. 66,627 crore, US$ 15 billion), 12% of

    India's total exports.

    RIL declares Dividend of 110%. Payout of Rs 1,440 Crore, highest in the Indian

    Private Sector.

    Major Subsidiaries & Associates

    RIL has ownership interest in the following subsidiaries & associates.

    Major Subsidiaries :

    Reliance Netherlands B.V.

    Reliance Retail Limited

    Reliance Jamnagar Infrastructure Limited

    Reliance Haryana SEZ Limited

    Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited

    Reliance Ventures Limited

    Reliance Strategic Investments Limited

    Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC

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    Reliance Industries (Middle East) DMCC

    Reliance Global Management Services Limited

    Reliance Commercial Associates Limited

    RIL (Australia) Pty Ltd

    Recron (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

    Gulf African Petroleum Corporation (Mauritius)

    GAPCO Tanzania Limited

    GAPOil Tanzania Limited

    GAPCO Kenya Limited

    Transenergy Kenya Limited

    GAPCO Uganda Limited

    GAPCO Rwanda Sarl

    GAPOil (Zanzibar) Limited

    Reliance Fresh Limited

    Retail Concepts and Services (India) Limited

    Reliance Retail Insurance Broking Limited

    Reliance Dairy Foods Limited

    Reliance Retail Finance Limited

    RESQ Limited

    Reliancedigital Retail Limited

    Reliance Financial Distribution and Advisory Services Limited

    Reliance Hypermart Limited

    Reliance Retail Travel & Forex Services Limited

    Reliance Brands Limited

    Reliance Wellness Limited

    Reliance Footprint Limited

    Reliance Integrated Agri Solutions Limited

    Reliance Trends Limited

    Reliance Lifestyle Holdings Limited

    Reliance Universal Ventures Limited

    Reliance Autozone Limited

    Strategic Manpower Solutions Limited

    Reliance Gems and Jewels Limited

    Delight Proteins Limited

    Reliance F&B Services Limited

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    Reliance Agri Products Distribution Limited

    Reliance Leisures Limited

    Reliance Retail Securities and Broking Company Limited

    Reliance Home Store Limited

    Reliance Trade Services Centre Limited

    Reliance Food Processing Solutions Limited

    Reliance Supply Chain Solutions Limited

    Reliance Loyalty and Analylitics Limited

    Reliance Digital Media Limited

    Reliance-GrandOptical Private Limited

    Reliance Vantage Retail Limited

    Reliance People Serve Limited

    Reliance Infrastructure Management Services Limited

    Reliance International Exploration and Production, Inc

    Reliance Petroinvestments Limited

    Reliance Universal Commercial Limited

    Reliance Global Commercial Limited

    Wave Land Developers Limited

    Reliance Cyprus Limited

    Reliance Global Business B.V.

    Reliance Global Energy Services Limited

    Reliance Gas Corporation Limited

    Reliance Global Energy Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd

    Reliance Polymers (India) Limited

    Reliance Polyolefins Limited

    Reliance Aromatics & Petrochemicals Private Limited

    Reliance Energy and Project Development Private Limited

    Reliance Chemicals Limited

    Reliance Universal Enterprises Limited

    Reliance One Enterprises Limited

    Reliance Personal Electronics Limited

    International Oil Trading Limited

    Reliance Review Cinema Limited

    Reliance Replay Gaming Limited

    Reliance Nutritional Food Processors Limited

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    Reliance Commercial Land & Infrastructure Private Limited

    Reliance Eminent Trading & Commercial Private Limited

    Reliance Progressive Traders Private Limited

    Reliance Prolific Traders Private Limited

    Reliance Universal Traders Private Limited

    Reliance Prolific Commercial Private Limited

    Reliance Comtrade Private Limited

    Reliance Ambit Trade Private Limited

    Reliance Corporate IT Park Limited

    Reliance Petro Marketing Private Limited

    LPG Infrastructure (India) Private Limited

    Reliance Infosolution Private Limited

    RIL USA Inc.

    Reliance Corporate Centre Limited

    Reliance Convention and Exhibition Centre Limited

    Major Associates :

    Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited

    Reliance Europe Limited

    STOCK

    According to the company website "1 out of every 4 investors in India is a Relianceshareholder." Reliance has more than 3 million shareholders, making it one of the world's

    most widely held stock. Reliance Industries Ltd, subsequent to its split in January 2006 has

    continued to grow. Reliance companies have been among the best performing in the Indian

    stock market.

