CMC posts marginal rise in Q3 net

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 20:30 IST
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Mumbai:CMC, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has recorded a 7.3 percent rise in consolidated net profit for the third quarter (Q3) ended December 31 to Rs 21.9 crore against Rs 20.4 crore reported in the same quarter last year. Net revenues were flat at Rs 294.8 crore (Rs 300.4 crore). On a sequential basis, however, the company's net profit was down by 4.7 percent from Rs 23 crore on account of a one-time bonus provision that amounted to Rs 2.8 crore. "These bonus payments had to be made owing to a change in the Bonus Act, which now covers employees up to the Rs 10,000 bracket. As the norms were changed with effect to April 1, 2006, we had to make provisions for several quarters of the last financial year in the December quarter itself," said J.K. Gupta, Chief Financial Officer, CMC. During the previous sequential quarter, net profit was floated by Rs 5 crore in other income against Rs 68.6 lakh in December quarter.The CMC scrip hit an intra-day low of Rs 1,141.1, before settling at Rs 1,159.2, 6.3 per cent lower than its previous close on the BSE.