Performance for the 9 months ended Dec 17

For the 9 months ended Dec 17, net sales stood at Rs 478.52 crore flat on YoY basis. OPM improved by 140 bps to 9.8% resulting in OP growth of 16% to Rs 46.98 crore. Other income was down by 5% to Rs 53.28 crore. Interest cost stood at Rs 0.33 crore and depreciation was higher by 20% to Rs 9.67 crore. This has resulted in a PBT of Rs 90.26 crore up by 2% YoY. After providing total tax of Rs 27.86 crore down by 12% YoY, PAT for 9 months ended Dec 17 stood at Rs 62.40 crore, up by 10% YoY.