    PRODUCTS

    Reliance Industries Limited has a wide range of products from petroleum products,

    petrochemicals, to garments (under the brand name of Vimal), Reliance Retail has entered

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    into the fresh foods market as Reliance Fresh and launched a new chain called Delight

    Reliance Retail andNOVA Chemicals have signed a letter of intent to make energy-efficient

    structures. The primary business of the company is petroleum refining and petrochemicals. It

    operates a 33 million tonne refinery at Jamnagar in the Indian state of Gujarat. Reliance has

    also completed a second refinery of 29 million tons at the same site which started operations

    in December 2008. The company is also involved in oil & gas exploration and production. In2002, it struck a major find on India's eastern coast in the Krishna Godavari basin. Production

    from this find is expected to start by the third quarter of 2008.

    SUBSIDIARIES

    Major Subsidiaries & Associates - Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) is a subsidiary

    of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and was created to exploit the emerging opportunities,

    creating value in the refining sector worldwide. Reliance Life Sciences is a diversified and

    integrated biotechnology initiative of the Reliance group companies, India's largest private

    sector companies.

    Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited (RIIL), a Reliance Group company, is

    principally engaged in the formation and operation of industrial infrastructure, involving the

    leasing and supply with the software of the computer and data processing.

    Reliance Life Sciences Institute (Rils), established by Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation,

    is an institution of higher education in various fields of life sciences and related technologies.

    Solutions primarily to remote and rural areas and bring about a transformation in the

    quality of life. reliance Logistics(P) Ltd., a Reliance group company, is a single window

    solution provider for all your transportation, distribution, storage, logistics and supply chain

    needs.

    Reliance Clinical Research Services (RCRS), a Reliance group company, is a contract

    research organization (CRO) and its wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Life Sciences,

    which aims to provide world-class services for clinical research, pharmaceuticals,

    biotechnology companies and medical equipment.

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    Reliance Life Sciences (RLS) initiative, offering services of cord blood banking is supported

    by Reliance Group, India's largest business house.

    Reliance's Oil & Gas find

    In 2002, Reliance found natural gas in the Krishna Godavari basin off the coast ofAndhra

    Pradesh nearVishakapatnam. It was the largest discovery of natural gas in world in financial

    year 2002-2003. On 1 April 2009, Reliance Industries (RIL) commenced natural gas

    production from its D-6 block in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin.

    The gas reserve is 7 trillion cubic feet in size. Equivalent to 1.2 billion barrels (165 million

    tonnes) ofcrude oil, but only 5 trillion cubic feet are extractable.

    On 2008 Oct 8, Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources took Reliance Industries to the

    Bombay High Court to uphold a memorandum of understanding that said RIL will supply the

    natural gas at $2.34 per million British thermal units to Anil Ambani.

    Reliance Retail

    Reliance Retail is the retail business wing of the Reliance business. Many brands like

    Reliance Fresh, Reliance Footprint, Reliance Time Out, Reliance Digital, Reliance Wellness,

    Reliance Trendz, Reliance Autozone, Reliance Super, Reliance Mart, Reliance iStore,

    Reliance Home Kitchens, and Reliance Jewel come under theReliance Retail brand.

    Environmental record

    Reliance Industry is the worlds largest polyester producer and as a result one of the largest

    producers of polyester waste in the world. In order to deal with this large amount of waste

    they had to create a way to recycle the waste. They operate the largest polyester recycling

    center that uses the polyester waste as a filling and stuffing. They use this process to developa strong recycling process which won them a reward in the Team Excellence competition.

    Reliance Industries backed a conference on environmental awareness in New Delhi in 2006.

    The conference was run by the Asia Pacific Jurist Association in partnership with the

    Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India and the Maharashtra Pollution Control

    Board. The conference was to help bring about new ideas and articles on various aspects of

    environmental protection in the region. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board invited various

    industries complied with the pollution control norms to take active part in the conference and

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    to support as a sponsor. The conference proved effective as a way to promote environmental

    concern in the area.

    Awards & Recognition

    International Refiner of the Year in 2005 at the 23rd Annual Hart's World Refining

    and Fuels Conference

    Awards for managers

    Mukesh D. Ambani received the United States of America-India Business Council

    (USIBC) leadership award for "Global Vision" 2007 in Washington in July 2007.

    Mukesh D. Ambani was conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia

    Society, Washington, USA, May 2004.

    Mukesh D. Ambani ranked 13th in Asia's Power 25 list of The Most Powerful People

    in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004.

    Mukesh D. Ambani is Economic Times Business Leader of the Year

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    Anil Ambani

    Anil Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian billionaire and a major shareholder in Reliance

    Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is also a billionaire,

    and owns another company called Reliance Industries. With an estimated personal wealth of

    $ 17 Billion, he is the third richest Indian in the world, behind Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi

    Mittal.

    He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of

    Pennsylvania. He is also the member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of

    Technology Kanpur; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the

    Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. In March 2006, he

    resigned. He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT, Gandhinagar.

