DRAFT RED HERRING PROSPECTUS Dated December 29, 2011 Please read Section 60B of the Companies Act, 1956 (This Draft Red Herring Prospectus will be updated upon filing with the RoC) Book Building Issue VISHWANATH SUGAR AND STEEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED Our Company was originally incorporated as a public limited company under the Companies Act, 1956 in the name of Vishwanath Sugars Limited at Bengaluru, Karnataka vide a Certificate of Incorporation dated May 2, 1995 now bearing CIN U85110KA1995PLC017730. Our Company was granted the Certificate of Commencement of Business by the RoC, Karnataka on December 21, 1999. The name of our Company was subsequently changed to Vishwanath Sugar and Steel Industries Limited and a Fresh Certificate of Incorporation dated December 28, 2010 was issued by the RoC, Karnataka. Registered Office: Bellad Bagewadi, Taluka Hukkeri, Bellad Bagewadi 591 305, Karnataka, India. For details of changes in the registered office, please refer to the section titled “History and Certain Corporate matters” beginning on page 140 of this Draft Red Herring Prospectus. Telephone: + 91 08333 267243 Facsimile: +91 08333 267211 Contact Person: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Executive Director & Compliance Officer; E-mail:
[email protected]; Website: www.vssil.co.in PROMOTERS OF OUR COMPANY: MR. UMESH VISHWANATH KATTI; MR. RAMESH VISHWANATH KATTI; MR. NIKHIL UMESH KATTI; MS. SHEELA U. KATTI; MS. JAYASHREE R. KATTI; MR. LAVA R. KATTI; MR. KUSH R. KATTI; MR. PRAKASH S. KATTI AND MR. RAMAPPA B. KHEMLAPURE PUBLIC ISSUE OF [] EQUITY SHARES OF ` 10 EACH FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF ` [] PER EQUITY SHARE (INCLUDING A SHARE PREMIUM OF ` [] PER EQUITY SHARE) AGGREGATING UPTO ` 37,400 LAKHS (THE “ISSUE”) BY [] (“OUR COMPANY” OR THE “ISSUER”).