Page | 1 INFORMATION MEMORANDUM ESSAR SHIPPING LIMITED (formerly known as Essar Ports & Terminals Limited) (Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956) Registered Office: Administrative Building, Essar Refinery Complex, Okha Highway (SH-25), Taluka Khambalia, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India – 361 305. Telephone: +91 22 6660 1100; Fax: +91 22 2354 4312; Website: www.essar.com Contact Person: Vinayak Joshi, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Email:
[email protected] Essar Shipping Limited was incorporated as Essar Ports & Terminals Limited on April 16, 2010. The name of the Company was changed to Essar Shipping Limited on September 7, 2010. INFORMATION MEMORANDUM FOR LISTING OF 205,227,768 EQUITY SHARES OF ` 10/- (RUPEES TEN ONLY) EACH NO EQUITY SHARES ARE PROPOSED TO BE SOLD OR OFFERED PURSUANT TO THIS INFORMATION MEMORANDUM GENERAL RISKS Investments in equity and equity-related securities involve a degree of risk and investors should not invest in the equity shares of Essar Shipping Limited (formerly known as Essar Ports & Terminals Limited), unless they can afford to take risk of losing their investment. Investors are advised to read the Risk Factors carefully before taking an investment decision in the shares of Essar Shipping Limited. For taking an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the Company including the risks involved. ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY OF ESSAR SHIPPING LIMITED Essar Shipping Limited having made all reasonable inquiries, accepts responsibility for, and confirms that this Information Memorandum contains all information with regard to Essar Shipping Limited, which is material, that the information contained in this Information Memorandum is true and correct in all material aspects and is not misleading in any material respect, that the opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which makes this Information Memorandum as a whole or any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions misleading in any material respect.