    Career

    Ambani joined Reliance, the company founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1983

    as Co-Chief Executive Officer and is credited with having pioneered many financial

    innovations in the Indian capital markets. For example, he led India's first forays into

    overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts,

    convertibles and bonds. He directed Reliance in its efforts to raise, since 1991, around US$2

    billion from overseas financial markets; with a 100-year Yankee bond issue in January 1997

    being the high point, after which people regarded him as a financial wizard. He along with his

    brother, Mukesh Ambani, has steered the Reliance Group to its current status as India's

    leading textiles, petroleum, petrochemicals, power, and telecom company.

    He has been linked with several starlets in his long career including his current wife of more

    than 15 years. He is a close friend of movie star Amitabh Bachchan and Subrata Roy.One of

    his major achievements in the entertainment industry is the takeover of Adlabs, the movie

    production to distribution to multiplex company that owns India's only dome theatre and the

    recently announced joint venture worth US$ 825 million with Steven Spielberg

    He has been embroiled in a dispute with his brother, Mukesh Ambani, over the supply of gasfrom the latter's KG basin..

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    He recently topped Business Sheet's "world's biggest loser" list of business leaders who lost

    money in the Late 2000s recession, losing $32.5 billion in 2008, which brought him out of

    the top ten list to number 34 in 2009.

    Awards and Recognition

    * Voted the 3rd most powerful person in India in the 2009 India Today Power List, in

    March.

    * Voted Businessman of the Year 2006 by Times of India-TNS poll

    * Adjudged as the CEO of the Year at the prestigious Platts Global Energy Awards for

    2004.

    * Voted as 'MTV Youth Icon of the Year for 2003' in September 2003.* Conferred 'The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award' by the Bombay Management

    Association, October 2002.

    * Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic

    Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global

    leader in many of its business areas, December 2001.

    * Conferred the ' Businessman of the Year 1997' award by India's leading business

    magazine Business India, December 1997.

    Personal life

    He is married to Indian Bollywood Actress Tina Munim and has two sons Anmol and

    Anshul. He has taken part in the Mumbai Marathon race. Ambani is also a fan of Coca-Cola

    Championship club, Newcastle United and was extremely close to buying the club in

    September 2008. In June 2004, Anil was elected as an Independent Member of the Rajya

    Sabha - Upper House, Parliament of India with the support of the Samajwadi Party. He wakes

    up daily at 4:00am, checks the news and then goes for a run.

    Travel

    He has a Bell 412 13-seat helicopter, which he purchased in 2001.

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    Assassination attempt

    On the evening of 23 April 2009, mud, gravel and pebbles were found in his 13-seat

    helicopter VT-RCL's (a Bell 412) gearbox. Despite the gear box being located at a height of

    10 feet from the ground, the gravel and pebbles were put in the filler cap in the gear box. A

    senior pilot of Reliance Transport and Travels Pvt. Ltd., Captain RN Joshi filed a complaint

    with the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office, Maharashtra Chief Minister's office,

    Maharasthra Home Minister's office, Chief Secretary's office, Joint Commissioner of Police's

    office and also at the Santa Cruz Police Station.

    The helicopter was standing outside a hangar at the Mumbai Airport when the sabotage was

    found by Bharat Borge, a technician for Air Works. Borge was found dead on April 28, 2009

    on Mumbai's suburban railway tracks between Vile Parle and Andheri. A letter was also

    found with him. Railway Police believes that he might have been run over by the Churchgate-

    bound fast-local. "Borge's mysterious death created a flutter, lending credence to Anil

    Ambani's charge that certain 'rival business groups were trying to eliminate him'. "

    The post-mortem conducted on Bharat Borge revelated that he died of shock due to multiple

    fractures, resulting in brain haemorrhage. There was also a letter found in his pocket writtenin marathi saying "I haven't done anything wrong. That day, some Reliance people came and

    spoke to me. I didn't tell them anything. One of them took my number and said that he'll talk

    to me later. I felt they were using me. I am writing this letter after thinking all night. It looks

    like the blame will be on me. I think the investigation is on the right track and truth will

    emerge soon."

    Investigators later said that Borge's death was an accident and not suicide.

    Airworks India Engineering Pvt. Ltd., the company that maintains the helicopter, was

    questioning its employees in the case.

    English Premier League

    Ambani was in talks Everton officials over a deal to takeover the club. Before this he was

    also on the brink of buying Newcastle United. He is now believed to be keen to re-kindle his

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    interest in Everton as Chairman Bill Kenwright has admitted he will now actively seek to sell

    his shares due to the collapse of the clubs collapsed Destination Kirkby stadium project.